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March 12th, 2012 at 1:13 pm - Cosmic Madness, North Region -
 The first round of Cosmic Madness 2012 is over! Our final region of the the day, the North, like two of its three counterparts, saw no upsets! Here are the results:
- Joker (1) defeated Ozymandias (16) by a vote of 99-4
- Poison Ivy (8) defeated Fin Fang Foom (9) by a vote of 71-31
- Bullseye (5) defeated Hush (12) by a vote of 82-22
- Harley Quinn (4) defeated Black Manta (13) by a vote of 88-14
- Mr. Sinister (6) defeated Mr. Mxyzptlk (11) by a vote of 81-20
- Apocalypse (3) defeated Black Adam (14) by a vote of 84-18
- Mr. Freeze (7) defeated Captain Cold (10) by a vote of 56-48
- Kingpin (2) defeated The Leader (15) by a vote of 82-18
 Though there weren’t any upsets, this region did feature the most closely contest match of the first round, with Mr. Freeze only beating Captain Cold by eight votes! Now Mr. Freeze must take on big, bad Kingpin. Tourney favorite the Joker must face a fellow Batman villain in Poison Ivy, while Bullseye sets his sights on Harley Quinn. Finally, Mr. Sinister and Apocalypse do battle!
Cast your votes after the jump! But don’t stop there! Go vote in the South, East and West regions, too! And tell everyone you know to vote for their favorites! (Or for yours if you filled out a bracket!)
Second round voting for all regions ends on Thursday, March 15, at 1 pm!
And remember, it’s a wide open question and you can choose your own criteria as to who the best comic book villain is: the strongest, smartest, the most important, your own personal favorite, whatever!
VOTE IT UP!!!!!
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March 12th, 2012 at 1:12 pm - Cosmic Madness, South Region -
The first round of Cosmic Madness 2012 is over! The South region saw the first round’s only upset! Check it out:
- Dr. Doom (1) defeated the Sentinels (16) by a vote of 93-3
- Cobra Commander (8) defeated Megatron (9) by a vote of 63-51
- Dr. Octopus (5) defeated The Governor (12) by a vote of 63-34
- Juggernaut (4) defeated Gorilla Grodd (13) by a vote of 82-13
- Two Face (11) defeated Penguin (6) by a vote of 63-32
- Green Goblin (3) defeated Dr. Light (14) by a vote of 87-7
- The Adversary (7) defeated Catman (10) by a vote of 59-35
- Darkseid (2) defeated Baron Zemo (15) by a vote of 86-9
 The big upset was obviously Two Face taking out Penguin in a battle of the Batman rogues! Other notable events include Cobra Commander with a stunning comeback victory to take down Megatron and Dr. Doom absolutely blasting the Sentinels! For this round, Dr. Doom meets Cobra Commander in a battle of the masked men, while Doc Ock takes on Juggernaut, Two Face faces Green Goblin and The Adversary may meet HIS maker with Darkseid.
Cast your votes after the jump! But don’t stop there! Go vote in the North, East and West regions, too! And tell everyone you know to vote for their favorites! (Or for yours if you filled out a bracket!)
Second round voting for all regions ends on Thursday, March 15, at 1 pm!
And remember, it’s a wide open question and you can choose your own criteria as to who the best comic book villain is: the strongest, smartest, the most important, your own personal favorite, whatever!
VOTE IT UP!!!!!
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March 12th, 2012 at 1:11 pm - Cosmic Madness, East Region -
The first round of Cosmic Madness 2012 is over! Like the West, there were no upsets in the East region either, with the following results:
- Magneto (1) defeated Mephisto (16) by a vote of 79-17
- Venom (8) defeated Carnage (9) by a vote of 82-13
- Ultron (5) defeated Hobgoblin (12) by a vote of 76-18
- Red Skull (4) defeated Red Mist (13) by a vote of 87-4
- Sabretooth (6) defeated Kang the Conqueror (11) by a vote of 70-27
- Doomsday (3) defeated Herr Starr (14) by a vote of 78-15
- Deathstroke (7) defeated Deadshot (10) by a vote of 64-32
- Brainiac (2) defeated Professor Zoom (15) by a vote of 78-16
 While most were lopsided victories, we have to point out the absolute BRUISING that Red Skull handed out to Red Mist No love for the Kick-Ass villain! But now Red Skull faces a much tougher challenge with the #5 seed Ultron. Meanwhile Magneto must take on Venom (another tough match), Sabretooth fights Doomsday and Deathstroke meets Brainiac!
Cast your votes after the jump! But don’t stop there! Go vote in the South, East and West regions, too! And tell everyone you know to vote for their favorites! (Or for yours if you filled out a bracket!)
Second round voting for all regions ends on Thursday, March 15, at 1 pm!
And remember, it’s a wide open question and you can choose your own criteria as to who the best comic book villain is: the strongest, smartest, the most important, your own personal favorite, whatever!
VOTE IT UP!!!!!
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March 12th, 2012 at 1:10 pm - Cosmic Madness, West Region -
The first round of Cosmic Madness 2012 is over! No upsets in the West region to speak of, with the following results:
- Lex Luthor (1) defeated Lizard (16) by a vote of 91-6
- Ra’s al Ghul (8) defeated Shredder (9) by a vote of 80-14
- Bane (5) defeated Solomon Grundy (12) by a vote of 78-16
- Loki (4) defeated Riddler (13) by a vote of 86-6
- Bizarro (6) defeated Skinner Sweet (11) by a vote of 59-34
- Sinestro (3) defeated Taskmaster (14) by a vote of 81-11
- Thanos (7) defeated Mandarin (10) by a vote of 78-10
- Galactus (2) defeated Plutonian (15) by a vote of 78-11
 As you can see, no real contests, with a couple absolute crushing victories. But now it’s time to move on to the second found! The #1 seed Lex Luthor must now contend with Ra’s al Ghul, while Bane takes on Loki, Bizarro faces Sinestro and Thanos must now face the Devourer of Worlds, Galactus!
Cast your votes after the jump! But don’t stop there! Go vote in the South, East and West regions, too! And tell everyone you know to vote for their favorites! (Or for yours if you filled out a bracket!)
Second round voting for all regions ends on Thursday, March 15, at 1 pm!
And remember, it’s a wide open question and you can choose your own criteria as to who the best comic book villain is: the strongest, smartest, the most important, your own personal favorite, whatever!
VOTE IT UP!!!!!
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March 12th, 2012 at 11:00 am - Whiz Bang! -
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ANOTHER UPDATE!! Well, we’ve seen trade paperbacks for 40% off and 50% off! This week, we’re upgrading it yet again! All those trade paperbacks are now 75% OFF!! It’s officially BLOWOUT TIME! But this will be the last week and the maximum discount, so if you’ve been hesitating, hesitate no more!!
While many of our Whiz Bangs over the course of the past year have involved certain trade paperbacks and graphic novels for 40% off — be it Planetary or Wolverine or Nextwave or what have you — never before have we put up as many different trades as we are this week.
For this week’s Whiz Bang, we have gathered up literally HUNDREDS of different trade paperbacks and graphic novels from around the store and are putting them up on the front table for 40% OFF 50% OFF 75% OFF!! All tolled, it’s about eight long boxes’ worth and incorporates books from every part of the store. Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, you name it! At 40% off 50% off 75% OFF, it’s worth trying something new!
This Whiz Bang will last from Wednesday, March 14, to Tuesday, March 20!
We haven’t got everything lined up just yet, so until tomorrow all other information must remain top secret: UPDATED WITH PICTURE!!
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