Costume Contumely

If the New York Yankee starting lineup were DC Comics’ Justice League, here’s who they would be: Derek Jeter – Batman He’s the leader, but he’s no rah-rah cheerleader type. He leads by example. And when you get out of line, he won’t yell at you; he’ll just stare at you with a withering disappointment [...]

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The old trope that will never die (thanks to 40 Year Old Virgin and Big Bang Theory): Comic nerds can’t get girls. Absurd. I’m married. I’ll bet most of you reading this have a significant other. Not that we need it, but here’s more proof that women love nerds. This fellow is apparently a big [...]

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DC Direct has announced a new action figure line for May of 2011. Justice League: Classic Icons. Series 1 features such characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern. I’m not sure how snarky I can be in this post without breaking the internet. Seriously (as the kids say), DCD? The fact that you [...]

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If you haven’t aleady seen these on your grocery store shelves, you soon will. Hostess is running a Justice League promotion that also features Superman Twinkies and Green Lantern SnoGlo-Balls. Batman also appears in the promo graphics, so he’s undoubtedly coupled with a product as well. However, I’ve been unable to find out which one [...]

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