Don’t worry. Batman always has a spare Robin on the way.
The Batman And Robin Adventures #6
DC Comics (May, 1996)
“Round Robin” WRITER: Ty Templeton ARTIST: Rick Burchett COLORIST: Linda Medley LETTERING: Richard Starkings & Comicraft ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo EDITOR: Scott Peterson
Skrull (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
While the final numbers weren’t out in time for this link, word is the Fantastic Four movie was the flop everyone thought it would be. ScreenCrush‘s Britt Hays makes the case that you can’t create a good Fantastic Four movie. Apparently it wasn’t set for press review and the low numbers put into question making a mini-MCU with their other tightly-gripped Marvel property, the X-Men. However he does mention that The Incredibles was close, but if Fox wants to hold onto the license maybe an animated version is the way to go. It worked for television. Or at least find someone who can stay true to the comic in the important areas. Here’s a start: when Roger Corman’s Doctor Doom does a better job making him a threat, reconsider your approach!
Sadly, Bart didn’t keep this hairstyle.
Flash #92
DC Comics (July, 1994)
“Reckless Youth part 1: “Speed Kills” WRITER: Mark Waid PENCILER: Mike Wieringo INKER: Jose Marzan, Jr. COLORIST: Gina Going LETTERER: Gasper ASSISTANT EDITOR: Ruben Diaz EDITOR: Brian Augustyn
I’d say go watch the show and check for yourself, but they had the show taken down because of one flag on the roof.
I try to keep politics off this site when I can because I want everyone to get something positive out of it, even if you disagree with my opinions. And nothing divides like politics, except maybe Man Of Steel. (Yeah, I had to get that joke in there.) However, The Dukes Of Hazzard (and I only just now realized I spelled that wrong in the comic) got hit hard because some racist scumbag decided to shoot up a black church. The Confederate flag has been the subject of debate for the past few years, although it wasn’t a huge debate topic for some reason back when the show came out. The Confederates didn’t just secede over slavery, although that was the scummiest reason. Today it’s a symbol of Southern pride, no more racist than the pink triangle, a symbol of gay rights, is the anti gay symbol it was when the Nazis used it! (I wish I could find the Cracked article about that.)
And yet, despite a total lack of racism on the show, it’s been exorcised by the entertainment industry. TV stations took it off the air, Hulu took it off their site, and even Warner Brothers stopped releasing it. Good luck finding the DVDs in stores because if WB didn’t take them away I’m betting the stores have been pressured to stop selling it and any related merchandise. The General Lee is an iconic vehicle, like KITT or the Batmobile (although the Batmobile is never the same from product to product) and the fact that it and one of the best family-friendly shows on television should be targeted because of one racist psycho…come to think of it, that kind of turns him from murderer to terrorist, doesn’t it?
I took part in a clutter-cleaning project of my dad’s this week for The Clutter Report. We swapped out an old couch for a newer couch we had that wasn’t being used. In the comments I also mention another anti-clutter project.
As for the sudden appearance of Metal Guardian Faust on Friday, that was a last-minute decision. I-Bots was the only comic getting two issues reviewed a day and that makes linking to the previous review a little harder since they’re both written at nearly the same time and before any of them go up (if I time it right). So now the I-Bots have a new robotic buddy. Meanwhile, the regular Star Wars continuity (at least in my collection) is ending soon. I’m trying to decide if I’m going to go over the Mangas and my copy of the Return Of The Jedi adaptation has seen better days. After that I have some different Star Wars comics Dark Horse set in the days of the Old Republic and before, so when that and the Droids adventures conclude that will be it for Star Wars in comic form for a while. (There’s still a few novels I have that will make Chapter By Chapter.) Finally, the Cybertron days of Dreamwave’s Transformers G1 will start the final miniseries before we move to Earth, the unfinished Age Of Wrath. Unfinished because Pat Lee screwed up the company and screwed over everyone creating for it. This update will hopefully not change this week. Unless I get a last-minute idea again.
The only interviews I was able to get this years (since odds are I won’t get to attend any other conventions in CT this year) were at Brass City. Not sure what else to say which is why I don’t have an audio intro either. We just jump right into the interviews. Maybe you’ll find something new to check out.
Hikaru’s sword looks too big for her. And yet still not a big as Cloud’s from Final Fantasy.
Magic Knight Rayearth Vol. 5
Tokyopop (2001)
Originally published by Kodansha, LTD.
produced by CLAMP WRITER: Nanase Ohkawa ARTIST: Mokona Apapa ASSISTANT DESIGNER/PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Satsuki Igarashi EDITOR/MINI-CHARACTERS: Mick Nekoi TRANSLATION: Anita Sengupta TOUCH-UP ART: Carol Cocepcion, Jinky De Leon, & Roselyn Santos GRAPHIC ASSISTANT: Steve Kindernay GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Akemi Imafuku ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Jake Forbes & Katherin Kim EDITOR: Michael SchusterIn the Prize Fight for Wildcat it’s a fist fight for at least three panels. And who does the best fistfighting but 60s TV Batman? Well, there are a few feet, because the Green Hornet and Kato are here as well. But while I can remember fights with giants, or requiring a sonic attack or something, a fistfight is usually pretty pedestrian in superhero comics.
Wildcat Prize Fight: “Socker”
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
