CEC 2008 New Year Sale

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Best entry winner:	Second best entry winner:
HEROES HC	Wonder Woman figure desk pad holder
Jenn Medved	Dave Dussault
Jenn's entry had a truth to it that cut into our judgment like a hot knife through butter. (Her high charisma and gigantic bosoms really did not affect us, but that dang giggling gets us every time.) SYSOP note: Before you get offended at us mentioning gigantic bosoms, please read her entry.	Valiant effort and very, um, lengthily. If you had not exceeded the word limit on #1 you MIGHT have had Best Entry. Great answer for #4.

See Winning Entries below.

Entries judged by the Edge Counsel and their vast expertise of super powers.

The best entry wins:
A HEROES HC Collects the first thirty installments of the online graphic novels.

The second best entry wins:
A Wonder Woman figure desk pad holder.

1) In 500 words or less tell what special ability you have, how you discovered it, and what you did the first time you used it.

2) Do you use this power for good or evil?

3) Do you now or have you ever had ties to a secret group of individuals?

4) Bonus question (extra points if you do not use the letter E):
Describe your arch nemesis. You must use at least 5 words, but not more than 15.

All entries must include full name, email address, & phone number.

Only 1 entry per person accepted. Entries must be emailed to newsletter@collectorsedgecomics.com .

Only entries received in email before 11 P.M. on 01/05/2008 are eligible.

Entries must contain answers to all questions.

All answers must be at least 5 words.

Judge's decision on eligibility and answers are final.

Prizes can be picked up at any Edge Location

Prizes must be picked within 30 days of sale date.

As always There May be Bonus Prizes For Any Extremely Creative Answer.

Best entry: HEROES HC
Jenn Medved

1) In 500 words or less tell what special ability you have, how you discovered it, and what you did the first time you used it.

My special ability is being a girl in a comic book shop. I learned of this the very first time I stepped into Collector's Edge South. It was late one October evening when I first met Jef, who diverted all
attention away from smoking and reading to aid in an impromptu scavenger hunt for ThunderCats and Rocky Horror. At first, I was fairly certain it was just because he was a friendly guy (which he was) but after a while, I got the feeling that the ability to be cute and giggle was going to come in pretty handy when interested in obtaining graphic novels and action figures from the top shelves of the store.

Some people might not call this a special ability, considering the ratio of guys to girls in the United States is 97:100, but when one considers the ratio of guys to girls in the average comic shop (estimated at being roughly 2,546½ :3), it's actually a very handy and unusual skill, which comes with obvious advantages. If I was just another comic book guy, I probably wouldn't get cool nicknames like 'Comic Book Chick' or 'Madam Medved' or 'Oh, it's you again'. There would probably be less of a chance of getting to see Steve's awesome behind the counter dance moves if I was just some comic book guy, although, Steve does seem to like to shake his groove thing, so maybe that's not directly linked to my special ability of being a girl in a comic book shop. But the cool nicknames definitely are. They have to be, right?

2) Do you use this power for good or evil?

Definitely for good. Consider: If you're an Edge Guy, who would you rather have walk through the door, a girl, or anybody else? I rest my case.

3) Do you now or have you ever had ties to a secret group of individuals?

Us girls stick together. Haven't you noticed how we all herd to the restroom in a pack? If I told you any more than that, I'd have to kill you. Or, give you a makeover. Your call.

4) Bonus question (extra points if you do not use the letter E):
Describe your arch nemesis. You must use at least 5 words, but not more than 15.

Additional comic book girls with high charisma and gigantic bosoms, and also, bad hair days.

2nd best entry: Wonder Woman figure desk pad holder
Dave Dussault

1) In 500 words or less tell what special ability you have, how you discovered it, and what you did the first time you used it.

I have super strength, and puncture-proof skin. I discovered this one day, while answering a call-in radio contest. My ability is apparently triggered by saying the following words: I am the very model of a modern Major-General
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical

I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotepotenuse

I'm very good at integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General

In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
He is the very model of a modern Major-General

I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous

I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore

And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinapinafore

Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General

In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
He is the very model of a modern Major-General

In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat"

When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General had never sat a gee

You'll say a better Major-General had never sat a gee
You'll say a better Major-General had never sat a gee
You'll say a better Major-General had never sat a sat a gee

For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General

But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
He is the very model of a modern Major-General This was the first time I used my abilities, and in my excitement, I ended up crushing the phone by accident before I could give the station my personal info to collect my prize.

2) Do you use this power for good or evil?

I tried to use my powers for good, but the first time I tried to stop a mugging. Well... just imagine trying to chase a mugger while singing this song. Yeah, it didn't really work well. I managed to chase him about 3 blocks before giving up, and while I was standing there trying to catch my breath, *I* got mugged.

3) Do you now or have you ever had ties to a secret group of individuals?

I was a member of the Boy Scouts, does that count?

4) Bonus question (extra points if you do not use the letter E):
Describe your arch nemesis. You must use at least 5 words, but not more than 15.

Turkish Gold cigs, which diminish my lung capacity.