When Artoo says the ride is over, the ride is over!
Star Wars: Droids Vol. 2 #7
Dark Horse (November, 1995)
“Season Of Revolt” #3 WRITER: Jan Strnad PENCILER: Bill Hughes INKER: Keith Williams BACKGROUND INKER: Rich Perrota COLORIST: Perry McNamee COVER ART: Kilian Plunkett LETTERER: Steve Dutro EDITOR: Peet Janes
I should probably update that. They haven’t been on The Escapist in years. Anyway, this isn’t a filler video. It’s something I really wanted you to see. World War 2 has been done to death in video games in general and First Person Shooters specifically…or has it? With a guest artist and co-writer, Dan and James take a look at how World War 2-based video games can be fresh again.
“Did you really need to break all three windows coming in, wall crawler?”
Spider-Man Adventures #7
Marvel (June, 1995)
“Doctor Octopus Armed And Dangerous” STORY: Ari Arid & Stan Lee TELEPLAY: Brooks Watchel & Cynthia Harrison ADAPTATION: Nel Yomtov PENCILER: Rick Stasi INKERS: Rob Stull & Hector Collazo COLORIST: Kevin Tinsley LETTERERS: Steve Dutro & Susan Crespi EDITOR: Sarra Mossoff
The Sandman Saga (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
There was a storyline in which (long story short) a "clone" of Superman made of sand walked the Earth. Originally presented pre-Crisis the so-called "Sand Superman" may have returned post-Crisis, and according to Bleeding Cool's D.B. Hughes, may have been an out for the Lois/Clark relationship and the Death Of Superman storyline. I wouldn't put it past them, frankly.
The Blob comes down with a case of the 90s.
Darkhawk #20
Marvel (October, 1992)
“Portals Of Power” part 2: “Sleepwalker’s Rage” WRITER: Danny Fingeroth ARTIST: Mike Manley COLORIST: Joe Rosas LETTERER: Bill Oakley EDITOR: Nel Yomtov
If you have found and downloaded the bible for Batman: The Animated Series (I wish I remembered where I got the PDF I have) I’m going to be skipping around the villain profiles, trying to match up characters. For example, Two-Face is next in the book but I’m skipping The Scarecrow, Ra’s Al Ghul, and Poison Ivy for now and jumping right to Mr. Freeze. (Don’t worry, we’ll get to the others over the next two weeks.) Of all of the characters in the show theirs are the origins we get to see and they are indeed the most tragic of the regular characters.
Harvey Dent was a brilliant District Attorney that we saw slowly become a villain, which is brilliant. Victor Fries’s back story was so well-done that the comics and other spin-off media actually use it instead of the classic one. Fun fact: one of these origins wasn’t the one that was suggested in the bible. Since there are only two characters in this installment you’ll be able to guess which one rather quickly. We’re starting with Two-Face, though.
Even this cover did the Sesame Street on HBO joke before I could.
The Batman And Robin Adventures #7
DC Comics (June, 1996)
“His Master’s Voice” WRITER: Ty Templeton ARTIST: Rick Burchett COLORIST: Linda Medley LETTERER: Tim Harkins ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo EDITOR: Scott Peterson
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
