“If anyone’s going to butcher that song, it’s going to be me. Wait…”
Doctor Who: The Forgotten #2
IDW Publishing (September, 2008)
“Renewal” (according to the Grand Comics Database because couldn’t find a name in the comic like last issue)
WRITER: Tony Lee
ARTIST: Pia Guerra
FLASHBACK INKER: Kent Archer
SELECTED COVER ART: Nick Roche
COLORISTS: Charlie Kirchoff (also cover) & Kris Carter
LETTERER: Richard Starkings
EDITOR: Denton J. Tipton
It’s not easy when your star dies. I mean it’s harder for the people who knew and loved him, his family and friends. No, that shouldn’t include the fans. You know him or her for their work but they weren’t your family. Their film may have gotten you through a situation or spoke to you and inspired you and that’s great. However, that movie was a collaborative effort. There are numerous actors in most cases, writers, directors, cinematographers, editors, a special effects and stunt team depending on the movie…while books and even some comics allow for one voice running the whole show (if they didn’t have an editor) no movie, TV show, play, or audio drama are the work of one person alone.
When Kevin Feige announced that the sequel to Black Panther would not recast T’Challa, the character portrayed by the late Chadwick Boseman (who hid a fight with colon cancer even while making this film) there was a positive outcry from fans. Some just want to see a woman take over the role because they don’t actually care about the movie or the comics that the fictional nation of Wakanda comes from. However, many honestly feel that to them Boseman was T’Challa and it would be wrong to cast anyone else in tribute to Boseman’s passing. The problem is what I just pointed out, that the character doesn’t come from the movie nor was it created specifically for Boseman. I’m not trying to downplay his importance given the movie is still on my Finally Watch list and I’m a white dude who doesn’t connect with the significance enough (though it’s nice to see black superheroes on screen that aren’t Blankman or Hancock), I’m saying this character isn’t about Boseman and this becomes another example of Hollywood not caring about the source material, those silly old comic books.
Let’s see if this incarnation gives us a full-length mystery. (Looks over the comic.) Nope, it gets worse.
Shopping in 2020.
Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? #40
DC Comics (I wish I could tell you but the cover date isn’t on the cover and the comiXology version only has the printing date and when this version was uploaded to their site)
COLORING: Heroic Age
“Scare Mail”
WRITER: Sholy Fisch
PENCILER: Walter Carzon
INKER: Horaclo Ottolini
COVER ART: Scott Gross
LETTERER: Salda Temofonte
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Jessica Chen
EDITOR: Kristy Quinn
“Howling Good Time”
WRITER: Sholy Fisch
PENCILER: Robert Pope
INKER: Scott McRae
LETTERER: Travis Lanham
EDITOR: Harvey Richards
“Velma’s Monsters Of The World”
WRITER: John Rozum
ARTIST: Fabio Laguna
LETTERER: Travis Lanham
EDITOR: Harvey Richards
Earlier this week I reviewed the comic adaptation of Steel, written and co-drawn by the character’s co-creators. Originally created as part of the “Reign Of The Supermen” storyline (introduced before Superman’s death when Superman saves Irons and inspires him to become Man Of Steel, the armored hero and the only “Superman” not claiming to be the real Superman returned), Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove were not consulted by Kenneth Johnson, as this article goes into. Also noteworthy is that Johnson did the same thing he did with the Incredible Hulk TV show and ignored the source material. That’s why we have low-rent Batman instead of Iron Man on a budget.
Longtime readers of my Free Comic Inside article series are already aware that Prince Adam did not start out as He-Man’s secret identity. He started out not existing. When the original Masters Of The Universe illustrated booklets came out there was no Prince Adam–that was the creation of DC Comics not in the mini-comics when they took over for series two but the on the shelf regular comics that included a three issue miniseries and a set of crossovers with Superman, a short preview and in the pages of Superman’s team-up book, DC Comics Presents. So what was the original story for those you of you who are new here and haven’t read the mini-comics or the reviews?
Scott “ToyGuru” Neitlich, former brand manager during the “Masters Of The Universe Classics” toyline, has started a YouTube channel as part of his current branding advice business venture called Spector Creative. In this video Neitlich goes over the early mini-comics where He-Man was just a barbarian who got up one day and decided to go defend Castle Grayskull because why not. Learn the origins of Skeletor, Teela, He-Man’s powers, and then I’ll link to my reviews of those comics in case you want to know more.
“The Sun feel a bit close and robotic today. That wasn’t in the forecast.”
Robotech Masters #4
Comico The Comic Company (November, 1985)
“Half Moon”
WRITER: Mike Baron
PENCILER: Neil D. Vokes
INKER: Rich Rankin
COLORIST: Tom Vincent
LETTERER: L. Lois Buhalis
EDITOR: Diana Schutz
The 1960s were a more creative time than today’s gloomy “realism” addicted creators. For example there was almost a movie crossover…as in “I went to a movie theater to see this” between the Adam West Batman and Godzilla! I’m not really sure the American treatment would have worked and I would love to hear about the full Japanese treatment but I’m sure curiosity alone would have led me to see this. I’m not sure I’d be into the modern take of this concept given how fun-impaired modern writers on both properties can be.
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
