Well, this barbecue went horribly wrong.
Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point Batman Day Special Edition #1
DC Comics (November, 2021)
CONCEPT/STORY CONSULTANT: Donald Mustard
WRITER: Christos Gage
PENCILER: Reilly Brown
INKER: Nelson Faro DeCastro
COLORIST: John Kalisz
LETTERER: Andworld Design
SPECIAL EDITION COVER: Kenneth Rocafort
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Liz Erickson
EDITOR: Katie Kubert
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This channel usually has two shows: Batman figuring out how to take down everyone in the multiverse (aka other media) and general reactions to characters or situations that may not be a threat to his version of Gotham City. This is something new and I hope the party behind this channel does more of these. It shows another side to Batman: one who wants to make things better, not just beat people up.
This may be the only decent article I get out this week due to…well, I put updates in the Jake & Leon comic posts for a reason.
Last chapter we separated the heroes from the villains. This chapter we’re checking in with the definite heroes.
We have a quarter of the book to go, but being one of the longer books means I’m out of ways to intro this. Good thing the series explanation takes up so much space. Let’s get just get into today’s chapter.
It’s another one of those useless information chapters. Unless pointing out the connection of the coaxial cable to the radio is going to factor into this story, and I doubt it since Chekov’s is the only gun we don’t seem to see talked about in this book, there’s no reason to go over all these details. I’m not planning to invade a former enemy turned potential ally to stop the return of communism anytime soon. Not in my condition. The end of the chapter has Squires remembering the period where he helped attempt to create new types of self-camouflaging uniforms and gear and how it didn’t quite work out. I’m betting that really isn’t going to come up later.
In between there is some new information as Rodgers calls to remind them of the limited time they have and to give us an update. Apparently Nikita has taken on civilians. I don’t remember Orlov giving his son those instructions, but it does make it harder to just go in there and get into the cargo. They’re going to have to clear the train and then look in the boxes, then get out in what little time they have without losing a Striker member. They also can’t just shoot the soldiers, which Rodgers calls “enemy soldiers” but are they? Nikita and his team haven’t signed on to the attempted restoration of the Soviet way and doesn’t even know about it. Op-Center and his dad are just figuring it out and nobody’s told him yet. Now if he signs on with Dogin and Rossky against his father, then he’s the bad guy and…sorry, Orlov, but your son gotta go down! If he sides with the good guys against the coup attempt, then he’s one of the good guys and you have another ally. Pardon the expression, but you’re jumping the gun here, Mike. Even us readers don’t know whose side Nikita will take.
Next time the rest of the mission reaches Russia. Will our heroes be able to meet up with Orlov Sr and stop Commie Op-Center from fulfilling that nickname? Stick around and find out.
I tried reading this on the Amazon Kindle browser reader and I guess they stopped using the ComiXology software. I couldn’t zoom in, couldn’t use the panel feature…why did they buy ComiXology? I had to go to the sites I get the Ultraverse comics from so I could read it.
“Whoever built this tunnel has no taste.”
The Phantom #0
Mad Cave (Free Comic Book Day 2025)
WRITER: Ray Fawkes
ARTIST: Russell Olson
LETTERER: Taylor Esposito
COVER ARTIST: Greg Smallwood
EDITOR: Chas! Pangburn
“Brave In The Sky”; song by Robin Agarwal
“Remember And Honor”, by McAfee & Taft
“Beneath The Flag”, song by Keith Klein Music
“Children Who Said Goodbye To Their Fallen Hero” by Reasons For Hope* Jesus
Take time today to remember those who died that we might live free. Even if you didn’t know anyone who fell in battle or military service, you live better because of their sacrifice. Have a happy and safe Memorial Day.
I wish I was kidding. No, I wish THEY were kidding.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week, due to what’s coming up during the week (namely more medical testing–yay, fun) I didn’t get any decluttering done as I tried to push to make sure there would be content here this week. So I posted a set of videos for streaming alternatives that allow you to actually own the media you purchased before the streaming owners lose the license or just censor it for the culture war.
I have the next Chapter By Chapter review of Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Mirror Image ready to go and I’m going to get the last of the Free Comic Book Day offerings (technically one of them is a Batman Day freebee) done, but as for the main articles beyond Chapter By Chapter I’m not sure. I may have to use videos. If not I still want them set up so I have them. My birthday is in two months and I have a goal of having enough “evergreen” articles in the backlog that you never know I’m taking a break. Seeing as I’m about to lose at least one day if not two I want to still have something. Whether or not that something includes the first “official” installment of the Doctor Who BBC Reports & Notes I don’t know yet. That’s planned for Fridays unless something else grabs my attention that week. So there will be some kind of post. I just don’t know what yet.
Speaking of the comic reviews, I have two more Free Comic Book Day comics and a Batman Day comic, all from DC. That’s three days. Amazon “ComiXology” has the Phantom comic from Mad Cave I missed out on, so that covers Thursday. On Friday I will return to the really old “Yesterday’s Comics”, but I don’t know if I’ll do the Golden Age anthology or Space Adventure just to get that over with and finish the Captain Atom stories for our pre-DC look. We have three comics from DC and the Phantom had a short DC run, so Captain Atom would at least form a theme, but there’s a lot of Golden Age comics to go through. We’ll see what I have time for. It will be an anthology either way.
I’ve also made a category under the BW prose stories just for my Transformers universe concept. I think I’m going to work on that, get the worldbuilding brain cells going. That will be updated whenever I have something to post. No release schedule on that one since I have other things to work on.
Have a great week regardless, everyone. There will still be good reasons to stop by and say hello.
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[FILLER VIDEO] Is Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy A Bad Combo?
I miss going to ConnectiCon.
I have to admit the idea of Harleen Quinzel and Pamela Isley being more than friends was something I even believed…until they actually put the pair together. The fanshipping community doesn’t believe in platonic friendships. Every pairing is a potential couple to these would-be nymphomaniacs, and I’m not going to be shy about saying. This is a community where the fanatics seem to outweigh the actual couple seekers. Just ask Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver…and Driver’s WIFE! Thankfully not every shipping community is that fanatic that they try to force the actual actors to get together and torture a spouse for “being in the way”. It’s rare I say something like this, but that’s the incel group that needs to get laid!
Sound logic has since prevailed. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy were not intended to be a romantic pairing but closer to Thelma and Louise than Bonny and Clyde. I guess they made such an interesting pairing that even before fanshipping became what it is today, there was talk…probably from people who wanted to see hot girls kiss. Personally I’d rather hot girls kiss me than each other. So if any are available…..
JesterBell on YouTube was a fan of Harley Quinn until the extreme feminists made her a “strong independent woman who don’t need no Joker”, thus misunderstanding the whole theme of the character, then the queer activists and horny fanshippers made it worse. Extremists really do ruin everything. Jess has done numerous videos on how DC Comics has ruined this Fox Kids original, originally created as a one-shot tribute to Paul Dini’s friend Arleen Sorkin. This one, however, is longer than most as she goes over everything wrong with pairing Harley and Ivy as a romantic couple…not helping that the people responsible think sex is romance. As I need time to get certain things done this week I present this video. Have a seat and enjoy. You might learn something.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on May 27, 2025 in Animation Spotlight, Comic Spotlight, DC Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged commentary, DC animated universe, DC Animation, DC Comics, DC Universe, DCAU, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy.
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