She’s just showing off her underwater phone with this selfie.
Michael Turner’s Fathom volume 4 #0
Aspen MLT Inc (digital copy–January, 2012)
WRITER: Scott Lobdell
PENCILER: Alex Konat
INKER: ?
COLORIST: Beth Sotelo
LETTERER: Josh Reed
EDITORS: Frank Mastromauro & Vince Hernandez
Yesterday we had the new Masters Of The Universe trailer. At the same time we got the new Supergirl trailer, set to come out roughly the same time in theaters. Both are about having to save someone, requiring superhuman powers. Both take place off Earth even though it starts there. Both were a target of concern by the fanbase, partly because of Hollywood’s history with certain types of characters and an inability to do a proper adaptation these days due to egos, self-interest, and a reluctance to have heroes being heroic.
However, while the He-Man trailer made me less uneasy but still concerned about the end product, this really hasn’t helped. The big difference is that in the other marketing for Masters Of The Universe, including the first trailer, some inklings of potential was there. The new trailer simply leaned into that for the first time and showed fans (or at least me) a better idea of what I wanted to see as far as intent. For Supergirl, on the other hand, we’ve had every piece of marketing be a cause for concern, including the fact that the story that inspired it was the not-so-heroic Supergirl: World Of Tomorrow by Tom “I love to psychologically break decades old characters because I have issues” King. The tone always seemed closer to James Gunn’s typical concepts of the found family of oddballs brought together by tragedy and bad attitudes, even though he’s not the director. Then there’s the backstage stuff.
The other connection to He-Man’s second movie and Kara’s is that the tone has shifted. The new MOTU trailer leaned more to the dramatic side, and so does this one, focusing more on Kara’s core wound and dramatic action. Again, there’s a difference. Masters Of The Universe didn’t start out trashing another character, it didn’t turn Cringer into a lion instead of a tiger due to someone else’s animal preference, and it hasn’t had the issues Supergirl has had.
“Let’s shake hands and be enemies.”
Sonic Universe #11
Archie Comics (February 2010)
“Echoes Of The Past” part 3
WRITER: Ian Flynn
PENCILER: Tracy Yardley
INKER: Jim Amash
COLORIST: Jason Jensen
LETTERER: Teresa Davidson
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Paul Kaminski
EDITOR: Mike Pellerito
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Yes, it was AI generated, and it’s still funny.
We have a new trailer today for Amazon MGM’s new live-action Masters Of The Universe movie. While not the story I would have wanted, and that’s where I’ve been the most critical, it looked good visually when they finally got off that silly dirt planet and back to Eternia where the story belongs.
Unlike the previous trailer, the focus is more on the drama and action. We have a better look at the effects, the characters, the Power Sword, and something I wanted to see for a while: a really good look at Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, not just (former) Prince Adam. We still get a joke at the end, but this one is all about the stuff we want to go to a Masters Of The Universe story for: the heroic warriors versus the evil warriors.
Does that mean it’s good? Not necessarily. It also doesn’t mean it’s bad. It just means we finally get the important part and at this point I’m out of interesting ways to pad out an intro, so let’s look at the darn thing. Sorry, homepage.
Sure this isn’t the summer issue?
Uncle Sam Quarterly #2 (Winter Edition)
Comic Magazines Inc (Winter, 1941)
Uncle Sam is one of those characters that even in post-comics media exist in an alternate continuity, and for good reason. Even with all the potential weirdness that exists in a less cynical and superserious DC universe I don’t really see him fitting in. The concepts he was created in, and at this point I don’t see signs of a Comic Magazines/Quality shared universe (maybe as we continue down this path), just doesn’t work within the DC mythology…and we have a dude that’s essentially “what if Billy Batson was Captain America and really, really old while having the same power source as Lady Liberty” in the form of General Glory. (Not to be confused with Major Glory from Dexter’s Laboratory, though I suspect they’d be best buds with each other and Sam.) It certainly doesn’t fit modern DC lore since today’s writers hate anything remotely silly outside of quirky dialog that makes you want to shoot someone.
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