I missed the deadline for this week’s fight, so it may end up being unofficial. Haven’t slept right this week and I’ve had gas and other stuff. Been fun. Watched more Paw Patrol.

So tonight’s fight features a team of would-be (or so they claim) superheroes being shown up by an actually accomplished superhero. Who is a robot. With treads for feet. Prepare for embarrassment!

“Lights Out” round 8

The Battlefield: Isaac Asimov’s I-Bots Vol. 2 #8 (Big Entertainment; January, 1997) “A Bot In A Hard Place”

The Promoters: Cliff Biggers & Brett Brooks (writers), Pat Broderick (artist), Prismacolor (coloring), and Michael A. Palmer (letterer)

Bot-I wanted to investigate these pretenders to the name of the superheroes partially responsible for giving him (for lack of a better term) life. But he goofed up and the new I-Bots are after him. First up, the gravity-altering Heavyweight and the portal-creating Send.

Well, this tournament was called Lights Out.

Next up is A-V-N, with heightened senses. Including her sense of sight.

Or make that Lights On.

All we need is Gremlin, who can pass through solid objects.

At least the Vision can turn the intangible thing off when he needs to.

So for their first assignment…kind of weak, guys. Let the little robot save the world. Oh right, you work for Annabelle so odds are that’s not why you were constructed.

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