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“Execute the death sentence? So…execute the execution? Does that mean stop…” “Just kill them already!”
Avengers #94
Marvel Comics (December, 1971; as featured in the comiXology version of the “Kree/Skrull War” trade)
“More Than Inhuman”
WRITER: Roy Thomas
ARTIST: Neal Adams (chapter 2 penciled by John Buscema)
INKER: Tom Palmer
LETTERER: Sam Rosen
EDITOR: Stan Lee
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It seems that you can’t make a fictional relationship, even a marriage, last very long. Granted their inspiration comes from Hollywood, a culture where marriage has all the romance of Bruno Mars’ “Marry You” and divorce attorneys are as rich as their clients, and almost as active. However, as author James Harrington points out, it seems like a stable relationship that makes it to the sequel and is about the trials and heights of staying together is the exception in fiction regardless of “reality”. As I also point out in the comments:
My pet peeve is when the couple is undone between movies to make the plot or subplot about bringing them together again, thus rehashing the same subplot. The studios, directors, writers, and editors seem to only want to tell about couples getting together but not the challenges of staying together.
Check out the other comments as well. It’s not just us noticing this trend.
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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.
So where did we leave off before Christmas break? Oh right, our hero got himself trapped trying to meet with someone who can help him make contact with…his contact. I just realized how silly that sounds.
I mean, give Jake credit. He thought he was saving someone in danger, so at least we know he’s the hero. He even suspected at one point it might be a trap but couldn’t risk an innocent girl (or possibly hooker whose clients got too rough but still innocent as far as she doesn’t deserve this) getting beaten or killed. That’s my kind of hero. Let’s see how he gets out of this.
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“My plane left without me…and I’m the pilot!”
Robotech #6
FINAL ISSUE
WildStorm Productions (July, 2003)
“Commitment”
STORY: Tommy Yune
SCRIPT: Jay Faerber
ARTISTS: Long Vo, Charles Park, & Saka of Udon
LETTERER: Jenna Garcia
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Kristy Quinn
EDITOR: Ben Abernathy
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Cranial Pasta was an early idea for videos by the retro computer guy we now know as The 8-Bit Guy. I think he made the right choice going for the retro computing and electronics discussions. That said, neither of us recommend climbing on an electric fence. Better safe than fried, kids. It won’t give you superpowers and it’s not a fun ride. Sorry.
BW Media Spotlight 
Dissecting CBR’s Worst Comic Trends List
The comic industry doesn’t seem to want to admit they aren’t doing well, despite many fans seeing the flaws. It’s not political (as the creators like to claim) because liberals and conservatives alike are seeing the trends that hurting comics and have been even before the current social climate started affecting the four color paper products we all know and love. That’s why I bring up politics so rarely, because they’re only a symptom of the current failings in modern comics.
CBR contributor Ashley Land recently posted a list article of “10 Worst Trends In Modern Comics“, a list so on the nose that one of their major detractors, Eric July of the Rippaverse did a video going over everything they got right…which was most of the list. Here’s that video if you’re curious, because this article is about MY interpretation of the list. Like both Land and Ashley I do agree with this list and have done numerous articles over the years on these mistakes. These aren’t even all recent trends, just problems that were allowed to get worse before being controlled or even stopped before they got this bad. So let’s dissect these problems and really see what happened. Grab a comfy seat, folks, because this is going to be a long one.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on January 3, 2023 in Comic Spotlight and tagged comics, commentary.
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