Power Of The Force was a line of Star Wars figures. I don’t know what the unifying gimmick, if it had one, was. And you all know who the Powerpuff Girls are. While getting an image of the Girls to use for the “Featured Image” I came across a most fascinating mashup of Star Wars and The Powerpuff Girls. (The fact that I did a Powerpuff Girls Morning Article Link during Star Wars Wednesday and this came up was a HUGE coincidence but I love when that happens!) I once fuzed Star Wars and Masters Of The Universe, and like that the result is something familiar but quite different.
After this day, Boba Fett never returned a library book late.
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire #2
Dark Horse (June, 1996)
WRITER: John Wagner PENCILER: Kilian Plunkett INKER: P. Craig Russell COLORIST: Cary Porter SEPARATIONS: Heroic Age COVER ART: Hugh Flemming LETTERER: Dave Cooper DESIGNER: Scott Tice EDITORS: Peet James & Ryder WindhamI don’t have the first issue sadly, but I do have the novel. Shadows Of The Empire is an interesting project; create an original story that would be licensed as if it was another movie. The comic follows the same events as the novel but along a different path. They also made a soundtrack. I have it, and it’s quite good. The series is set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi.
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The Powerpuff Girls: Bubbles (left), Blossom (middle), and Buttercup (right) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Spinoff Online brings news of the updated The Powerpuff Girls. The character models have returned to form, but only one voice actor is said to be returning. So meet the new voices of the Powerpuff Girls. I’m not sure why they didn’t bring the original actresses in.
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Meanwhile, R2 sneaks off with the last piece of pizza.
Droids #1
Star Comics (Marvel; April, 1986)
“The Destroyer” WRITER: Dave Manak PENCILER: John Romita INKER: Carlos Garzon COLORIST: Marie Severin LETTERER: Grace Kremer EDITOR: Sid Jacobson EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Tom DeFalcoStar Wars Droids: The Adventures Of R2D2 And C-3PO was a Saturday morning cartoon airing on ABC alongside Ewoks (which also had a comic) and followed our favorite droids on new adventures. The shows featured three episode story arcs as R2 & 3PO searched for new masters after R2 got them accidentally shot out of an airlock. Since the Empire does show up on the show I place this between the two movie trilogies, and the comic ends with an adaptation of the first Star Wars movie from the droids’ perspective.
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Whenever anyone lately says the words “it’s not a reboot”, it’s a reboot. Call it what you want. Renumbering. Re-imagining. It’s a reboot. Even Doctor Who, taking place in the same canon, is a reboot, at least in tone and format. So even if they’re staying in the classic Marvel continuity, it’s a reboot at heart. Everything changes until the next time everything changes, which will probably be a few months from now. It’s the cycle comics have built up.
I’m scouring Comic Book Resources‘s updates on Marvel’s new “All-New, All-Different” (they really like that phrase, don’t they?) Marvel Universe, after the events of Secret Wars (Mark 2), in which the Marvel and Ultimate Marvel universes threaten to collide. The result will be a unified universe, but unlike Crisis On Infinite Earths this (allegedly) won’t be a reboot. They will retain the continuity. Except for Brian Bendis and any time they find a way to break out Mephisto to change something they don’t like. We’re also told that they aren’t being forced to match the movies. Tell that to Nick Fury. So what will the face of the Marvel Universe be like when this is over?
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Meanwhile, Hawkeye sneaks off with the last piece of pizza.
Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man #2
Marvel (December, 1994)
“Data In, Chaos Out” STORY: Ron Friedman TELEPLAY: Brynne Stephens ADAPTATION: Eric Fein PENCILER: Anthony Williams INKER: John Nyberg COLORIST: Sam Parsons LETTERER: Dave Sharpe EDITOR: Tom Daning GROUP EDITOR: Nel YomtovTell others about the Spotlight:
Mary Jane’s face is shown for the first time, and her famous catchphrase first uttered. Art by John Romita Sr. From The Amazing Spider-Man #42. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Okay, Marvel. We get it. You hate the fact that Peter Parker was ever married. You won. The Spider-Marriage is out of continuity (in the most insulting way possible to both Peter and Mary Jane). Do you have to keep rubbing our noses in it? Apparently you do, if Douglas Ernst’s review of The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows is any indication. It’s a story that makes Peter’s married life terrible instead of enjoyable. What do modern comic writers have against marriage?
