The Maxx and Batman Team Up!!

Batman must face the strangest adventure of his career as he meets the most bizarre hero in comics: The Maxx!

IDW Publishing and DC proudly welcome legendary artist Sam Kieth (The Sandman, Wolverine) back to his first Maxx story in over a decade, teaming his greatest creation with the Dark Knight for a mind-blowing five-issue miniseries event. The first issue of Batman / The Maxx: Arkham Dreams will debut this September with covers by Sam Kieth and Jim Lee.

“Doing a Batman and Maxx crossover is like a family reunion with my favorite brother and our really cool cousin,” says Sam Kieth. “You never want it to end… or at least I hope you won’t!”

Shocker Toys Rolls Out Summer Tour Exclusives

First up is Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry. If you watched the cartoon, I don't need to explain that joke to you! For the rest of you cartoon haters; The Tick hits a bar for super heroes and discovers the owner's brother calls himself The Tick as well...and was a little unhinged even before finding another Tick in his presence. He battles The Tick, trying to get him to admit HE is the one true Tick but our Tick insists he is Barry...BARRY BARRY BARRY BARRY BARRY!!

Our government spiders uncovered this image of Shocker Toys new Indie Spotlight... summer exclusive? San Diego Comic Con exclusive? Rainy day activity exclusive? Who cares! WE ARE GETTING BARRY!! This is most definately a mocked up picture, so we can expect to see a finished figure image closer to the show(s?). Ahh..those wacky sales people and their leaks.

Meanwhile over at Wizard's Blog, they've shown some Wizard Convention Tour Mallow exclusives including The Maxx, Mr.Gone and Lazerman, and another Indie Spotlight exclusive..Hunter Rose Grendel! So now my duh question of the day. I'm hearing I can walk into Toys R Us soon and buy Indie Spotlight series 1, but I still can't walk into a comic shop and buy them? I don't get it.

On a side note, those of you eagerly awaiting your Mr.Gone action figure that was the mail away for Indie Spotlight Series 1, he'll start shipping out this Summer! And remember that Mucus Tick we asked about? He's coming soon too. We got an excellent response on our teaser so he's being made. Stay tuned for more news on that front.

When Metal Meets Mental

The unmistakable first notes to Anthrax's "I want some Milk". The inexplicable tale of a large man in a purple suit defending a woman named Julie from the homicidal perversions of Mr. Gone. Looking at it from a purely "odd topics" standpoint, comic creator Sam Kieth (one of my all time favorites) and Anthrax's Scott Ian may have more in common that you'd expect. The pair put this to the test recently for a comic project starring the indestructible badass of the DC universe, Lobo. The book is aptly called "Highway to Hell" and it's in stores NOW! Is it worth 7 bucks a fat issue? Zena Tsarfin caught up with the rocker Ian to find out what makes Lobo tick this time around. Hit the pic for the full interview.