Wait until he finds out what kind of club this actually is.
Science Comics #2
Fox Publications, Inc. (March, 1940)
Back to the Golden Age craziness. The previous issue I was kind of neutral on. Hopefully this issue will provide a more thorough entertaining reading experience…but considering none of these characters are even discussed in the public domain circles I travel (which is admittedly one Facebook group), there has to be a reason they never became popular.
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It’s no longer rumor. God Of War: Laufey has been announced, though with no release date as of this writing. Fans of the franchise hoping to continue Kratos’ tale or follow Atreus’ are disappointed and possibly even angry. With reason? Given current storytelling inclinations they just might be.
The new game follows Laufey The Just, aka “Frey”, as she travels the afterlife and somehow takes part in the events of the Norse period of the franchise. It’s not the story fans wanted to see, and frankly I have possibly a better idea of how this could have gone, but there is a question as to whether or not the story was necessary.
Could it still be good? Maybe. Above is the 20+ minute gameplay trailer, presumably the early battles of the game that sets up Frey’s journey and introduces two more Gods Of War into the mix. I should note if you missed me discussing the series before that I have not played any of the God Of War games. I watched Dan Floyd of PlayFrame play through the first two games of the Norse period but have little knowledge of the Greek period, which I don’t think I need more than I know for that one. The thing is I see some strong potential for this game despite the change in protagonists, but I also both see the mistakes and potential for disaster based on current trends so I have concerns and I’m not even a big fan of the game. I did like the story in God Of War 2018 and God Of War: Ragnarok but more diehard fans have some legit concerns, so let’s look at everything we know and take a calmer look at what’s happening. It might not help but perspective is important.
For him the mind is an open book. Too bad the whole library is full of crap.
Harbinger #1
Valiant Comics (June, 2012)
“Omega Rising” part 1
WRITER: Joshua Dysart
ARTIST: Khari Evans
COLORIST: Ian Hannin
LETTERER: Rob Steen
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Josh Johns
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Jody LeHeup
EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Warren Simons
I have a bunch of longform videos that don’t work for Saturday Night Showcase but are too long for a Daily Video. I like to keep the Showcase open to narrative videos, show samples and movies, rather than documentary stuff. I also want to get a bunch of buffer articles, something I can post quick when there’s nothing to discuss or for whatever reason I don’t have time to write anything. So far I’m going through buffers way too quickly. I’m also trying to go through my YouTube backlog and a backlog of Daily and Filler Video material, and this is one of those videos, or rather one I would have sitting there a long time. Instead I’m going to use it here.
By now everyone who cares knows that the Transformers toyline began as a series of unrelated transforming robot toys put together into one series. This began a partnership between Hasbro and Takara, now Takara Tomy, with the latter producing Transformers toys and licensing media for the Japanese market, where culture, language, and even the style of alphabet (not letters but kanji and a few other words I think) are far different than the West. Between them and various other countries there has never been, to my knowledge, a year that didn’t feature a Transformers™ toy available for sale somewhere in the world. This included Beast Wars, the idea of Cybertron’s warriors transforming into realistic animals instead of just mechanical ones. It’s a controversial like to the “trukk not munkee” crowd who only want machines but I say why limit yourself. I also like other really out there transformations if they make some kind of sense, either for spying or for some unique ability available to it.
Japan’s Beast Wars, like the rest of their Transformers, is quite different from what we know in the West. Chris McFeely of Transformers: The Basics, having his own need for filler, put together an updated compilation of various episodes following the history of Japan’s take on the Maximals and Predacons. I don’t have anything else to add, so hopefully you find this interesting.
Sorry, Mikey, you’re not fooling anyone.
Masters Of The Universe/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles Of Grayskull #1
Dark Horse Comics (September, 2024)
WRITER: Tim Seeley
ARTIST: Freddie E. Williams II
COLORIST: Andrew Dalhouse
LETTERING: Andworld Design
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Tara McCarron
EDITOR: Brett Israel
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