“Are you sure they’re dead? Poke them with a stick.”
West Coast Avengers Annual #2
Marvel Comics (1987)
“Death & Texas!” STORY: Steve Englehart CREATIVE ASSISTANCE: Mark Gruenwald & Tom DeFalco ARTIST: Al Milgrom COLORIST: Greg Wright LETTERER: Tom Orzechowski EDITOR: Mark GruenwaldI was going to do this tomorrow but recent personal events have me in a bad mood today and I don’t want to say something I’ll regret regarding a review that already ticks me off. So we’ll save it for tomorrow or later this week, schedule depending.
So it’s time to reveal the new book we’ll be reading Chapter By Chapter. And remember:
Recently Paramount decided to reboot the Star Trek franchise. J.J. Abrams gave us a new continuity with a new way for the crew to meet and become a strong unit. The results were…debatable. Abrams seems to be more interested in the action than the morality plays of the various TV series. Plus the first outing involved blowing up Vulcan, Spock and Uhura getting it on, and Kirk being a jerk. At least Scotty was cool and I liked the new McCoy. Actually, they all seemed right for the part had they stayed closer to the original style as well as Abrams’ version so it could have gone either way. I thought the new Enterprise was overdone but I have to admit it looks cool. Except for the engine room that looks like it was shot in the studio’s boiler room.
However, there already was an accounting of how the famous U.S.S. Enterprise crew we’ve come to know and lvoe met, and I remember really enjoying it. Therefore I was disappointed when it wasn’t even browsed for the script we ended up seeing filmed. For our latest Chapter By Chapter we will be reading that book:
“You know, I really should pay some of these bills.
Adventures Of Superman #10
DC Comics (April, 2014)
LETTERER:Wes Abbott EDITOR: Alex Antone “SUPERMAN” CREATORS: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster “In Care Of” WRITER: Derek Fridolfs PENCILER/COLORIST/COVER ART: Sean Galloway INKER: Derek Laufman “Dear Superman WRITER: Josh Elder ARTIST: Victor Ibanez COLORIST: Matthew Wilson
Hopefully I’ll get more into that in tonight’s commentary but I wanted to point out a posting by Reviews By Lantern’s Light. While I’m posting part 3 you can find links to the rest of his articles about black superheroes as part of his Black History Month tribute. Why can’t we get these guys into some superhero shows, games, and movies, even as bit parts to introduce them?
That whole wall’s going to need repainting now.
Nightwing #13
DC Comics (October, 1997)
“Shadows Over Bludhaven” WRITER: Chuck Dixon PENCILER: Scott McDaniel INKER: Karl Story COLORIST: Roberta Tewes SEPARATIONS: Jamison LETTERER: John Costanza ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo EDITOR: Scott Peterson
I’m sure the mouthwash only contained all-natural ingredients.
I could have done something with how Animus was a jerk, but how to do that in three panels? Go watch Linkara’s review instead. [part 1] [part 2] [part 3]
I have to make it a tie this week.
Comics can go home now. They’ll never top this scene!
Honestly, how do you expect me to choose between those two?
Jim Cummings appeared at the 2012 ConnectiCon, and was in two of the panels I recorded that year. Last year I didn’t catch his panels but I was among the press people at the Press Junket. See if you can tell which question I asked.
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
