“Challenge of the Superfriends” DC Comics Screen Print by Dave Perillo x Grey Matter Art

Oh man, The Blot was super pumped to learn Grey Matter Art would be releasing an officially licensed screen print for one of my all time favorite cartoons, Challenge of the Superfriends, by artist Dave Perillo!  This sequel to the iconic DC Comics cartoon Super Friends pits the ‘70s and ‘80s animated version of the Justice League against the evil Legion of Doom.  As GMA explained, “Dave is able to feature all of our favorite characters into this poster making it an ultimate who’s who of DC Superfriends and it also serves quite well as a companion piece to the Justice League Unlimited poster we did earlier this year!”

Challenge of the Superfriends by Dave Perillo is an 18”x24” hand numbered DC Comics screen print.  The Regular Edition is limited to 100 pieces and will retail for $40, while the Foil Variant is limited to 65 pieces and will retail for $55.  Both Justice League posters will go on sale at 1pm ET on Thursday, December 17th, at GreyMatterArt.com.

NYCC 2018 Exclusive Superman: The Animated Adventures Screen Print by Tom Whalen x Bottleneck Gallery

Bottleneck Gallery has announced its third wave of New York Comic Con 2018 exclusive prints, including this killer Superman: The Animated Adventures Screen Print by Tom Whalen that is just jam packed with the Man of Steel’s villains from the popular animated television series.

Superman: The Animated Adventures by Tom Whalen is a 12”x36” hand numbered DC Comics screen print. The Regular Edition is limited to 250 pieces and will retail for $45, while the Metallic Variant is limited to 100 pieces and will retail for $55. Collectors can purchase these Superman prints at the Bottleneck Gallery NYCC booth #2160.

The New Batman Adventures & Superman: The Animated Series Screen Prints by Scott Derby x Bottleneck Gallery

While The Blot was out traveling for work last week, Bottleneck Gallery released two fantastic DC Comics animated screen prints by Scott Derby! The two posters are based on the classic ‘90s television cartoons The New Batman Adventures and Superman: The Animated Series. These are Derby’s first print releases with BNG and he absolutely killed it. Bottleneck Gallery explained that “Scott’s prints perfectly capture the aesthetics of both shows, and feature so many classic heroes and villains!” The Blot is especially impressed how he was able to include all these characters from these two iconic shows without making the posters feel crowded.

“The New Batman Adventures” and “Superman: The Animated Series” by Scott Derby are 12”x36” hand numbered DC Comics screen prints. Each print is limited to just 100 pieces and retailed for $40.

DC Comics XXRAY Dissection Series 6 Vinyl Figures by Jason Freeny & Mighty Jaxx

Mighty Jaxx has unveiled a sixth wave of DC Comics XXRAY Dissection vinyl figures by Jason Freeny! This line of DC Universe dissected super heroes and villains is one of The Blot’s favorite releases of 2016 and I’m glad to see it continue well into 2017! DC Comics XXRAY Dissection Wave 6 features hero Green Arrow and villains Lex Luthor and the Reverse Flash.

Made of PVC materials, these limited edition XXRAY figures were dissected by Jason Freeny, illustrated by Ben Qwek and sculpted by Adam Tan. Each DC Comics XXRAY Series 6 vinyl figure stands 4” tall, features a unique dissection design and comes individually hand painted and assembled in window box packaging. Collectors can pre-order these super evil XXRAY figures now at Entertainment Earth for $19.99 each here.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice “Lex Luthor is our Savior” T-Shirts

It seems like everyone is talking about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice this weekend. Some of it good and some of it bad. If you’re a fan of the film and you liked Jesse Eisenberg’s portrayal of Lex Luthor, then you’ll really like these new Lex Luthor themed Batman v Superman t-shirts! Both are pretty cool designs, even though neither really comes directly from events in the film. They’re more like figments of Lex’s imagination.

Both Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice “Lex Luthor is our Savior” T-Shirts seen here, and many more, are available for pre-order now at Entertainment Earth in sizes S-5XL for just $19.99 here.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Character Movie Posters Series 2

Warner Bros. continues its killer line of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice teaser character movie posters with a new set of 3 one sheets. Series 2 includes character movie posters of Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Amy Adams as Lois Lane and Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth. I love how they came up with character specific logos for each poster, including LexCorp for Luthor, the Daily Planet logo for Lois and the Wayne family crest for Alfred.  You can see the original set of teaser character movie posters featuring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman here.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has its world premiere set for March 25, 2016.

DC Comics Lee Bermejo Designer Series Wave 1 Action Figures

Lee Bermejo, the acclaimed artist behind the bestselling Joker graphic novel and Lex Luthor: Man of Steel comic book mini-series, lends his design skills to a new line of Designer Series action figures from DC Entertainment! This exciting new line of toys is being kicked off with four of DC Comics’ most popular characters – Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and Lex Luthor. The Blot is excited to see DC expand its popular Designer Series of action figures to finally include a new artist, and I love what Bermejo has done with these four iconic characters.

Each DC Comics Lee Bermejo Designer Series Wave 1 action figure stands 6.75” tall and includes character specific accessories. While these Designer Series figures aren’t expected to hit store shelves until May 2016, you can pre-order the entire collection at Entertainment Earth for $22.99 each here.

Super Friends “Legion of Doom” DC Comics Print by Jim Mahfood

The Blot’s kind of obsessed with Jim Mahfood’s newest DC Comics print! Inspired by the classic animated television series Super Friends, “Legion of Doom” features Mahfood’s unique take on the iconic DC Comics team of super villains. The print features Solomon Grundy, Lex Luthor, Black Manta, Toyman, Bizarro, Scarecrow, Cheetah, Captain Cold, The Riddler, Brainiac, Gorilla Grodd and Giganta. Which one is your favorite!?!

“Legion of Doom” by Jim Mahfood is a 12”x16” Super Friends print on acid-free, 300gsm lightly textured fine art rag paper. Each print comes signed and numbered by Jim and even includes a little doodle! Pick one up while they last at the Jim Mahfood online store for $55.

DC Super Powers Lex Luthor 12” Jumbo Vintage Action Figure by Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant has announced the fourth figure in its amazing new line of DC Comics Super Powers 12” Jumbo Vintage Action Figures and it’s one of the DCU’s richest and evilest men, Lex Luthor! Wearing his signature green and purple battlesuit, this awesome retro figure was developed using state of the art 3D technology by creating a highly accurate digital model of the original DC Super Powers action figure and scaling it to a whopping 12 inches tall.

The DC Comics Super Powers Collection Lex Luthor Jumbo Action Figure will be made from high quality vinyl with some ABS plastic parts and features multiple points of articulation. To further capture the vintage feel, Gentle Giant has packaged this DC Comics action figure with a Super Powers Collection inspired backer card featuring original artwork in a resealable plastic outer clam shell.

The Lex Luthor DC Super Powers 12” Jumbo Vintage Action Figure by Gentle Giant is not expected to hit store shelves until October 2016, but it can be pre-ordered now at Entertainment Earth for $89.99 here.

Batman v Superman First Look: Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor

Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly released the world’s first look at Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor from the upcoming live action film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice! The Blot was more than skeptical about Eisenberg as Luthor, but man does he look great here! Now I can almost believe that the star of Adventureland and Zombieland could be the most dangerous man in the DC Comics Cinematic Universe. Can’t wait to see more!

ToyFair 1st Look: DC Comics Icons Action Figure Toy Line

For two months this spring DC Comics will be taken over by Convergence, a new comic book crossover that revisits popular characters, storylines and eras from DC Comics’ rich history. Spinning out of that crossover is DC Collectibles’ new “DC Comics Icons” action figure toy line, which will showcase classic characters and stories from the DC Universe featuring designs by artist Ivan Reis! The Blot is a huge DC Comics fan, and I am excited to see these old school characters released as modern 6” action figures. DC Collectibles gave the world its first look at this epic new toy line this weekend at Toy Fair 2015.

DC Comics Icons Wave 1 will be released in November/December of 2015 and includes pre-New 52 Batman, Crisis on Infinite Earths The Flash (Barry Allen) with the Cosmic Treadmill, The Longbow Hunter Green Arrow, Deadman, Earth 2 Mister Miracle and Black Adam.

DC Comics Icons Wave 2 will be released in December 2015 and includes New 52 Justice League member Lex Luthor, Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes, and pre-New 52 Green Lantern Hal Jordan.

DC Comics Icons Wave 3 will be released in February 2016 and includes pre-New 52 Superman with his robot Kelex, Aquaman with a trident, “First Appearance” Harley Quinn, and an Atom set with Atomica from the Crime Syndicate of America, midsize figure Ryan Choy and small figure Ray Palmer.

Each DC Comics Icons action figure stands 6 tall and will retail for $22.95 each. Collectors can pre-order all 13 figures now from Entertainment Earth here.

DC Comics Mystery Minis Blind Box Series 2 by Funko

While Funko has released some awesome Mystery Mini Series over the past year, my favorite of the bunch is this DC Comics Mystery Mini Blind Box Series 2 and it doesn’t even come out until next year! The Blot is a huge DC Comics fan, and I love the huge variety of characters Funko included in this series. I’m also excited to see a few heroes and villains that haven’t even been given the Pop! treatment yet. The DC Comics Mystery Minis Series 2 includes 2.5” vinyl figures of heroes Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter and Power Girl, and villains Lex Luthor, Harley Quinn, Deathstroke, Black Manta and Reverse Flash. It also includes some awesome, super rare variants. It’s so great to see a DC Universe series that doesn’t just focus on the Bat-family of characters!

DC Comics Mystery Minis Blind Box Series 2 is not scheduled to hit store shelves until February 2015, but you can pre-order it now from Entertainment Earth! A full case of twelve DC Comics Mystery Minis Series 2 blind boxes can be purchased for $67.99 here or a 4 pack of blind boxes for $22.99 here.

Super Powers Screen Print by Tom Whalen

The Blot was in shock when I found out about this amazing screen print yesterday. I could not believe it took this long for me to find out about a freaking DC Comics Super Powers print! Kenner’s Super Powers Collection is my all time favorite toy line and it has now been immortalized as a killer print by the talented Tom Whalen. Evidently this print was originally released at Sideshow Collectibles’ San Diego Comic-Con 2011 party to coincide with their recently revealed DC license.

As a fellow lifelong comic book collector, Whalen took great care in making this print true to the classic 1980’s toy line and it shows. He even made to sure to include all 35 heroes and villains from the Super Powers Collection, including the two mail-away figures (The Riddler and Clark Kent). Seeing so many of my favorite DC Universe characters produced in Whalen’s signature style is a real treat! While I’m not the biggest Firestorm fan, his design really shines in Whalen’s two-tone aesthetic.

"Super Powers" by Tom Whalen is a 36”x24” 6 color screen print and was produced by Mondo. It has a limited edition run size of 250 pieces and can be purchased from the Sideshow Collectibles online store for $99.99 each.

DC Universe Classics Wave 17 Blackest Night Action Figures

The Blot can’t lie, I was more than a little surprised to learn that Mattel would be releasing a DCUC wave of Blackest Night action figures after DC Direct already did such an amazing job with them. Then again, it looks like Mattel is doing everything it can to cash in on the upcoming Green Lantern craze. According to Mattel, Wave 17 is just its “first step” into DC Comics' Blackest Night, so I assume we’ll be seeing at least one more Blackest Night wave before everything is said and done.

DC Universe Classics Wave 17 consists of White Lantern Hal Jordan, Black Lantern Hal Jordan (as the variant figure), Orange Lantern Lex Luthor, Star Sapphire Wonder Woman, Blue Lantern Flash, Sinestro Corps Scarecrow and Indigo Lantern Atom. The Collect and Connect figure for Wave 17 is the modern version of the Anti-Monitor.

DC Universe Classics Wave 17 Blackest Night does not go on sale until June 2011, but you can already pre-order all of the figures above for $16.99 from Entertainment Earth.

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe - The Villains Part 1

With all of the Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe news hitting the web this month I almost forgot to post the latest character designs for two of the four new villains unveiled last week, Baraka and Lex Luthor. I have never been a huge fan of Luthor’s green and purple armored suit, but I guess it’s a needed addition if the character is expected to perform hand to hand combat against the super powered heroes and villains of the Mortal Kombat and DC Comics universes.


On the other hand, I think Baraka looks awesome. He is as scary looking as ever and I absolutely love that toothy grin of his. I can’t wait to use those arm blades of his to cut up the opposition.


Unfortunately, there has still been no sighting of character renderings of either Shao Khan or Darkseid for next month’s video game release. The Blot for one is dying to know if Darkseid will be battling the minions of Outworld in his trademark bluish-grey skirt. More details to come as they become available.


One exciting bit of information I forgot to pass along last week is that Midway has finally announced an official release date for Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Fan's can expect to see the game on store shelves and available for purchase throughout North America on November 16th, 2008. So only a few more weeks until the carnage really starts!

The 2007 Forbes Fictional 15

The Forbes Fictional 15 is back! Thanks to faithful reader Mark for alerting me to its release. The past three years Forbes has complied a list of the richest fictional characters as if they were flesh and blood (they even give a rationale for each character as to how they determined the character’s worth in today’s economic climate).

The characters that make up the list come from all different kinds of fiction, books, television, comics, movies and once even a real life e-mail campaign. The only complaint I have is that former #1, Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks (from Annie), has not only been unseated as the richest fictional character, but he has fallen completely out of the top 15. It must have been a very good year for the other 15 characters comprising this year’s list.

Making his first appearance in the number one spot as richest fictional character is none other than Scrooge McDuck. Rounding out the top 5 is Ming the Merciless (from Flash Gordon), Richie Rich, Mom (from Futurama) and Jed Clampett (from The Beverly Hillbillies). You can read about who rounds out the Forbes Fictional 15 list here.


I’m actually pretty disappointed in this year’s list in that many of the fictional characters I felt deserved to be on the list in years past were taken off for newer characters without a valid reason for their inclusion. After checking out the rest of the 2007 Forbes Fictional 15 take a look at the 2006 Forbes Fictional 15 and the 2005 Forbes Fictional 15 to compare. I’d love to hear thoughts from all of you on fictional characters that should need to be added to the list and which ones should have never been included on the list in the first place. I for one think Lex Luthor (from Superman) should always be ranked in the top 15…but then again what do I know?