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Guess Which Canadian Tourist Trap Has Featured In 143 Films

Forget about the recent media bashing. Niagara Falls is only a tourist trap in the sense of its awesomeness. How can anyone resist visiting? With that truth in mind, new research has revealed that Niagara Falls is the 4th most popular filming location in the world, having played a starring role in 143 films, including appearances in Pirates of the Caribbean and Superman 2 (1980).  

Giggster- a film location service, has revealed the most-used filming locations around the world, the locations that have the highest-grossing films, and the countries that have featured in the most movies. So, how does Canada fare?

Thor. Old Royal Naval College location London, England.

💰Niagara Falls is the sole location used in Canada from the study – featuring in 143 movies, with an average box office gross of $212,260,000 usd / $274,667,624 cad from its top-three films but so has Toronto (David Cronenberg’s 80s horror masterpiece The Fly) , Vancouver and Montreal as well as the Eastern and Western Provinces have also been featured in Hollywood films.

The research has also revealed:

🗽Central Park in New York is the most-used film location in the world – featuring in over 352 movies.

💵 The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is the highest-grossing filming location on average ($253,366,667 usd / $327,860,268 cad ).

The Griffith Observatory was also seen in the Disney cult favorite The Rocketeer.

🎥 The top 3 countries featured in the most movies are, The United States, The United Kingdom and Canada.

US locations featured in over 900 more movies than any other country; The states featured most are New York, Arizona and Massachusetts.

No Wonder Thor Is Smiling In Vintage Comics

This time around in comic news we are looking back at the Journey into Mystery  comic auction from Heritage Auctions.

What made this auction particularly interesting is the fact that pricing was reasonable and grading conditions were meticulous. Not always the case on other online auction sites (E-something, Kiji-something), Heritage Auctions or “HA” take great pride in the fact that their faculty includes not only comic fanatics but also experts in antique books and printing. It’s safe to say that ‘what you see and what you read’ here is ‘what you get’.

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What about the comics?

In my opinion, Tales of Mystery starring the Marvel character Thor is still an undervalued comic book, even with all of the Marvel movie appearances.  Consider that the first run Thor series was benefited by the pencil skills of Mr. Jack Kirby.  Jack is an icon in the comic book collector world. Unique style? Check. Quality character poses? Check.

Sure, we all know the main reason for the comic was to set the stage for Thor (introduced by the way in 1962’s Tales of Mystery #83) but there’s also the less considered crossover appeal of major stories (and covers) utilizing such Marvel characters as Magneto , The Incredible Hulk and even Hercules.

Tales of Mystery, like other comics from the early 1960’s, has a naivete and a simple message: Good guy half-god deals with life and an identity crisis. And that’s the fun factor.

It’s been almost sixty years since Marvel introduced the comic character Thor.

That’s a long time. Thor is still around, starring in major motion pictures and wielding the mighty mjolnir. He’s not going away. So if you have the money, investing in one or more of these books is not only a fun move, it’s a wise move. Sure to increase in value. For the Silo, Jarrod Barker.

Fictional Vaping Devices For Pop Culture Icons

Have you ever wondered what kind of vaping device fictional characters from the movies would use if they started vaping? Our friends at greyhaze.co.uk have and they sent us this infographic! Below is a selection of some of the most well-known fictional movie characters and how they imagine their vaping device would look. They’ve also added in a few special features that you could only find in the fictional world.

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Fictional vaping devices for pop culture icons.