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People complain about the “yellow menace” period but nobody talks about the “green menace”. Kermit would be disappointed.
Son Of Vulcan V2 #49
Charlton Comics (November, 1965)
Some history first: Son Of Vulcan started as a feature in the anthology Mysteries Of Unexplored Worlds, taking over the numbering (as we’ve seen Charlton do more than once) with #49. This comic will see two issues before getting into the last of our pre-DC run, though DC actually bought a bunch of Charlton characters that they never used. Peter Cannon, aka Thunderbolt, will be our last look at Charlton’s pre-DC titles because DC didn’t own the rights and didn’t know until after publishing a few comics and Alan Moore using him as the template for Ozymandias in Watchmen. I want to focus on the characters they actually used.
“The Diamond Dancers”
WRITER: Joe Gill
PENCILER: Bill Fraccio
INKER: Tony Tallarico
no other credits for colorist or letterer
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Quick Thoughts:
- Points for recognizing Tim Burton isn’t the one who brought Batman to its roots as the comics already broke away from the Silver Age during the Bronze Age. Not much said about the 1978 script.
- The 1986 offering has too many villains for one movie. It was a problem with everything from Batman Returns onward. Just focus on one villain. It’s literally the only thing I’ll give Matt Reeves credit for. It’s just the Riddler as the antagonist…or someone called the Riddler while being nothing like him.
- I’m of two minds (fitting) about Williams as Two-Face, but Marlon Wayans as Dick Grayson/Robin? No. There is no way that ever works either due to his acting style or his complexion. Williams at least could act the part of Dent, though I would have to be convinced about Two-Face as I’ve never seen him play a villain role. At least this is one time you can’t blame DEI.
- Am I the only person not impressed with Burton’s Catwoman? Nothing against Pfeiffer, because my issue is the presentation, not the actress. Being better than the Halle Berry movie is hardly praise. Maybe because there are so few Burton films I actually enjoy. Actually, just Beetlejuice. Still need to see the sequel.
The only things I have to say about the others is that I wouldn’t have been interested in any of them.
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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.
Two chapters this week, though both are four pages long. Ordinarily I wouldn’t think that so bad, but the way this book operates and the fact that I kind of want to be done reading this already, I’m willing to do a two-for-one deal this week.
Last week, saw Peggy and George trying to get home, with a possible shot at payback for Peggy. We’ll see how that plays out, but not this time. We’re going between the train and Washington, DC, probably Op-Center for the latter.
We’re getting close to the end and I am long since out of ways to pad the intro, so let’s get on with the review.
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Pretty sure the human body can’t do half of the things you’re doing.
Warstrike #2
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (June, 1994)
“Darkness”
WRITER: Dan Danko
PENCILER: Hoang Nguyen
INKERS: Bob Downs & Larry Welch
COLORING: Micky Rose & Violent Hues
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
EDITOR: Roland Mann
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For more of Eccleston’s problems with the show, that was a different BW’s Daily Video. Also, here’s my review of the “Day Of The Doctor” we got.
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A Potentially Terminal Case Of Apathy
So I try to use Monday to get ahead of my writing for the week. I can use the extra time one day this week. I’m sitting here trying to find something to write about. As noted, the only really big news seems to be Jimmy Kimmel’s punishment lasting about a week. Essentially he took a vacation while his supporters praised him for being a conspiracy theorist and showing little concern for a man murdered in broad daylight on a college campus in front of his wife, his one-year-old daughter and her younger sibling, and a good chunk of the world in the hopes of silencing people. See, that’s the problem. So much of what there is to talk about right now is bathed in politics, and this is a story critique blog.
Oh, there’s a trailer for the Mandalorian movie with the creature everyone calls Baby Yoda because that’s all they really see, not “Grogu”. They just want to call him Baby Yoda, despite having no connection to Yoda outside of species. See, I could get this political as well. In this case, it’s not the biggest problem. It’s that I don’t care about this movie. I didn’t watch the streaming show because I don’t have Disney+. I have no investment in Not Boba Fett and Not Yoda. So what do I talk about?
James Gunn’s Superman By James Gunn is on HBO Max, which my dad got so he could watch TCM movies and Discovery Network shows. I don’t care about that, either. I made a comic explaining that.
Old stuff is possible, and that’s where I blame just being tired all day, but after watching the latest video by JesterBell on that trailer I realized another reason I don’t want to talk about anything new lately: pure apathy for all of it. Watch her video and I’ll get into it…and why there’s a little conspiracy theorist in my own head saying “maybe that’s the goal”.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on September 23, 2025 in Comic Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged commentary.
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