My exposure to Ultraman was in animation, a TV movie (miniseries in some areas I hear) produced in cooperation with Hanna-Barbera. I remember being disappointed when Towards The Future was live-action because I didn’t know the franchise’s history at the time. Now Netflix is getting a computer-animated Ultraman cartoon. Also Viz is translating a manga and we can add that to the list of reasons I wish I had money coming in.
We’re two chapters away from finishing this section of the book, with the third storyline coming right behind it. We’ve been transitioning from mourning Superman’s loss to trying to protect his legacy, and thus far the bad guy is winning. Paul Westfield is planning to clone Superman whether anyone likes it or not, and has plans for him beyond that. Between him and “Boris” from the Steel comic I reviewed earlier today I’m starting to wonder how many evil Pauls there are in the DC Universe.
However, the Newsboy Legion is planning to escape and warn the Daily Planet. We know there’s a failure somewhere because Superboy did exist. Meanwhile John Irons began his path to becoming Steel, and if he knew what Christopher Priest had in store for him he might change his mind. (Sorry, I’m still not over how bad that comic is. I just finished it a little while ago my time.) There are still two more “Supermen” to be introduced. Will they be foreshadowed here as well?
I decided the JLA: Secret Files & Origins ting would work better as a Scanning My Collection article. Expect it later this week.
“Do you have something the next size up?”
Steel #42
DC Comics (December, 1997)
“Trauma”
WRITER: Priest
PENCILER: Denys Cowan
FINISHER: Tom Palmer
COLORIST: John Kalisz
LETTERER: Pat Brosseau
EDITOR: Mike McAvennie
News is not good today for the creators of the Marvel Universe. Steve Ditko passed away over the weekend and Stan Lee is reportedly ready to join him after mistreatment by his manager and being estranged from his daughter. What is even the hell?
It’s been so humid and hot this week that even with air conditioning the studio has been useless to me. I was lucky to get articles done at night. That’s why I didn’t get to work on the Worldbuilding Project, why this week’s Clutter Report wasn’t much of a report, and part of the reason I couldn’t get a comic up this week. The other part is EVERYTHING WANTED TO UPDATE OR NOT WORK RIGHT TODAY! Technology is great when it works. I’m rather pissed off about the whole thing, but it’s that kind of pissed off where trying to make me feel better is just going to make me angrier. Nothing you can say will help the situation so it’s best to just let me get over it on my own. To paraphrase a certain Time Lord “that just the kind of ShadowWing I am”.
So I could either toss together a last-minute crap comic or work on tomorrow’s articles since I’ll be busy tomorrow. All I’ll say is I’m starting to think teeth are overrated and I want this nonsense to be done so I can get on with my life. That won’t happen tomorrow. Again, just let me get over it on my own. I also have the first of the 90s DC “Secret Files And Origins” comics which as I’ll explain in my review has some comic stories but there’s a bunch of other stuff that demands extra time to go over and review. But now that Mega Morphs is done I need a new comic for Wednesdays and I have one. While I’ve reviewed all the IDW versions I have not review the Marvel US period of Doctor Who, so I’ll be starting this week with the short appearance in Marvel’s anthology Marvel Premiere. (Longtime readers may remember that I reviewed the issue debuted Dominic Fortune which also featured a pre-Life Model Decoy Dum Dum Dugan.) There were a few stories there, reprinting the UK comics to see if there was a market for it. There must have been because a 21 issue reprint run followed after.
As for the main articles…I don’t know. Given what’s happened I don’t even want to guess besides continuing the Chapter By Chapter review and BW’s Best Friday Night Fights, which I think will end this week or next. Yes I know what I’m doing next, no I’m not telling you. This week will hopefully be better than last so maybe I’ll even try to complete the Worldbuilding Project, but don’t expect it. I’m in that kind of mood and I’m just hoping for a better week.
Some time ago I showcased Thunderbirds 2086 but I’ve never shown the original, and somebody out there might not have seen it. So let’s fix that tonight courtesy of Shout Factory’s YouTube channel.
In case you haven’t heard of it, Thunderbirds was UK based science fiction show created by Gerry Anderson. Instead of live-action or animation Anderson and his crew used a process dubbed “Supermarionation“, utilizing special marionettes as well as sets, miniatures, and the occasional human hand when necessary. Set in the year 2065, the show follows the Tracey family, who use advanced technology (including the title vehicles, the Thunderbirds) to form the emergency response team International Rescue. So advanced is this gear that bad guys occasionally try to swipe their secrets, like in tonight’s episode. It’s their first mission, involving a superfast airplane which their primary foe, the Hood, sabotages in hopes of drawing out International Rescue and taking images of their advanced aircraft. Are they prepared for their first rescue and their first threat?
I see the brony wars haven’t changed lately.
Batman: Gotham Adventures #15
DC Comics (August, 1999)
“Cash ‘N The Hood!”
WRITER: Scott Peterson
PENCILER: Tim Levins
INKER: Rob Leigh
COLORIST: Lee Loughridge
LETTERER: Tim Harkins
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Joseph Illidge
EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo
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
