“Yesterday’s” Comic> Captain America (2005) #2

I know a toy reviewer who has the same response to translucent plastic.

Captain America #2

Marvel Comics (February, 2005, as featured in the comiXology version of Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection trade)

“Out Of Time” part 2 (credits from the Grand Comics Database)

WRITER: Ed Brubaker

ARTISTS: Steve Epting & Michael Lark

COLORIST: Frank G. D’Armata

LETTERER: Randy Gentile

ASSISTANT EDITORS: Andy Schidt, Nicole Wiley, and Molly Lazer

EDITOR: Tom Brevoort

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BW’s Daily Video> JSG Analyzes CBR’s Worst Trends List

NOTATION: a little bit of swearing

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I actually have a few extra thoughts on the “superfamily” idea that I think would make a good article on it’s own. See you tonight.

 

Chapter By Chapter> Tekwar chapter 29

Chapter By Chapter 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.

In our previous chapter Jake managed to get some well-earned payback…for a change. We also have an idea of which of our various factions in play was involved with whatever happened to the Kittridges. In case you haven’t been keeping up our factions are:

  • Cosmo Detective Agency: hired to find the Kittridges though Walter Bascom is hoping to use the anti-cyber drug signal to end Tek, at least until a countermeasure has been created because drug dealers are evil.
  • Sonny Hokori: Tek dealer. You can guess why he would be involved, either to stop the process or gain a monopoly by eliminating the competition’s supply.
  • Bennett Sands: bankrolled the technology though possibly for potential financial gain.
  • International Drug Control Agency: You can also guess what they’re involvement is but so far all they’ve done is say hi very rudely.

I won’t spoil who the bad guy is on the homepage in case you haven’t been following along, but those of you who have let’s see what Jake is going to do with that information.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Runners: Bad Goods #5

I actually approve of this sci-fi remake of Let’s Be Cops. And I didn’t see the original.

Runners: Bad Goods #5

FINAL ISSUE

Serve Man Press (April, 2005–read the color version here)

WRITER/ARTIST: Sean Wang

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BW’s Daily Video> Stunt Doubles And Digital Doubles

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MAKING OF VIDEO:

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BW Programming Note: Coming Up Short

Even though 2021 did its best to stop me, I still made it to #500!

I’m not going to make it to 1000 if I keep missing these posts. Sorry for the repost but it has all my characters on it, including a couple from my old sprite comic days. I was just too tired to work on it today and didn’t get a chance to work on it all week…and I’m STILL not done on Captain Yuletide, though I’m going to take the time to redraw a few pages for next Christmas. Even this week’s Clutter Report project was incomplete. Turns out resetting and reinstalling stuff takes more time than I thought. At least I got most of it done as I finally set up different devices for different uses. I just have to do one more device and that will be next week’s project.

Over here this week is the next chapter of Tekwar as we get closer to the end. I already have my next novel to review selected. Meanwhile more comics to review, more commentaries to make, and whatever else crosses our path. Have a great week, everyone!

Saturday Night Showcase> Nashville Beat

Last night I mentioned the show Adam-12, a cop show about a training officer and his rookie partner in the Los Angeles Police Department. The show was part of a barely shared universe. Young officer Reed technically first appeared in an episode of Dragnet and the two ended up officially as their characters in another episode to promote the show. (Kent McCord, who played training officer Jim Reed, also played another character on that show.) Adam-12 also had a crossover with The DA and to promote Emergency the paramedic firefighters of that show cameoed at the hospital the two officers were in but they didn’t interact.

In 1989 McCord co-produced and co-wrote Nashville Beat, reuniting him with co-star Martin Milner as former partners in the LAPD, but not their Adam-12 characters. Instead, widowed LAPD officer Mike Delaney (McCord) goes to visit his old partner Brian O’Neil (Milner) in his new beat in Nashville. A drug-dealing gangbanger from LA has decided to set up a shop in Nashville and Delaney heads there to help put a stop to it. The TV movie aired on The Nashville Network, the former identity of what is now Paramount Network after it’s prior rebrands The National Network and Spike TV. I hadn’t heard of it until a few years ago and tonight we’re going to watch it…well, if you hit play and the embed is still available when you read this anyway Enjoy.

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