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The Summer of Heroes has officially kicked off at Disneyland with the debut of Black Widow, Hawkeye, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Wonder Woman Lasso Of Truth at Six Flags takes guests up a 24 story tower at speeds of 40MPH. You'll get breathtaking views of DC and Maryland.

Disney World has turned their focus on Hollywood Studio's Toy Story Land expansion, including the Slinky Dog Dash Roller Coaster.

Valkyrie's Armoury, owned by Kate Cox, offers handcrafted specialty metalwork like Wonder Woman bracers for your inner Amazon warrior.

Balticon 51 this weekend drew in a range of impressive cosplay, with countless attendees showing off their love of all things Disney.

Disney is as American as Coca-Cola and apple pie. In Disneyland and Disney World, you can celebrate America at a variety of attractions, most notably

At Balticon's "Can Fanzines Train Up SF&F Pros?" panel, Elaine Stiles, Steve Stiles, Geri Sullivan, and Mark Roth shared their wisdom.

Literary and sci-fi fans gather at the Renaissance Hotel in Baltimore every Memorial Day weekend for Balticon, a decades old sf and fantasy convention.

Pandora: The World of Avatar opened at Disney's Animal Kingdom this morning, and the verdict is in: capacity crowds and massive lines from the jump.

Cosplay is a convention staple. People from all ages and skill levels have fun with it, but it can get expensive! Thankfully at Balticon 51, panelists

Die Kitty Die, from former Archie artist/writer Fernando Ruiz and still-there Archie artist/writer Dan Parent, is brilliant. The story and characters

I've gotta hand it to Disney — they've been slowly incorporating the Marvel brand across every aspect of the company's reach. In terms of the theme parks,

May 27th is literally around the corner, and that means Disneyland's newest ride, Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout opens along with the rest of

I'll admit that outside of the movies, I'm not familiar with the Guardians of the Galaxy at all. I'd seen the books growing up, but I never once bought

This is a huge week for Disney parks. Disneyland is debuting its Heroes of Summer activities the 27th, and Disney World is debuting Pandora: The World of

As I'm sure all of us are aware, Baby Groot is one of the cutest things to ever be created. Since he danced his way into our hearts in Guardians of the

Finally, a series I'm seriously excited for. My love of pulp heroes is strong, and when you combine any of them with Batman (a pulp-inspired hero), I'm

I've spent a good deal of time talking about Disneyland's Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout ride. Everything I've seen of it looks amazing, but

As I've been saying for the past few weeks, Disneyland's newest replacement ride, Guardians Of The Galaxy: Mission Breakout, looks amazing. If my rabid

I'm a fan of leggings, so I've heard of Lularoe. My fellow gym rats swear by the brand, but I've always been wary of them.

As we all know by now, Marvel's Secret Empire has officially hit stores. I'm not a big Marvel fan — I grew up a DC fan — but there was no way I couldn't

The Nintendo 64 is one of Nintendo's greatest consoles. The system was a huge part of my childhood, since it helped me get through my back operation I had

  On nights when I don't sleep, such as last night, I'll sometimes break down and grab an energy drink on my way out the door. In this case I was at

I see the Good to Grow drinks at my local grocery store all the time. They usually have some kind of superhero or other cartoon character on them to catch

Chances are if you're a Star Wars fan, you'll be celebrating the 40th anniversary all year long. Chances are you'll be buying a lot of stuff too. Luckily

Over the weekend, Henn and I traveled up to the Five Points Festival in NYC's Lower East Side. The show is a fantastic first-year con, as I've said in my

Yarr, me mateys! Feast ye eyes on this fine collection from Kohls! OK, sorry. I'll stop with the pirate jargon. If you're really into the Pirates of the

This past weekend in New York City's Lower East Side was the first annual Five Points Festival, a festival that celebrates designer toys, comics, and

If you've never stayed at a Disney World resort, let me be the firs to tell you how awesome most of them are. I've stayed in a number of them, ranging

If you haven't seen the season finale of Riverdale, stop reading now. There are spoilers ahead. For the rest of us, we already know that Fred Andrews was