I never thought of Lisa as “fragile”.
Robotech: Return To Macross #20
Academy Comics Ltd (April, 1995)
“Love In A Memory”
WRITER: Robert W. Gibson
ARTIST/LETTERER: Sean Bishop
Even this Logan I barely tolerate.
As much heck as I gave DC’s upcoming kids imprint for having so few classic superhero tales at least they’re making their own kids comic titles based on their characters. While comic publishers seem to have en masse forgotten that what made comics a part of culture in part were the cheap prices to get them so kids could buy them with their allowance, Marvel has decided they don’t even want to bother trying to make their comics kid friendly and outsourcing the “kids version” to IDW Publishing. I know Marvel wants to re-brand itself away from comics and into a “lifestyle/entertainment brand” (as they’ve said themselves) but you’d think they wouldn’t push aside a huge part of their history and what it was created as.
I just hope it goes better for them than the time they tried to have WildStorm publish some of their books…interestingly most of whom are now some of their most popular movie titles. And Fantastic Four. Heroes Reborn was a disaster.
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I know the last one wasn’t that long ago but we seem to have a obtained a theme this week between Free Comic Inside’s going over a Masters Of The Universe “comic”, and then ending up looking at the new She-Ra cartoon in production. So why not see it through? Last time He-Man fought off evil Elsa’s attempt to freeze the world solid. This time Adam faces the greatest challenge of all…surviving a vacation being a hero in an action story. Seriously, how many evil-fighting series have you heard of where vacations go off without a hitch?
But I did get what I asked for in earlier installments; it’s a storyline without Skeletor sneaking in somehow AND a story where Adam has to save the day without becoming He-Man. All in the same story arc. And my birthday was last week.
A World In The Balance
WRITER: Chris Weber| ART/LETTERING: Gerald Forton| COLORIST: Connie Schurr| EDITOR: Karen Wilson
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“Are we there yet?”
Transformers: All Hail Megatron #11
IDW Publishing (May 2008)
WRITER: Shane McCarthy
ARTIST: Guido Guidi
COLORIST: Josh Burcham & Felix Serrano
SELECTED COVER ART: Trevor Hutchison
LETTERER: Chris Mowry
EDITORS: Andy Schmidt & Denton J. Tipton
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The library of the late Filmation has gone all over the place. Some went into the ether but Dreamworks picked up three of their last shows, He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe, She-Ra: Princess Of Power, and Bravestarr. Just as with Voltron: Legendary Defender, they’re now creating a new Netflix series, but this time they own the show. (World Events Productions still owns Voltron; Dreamworks just makes the show.) Of course Mattel still owns the intellectual property and Super 7 licensed out the action figures since Mattel stopped making them. I think DC still owns the comic rights.
While I was looking up the comic for yesterday’s Free Comic Inside I noticed a news story about a press release from Dreamworks about the new She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power, because I guess everyone gets to be a princess now. Yes, even Hordak. There’s a mental image for your nightmares, kids! I thought I would give this a going over. We have four images, which I picked up from He-Man.org, and combined them with images from the original cartoon, courtesy of the He-Man wiki. (There’s a wiki for practically everything folks. Including some topics I would prefer not to look up or be told about. Thank you for your understanding. If you don’t understand, note that I don’t usually exercise my power over the comments but that doesn’t mean I won’t if I have to.) This comes with a description of the show, so let’s start there.
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“Wouldn’t you rather have a jelly baby?” “Is it a real baby?”
Marvel Premiere #58
Marvel Comics (February, 1981)
REPRINT COLORIST: Andy Yanchus
“Doctor Who & The Iron Legion” part 2: “Against The Gods”
WRITERS: Pat Mills & John Wagner
ARTIST: Dave Gibbons
“K-9’s Finest Hour”
(originally presented in Doctor Who Weekly #12)
WRITER: Steve Moore
ARTIST: Paul Neary
