“No, Spidey, this is only issue 2. You’re an issue early.
Darkhawk #2
Marvel (April, 1991)
“Goblin’s Prey!” WRITER: Danny Fingeroth ARTIST: Mike Manley COLORIST: Joe Rosas LETTERER: Joe Rosen EDITOR: Howard Mackie
DC and Comic Book Resources continue their Convergence-fueled trek through the decades. Now they’re at the 1980s. While I was introduced to comics in the 70s I really got into them in the 80s. It’s when I started collecting. It’s when I had my first subscription (although it was to The Transformers and not a DC book). It’s also when I saw some friends folding pieces of paper in half to make their own comics, followed suit because it looked like fun, and just kept going long after they stopped. So this is one of the important decades of my comic book life.
Marv Wolfman, mostly known for revitalizing the Teen Titans, joins Dan DiDio (who has approved the elimination of them from continuity) to discuss DC Comics in 1980s versus DC Comics in the 2010s. Thankfully, Watchmen and Frank Miller are only mentioned in passing, but they do bring up Crisis On Infinite Earths.
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The first Batman Adventures comic in the queue, and it’s a Robin solo story.
The Batman Adventures #14
DC Comics (November, 1993)
“Puglic Enemy” WRITER: Kelley Puckett PENCILER: Mike Parobeck INKER: Rick Burchett COLORIST: Rick Talyor LETTERER: Tim Harkins ASSISTANT EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo EDITOR: Scott PetersonTell others about the Spotlight:
I, Jedi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
With the Expanded Universe now officially non-canon (although I don’t know when it was canon), Luke Skywalker never marries the Emperor’s former “right hand”, Mara Jade, leaving the prequel edict that Jedi can’t marry (and the rather stupid reason the comics gave) the law of the land. But laws can be changed, and one little boy did it the right way…he wrote to George Lucas and Lucasfilm responded!
(A seven year old boy discussing marriage positively in 2015. The world never ceases to amaze.)
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“Every time I have a picnic….”
Armageddon: Inferno #3
DC Comics (June, 1992)
“The Last Hope” WRITER: John Ostrander PENCILERS: Luke McDonnell, Art Adams, & Walter Simonson INKERS: Bruce H. Solotoff, Terry Austin, & Walter Simonson COLORIST: Gene D’Angelo LETTERER: John Costanza ASSISTANT EDITOR: Scott Peterson EDITOR: Denny O’Neil WAVERIDER CREATORS: Archie Goodwin & Dan Jurgens (first time I’ve seen this credit in the whole Armageddon saga)Tell others about the Spotlight:
I’m that idiot who, if asked I was a god, would say no. But I would mention I work for THE God.
Earlier this week I mentioned a slight change in the DC Monday review. While I’m still doing two DCs a week, only one of them will be sticking with chronology. See, I like to have the previous review show up in the related articles section, but if I do the noon review before the midnight review then I won’t be able to get the midnight review into the noon review. So I came up with a better solution. The DC Animated Universe is one of the best iterations of the DC Multiverse. Just look at the impact it made with Batman. Mr. Freeze gets a whole new origin (I guess having the best reason to want revenge on Batman wasn’t enough), and both Harley Quinn and Renee Montoya get a main DCU counterpart…and then get screwed over like crazy but that’s another article. So the midnight review will continue main DC chronology while the afternoon review will be the tie-in comics, starting with the DCAU tie-ins. So we’ll begin with The Batman Adventures since that’s what comes up first in that section of the longbox. Tuesday’s Marvel will be the same thing only that one is ordered differently, so we’ll begin with Spidey Super Stories.
As for the rest of the week, I haven’t decided what to bunch Friday with, Saturday is only one review because it’s Saturday, and Thursday will get me through Transformers: Generation Two as fast as I can so I don’t care. Wednesday will be seeing the end of King Kong, and thus the end of Kaiju Wednesday and the Kaiju Force. I’m missing issue #5 so we’re jumping right to issue #6, which means the noon review will feature the beginning of the replacement feature, movie tie-in Wednesday! And in keeping with the current hype we’re starting with Star Wars. I’ll probably be done before the Christmas premiere date but I should be fine. So the daily review schedule (at least until I get a job or some other income source–wink wink nudge nudge) for comics (not counting the storylines or graphic novels worthy of a more in-depth Scanning My Collection review) will be:
- MONDAY: DC Universe/Batman DCAU
- TUESDAY: Marvel Universe/Spidey Super Stories
- WEDNESDAY: movie tie-in
- THURSDAY: Transformers
- FRIDAY: Gigantor
- SATURDAY: continuing through the longbox…currently still on the Amalgam universe before the final Access DC/Marvel crossover
- SUNDAY: Just Jake & Leon and updates
I hope this works for you guys as I try to bring you the best site one person still trying to deal with current situations can bring you. I still have a eulogy to write. I’ve never done that before and hope never to again for a very, very long time. Plus the videos are still going to come out, but I only have some interviews left unless I find that lost panel footage from Brass City Comic Convention 2012, and I should have some interesting footage for you on Saturday before I start trying to put together those videos I mentioned during the YouTube 50+ Subscriber Special that nobody except me took part in. And there’s the comic work I want to do as well because that’s a part of my dream that keeps getting left behind. Wish me luck, people. I’m pressing on!
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UPDATE: April 18th, 2018>Yes, I am aware that information has been released showing that the man celebrated in this production is not worthy of that praise. That he turned out to be a sexual predator with two known cases of “grooming” or sexual assault. The people behind this production are hurt to learn their friend was capable of this horrible act. However, nobody involved with the project, nor myself, were aware of this when the movie was released. And looking at the original post date it was exactly three years ago when this video was posted to Saturday Night Showcase. However, as further explained in this commentary, both the producers and myself have opted to keep it up due to the all of the hard work by people who knew nothing of this at the time and some who didn’t even know JewWario and wanted to be part of the project. My hopes is that someone will be inspired by the heart and effort put into making this movie the best they could and will use their celebrity for positive pursuits instead of manipulating and violating innocent women. Here is a further disclaimer from the YouTube host:
DISCLAIMER: in April of 2018, the world learned that Justin Carmical had sadly been a sexual predator during his life. While the video remains up for historical purposes, the comments have been disabled, and the video no longer reflects the views of the individuals who worked with him, nor the channel hosting the video. We are saddened to learn that this person whom we thought was our friend was a completely different person than what we believed, but do not wish to diminish the work that other individuals put into the content they worked on with him while they were unaware of what he had been doing. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
Please take this movie in the spirit intended and not what it turned out to be years later. If you cannot it’s understandable. Nobody is exactly happy about this situation but do not take it out on the producers, Carmical’s widow, or his victims. They are innocent while the guilty one took his own life, which was why this was created, as a tribute to the man everyone involved thought he was. With that, the original posting continues.
I’ve supported the FamiKamen Rider project since Justin “JewWario” Carmichael first proposed it. I loved the idea of an American loving parody of the Kamen Rider shows from Japan and Carmichael was a great writer and performer. However, his passing meant the story would go unfinished.
Or would it? Kaylyn Saucedo, one of Carmichael’s friends, and her husband, Josh, decided to create a tribute to J-Dub and his dream project, using his notes to create Farewell, FamiKamen Rider, a movie that would give his many fans some idea how the show would have been done. Carmichael was only able to film some fight scenes and create concept art for the various monsters, but they took those and (aided by our pal Matt Burkett) put together a production that isn’t just at tribute but a pretty good movie for the limited budget they had. Some of Justin’s friends star in the movie, along with a new performer, who is about to get more than he bargained for when visiting a tag sale turns into the fight of his life!
For three years, MarzGurl has kept the transformation belt safe from enemy hands. Her search for the missing cartridge proves futile, until Chris, a rare video game collector, stumbles upon the cartridge by chance. Not knowing what he has found, Chris’s curiosity makes him a target for this new evil. As he learns about the history of the FamiKamen Rider, with the additional support of an old friend and a new hero, it is up to MarzGurl and Chris to make the journey to find answers, confront their own fears, and stop this new threat before it is too late.
