It’s one thing to not defend yourself. It’s another to make sure nobody stops your best friend from torturing you.
Iron Man: Bad Blood #3
Marvel Comics (November, 2000)
“Enemy Mind”
PLOT: David Michelinie & Bob Layton
WRITER: David Michelinie
ARTIST: Bob Layton
COLORIST: Steve Oliff
LETTERER: Saida Temofonte
EDITOR: Bobbie Chase
It’s oddly the only thing Back To The Future related in my media library.
Yep, they’re making a musical out of Back To The Future. I don’t think I have to say anything else. Your mind was made up the moment you read that.
After the last book I’ve decided to take something a bit shorter. This one is only six chapters, although the prologue is as long as the chapters. (The epilogue is rather short though.) It may seem strange to review a book where the chapters are roughly six to eight pages after declaring double than that is a preferred length but this is a young reader book, not quite Dr. Seuss length but still shorter than for example The First Phase Shifters And The Omega Capsule, which was a book for older young readers, teenagers who aren’t the type to read something War & Peace in length. This is for even younger, the usual target audience for Transformers until the older market gained their own attention.
Yes, we’re returning to the world of Cybertron and the Autobot/Decepticon war. We’re also returning to one of my favorite type of Transformer, and if I had the connecting audience (and maybe some of you are) I would be giving the book away by saying we’re looking at yet another introduction of the Mini-Cons. In the past I’ve looked over the US comic, the UK comic, the mini-comics (no pun intended), and someday I should go over the cartoon and video game. So this is not my last trip to this particular toyline’s media, and I don’t just mean Transformers in general. So to cleanse my pallet a bit for the next regular novel in our Chapter By Chapter book review series, I bring you…
If I saw what Warner Brothers was doing to my friends and colleagues I’d be worried about a movie based on me, too.
Batman Beyond #13
DC Comics (November, 2000)
“Commissioner Of Fear”
WRITER: Hilary J. Bader
PENCILER: Min S. Hu
INKER: Ande Parks
COLORIST: Lee Loughridge
LETTERER: Tim Harkins
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Frank Berrios
EDITOR: Joseph Illidge
Yes, I know they swear a lot, but trying to play Ninja Gaiden and MIke Tyson’s Punch-Out on NES and doing better than expected? I had to show this one off.
Catch more James & Mike Mondays on Cinemassacre’s YouTube channel.
I get the feeling Leon isn’t a Game Of Thrones fan.
Have you seen these ads on YouTube? It looks like a really boring game for something based on Game Of Thrones.
In this week’s Clutter Report we have my final thoughts on the first book in the Tom Clancy’s Op-Center series. And tomorrow I’ll reveal the next Chapter By Chapter. This one will be short, only six chapters and the chapters are about half the length, but it makes sense because it’s a young reader book. I’m also hoping to finally get my next video review done this week which means I could be posting it next week here at the Spotlight and on YouTube. I’ll keep you posted. Short update but I’ll try to make this week interesting and entertaining.
I’m going to do something a bit silly tonight.
When I was a kid my Cliffjumper figure didn’t come from the regular toy release but was packaged with an audio cassette called Listen ‘N Fun. The cassette featured an audio drama called Sun Raid, and seems writer Merrill Farnsworth knew nothing about Transformers beyond some names. For example, Cliff Jumper (how his name is said) transforms into a red truck, despite coming with a toy that turned into a red compact car. (Although the image used for the video shows that some came with a yellow compact car. Mine was the usual Cliffjumper red.) Ravage has a robot mode and this isn’t even Beast Wars. Megatron has a laugh that reminds me of Dishonest John from the Beanie And Cecil show. (They remade the cartoon in 1988, which was my introduction.) It’s good only if you want something to laugh at as a Transformers fan. None of the famous songs or cast appears but for some reason they do have the transformation noise.
In this story Optimus Prime leaks that the Autobots have found a new energy source when really they haven’t. I’m guessing the plan was to keep the Decepticons away but instead Megatron is sending Starscream to attack. (Cliff and Optimus think it’s to get Starscream destroyed, which is odd on so many levels.) Luckily Dr. Heath Blazedale (I didn’t know Heath could be a woman’s name) has perfected solar energy, which means that solar battery calculator may actually be useful from now on. Cliff’s is sent to recruit her which he does…through kidnapping. He’s the hero, right? Also, a cameo from a mediocre Ronald Reagan impersonation. It’s a race to raid the sun, and I haven’t listed all the errors. See if you can find the others. And if that wasn’t enough for you we have a different audio drama called Sun Raid that had nothing to do with this story, and even though I didn’t grow up with this one it’s a two for one sale here at Saturday Night Showcase.
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
