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Yeah, they had me at the title too.
Dragons Vs. Dinosaurs
Arcana Studio (2011; as posted to comiXology)
WRITER/ARTIST: Chris Eric Peterson
LETTERER: Asta
Superheroes in video games are almost as old as video games themselves, like the Superman game for the Atari 2600. For all the games that were made of course a few ended up being canceled. One of them was Ocean’s various attempts to build a video game around Green Lantern, the hero with a power ring that can create solid light constructs limited only by its remaining battery life, the imagination and will of the user, and whatever weird limit they want to add. (The color yellow, one of the two primary colors that makes green, was the ring’s biggest weakness for the longest time. I’m not sure why blue was just fine but none of it was explained until decades later…and it’s debatable how good a reason it is.) Ocean had made games based on DC Comics heroes in the past so this wouldn’t be anything new for them.
However, fate worked against Hal, and later Kyle, getting their own video, though Hal eventually got one based on the theatrical movie. In this episode of Game History Secrets host Liam Robertson goes over the history of the game and how shake ups in both Ocean management and the DC comic universe led to the game being shelved despite being nearly finished at least once among the three attempts.
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Leave the lame cover gags to me, Shaggy. Sadly it’s in my job description.
Scooby-Doo #53
DC Comics (December, 2001; as posted to comiXology January, 2015)
COLORIST: Paul Becton
SEPARATIONS: Digital Chameleon
LETTERER: Gus Hartman
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Harvey Richards
EDITOR: Joan Hilty
“Prom Fright”
WRITER: John Rozum
PENCILER: Joe Staton
INKER: Dave Hunt
CO-LETTERER: Jenna Garcia
“Fight Or Flight”
WRITER: Brett Lewis
PENCILER: John Delaney
INKER: Jeff Albrecht
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You ever watch or read something for the first time in years and swear a moment was different than what’s currently in front of you? It’s called the “Mandela Effect”, and sometimes pop culture is to blame, like Darth Vader’s famous revelation to Luke about his parentage. It could be that later interpretations took the memory over from the actual scene. Mental Floss goes over 10 examples of such instances, though not all of them are story-related.
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You may not know the name Bobby Helms, but if you’ve ever heard the classic version of “Jingle Bell Rock”, that’s him. He also sung “My Special Angel”, and I admit those are the only songs I’ve heard beyond the song we’re discussing tonight. Helms made it into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and passed away in 1997 but he never made as big a splash in music as I would assume he would have liked. With 16 albums there was only one single, the aforementioned “Jingle Bell Rock”, but it’s the B-side of the old 45 album that brings us here tonight, and it’s a song that sadly has been lost among the more novelty side of Christmas songs. When you consider that Christmas is the only time novelty songs are usually played apologetically on radio and streaming stations losing this one makes this classic sci-fi fan sad.
The worst part is I can find almost nothing about “Captain Santa Claus And His Reindeer Space Patrol”, written by Don Reid and Arthur Altman and released in 1957. Actually, that’s all I found out about it, but when it came to my mom’s copy of the single 45 I played that one more than its more famous album mate. If you know me, you already know why. Heck, it was the subject of last year’s Captain Yuletide comic, which is probably more attention than the song’s gotten in a long time. You won’t find any covers on the radio (though maybe you’ll stumble upon someone on YouTube who did a cover) and it’s really a shame because while you can make the case that it’s a bit dated it’s still a fun song.
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“The mosquitoes are out in force tonight.”
Robotech: The Movie #2
FINAL ISSUE
Academy Comic, Ltd (November, 1996)
“End Of The World As We Know It”
STORY: Carl Macek
ADAPTATION: Benny R. Powell
PENCILER: Chi
INKERS: Chi, Naser Subashi, Carlos Montanez, with assists by Winston Blakely & Joe Pantone
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When it comes to a story and its characters we can agree that there are people who carry their fandom too far and can be total jerks, I grant you. However, for people who defend changes so big that it’s no longer the same property or the same characters “it’s just a story” is not a good defense. Author Caroline Furlong taps BW fave Professor Geek to demonstrate that there is more to our fiction, our modern mythology, than just being a story because a good story has a positive impact on the world around us.
