Today’s Comic> He-Man & The Masters of the Universe #6

He-Man & The Masters of the Universe #6

“This is about that whole mind-wiping thing isn’t it? You do hold a grudge.”

He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe #6

FINAL ISSUE

DC Comics (March, 2013)

“The Power!”
WRITER: Keith Giffen
ARTIST: Pop Mhan
COLORIST: lee Loughridge
LETTERER: Saida Temofonte
COVER: Dave Wilkins
EDITOR: Michael McCalister

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L.A. Noire’s Gag Reel

L.A. Noire

L.A. Noire (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

L.A. Noir is a video game praised for it’s storytelling with mixed, but usually favorable (at least the reviews I’ve seen) opinions on the face motion capturing used to help the player decide if the character is lying. Released by the now defunct Team Bundi, the capture was done by Australia’s Depth Analysis, and so they have the audio recordings of the actors. And like any recording the actors occasionally flubbed their lines. So one day someone at Depth Analysis said “why not take those and make a little gag blooper reel?”.  And so they did.

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Today’s Comic> Fury of Firestorm #16

Fury of Firestorm #16

“You’re pretty grabby for a first date.”

Fury of Firestorm #16

Fun story: The first issue of the original Fury of Firestorm I picked up was #16

DC Comics (March, 2013)

“Takeover” part 4
WRITER/PENCILER: Dan Jurgens
INKERS: Karl Kesel & Roy McCarthy
LETTERER: Travis Lanham
COLORS: Ho-Fi
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Rickey Purdin
EDITORS: Rachel Gluckstern & Mike Cotton
“FIRESTORM” CREATOR: Gerry Conway & Al Milgrom

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Pilot Review: Power Rangers Megaforce

Over the weekend the newest addition to the Power Rangers family aired on Nickelodeon: Power Rangers Megaforce, adapted from Tensou Sentai Goseiger  Of course I watched it, and….I have mixed feelings. There’s some good stuff here, don’t get me wrong. I did enjoy the first episode but…well here’s the basic plot.

When aliens invade the Earth 5 teenagers are chosen by a giant head and his robot sidekick in a secret headquarters to fight them. (The aliens, not the head and the robot.) The teens become Power Rangers and do battle with amazing powers and weapons given to them by their “morphers”, when they aren’t hanging out at Ernie’s anyway.

See, something about that description sounds so…

Power Rangers movie suits

Oh, right.

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Today’s Comic> Doctor Who: Prisoners Of Time #1

Doctor Who - Prisoners of Time #1

“Go forward in all beliefs and prove I am not wrong in mine.”

Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #1

IDW Publishing (January, 2013)

FEATURING: First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki
WRITERS: Scott & David Tipton
ARTIST: Simon Fraser
COLORIST: Gary Caldwell
SELECTED COVER: Francesco Francavilla
LETTERER: Tom B. Long
EDITOR: Denton J. Tipton

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Jake & Leon #146: Young Injustice

Who else started reading a comic after their show/movie/audio drama/novel?

Who else started reading a comic after their show/movie/audio drama/novel?

I get that comic fans and nostalgia may not be enough to keep good shows like Thundercats and Young Justice going, even if a number of fans aren’t, and that was one of the ideas I was tossing around for this week’s comic. However, why cancel the Young Justice comic book just because the show was canceled? There are some good stories and I didn’t see a lot of promotion for the comic. If the head writers couldn’t take the show any further, that’s one thing. But if Weisman had some more good ideas (and from the looks of the current finale story arc there might be) why not continue them in the comic? Use it to introduce young readers to these comics and when/if they get “too old for this kiddie crap”, there’s the more (too) adult stuff waiting to entertain them and give DC more money. Someday I wish they’d record and post one of their meetings to find out what goes on over there.

  • The Clutter Reports: Trying to get some minor cleaning tasks done, as my schedule allows.
  • Reviewers Unknown: Liefeld’s Galactica resumes at Reviewers Unknown as I re-post my look at Richard Hatch’s three part filler story. Which was sadly better than the main story.

Best Scene of This Week’s Reviews

Godzilla #9

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For the record I didn’t watch the Super Bowl tonight because I’m too busy and just not interested. As for the commercials, I’ll still watch them thanks to the internet and choose my favorites possibly for Tuesday. Tomorrow I’ll have my review of the new Power Rangers Megaforce, which was also almost this week’s comic but I would have ended up repeating myself between the comic and the article.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> The Transformers #18

The Transformers #18

“I told you I don’t want to buy your stupid bridge!”

The Transformers #18

Marvel Comics (July, 1986)

“Return To Cybertron” part 2: “The Bridge To Nowhere!”
WRITER: Bob Budiansky
PENCILER: Don Perlin
INKERS: Williams & Colletta
LETTERER: Janice Chiang
COLORIST: Nel Yomtov
EDITOR: Mike Carlin

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