Jake & Leon #583> Christmas Gathering

First I have to come up with it.

Over at The Clutter Reports it’s time for Christmas break, which means showing off my Christmas decorations. I got to put the Transformers under the tree this year!

Comic reviews will also be taking a break as I focus on finishing Captain Yuletide and reviewing A Christmas Carol all week for Chapter By Chapter. I still want to post Christmas-themed daily quickposts, but otherwise the focus is getting the Christmas comic out by Christmas. I’ll be taking the next week off after Christmas to keep from burn out and get some other projects done. Hope you like the A Christmas Carol review, as I finally read the book the multiple adaptations came from.

Have a great week, everyone!

Saturday Night Christmas Showcase> The Ghostbusters Save Christmas

“It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of Year” promises scary ghost stories at Christmas, so of course that means Scrooge and his ghostly encounters. And who deals with ghosts? Ghostbusters.

While the Filmation series didn’t have a Christmas special, the one you’d think would have Santa Claus being real, the Ghostbusters based on the movie did. The Real Ghostbusters syndicated run included “X-Mas Marks The Spot”, our happy quartet (except for Peter because he has a reason to be disconnected from the holiday) ends up saving an old man from three ghosts…except thanks to time travel it’s the Ghosts Of Christmas Past, Present, And Future. Without them, Ebenezer Scrooge is able to ruin the holiday for everyone even to present day. To save the future of Christmas they’ll have to return to the past and save Christmas…since they were the ones who wrecked it in the first place. Enjoy.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> The Blue Beetle #38

It was this or the Mike Mannigan swimsuit cover. You’re welcome, ladies.

The Blue Beetle #38

Fox Feature Syndicate (Summer, 1945)

This won’t matter to the archival readers, but for the folks who show up, this was going to go up yesterday, but to get it out on time for Friday the comic review has to be done on Thursday. I was busy Thursday and just about got the feature article done. “Yesterday’s” Comic will resume next year, which is in a few weeks, because I’m taking Christmas week off. Next week will be the daily posts and my Chapter By Chapter review of A Christmas Carol as I try to finish Captain Yuletide, so this is the last comic review for 2023 AD.

Let’s see if it disappoints or if they got their act together. Read along with me here.

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Beast Machine Hunters> The First Season Guide part 9

I was hoping to at least finish the season one guide before the Christmas break. Instead I’m not sure I’ll have the episode synopses done by today, the final day before I take time off. That will depend on the word count but I want a decent intro for anyone coming in on the homepage.

Last time on Beast Machine Hunters, we went over the rest of the worldbuilding for season one, explaining the nature of technorganics, the time measurements of the “Beast Era”, and how this series would differ from the previous one. Today we have episode synopses for the thirteen episodes that make up season one of Beast Machines: Transformers. I haven’t watched this show in years and I don’t have time to rewatch them with the guide so I’m going on memory here. Remember, each synopsis was written BEFORE the script, so this is what Bob Skir and Marty Isenberg wanted to get into the show. This is a bit more detailed than the suggestions seen in the Batman: The Animated Series story bible so this should be interesting. With all that out of the way let’s see how many episodes I can get through before the word count goes too long. Hopefully I do all thirteen, making the first installment of my return shorter.

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BW’s Daily Video> The Brazilian Mega Man Comic Was #$%&ed up!

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The Many, MANY Intros Of Spider-Man> Swinging Into The 1980s

While I saw every other Spider-Man show in reruns (except for Spidey Super Stories) now we start getting to shows I watched at the time of airing…and one I only saw in reruns. That will make more sense in a moment.

Super Friends was one of my favorite Saturday Morning shows and why I was a DC person until they screwed it all up. Marvel didn’t really have a show that ran that long and I’m not sure they have yet. The success of that show may be why Spider-Man’s return to network TV was dubbed Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, and why the team called themselves the “Spider-Friends”. It wouldn’t be the first time Marvel had a little fun at DC’s expense. It’s why the comic universe (and not the MCU, you clods!) is called Earth-616, making fun of the main DC universe being known as Earth-1 in their numbering system before all the multiverse games over the decades.

It was also one of the first shows for the now Marvel owned “Marvel Productions”, formerly DePatie-Freleing  the studio co-founded by Friz Freleng. It wasn’t until many years later that I learned another Spider-Man cartoon was being released at the same time, but let’s start with the nostalgia.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Star Power #20

“In hindsight I could have used socks last Christmas.”

Star Power #20

(August, 2017)

“Star Power And The Last Jump Gate” finale

WRITER: Michael Terracciano

ARTIST: Garth Graham

[Read along with me here]

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