I still say Colonel Mustard, in the library, with the plasma rifle.
The Transformers #69
Marvel (August, 1990)
“Eye Of The Storm” WRITER: Simon Furman PENCILER: Andrew Wildman INKERS: Harry Candelario & Bob Lewis COLORIST: Nel Yomtov LETTERER: Rick Parker EDITOR: Don Daley
The quotation marks should be obvious for anyone who has heard this song and tried to figure out the lyrics. Duran Duran’s “The Reflex” was the last single from the album Seven And The Ragged Tiger, proving that not making sense wasn’t limited to this song. The last two songs are “Tiger, Tiger” and “The Seventh Stranger”, but neither were selected as singles.
As for “The Reflex”, the song makes no sense. I was going to wait on this but what the heck. The band has admitted that they were drunk off their backsides when they came up with this song, but I have to wonder why nobody during the whole process didn’t sober up and say “the music, beat, and pattern of the song are great…now fix the lyrics!”. I’ve heard dance club music that made more sense, and they’re not usually meant to. I love dance music but have you listened to the lyrics of some of these songs? (Not surprising then that there’s a dance mix of this song.) So can anybody make a story out of…this?
There’s a shot you didn’t ask for.
Strike Force Legacy
Comic0/Arpad Publishing (October, 1993)
WRITERS: Bill Willingham & Jack Herman PENCILER: Mike Leeke INKERS: Mike Chen & Dan Schaefer COLORIST: Julia Lacquement LETTERERS: Kurt Hathaway & Pat Williams
Superman making his debut in Action Comics No.1 (June 1938). Cover art by Joe Shuster. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Action Comics #1 was debut of Superman, but people forget that Zatara, father of Zatanna, also debuted here, and that there were other stories to be read. How would you like to read a near-mint copy for free online? Comics Guarantee LLC (somehow shortened to CGC) has posted a scan of one they received recently featuring all of the stories and ads. Sadly it doesn’t appear to be downloadable. Oddly, the Superman story from Superman #1 appears to be an extended version of the story here, originally intended for a newspaper strip but re-edited to fit the comic book. Happy reading!
The origins of Dinosaur Dracula.
Godzilla #1
Dark Horse (June, 1995)
“Dramatization” WRITER: Kevin Maguire PENCILER: Brandon McKinney INKER: Keith Aiken COLORIST: Cary Porter LETTERER: Pat Brosseau EDITOR: Robert V. Conte“Robots In Disguise” is not a good name to use. Oh, I’m sure it works for the toyline and of course they’re taking the name from the theme song of the original cartoon. However, there was already a Robots In Disguise line in 2001 and a current comic from IDW that is about as kid-unfriendly as you can be with robots. So that doesn’t seem like the right name to use for these toys and TV show.
A few clips and teasers have been put on Hasbro Studio’s YouTube “shorts” page and this week they had some character profiles. I say “had” because I couldn’t find them but I trust the info source, Ben Yee of BWTF.com, one of the best Transformers fansites on the internet. So we have some ideas about the characters, let’s take a closer look at the latest installment in the Prime universe saga.
“These bracelets are too big. I want a refund.”
Who Wants To Be A Superhero? Free Comic Book Day preview
Dark Horse (May, 2007)
WRITER: Stan Lee ARTIST: Will Conrad COLORIST: Michael S. Bartolo COVER ART: Gulilherme Balbi & Ig Barrows COVER COLORIST: Mich Kellher LETTERER: Zach Matheny DESIGNER: Krystal Hennes ASSISTANT EDITOR: Dave Marshall EDITOR: Randy Stradley “FEEDBACK” CREATOR: Matthew Atherton TV SERIES CREATORS: Stan Lee & Bruce Nash
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
