This remake of Yars’ Revenge seems off.
Captain Atom #88
Charlton Comics Group (October, 1967)
WRITER: Dave Kaler
“Ravage Of Ronthor!”
PENCILER: Steve Ditko
INKER: Frank McLaughin
COLORIST: uncredited though the whole comic is in color
LETTERING: A. Machine
Nightshade: “Poetry Of Peril”
ARTIST: JIm Aparo
No, not those guys. The original Filmation version, or at least their kids.
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As a bonus, here’s John Guardian’s episode so you can see him in action. A bonus Tuesday Morning Showcase, if you will.
Only one chapter this time. In the previous chapter we saw Striker trying to stop a train while their escape was being put together.
I have to wonder if I’d be complaining about the length so much if I were enjoying the book more. I had no trouble with Death & Return Of Superman or Batman: Knightfall, while one of my first books as a kid was about as long as the Op-Center novels. On the other hand, while an improvement over the first book, Mirror Image still suffers many of the same flaws, and it comes down to the useless trivia. The characters are less annoying compared to the first book (except for Paul Hood and Squires, who were both some of the good characters and possibly the only ones from the series cast). There’s just information that I don’t care about and serve no actual purpose to the story outside of blending history with the Op-Center universe. From what little I know of books like The DaVinci Code, this is a good way to screw people up in the real world, being clueless about history and accepting the altered events for drama as not only book canon but historical facts. Seeing movies that have caused trouble by doing that, I’m not convinced it’s a good idea.
Still, we have a little over 20 chapters left to go over, which even if we get more short chapter combinations will take awhile, so let’s get it over with.
A battle so potentially cool that they didn’t do it in the comic.
Solitaire #4
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (March, 1994)
“Bad Monkey”
WRITER: Gerald Jones
PENCILER: Jeff Johnson
INKER: Barbara Kaalberg
COLORING: Keith Conroy & Moose Bauman (design); Foodhammer! (interior)
LETTERER: Tim Eldred
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Phil Crain
EDITOR: Hank Kanalz
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Of course the first step is to find a writer who believes in platonic relationships. These days that’s getting more difficult. By the way, this is an old video. The live training happened years ago.
Of course we were back to normal the next day.
Yep, my article on why a reboot will do nothing for the Marvel Cinematic Universe actually got picked up and posted to Instapundit by Sarah Hoyt. Thank you, Sarah, and to all the comments I got there…which is sadly a lot more than I get over here. Even people who read the article here commented there. Kind of a shame.
AND I JUST REALIZED I SPELLED THE NAME WRONG IN THE COMIC! That’s two comics in a row I messed up. I can’t wait until the nonsense around here is over and I can put more time into stuff. I barely got the comic fixed in time which this week I actually had.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week, decluttering was not on my agenda. So I actually ended up using a video by YouTube artist Jazza where he builds storage boxes that double as regular decor. It’s pretty cool. Give it a look, and see how I make it on-topic.
Here at the Spotlight this week I’m hoping to get the next Chapter By Chapter installment of Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Mirror Image done, as well as the regular comic reviews and videos, plus whatever interesting topics come up. Things are going to be a bit crazy the next few weeks, so please work with me and forgive me if something goes wrong. I’m going to do the best I can. Have a great week, everyone!
All-Star Superman is allegedly one of James Gunn’s influences in creating his Superman movie. It could be true or he could have just looked up popular Superman stories. I’m not going to pretend I know. What I do know is that YouTube has it up free with ads and embeddable, so I get to share it with you.
I’m not usually a fan of Grant Morrison’s work, and I’ve only read the first issue, but this is actually a pretty good story. In it, Lex Luthor tricks Superman into flying so close to the sun that his body is overcharged. He’s dying, and the story follows the last tasks he wants to perform before he burns up. This is actually not the first time there was a Superman story with him dying and performing some final feats. I think it was a Silver Age or early Bronze Age tale, but that was either changed at the last minute or an alternate timeline. Still, it’s the execution–a sort of “12 tasks of Hercules” approach–that makes the story work.
The adaptation was done by another comics legend, Dwayne McDuffie. They couldn’t fit all 12 issues into the movie but they chose some pretty good ones. I wish they had gone with an art style closer to Frank Quietly’s art and Jimmy Grant’s inks in the miniseries, but at least the bulk isn’t as bad there as it was in Superman Vs. The Elite or some other adaptations. Overall it’s a really good story and one I’m happy to be able to highlight for as long as its available. Hopefully it’s available in your area. Enjoy if it is, but if not I do recommend looking for it. I have the DVD.
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