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Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter (or possibly multiple chapter for this one) 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.
Last time we spent some quality time with Striker’s leader before he got his next set of orders.
Here’s another problem with reviewing this long a book. With normal length novels for this series I have trouble finding spoiler-free ways to introduce the upcoming chapter and discuss the book thus far for people who haven’t been following along and just want my thoughts, or people coming in on the homepage and not wanting to be spoiled. I usually find something for the homepage, but just barely.
However, we are not quite two-thirds in, and at the 39th chapter I’m out of things to discuss. It’s more of the same: it’s been an improvement and without the cast to complain about all the issues are mine, as the Clancy approach doesn’t quite work with me. I think the chapter a week plan is the only reason I’ve stuck with it, because half the book interests me but most of the trivia that doesn’t factor into the story just doesn’t interest me, and the stuff that does I want to write off because I don’t know if fits until I get past it and into the story. That’s all I have to say, so let’s get into this chapter. It’s a longer one and we’re back to Commie Op-Center.
Chapter 39: Tuesday, 3:08 AM, St. Petersburg
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Well I couldn’t jump on before if this is the first issue, now could I?
Wrath #1
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (January, 1994)
“Outcast” chapter 1
WRITER: Mike M. Barr
PENCILER/PLOT: David Ammerman
INKER: James Fascoe
COLORIST: Tim Divar (what, no other group marked “interior colors”?)
LETTERER: Patrick Owsley
EDITOR: Dan Danko
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He just had to sneak in a bit of Trump bashing into this, but the rest of the commentary is solid and worth showing.
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I hope pun comes out correctly.
The latest Superman trailer released on Superman Day was more about James Gunn than Superman. It doesn’t inspire hope. This was the comic I started last week, which means I didn’t do an Easter comic this year and I’m kind of disappointed. Especially since we’re trying to convince certain parties that Superman isn’t Jesus, and yet even the calendar is fighting us. The comic is also a callback to when Ace had his own breed swap incident.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week I took time out during the week to clear up the seating section in my bedroom. And I still managed to hit my deadlines, even if I did auto-program one wrong. It was actually a productive week all around and I hope that continues into this week.
As for this week, there should be comic reviews, the next chapter of Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Mirror Image, and whatever else I come across this week. Hope you had a happy and safe Easter (even if you don’t celebrate the rising of our Lord and Savior) and have a great week, everyone!
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Yesterday was Superman Day, honoring the debut of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. I mentioned I’d show you one of the Superman serials from the 1940s. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn’t have a full episode that is coming up. I’m ready to blame Warner Brothers because they probably don’t know that the serials were in public domain because nobody protected them. Putting out your own version doesn’t change that.
Instead I have to go to DailyMotion, whose player I’m not a fan of, so I’m going to instead show the first episode of BOTH Superman serials. The first is simply titled Superman, from 1948, followed by episode one of the sequel, Atom Man Vs. Superman, the post-comics debut of Lex Luthor from 1950.
The first gives us an origin for how Superman came to Earth. Kirk Ayan is uncredited so that kids would just see Superman on the screen. His ability to play both the “Clark” and “Superman” identities so differently you believe he could pull the alter ego off is great. In the second, Lex does the typical serial mad scientist bit and takes on a secret identity of his own to challenge the Man Of Steel. Kind of too bad they show us this early in the serial.
Also notable is Noel Neill, who not only plays Lois Lane here but would return to the role in the Adventures Of Superman TV series, replacing Phyllis Coates in the second season, and later appearing as Lois’s mother in Superman: The Movie, where Ayan played Lois’ father. Neill would do other Superman projects as she was quite happy about being Lois. It’s funny to learn that The Adventures Of Captain Marvel would have been a Superman serial, but National Comics turned the project down. Republic did a better job finding a way to make Captain Marvel fly versus the “turn into a cartoon” approach Columbia Pictures went with since flying a human on wires didn’t quite work out in testing. (Republic used a posed mannequin, though both used a trampoline to help the actor get airborne.)
With that, I give you episodes 1 of Superman and Atom Man Vs. Superman. I recommend using the Internet Archive to find the full serials, which I just linked to or look for streaming or home video options. In testing, both videos started but were muted…except when they didn’t. So I’m sorry, but embedding off of the Internet Archive is a pain and this was the only other option I had. Enjoy.
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Godzilla appeared in the DC Universe because of Warner Brothers’ “Monsterverse”, but Toho has opted to follow their friends at Tsuburaya Productions, who did an Ultraman series with Marvel. Back in the 1970s Godzilla rampaged through the Marvel universe, and far as I know it’s still canon. Now comes word of a new appearance by the King Of The Monsters in the Marvel universe.
Whether or not this one is also in canon we won’t know. We won’t get a Dum Dum Dugan rematch because he’s dead and was really a robot at the time because bad retcons. Someone needs to tell the article writer that Godzilla Minus One is another Toho continuity and not part of Warner Brothers’ “Monsterverse” though. Also not sure about tying him to adamantium. Not sure that’s necessary for the metal or the monster. Still, might look into it if I’m ever able.
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