Canister X – A.P. Fuchs: Zombie, Paranormal Romance and Superhero Novelist, Blogger, Artist, Publisher

I love collecting things: books, comics, playing cards, toys . . . all in moderation. Which is good because, frankly, if I had my way, I’d spend every dime I make on pop culture. See, when I was younger and lived with my folks, my room was covered in posters, pinned-up action figures, comics–but when you get married and have kids, you can’t indulge as much as you used to. Fortunately, my wife has similar interests to me and our bedroom looks more like a comic shop and art studio than your typical master bedroom, but I still have a pile of stuff in boxes. My Star Wars figures are a good example.

Today my wife put all my Superman stuff in one spot on display, whereas before it was scattered across the bookshelves. I took a video. I just realized as I type this that I have some more Superman stuff in boxes. Will have to pull it out. I plan on doing an update video anyway as we’re tabling at a comic convention this weekend and comic cons are great places to get good deals on collectibles.

So, without further ado, I present to you most of my Superman toy collection.

Yesterday the family and I went to the Central Canada Comic Con. This one is a much smaller venue than it’s Fall counterpart, its purpose to be a preview of what’s to come (i.e. Ray Park (Darth Maul, Toad) is the guest of honor for the Fall con), but that didn’t deter exhibitors from coming out and displaying their wares.

It was at the Viscount Hotel, so with kids in tow, my wife and I checked it out. Good times.

Amongst the collectibles purchased, we picked up:

Burger King 1988 superhero cups with superheroes for handles. My brother and I had the Superman and Batman ones growing up. I don’t know what happened to them. We used the characters in lieu of our action figures because they looked cooler and the paint was intact. The paint on the ones from our Superpowers collection began to get worn away thanks to long hours of play and taking them into the bath.

Some snazzy superhero fiction. I included the Amazon.com purchase link below each.

The Further Adventures of Superman by Martin H. Greenberg at Amazon.com

Batman: To Stalk a Specter by Simon Hawke at Amazon.com

The Further Adventures of Batman, Vol. 3: Featuring Catwoman by Martin H. Greenberg at Amazon.com

Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan by Len Wein at Amazon.com

Superman Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Dog Tags. The con bought a bunch of these as a donation to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. They resell them at the conventions but only to get their money back and not for a profit. I searched the site and it appears the Superman dog tags are no longer available. However, you can still click here to make a donation to help find a cure of spinal cord paralysis.

The Books of Era Chapter 1 by Scott Henderson. This guy is a local comic artist and the artwork within the comic looks amazing. Here is his website: http://www.comicspace.com/scotthendersonart

Also picked up my kids a Bumblebee Animated Series Transformer and Rodney Copperbottom from the movie Robots, which is an extremely underrated movie, in my opinion.