WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT
WIZARD: THE GUIDE TO COMICS, ENTERTAINMENT AND POP CULTURE #191
JSA GETS BLOWN TO ‘KINGDOM COME’
Alex Ross, co-creator of DC’s classic Kingdom Come and cover artist on Justice
Society of America, revisits that seminal story in a crossover event that finds
the DCU’s first superteam meeting the Man of Steel from that dystopian future!
Find out what the creative team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Dale Eaglesham
have in store for this epic undertaking!
MUTANT MOVIE MAYHEM
Will 20th Century Fox roll out a fourth team movie in its successful X-Men movie
franchise, or will Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine be getting the solo spotlight? And
who’s going to step in to direct? We’ll take an in-depth look at what’s next for
Marvel’s movie mutants!
BKV STAKES ‘BUFFY’ CLAIM
Current “Lost” staff writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina),
Wizard’s Best Writer of 2006, comes on board Dark Horse’s Buffy Season 8 train
to pen the second arc of the hit Joss Whedon-created series, and he sets his
sights firmly on bad girl Slayer Faith! Find out how BKV plans to sink his teeth
into the Vampire Slayer mythos.
NAIL-BITING ‘COUNTDOWN’
Week in and week out, Paul Dini and his Countdown creative cohorts continue to
throw the entire DCU into chaos with the universe-shattering event series, as
the Monitors continue their quest to eradicate threats to the multiverse. We’ll
keep you up to date on everything you need to know about DC’s latest weekly
serial.
WHAT’S UNDER THE HOOD?
A new criminal mastermind looks to make his move on the Marvel Universe in the
pages of New Avengers—he’s called the Hood, and he’s setting his sights on
taking out Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to consolidate his criminal empire! Get the
4-1-1 on how these underground Avengers on the run plan to deal with this latest
threat!
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TOYFARE: THE TOY MAGAZINE #122
TOYFARE 10TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!
THE 100 GREATEST TOYS OF THE DECADE
• Hard to believe, but ToyFare magazine has been around for a decade. That’s ten
years of the best toy magazine in history! Well, it’s also been ten years of the
best toys in history, which is why we’re counting down the top 100 toys of the
past decade! Who will be named the best toy of the last ten years! The answer
may shock and/or surprise you! This month’s cover will be a special 10th
Anniversary edition!
LOST TOYS
• Over the past ten years, we’ve seen some crazy toys come out—and some even
crazier ones that didn’t! We’ll run down the toys that we showed in ToyFare that
never came out for one reason or another, from the Watchmen to Sesame Street!
Prepare to commence weeping!
HOAXES REVEALED!
• We’ll admit that, over the years, we’ve been…less than honest with you.
Occasionally, we’ll show you a toy line that you’ve never heard of that we say
existed—well, we’re finally going to reveal all of the horrible jokes we’ve
played on you. We kid because we love! Forgive us!
TWISTED TOYFARE THEATRE
• It’s the return of a long-missing character in a special, oversized 10th
anniversary TTT! Where has he been all these years? What has he been doing? Does
he even want to come back to the strip that transformed his head, launched him
into space and set him on fire? Doubtful!
THE RETURN OF BIG SHOTS!
• Because you demanded it! The Big Shots return, in a special, one-time command
performance! See classic toys making fart jokes in a romantic, price guide
setting! We’re really not sure why you like them so much!
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INQUEST #149
WORLD OF WARCRAFT TCG: A HERO’S GUIDE TO ‘FIRES OF OUTLAND’
• Think you don’t need another hero? Think again, because the third expansion of
America’s hottest TCG is setting its world aflame with a whole new slate of
heroes that will forever change the World of Warcraft. Learn how to harness
their awesome powers right here or prepare to get burned.
MAGIC: THE LAST BLOCK STANDING
• Who will survive when we pit the 13 Magic blocks against each other in one
apocalyptic battle? Fifteen years of cardflopping, and it all boils down to
this. Which block rules them all? InQuest Gamer #149 is the only place to find
out.
HEROCLIX: THE GREATEST BATTLES OF THE JLA
• Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman. They’re the icons of DC Comics, but even they
have been laid low by enemies of unimaginable power. Want to knock off Batman’s
block for yourself? Check out the JLA’s greatest battles, re-imagined though the
rules of HeroClix. Don’t just read them! Live them!
ARE YOU THE ULTIMATE GAMER?
• Every gamer thinks he’s hardcore. Now InQuest is giving you the chance to
prove it in the ultimate gaming challenge. Can you defend your dice-born battle
scars by crushing your foes in a series of events that test the brains, stamina
and confidence of anyone who’s had the audacity to call on the gods of gaming?
MAGIC ‘LORWYN’: FIRST LOOK
• How can Magic possibly follow up the smash success of Time Spiral block? One
word: Lorwyn. Read everything there is to know about it in InQuest Gamer #149.
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