Yes, keep telling me how useless and whiny Snarf was. (from the episode “Hair Of The Dog“, where Mumm-Ra uses Snarf’s form to sneak Ma-Mutt into Cat’s Lair.) For those of you new, this is two for Snarf. Both times using Mumm-Ra’s own powers against him. Last time was binding him in his sarcophagus in season 1 and then this one in season 2. And it’s past April Fools Day, so you know it’s legit.
While Superman is my favorite DC superhero, and Firestorm #2 just on concept, Batman is clearly #3. When done right, Batman is worthy of the praise he gets, although sometimes the internet likes to give him the Chuck Norris treatment. No, he can’t defeat Galactus with enough “prep time”, and no he isn’t a better superhero because he doesn’t have powers but should never be underestimated because he’s that awesome. Batman as currently written as some kind of super genius with so many on the nose gadgets I’m surprised “shark-repellent Bat-Spray” is still considered a joke. He also doesn’t “need his pain” or want to remake any of his Robins into versions of him. In fact, he’s outright against that.
If anything, Bruce wants to keep them from turning into him, a brooding loner still learning to accept he’s part of a family when he grew up with only Alfred and a burning desire to keep anyone else from suffering his fate. Batman is trying to keep others from going what he went through and becoming what he became, while also trying to push back against the influx of crime in one of the most corrupt cities in the DC Universe. It’s out of love, not revenge or “needing his pain” or whatever crap they want to have him spout these days.
With Batman’s 80th anniversary around this time I wanted to do something for it, but between a video I’ve missed my personal deadline for…twice…and a doctor’s visit today I don’t have a lot of time. Plus…I don’t know what else special I can do right now to mark the occasion. Over 10+ years I’ve worked on this website I’ve talked about Batman a lot, and not just because he’s the current hotness as far as DC is concerned. That’s never pushed me before. Just doing another Batman article doesn’t feel like it would do justice, and I’ve already talked about all the anniversary worthy topics that could come to mind at this point. So if you’ll forgive me, here’s a list of article here at the Spotlight that showcases why Batman is great.
The number of continuities in which Batman doesn’t end up in jail at least once is surprisingly low.
Batman: Gotham Adventures #27
DC Comics (August, 2000)
“Lessons”
WRITER: Scott Peterson
PENCILER: Tim Levins
INKER: Terry Beatty
COLORIST: Lee Loughridge
LETTERER: Tim Harkins
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Frank Berrios
EDITOR: Bob Schreck
With Batman’s 80th anniversary taking place and about to team up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is Batman an actual ninja? Let’s turn to Gaijin Goombah and Little G to find out.
Check out more Which Ninja and other Gaijin Goombah shows on his YouTube channel.
I’m pretty sure the androids in Detroit: Become Human started as iMaids.
I forgot the updates to their news service. Still, they announced a lot of new services they were offering recently.
Due to schedule issues, Chapter By Chapter will be moved to Tuesday this week. I’m hoping to have both a new Clutter Report and the next Video Review done this week, but barring circumstances the video should be done by next week at the latest. I hope. That means a lot of videos this week to give me the time to get this done, but hopefully it will be worth it. That’s all the updates I have this week.
We’ve seen how the minicomics that came with the He-Man toys told of He-Man’s journey to Primus to fight a new enemy. We’ve seen how the newspaper comics told the same story. Now let’s see what the cartoon did with the idea.
The New Adventures Of He-Man may or may not be a continuation of the original Filmation series. It doesn’t seem like it to me but Wikipedia believes it to be. However, Wikipedia is not always the best info source. I often use it for the sake of convenience. The cartoon is a lot different from the minicomics. The creators knew that kids liked the transformation sequence, even though they cut the time down and there’s no Battlecat in the He-Man toyline. Produced by Jetlag Productions, because Filmation had since closed, the show switches the science and fantasy around. The toyline had been going more and more in a science fiction direction with the addition of robots and cyborgs as I mentioned in the minicomics review, so it is a logical next step for the toys.
I’ve already gone over the toyline history by now so let’s get right into the first episode. Originally airing (at least around me) as a TV movie based on the first five episodes, I’m only going to show the first two episodes; that should be enough for you to get a feel for the show. If you want to see more it is available on home video and I like to support the official releases even if I don’t have it myself. Oddly this is the only series I don’t have on home video while I have season one of the other two shows. That’s just circumstance as I rather enjoy the show.
Someone paid Macy’s a lot of money to get their balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade.
The Batman Adventures #1
DC Comics (October, 1992; digital edition September 2001)
“Penguin’s Big Score”
WRITER: Kelley Punkett
PENCILER: Ty Templeton
INKER: Rick Burchett
COLORIST: Rick Taylor
LETTERER: Tim Harkins
EDITOR: Scott Peterson
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
