“‘Avengers, assemble!’ CGC Trading Cards is ready to grade your Marvel card collection. Collectors have been eagerly anticipating the day when CGC Trading Cards™ would start accepting Marvel cards, and that day is here. CGC Trading Cards is thrilled to announce that Marvel cards are now eligible for grading! The lucky first Marvel card to be graded is the legendary and elusive Spider-Man Redemption autograph card from the 1998 Marvel Creator’s Collection set. This card is signed by Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, and features the artwork and signature of the world-renowned penciller and writer, Mike Wieringo. The card received a grade of CGC Mint 9, with sub-grades of 9 for Centering, 9.5 for Surface, 9.5 for Corners and 9 for Edges.” Find out more here! Hold on, the Sleepy Sickness in The Sandman was actually a real thing? Read more at The Mary Sue A BioShock movie has been in development for what seems like forever, but the project just took a major step forward. “Where many have tried and failed, the man behind The Hunger Games will once again give it another shot. Francis Lawrence, director of the last four Hunger Games movies including the upcoming prequel, has been signed to direct an adaptation of the popular sci-fi horror game BioShock for Netflix.” Read more at Gizmodo The Walking Dead and Supernatural star Jeffrey Dean Morgan has joined the cast of The Boys season 4 in an undisclosed role. Read more at The A.V. Club Sometimes things just don’t age well, and the vintage Nintendo unboxing showcases that. “Erik Voskuil, who runs the wonderful Before Mario (and has written an excellent book by the same name), has one of the world’s finest collections of Nintendo stuff. Recently, though, he managed to get hold of something that was special even by his standards: a couple of packets of Nintendo playing cards from the 1950s, depicting the company’s hometown of Kyoto.” Read more at Kotaku The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for its 4th and final season on Netflix. Read more at HypeBeast
