Pop! Goes the Icon

I know y’all have subscribed to the proper feed for this blog at http://feeds.feedburner.com/popgoestheicon, but if not, be sure you have http://www.popgoestheicon.com bookmarked, because no matter where our server moves, that will take you there. And “there,” right now, is at http://popgoestheicon.blogspot.com, where we just announced the latest prize and contest for Free Stuff Mondays! […]

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Welcome to the first installment of Free Comic Mondays! Yes, all three of our regular readers might recall that waaaay back in February, I announced a forthcoming regular contest to WIN FREE STUFF. Well, it took a while (I’ve been busy, sheesh!), but here we are at the dawn of what is sure to become […]

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Oh, sure, the Decepticons might have powerful abilities such as flight, shock waves and sonic blasts …

… but the noble Autobots have … um … power-packed punches:

(Of course, we’ll ignore the next panel where Rumble gets avenged by his brother Frenzy and Brawn can do nothing but writhe on the ground moaning, “The pain — […]

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I’m adding this to my Christmas list this year. I like how the forthcoming Iron Man film has stirred up fun and interesting science articles such as the one above and this one on the feasibility of the science behind the Iron Man armor.
I wonder if I can convince someone to go see it with […]

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Call this a shameless bit of shilling or call it a public service announcement, but either way, you have five hours left to bid on these four color beauties on eBay:
Lot of 13 1980s/90s Avengers and 1977 Ms. Marvel comics
There’s some good stuff in there: 300th issue of Avengers, origin of Ms. Marvel, lots of […]

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(Via Wolverine Daily)

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Are people reading X-Force, Marvel’s latest stab at a mutant team book under that name featuring former X-folk who, um, use eXcessive Force? Well, they must be, because apparently the first three issues “sold out.” So of course, it’s time for Marvel to release a collection of those issues while the ink is still drying […]

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Not that anyone reading this blog is going to agree, but sometimes I am accused of keeping my geekhood in the closet, as it were. Well, yes, this is technically true, because that’s where the bulk of my comic books and collectibles are stashed. But your pal Pj is moving in five days, which means […]

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For some reason, people love to hate the Beyonder. All he wanted to do was understand desire, folks. Is that asking so much, really?
Apparently, Rachel Summers thinks so. Because Bahlactus commands, it’s Phoenix bitch-slapping the All-Powerful Jheri-Curled One for the win, courtesy of Chris Claremont and the Official Favorite Artist of Pop! Goes The Icon™, […]

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I am not a good reviewer. I’m not sure why this is. As a music writer, my least favorite thing to do is review CDs. I do not like to review concerts. I’ve done one film review and it almost hurt to do it. I guess I just have enough trouble organizing my thoughts that […]

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