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May 30, 2025

BW’s Daily Video> Indie Games Causing “Deprofessionalization”?

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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on May 30, 2025 in Video Game Spotlight and tagged commentary, corporate, indie games, video games.

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May 29, 2025

[FILLER VIDEO] The Many Lawsuits Tied To Shazam!

Premiering in the first issue of Whiz Comics (listed as #2 because of those weird publishing and mailing issues we keep coming across in the Golden Age comic reviews), the original Captain Marvel was on his way to becoming more popular than Superman, the hero that predated him. Unfortunately, National Comics (like a lot of publishers at the time–even the Comic Code was designed to hurt a rival publisher) decided to sue Fawcett Comics…and from there I get confused because I’ve heard multiple versions of what happened next:

National Comics, the future DC Comics, won and Fawcett was forced to drop all the Marvel Family titles
Fawcett won but National lost on appeal
various other takes on what happened with the original case and appeals
either way, the superhero downturn led to Fawcett shutting doors, DC buying those characters, and while they tried it’s possible they made sure Captain Marvel didn’t overshadow Superman ever again.

There is more to the story. Multiple characters, lawsuits, fights over the Captain Marvel name after Marvel Comics got a bug up their butt and decided “we’re Marvel, WE should have that hero’s name”, and the fallout even hit the UK. Comic Drake has an updated compilation of all the various legal nonsense that went on, all tied to Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel Junior, all versions of characters ruined by DC comics in their various reworks, 52, the New 52, and the Geoff Johns reimagining. Prepare for a good dose of how dumb and self-interested publishers can be when they have corporate bucks backing up their tomfoolery.

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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on May 29, 2025 in Comic Spotlight, DC Spotlight, Marvel Spotlight and tagged Alan Moore, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Captain Marvel Jr, CC Beck, Comic Drake, DC Comics, Eclipse Comics, Fawcett Publications, Marvel Comics, Marvelman, Mary Marvel, Miracleman, Neil Gaiman, Roy Thomas, Shazam (character), Todd McFarlane, trademark and copywrite.

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May 29, 2025

Today’s Comic> Kanga-U: Tests And Tournaments FCBD preview

“Maybe I can take turns riding you.”

Kanga-U: Tests And Tournaments 2025 FCBD Special Edition

DC Comics (June, 2025)

WRITER: Sholly Fisch

ARTIST: Yancey Labat

COLORIST: Monica Kubina

LETTERER: Wes Abbott

There’s also a preview for Matthew Dow Smith’s Misfits Of Magic, but it’s only three pages, the only character of the trio that’s named is Boston Brand (renamed Deadkid because these are kids versions of DC’s mystical heroes), and just has them walking down a hallway to the basement. I know who Blue Devil is, but unless the girl is supposed to be Zatanna I have no idea who else she could be. It’s not a very good preview, but the art style’s neat. Let’s focus on the main graphic novel preview.

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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on May 29, 2025 in DC Spotlight, Today's Comic and tagged DC Comics, DC Universe, Jumpa, Kanga, Wonder Woman.

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May 29, 2025

BW’s Daily Video> What Fans Need Is What They Want

NOTE: Minor swearing

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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on May 29, 2025 in Comic Spotlight and tagged fans vs creators, Rob Liefeld.

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May 28, 2025

Henry Cavill Cannot Save Superman

Christopher McQuarrie’s Superman movie details:

– Green Lantern would’ve appeared.
– Included a 5 minute opening sequence similar to Pixar’s UP that would’ve set the stage for the film & who Superman is.
– Henry Cavill would’ve returned. pic.twitter.com/H0bZeNlzXS

— Matt Ramos (@therealsupes) May 26, 2025

Okay, I can’t be silent anymore because I’m getting sick of this. It’s not the first time I’ve disagreed with the internet. Right, Scrappy-Doo?

Yes, Henry Cavill got a raw deal by James Gunn, who wanted an all new Superman for James Gunn’s Superman By James Gunn. We also seem to forget that he was also screwed over by Zack Snyder, a man who doesn’t believe in superheroes and has Superman stay away, never bring hope to anyone, wasn’t against revenge, and only killed because the story forced it on him without any real buildup to earn it. If we’re restarting this universe to the point that the studio itself rebranded, having the same actor playing Superman isn’t going to work.

However, because Cavill always wanted to play Superman (I wish he had gotten the chance), because he’s “one of us” as a geek and champion of proper adaptation, and because he’s a good actor elsewhere, there’s an almost-cult around the man specifically playing Superman, as if Christopher Reeve himself came down from on high and anointed Cavill his successor, and returned to God’s left hand (Jesus has the right–and Superman isn’t Jesus!!!!) so we must acknowledge our new patron saint of Krypton and burn James Gunn at the stake for his blasphemy of using a different actor. That’s just ridiculous. There are a lot of other reasons to warm up the bonfire for Gunn–I’ll bring marshmallows, but this cast change isn’t one of them.

To stoke that fire, we get the above tweet from Matt Ramos, this article from Screenrant (a site with some of the worst takes on Superman I’ve ever read), and the following video from someone I often agree with, Jeremy Prime of Geeks & Gamers on YouTube. Apparently there was a plan to make another Superman movie before Gunn rebooted all the things, which director Christopher McQueenie exposed on a recent podcast. He knew what he wanted to do with Superman and apparently the Cult Of Cavill is convinced this would have been so much better than the meh at best we’ve seen thus far from trailers, clips, and interviews for James Gunn’s Superman By James Gunn.

Yeah…not convinced. Sorry.

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