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Arguably the most anticipated game of the year is Sony’s Spider-Man 2, coming exclusively to the PlayStation 5 on October 20th, 2023.  A continuing element from the previous Spider-Man game is the fact that you can collect special suits for both the Peter Parker Spider-Man as well as the Miles Morales Spider-Man.  One such suit is a tokusatsu-inspired suit designed by Julia Blattman for the Miles Morales Spider-Man.

To acquire the this tokusatsu inspired suit, simply pre-order the digital deluxe edition.  You can do so directly from the PlayStation store by clicking here.

Spider-Man 2 releases exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 5 on October 20th, 2023.

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Two years ago, writer Mat Groom (Mighty Morphin, Marvel’s Ultraman, Image’s Self/Made) and artist Erica D’Urso (Captain Marvel, Xena: Warrior Princess) launched their co-created graphic novel superhero, Inferno Girl Red, on Kickstarter and took the comics world and tokusatsu community by storm!  The book was fully funded and then some and even managed to see an actual retail release at comic book stores.  To say it was a success is simply not true – it was a massive hit!  And now it’s time to relive the magic with the Inferno Girl Red Book 2 Kickstarter!

With a needed funding goal of $85,000, Inferno Girl Red Book 2 looks to continue the story of Cássia Costa after the dramatic events from the first Inferno Girl Red book.  Mat Groom and Erica D’Urso return as co-creators and as writer and artist, but they’re not alone!  Rejoining the group from the first book is Igor Monti on colors, Becca Carey on letters, Kyle Higgins as editor, and Michael Busuttil as the glue that kind of puts it all together.

You can back Inferno Girl Red Book 2 by clicking here.

Inferno Girl Red is Cássia Costa, a teenager trying to live her best life who just happens to end up becoming a superhero.  Inspired partly by tokusatsu such as Power Rangers and Kamen Rider, Inferno Girl Red is something that any tokusatsu fan will enjoy.  Check out some of the reward perks below!

  • Digital copy
  • Hardcover copy
  • Art prints
  • Your comic book script reviewed
  • Your art portfolio reviewed
  • Be in the comic!
  • ADD ON – Inferno Girl Book 1
  • ADD ON – Inferno Girl Red enamel pin!
  • ADD ON – Inferno Girl Red Book 1 creative commentary podcast

We have 15 days (as of the time of this post) to back Inferno Girl Red Book 2!  Click here to back this Kickstarter!

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In case you missed it, Bandai announced that they would be collaborating with Disney to release the DX Imagination Belt; a Kamen Rider-inspired roleplay belt themed after various Disney proproties as part of the Disney 100-year anniversary celebration. New images for this exciting collaborative piece were just released, and along with that a video demonstrating some of the belt’s features and gimmicks.

In addition to the belt, 10 Keys will be included each Key is based on a Disney character the 10 keys are as follows:

  • Grogu from The Mandalorian(Star Wars)
  • Tiana from The Princess and the Frog
  • Marvel’s Iron Man 
  • Simba from The Lion King 

    Woody From Toy Story 

    Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 

  • Moana
    Elsa from Frozen
  • and last but certainly not least; Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse themselves.

The DX Imagination Belt will be released in January 2024, and you can pre-order from site sponsor Tokullectibles for $365.00. If you are curious to see what each of these transformations will actually look like, a concept artwork will be included in the attached images. In addition, we’ll leave a YouTube link that showcases this belt in action in the window below:

 

 

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The upcoming independent film from the late Jason David Frank – Legend of the White Dragon – will release this September.  Today, at JoeFest, Bobby Vala – the owner of independent toy company Valaverse – announced an upcoming two-pack of Legend of the White Dragon figures featuring the White Dragon as well as the villain Dragon Prime.

Legend of the White Dragon is a partially crowd-funded independent film from Bat in the Sun and Jason David Frank and tells the story of Erik Reed (Jason David Frank).  Before his passing, Jason David Frank consistently referred to this project as his own love-letter to Power Rangers fans who wanted the brand to be more adult.

Valaverse is owned by Bobby Vala, a professional toy designer best known for his time with Hasbro and G.I. Joe.  Valaverse is best known for the current Action Force product line of 1:12 scale military figures.

Stay tuned for more updates.