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Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter (or possibly multiple chapters for this one) of the selected book at the 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.
I still can’t believe I’ve been reading this book for around a year’s time.
Granted 2025 has had it’s share of distractions and lost time, but this is not a book meant to be read a chapter or two a week, clearly. Usually, however, not realizing how long it’s been is a good sign because the book is so good you lose yourself in it and the passage of time. For me, this has not been that book…and somehow a year still feels too long. All the unnecessary padding really has dragged this thing down, but I’ll save that for Sunday’s book report over at The Clutter Reports.
Last time was the aftermath, so I’m guessing these last two really short chapters are the epilogue. So, let’s get to it and get this book finally over with.
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Yes, yes, you have a great dentist. Nobody cares.
Hardcase #10
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (March, 1994)
“The Angry Past” part 1: “Agent Snowden” and “Agent Malik”
WRITER: James D. Hudnall
PENCILER: Kelly Krantz
INKER: Jeff Whiting
COLORING: Moose Baumann & Family Fugue
LETTERER: Tim Eldred
EDITOR: Hank Kanalz
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I wonder if he’ll ever do a follow-up with the original comics Ultron? He’s got to have a few dumb ideas. Some of them were in the movie.
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Some days you can’t avoid using the bad jokes.
If it I had caught a few more deadlines, this could have been comic #666, which would have been better for (two days after) Halloween.
Unfortunately, timing led to not being able to do a Clutter Report this week. Next week should be the book report on Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Mirror Image because tomorrow will be the final two chapters. I can finally read something else! There’s also the final analysis of the first CBS Transformers pitch before we move on to the second one. The rest will depend on what comes up.
Have a great week, everyone!
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I know Halloween was yesterday, but this is when the schedule allows. Besides, when else will I get a chance to show you The Batman beyond the intros? Not that movie that rewrote the Riddler into a totally new character, the one that gave Riddler a weird makeover but still remembered the essence of the character.
We’re talking about the 2004 animated series that aired for five seasons on Kids WB. (Five, not four, HBO Max.) It’s often forgotten because it came so soon after Batman: The Animated Series and the other DCAU follow-ups. The Batman universe gets an action makeover but with all the changes is still truer to Gotham lore than My Adventures With Superman was with Metropolis. Do I like all the changes? No. However, Kevin Michael Richardson is a great Joker and Tom Kenney does a good turn as the Penguin, even if they did go back to the Burton style mutations. Our Batman is voiced by my favorite Spider-Man, Rino Romano, and he gives Batman something we haven’t seen since. Not just Mr. Freeze’s original backstory (though now he has freezing powers instead of a freeze gun), I mean that Batman is allowed to relax, smile, crack a joke now and then. He’s not the grimdark, moody, stare-into-the-abyss Batman we’ve gotten for so long, and yet his Batman is still serious and commands a fearful presence for the superstitious, cowardly lot.
The only story currently on YouTube that I can post to the site is The Batman Vs. Dracula, a 2005 direct-to-video movie (so taking place somewhere around the first two seasons of the show) that introduces a story idea we’ve seen in the comics, Batman versus vampires. This does include the “Bruce turns into a vampire” angle, but this Bruce will work to find a cure as Dracula takes on his own Renfield in the form of a Penguin. (Again, Tom Kenny is really good in this role.) The Joker is also bit. Somehow, this still all manages to be safe for kids, though younger kids might not be as comfortable with it as they would be the TV series. I would advise parents to watch this first regardless of what you think about the show, like with the DCAU movies Mask Of The Phantasm and Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker. They really do take advantage of the reduced restrictions. In fact, the movie is age-restricted, which I wish I knew before using up my time, so you will have to go to YouTube to watch it. I’ll leave the embed here in case things change, but it does link to the actual video. Enjoy.
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Is it more important for a video game to have the most realistic graphics or the gameplay? While you want a game to look good, the designers of Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Resident Evil, and other games make the case that the player experience is more important than looking like the real world. I have to agree. There’s a reason Full Motion Video (FMV) never really caught on with gamers.
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