Where’s a Captain Yuletide when you need them?
Star Trek: The Next Generation #2
DC Comics (March, 1988)
“Spirit In The Sky”
WRITER: Michael Carlin
PENCILER: Pablo Marcos
INKERS: Carlos Garzon & Arne Starr
COLORIST: Carl Gafford
LETTERER: Bob Pinaha
EDITOR: Robert Greenberger
Years ago a local horror museum here in Connecticut played the original UK release of King Kong (the unedited version which includes Kong eating people–though not gory–and Ann Darrow being striped–to her 1940s undergarments) in a school on a typical home-sized movie screen. Unless a local theater decided to show it or you know a film buff with a copy and either a movie projector or a modern projector, I’d wager most of you out there haven’t even had that. Well, now you have the chance to see it on the big screen for the first time since before color was invented thanks to Fathom Events.
The 90s Spider-Man cartoon (which keeps getting called Spider-Man: The Animated Series despite me never seeing it called that–are they confusing it with Fox’s Batman?) is probably my favorite not-comics interpretation of the character and it’s cast. It was able to update Spidey’s origin without changing it (no lab-produced superspider, but a new way to make the radioactive spider origin work by introducing “neogenics”), had some great acting, and built off of classic Spider-Man stories in a new way. It’s not perfect but it is really darn good and faithful to the character’s history.
However, it was canceled prematurely. Between Saban wanting to do it cheaper and Sony’s rights to the movies (plus a huge falling out between Ari Avid and Margaret Loesch (which SF Debris claims was deliberate because Saban talked him into their plan to go on the cheap), the show ended up being replaced by Spider-Man Unlimited, a show I did like but it left a few loose ends. That’s because John Semper, Jr. showrunner for the series, had another season planned, but this was not to be. After seeing the aforementioned SF Debris review of the final episode I was inspired to look up a summary of Semper’s plans for the sixth season and found it rather quickly on the fan wiki for the cartoon. (There’s a fan wiki for almost everything.) So I though it might be fun to examine what was planned through the propositions for season six.
Thor just realized he’s a volume behind the others because he didn’t have his own Heroes Reborn title. He has mixed feelings.
Thor volume 2 #58
Marvel Comics (March, 2003)
“Standoff” part 1
WRITER: Dan Jurgens
PENCILER: Alan Davis
INKER: Robin Riggs
COLORIST: Dave Kemp
LETTERER: Saida!
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Sumerak & Schmidt
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
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Last time we had the cliffhanger that Aunt May is about to lose the house…again. If this ends with a rock battle between Spider-Man and Carnage for the prize money…I will be incredibly surprised because that is just stupid. Also, an old school will tie into Carnage’s escape because people are generally stupid in the Marvel Universe and this is another example. I see dead people in our future.
However, peeking into this week’s chapter to see if the chapter image better reflects the chapter this time (it does) it seems the focus for this one will be on Dr. Catrall with a minor bit of why Aunt May is about to lose the house. Don’t worry, May. In a few years you end up living in Avengers tower and dating Jarvis until…you know, I wasn’t even going to tread the Mephisto deal in this gag but then I realized it was aimed that way. Then she dates Jolly Jonah’s dad instead. You know, if it wasn’t for the most cursed bullet wound known to Man and God I would say she was better off.
“Fine, you don’t have a vegan menu. No need to get testy!”
“Would Superman mind if I started a team called ‘Beetle Friends’?”
Justice League Unlimited #5
DC Comics (March, 2005)
“Monitor Duty”
WRITER: Adam Beechan
PENCILER: Carlo Barberi
INKER: Walden Wong
COLORING: Heroic Age
COVER ART: Ben Caldwell
LETTERER: Phil Balsman
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Jeanie Schaefer
EDITOR: Tom Palmer, Jr.
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