BW’s Daily Article Link: Power Rangers #28 Revealed

Hasbro has unveiled the name and a (very) brief synopsis of their next Power Rangers series, Power Rangers Dino Fury. This the second time “Fury” has been used to name a Ranger team (at least it’s not “Force” again) and has a joint theme of dinosaurs and knights. (This comes from the sentai being used, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger.) I’ve some fans are upset because they didn’t go with the name fans had created, Dino Knights, but while I see where they’re coming from with the joint theme “Dino Fury” isn’t bad and maybe they think kids will get more excited over their name? Personally I think it works, depending on the tone of the show.

As for the logo (you knew I was going to discuss it if you’ve been here long enough) Hasbro’s rework of the regular “Power Rangers” logo still lacks the oomph of the classic one Saban and Disney both used but their “Dino Fury” logo isn’t that bad. We’ll learn more about the show when they have a cast and a better idea of the direction they want to take their incarnation.

Star Trek’s “Strange New Worlds” A Return To Classic Trek?

That’s what we’re being told anyway. Fans of the previous incarnation of the Star Trek Universe, the “classic” timeline as opposed to the “Prime” timeline of CBS All Access or the Kelvin timelines of the movies, may not be getting their timeline back but a show that more accurately approaches the feel of the classic shows, the hopeful and optimistic future where the Federation is the good guys and have established peace on Earth. Discovery dropped this and from what I’ve heard Picard outright tosses it out in a way Deep Space Nine didn’t even desire to do. So is this truly the return to the humanist, uplifting series seen in the first three series (and questionably attempted in Voyager–oh, and “three” includes the animated series)? Or is it just more BS by Hollywood who wants to get fans hyped and hope that their “superior” version wins the fans over after tricking them into watching it?

In a recent interview with Variety, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds co-creator and executive producer Akiva Goldsman discusses how this show, which will most likely take place in the Prime timeline since it spins off of Discovery and focuses on the Pike years of the Enterprise (much like the Marvel/Paramount Comics Star Trek: Early Voyages comic did with the classic timeline–you can find reviews for that here at the Spotlight), will be closer in tone and style to the original Star Trek, but with a few modern updates.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Iron Man vol 3 #71

“Nice painting. I’ll buy it.”

Iron Man volume 3 #71

Marvel Comics (October, 2003)

“Vegas Bleeds Neon” part 2

WRITER: Robin Laws

PENCILER: Robert Teranishi

INKERS: Eric Cannon & Robin Riggs

COLORIST: Tony Avina

LETTERER: Randy Gentile

ASSISTANT EDITORS: Marc Sumerak & Andy Schmidt

EDITOR: Tom Brevoort

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BW’s Daily Article Link: Social Gaming

Even though some states are opening up how fast they do so depends on how badly their state or a particular part of that state was hit by the devil bug. Bleeding Fool contributor M. Ammar Shahid makes the case that online gaming could be a good alternative for those of us still under social distancing guidelines but craving human interaction.

Chapter By Chapter> Spider-Man: Carnage In New York chapter 16

Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter 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.

Chapter sixteen of twenty, so things should really be getting exciting now. We have Spider-Man saving our POV character to Carnage’s initial slaughter, we have Carnage seemingly trying to distract from something, possibly what he did with the crazy juice, and we have Aunt May hoping to keep her house. Obviously Spidey vs. Carnage is the bigger deal. So why is the cover for this chapter featuring this?

The lockdown is hit us all pretty hard. Even shut-ins like me.

Because apparently things weren’t bad enough.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Justice League Unlimited #18

“Let’s see a Space Uber driver do this!”

Justice League Unlimited #18

DC Comics (April, 2006)

“Fare 48”

WRITER: Adam Beechan

ARTIST: Ethen Bavers

COLORING: Heroic Age

LETTERER: Rob Leigh

EDITOR: Tom Palmer, Jr

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BW’s Daily Video: Pest Coaster

New episodes will show up on the HBO Max streaming service. Yep, AT&T also owns Looney Tunes now, since buying Time Warner also gave them the Warner Brothers, Hanna-Barbera, and Ruby-Spears animation libraries.