“Hurry, we must join forces and save this cover!”
Space Adventures v3 #34
Charlton Comics Group (June, 1960)
As the anthologies I current go through go, this is only three stories and shorter than the Golden Age fare. Time is not my friend this week, and this is the wrong week for three anthology titles I have to go through, but that’s my life for you. Let’s get on with it.
No credits given again.
Considering how long this book is we’re probably going to be halfway through the book for a while. That’s the problem with a long novel like these Op-Center novels. At this point I’m out of stuff to write for the intro, so at least the Chapter By Chapter intro is long enough.
In the last chapter Squires met with the British agent he’ll be working with. Their cover isn’t as a couple. Meanwhile, she might have a chance at payback. This chapter we’re going back to Commie Op-Center. Let’s see how much closer they are to screwing up.
Prime’s seen enough anime to know where this is going.
Mantra #7
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (January, 1994)
“The Battle Of All Mothers”
WRITER: Mike W. Barr
PENCILER: Terry Dodson
INKER: Andrew Pepoy
COLORING: Tim Duvar & Family Fugue
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
EDITOR: Chris Ulm
It’s hard to be a lone wolf in multiple packs.
Another week with a lot of distractions, but this week’s Clutter Report project finally made some huge headway in my quest to get my emails under control.
This week isn’t going to be much better, but hopefully I’ll have enough content for the week and not miss anything. We still have the Chapter By Chapter review of Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Mirror Image and a week full of anthology comics except for Monday and maybe Wednesday, but only if I can get them together in time. Anthologies take longer to review so we’ll see if I can keep from missing any this week. Not much else to update so have a great week, everyone!
Space Mutiny is one of my favorite episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and not because they borrow footage from the original Battlestar Galactica, which we’d all rather be watching honestly. It’s probably the running gag of different action hero names for the hero of the story, played by Reb Brown. The 1988 movie takes place on a colony ship where the military commander named after bubble bath is plotting a mutiny, space witches decide to tag along but never leave their ship, and our hero pursues his girlfriend (played by Brown’s wife, Cisse Cameron) and the baddies. Also people have a habit of not being dead without fanfare but I’m sure those totally aren’t editing mistakes. Nobody would be that inattentive. Of course the real question is how this will affect Sherri’s birthday party. You’ll find other trivia at the MST3k fandom wiki page on the episode.
This episode comes from the Sci-Fi Channel years of MST3k as the Satellite Of Love becomes mobile, blows up a lot of planets accidentally, and is chased by Pearl Forrester, mother of Clayton Forrester (established during the Comedy Central years), and her minions Bobo from a planet of apes that used to be Earth, and Brain Guy, the last of a race of people with great psionic powers who keep their brains in plates they carry around. At this point they were also trapped orbiting ancient Rome as Pearl deals with a snobby woman trying to prove they aren’t gods. It didn’t go well, and now our villains are in a dungeon. Sadly this won’t benefit our heroes since they have to sit through…Space Mutiny! Enjoy, won’t you?
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