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In NBC’s new show The Cape, Vince Faraday is an ex-cop and father who is forced to take the guise of his son’s favorite comic book hero to bring down a corrupt police force. Faraday has his cape, made of Kevlar-like spider silk, which he can snap like a whip to disable foes. What do you have in your GeekDad utility belt?

If your own superhero stockpile is spent and you’re looking to replenish, then look no further. GeekDad and The Cape are bringing you the best of the best in geeky tools, gadgets and entertainment so that you can re-arm yourself for the upcoming year.

One lucky GeekDad or GeekMom will win an entire superhero ensemble, with clothing from 5.11 Tactical, toys and gadgets from Maker Shed, ThinkGeek, Wizards of the Coast and some other cool surprises. We’ll post additions to the Utility Belt every day, so be sure to follow GeekDad on Facebook, on Twitter, or via our RSS feed to keep track of what you can win!

Check out the rest of the article to see how to enter.

Photo: ThinkGeek

Today’s additions–yes, we have two–to the utility belt are from ThinkGeek, where all the cool geeks shop.

First, to keep you from going hungry on all those superhero stakeouts (read as: play dates), there’s Perky Jerky. And since this dried beef snack has 150 mg of caffeine per bag, you’ll be sure not to doze off when all the action goes down (read as: your kid poops his pants).

And because any superhero dad or mom has to eat on the go, you won’t want to be without your Titanium Spork. Trash the plastic and step up to flavor in style.

We’ve got five of each to give away! Just fill out the form below (or click here to fill it out in a new window) and be sure to let us know what single item you always include in your utility belt. This contest is limited to US addresses only. Enter once and you’re set for the entire contest, so no need to fill out the form every day.

And be sure to check out The Cape on NBC, with a special two-hour series premiere, this Sunday, January 9th, at 9/8c.

If you’re a fan of Ticket to Ride, the excellent train-building board game from Days of Wonder, here’s something new to look forward to. Alvin and Dexter is a new expansion coming in February which will work with any of the Ticket to Ride games. Alvin is an alien in a flying saucer, and Dexter is a Godzilla-ish giant reptile, and both of them are to coming to wreak a little havoc on the maps.

Whenever Alvin or Dexter is in a city, no routes can be built into or out of that city until the monster is moved by using locomotive cards. Plus, at the end of the game any destination tickets that include Alvin’s and Dexter’s locations are worth half the points, and you also get extra points for moving them the most times during the game.

I haven’t gotten to play it yet, but expect a write-up later on. For now, read up on Ticket to Ride if you haven’t played it before, and then head to the Days of Wonder website for more info on the upcoming expansion.

Image from Slothfurnace.com

Very cool home-built lightsaber with lights, sounds and more (sorry, no plasma). Of course, we don’t all have metal lathes handy, so your ability to copy may vary.

Link, found via Make.