New wave of DC Super Friends sneaking into retail.

I spotted the My First Batwing today, which is part of the wave that includes figures of must-get Hawkman and Cyborg. Clark is getting the My First Batmobile for Christmas. Don't tell him.

Also, we saw a great playset for the Marvel Super-Hero Squad line... it's a building and garage with plenty of moving parts, and it comes with Doctor Octopus and your six hundredth Spider-Man figure. Birthday.

Kingdom Hearts TCG demo planned.

My comic store is trying to round up support for a demo of the new Kingdom Hearts card game. If the demo decks and giveaway cards show up, it will happen next Sunday. Into that!

I looked up how Ice came back to life.

I was there when she kicked it (over ten years ago in Justice League), and seeing as I still get Justice League and Green Lantern, I thought it was weird that I had missed her resurrection. Turns out it happened in Birds of Prey, one of the corners of the DCU that I don't pick up. Seems like a good choice though. I'm happy she's back; probably the only happy nod that DC has given the Giffen League in years.

Held items are a great idea.

A newish addition to the Pokemon TCG, some pokemon come with a Berry or Stone built in to the card. It's not a poke-body or a poke-power, so I have no idea if there's any way to combat these new abilities... I haven't seen a rulebook in a while, so I'm not sure.

I bring this up because I bought a bundle pack today with a promo lv.13 Pikachu in it. This Pikachu's built in Oran Berry lets you remove a damage counter at the end of your turn. Awesome. Also, his attack seems to do 10 damage to his opponent, plus an additional 10 each to two benched pokemon, all for only 1 yellow and 1 colorless. Am I reading that right, because that's crazy good.