“Don’t worry, you won’t miss your plane.”
Captain America #6
Marvel Comics (June, 2005; as seen in the digital trade version of Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection)
“Out Of Time” part 6
WRITER: Ed Brubaker
ARTIST: Steve Epting
COLORIST: Frank D’Armata
LETTERER: Randy Gentile
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Andy Schimdt, Nicole Wiley, and Molly Lazer
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
NOTE: There’s quite a bit of swearing in this one.
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I’m expecting this final chapter to go by pretty quick. I would have read it along with last week’s chapter but my schedule is worse this month than usual so I only had time for the one. Our hero is hot on the trail of the last person we need to find (no spoilers in the intro) and now we just have to get them together.
Given the amount of padding this book has had showing off the worldbuilding at the expense of the pacing I’m guessing that’s what we’ll get, given that it’s a full chapter length. Still, it’s time to finish this book and the next one is chosen. With that let’s see how Jake gets his woman.
Yes, kids, this is what Lex Luthor used to wear. He wasn’t a businessman in those days.
Superman/TRS-80 Computer Whiz Kids #3 (final DC story; guest-starring Wonder Woman)
DC Comics/Radio Shack (1982)
“The Computer Masters Of Metropolis”
WRITER: Paul Kupperberg
ARTISTS: Kurt Swan & Frank Chiaramonte
I have a good idea for the next Jake & Leon. I just need to get some reference for one character and we’re ready to go. The laptop is mostly working (the 3D drawing assets still don’t work but it’s much faster now thanks to my friend). There should be a comic this week. It’s been an exhausting week that also lead to another “non-report” over at The Clutter Reports. Colonoscopy went well, though I did spend part of the week trying to get some new short-term medication. However, that’s not what stopped the comic this week.
At some point I must have slept on my shoulder wrong or something because Tuesday morning it started hurting. It calmed down on Wednesday and seemed okay Thursday so I did some long-overdue cleaning of the bathroom with mostly no issues, but it was exhausting. I’m still getting use to physical labor again and I only partly have myself to blame there given what I’ve been through the past few years…though I should have pushed myself a bit harder post-recovery after the hernia was gone. Also, I hurt my shoulder again so I just didn’t have it in me to get the comic finished. I am not meeting my goals and I am not happy. Hopefully you’ll see the comic next week.
The shoulder won’t keep me from finishing the Chapter By Chapter review of TekWar and the following week I’ll reveal the next book we’ll be picking apart a chapter at a time. Looking forward to this one. I think it’s the first sequel of sorts to a previous book, and not the last time I’ll do that, which I’m hoping to see happen this year with a certain other book I want to review possibly after this one. I’ll also be continuing the TRS-80/Tandy Computer Whiz Kids on Monday’s “Yesterday’s” Comic but also the handful of Tangent Comics that caught my attention back when they came out for the Friday review. I missed Blue Beetle yesterday because it was another anthology and I didn’t get time to review it. (Reading doesn’t take the time, going back and forth for the review does, and one of them is a reprint of a story I already reviewed. Golden Age comics are interesting to read but hard to review.) I’ve not another test this week on something else but with luck I’ll still get this review out on Saturday while Tuesday continues to dig through Captain America and Thursday…whatever’s next in standalone.
Have a great week, everyone, and I hope you remembered to set your clocks for Daylight Savings Time or you’ve been really confused all day.
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The Flanderizing Of Harley Quinn
Ever since the writers at Batman: The Animated Series put Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy together as an occasional team and supervillain besties the pair have been fanshipped even before the term existed. Heck, I even fell for it whether it was the intention of the writers or not. Given Harley’s quest to be loved and accepted you could make the case. Then again nobody ever shipped her with her two pet hyenas….and if I’m wrong about that for the love of God let me remain ignorant! My point is that seeing queer coding in strong friendships isn’t something people just came up with.
However, over time it seems like Harley Quinn has gone from a closeted psychiatrist who tried to keep her feelings bottled up until the Joker did his own mind games to someone was always an evil psychopath and I know that was not the intention. Harleen Quinzell is tied to the Joker because she represents those in a toxic relationship, although it’s possibly being with Pamela Isley, the eco-extremist known as Poison Ivy, isn’t exactly healthy either.
I don’t think Ivy started out as a eco-terrorist though. It was something Batman: The Animated Series added in. She was just a criminal with a plant gimmick when she started out. It’s another example of how the DCAU created iconic versions of characters whether it was their first post-comics appearance or not. Or maybe the comics had her as an eco-terrorist and B:TAS took it from there. I’m not that tied to Harley’s history or the 1990s period because it was the 90, the pre-DiDio period of DC’s going dark and gritty. (He just made it worse and took all the positivity the 90s at least kept going.) The two make a
goodeffective villain team but are they really a good couple?Not according to YouTuber ShineyFX. In an episode of his commentary show The Trooper’s Den Shiney examines the de-evolution in his opinion of Harley Quinn and what role Poison Ivy plays in that. His primary sources are her appearances in B:TAS and in Harley’s HBO Max adult comedy show. In one part he’s joined by Eerie The Ghost, formerly (or should I say “the late”) The Bored Enthusiast, who also goes over why making Harley a “strong independent woman” actually robs her of complexity and regresses her as a character.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on March 14, 2023 in Animation Spotlight, DC Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged commentary, Harley Quinn, HBO Max, Poison Ivy.
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