Superhero Quiz

What kind of Superhero are you? If you really want to know, take this little test. I've taken it three times, and the results have been pretty consistent, even if I changed a couple of my answers. I rate as either Superman or Green Lantern, even though I was hoping to learn that I was really Batman. Let us know who you are. Maybe we can build our own league.


Your results:
You are Superman

Superman 95% Green Lantern 80% Spider-Man 75% Batman 60% The Flash 60% Iron Man 60% Supergirl 57% Robin 57% Wonder Woman 47% Hulk 35% Catwoman 30%

You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

Changes are a comin'

Those of you who frequent our website (www.thelegendshop.com) may have noticed a few changes lately. We are attempting to enhance your online experience with us. Some changes are visible to customers, some are not. Must be the Project Manager in me constantly seeking to improve our product, while maintaining our standards. And, since I've gone back to working as a Project Manager and just do the comic store on the weekends and evenings now, I'm exposed to quite a bit of technology. I'm constantly searching for new ways to adapt this technology to our store to make your shopping experience even better.

The first major step was starting this blog. I've gotten in-store comments and emails, as well as postings from a few of you. Thank you. We need to hear that what we are doing has your attention, and we accept both positive and negative feedback. It's still early for this experiment, but the early indications are good. We feel that a big part of the sucess of our store is accompished by reflecting the attitudes of our customers.

But, I wanted to list out a few more enhancements we are working on. Tell us what you think in advance, or when they finally appear on our website:

• This Blog
• The Macromedia Flash slideshow for New Comics
• Additional web marketing to improve our search engine hits
• Enhancing the fonts and design on our pages
• Adding a Previews section to our website with the look-ahead for Marvel and DC Comics
• Community Service Page (or blog)
• A completely new online store (enhanced by the EBay store) *Coming Soon*
• Automated emails for our subscribers *Coming Soon*
• And, maybe whatever else you can suggest...

Best Cover - April 11, 2007

OK, I may take some ribbing about this one. We received a whole lot of comics this week, but I was disappointed with the majority of the covers. Spazdog pointed out last week that Frazetta's Death Dealer #1 was coming out this week with a fantastic cover. And yes, while that is true (two covers actually), not quite my favorite cover of the week. Besides, we keep the Death Dealer behind the counter because it is a mature title. The cover of Nova #1 is pretty cool, too, but still not my favorite.

This week, I have to choose between two separate covers, and both with Spidey on them: The Spider-Man Back-in-Black Handbook and Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four #1. Yeah, yeah, the Spidey/FF cover reminds me of What If #1 from the 70's... maybe that's why I like it. That has always been one of my favorite Spider-man/Fantastic Four comics, but I can't put my finger on why. Maybe it was because I was an impressionable 7th grader when it came out! But after reading the new comic, I've got to admit that I love the Impossible Man! And while that has nothing to do with the cover, when it's a toss up between the two, I chose the comic I would prefer to read. The black costumed Spider-Man on the Black-in-Black Handbook surrounded by his foes is pretty cool, but it falls to the team-up issue in my opinion. However, I will post pictures of both, and you can choose. Or, give me a better suggestion.

Best Cover - April 4, 2007

Well, I've been thinking of topics to introduce to keep this interesting, and to open it up to debate. I think I've found one - Best Cover of the Week. Yeah, I know, comics have already been on the shelf for three days... I'm a little late. But hey, we're just getting the hang of this blogging thing. I'm thinking we'll introduce a hot cover each week, and then maybe review them for like Best Spring Cover ('cause I love the early Batman issues... think about it), Best Summer Cover, etc. all the way to Best Cover of the Year, in our humble opinion. And, we'll try to stay on time with these things as long as there is interest.

Our choice for this week (at odds with an employee who thinks it should be Arthur Suydam's Savage Tales #1 Cover)... Justice League of America #7, done by multiple artists (strength in numbers).

So, this is now open for debate... what's your favorite cover this week?

Community Events

We had a new customer in the store yesterday who inquired about our community service efforts. When I listed out a few of the things we have accomplished, she stated that we should publish them and let people know. Our response was that we do not participate in community service activites for the publicity, but rather for the personal and civic feelings.

Those of you who have frequented our store know that we put a great deal of effort in coming up with ideas for the West Valley Child Crisis Center, whether it be a raffle to purchase comics for them, hosting a dinner for the kids in our store, or even our very successful Christmas toy drive for the kids.

Also, we have donated to many local schools and community organizations, and have become involved in Mike Bullock's activities for the Comic Exchange Program in schools (see the link in our last post).

So, the question we post today... Should we include a community service page on our website to toot our own horn? The customer had a point... she stated that if she knew we were so involved with the community, she would have shopped in our store sooner to support our efforts. But, where do we draw the line for shameless promotion of our store through showcasing our community service efforts? Would you want to see some of the efforts that we promote to possibly get involved?