Superheroes

This collection is for a particular type of person. They grew up with these superheroes, and it stayed with them. They know what issue is the “real” first issue. They will happily, at length and with little prompting, explain to you exactly what was wrong with that movie. They do not take any of this lightly. If you are shopping for them it will either be incredibly easy or impossible, depending on if you know what you’re doing. We know what we’re doing. We put this collection together because we have been on both sides of that transaction more times than we can count. We’ve been the recipient of that logo-emblazoned novelty mug and plastered on our best smile. We’ve also been the giver of that thing that landed so squarely, that someone knew we actually listened and understood what the other geek in our life cared about and why. That’s the intersection we’re operating on here. Not merch. Not the sort of thing that still is in its factory packaging six months later when it’s bundled into a thrift shop bag. We’re going for the thing that earns a space on a bookshelf or desk. We want you to pick our gift up and know someone actually thought about you when they picked it out. Superheroes can mean a thousand different things to a thousand different people who love them. To some it’s childhood memories and Comic Book Guy style nostalgia. Toothbrushes traded in for Captain America posters and Saturday morning cartoons on repeat. To others it’s something deeper, something they genuinely engage with. The writing. The mythology. Decades of history filling the worlds behind their favourite characters. The gifts that click fall in line with that. They don’t talk down to the person you’re buying for and they don’t feel like you grabbed them off the gift shop spinner rack at the airport. Everything here we’d proudly give to ourselves. We held each potential gift up to the person we had in mind and asked if it was good enough. They wouldn’t let us add just anything. Things that made the cut did so because they just…felt right. More than having the proper logo in the proper place. Knowing the difference is what this whole collection is about.

Avengers

Some Marvel fans will accept nothing less than perfection. They’ve seen the movies both in release order and chronological order. They have opinions about every entry in the Infinity Saga and will not hesitate to share them with you unprompted. And they’ll know immediately if you’ve bought a lazy gift. That mug with a generic Marvel logo just isn’t going to cut it. They’ve seen that mug. They’ve probably even got that mug at home. Someone bought it for them three Christmas’ ago and knew they loved movies because they Googled “Avengers gift” into the first search result and started…

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Batman

Some licences are reduced to soulless merchandise faster than you can say Batmobile. A logo on a mug, a cowl on a drawstring bag, slapping a symbol on anything that’ll hold some ink on it. Batman has been canonised more than most. That’s why it takes effort to find things that are actually worth giving. We did that effort so you don’t have to. Here’s the thing about Batman as a gift topic: Batman fans care. Like, really care. This is not ‘nice jumpered guy who likes telly’ territory. The person you’re trying to buy for will have strong opinions…

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Deadpool

Gift shopping for Marvel fans? Easy enough. Find something with the appropriate logo on it. Wrap it. Done. Deadpool fans? Now you’re talking. Anyone who likes Deadpool knows they’re not normal. They don’t want normal. They want weird. Gift options that are as outrageous as a character that once stopped a fight in the middle of a busy city street to break the fourth wall and comment on comic book continuity. That’s why this collection was so much fun to put together. When we looked at the wider gift market for Deadpool merchandise we kept seeing the same disappointing trend.…

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Hulk

The Hulk is brilliant. Not the smart one. Not the dude with the magic shiny thing or the tyrannical thunder god. He’s the guy who gets so mad he smashes things and it’s satisfying as hell to watch him do that, whatever your age. Whether you’re shopping for that kid who just got into him via the movies or your thirty year old Hulk virgin hiding behind the Justice League onesies, it’s the same appeal. Unbridled, rampaging POWER painted the most ridiculous shade of green and a personality ranging from horrifically awful to hilariously comic. The problem is that figuring…

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Iron Man

Let’s face it; there’s a type of Marvel fan who watches the films, re-watches the films, notices things in the films and has opinions about what armour was best and will then argue those opinions at length online and in real life. Tony Stark lends himself to that type of devotion. The character has earned it. The swagger. The arrogance so easily worn. The inherent niceness he tries so hard to deny for most of the story. The blend of traits is unique is what we’re saying. It’s why Iron Man feels different to most superhero offerings. It’s fun, but…

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Spider-Man

No superhero resonates with their fans quite like Spider- Man. Batman is wealthy, Superman is powerful, but Peter Parker started out by getting it wrong. He lost someone. He screwed up at a pivotal moment and has been paying penance for it ever since. That is what makes Spider- Man relatable. People don’t just like Spider- Man they feel like they understand him on a personal level. And that is what makes choosing a Spider- Man gift meaningful. Choosing wisely. This collection is for a certain kind of Spider-Man fan. The person who grew up with him and never quite…

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Superman

Everyone knows that kind of Superman fan. The one who never grew out of it. Nostalgic isn’t really the word. It’s more like they’re perennially fan-boy enough that most people are only for their football team or brand of coffee. We know these people. We are these people. We grew up next door to these people. In some cases, we’re trying to buy something for these people right now and we want it to be perfect. With Superman, it’s hard to find gifts for these kinds of fans. Because nearly all of the merchandise is either for kids or serious…

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Thor

Thor is timeless. It can be the mythology of his origins that fascinates, the Marvel rendition smashing his hammer around movie theaters, or simply the irresistible joy of seeing someone beat up giants while looking extremely fashionable. Whatever it is, Thor maintains an appeal that stretches far beyond kids fiction. We have friends that re-watch those movies repeatedly, knowing every line just as they did when that character freshly introduced. We know people who’ve read the original folklore from start to finish and want more. There’s a lot of you out there, and your passion for the God of Thunder…

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X-Men

Let’s talk about the sort of fan who grew up with these characters and never grew out of them. Not in any way that you have to apologise for. Not in any way that you have to explain or justify. Just in a way that’s true. The X-Men have been a part of people’s lives for decades now; through the comics, obviously, but then the cartoons that defined Saturdays for a generation, then the films, the games, the debates about who would win in a fight that adults still get heated about across dinner tables. We know that because we…

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