MARVEL

ALL-NEW IRON MANUAL #1
These are the chronicles of Tony Stark: the playboy, the genius inventor, the philanthropist, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the futurist, the hero. This Handbook is the definitive resource to the world of Iron Man, featuring Tony’s closest allies (Happy and Pepper Hogan, War Machine, the Order) and deadliest foes (Justin Hammer, Mandarin, Obadiah Stane)! Includes a complete gallery of the Iron Man armors, plus all-new schematics of key armors and the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier!
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Anime Central 2008 goes hot in about four days and counting. I’ll be getting there with Gaijinder/Kimiden/Mike Dent Thursday night and we’ll hit the ground snapping pictures, grabbing audio and doing interviews like we always do. This year is also The Year of the Ranger Fan. Heroes from the RangerBoard will be in attendance as well as Power Ranger Alumni! This should be quite the year. Keep an eye out for me and if you don’t know what I look like I’m sure you’ll find a picture or two somewhere.

Got my Garren Rouser packed, my morphers picked out, and my Nintendo DS strapped.

Here’s yet another encore of last years epic ACen video ho down. Click, enjoy, and I will see you guys in a little less than four days!

HJU vs. ACen 2007, Part 1

HJU vs. ACen 2007, Part 3
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Player: The Rules of Cruelty
Airs May 11th 2008.

2008. In return for fixing her bike, Eriko invites Wataru and Dai-chan to the diner she works in. Teruyoshi, Eriko’s father, notes Dai-chan curiousness about the kitchen and lets him help. Seeing Dai-chan has liked them both, they decide to let him work in the diner.

1986. Having obtained the Ixa Knuckle, Yuri ferociously looks for Rook. Sensing the danger in this, Jiro tells Otoya and both attack Rook but…

GP13 - FULL TANK OF CHIVALRY
Airs May 11th 2008.

Ren saves the strange girl, Puukorin from the Savage Machine Beast HikiganeBanki (Trigger). She seems to come from a family with a great lineage and she ran away after his father told her she’d continue the family traditions like it or not. Ren’s family has a long tradition of ryokan cuisine (ryokan = japanese traditional hotel, much like a bed and breakfast) so he experimented the same pressure, and he promises Puukorin that he’ll help her convince her father. Meanwhile HikiganeBanki appears again. It turns out the father had allied with Gaiark to have his daughter back…

The Notorious Lisa J of RangerBoard and podcasting fame scored another interview with Power Ranger alum, Nakia Burrise, the third Yellow Power Ranger known to us as the lovable Tanya Sloan.

Click here to check out out!

MARVEL

AVENGERS/INVADERS #1
Legends Live Again.
The original Invaders (Captain America , Bucky , Human Torch , Toro , and the Sub-Mariner) return in a twelve issue maxi-series by the award winning team behind EARTH X, Justice and Project Superpowers .The greatest super-team of World War II finds themselves transported from the battlefields of the Second World War to a future they never imagined! Now, the Invaders find themselves confronted by two teams of Avengers who want desperately to believe these heroes are who they say they are, while Tony Stark faces his greatest challenge since the Civil War as he must deal with the “return” of Steve Rogers. Confronted by a world they barely recognize, the Invaders will have to show two teams of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes just what kind of power, courage and sheer determination it took to defeat the forces of unrelenting evil in the Twentieth century. In fact…they may just have to do it again in the Twenty-First.

CABLE #3
JOHN ROMITA JR. VARIANT
Your name is Nathan Summers. You’ve just met a nice Jersey girl. She’s blonde, soft-spoken, and she doesn’t mind the fact that you have a kid…or a bullet in your chest…or a big scary guy with a robot arm that wants to kill you. But you can’t stay here. The future of mutantkind is resting on your shoulders and the longer you stick around, playing house, the bigger the risk. Especially when an old friend comes blasting out of the past…

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN # 1
Larroca 50/50 Cover
IRON MAN! You know you love him! And as the summer’s most anticipated movie boot-jets its way into theaters, here’s the perfect jumping-on point for new readers and Iron Man fans alike! Tony Stark – Iron Man, billionaire industrialist and director of S.H.I.E.L.D. – faces the most overwhelming challenge of his life. Ezekiel Stane, the son of Tony’s late business rival and archenemy Obadiah, has set his sights, his genius and his considerable fortune on the task of destroying Tony Stark and Iron Man. What’s worse, he’s got Iron Man tech, and he’s every bit Iron Man’s equal and opposite…except younger, faster, smarter…and immeasurably evil. Rising star writer Matt Fraction (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) and superstar artist Salvador Larroca (UNCANNY X-MEN) join forces to repulsor-ray your comic books to a cinder!

MIGHTY AVENGERS #13
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
Where has Nick Fury been and who are the new Howling Commandos? It’s the debut of all-new characters and some surprising revelations about some classic ones as Nick starts to put his plan to stop the Invasion together. But will it be enough?
The Eisner award-winning team of Bendis and Maleev bring this very important Secret Invasion issue to life.

SECRET INVASION #2
The Invasion is here!! The Marvel Universe is in shambles. The Skrull Empire’s plan has birthed itself into perfection. It is hero versus hero!! Resurrections and reunions!! Is Tony Stark a Skrull? And is that actually Captain America leading the heroes into a new era?? EXPECT CHANGE!!

YOUNG X-MEN #2
Who are the New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and what do Dani Moonstar and Magma have to do with it? Whatever their plan is, Cyclops has put together the Young X-Men to stop them. But can they survive?

Episode 51 is already in the can and almost ready for laucnh. If you didn’t catch it at the end of the last episode of R5 Central, click the above picture and check out the promo for the up coming episode which features an interview with Matt Mullins who plays Wing Knight and Japanese action super star, Mark Musashi.

Stay tuned…

And these are the last of the pictures I was holding out on. Steve and company wanted me to keep these on the downlown ’til the megaton trailer hit. And now that it’s out, so are these new pictures. Click the above pic and take a gander at the Dragon Knight and Wing Knight Cycles.

If you didn’t grow up in the 80’s, then the name Samantha Newark might not be familiar to you right away. But for those of us who did, then you’ll automatically recognize her as the voice of Jerrica/Jem from the classic 80’s animated series, Jem. Now while Sam provided the speaking voices for the characters, singer Britta Phillips was tapped to provide the vocal performances. But their voices were so similar, it was almost impossible to tell them apart.

After keeping herself busy with a ton of projects including everything from television theme songs to video game soundtracks, Sam finally has her debut album ready for release on May 1. And after hearing some of the songs she’s recorded so far on her MySpace page, it’s long overdue. I have to say I was surprised since I expected her to sound exactly like Britta Phillips. but Sam’s voice is so powerful and distinctive it’ll have people asking why they had to get someone else to do the singing at all.

Sam’s self-titled CD; Co-written and produced by multi instrumentalist and songwriter Johnny Douglas is full of infectious uplifting and very modern Pop Music. It blends smart, acoustic based songwriting with contemporary touches of viby electronica, crowned with her rich, distinctive, and highly expressive vocals. Twelve delicious original songs ranging from the very fun and danceable “Jemboy” a tribute to her legions of fans, to the contemplative melancholy of “Suicidal Rainbows” and the sweetly sensitive “Rainy Day Girl”, Sam’s CD spans a beautiful sonic landscape of moods and emotions, always maintaining her unique sound.

For more info on Jem, check out the Truly Outrageous Jem Primer.
For more info on Sam herself, go to her official site or her MySpace Page.
And check out the video above to see the album’s first single, “Jemboy”.

A couple music videos courtesy of HJU’s very own, NinjaJack. Enjoy!

And a Henshin Justice Tribute to boot!
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