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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.
Okay, we have 18 chapters to go, and a bunch of them will be read together because they’re really short. A curse of the time stamping used in these books.
Last time we only had the one, as Striker started their plan to halt and board the train, but hopefully nobody gets hurt because we have an alternate solution in the works if the call goes through.
No spoilers in the intro. We have two chapters, totaling maybe five pages, but I’m low on time lately. So let’s get right to it:
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Because you aren’t a proper superhero universe without an archer. I guess.
Ultraverse Premiere #1
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (March, 1994)
It should be noted that this is a flip book, the other side being Rune #3. I don’t read that comic and the site I’m using is nice enough to keep the flip sides separate so I don’t have to read it. So I won’t be looking at Rune’s story, just the other stories.
Ripfire: “Genesis” part 1
WRITER/PENCILER: Darick Robertson
INKER: Jon Holdredge
COLORING: Moose Baumann & Foodhammer!
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
EDITOR: Hank Kanalz
Warstrike: “Pilgrimage” part 1
WRITER: Dan Danko
ARTIST: Hoang Nguyen
COLORIST: Robert Alvord
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
EDITOR: Roland Mann
Elven: “Gimme Shelter”
WRITER: Len Strazewski
PENCILER: Greg S. Luzniak
INKER: Tim Roddick
COLORING: Keith Conroy & Violent Hues
LETTERER: Tim Eldred
EDITOR: Hank Kanalz
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At least we both got a happy ending.
Yep, that’s what I was putting ahead of my site, keeping an eye on my dad. When I could I went to see him in the hospital, did the shopping, and on Friday I brought him home. I’m kind of surprised I managed to keep putting content out, though it did mean I had to use up my small buffer of “evergreen” articles, thus proving it has value. Once things finally settle down I’m going to have to put together a bunch more. As it is, taking care of him as he fully recovers and still doing more around here until he’s back to normal might still put the site on the secondary, but I think I’ll have more time if I schedule well. On the creative side, I think I’m on the right track there for the first time in years. Being able to do my part around here and still keep content coming bolds well for the future. At the moment, it’s still more about him and I have little buffer left, so missing a day is still possible and the declutter is still on hold.
With luck, though the comic reviews, the daily videos, and the Chapter By Chapter review of Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Mirror Image should continue, along with whatever else I can fit in and can come to mind. I have a Jake & Leon comic in mind, so not worrying about him as much since he’s on the road to recovery (he did have great nurses at the hospital but nothing heals like home) means I can focus on being creative and what passes for comedy around here a bit more. Once I have a decent article buffer again, I want to get a comic buffer going for weeks I don’t have a story idea, plus allow me to work on some of the larger projects I want to work on. Things may actually be looking up.
Have a great week, everyone!
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“The Five Doctors” is my favorite of the Classic Who crossovers. For one it debuts my favorite TARDIS console and my favorite classic Doctor, the Fifth. It also brings all the Doctors that existed together…or at least tried to. William Hartnell had passed away at this point, his role taken over by Richard Hurdnall. He does a fair job as the Doctor but he’s not the same as Hartnell. He’s taller and his performance isn’t trying to emulate Hartnell. So based on your opinion on that you’ll have to decide if you’re okay with it. To their credit, he’s not a bad Doctor and we do get the scene where he says goodbye to Susan, the “one day I’ll come back” part matching up with the character at least coming back. It’s a nice tribute.
We also don’t get Tom Baker’s return. Due to scheduling conflicts, Baker was unable to attend. Even in promotional images they used a wax mannequin in place of Baker, and you can tell if you see a good enough quality picture. Instead, footage from the then unfinished “Shada” was used to show the Fifth’s abduction with Romana, with something going wrong for our villain as it did getting the First Doctor into the previous incarnations. Originally unfinished due to strikes, the episode would later get a video release with Baker narrating the unfilmed parts, and years later would get a semi-animated completion thanks to Cosgrove Hall, who already did the lost episode remakes, filling in the gaps with as many of the same actors as they could get. Also, Baker doesn’t seem to like having his Doctor work with others, so I wouldn’t be surprised if that was part of it.
The story: someone is taking the previous lives of the Fifth Doctor, sending them and fan favorite Companions (though some have a different way of making a cameo) to the “Dead Zone” on Gallifrey. Who is behind this, and can the current Doctor, Tegan, and Turlough bring the other Doctors together? Enjoy.
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Alternate title: Scrappy-Doo and Guess Who.
This tells you how long I have not been a fan of James Gunn’s approach to things, and you can thus imagine how I feel about him running the DC universe in general. Then came Superman: Legacy, or as I call it, James Gunn’s Superman By James Gunn due to how most of the promotion was centered around him and elements inspired by things that happened to him. (His dog is Krypto now, there’s a shot at his critics by having Luthor create mutant monkeys to trash him Superman on social media, and that’s just the two examples I’ve heard.) Now it appears the marketing for the continuity breaking season two of Peacemaker, which he worked on prior to becoming the head of DC Studios and features his family and friends, may also be centered around Gunn. Marvin Montanaro writes an article for That Park Place going over how DC Studios seems to be more like JG Studios…James Gunn Studios.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on August 25, 2025 in Comic Spotlight, Marvel Spotlight and tagged Comics By Perch, commentary, miniseries.
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