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  • 21 – Planeteer Alert!

    21 – Planeteer Alert!

    With the Captain Planet book coming out from David Pepose and Emmanuel Casallos from Dynamite Comics, some have really fallen hard for the book. I can imagine it brought back memories to a lot of us, a time when we sat on the floor watching Saturday Morning Cartoons. Planeteer Alert was a segment that gave you tips on how to be good to the environment and to raise overall awareness. Here’s one below about not poaching bears.

    I do not know how many kids found themselves in a bear poaching sitaution, but you do you have to go after them early.

    Thankfully the rules are more strict where we are located in comparison to other places in the world, the United States included. But if Curt wants to do a Planeteer Alert, I am all for it. Because a lot of what we sell is second-hand so surely our individual footprint is lower than other activities.

  • Planeteer Alert

    The big news this week was that Dynamite Comics is launching a new Captain Planet comic with David Pepose and Eman Casallos. This created some huge buzz and pre-orders immediately came in, so when it is time to order, we are off to the races.

    Another cool aspect that was included in the announcement is that Dynamite will print the comic using 70% recycled paper. Though, this might have always been the case. Which is good, because if there is one thing Dynamite is known for is that it produces a staggering amount of covers for its series, which does create a headache, not only for me but for a lot of customers. They just do not know which one to buy and there is little deviation between a lot of them. I think this is for the hardcore collectors who like to flip books on the internet.

    Luckily, this does not seem to be the case with Captain Planet with only three variant covers announced. So it does seem like Dynamite is aware of the intricacies of launching a comic about a character who advocates for the environment.

    And this is exciting. We need more stuff like this to set the industry ablaze and get fans excited. I do hope the book lives up to the hype, and with Pepose and Casallos involved, I am quite confident that it will.