I’ve seen commentators wondering why legendary creators who still have the talent to make new comics haven’t been getting work in favor of writers and artists who aren’t nearly as talented, and may not even come from the comic industry. They may not even wants to make comics and just needs the money and resume. Bringing a legend like Dixon into the Rippaverse comics family is quite a boost for the company. Now I’m curious who the artist is going to be?
The 19th chapter is very long and 18 very short. So I decided that since these are the last two chapters of part 1 and the actual Knightfall portion of the arc I’d go ahead and read both anyway so we can get on to the next part. That means we’re about to see the defining event of the arc, the breaking of Batman’s back. Right now he’s in bad shape after last chapter’s run-in with the Joker.
It’s kind of strange to think that Bane was never intentioned to be the villain of this storyline. He was created just for it, and yet he’s not overall important. This could have been any of Batman’s rogues, or just an accident while saving lives. And yet they created a character to do something major in Batman’s life and then virtually not matter to it. I’m also not sure that Bruce ever got payback since we’ll see Jean Paul is the one to go after him. Frankly it feels like they underused the villain. However, I’ve got a lot of reading to do so let’s get to it.
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“Exact change, my foot!”
Crimebuster Free Comic Book Day Edition
Comic House (May, 2023)
COVER ART: Guy Perez
LETTERER: Andrew Thomas
EDITOR: Keith WTS Morris
“The Jaws Of Destruction”
STORY: Keith WTS Morris & Adrien Benson
SCRIPT: Sam Macdonald
ARTIST: Giulia Gualazzi
COLORIST: Mario Lucas Morales
“The Crimebuster”
WRITER/ARTIST/CREATOR: Charles Biro
I’m kind of curious how this will play into the “cause of death” report.
Hey, this one didn’t take weeks to finish. I’ll take that victory.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week I priced comics for sale. It’s the first step in this round of the Comic Organizing Mega-Project, namely to reduce the collection.
Well sometime mid week the WordPress/Twitter split finally happened and now I have to manually update Twitter with the latest post. That’s already really annoying. The best way to keep up with the latest post is through RSS and email. (Link to the latter in the sidebar.) This week we finish part one of Batman: Knightfall so you’ll want to be there for all the back-breaking action. I should rephrase. Plus whatever else I think up this week and have time to put together.
Have a great week, everyone!
Tsuburaya Productions has been doing a great job with their official Ultraman YouTube channel. In a previous Saturday Night Showcase we looked at their posting of Ultraman Z (pronouncing the Z “Zee”, which is how we Americans do it, as “Zet”). If you want subtitles use the close captions and you can read what everybody is saying. However, not everybody likes using subtitles, and Tsuburaya thought of that.
So tonight I’m bringing you the same first episode, only now it’s been dubbed into English, like the YouTube series Ultra Galaxy Fight. They didn’t use the same voice actors for Z and Zero (I’d have to watch to confirm Z’s new VA but I know Zero wasn’t played by Sean Schimmel in Ultra Galaxy Fight and the change was both noticeable and disappointing for me for continuity sake.) The theme songs and credits aren’t translated into English, even with subtitles, something the Godzilla YouTube channel has actually been doing–adding credits in the captions. Still, for those who don’t want to read while they’re trying to follow the action, the voice acting is quite good and the show itself still worth catching. If you’d rather hear Japanese and read subtitles the whole series is already up, but for those who prefer English or just want to rewatch the series, now’s the time to start as they re-upload the series with new voices.
It’s going to be one of those comics, folks.
The Blue Beetle #12
Fox Features Publications Holyoke Publishing Company (June, 1942)
Okay, from what I’ve gathered, Victor Fox was in a lot of financial trouble and filed for bankruptcy. Holyoke was the printer I think of the Fox comics and they got the rights to Blue Beetle in the interim. Fox would be back in charge by issue 31 but this was a Holyoke production from #12 to #30. My guess, seeing as they just took the Fox name off the cover, that this was an issue ready to publish and they just printed it before eventually doing their own. This should be interesting, though it will still be an anthology, at least for a while. You can follow along here.
On the plus side I’m done with Davy The Wish Master and his messed up world. On the down side, of all the Wonderworld Comics characters that could have been put here, who do we get? The Flame? Patty O’Day, Maybe even Dr. Fung? No, it’s Spark Stevens and his fellow girl-chasing moron! I’d have accepted Yarko because it’s at least fun to make fun of, but Dumb And Jerky? Here’s hoping it’s outgrown the formula of the previous comics I’ve reviewed.
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
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