“That IS a nasty cavity. Don’t worry, I’ll get it.”
Transformers: Beast Wars – The Gathering #4 (or #$ according to the publishing info)
FINAL ISSUE
IDW Publishing (May, 2006)
WRITER: Simon Furman
SCRIPT CONSULTANT: Ben Yee
ARTIST: Don Figueroa
COLORIST: Josh Burcham
SELECTED COVER ART: Nick Roche
LETTERER: Tom B. Long
EDITORS: Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor
I wish I had thought to do this for last month’s installment, when the Snake Men first popped up in the re-imagined comic series. I didn’t realize I was up to that point. That’s the problem with an overly-large collection: you forget what you have and when. But since King Hiss is still causing trouble over there, I can still fit it here.
The longer a toyline goes on the harder it gets to keep the line fresh, but if it’s still selling they’ll take the chance. That’s how you get variant versions of the most popular characters. Some ideas can be really…odd. Wait until we get to the time Man-At-Arms saved a man’s life by turning him into a giant top. I’m not even kidding. Some idea can be good. The Snake Men is one of those good ideas. While the re-imagined series made them into a third column to threaten both of the original sides, with Hordak teased as a fourth faction (the good guys would have been seriously outnumbered had that line continued), in the original Hordak and the Evil Horde came first as a problem for both He-Man and Skeletor. Except on the show where they only bothered the Eternia group while being the primary threat of She-Ra–ignoring how incompatible Mattel foolishly made the Masters Of The Universe and Princess Of Power toylines.
As we’re about to see, however, originally they had a different dynamic, an alliance with Skeletor. And less into eating humans because this was intended for kids.
He-Man’s BBQ took an unexpected turn.
Masters Of The Universe: King Of The Snake Men
Mattel (1985)
WRITER: Steven Grant
PENCILER: Bruce Timm
INKER: Mike Van Cleave
COLORIST: Charles Simpson
LETTERER: Stan Sakai (Yes, it might be THAT Stan Sakai. No samurai bunnies in this one, though.)
EDITOR: Lee Nordling
ART DIRECTION: Ron Cook
I intended to make a joke about Wilykat’s “up, up, and away” pose but I just noticed Wilykit has Liefeld proportions!
Thundercats: The Return #4
WildStorm (July, 2003)
WRITER: Ford Lytle Gilmore
PENCILER: Ed Benes
INKER: Rob Lea
COLORING: WildStorm FX
SELECTED COVER ART: Claudio Castellini
LETTERER: John Layman
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Kristy Quinn
EDITORS: Ben Abernanthy & Alex Sinclair
Witchblade (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I never got into the Witchblade comics, the tale of a cop with a gauntlet that only likes women…and turns them into killing machines or something. I didn’t even bother with the Battle Of The Planets crossover and unlike the GOOD Thundercats crossover it wasn’t mentioned in BOTP anyway. And yet it was so popular even Japan has adapted the US comic series into manga and anime, plus there was a live-action series Stateside. Comics Alliance takes a look at the history of the comic and its spinoffs.
“This is my sewer and you can’t have it!”
Masters Of The Universe vol. 3 #3
MV Creations (June, 2004)
STORY: Emiliano Santalucia & Val Staples
WRITER: Lori Ann Scott
ARTISTS: Emiliano Santalucia & Enza Fontana
COLORIST: James Offredi, assisted by Michael & Tony Devito
SELECTED COVER ART: Emiliano Santalucia & Jeremy Roberts
LETTERER: Ed Dukeshire
EDITORS: Monica Lopez, Vicki Jaeger, Ian Richter, & Geoff Walker
The Hurt Locker (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I don’t watch a lot of war movies, although my dad is a fan of classic war movies, especially WW2 and Vietnam. My grandfather served in the former and he served at home during the latter while his brothers were overseas. So I don’t have a lot of experience with The Hurt Locker, a 2009 film about soldiers fighting in the Iraq war (the second one I think), as written by a journalist who was embedded for two weeks during the war. Critics praised it for it’s gritty realism, except that it turns out it may not be so “realism” after all. Other embedded journalist as well as Iraqi war veterans have criticized the movie for NOT being realistic.
Cracked.com’s YouTube channel found an actual Iraq war veteran to explain just why The Hurt Locker is NOT realistic at all.
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Spider-Man Unlimited #4
Marvel (March, 2000)
“What Lies Beyond The Edge Of Manhattan?’
WRITER: Eric Stephenson
PENCILER: Andy Kuhn
INKER: Harry Caldelario
COLORIST: Mark Bernardo
LETTERING: Sharpefont & PT
EDITOR: Ralph Macchio
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
