Chapter By Chapter: The Black Stallion’s Ghost ch. 2

Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

Chapter By Chapter Black Stallion's Ghost

Two weeks ago we were introduced to who I’m sure is the villain in a moment that would have worked as the beginning of a TV episode. Well, the credits have rolled so it’s time to see what our heroes are doing.

Chapter 2: The Black Stallion

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Today’s Comic> Godzilla: Cataclysm #3

I never even saw the first two, and for some reason I thought it was a one-shot, possibly a graphic novel. I was wrong, although I’m sure there will be a trade at some point.

Godzilla Cataclysm #3

This is just Godzilla’s day for bugs, isn’t it?

Godzilla: Cataclysm #3

IDW (October, 2014)

WRITER: Cullen Bunn
ARTIST: Dave Wachter
SELECTED COVER ARTIST: Bob Eggleton
LETTERER/CREATIVE CONSULTANT: Chris Mowry
EDITOR: Bobby Curnow

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Morning Article Link: The Terror That Re-Writes In The Night

For just being silly.

For just being silly.

Bleeding Cool‘s Rich Johnson is reporting that Joe Books is going to resume the Darkwing Duck comics…but the first editor of Boom’s stories (who was replaced during the run) plans to rewrite the stories presented in the Boom run and Ian Brill, who wrote all of the comics isn’t happy. I don’t blame him. Those were great Darkwing Duck stories, even past my bias against “reunion” stories. I’m also wondering why Disney isn’t using Marvel to do the Darkwing Duck comics or resuming their license with Boom kids imprint Kaboom instead of going with yet another third party, or at least bringing back the excellent team from that book?

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Godzilla #5 (Dark Horse)

Godzilla #5 (DH)

Considering Godzilla’s history with bug monsters, this shouldn’t take long.

Godzilla #5

Dark Horse (October, 1995)

“Target: Godzilla!” part 1
WRITER/BREAKDOWNS: Arthur Adams
PENCILER: Tatuya Ishida
INKER: Daniel Rivera
COLORIST: Albert Deschesne
COVER ARTISTS: Kevin Maguire & Arthur Adams
COVER COLORIST: Dave Nestelle
LETTERER: Clem Robins
EDITOR: Robert Vincent Conte
DESIGNER: Mark Cox

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BW Year Six (part 2)

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And here we go with the second half of the year’s worth of BW material. This site began on November 16th of 2008 and we’re looking back from that date in 2013 to that date last week. These are some of the reviews and commentaries I thought I did pretty well on. If you missed part 1 yesterday, there’s some extra reading for you.

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Today’s Comic> Mega Man #41

Mega Man #41

Now playing at select theaters.

Mega Man #41

Archie (November, 2014)

“Legends Of The Blue Bomber” part 1: “With Grace, Without Fear”
WRITER: Ian Flynn
PENCILER: Powree
INKER: Gary Martin
COLORIST: Matt Herms
SELECTED COVER ART: Vince Riley
LETTERER: John Workman
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Vincent Lovallo
EDITOR: Paul Kaminski

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Morning Article Link: The Batman ’66 Guide Begins

I don't care if she's a villain. She isn't Poison Ivy so we can all be jealous of Robin.

I don’t care if she’s a villain. She isn’t Poison Ivy so we can all be jealous of Robin.

Chris Sims, the resident Batmanologist of Comics Alliance, will surprise nobody that, with the release of the 1960s Batman TV show, he is doing an episode guide for the series. His review begins with the pilot episode, which we will learn was actually adapted from a comic story. It also has the scene that the screen test came from.