Morning Article Link: The Comics Code Versus Creativity?

Comics Code seal

 

I don’t know if I completely agree with everything Saladin Ahmed posted to Buzzfeed and I’ve never heard the racism or even forced sexism angle in regards to the Comic Code, but there are still some interesting comments made in this article about how the Comic Code may have set creativity back, not completely but quite a bit. He does also note that today’s comics may not even be better off without it because they didn’t shake the CCA off for the right reasons. (Also, Ahmed forgets that the comics industry shook off the CCA because their enforcement of the code often made no sense.) It’s still an interesting read.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Captain America V2 #6 (Heroes Reborn)

One of Liefeld's more infamous covers.

One of Liefeld’s more infamous covers.

Captain America Vol. 2 #6

Marvel Comics (April, 1997)

“Soldiers” & “Industrial Revolution” epilogue
PLOT/PENCILER: Rob Liefeld
WRITER: Jeph Loeb
INKERS: John Sibal & Larry Stucker
COLORIST: Andy Troy
SEPARATIONS: Extreme Color
COLOR FX: Don Skinner
3-D SHIELD IMAGING: Brian Murray
LETTERS: Comicraft
EDITOR: Eric Stephenson

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The Most Powerful Window Washers Of Good Ever Assembled

 

All-New Batman TB&TB #7 Best Scene

This nonsense lately that comic creators seem to be trying to take superheroes away from children really bugs me. You have occasional stuff like Red Circle that seems to remember kids love superheroes, but the ones that have become cultural icons because kids grew up with them is now denying the next generation of kids that right unless there’s a cartoon connected to them. The following video, courtesy of Connecticut’s WTNH (8), shows a group of window washers giving some kids a happy memory at the Hartford Children’s Hospital, for kids getting over cancer and other ailment.

And they did it with superheroes! Specifically Superman, Spider-Man, and Captain America, led by Batman!

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Today’s Comic> Adventures Of Superman #12

Adventures Of Superman #12

No, no, you’re not the New 52 Superman.

Adventures Of Superman #12

DC Comics (June, 2014)

“The Demolisher”
WRITER: Peter Milligan
PENCILER: Agustin Pagilla
INKER: Jose Aviles
COLORIST: Nick Filandi
COVER ART: Ed Benes & Kathryn Layno
LETTERER: Wes Abbott
EDITOR: Alex Antone

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Morning Article Link: Superheroine Identity Crisis

Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes #16

There seems to be a difference with how male and female superheroes choose their identity in the Marvel universe. Comics Alliance contributor Andrew Wheeler noticed that some of the heroines either have no superhero name or can’t stick with one (although in the interest of fairness, I give you Hank Pym), sometimes even swapping them with other heroines or even male heroes. Remember the history of Marvel’s Captain Marvel?

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Giant Superman Annual #1

Giant Superman Annual #1

“In hindsight, wrapping the chain around his arms might have been a good idea, too.”

Giant Superman Annual #1

DC Comics (1960, reprinted in 1998)

Annuals of the day (we’ll see the same thing in the next two weeks with Batman and Secret Origins, after which I can get to read only one comic story, making for easier review writing) seem to be reprint collections of tales from other comics. In this case we’ll see reprints from Superman, Superboy, Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, and Action Comics. In all there are nine stories plus a map of Krypton (created by Jerry Siegel and Al Plastino), a design for Krypton’s flag, a few strips from the Superman newspaper strip, and some shots of four first issue covers from the first four comics I listed earlier. Well, better get started then.

Actually, I just realized….this is a reprint of a bunch of reprints. Weird.

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Jake & Leon #203: Free Comic Book Day 2014

Their pain was mine.

Their pain was mine.

On the upside, missing all but five of the comics I wanted gave me a strip for this week. I was so disappointed that ended up not do that wrap-up on the Tumblr. Granted most of it would be me complaining about how horrible the “Future’s End” story was and how both Marvel comics were good. It’s like Marvel’s becoming DC and DC’s becoming Marvel. The Marvel tweets had me stopping during stories to comment. The DC story had….

Unless you’ve read it you don’t realize how badly it sucked. Good art, good writing, stupid premise that’s been done more than once in the past few years. DC must have the worst memories ever. I also picked up the Dark Horse offering, where I enjoyed the Avatar story even if the art didn’t match the show like the usual comics. This year’s Kaboom offering was rather week compared to last year’s sampler.

  • The Clutter Reports: I finally reviewed a GoBot in the “Transformers and GoBots” category. How many of you remember Road Ranger? By the way, I’ve updated the GoBot’s WonderCon panel article with a video recorded by Transformers news site The All-Spark,
  • Reviewers Unknown: If you missed it some time ago here at the Spotlight, Free Comic Inside returns to the Super Powers Collection for the Batman comic also featuring Robin and the Joker with a cameo by Wonder Woman.

Best Scene Of This Week’s Reviews

Godzilla: Rulers Of Earth #11

That's Mechagodzilla punching a monster. The bar is raised again, people!

That’s Mechagodzilla punching a monster. The bar is raised again, people!

I want to try and set up a Patreom account, but I have two more video projects at least that I need to have done to show off what I can do and what I can offer if people sponsor me. So for this week, barring some incident I really want to discuss, this will be a Filler Video Week until Friday (or longer if Fred has to take time off). This should bring some video content for the weekend.

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