Chapter By Chapter> Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire chs. 32 & 33

Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

Chapter By Chapter Star Wars - Shadows Of The Empire

Chapter 32 is 3 pages long. Why this couldn’t exist with the next chapter I couldn’t tell you. So this time we’re looking at two chapters, with only one the normal length for chapters in this book.

To recap: Leia is being held prisoner by Prince Xizor, who is using her to draw Luke into a trap, kill him, and embarrass Darth Vader as payback for having Xizor’s family killed so many years ago. Luke is on the Imperial homeworld and preparing to save his friend, aided by Lando and Dash. Let’s find out what happens next.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Adventures In The DC Universe #5

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The kids were never allowed near the barbecue grill again!

Adventures In The DC Universe #5

DC Comics (August, 1997)

Martian Manhunter: “The Fire This Time” & Ultra The Multi Alien: “Aliens Among Us”

WRITER: Steve Vance

PENCILER: John Delaney

INKER: Ron Boyd

COLORIST: Bob LeRose

LETTERERS: Gaspar (story 1) and Tim Harkins (story 2)

ASSISTANT EDITOR: Frank Berrios

EDITOR: KC Carlson

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BW’s Morning Article Link: Buckaroo Banzai’s Creative War

 

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8...

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension was a small little movie that has a rather big cult following, enough that MGM wants to team with Amazon’s video streaming service to produce an original movie. Kevin Smith was all on board to work on it, but has now left the project as MGM is fighting the creators over who actually has the rights to the IP. I tried watching the film once but couldn’t get into it.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Zero Hour: Crisis In Time #1

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“I told you that light bulb was too strong!”

Zero Hour: Crisis In Time #1

DC Comics (September, 1994)

WRITER/ARTIST: Dan Jurgens

FINISHED ART: Jerry Ordway

COLORIST: Gregory Wright

LETTERER: Gaspar

ASSISTANT EDITOR: Mike McAvennie

EDITOR: KC Carlson

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Jake & Leon #297: Fizzbin Learns About Hanukah

AKA I ran out of Christmas traditions for her to question.

AKA I ran out of Christmas traditions for her to question.

And before anybody gets on me about the spelling wait until next week.

Over at the Clutter Reports Christmas decorating has begun and snow is falling on the web page. That means it’s Christmastime again. I’m really hoping to get Captain Yuletide done for Christmas day as well as a Christmas Video Review for Christmas Eve. So start sending in those Christmas articles, videos, and games.

Not much on the review front for the week. However, there will be a preemption for the second issue of He-Man/Thundercats #2. Since the current Thundercats miniseries I’m reviewing has stand-alone stories I can break from that while Masters Of The Universe is a continuing story. So on Wednesday we’ll have a Today’s Comic, which I really wish I could bring back. However, I do need the time to go through my old comics so it’s not a total loss. Yet. Otherwise the reviews continue as normal. Let the Yuletide fun begin!

Saturday Night Showcase: He-Man & She-Ra Christmas Special

He was calling her "pretty lady" a little while earlier. I wonder if Marlena ever told Adam about the movie Star Wars?

I’ve used this one before but I think it was the Hulu posting and that’s not available anymore. Besides, I have a bonus commentary video from James Eatock, someone who knows Filmation’s He-Man and She-Ra cartoons very well. Plus I’m strapped for time today. So here’s that time Christmas came to Eternia and Skeletor was forced to do something nice–which he instantly regretted.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> All-Star Comics #8

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I would not be surprised to see heroes in the NSA in TODAY’S DC Universe.

All-Star Comics #8

All-American Publications (December, 1941/January, 1942)

“Two New Members Win Their Spurs”

WRITER: Gardner F. Fox

ARTISTS: Everett E. Hibbard, Stan Aschmeier, Ben Flinton, Cliff Young, Jack Burnley, Sheldon Moldoff, & Bernard Baily

no credits for colorists or letterers; I had to find any of these from comics.org.

 

Hop Harrigan: “Sky Cutups”

no writer credit but Jon L. Blummer drew the little picture of Hop’s face near the title.

 

Wonder Woman: “Introducing Wonder Woman”

WRITER: Charles Moulton (alias William Marston)

ARTIST: Harry G. Peter

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