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Prime #1
Malibu/Ultraverse (June, 1993)
“Prime Time”
WRITERS: Len Strazinsky & Gerald Jones (co-creators with Bob Jacob)
ARTIST: Norm Breyfogle
COLORIST: Paul Mounts
LETTERER: Tim Eldred
EDITOR: Chris Ulm
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There are no heroes in any version of Suicide Squad, just not as bad as the other guys…and even that’s debatable.
I was going to have a “CRASH” sound effect in panel 3 but I forgot to turn the layer back on before I rendered and posted the comic. If I thought it needed it I’d go back and fix it. For more thoughts on Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League I did manage to get a commentary out, in case you missed it. Short version is I hate the story’s premise, so using it as a defense is a waste of time. And no, Amanda Waller has never been a good person, the paranoid control freak just thinks she is and has governmental authority behind her, which was not a good idea. Like a lot of stuff the government does.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week, that darn cold kept me from doing decluttering this week, plus the start of next week is a full schedule. So I found a video about a decluttering method the host calls “Boundary Cleaning” and decided to look at that. Still need to get that Zoid labeled up and reviewed. Finding out why the motor doesn’t turn on would be nice, too.
I’m really hoping I can get back on schedule and back to full BW operation. I didn’t even do a Saturday Night Showcase this week, but that should be back along with “Yesterday’s” Comic. Monday and Tuesday are going to be busy but I’ll try to get content out on time now that I’m feeling mostly better. (Head’s still plugged up a bit but not as bad. My dad is getting over the flu and my aunt could use some prayers for what she’s going through at the moment. I’m not even the sickest person I know, which not surprisingly doesn’t make me feel any better.) Chapter By Chapter should be back in the Monday spot as we continue a different kind of hospital scenario with Star Trek: The Vulcan Academy Murders, but I don’t know what else is coming since I’m done with the Spider-Man intros and Beast Machines story guides. Guess we’ll find out together.
Have a better week that we’ve been having, everyone!
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Dan soon regretted opening an Instagram account.
The Blue Beetle #42
Fox Features Syndicate (July/August, 1946)
I got sick before I could review this last week, so it seems fair to come back on it. This second Fox run hasn’t been the greatest, and I’m sure I’ll be complaining again, but there are still some positives to this run despite the inconsistent art, weird stories, and meh at best experiences. The Holyoke run added an unnecessary sidekick via blackmail (makes me wonder if the writer was projecting his own experience being forced to add Sparky/Spunky), but he’s gone now. Mike is finally warming up to our hero, or at least was last issue. Also, with the exception of a back-up, poor attempts at comedy, and a text story everything is about the Blue Beetle and his friends.
So for all they’ve done wrong, and I’ve listed quite a few of their sins, it’s still somehow an improvement. I still wish they could get back the writers from the first run, but I’ve seen slight improvements, even if only in the Joan Mason solo stories. Let’s see how that trend goes into this issue.
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Guys, I was trying to be sick. Why do you have to take that time to drop something so stupid I’m forced to comment on internet drama? My head is still a bit heavy, but since I’m awake enough to actually comment on what’s going on, here we are.
The new drama comes from Rocksteady’s video game Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, a game that’s what it says on the box: you murder members of the Justice League. Actual DC fans were already upset by the concept, and then the game came out to even more rage. Of course the game has its defenders, with one of the dumbest defenses since the Snyderverse: “They’re villains. How do you expect them to act?” I expect them to act the way they do in the game.
AND THAT’S THE #$^%@#$%@% PROBLEM!
Why yes, I do expect Amanda Waller to take the opportunity to murder the former Superfriends when Brainiac turns them evil. That’s within her character. I also expect that from the likes of Harley Quinn, King Shark, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, and I don’t care if there are any other members or not. (I know namesake Toyman Hiro, the good guy Japanese kid, shows up during a mission.) They’re the ones I caught after watching bits of the playthrough of the game on YouTube because I couldn’t deal with the whole thing. It’s not fun to watch all the hit point counts blocking the frantic action I can’t follow in the first place, or a story that has you playing as the villains as you tear a path through the evilized protectors of the planet. The problem is that it’s exactly what I expected a game called Kill The Justice League would be about if you don’t want to straight up play the evil ones, and that’s where all the issues lie–with the very defense the champions of this story make, but not in the way they make it–like most of the social media drama that goes on. Allow me to explain if you have an open mind. And if not, just make some weak defense and move on so I can pick apart a comment that will not say anything. Yes, I’m upset, and it’s not the remaining bits of cold talking.
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Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.
Well, it’s been a fun few days as I fight off the remnants of a cold, which is why this is coming out on Thursday instead of Monday. Next week should be back to the usual posting spot, but while I’ve got comic reviews on cliffhangers I can at least get this one moving. Last time we had some really good character moments until we got the mental alert that something is wrong with one of the patients. That took two short chapters, but this week we only have the one big one.
I am not usually a mystery fan…because I’m not very good at solving mystery stories. Even Scooby-Doo is hard, and I was still disappointed when DC Comics didn’t even try during their run, or at least the ones I got through before I gave up. I only bought this book because it had the same characters I enjoyed in The IDIC Epidemic, and I’m not usually into medical procedure stories either. This as I recall IS a mystery story. This is where the last part of this article series intro really comes into play so let me repeat it: There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.
I’ll hold off on clue discussion past the “read more” jump so anyone coming in on the homepage who might want to read along or hasn’t read the book yet and wants to go in clear to solve the mystery along with our crew. I do insist you not spoil or even hint to a clue or the solution from later in the book than the chapter we’re discussing here. So any hints, spoilers, and “wait until later” comments that take place after the chapter we’re currently on (chapter five in his case) are not allowed and I will delete words, lines, or whole posts if I have to. I’m not that hardnosed usually and won’t be making a habit of it, but considering this is a mystery we should all solve together (it’s been so long from my original reading that I’m practically coming in fresh, only remembering how they did it and I’ll try to keep myself in check on that) I’m going to a bit more strict for the rest of this book. With that, let’s go check on our patient.
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