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Naruto headbands

August 15th 2010 14:33
One of the most popular manga series currently is Naruto. It is therefore not unusual to see a huge volume of merchandise items being produced. Among the many items available for sale, Naruto headband is one of the more sought after item. The reason why they are so well liked can be credited to the fact that headbands are an important part of how the characters dressed.

You can purchase the headband from shopping retailers such as Walmart or Target as well as from online sites including Amazon. The range of headbands is actually quite wide, with different patterns, colors, materials, designs etc. The names of these items mostly come from the names of the characters in the series so you might think that the naming convention to be non traditional. Some the common descriptions you will see include Naruto rain headbands etc. Your children can definitely find the headband that his or her favorite character worn in the series.


The first impression people possess of these catered-to-fans merchandise is that they are of questionable quality, however nothing can be further from the truth. These accessories have went through good manufacturing with most of them being made from high quality metal base materials. The designs are quite authentic and can definitely be a great additional to the collection of any Naruto devotee. A minor thing I like about the headpiece is the added cushions on the front that makes it more comfortable to wear so that it will be worn instead of becoming a display accessory. In fact, you can wear it not only as a headband but as a sash or belt around their waist.

For saving money and getting discounts on these headbands, a good tip is to try price comparison sites such as Savebucks.co.uk. What these site do is to pull in prices from the numerous shopping sites around the Internet which have these items in their stores. Leveraging on these such websites can allow you to easily spot which sites are offering discounts and offers.





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Marvel Solicitations for May 2009

February 24th 2009 05:51
Once again it's time to check out what Marvel have coming down the pipeline. As usual, the focus is on stuff that interest me, as opposed to adaptations of novels and such-like.

Human Torch Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special

and

Marvel Mystery Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special


There's nothing too extraordinary to talk about here so far as the story goes, but I felt the need to point out that Marvel are celebrating their 70th anniversary. There used to be a trend from the company to ignore its entire output before 1961, so it's nice to see them acknowledging a lot of that stuff now.

Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #1 (of 4)
by Chris Eliopoulos and Ig Guara

and

Fin Fang Four Return! #1
by Scott Gray & Roger Langridge


I'm lumping these two together to highlight Marvel's continuing efforts at publishing things that are Very Silly Indeed. The first involves various pets of Marvel characters, from the teleporting dog Lockjaw, to Speedball's cat, to the Falcon's bird. Also - Frog Thor.

The second involves a bunch of giant monsters from 1950s comics that have been shrunk down to human size, and have to try and survive in the modern world.

Needless to say, I approve of both titles.


Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #6 (of 6)
by Damon Lindeloff & Leinil Yu


Well, I never thought I'd see the day when this was released. When was issue #1... Five years ago? Six? I think that just leave Daredevil: Target on Marvel's list of stuff not finished by Hollywood people too lazy to get off their asses and write a comic book.

Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem Book #1 (of 2)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley & Stuart Immonen


For those who are unaware, a revamp of the Ultimate line was announced at New York Comic Con. So far Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men have been cancelled, and a couple of new titles like Ultimate Avengers have been announced. Ultimate Spider-Man is getting the relaunch treatment as well, finishing its run and then going back to #1 with the same writer. I don't expect much to change, but it's been at least passably good since the beginning. It's good to see Marvel not messing too much with a title that works.

Spider-Man: The Short Halloween
by Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, & Kevin Maguire


Because it's worked so well for them in the past, Marvel are grabbing a couple of no-names from TV and letting them write a Spider-Man story (apparently they're from Saturday Night Live, which explains why I've never heard of them). I'm generally against this sort of thing on principle, but it does have pencils by Kevin Maguire...

Howling Commandos #1
by Jesse Alexander & John Paul Leon


Alas, it's just a one-shot, but I'm a sucker for Sgt. Fury stories set in World War II. And with John Paul Leon it's guaranteed to look gorgeous.

Thor: Tales of Asgard #1 (of 5)
by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby


It's a reprint series, but it ought to be a damn good reprint series. The Tales of Asgard strips that ran as Thor back-ups were pretty kick-ass, being the first place where Kirby started to expand his style with over-sized panels and mythic action shots. And to top it off this is getting recoloured in the modern style - I've long held that the onlt thing separating the best Silver Age artists from the best modern artists is the colouring. I doubt I'll buy this, but I'll be certain to take a good look.

New Mutants #1
by Zeb Wells & Diogenes Neves


Yes, it's the original New Mutants together again - Cannonball, Karma, Sunspot, Dani Moonstar, Magma and Magik (I guess Wolfsbane is busy eating her Dad over in X-Force). Now I like these characters, but I think putting them back together is a bad idea. They've grown beyond that, some having graduated to full-fledged X-Men, and others moving on to lives outside the X-Men. It's kind of a demotion for them to be a team now. And you know what made them interesting in the first place? They were new, they were learning their powers and their place in the world. Now they're adults, so what is there to do with them? I don't expect this to be good, unless Wells has a really good premise for the reunion.

X-Men Forever Alpha
by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee


It's another reprint book, this one to get people up to speed for X-Men Forever, in which Chris Claremont gets to continue from where he left off 18 years ago. I've written extensively on this, so I won't say much now. But it was supposed to have a new 8-page story as well. There's no sign of that in the solicitations - if it ain't there, I won't be paying up for the reprint.

Genext: United #1 (of 5)
by Chris Claremont & Jonboy Meyers


The other big announcement for Chris Claremont is that he's continuing with GeNext, his tale of a future X-Men team made up of kids of various members. I didn't much enjoy the first mini, as it was a pretty substandard rehash of themes he's already explored to more effect in old-school New Mutants. I won't be bothering with this, as much as I like to support Claremont's books.
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What I Read This Week - 20-02-09

February 20th 2009 07:34
Well, that's enough of me banging on about X-Men Forever. I'll try to keep that under wraps until it comes out in May. For now i'l restrict my self to comics that actually exist, and specifically the ones that came out yesterday.

G.I. JOE: ORIGINS #1
by Larry Hama and Tom Feister


This is the second title in the IDW G.I. Joe relaunch. Where Chuck Dixon's book focuses on the Joes already in action and investigating Cobra, this book supposedly shows the formation of the team. Except that Hawk's already there, and Stalker's already there, and Scarlett's already there, so it kind of feels like we've joined in the middle, and doesn't seem to different from the other book.

The story sees Duke and Scarlett sent on a secret mission into the Nevada Desert, while elsewhere some random millionaire is on a shooting spree. To be honest I didn't quite catch it all. The characters aren't introduced suffuciently, and I couldn't quite follow the action. It didn't help that the characters were often distractingly grotesque - if Tom Feister is the regular series artist I'll have a hard time enjoying this.

It's a shame really, because I was looking forward to this book the most. It's better than the Chuck Dixon one, but I feel like IDW has kind of sucked the fun out of Joe in going more plausibly military. I liked the gonzo mix of military action with crazy supervillain terrorists that the Marvel run had. I'm hoping things head a bit more in that direction soon, or I might not stick with it.

TRANSFORMERS: MAXIMUM DINOBOTS #3
by Simon Furman and Nick Roche


This starts well with a cool scene for Shockwave, and after that tumbles downhill with a massive fight scene between the Dinobots and whole load of Sunstreaker clones. The story is fine, but the art is muddled and obscured by the colouring. There's also the problem with how this ties into All Hail Megatron, but that's irrelevant. This is OK, but there are better Transformers comics out there.

UNCANNY X-MEN #506
by Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson


The many interweaving subplots continue, with Emma having bad dreams, Angel and Beast still assembling their Fringe Science Team, refugees flooding into San Francisco to live with the X-Men, and Colossus infiltrating the Russian mafia. It's not quite as good as last issue, but with this much stuff going on X-fans are bound to find something to like. It's good to see Uncanny on the right track again.

X-MEN: KINGBREAKER #3
by Chris Yost, Dustin Weaver and Paco Diaz


The set-up for War of Kings rumbles along adequately, with Havok and his crew escaping and preparing for the 'final' confrontation with Vulcan. (That's the third one of those we've had so far?) Yost puts everything into place well enough, and manages to make even minor characters like Ch'od and Raza come alive. It's nothing earth-shattering, but it does the job. I just can't shake the feeling that it's going to be ultimately meaningless given that we know Vulcan is a major force in War of Kings. Unless he kills the Starjammers...

X-MEN: LEGACY #221
by Mike Carey and Scot Eaton


Thanks goodness for X-Men: Legacy. Mike Carey's been knocking it out of the park since #200, providing what is easily the best X-book on a consistent basis. This issue sees Professor X and Gambit looking for Rogue in the Australian Outback, only to find a series of holographic scenarios from the past trying to kill them and her. As always the references to the past are welcome (even if the costumes are way off for the Muir Island Saga) but they don't get in the way of enjoying the story. Good stuff.

YOUNG X-MEN #11
by Marc Guggenheim and Rafa Sandoval


Another forgettable issue of a series that's going to be cancelled with next issue - and there's an indication of how far the X-Men brand has fallen. There was a time when any old trash with an X on it was going to sell, but those days are gone. Anyway, there's a glimmer of interest here, with a dying Dust helping Donald Pierce to escape from the X-Men in exchange for him saving her life. And the ending would be a shock if I actually cared about Dust. But she basically has no personality, and is the epitome of the token muslim - I could literally tell you nothing else about her personality. I won't shed a tear to see this one go.
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X-Men Forever: The Current Status

February 19th 2009 06:45
As I mentioned last week, Marvel announced at the NY con that Chris Claremont was returning to the X-Men with X-Men Forever, a title in which he's being allowed to rewind things back to 1991 (when he quit the titles) and continue his X-Men story from where he left off. Obviously it's not going to be in regular Marvel continuity, but I have to say that I'm more jazzed about this title than the supposedly 'real' ones. And since I'm so excited about, I thought it would be fun to run through where the X-Men were at the point that this title picks up.

We'll start with the big team: The X-Men. Having just returned from space with Professor X, the X-Men have reformed as a functioning team for the first time in a while. Since their return they've defeated the Shadow King, rebuilt the mansion (which had been lying in ruins for several years) and welcomed the original X-Men back into their ranks. With about thirteen X-Men, there were two rosters: a Blue Team and a Gold Team. The roster of the Blue Team is Cyclops, Beast, Wolverine, Psylocke, Gambit, and Rogue. The Gold Team's roster is Storm, Jean Grey, Iceman, Archangel, and Colossus. In addition, we have a supporting cast in the mansion that's made up of Professor X, Banshee and Forge. And presumably Jubilee is around somewhere as well. The first mission that this team had was against Magneto, who had retreated to Asteroid M with a whole lot of nuclear missiles. During the battle that ensued, Magneto was betrayed by his acolyte Fabian Cortez, and died


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AT LAST: MY DREAM COMIC

February 10th 2009 08:03
The New York Comic-con took place over the weekend, and if there's one thing that I've noticed, it's that it's a damn good time for me to relive my comic-book childhood.

First, there's the IDW Transformers line, and specifically those being written by Simon Furman. Furman wrote the best TF stuff back in the day, and he's still pretty good. He's now so synonymous with the characters that it would be hard to picture the franchise without him. Transformers was the second title that I started collecting as a kid, and I loved Furman's stuff back then. I still like it a good bit


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ON THE WATCHMEN TRAILER

December 17th 2008 02:56
So watched the Watchmen trailer a few weeks ago, and Christ it looks revolting.

Here's the problem - it looks like a super-hero movie. I realise how stupid that sounds, given that it's based on a superhero comic. But Watchmen was different. It had a dirty, grounded feel. The movie should look more like Taxi Driver than the X-Men


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WOLVERINE: ORIGINS TRAILER

December 17th 2008 02:42
The trailer to Wolverine: Origins has debuted. Check it out here:

Really Long Link
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THIS WEEK'S REVIEWS 28-10-08

October 28th 2008 07:53
This week it's something of a Hasbro-fest, as I review All Hail Megatron #4 and the preview issue for IDW's G.I. Joe relaunch.

TRANSFORMERS: ALL HAIL MEGATRON #4
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THIS WEEK'S REVIEWS 14-10-08

October 14th 2008 05:24
It's another light week, with just two comics that I read. X-Men: Original Sin #1 begins the crossover between X-Men: Legacy and Wolverine: Origins, while Transformers Spotlight: Sideswipe #1 is bizarrely the conclusion of an ongoing story.

X-MEN: ORIGINAL SIN #1
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TRANSFORMERS: ALL HAIL MEGATRON #1-3

October 7th 2008 07:02
The IDW relaunch of the Transformers franchise just trundles along with little fanfare. It's a long way away from the heady days of the Dreamwave series debuting at the top of the charts, but I've been enjoying things. IDW have to this point taken a more restrained approach to the storytelling than Dreamwave did, and the result is certainly more cohesive.

But now we have a different writer handling the reins, and the old rules have changed. I'd like to applaud IDw on this point - as much as I love Simon Furman and would like to have his babies, he's been writing these characters, and variations thereof, for over 20 years. You know what you're going to get. Sure, it will be solid and it will be entertaining, but it will also be familiar. And to be honest, Furman's best days are well gone. I wouldn't want to see him wholely excised from the franchise, because he's proved his worth time and again, but I'm glad there's room for other voices to chime in with their take


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