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Sunday – From All Saints Day To Gambling Superheroes

Published Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00:36 -0600

It's All Saints Day. Where all over the world, Christians celebrate the lives and influences of the likes of these fellows…

And of course…

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So what else is happening?

Today, at Baltimore's Graham Auditorium, 1pm, a lecture, reception, and book-signing with the author of Medusa's Daughter, Jonathon Scott Fuqua and artist/graphic novel illustrator Steven Parke. Medusa's Daughter is being released simultaneously in three formats, novel, graphic novel and novella. The books tell the story of Maia, a 15-year old orphaned girl from Greece who finds herself in a seventies European sideshow due to her ability to control her hair,. as she tries to unravel her past.

She's probably Medusa's daughter, then.

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The house-clearance auction of Amazing Fantasy #1 and Avengers #1 that Bleeding Cool mentioned the other day is hotting up. Since we wrote a piece, the auction house in question Mound City Auctions has received a large amount of interest from specialist dealers, which it didn't seem prepared for – this is the first time they have ever auctioned a comic book. Other issues included in the sale are Showcase Comics #22 with the first appearance of Hal Jordan. Green Lantern, as well as X-Men #1. Not the Jim Lee one.

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I've written about Marvel branded gambling machines before, but now it seems that DC brands are joining them, as this article talks about;

branded online slots based on superheroes from Marvel comics and DC comics. Spiderman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk all feature in this wonderful list.

And here are some screenshots to prove it…