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Keith

One of my buds is the killing yuk-meister known as Deadpool. Recently, Wade has gone through a rough

About Me

I like to collect all sorts of stuff. As far as comics are concerned, I tend to follow G.I. Joe: America's Elite, Transformers: Best of the UK: Space Pirates/Movie Sequel: Reign of Starscream, Star Wars: Dark Times/Knights of the Old Republic/Legacy, Tales of the TMNT, Action Comics, Angel Revelations, Batman: Gotham After Midnight, Blue Beetle, Daredevil, Final Crisis, Green Lantern, Hulk, Huntress: Year One, Immortal Iron Fist, JSA Classified, Legion of Super-Heroes, Marvel 1985, Marvel Comics Presents, Ms. Marvel, New Avengers, Power Pack: Day One, She-Hulk, Teen Titans, Thor, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate Spider-Man, Wolverine First Class, X-Force, X-Men First Class, X-Men Legacy, Young Avengers Presents, Amazing Spider-Man, American Dream, Avengers: The Initiative, Batman and the Outsiders, Black Panther, Brave and the Bold, Captain America, Catwoman, DC Special: Cyborg, DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar, Fantastic Four, The Flash, Ghost Rider, Incredible Hercules, Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Justice League of America, Justice Society of America, Mighty Avengers, Robin, Superman/Batman, Tangent: Superman's Reign, Ultimate X-Men, Wolverine Origins, X-Men: Divided we Stand, Zombie Hunters, Amazing Spider-Girl, Booster Gold, Captain Britain and MI 13, Candestine, Doctor Who Classics, Genext, Gotham Underground, Green Arrow/Black Canary, Green Lantern Corps, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man: Legacy of Doom, Last Defenders, Marvel Spotlight, New Exiles, new universal: shockfront, Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four, Superman, Thunderbolts, Titans, Wolverine, Wonder Woman, The All-New Atom, Avengers/Invaders, Batman: Death Mask, Cable, DC Special: Raven, Detective Comics, Infinity Inc., Invincible Iron Man, Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas, Logan, Mighty Avengers, Moon Knight, Nightwing, Nova, Punisher War Journal, Rann/Thanagar: Holy War, Secret Invasion, Spooks, Supergirl, X-Factor, Batman, and Young X-Men. When it comes to plastic and porcelain memorabilia, I'm usually focused on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Masters of the Universe, Bionicle, and DC Direct merchandise with an extensive amount of Transformers and Star Wars items too.

My Interests

Acclaim, Avatar Press Inc, Broadway, Dark Horse, DC, Defiant, Devil's Due, Dreamwave, Dynamite Entertainment, Gemstone/Disney, IDW, Image, Marvel, Mirage, Ultraverse, Valiant, and Wildstorm comic books/hardcovers. Magazines (Diamond Comic Distributors' Previews, Lego, Viz Media's Shonen Jump, Shojo Beat, and Naruto Collector, Twomorrows' Alter Ego and Back Issue plus Titan's Star Wars Insider). DVD boxsets. Trading cards. Posters. Prop replicas. National Entertainment Collectibles Association, Art Asylum, Sideshow Collectibles, Palisades, Hard Hero, and Bowen Designs statues and busts. DC Direct, Hasbro, Lego, Mattel, and Toy Biz action figures.

I'd like to meet:

Everyone listed below as well as Barry Windsor-Smith, George Pérez, Dave Gibbons, Alex Ross, John Romita Jr., Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert, Whilce Portacio, Todd McFarlane, Dale Keown, Ian Churchill, Joe Quesada, Kevin Maguire, Dan Jurgens, Sean Chen, Jim Calafiore, Jim Cheung, Mike Zeck, E.J. Su, Bart Sears, Mike Deodato Jr., Tim Seeley, Stefano Caselli, Alan Davis, Gary Frank, Jim Shooter, Bob Layton, Fabian Nicieza, Tom DeFalco, Larry Hama, and Simon Furman.

Music:

Jordan McCoy, Fall Out Boy, The All-American Rejects, Stan Bush, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Green Day, Jesse McCartney, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, JoJo, Avril Lavigne, Savage Garden, Sara Paxton, Nelly Furtado, Rihanna, Stacie Orrico, Mandy Moore, Pussycat Dolls, Vanessa Hudgens, Kelly Clarkson, James Blunt, Sum 41, and Lil Chris from Hoax UK on Rock School. No longer active bands that I still like include 2ge+her, Steps, S Club 7, Dream, 5ive, O-Town, and LMNT.

Movies:

G.I. Joe, Spy Troops, Valor Vs. Venom, Transformers (both the Sunbow animated movie released in 1986 and the Michael Bay film from 2007), The Empire Strikes Back, Bionicle 1-3 (Mask of Light, Legends of Metru Nui, and Web of Shadows), Highlander: Endgame, Back to the Future Part II, The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter, Dragon Ball Z movie 9: Bojack Unbound, Sailor Moon R: The Promise of the Rose, Grave of the Fireflies, Whisper of the Heart, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, and Pom Poko.

Television:

Recently, I've been watching Transformers Animated, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward, Spectacular Spider-Man, The Batman, Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, Smallville, Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Death Note, Zatch Bell, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad!, Mad TV, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Last Call with Carson Daly. I also like G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, Transformers: Armada/Energon/Cybertron, Beast Wars/Beasties, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra: Princess of Power, The New Adventures of He-Man, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Highlander, Justice League Unlimited, X-Men: Evolution, Legion of Super Heroes, Teen Titans, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dragon Ball Z + GT, Yu Yu Hakusho/Ghost Files/Poltergeist Report, Sailor Moon, Cardcaptors, One Piece, Shaman King, InuYasha, Sonic X, Di-Gata Defenders, Survivor, Saved by the Bell, and 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter but I haven't seen them in a while mainly because the final episodes for most of them aired a long time ago.

Books:

Bionicle Chronicles, Adventures, and Legends written by C.A. Hapka + Greg Farshtey from Scholastic. Harbinger: The Beginning by Jim Shooter from Valiant Entertainment. Absolute Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb, Absolute Watchmen by Alan Moore, Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition by Marv Wolfman, Absolute Kingdom Come by Mark Waid, Absolute Dark Knight by Frank Miller, DC: The New Frontier Absolute Edition by Darwyn Cooke, Absolute Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb, Batman: Ego and Other Tails by Darwyn Cooke, Tales of the Batman: Tim Sale plus Batman and Son by Grant Morrison. Marvel Premiere Classic Volumes 1-10, Daredevil by Frank Miller + Klaus Janson Omnibus, Daredevil by Frank Miller Omnibus Companion and Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman. Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman and Transformers: The Best of Don Figueroa from IDW Publishing. The Death and Life of Superman by Roger Stern + Batman: Knightfall by Dennis O'Neil from Barnes and Noble. Kingdom Come by Elliot S. Maggin from Warner Aspect. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende from Puffin Books.

Heroes:

Snake-Eyes, Tommy Arashikage, Hot Rod, Zayne Carrick, Cade Skywalker, Lewa Nuva, Adam Pierson, Michelangelo, Savage Dragon, Xolus Cor, Magnus, Turok, Phil Seleski, Tohru Nakadai, Aric Dacia, Pete Stanchek, Jack Boniface, Obadiah Archer, Geoff McHenry, Ivar Anni-Padda, Michael Lazarus, Colin King, Doctor Hwen Mirage, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, Clark Kent, Michael Jon Carter, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, Cassie Sandsmark, Nathan Christopher Charles Summers, Wade Wilson, Clarice Ferguson, May "Mayday" Parker, Johnny Blaze, Marc Spector, Baron Helmut Zemo, Abe Jenkins, Robbie Baldwin, James Buchanan Barnes, Jack Power, Kenneth Connell, Matt Murdock, James Howlett, Bastian Balthazar Bux, and Marty McFly.

My Blog

X-O Manowar Issue 1

On April 30th, 2008, Valiant Entertainment published their second hardcover labelled X-O Manowar: Birth which includes the first six issues of the series plus the prequel. In other words, it contains ...
Posted by Keith on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:42:00 PST

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Issues 1-3 & G.I. Joe: Kung Fu Grip Issues 1-2

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Hasbro's A Real American Hero toyline, the G.I. Joe Official Site has been revamped with a new section dedicated to comic books added. At the moment, G.I. Joe...
Posted by Keith on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:31:00 PST

Harbinger Issue 0

On August 29th, 2007, Valiant Entertainment released a hardcover titled Harbinger: The Beginning collecting the first eight issues of the trendsetting series in chronological order. To make this&...
Posted by Keith on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:26:00 PST

Bionicle Issues 16-27 & Bionicle Ignition Issues 1-5

In 2001, LEGO introduced a theme of products called Bionicle (which is a combination of the 2 words "Biological" and "Chronicle"). A DC comic book was simultaneously launched starring six Toa named Ta...
Posted by Keith on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:49:00 PST

Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light Issues 1-6

Unless you're a diehard Hasbro fan from the eighties like myself, you probably never heard of or don't remember Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light. With a mere 13 episodes, it had only a...
Posted by Keith on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:45:00 PST

Rune Issue 0

Ultraverse Origins #1 described Rune's history as follows: "In the countless millenia before the dawn of mankind upon the planet Earth, there raged among the stars an imperious warlord who's insatiab...
Posted by Keith on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:24:00 PST

Solar, Man of the Atom Issue 0

Barry Windsor-Smith has always been among my top ten favorite artists if not a strong contender for the number one spot. His prolific work during the early nineties made it a very exciting t...
Posted by Keith on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:50:00 PST