Free Comic Inside> Who Doxxed The Robo Force?

Hey, I finally found one that’s been on the list for awhile AND it’s next in rotation!

For those of you who missed out on them in the 1980s, let me introduce you Ideal’s Robo Force toyline

On the planet Zeton, Maxx Steele leads a group of robots to protect humanity from Hun-Dredd and his bad robots. Robo Force also had a pilot video that I’m tossing on the list I was sure showed up long ago on Saturday Night Showcase but apparently didn’t. Or at least it’s not coming up. Guess I know what I’m doing for this week’s entry.

However, this is Free Comic Inside so you know the toyline also had pack-in minicomics. Only four were produced that I could find thanks to The Old Robots, along with other Robo Force promotional material. It really didn’t help as the toyline didn’t last very well. I guess cylinders with suction cups on the bottom were no match for bipedal robots that turned into other machines. At least now I get to finally add these to the Free Comic Inside rotation!

Hun-Dred’s robo-massage therapy business picked up immediately.

No credits for these. That’s too bad because I like to see who worked on these things and if they did anything else in the comic book industry. Ah well…on to the story!

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> The Immortal Iron Fist #3

“I need to hire a new cleaning service.”

The Immortal Iron Fist #3

Marvel Comics (March, 2007)

“The Last Iron Fist Story” part 3

WRITERS: Ed Brubaker & Matt Fraction

ARTISTS: David Aja & Russ Heath

CO-PENCILER: Travel Foreman

CO-INKER: David Fridolfs

COLORIST: Matt Hollingsworth

LETTERER: Dave Lanphear

ASSISTANT EDITOR: Alejandro Arbona

EDITOR: Warren Simons

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BW’s Daily Video> Solo Books Becoming Team Books?

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It doesn’t help that these new crop of writers can’t see superheroes hanging out with “normal” people and thus can’t write a supporting cast of non superheroes. So it’s a mix of narcissism and seeing superheroes as gods rather than people simply because they have powers or advanced gadgets.

Chapter By Chapter> Batman: Knightfall part 2 chapter 7

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 read-along book club.

PART 2: KNIGHTQUEST

With I think around four Bat-related titles a month you have to figure out what to do with all your characters, even when all you have are Batman, Robin, and Nightwing. Barbara was still paralysed though active as Oracle. Nightwing’s not really been part of the story much and I’m not sure if at this point he was in Bludhaven starting his solo operation. So as we saw last time we have two stories going on. While Jean Paul is trying to force his way into permanent Batman position and Robin (Tim Drake) is wondering just how crazy he is, Bruce and Alfred are trying to find out who kidnapped Tim’s dad and their shared doctor.

I’m still holdin on to my theory (as the intro says, please do not spoil further ahead) that it isn’t Jack Drake they’re after but Shondra Kilsolving. She’s been touted as the only doctor who can help Jack and Bruce with their respective back injuries while having some potentially strange ability. Since magic, metahumans, and all sorts of cosmic events give people superpowers in this universe that’s not too unlikely. How much will we find out this time? Let’s dive in to chapter 7 and find out.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2

“Wait, do I have a zit?”

Yes, I did review this story when IDW released the “color classic” colorized reprints. I did a few of those, actually, until for some reason IDW stopped making them early on. That I was looking at from a historic perspective. This is just following the story itself as if for the first time. You can compare reviews if you want.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2

Mirage Publishing (October, 1984)

“Turtles Vs. The Mousers”

WRITERS/ARTISTS: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird

LETTERER: Steve Lavigne

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BW’s Daily Trailer> “Sound Of Freedom” Special Opening Offer

See more about the Pay It Forward program for this movie on their website.

BW Programming Note> What A Week

So much for returning to normal operations.

Between a family emergency during the week (which thankfully was less serious that we thought and mending is going well without any hospital stays) and a family gathering this week, having time to put stuff out was rather difficult. I didn’t get Jake & Leon done this week, no Clutter Report, and this post is late. Whatcha gonna do? Family comes first and I’m still tired even though I just got up from a nap.

This week the next chapter of Batman: Knightfall is on tap for Chapter By Chapter. I’ve also decided to do the entire Mirage run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, including the ones that didn’t get a colored reprint from IDW. They ended early, there are issues I already had collected years ago in a trade from First Publishing, and until Nickelodeon bought the full rights they did release the comic digitally for free. I will however not be doing the full Image or Archie runs because they weren’t ever available that way and I’ve reviewed all the IDW comics I have and that’s still ongoing…hopefully at the same quality as when I stopped being able to buy new comics. I do have a few Archie and Image issues plus the full short-lived Dreamwave comics tie-in to the 2003 4Kids series (my favorite of the TMNT cartoons) so I will be reviewing those. I’d like to get more of the Archie stories…not so much the Image run after reading the first issue and hearing about what came later. If I somehow ended up with copies I’d review it for completeness sake and not much else.

Otherwise I’m hoping this is the week that last week was intended to be. Have a great week, everyone!