This Blog, This Monster

Marvel.com has a new blog.

Marvel has a number of blogs. Perhaps the most linked-to on the Internets is the one belonging to editor Tom Brevoort, but they have others. So a new blog on Marvel.com is not really a big news story.

But this blog is special.

This blog belongs to MODOK!



Apparently the programming of the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing has been altered. Now he appears to be the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing And Blogging About Killing.

MODOKABAK.

Carry on.

Courtesy of Graeme.

Magic 8 Ball

Apropos of nothing in particular...

Did you know that there's an online magic eight ball?

I wasn't so sure that I should devote a whole post to this, but I asked the magic eight ball and it said "Absolutely!", so I felt compelled to follow through with it.

Hasbro keeps us informed!

Apparently, Spider-man 3 is here. Hasbro has sent me an e-mail to this effect, so it must be true.

Did you know that there are Spider-man versions of MONOPOLY, OPERATION, and MEMORY? And apparently also Spider-man SORRY and Spider-man YAHTZEE?

Wait - Yahtzee?!?

The dice have pictures of different Marvel Heroes on them -- they look like they're the Marvel Jr. versions. That is so weird - a Yahtzee variant. I must find out how this game works...



There's also what may be the single most awesome movie tie-in ever created -- the Mr. Potato Head Spider Spud. Complete with stretchy spider-man costume that you slip around the spud. According to the ad copy, a radioactive spider bit Peter Parker Potato to turn him into Spider Spud. I don't think their ad copy folks are trying too hard these days. But really, who needs ad copy? This thing sells itself.



(I mean, look at it! It's beautiful! And it has a little plastic web that you can attach to its wrist!)