“Defend my vegetable garden!”
Transformers: Beast Wars – The Ascending #3
IDW Publishing (October, 2007)
WRITER: Simon Furman
ARTIST: Don Figueroa
COLORIST: Josh Burcham (assisted by Mark Bristow)
LETTERER: Chris Mowry
EDITOR: Andrew Steven Harris
Hey, you sad sacks still demanding “realism” in superhero stories? You really want it to reflect your cynical view of the world, but realistically superhumans can’t exist. Even Batman doesn’t stand up to the “real world” for as much as Christopher Nolan tried. You know what else couldn’t exist in the real world? Wolverine. I’m extremely okay with that. Hate that guy.
There are two things you really don’t want to have, a metal skeleton and near immortality. Don’t believe me? Let Lockstin from Gnoggin throw your demand for “reality” back in your non-disbelief suspending face. My words, not his. I should also warn you that…this is going to get disturbing, so I hope you’re not eating right now. Maybe don’t let the kids watch this one either.
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Drink in the blandness, cubs. Just…drink it in.
Thundercats: Dogs Of War #2
WildStorm (October, 2003)
“Hounded”
WRITER/LETTERER: John Layman
PENCILER: Brett Booth
INKER: Al Vey
COLORIST: WildStorm FX
SELECTED COVER ART: Dustin Nguyen & Richard Friend
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Kristy Quinn
EDITOR: Alex Sinclair
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I realize I’m still trying to catch up with last year but I thought one of the promotion points for Star Trek: Discovery was that it had the first female captain since the disaster that was Katherine Janeway (not because she’s a woman because she was horribly written). Now I’m reading this article from ScreenCrush stating that the new captain is a man. What am I getting wrong? Also, shouldn’t they have a captain already considering how far along they are? And if they’re setting this before the original Star Trek series but after Enterprise (speaking of disasters), will they remember that the popular symbol was originally exclusive to the USS Enterprise (every ship and station having their own symbol) until sometime during the movie period or will they make the mistake of having the Enterprise symbol aboard the USS Discovery?
You know, I’m having second thoughts about this series. Just as well that I can’t spare money for the “All Access” service CBS is putting this on. Streaming sites are getting worse than cable when it comes to getting shows.
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Keldor was never sure why but he was dead set against dressing as a skeleton for Halloween
Masters Of The Universe vol. 3 #5
MV Creations (August, 2004)
STORY: Emiliano Santalucia & Val Staples
WRITER: Lori Ann Scott
ARTISTS: Emiliano Santalucia & Enza Fontana
COLORIST: James Offredi (assisted by Diedre Vance & Rex Stabbs)
SELECTED COVER ART: Emiliano Santalucia & Jeremy Roberts
LETTERER: Ed Dukeshire
EDITORS: Vicki Jaeger, Monica Lopez, Ian Richter, & Geoff Walker
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I can’t say I “grew up” with DuckTales. I was in high school at the time, although I had heard about the Scrooge McDuck comics that inspired it. They followed Scrooge, Donald, and the nephews as they went on exciting adventures. However, the show was widely popular and led to the creation of The Disney Afternoon, a programming block in syndication focused on lighthearted adventure shows in the Disney style; basically Disney Junior for older kids and at least a decade before Disney Junior. Now Disney XD is planning to bring the show back for a new generation. The trailer was recently released online. Let’s take a look at it.
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Skylights are losing their popularity.
Marvel Adventures #2
Marvel Comics (May, 1997)
“The Name Of The Game”
WRITER: Ralph Macchio
PENCILER: Ben Herrera
INKER: Armando Durruthy
COLORIST: Kevin Tinsley
ENHANCEMENTS: GCW
LETTERER: J. Babcock
EDITOR: Mark Bernardo
