Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Marvel Debuts The First Original Endersverse Tale In Ender’s Game: Recruiting Valentine In June!

Marvel is proud to present an all-new adventure spinning out of the New York Times Bestselling author Orson Scott Card’s epic Ender’s Game series with the premiere of Ender’s Game: Recruiting Valentine! Jake Black, writer of the upcoming Ender’s Game Companion, teams up artist Timothy Green II and the Ender’s Game architect/creative director Orson Scott Card, to bring you this exciting original new one-shot that’s sure to please any Ender’s Game fan!

Ender’s Game: Recruiting Valentine, a never before told story, features the older brother and sister of the already infamous Ender Wiggins and their quest to solve an injustice at their school. It’s up to Peter to teach Valentine nonviolent methods of persuasion to get the job done! Little does Valentine know Peter is setting plans in motion to one-day rule the world!

Do the other Wiggins children carry the same tactical finesse as their younger brother? Ender’s Game: Recruiting Valentine is the story that fan’s have been clamoring for! It’s a story that you won’t want to miss and it hits comic shop shelves everywhere this June!

For more on Orson Scott Card and Ender’s Shadow, please visit
http://www.hatrack.com/ and www.marvel.com/endersgame.

ENDER'S GAME: RECRUITING VALENTINE (APR090440)
Creative Director ORSON SCOTT CARD
Written by JAKE BLACK
Pencils and Cover by TIMOTHY GREEN II
Parental Advisory …$3.99
FOC – 5/21/09 ON SALE – 6/10/09



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BotCon attendees have first shot at buying all-new Revenge of the Fallen toys


Hasbro’s excited to announce that Transformers fans attending BotCon 2009 in Pasadena, California, later this month (May 28-31) will have the opportunity to be some of the first fans anywhere to buy all-new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie toys!

Starting on Thursday, May 28, attendees can purchase the new movie toys at the Transformers Collectors’ Club store at BotCon. (Note: While supplies last!) This special inventory of product will feature an official “First Buy” gold foil sticker, adding to their collectability!

Hasbro and BotCon are thrilled to offer attending fans this opportunity and hope to see everyone in Pasadena in just a few short week! Please visit
http://www.botcon.com for more information.
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Ask Matty - An Open Call For Questions


Have a question for Mattel then look no further.

On every 1st and 15th of the month, Matty opens himself up to questions from his fans.

Want to know about Masters of the Universe, then ask here.

Want to know when Batman Brave & the Bold is hitting the stores, then ask here.

Have a question about the store at Mattycollector.com, then ask here.

5 questions will be selected bi-monthly and submited to Matty, for him to answer.

Just enter your question into the comments section at the end of this post.

PLEASE NOTE: Any questions about if a specific figure will be produced, will be ignored. i.e. "when is Mattel going to make a Stinkor figure"

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