The Pantheon Inc

Army Vet needs Help

2013-08-22T22:22:00.000-07:00

I know we haven't posted in a Loooong time, and we haven't abandon the page. We are still working on a revamp. my partner and I are still learning how to create a web page and do the html. We hope to have this back up with a TON of content by the end of the year. In the mean time we hope you can find it in your heart to help out an Army vet who just needs temporary help. We thank all who can. Please follow the link at http://www.gofundme.com/40xbu8

Hiatus

2012-09-26T20:24:00.001-07:00

As you guys may have noticed, there has been no content for a while. Due to some employment and personal issues, I have not been able to do what I need for the site. I will be taking a hiatus until no later then January. When we come back, we will have fresh content, interviews, webcomics and art! We will probably have some random content throughout, but we will let you know when we will be full time and our schedule. I want to thank you guys who visited our site and I promise you your patience will be rewarded. In the meantime, checkout The Broken Infinite our sister site!

Pokemon and Batman collide! Greatest Crossover ever!!

2012-08-23T11:21:00.002-07:00

This may be one of the best crossovers so far. ZuBatman, the superhero crime fighter from Celadon City! I wonder how Team Rocket feels now, first they are defeated by a child (more then once) now they are getting beatdown by a costumed vigilante. Man, crime no longer pays in the Pokemon world. Now to wait for DC to make this cash cow to happen.

Seriously DC/Pokemon.... Make this happen.

Turtle Power!!

2012-08-10T15:55:00.002-07:00

Whose side are you on?

Promoting their new rendition of the popular series The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Nickelodeon is rolling out a neat promotion. Utilizing the popular social media Facebook and Twitter, fans can tweet and share status on the upcoming show and collect points. Those with enough points get entered to win some cool prizes. Here is a excerpt from the page of what you can win.
Click Here to enter!

Turtle Power!!!!

Avengers vs. X-Men Battle Report (Super Sized)

2012-08-06T23:27:00.000-07:00

Welcome Ladies & Gentlemen. Battle Report comes back with a MASSIVE update and return. We will catch up to date on all things AvX. We are gonna catch you up on all the hard-hitting action and events since the last battle report. There is a LOT of ground to cover. So, sit back, hold on tight and brace yourselves cause this will be a bumpy ride.

Avengers vs. X-Men Round 6

If you thought things were crazy before, the first part of the second arc of Avengers vs X-Men will make you go nuts. The Phoenix Five (Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Magik & Namor) lead the X-Men into helping the world proactively. They grew crops in deserts. They end wars. The Phoenix Five, under Cyclops' direction, mean business. They rebuild Utopia into a stronger country ... more so than it ever was; which gives Magneto glee while Charles Xavier does not seem to fond of the methods of the Phoenix Five.
The Avengers, particularly Captain America, Iron Man and Black Panther, are finding all the work that the Phoenix Five are doing disturbing and set the Avengers to go after Hope. Yet, before they go, there is an exchange on how to KILL the Phoenix Five if need be. At which point, Beast is disgusted and quits; stating that he no longer has a home on either side.
Back on Utopia, Hope talks with her grandfather, Cyclops, about how the Phoenix still calls to her but Cyclops tells her that she does not deserve the power; even though she was chosen to be the true Phoenix host. The Phoenix Five start an attack on the Avengers, stating that the Avengers are now looked upon as renegades. Yet, before they can collect Captain America ... Scarlet Witch arrives. Cyclops touches her, which hurts him. The Avengers escape while Cyclops orders for Scarlet Witch's head after they escape with Hope, who is more than willing to leave with the Avengers.

New Avengers # 25-27

The Phoenix/K'un L'un Connection is established as a former Iron Fist was also the host for the Phoenix at one point. And there are legends of the Phoenix fighting a crimson demon ... who points at a particular heroine on the Avengers. It moves from past to present as the Avengers are able to get Hope and have her, Spiderman and Iron Fist take her to the city of K'un L'un.

Secret Avengers #28

The final part of the Kree connection in Avengers vs. X-Men as Captain Mar-vell has some long words with Carol Danvers. This issue helps set up Carol as the new Captain Marvel.

AvX:Versus #4

Psylocke vs. Daredevil. Phoenix Emma Frost vs. Thor. And that fight get brutal as Emma gets shattered during the battle.

Avengers vs. X-Men Round 7

Almost picking up where the last issue left off, the Phoenix Five are after the Avengers. Yet, the Avengers know that the Phoenix Five are not found of Scarlet Witch or her powers. They hatch a plan to use special disguises to make multiple people look like Wanda as they fight the X-Men on multiple fronts. Several Avengers are taken captive while Hawkeye is also burned alive. Scarlet Witch, once again, proves herself being able to hurt the Phoenix Five, teleporting Namor back to Utopia from the other side of the world. Yet, at the end of the issue, Emma makes out with Namor and convinces him to go attack Wakanda.

Avengers Academy #32 & # 33

Emma Frost, powered up by her portion of the Phoenix Powers, decides that it is time to go to the Avengers Academy and make an example of the students there; particularly the young student that controls a Sentinel. Emma Frost does end up killing the Sentinel but also contends with a hard battle; not only fighting the Avengers Academy staff but also the students themselves; including former New X-Man X-23. X-23 threatens to kill Emma but Emma ends up retreating.

Uncanny X-Men # 14 - #16

UNIT's control of Danger has her taking down the Generation Hope kids and rewriting their memories. Meanwhile, the main story of these issues deal with Sinister making his ultimate play against the X-Men, hoping to get the Phoenix Five in order to control them. And he attacks the Extinction Team with legions of Sinisters, Madelyn Pryor & Gambit clones. His castle bases rests on top of a clone of Krakoa. And it looks that he is enough of a match for the Phoenix Five; leaving Psylocke, Storm, Magneto and Danger to the rescue.

X-Men Legacy # 268

While there are some details of the Phoenix Five dealing with a countries issue of war, this issue focus's on Frenzy and her brother. Readers get a good look to see where Frenzy's head is at these days.

Wolverine & the X-Men # 12

Focused on Rachel Grey, Rachel fends off the Avengers as she is tasked with hunting down Wolverine and the Avengers. Rachel is definitely not happy about this as she wonders if she did the right thing. After a disturbing talk with her father, Cyclops, Rachel ends up tracking down Hope ... then letting her go. (Good job Rachel. You are an awesome aunt.)

Avengers vs. X-Men Round 8

It is devastation. It is gore. It is a Phoenix Namor, bringing a large tidal wave into Wakanda. Wakanda is devastated by this attack and the Avengers Assemble, with Scarlet Witch as they go all out against Namor ... and win. Finding that once they defeat a Phoenix powered member of the Phoenix Five, it leaves them and splits between the remaining hosts. Plus, Professor Xavier threatens Cyclops to stop this and Cyclops decides NOT to heed his old teacher.

New Avengers #28

We see Spiderwoman, Hawkeye and Luke Cage escaping from their cells on Utopia as they fight off Magma, the Cuckoos and more, only to be stopped by Phoenix Colossus, Havok, Polaris, Gambit and Psylocke. They look as if they still are going to escape when .... oh no. It was a dream. Made by Unit and Danger. Nice try though.

Wolverine & the X-Men # 13

The origin of Warbird. Plus, an angry Gladiator, who is the Emperor of the Shi'ar. The Death Commandos and more. Gladiator takes on the Phoenix Five ... and Loses.

X-Men Legacy # 269 -270

Rogue takes center stage these issues as we look at how far she has come. It is the long anticipated rematch between Rogue and Ms. Marvel ... which she wins. When Phoenix Magik shows up, she introduces Rogue to the new prison they have been sending the Avengers . .. a mountain that Magik has transformed to be part of Limbo. This leads to Rogue deciding to help Ms. Marvel ... only to have them fight Phoenix Magik ... and lose. Ms. Marvel is put back to her hellish prison while Rogue is banished to another dimension.

Avengers #28

Red Hulk deals with why he's even involved in this conflict then decides to try to assignate Cyclops. And he gets his big Hulk self beaten badly by the Phoenix Five for his trouble. They even break Red Hulk's arm!

Wolverine & the X-Men # 14

Phoenix Colossus drops by the Jean Grey School, being looked after by Kitty Pryde with flowers. The two go on a date and Colossus pops the question. And Kitty says ... NO. Meanwhile, Iceman, Rachel, Angel and more decide to defect from the Phoenix Five's side.

The King and Queen of Mutants Take a Stroll.

Avengers vs. X-Men Round 9

Wakanda starts to work on healing itself as Black Panther annuls his marriage to Storm after she admits that he was right. (BOOOOOOOOOOOO!) The Avengers numbers are dwindling till Scarlet Witch works her magic while Spider-man gets his moment to shine as he takes down BOTH Phoenix Colossus and Phoenix Magik by himself. Now, the Avengers got most of their comrades back: Spiderwoman, Luke Cage, Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, Thing & Thor. The stage is being set for the final showdown. And the only 2 Phoenix bearers left are Cyclops and Emma Frost.

AvX Battle Results:

Red Hulk vs. Phoenix Five Winner: Phoenix Five
Psylocke vs. Daredevil Winner: Draw
Magik vs. Hawkeye Winner: Magik
Spiderwoman, Hawkeye & Luke Cage vs. Utopia Winner: Danger & UNIT

Dogpile Phoenix powered Namor.

Rachel Grey vs. Thor Winner: Draw
Rachel Grey vs. Iron Fist Winner: Rachel Grey
Rachel Grey vs. Black Widow Winner: Rachel Grey
Scarlet Witch vs. Namor Winner: Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch vs. Magik Winner: Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch vs. Cyclops & Emma Frost Winner: Scarlet Witch
Gladiator vs. The Phoenix Five Winner: Phoenix Five
Death Commandos vs. The Phoenix Five Winner: Phoenix Five
Wolverine vs. Cyclops Winner: Cyclops
Rogue vs. Ms. Marvel Winner: Rogue
Rogue & Ms. Marvel vs. Magik Winner: Magik
Captain America & Black Panther vs. Emma Frost Winner: Emma Frost

Emma Frost vs. Avengers Academy Staff Winner: Emma Frost
Emma Frost vs. Sentinel Winner: Emma Frost
Emma Frost vs. Entire Avengers Academy Winner: Avengers Academy
Emma Frost vs. Thor Winner: Emma Frost
Iceman vs. Spiderman Winner: Spiderman
Sinister vs. The Phoenix Five Winner: Sinister ... kind of.
Namor vs. The Avengers Winner: The Avengers
Spiderman vs. Magik & Colossus Winner: Spiderman

Injuries

Where do I begin?

- Emma as shatter and put herself back together.
- Hawkeye was burned alive then healed by the Phoenix Five
- Namor got a few concussions after that battle in AvX Round 8
- Red Hulk's arm was busted with some other parts of him.
- Almost everyone has cuts and bruises
- Storm & Black Panther's marriage is pretty much broken
- Wolverine has burns, cuts, broken bones and more.
- Colossus's mind must be so messed up as he has the Phoenix & the Juggernaut in him. Well, had the Phoenix.
- Rachel is hurting mentally because of being forced to hunt down the Avengers and her own niece.
- Iceman was shattered several times.
- Rogue must deal with demon power and getting thrown into another dimension.
- Sentinel is dead.
- Hawkeye, Spiderwoman, Luke Cage & Gen Hope all got mind fucked by Danger & UNIT

Spidey gives Hope a pep talk about a person's moment in time.

- Danger being a slave to UNIT

- The Avengers egos got hit hard.

And those are just for starters.

NOTES

We are seeing the beginning of the end.

- The Illuminati are coming back together for this event which means they may use the Infinity Gauntlet.

- What will Professor Xavier's role be if he goes up against Scott and Emma.

- The X-Men seem to be leaving Scott's side. Which means ... WOLVERINE WAS RIGHT.

- The Avengers Academy might be ending soon with the recent announcement from Tigra and Hank Pym that they are closing the school.

- No matter what happens, both the X-Men ... well, Scott's X-Men more than the others and the Avengers are gonna need some major looks into their leadership. It is clear that this whole situation could have been avoided with better leaders.

- What the hell is up with Havok & Polaris showing up but no lines? And siding with Scott?

- Spiderman proves why not only he deserves to be an Avenger but why the group NEEDS him.

- Scarlet Witch is a BAD BITCH! Werk it mija!

She is saying "Yes, I'm Back. And I'm a Baaaaaaaaaad Bitch!"

- Vision seems to be lightening up on Wanda ... a little.

- Where are Scarlet Witch's sons? I would figure they would want in. Well ... Speed more than Wiccan.

- Carol giving Rogue the benefit of the doubt and said that she proved herself speaks volumes on how far these women have come.

- Emma maybe getting too corrupted by the power, hmm?

- Storm and Black Panther's annulment is pure BULLSHIT!

- Again, Scarlet Witch is a BAD BITCH!

In 2 Weeks: More Battle Report. I promise.

Mature Mayhem

2012-08-05T22:09:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the first of an experiment. Here are 8 anime, with 2 little surprises in between shows that are very bloody, brutal and filled with sexual innuendo. And now ... make sure you are signed in to a youtube account cause this list if for Mature Audiences ONLY. Enjoy!

Lack of Respect For Marriage in Comics

2012-08-05T21:54:00.000-07:00

Warning: The Following contains spoilers from AvX #9 and more.

Years ago, I went to my comic book shop and bought X-Men # 30, the wedding of Jean Grey and Scott Summers. For years, I would reread that very issue; merely enjoying the love of the characters had for each other and those around them. And then Grant Morrison's New X-Men happened and Scott Summers ended up having a psychic affair with Emma Frost, which became physical. Jean Grey died ... again and Scott moved on as he and Emma fell in love with each other.

Look at that. STAN LEE married Luke & Jessica! WTH Marvel!

Fast forward to about 5 to 6 years ago. New Avengers were young in their first volume but Luke Cage's character rose. He and his long time love, Jessica Jones, tied the knot in New Avengers Annual # 1. They ended up having a daughter, Danielle, named after Luke's best friend, Danny Rand aka Iron Fist. They ended up buying the Avengers Mansion for a $1 ... I am not kidding. New Avengers Volume 2, # 1 for that one folks ... and they had become full fledged Avengers while Squirrel Girl became their babysitter.

Go back about 7 years ago, during the time of Civil War where hero was fighting hero ... but the X-Men were out of it at this point. Captain America was on one side while Iron Man was on the other. The breather between the event happened to be the nuptials of T'Challa, long time Avenger Black Panther, and Storm, former leader of the X-Men. They had wed and became King and Queen of Wakanda. They also served a small stint on the Fantastic Four, allowing Reed and Sue to FINALLY have a honeymoon. The Watcher said they were gonna have children! The WATCHER! Freakin' Uatu! Said that T'Challa and Ororo would have CHILDREN! And they have been married since then ... UNTIL TODAY.

Black Panther's & Storm's Wedding

Which gets to the bulk of my article. Marvel ... more so then any Other comic book company, it seems, seem to not enjoy having their characters stay married anymore. And while I understand the divorce rate is 50% in the country of the United States and wanting to reflect society, some of these marriages desolving his troublesome. Now, motivations-wise, I can understand some marriage falling apart. Like Scarlet Witch and Visions. Even Scott and Jean's I can understand.

But there are some break ups that I'm just scratching my head over. Like Storm and Black Panther. THIS MAKES NO SENSE! Time and again, Storm has reached out to her husband and her husband is like I love you but I need to figure my way alone. Once I do, I will come back to you. And Yet ... He annuls their marriage today. Why? I don't know? Does he blame her for what happened or not telling him about the Phoenix? I don't know. And while in some cases, that translates to a relate-able marriage ... I do not believe that THIS would be true grounds for T'Challa to give up on his wife. Not after EVERYTHING they've been through together over the last several years. It just comes out of nowhere. Marriage counselling I see. Annulment? NO!

Then, at the top of AvX, Jessica Jones decides to leave her husband, Luke Cage. Just 2 minutes before, he announced to the world that he wants nothing more than his wife and child. Granted, Jessica ran from him before but I figured that 1- Jessica knew what she was getting into when she joined the Avengers and married Luke Cage. 2- Even with a child, what makes her think she is REALLY any safer alone. Especially after having her face plastered on tv who knows how many times by now. So ... she ran. To take care of her child. Admirable. But still, logically ... she has a better chance WITH The Avengers than not. And Luke ... 2 minutes ago, you said you wanted nothing more than your wife and child ... on National TV .... but then you decide its important to fight the X-Men; when clearly ... the reason why is still kind of up in the air. Damn it Luke! You are better than that. *sigh*

Oh. Marvel isn't the only culprit. Let's see ... ah yes. DC. Their reboot of Superman has brought so many new people to the book. And it is understandable ... to all but this.. . Lois and Clark had been married for nearly 15 FRELLIN' Years ... and that got all erased so they can have a new history. Sure ... we get to see Clark and Lois go through it all over again. But this time, there is no guarantee that they will end up together.

And who can forget DC for breaking up Donna and Terry. Cause Terry suddenly decided, after them having a child, that super heroics was a no no ... even though Terry had stood by her as a hero for YEARS. Terry damn well knew what he was getting into when he married her. They had a child together. He even helped her with looking after the Team Titans (I know, obscure) but decided all of a sudden ... "Nope. Don't want to stay with you anymore after all these years." So yay! Break up a marriage for convenience. Yay!

And on top of that, let's go to the dozens and dozens of heroes and/or heroines who have had extra-marital or out of relationship affairs: Omni-man, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Psylocke (twice), Gambit, Kyle Rayner, Havok, Kendra Saunders, Dick Grayson (how can you not know the person you are sleep with is not different when you have sex, even if they are a shape shifter), etc.

But let me get to the easiest, most heinous of all marriage break ups that were pure and utter bullshit. Yes. I am speaking about THAT storyline. ONE. MORE. DAY. And now, I have enraged probably half my readership by saying those three words. Yep. One More Day. The storyline that rebooted Spidey from long-time, happily married man, into the single man he has now become. Quesada has gone on print back when the storyline first came out stating that him being single will open more doors to Spiderman, storywise and him being married was holding him back. WHAT?! They were married for YEARS and you decided that that marriage couldn't work in upcoming storylines. WHAT?! They never even divorced. Spidey made a deal with the devil ... the freakin' devil ... to save Aunt May ... who had died before already. Sure, she was a clone but still ... save Aunt May for his marriage.

What the frell?!

While overall, some of these marriages coming apart are good and natural. There are these others that make me wonder what is on the minds of the writers and why do this. I understand divorce rate is 50% but it is looking like 80 to 90% in comics now. While life should be seen in multifaceted ways, this trend is starting to get REALLY disturbing. Makes you think about it, huh?

My name is Frankie Rodriguez and these are my thoughts.

I am Jack's Hilarious Meme

2012-07-31T23:36:00.003-07:00

Mumble Grumble

2012-07-31T23:29:00.000-07:00

You Look MARVELous

2012-07-31T23:27:00.001-07:00

Don't Leave the Cave Without it

2012-07-31T18:46:00.000-07:00

Dolph Ziggler, World's Greatest Salesman.

2012-07-31T12:37:00.000-07:00

If you are a wrestling fan you know who Dolph Ziggler is. He is the greatest Salesman to ever sell. Created by my friend Ron Crane, I present to you Ziggler can sell...

Ziggler can sell girl scout cookies to girl scouts.

Ziggler can sell coffee to a Columbian.

Ziggler can sell guitar lessons to Jimmy Page

Ziggler can sell bootleg movies to the FBI.

ziggler can sell a botch to sin cara

Ziggler can sell face paint to the Ultimate Warrior.

Ziggler can sell steroids to Lex Luger....wait.

Ziggler can sell beer to Stone Cold.

Ziggler can sell Gucci shoes to homeless people.

Ziggler can sell a ketchup popsicle to a lady wearing white gloves

Ziggler can sell "yes"s to D. Bryan

Ziggler can sell The T-Virus to Raccoon City

Ziggler can sell a 3 hour show to all of us.

Ziggler can sell characters to the USA Network.

Ziggler can sell a story to Vince Russo

Ziggler can sell prop gags to Carrot Top.

Ziggler can sell beef patties to Jamaicans.

Ziggler can sell a Bible to an Atheist

Ziggler can sell the spirit squad

Ziggler can sell the crap out of a cheerleader.

Ziggler can sell chinese food to asians

Ziggler can sell an Ipad to Bill Gates

ziggler can sell a tout

Ziggler can sell tools to Home Depot.

Ziggler can sell a clothesline to himself

Ziggler can sell insureance to the Geico Geko

Ziggler can sell air time to Zack Ryder

Ziggler can sell bootlegs of WCW

Ziggler can sell Soul Food to an Indian Restaurant

Ziggler can sell one night in Chyna.....I dont think anybody wants to buy

ZIggler can sell TNA

Ziggler can sell money to a bank and still make a profit.

Ziggler can sell Cena as best in the world

Ziggler can sell himself as the new Chuck Norris

Ziggler can sell Tensai to A-Train.

Ziggler can sell Sharpie markers to Tensai.

Ziggler can sell Wheelchairs to non handicap people.

ziggler can sell that Tensai is Japanese

Ziggler can sell wigs to Professor Xavier

Ziggler can sell Billy Blanks tapes to Stephen Hawking.

Ziggler could sell Tae Bo to Bruce Lee

Ziggler can sell the 5 moves of doom

Ziggler can sell crack to Jesus

Ziggler can sell Kung Fu to Black Dynamite.

Ziggler can sell metal outfits to Doctor Doom

Ziggler can sell on-disc DLC to Capcom.

Ziggler can sell adamantium to Wolverine.

Ziggler can sell Samsung phone models to Apple.

ziggler can sell the new tyler perry movie

Ziggler can sell therapy to Batman

Ziggler can sell stupid movie ideas to Tyler Perry

Ziggler can sell baby oil to David Otunga.

Ziggler can sell someone on the idea of having sex with Rosie O'Donnell

Ziggler can sell Oakley's to the blind.

Ziggler can sell The Village People to Chick-fil-A.

Ziggler can sell a Megazord to the Power Rangers

Ziggler can sell Chili's to Applebees.

Ziggler can sell a M.Night Shymalan twist ending

Ziggler can sell the gold medals to China

Ziggler can sell B.E.T. to Russia

Ziggler can sell hair to Paul Heymen.

Ziggler can sell a pump to Mandingo

Ziggler can sell salt to a slug & make it crawl in it

Ziggler can sell the WWF to the WWE.

ziggler can sell emmy's to HBO

Ziggler can sell Rap music to KKK members.

Ziggler can sell condoms to octomom

Ziggler can sell a GED to stupid people.

Ziggler can sell a Baconator to a vegan

Ziggler can sell chastity belts to pornstars.

ziggler can sell a lesnar vs kimbo mma fight

Ziggler can sell Beard Hair to Kimbo Slice

Ziggler can sell sobriety to Scott Hall

Ziggler can sell evolution to Christians.

Ziggler can sell a baby to a momma for drama

Ziggler can sell a bible to an Atheist

Ziggler can sell Knee caps to Kevin Nash

ziggler can sell wwe to Sting

Ziggler can sell Burger King to Jimmy John's.

Ziggler can sell replays...

Ziggler can sell a job to Marty Janety

Ziggler can sell a botch to Sin Cara.

Ziggler can sell fire to the titan-tron.

ziggler can sell new york to philly

Ziggler can sell repeat posts.

Ziggler can sell repeat posts.

Ziggler can sell repeat posts.

Ziggler can sell gypsy tears to Borat

Ziggler can sell Triple H to put over young talent

Ziggler can sell septa tokens

Ziggler can sell Cambodian breast milk to Puff Daddy.

Ziggler can sell Microsoft to Sony

Ziggler can sell meat to Daniel Bryan

Ziggler can sell stocks to THQ

Zigger can sell Justin Beiber

Ziggler can sell marshmellows to the Stay Puft man from Ghostbusters.

Ziggler can sell Street Fighter x Tekken

Ziggler can sell Star Wars to Trekkies

Ziggler can sell painkillers to Max Payne

Ziggler can sell dance moves to Brodus Clay.

Ziggler can sell acting to Keanu Reeves

Ziggler can sell speedos to the Big Show....

Ziggler can sell repeat titles to CAPCOM

Ziggler can sell John Cena a new theme song.

Ziggler can sell HD remixes of Capcom titles.

Ziggler can sell more than 5 moves to Cena

Ziggler can sell a typical 2-minute Divas match.

ziggler can sell show vs cena for the 900th time

Ziggler can sell Hunting to PETA

Ziggler can sell Tanooki Suits to PETA

ziggler can sell cena as a heel

Ziggler can sell money to Ted Dibiase.

Ziggler can sell a new WWE Championship title.

Ziggler can sell a rap career to Shaq.

Ziggler can sell a rap career to Ja Rule

Ziggler can sell cologne to Rick "The Model" Martel.

Ziggler can sell chocolate milk to the Kool-Aid man!

Ziggler can sell selling to John Cena

Ziggler can sell acting to Eric The Midget

Ziggler can sell pollution to Capt. Planet.

Ziggler can sell pants to He-Man

ziggler can sell a robe to "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair (WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!).

Ziggler can sell Proper English to Ahmed Johnson

Ziggler can sell Alcohol and Newports to CM Punk

Ziggler can sell a bounced check to Paul Heyman

Ziggler can sell Triple H as a jobber

Ziggler can sell a $1 bill to Geroge Washington.

Ziggler can sell soul train to Don Cornelius.

Zigger can sell slavery to Kunta Kintae

Ziggler can sell a radiator to an eskimo

Ziggler can sell Knucklehead....

Ziggler can sell stereo speakers to bikers

Ziggler can sell class to hoodrats

Zigger can sell John Cena merch to a grown man who DOESNT live in his moms basement

Ziggler can sell hydrolics to unicycles.

Ziggler can sell Carlos Mencia as an original comedian.

Ziggler can sell the Lifetime channel to Men.

ziggler can sell a size 32 tight fit to big show

Ziggler can sell power-ups to Axel, Adam, and Blaze.

Ziggler can sell an Atari Jaguar to....ahhhhh anyone......

Ziggler can sell American Gladiators to England

Ziggler can sell water to Gizmo

Ziggler can sell coins to Mario & Luigi

Ziggler can sell Budweiser to Coors Light.

Ziggler can sell abstinence to Alexis Texas

Ziggler can sell fire alarms to Cincinatti.

Ziggler can sell giving a green card to Fidel Castro

Ziggler can sell chairs to La Parka

Ziggler can sell beer to CM Punk

Ziggler can sell Rat Poison to Master Splinter....

Ziggler can sell clothes to an ugly stripper

Ziggler can sell nitro endings to RAW.

Ziggler can sell bullying and anti bullying at the same time

Ziggler can sell respect to Rodney Dangerfield.

Ziggler can sell 200+ posts in this thread and counting.

ziggler can sell raw as nitro

Ziggler can sell Nitro to Shane McMahon.

Ziggler can sell the ending of Matrix Revolutions

Ziggler can sell youthfulness to "The Boogieman"

Ziggler can sell sugar to a diabetic

Ziggler can sell Neo the Blue Pill...

Ziggler can sell superpowers to Batman

Ziggler can sell Superman martial arts lessons

Ziggler can sell Aquaman swimming lessons

Ziggler can sell Skin care cream to Bizzaro Superman

Ziggler can sell Honky Tonk Man's guitars to New.Jack :3

Ziggler can sell Del Rio a Hooptie

Ziggler can sell retiring to Ric Flair

Ziggler could sell sobriety to Scott Steiner

Ziggler can sell me seafood. And I can't eat seafood.

Ziggler can sell me any of the Resident Evil movies......and...i...HATE THE RESIDENT EVIL

MOVIES!!! GAHHHH!!!

Ziggler can sell moonsaults to Essa Rios.

Ziggler can sell Dragonball GT as an awesome anime.

Avengers vs X-Men Battle Report # 5

2012-07-28T22:12:00.000-07:00

AVENGERS vs X-MEN BATTLE REPORT #5

by Hector Ramirez & Frankie Rodriguez

And now it is time to catch you up with Avengers vs. X-Men Battle Report. Now, we are not going to cover the books that came out on June 20th. But we will cover all the other books of the last 3 weeks.

X-Men Legacy # 266 & 267:

This 2-parter starts out earlier than the rest.We start with Kitty Pryde and Rachel Grey going over what has been going on recently with Cyclops' faction of the X-Men and the Avengers. While there seem to be some that think that Hope can't handle the Phoenix, Rachel thinks she can. (Being her Aunt might have something to do with that). So, Rachel argues that they can no longer sit on the sidelines while Kitty disagrees. While the majority of the staff decide to stay in the school and look after the kids, Rachel and Bobby (Iceman), are the first to go join with Cyclops.

Shortly after their departure, Falcon, Moon Knight and She-Hulk arrive to ... well, to make sure that no one else is the Jean Grey School joins up with Cyclops' faction. At which point, both Frenzy and Gambit were ready to rip their heads off for coming into their home and telling them what to do. After Kitty asks to speak to either Wolverine or Beast, Falcon answers that they are not available. And Moon Knight chirps how if they want to believe everything will be okay is fine but not to have "you people" add to the problems Which Frenzy replies with . .."Did the guy in the White Hood just say You People." After Kitty lays down the law, everyone returns to class while the 3 Avengers must watch from 100 yards away. That is till Frenzy returns to keep an eye on them. After a brief insult from Moon Knight, Frenzy returns the insult with mocking how Moon Knight was crazy even before he put the costume on. And then ... FIGHT ENSUES. Rogue ends up going old school with her powers and Iron Man shows up .... let's just say that things look bad but definitely an awesome battle to behold.

Wolverine and the X-men #11:

We start off with Kid Gladiator and Warbird fleeing the planet under Gladiator's orders, but Kid Gladiator decides to join the X-Men in battle. As this happens Hope and Logan are attacked by Shi'ar Death Commandos but Hope dispatches them with a Phoenix burst. Multiple battles ensue including a repeat of Spidey vs Colossus with an inaccurate panel and Gambit being knocked out by Cap again. Iceman turns the table on Red Hulk after a seemingly one sided ass whooping. Bobby's victory was then followed up by Kid Gladiator sucker punching Red Hulk. Now, both teams are in trouble with the arrival of Gladiator looking for his son.

Avengers #27:

The Protector betrays the Avengers by getting the Anti-Phoenix machine to the Kree Supreme Intelligence while the original outer space team still is reeling from their confrontation with the Phoenix.

AvX Round 5:

So the Avengers and X-Men are fighting it out on the moon after Logan betrays Hope to the Avengers and is in turn betrayed by Rachel. Hope loses her temper with all the fighting around her and the close proximity of the Phoenix causing another burst. She pleads with Logan to kill her but Scott stops him. Meanwhile, Tony Stark has built a machine to kill the Phoenix but it instead diverts the Phoenix Force into Scott, Emma, Magik, Namor, and Piotr. As the Phoenix Five the return to Earth with a mission of evolution. No clear battles.

Secret Avengers #27:

So, Captain Britain seemingly feels like a fish out of water or putting his foot in his mouth with the Secret Avengers. Meanwhile, the Kree have brainwashed Captain Mar-vell but still very much the hero he always was at the core. Seeing him justifying what he's doing while still serving the Kree is proving interesting.

Avengers Academy #31:

After spending last issue fighting amongst themselves, Shaw revealed that he was trying to free the Generation Hope Kids from the Avengers Academy staff (including Tigra, Hercules and more). The issue seemed to have a big turn as the two faction as X-23, Richocet, Hollow and Wiz Kid help the Generation Hope kids. Tigra then talks to Shaw and decides to help the children escape.

Uncanny X-Men #13:

As the events of AvX Round 5 unfold Storm, Magneto, Psylocke, and Mr. Nemesis find themselves in an abandoned building swapping stories of domestic abuse, traitorous children, arm breaking Hulks, and in the case of Nemesis incoherent babbling all results of war. They all of course wish they could be in the thick of things. Meanwhile Hope's friends from Utopia attempt to find their place in the events unfolding by questioning Unit. Unit speaks of a former Phoenix host bringing revolution to hert planet with the help of 5 underlings. Believing they were meant to help Hope do the same seek to do that but Unit has Danger stop for he is curious to see what a Phoenix does without such help. No Avenger/X-Men battles but Danger sure beats the shit out of the would be Phoenix crew.

Vs #3:

We start off with Red Hulk tearing Colossus up and getting bored so he tosses him to The Thing and thus begins our first fight.Ben starts beating Piotr's(see that writers Piotr not Peter get it right dammit) face into the ground who retaliates by smacking him with a slab of stone.Ben recomposes himself and throws a stone down Piotr's throat then headbutts him in the gut. This sends them flying to an area of the moon with no oxygen where Ben can't keep up and Piotr knocks him unconscious, X-Men's victory. Next, Piotr's little sister Illyana aka Magik takes on the lovely Black Widow. While Natalia is a formidable opponent even when being attacked by demons in limbo (where the writers thought untranslated bits of Russian dialogue was a good idea :/) Magik turns the tables on Natalia by impaling her from behind with her magical blade thankfully only rendering her unconscious with its magical properties. And thus the Rasputin bunch has won this issue for the X-Men.

AVX BATTLE RESULTS:

Rogue vs. She -Hulk; Winner: No Contest (due to switching fighting partners)

Frenzy vs. Moon Knight Winner: Frenzy (both verbally and physically)

Rogue vs. She-Hulk, Moon Knight, Falcon & Iron Man [Drone] Winner: ROGUE!!!

Iron Man [Drone] vs. Gambit Winner: Iron Man [Drone]

She-Hulk vs. Frenzy Winner: No Contest

Hellion, Match & another Mutant vs. She-Hulk Winner: She-Hulk

Sebastian Shaw vs. Avengers Academy Staff Winner: No Contest (stopped by Students)

Avengers Academy Students vs. Generation Hope, Ricochet, Wiz Kid and Hollow. Winner: Gen Hope

Unit & Danger vs. Generation Hope Winner: Unit & Danger

The Thing vs. Colossonaunt Winner: Colossonaunt

Black Widow vs. Magik Winner: Magik

Protector vs. The Avengers Winner: Protector

Iron Fist vs. Marvel Girl (aka Rachel Grey) Winner: Marvel Girl

Iceman vs. Red Hulk Winner: Iceman

Death Commandos vs. Hope Summers & Wolverine Winner: Hope Summers & Wolverine

Black Panther vs. Storm Winner: No Contest

Avengers vs. X-Men (Match 5) Winner: The X-Men

The Phoenix vs. Iron Man & his Anti Phoenix Buster Winner: THE PHOENIX

INJURY LIST:

- Gen Hope got some minor concussions and their minds tampered with.

- Any Avengers or X-Men on the Moon were burned by Hope and the Phoenix.

- Magik has a slightly cracked jaw

- Black Widow has to deal with the Soul Sword messing with her soul.

- Psylocke has a broken arm.

- Thing's skin got cracked

- Cyclops has some cuts and concussions thanks to both Wolverine and Captain America.

- Red Hulk has frost bite.

- Iron Fist has to deal with massive headaches.

- The Avengers Academy staff and Sebastian Shaw have bruises.

- The Death Commandos are ... well, mostly dead.

- Hope has bullet holes and cuts in her ... no ... wait ... she mimicked Wolverine. She's good.

- Danger is dealing with being hacked by Unit.

- The Phoenix got split into 5 thanks to Tony Stark.

- Hellion has ruptured Ear drums.

- Captain Britain is eating crow like it's going out of style.

- Dr. Nemesis is still reeling from Black Widow's stingers.

NOTES:

- So yeah. Thanks to Tony Stark ... the Phoenix now has 5 hosts.

- Scott Summers is a host of the Phoenix. So is Emma Frost. So is Namor. Heaven help the Avengers.

- You know, with Falcon, She-Hulk and Moon Knight rolling up to the Jean Grey School like they did, the Avengers are REALLY starting to look like Bullies.

- Magneto, Storm & Psylocke toast wishing they were with the others on the Moon. Let's thank God that they weren't there.

- Unit is reminding me of Sinister.

- First, we get implied racism from Moon Knight. Then we get nearly overt racism from She-Hulk when she calls a mutant a Monster. Pot CALLING Kettle bitch!

- The Death Commandos ... glad they are dead but wish Rachel had killed them.

- Rogue beats the Avengers . ...AGAIN.

- Gambit is faster than Iron Man (Drone) targeting systems. Go on Gambit.

- Frenzy is proving herself quite the X-Man.

- Storm is gonna start calling T'Challa her Estranged Husband. That's NOT GOOD! Bad enough one marriage is on the rocks (Luke & Jessica Cage) but now Storm and Black Panther too?!

- So Colossus now has his own power, the powers of the Juggernaut AND the powers of the Phoenix. Oh my GOD!

- Iceman beating Red Hulk ... DAMN!!!

- Thank Tony Stark for trying to kill the Phoenix.

NEXT: And now ... The Scarlet Witch! (This time, for sure.)

Avengers vs X-Men Battle Report # 4

2012-07-28T22:10:00.003-07:00

AVENGERS VS X-MEN BATTLE REPORT #4

Written by Hector Ramirez & Frankie Rodriguez

Uncanny X-Men #12

Namor vs. The Thing have their round 2 as an adventure to Tabula Rasa, where Namor seemingly rides his Sea Queen lover and flirts with Hepzibah. Sunspot gets knocked around.

Wolverine & the X-Men #10

The Jean Grey School gets a visit ... from Cyclops, Emma & Magik. And for the faculty of the JGS, the Avengers vs. X-Men battle became that much more personal as sides were about to be taken. Plus, Angel and Evan deal with wanting to confront their pasts together. Oh yeah! Iceman vs. Red Hulk.

Avengers #26

Thor vs. The Phoenix . . . round 2!!

New Avengers # 26

The story of the Iron Fist Phoenix continues. Master Yu Ti brings Leonardo Da Vinci to the Immortal City to observe the phenomenon of the Phoenix and the training of Fongji. During the training, Fongji has a Phoenix outburst making them realize it was close. Fongji receives the power of the Iron Fist just in time. Da Vinci builds a huge super telescope and sees the Phoenix approaching Earth. No Avengers vs. X-Men fights to mention.

AvX: Versus # 2

We got Spidey vs Colossanaut and Captain America vs. Gambit. No plot in this issue Captain America is ambushed in the Savage Land by Gambit while on the phone with Tony. Gambit tries his hardest to take out Cap, doing his most damage when he sparks up Cap’s uniform then his shield but when the smoke clears Steve is still standing and bashes Remy’s face in with his shield…… K.O.!!! Next, we go to Latveria where the Avengers all choose their opponents leaving Spiderman to take on Colossus in full Juggernaut mode. Peter vs. Piotr. Of course, Spidey is all jokes while being tossed around like a rag doll. At one point, it seemed as though the wall crawler was going to immobilize the Colosonaut but he broke out of the webbing and was about to pummel the web slinger before he was saved by Daredevil came to tell him they found Hope, Piotr winner by default.

Avengers vs X-Men Round 4

Hope finds Logan in Antarctica and gets him to help her get to the Moon to receive the Phoenix. Meanwhile, she has Avengers and X-Men alike running around on a wild goose chase looking for her in bogus locations. When, they get to the moon both teams are waiting. This issue had many fights portrayed in single panels with no clear winners except Captain America defeating Gambit unless you count Cyclops getting Wolverine with a cheap shot on the moon.

AvX BATTLE RESULTS

Spidey vs. Colossanaut Winner: Colossanaut

Captain America vs. Gambit Winner: Captain America ... and pretty damn easily.

The Thing vs. Namor (Round 2) Winner: Namor

Thor vs. The Phoenix Winner: The Phoenix but barely. Wait ... What?

INJURY LIST:

Spidey's got to be feeling sore and some cracked ribs taking shots from Piotr.

Captain America must feel some kind of burn from Gambit cause his suit and shield exploded.

Gambit got a face full of HOT Shield so probably gonna feel that when he wakes up.

Wolverine's injuries heal up but damn if Scott didn't make him feel it.

Thor proves himself the God of Thunder he is by surviving and almost beating the Phoenix only to get more burns.

Namor might have a sea STD from Alien Sea Queen. Ewwww

Sunspots face and body must be aching at least from those blows.

NOTES

- Logan helping Hope. Did NOT expect that one.

- Cap and Scott are being very much the generals that they were molded to be.

- This is getting pretty crazy with all these battles.

- It was interesting which of JGS staff went with Scott.

- First act is almost over.

Avengers vs. X-Men Battle Report # 3

2012-07-24T20:10:00.000-07:00

Hey there ! We’ve been covering one of the most major clashes in comic history. Avengers vs. X-Men has been phenomenal so far and just keeps getting better. This week is action packed with the release of VS issue 1, containing two battles too epic for just a few panels. Now to jump into things.

AVENGERS VS. X-MEN BATTLE REPORT #3

by Hector Ramirez, Darryll "YTC" Carter & Frankie Rodriguez

Avengers Academy # 29

The teens that were left on Utopia (Gen Hope crew), were all captured and being "held" at the Academy. And what do we get for it ... A race between Transonic and Lightspeed , Sebastian Shaw planning something to free the Gen Hope crew and NAKED HERCULES! *sigh* NEXT!!!

Uncanny X-Men # 11

Red Hulk vs. Colossonaunt. And it ain't pretty. Winner of said bout is in the bottom.

New Avengers # 25

The secret history of the Iron Fist ... and the Phoenix. And when we say they have history and they are connected .. . we're NOT kidding.

Secret Avengers #26
A team has been sent into space to try to intercept the Phoenix. Those of Kree influence realize that the Phoenix reaching Hala is in the best interest of the Kree and they cannot let their teammates capture it. As they contemplate that, Captain Marvel shows up and propose they kill the Avengers. No battles but the Phoenix put a serious hurting on War Machine and Thor.

AvX: VERSUS # 1

Oh how glorious. There is no plot in this title, only the two fights. First was Iron Man vs. Magneto which Tony won only because Magneto was caught by the gravity of the situation when he sensed the Phoenix destroy one of the planets he was drawing power from. Stark ceased this distraction knocking Erik out as he floated there barely conscious he says “Wanda, find Wanda. You’re going to need my daughter.” Next, Namor goes up against The Thing, although Namor would have seemingly been at an advantage since they were fighting underwater. Keyword being seemingly. Namor employs the help of a large carnivorous fish but Ben rips two of the fishes fangs out and uses them to pin down Namor by the throat.

Avengers vs. X-Men Round 3

Logan fails to dispatch Hope Summers and is incinerated down to the bone. Captain America finds out about his attempt and isn’t happy about it. The Avengers split up to locate Hope and as they were flying over the ocean Cap confronts Logan and with the help of Antman knocks him out and throw him into the water. In a sense that’s a win for the Avengers, but it also removes Wolverine and his cohorts from their ranks.

AvX BATTLE RESULTS

Red Hulk vs. Colossus (Juggernaut powered) - Winner: Red Hulk ;
Not out of strength but because Thunderbolt Ross is an cunning bastard.

Magneto vs. Iron Man - Winner: Iron Man ... wait ... really? Um ... yeah.
Just attack Magneto when he's distracted by sucker punching him.

The Thing vs. Namor - Winner: The Thing ...
That's just brutal.

Wolverine vs. Captain America ... and Giant Man . . . Winner: Captain America & Giant Man
Wow, Cap. Showing that you have class. But then, the stakes being what they are, I guess I understand.

Avengers: 4
X-Men: ZERO
Wolverine: Zero

AvX Round 3 Impressions
Now with every Battle Report, one of the CBC will give their impression of the particular Round Issue at the time. And now for this Battle Report's Round Impressions, we got to Darryll "YTC" Carter:

Leave it to MARVEL to have an event that gets me reading there comics again. I havent read a MARVEL comic in so long and have been meaning to jump back in. AvX seemed like a good place to start. I’m more partial to X-men myself and I’m somewhat impressed with how Cyclops has managed to outplay the Avengers. While, Hope is in the wind and Wolverine as well, I’m feeling more confident about my fellow mutants chances in this whole shindig. I also feel like Cap might be headed toward one of those rude awakening scenarios. Let’s hope not, though he’s been surprisingly obtuse and cavalier about this whole thing in my opinion. And as far as Rachel is concerned, She was the last person I expected to help Scott and his mutants out. I was expecting Rogue. I guess Wolverine nose isn’t working as well as it used to. Or maybe it is…

Injury List
Namor got a fang to the throat but will live.

Colossus let himself get knocked out by the Hulk.

Wolverine just recovered from being burned and tgot beat up by Cap and Giant Man. Yay.

Iron Man is still feeling it from Magneto.

Magneto's jaw ain't as strong as it used to be.

NOTES

- So ... the Utopia kids are prisoners in Avengers Academy ... For what crime?

- Hope burned you Wolverine and you want more. That won't spell disaster.

- Iron Man won by sucker punching Magneto ... I'll let that one slide as long as it doesn't happen again.

- Hope is gonna be like her dad and do what she feels she has to.

- Looks like Danny Rand will have no choice but to help Hope soon as we learn more about the connection of the Iron Fist and the Phoenix.

- CAPTAIN MAR-VELL is back and he is asking Carol and Protector to betray the Avengers. Well, Protector, I wouldn't be surprised. He TORTURED Scarlet Witch's son: Wiccan and some of the other Young Avengers during Civil War.

- Rachel helped her daddy. I am a little surprised but not at the same time.

-So Mar-vell is back. Scarlet Witch is coming. So, with Hulkling and Wiccan be driven apart by their parents?

Avengers vs. X-Men Battle Report # 2

2012-07-24T20:04:00.003-07:00

by Hector Ramirez & Frankie Rodriguez

Welcome once again to Avengers vs X-Men Battle Report. We are gonna catch you up to the event as well as lay out what happened, who got hurt and more. One thing I will express is an apology to you all and especially Hollatchaboiy who was correct, Nova is in a coma right now.

In New Avengers #24:

This issue actually takes place right before the fighting begins in AvX # 1. It shows Captain America gathering the troops together. And when he does, we get marital discord. First, we have Storm who walks out after the mere mention of the Phoenix. Then, we have Luke Cage and his wife, Jessica Jones-Cage. After a heart felt plea for his wife and daughter to come home on national tv, Luke Cage sees his wife returning with daughter and Squirrel Girl. Yet, what happens later is that Jessica has decided to leave the Avengers, with their daughter ... forcing Luke Cage to have to choose between his family or the Avengers; a choose that Jessica did not like to give to Luke.

Wolverine & The X-Men # 9:

The staff and students of the Jean Grey School are made aware of the approaching Phoenix Force through technology and telepaths. Captain America comes to ask for Logan and Hank's help. Logan tells the staff and Gladiator tries to inform Warbird of the Phoenix but can't. So,he is coming to Earth.

Avengers # 25:

Thor returns in time to raid an AIM facility. Cap is feeling the stress of being leader of the Avengers. Meanwhile, the Supreme Intelligence of the Kree Empire (thought he was dead) sends Noh-Varr (aka Protector) to stop the Phoenix Force no matter what.

Avengers vs. X-Men Round 2:

The fight has begun between the two teams and boy, is it big. We got Namor saying he is beating up the Avengers with a heavy heart. We got Red Hulk going up against Colossus. We have Iron Man vs Magneto and Emma Frost. We have Quicksilver joining the Avengers vs Magneto. We have Magik vs Dr. Strange. Wolverine being called a traitor by Domino and Sunspot. And the reveal that Storm and Black Panther have been seeing a marriage counselor.

Meanwhile, Beast, Valkyrie, War Machine, Ms. Marvel, Protector, Vision, Captain Britain & Thor are in space ... about to take on the deadly Phoenix. And Hope, angry that she is being put out of the fight, figures out that all this is for her and Wolverine tries to kill her. TRIES being the operative word.

INJURY REPORT:

Avengers:

- Luke Cage & Jessica Jones-Cage's marriage is pretty damn broken.

- Black Panther & Storm's marriage is hurting pretty bad.

X-Men:

- Cyclops must have several concussions ... as does Captain America.

- Bruises and cuts from all combatants.

- Beast JUST had his stomach fixed up after having Sabertooth rip his guts out.

- Multiple members of Generation Hope have broken noses including Transonic.

- Wolverine, Spiderman & Generation Hope suffering burns because of our little Mutant Messiah.

CASUALTIES:

None ... yet.

NOTES:

- First, while Cyclops believes all mutants are soldiers ... he has Generation Hope hang back with Hope. Hmm ... how very ... Rogue-like for him.

- Captain America is in full war mode here. He reminds me of how he was during Civil War. And Red Hulk is more than happy to follow orders. Red Hulk's military man like personality shines through.

- Wolverine tries to kill Hope instead of just take her and Spidey tells him to stop. Like that was gonna work.

- Dr. Strange vs. Magik. I don't know about you but we are looking forward to this.

- Countess Von Doom has a thing for Hulks. And it is kinda nasty.

- The space team is staring down the Phoenix, with only Beast having any real experience with it.

- Wolverine is honest and upfront with the staff of the Jean Grey School about the Phoenix.

- Quentin & Rachel feel the Phoenix coming and it knocks them out.

- This it the second time that Jessica Jones-Cage has ran away from her husband. The 2nd! Does not bode well, that marriage.

- Storm and Black Panther stop to have a martial spat between the war. I would normally say that that is insane but this is Black Panther and Storm we are talking about.

- The Battle between Red Hulk & Colossus shakes the shoreline. Oh wow.

- Sunspot calls Wolverine a traitor after saying that he and the other mutants in Utopia had their head up Cyclops' butt too long.

- Captain America went into the Jean Grey School; had a Danger Room pop quiz ... and only got a B-.

- The Protector is planning to stop the Phoenix for the Supreme Intelligence. But at what cost?

- Thor vs. The Phoenix ... another battle that we have never seen but always wondered about is about to happen.

- Hope developing her Phoenix powers more and more as it gets closer. And notice ... she did NOT kill Wolverine or Spidey.

- There isn't much reaction from the JGS X-Men yet but I am sure we will see it soon enough.

- Gladiator is heading toward Earth to save his son; to hell with the rest of the planet & the X-Men.

- Second part of that, Gladiator said it was okay to activate the Death Commandos ... you know them. The Shi'ar force that was responsible for killing nearly every single member of the Grey blood line save for Cable, Nate Grey & Rachel. And Rachel got to watch it all. So ... yeah ... Rachel is gonna be PISSED.

Morphin Bracers Episode 10

2012-07-21T14:33:00.000-07:00

In episode 10 of Morphin Bracers, The Pantheon Inc's Frankie Rodriguez (Seraph) is joined by Eric McLeod (Durga), Celeryman, Metal Symphony & Hector Ramirez (Shadowdragon) in a new episode that gives you news and so, so much more. See what the buzz is about with the tokusatsu news cast from Rajio Nihon, Morphin Bracers.

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Avengers vs X-Men Battle Report # 1

2012-07-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

by Frankie Rodriguez

This has been a long time coming. Marvel's Premiere super hero teams having a battle ... again. But this time, the stakes are FAR higher than last. And the Avengers and X-Men are a lot different from what they were the last time both teams fought each other.

This series will take a look at the players, the books and the variables involved with Avengers vs. X-Men. What it means to both teams? What it means to individual characters and more. With the first round down and the fight just starting, we are gonna look at AvX #0 & # 1 as well as some interesting facts that we want to keep in mind during this storyline.

The Gauntlet has been thrown and now the begins the epic from Marvel: Avengers vs. X-Men. Who's side are you on and what will you do?

The Follow Summaries contain SPOILERS, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!:

On AvX # 0: It served as a prelude with 2 major players of the story, one from each side: An Avenger and an X-Men.

For the Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis weaved a tale with Scarlet Witch, returning to her super hero roots in order to atone for her sins committed while under the control of Dr. Doom during Avengers Disassembled. (Yes, this has been confirmed during the Avengers: Children's Crusade maxi-series). She takes down M.O.D.O.K. and A.I.M. with assists from Ms. Marvel and Spiderwoman.

Carol, in her infinite wisdom, takes Wanda back to the Avengers mansion. Wanda protests this idea but both Carol (Ms. Marvel) and Jessica (Spiderwoman) go on about how the Avengers have been worried about her till ... the Vision shows up. (The original Vision that is). And he tells Wanda that she does NOT belong there and that he will never forgive her for using him in order to kill their friends ... most of those friends were resurrected during Avengers: Children's Crusade. (Seriously, Scott Lang is alive again and I am happy!!!)
So Vision is a douche as Carol is about to call him out on it but he stops her. Carol flies the crying Wanda away as Vision walks back into the mansion, shedding tears himself.

On the X-Men side of things, Jason Aaron tackles Cyclops, Emma Frost and Hope Summers for the first time since Schism and does not miss a beat. Hope wants answers and Cyclops just goes on about how important Hope is to the mutants. Since Cyclops wasn't gonna give her an answer, Hope blasts him, mimicing his force blasts and flies off, using his jetpack.

Then we see what Hope does best ... Kick butt. She takes down the Serpent Society single-handedly as Cyclops and Hope come in to bring her home. Our #0 issue ends with the Phoenix force . . . and its coming.

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Now, during AvX #1: This is where things get real.

Our book opens the way the #0 issue ends ... with the Phoenix .. . this time, destroying a civilation.

Nova crashes on Earth violently. So violently, that the Avengers respond, saving people in the process.

Captain America and Iron Man tell the President the lowdown on the Phoenix force then ask Wolvie for help.

On Utopia, Cyclops is proving to be a harder drill instructor than his son, Cable. Cyclops sparring with Hope ... with him using his powers and Hope not being allowed to. During the session, we see the 2nd manifestation with Hope as the Phoenix as the bird comes up and burns Cyclops a little. Good job there Cyke. Pissing off your granddaughter. Must be so proud.

The Avengers pick this up and Cap drops by Utopia, TELLING Cyclops that they are taking Hope into protective custody while (unbeknowst to Scott, there is an Avengers team heading to space to try to head it off or destroy it. hahahhahahhahahahhhahahaha).

Scott tells Captain America, " Respectfully, get the hell off my island."

Captain America again states that he wasn't asking and Cyclops blasts Captain America.

Our story ends with a Helicarrier coming off of cloak with a bunch of Avengers on it while the Extinction Team and some of the Security Team X-Men looking from the beach.

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Injury & Casualty List:

Avengers:

Injuries:

Nova: Epic crash onto Earth. Some burns and damage.

People of New York City: due to Nova's crash on Earth.

X-Men:

Cyclops: After Hope gives him a bit of Phoenix Power and he got burned for it.

Casualties:

The civilization that was destroyed by the Phoenix during the first few pages of AvX#1.

Notes:

- Cyclops threw the first hit. Battle between Avengers and Extinction Team imminent.

- Hope Summers is not happy with Cyclops but definitely does not seem to want to be taken by the Avengers.

- Vision is a douchebag. Yes. A douchebag.

- Scarlet Witch is doing her best to atone for her past. What does that mean during the course of this crossover? We will have to wait and see. But there is a chance that we might see her WITH her two sons: Wiccan & Speed of the Young Avengers.

- No word on who THIS Nova is.

- Captain America wastes no time to see Wolverine. And Wolverine seemingly sides with the Avengers pretty quickly.

- Emma Frost and Cyclops have seemingly switched personalities. Back in New X-Men (# 34, I think), Ms. Marvel had visited during Civil War to convince the X-Men to join Tony Stark's side. Emma telepathically showed Carol what the Avengers decided to take a blind eye too: Stating where were the Avengers during all these massacres of mutants. Cyclops told Emma to stop and walked Carol out.
Yet, Emma recently went to Cyclops, telling him that Hope needs to choose for herself. And Cyclops then tells Captain America where were the Avengers when they needed them. Interesting circle, huh?

NEXT TIME: The War Begins. And we look at the variables.

Morphin Bracers Episode 9

2012-07-19T11:24:00.000-07:00

Welcome. The Morphin Bracers page is finally up. Here you can get your tokusatsu news that you need. Featuring Pantheon Inc's Frankie Rodriguez, Ikaricast's Jeremias de Leon and more, the Morphin Bacers will give you news, talk shop on Tokusatsu and have fun while doing it.

This episode, we getting into the American releases of Power Rangers, news on the end of Akibaranger & more.

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Shaq Breaks Into Comics with New Kingdom Entertainment

2012-07-14T19:44:00.000-07:00

Formally announced today at a panel in Comic Con, Shaquille O'Neal will be breaking into comics with not just 1 but 2 new series. Alongside writer Alexander Storm, New Kingdom Entertainment will release Shaq's Hoop Fighters early next year. The series is, as of now, only going to be 4 issues but the legendary basketball player said that there could very well be a chance of it to go ongoing. Co Founder of Milestone Media, Michael Davis, has called Shaq coming to comics, and the potential readers Shaq will bring, " is the biggest thing in African American comics since Milestone."

Consider that Milestone brought us properties like Blood Syndicate, Icon, Hardware and most notably, Static, this could be a HUGE move. While details have not be released on Hoop Fighters or Shaq's other book, Clean Ops, we'll keep an eye out on details for you.

The Truth about SEX

2012-07-14T19:42:00.002-07:00

Confirmed today at San Diego Comic Con during the Image Comics Experience panel, Joe Casey has come out to talk about Sex.

Casey stated during that panel that:

"Sex". . .not a joke title."

Sex is promised by Casey to not be what we expect. Casey commented:

"Superhero comics have always sort of brushed against the concept of sexuality. It's time we just embraced it."

Sex will be an ongoing, drawn by artist Piotr Kowalski. Casey also promises that Sex is not what we would expect. Sex will hit stores this winter.

Tarantino's Django Unchained Hits DC Comics

2012-07-14T19:40:00.000-07:00

Announced mere hours ago at Comic-Con, prolific director Quentin Tarantino, will be doing a comic book adaption of Django Unchained. Django Unchained is a western epic that set two years before the Civil War in the South. Django have a very harsh history with his masters which attracts the German-born bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz. Schultz offers Django's freedom if he helps him catch the homicidal Brittle brothers. Django agrees but is focused on having his wife, who had been sold into the compound of Calvin Candie; where his plantation is turned into a hunting ground nicknamed 'Candyland' where slaves are the prey. The duo must face Calvin and his trusted slave, Stephen, in order to save Django's wife, Broomhilda with other adventures along the way.

The comic will not only adapt the movie but will be the entire original screenplay for the movie, turned into a 5 issue miniseries.

Tarantino commented about the comic during Comic-Con today:

"We have worked out a situation where we're going to do a 'Django Unchained' comic. It's going to come out -- I think the first issue is going to come out a couple months before the movie opens and basically take the entire story of the film and do it as a comic book from beginning to end. What I'm really excited about -- not only do I love comic books, I always loved western comics in particular along with the superhero stuff. So I was really excited when it come up with doing a comic about the film. One of the things that I'm really excited about is that 'Django Unchained' is a big epic. When I write big epic scripts like 'Kill Bill,' there's a lot of stuff that doesn't make the movie because they're too f-ing big. They'd be four hour movies if I did everything that was in the script, so there always is this aspect that the script is this big literary piece that I'm always taking it out and changing it and transforming it to make it a movie by the time it's all finished. That's the process, I'm always adapting my movie every day, my unwieldy script into a movie every day as I do it, but what's really cool about doing a 'Django Unchained' comic book is that it's the entire script. Even though things might have changed in the movie, I might have changed something else, I might have dropped chapters, I might have dropped big pieces -- that will all be in the comic. The comic will literally be that very first draft of the script. All that material that didn't make the movie, all of that will be part of the piece. And I'm really excited about it. So, be looking out for 'Django Unchained' in a comic book store and 7 Eleven near you!"

The movie will feature Jamie Foxx as Django, Kerry Washington as Broomhilda, Christopher Waltz as Schultz, Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie and Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen.The movie hits theaters this Christmas. Django Unchanged #1 will hit stores this November in both print & same-day digital.

Toys Come to Life in Portacio's & Brunswick's Non Humans

2012-07-14T19:37:00.000-07:00

More news from San Diego Comic-Con as it was announced today that Image Founder, Whilce Portacio will team with "Jersey Gods" creator and writer Glen Brunswick for a new 4 issue miniseries called Non-Humans from Image.

Non-Humans details the story of what happens when a NASA probe returns from space with a disease that brings our toys to life and its affects in that future as it fast forwards 26 years later to see how humans live with their now sentient living play things.

The new miniseries will feature life of the toys and how they are treated in this new future.

Brunswick commented to CBR:

"One of the basic questions that "Blade Runner" asks is, "Are androids actual beings or merely constructs?" It leaves the viewer with plenty of misgivings about whether or not society has the right to eliminate them -- perhaps, in fact, they are too human to kill. Non-Humans are created much in the way that a human mother gives birth to her child. That is to say that they come from us -- the stuff or DNA of our brains. Somehow our personal traits are combined with a spark of life that allows our toys to become sentient. In effect, these live toys are even more human than androids since they actually are a reproductive product of us. Which begs the question, "Does society have the right to eliminate a new partly human life form if it may pose a threat to society?" A good number of Non-Humans are full of anger and violence -- they are deemed a threat. Under these circumstances, the police are ordered to hunt them down and destroy them. On the other hand, some Non-Humans function quite well in society -- once they are registered they are allowed the limited rights of an oppressed minority."

And Portacio added about his collaboration with Brunswick in CBR:

"What attracts me to Glen's style is he is great at establishing a strong premise that instantly evokes images in peoples' minds and that invokes me to ask a lot of 'world building' questions. At my core as a creative I am immersed in Science Fiction and world building. Glen has the confidence to create such a solid premise that allows me to fill in all the details visually, to make this world live and breathe. In fact, throughout we have had hours and hours of conversations just building all the societal structures, how and why they would react to Non-Humans. What would society allow or not allow Non-Humans to do. Even their religion of sorts. We even figured out a philosophy they would naturally develop because of their experiences. We also built layers of different classes of Non-Humans and how they would implant themselves into society. We have so much background that the hardest thing was to edit out what we didn't need at the moment to tell the core story. But if you look at the book and read the script carefully you will see we hint at everything. We meshed so well in building this world we could go for years telling varying stories of how our humans and Non-Humans live and survive."

And this will not be the normal cute and cuddly story. Buddy-the-Bear is a teddy bear who is a drug dealer while there is a Victoria Secret Mannequin whole will have a toy dog and a Goth doll girlfriend. So, clearly, this will be an interesting future. Non-Humans #1, written by Glen Brunswick with art by Whilce Portacio will hit stores this October.

Silvestri Brings Back Cyber Force . .. FOR FREE!!

2012-07-14T19:34:00.003-07:00

Silvestri, Hawkins & Pham bring back Cyber Force this October ... For FREE!

Announced on Friday and reiterated today at Comic-Con, Marc Silvestri and Top Cow are bringing back Cyber Force this October. One of the biggest differences to Cyber Force this time around is that it will be free. Yes. FREE. Silverstri has started a Kickstarter to start the project. The kickstarter will help fund to bring Cyber Force back ... for free. In both print AND digital formats. Rebooting the title that launched Top Cow, Top Cow COO Matt Hawkins commented to CBR about Cyber Force's return:

"We are very intentionally keeping the rest of the Top Cow Universe pretty far away from "Cyber Force" so we can build and ground it separately, but yes the "reboot" gave us a good reason to start over. There have been somespin-off miniseries done over the years by Ron Marz and Mark Waid but nothing that was a pure reboot. There are no plans in the first year to have the Artifacts stories cross with "Cyber Force." They do take place in the greater Top Cow Universe however."

Silvestri and Top Cow hopes that will they not only have the first issue of Cyber Force for free digitally or in your local comic shops with enough funding from Kickstarter ... but at least the first 5 issues would all be free in both formats. Merely ask for it or pick it up or download it. Top Cow's Overlord told Hero Complex the following:

"We want to use [Kickstarter's] crowd-sourced funding in typical Top Cow fashion, meaning differently. "While most everybody uses Kickstarter to fund a project in order to build it and then sell it, we at Top Cow are going to use the funds to build 'Cyber Force' and give it away -- for free! Plus we’re not talking just one issue but five full issues of the comic. And it won’t be free just digitally, but also as a full-color printed comic that will be available at any participating comic shop. So for people that want to read 'Cyber Force' digitally -- yes, including torrent sites -- it’s free. And for anyone wanting to hold a traditional comic in their hands to read it -- it’s still free. We figure this is a great way to reward loyal comic fans plus get new people to get onboard reading comics and see what they’ve been missing. Plus it allows fans to actually get involved in the comic making process and be part of something truly groundbreaking that will help all of us that love the genre."

Cyber Force # 1, written by Marc Silvestri & Matt Hawkins, with art by Khoi Pham, will hit stores this October . .. FOR FREE!!!

Joker Returns & Goes For Broke in 'Death of the Family'

2012-07-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

Creepy Ad for "Death of the Family"

Just shortly after the end of the recent Night of Owls storyline and the Court of Owls epic in Synder's Batman, he drives readers right back into the fire with the upcoming "Death of the Family" storyline in his book. Yet, like Night of Owls before it, the story will spill into other books while following the same structure as Night of Owls, making them connect to the main storyline but still stand alone if need be.

The main storyline will be in Batman, starting in issue # 13 and running to it's double-sized conclusion in Batman # 17. Meanwhile, the books along for the ride with tie-ins are as follows: Nightwing, Batgirl, Catwoman, Batman & Robin, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Teen Titans & Suicide Squad.

Synder has not hide his love for the longtime enemy of Batman, stating that "Death of the Family" is his love letter to the Joker while opening so many things for other members of the Bat-Family.

Synder commented to Newsrama the following about how Joker looks after the villain had his face cut off at the end of Detective Comics # 1:

"He really is going to, obviously, have a new look. At the same time, we want it to echo his iconic look. So it's Joker in a much more horror movie fashion.

But, without giving too much away, you will see the iconic face and the grin, and he might look a little bit different and scarier. But you'll find that he's still himself at his core. And he's really here in his blood-stained clothes going to work."

So, a new, horrific look for the Joker but what else does this story line have? There will be personal effects to many in the Bat-Family; particularly Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl, who will have her first face to face with the Joker since being able to walk again. Batgirl writer Gail Simone hinted to Newsrama about the encounter and Batgirl's state of mind will be:

"There's definitely a feeling out there regarding this stuff that someone is fixed or not fixed, like an on/off switch. It's not that binary, but she is facing this stuff head on. And I am pretty sure a Joker/Batgirl story is inevitable, but I can't say more than that. Think of two trains on the same track facing towards each other...there's nowhere for either of them to go but towards collision.

It is the once-and-for-all confrontation between the Batgirl and the man who shot and paralyzed her. It does not go as he expected.

This story starts in issue #14, and I have to say, it's pretty shocking. That's all I'll say right now, however."

And Harley Quinn, Robin and all the other members of the Bat-Family will get affected by Joker's return. Synder commented to Newsrama again on Joker's plan for revenge during "Death of the Family":

". . .this is the Joker having been away for a year planning all of this stuff, like planting traps and seeds and all kinds of stuff that are going to come to fruition in this thing.

A year ago, Joker decided, I'm going to walk away from Gotham, I'm going to plan my revenge, and I'm going to come back in a year and bring it all back. So this is what he's been planning to do for a long time. And all of those things are set in motion.

. . .But because the story is so big, and because Joker is attacking all those members of the Bat-family, essentially, to prove this point that he's come back to Gotham to prove and to expose this secret that he has, you will see Joker attack Nightwing in Nightwing. And you'll see him come after Batgirl in Batgirl. And you'll see him go after Damian in Batman and Robin. And Tim, even, in Teen Titans. And Jason in Red Hood [and the Outlaws].

So there will be issues of those books that feature the Joker coming after him in ways that will be part of the moving parts of the bigger story. But they will all be self-contained, so you don't need to read other books to follow the series that you love. . .

But this story is much darker and much more personal.

Joker is coming after the Bat-family in ways where, it really is almost like when you think about it.... he hasn't faced off with those characters, essentially, or directly, before.

People will say, "Oh, well, he came after Batgirl in The Killing Joke," but he was really going after Commissioner Gordon. So when Batgirl realizes that here, too, it's almost like the Joker is staring at her saying, "I'm coming after you this time. I'll kill everyone and burn down everything in your life to do what I did to your father, but to you." You know?

So in that way, he's saying that to every member of the Bat-family. To Nightwing and everyone, saying, "You've never faced me before. I've never actually targeted you. I've only used you as pawns to get at Batman. So welcome to your worst nightmare." "

With all this, This might be the Joker's greatest caper yet. Who will live? Who will die? How will the Bat-Family will be changed by this? And how will Bruce face his greatest enemy when he comes for everyone he loves?

"Death of the Family" starts in Batman # 13 this October, written by Scott Synder with art by Greg Capullo, for $3.99.