a missed opportunity for questionable toys

The Penny Arcade guys put out a podcast a couple weeks back discussing cool after-Thanksgiving Day sales. As I'm listening to it I'm sorry I hadn't heard it before the holiday, because someone had a pretty good 1/2-off deal on Watchmen action figures that I might have taken advantage of. I'm not familiar with some of the characters that Mike and Jerry are talking about, though. "Cherry Soda"? "Ax Battler"? Alan Moore must be spinning in his grave.