Tyler thought he was too young to be a father….
Herobear and the Kid: Saving Time #1
Kaboom (Arpil, 2014)
WRITER/ARTIST/CREATOR: Mike Kinkel DESIGN: Kelsey Dietrich ASSISTANT EDITOR: Whitney Leopard EDITOR: Shannon Watters
Chris Sims of Comics Alliance takes a brief jump to Cracked, thus uniting two of my favorite websites with one of my favorite bloggers. Recently Sims has discovered Japanese superhero shows and decided to watch through all of the Power Rangers shows, including the current Super Mega Force. And he came back with what he feels are the 9 strangest episodes from the franchise. Which makes me wonder if he’s even seen Operation Overdrive, but this wasn’t the 9 stupidest episodes.
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Anyone else think the size scale is a bit off? Even with Reed cheating?
Iron Man Vol. 2 #6
Marvel Comics (April, 1997)
“Industrial Revolution” part 2: “Industrial Revelation!” STORY: Scott Lobdell PENCILERS: Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, & Ryan Benjamin INKERS: Scott Williams, JD, Trevor Scott, Saleem Crawford, Richard Friend & Sal Regla COLORISTS: Joe Chiodo & Martin Jimenez COMPUTER COLORS: Wildstorm FX LETTERERS: Rich, Dave, Albert, & Liz EDITOR: Mike Heisler
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E.T.: Atari 2600 (Photo credit: nickstone333)
With the news that Microsoft allegedly dug up the famous landfill of ET cartridges (which for some reason also included Centipede and Joust but oddly no Pac-Man) it’s introducing new people to a game that some gamers believe killed the Atari 2600. I never owned the 2600 since my dad went for the 800 computer and I have no complaints. I have, however, played ET on my cousin’s 2600 back in the day and while it was a bit frustrating and it certainly didn’t live up to what we expected (soon to be the future of most licensed games) I never saw it as being as horrible as everyone says it was and I wonder how many people even played it. It’s not good but is it so bad that it nearly killed video games?
I also thought this would be a good time to point to a review that also questions that narrative. My Reviewers Unknown colleague Doug “Text Zero” Hancox used to do a show called Video Game Bunker, a review show set after the console wars went nuclear–literally. He’s since decided to go a new direction with a new show called Test Chamber, but before Zero hung up his mask he took a critical look at the much maligned game cartridge to see if it really was the nightmare everyone says it is or if it’s as misunderstood as Scrappy-Doo.
Just a heads up, the following video contains some cursing and a scene from the porn game Custer’s Revenge. Because of course as soon as a new medium takes hold there will be porn on it.
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For as long as this took to come out, you’d think they’d make a better cover.
Batman/Superman #9
DC Comics (June, 2014)
“First Contact” part 3 WRITER: Greg Pak ARTIST: Jae Lee COLORIST: Mike Chung LETTERS: DC Lettering ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Ricky Purdin GROUP EDITOR: Eddie Berganza
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As word came out that Zack Snyder would be putting together a Justice League movie after continuing to ruin Superman in the upcoming Batman team-up fight that will also have Wonder Woman and Cyborg, Comics Alliance finds information about a would-be predecessor. There’s also a link to a script that I might review once I’m back to normal.
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Superboy was nervous when appearing on America’s Got Talent.
Adventure Comics #0
DC Comics (April, 2009)
featuring a story originally published in Adventure Comics #247 (April, 1958)
“The Legion Of Super-Heroes” WRITER: Otto Binder ARTIST: Al PlastinoSadly they did not reprint the Green Arrow and Aquaman stories from the original comic. This was to debut a new Adventure Comics series, so naturally they chose a story with a character that no longer exists in continuity. Yes, I know it’s the Legion’s first appearance but it still seems odd.
Also there was a teaser for Blackest Night with Lex and Braniac, but it’s Blackest Night so I don’t care.
