This Week in Geek! August 23-29th, 2014
In case you missed it, here’s our weekly dose of handpicked geek news and fantastic fandom from around the web.
Sideshow accepted the Ice Bucket Challenge
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ThinkGeek nominated Sideshow for the ‎Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for the ALS Association. Our social media guru Susan took the ice water, and Sideshow is donating $1,000 to the cause. Please visit ALSA for more information and ways you can help fight this devastating disease.
We have a new contender for ‘Most Excited Twitter Contest Winner Ever’
This rare copy of Action Comics #1 sold for $3.2 million
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Featuring Superman’s first appearance, the sale broke records as the most anyone has ever paid for a comic book. The seller promised to donate 1% to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which we thought was truly super.
A news team in Chicago was distracted by a statue of the Hulk
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Just another day on the set of Chicago’s “WGN Morning News.”
We challenged fans to ‘Read Comics in Public Day’ in honor of Jack Kirby
