“Hello, I seem to have misplaced the ground.”
Marvel Premiere #57
Marvel Comics (December, 1980)
“Doctor Who And The Iron Legion”
(original presented in Doctor Who Weekly #1-8, including the next issue)
WRITERS: Pat Mills & John Wagner
ARTIST: Dave Gibbons
REPRINT COLORIST: Andy Yanchus
No letterer mentioned
I really haven’t been talking about the DC movies I just don’t care. While Wonder Woman is on my Finally Watched list most of what I’ve heard of the other films have not been very good and I have my problems with Man Of Steel. However, I do support the actors using their superhero personas to make sick kids happy, if only because someone actually remembers kids love superheroes. (Goodness knows DC and Marvel the comic producers have forgotten. So this story about Gal Gadot going to a Children’s Hospital as Wonder Woman is just nice to see, I don’t care if the movie’s Twitter feed used it as promotion or not. It’s a good thing to do so good going!
See, I knew it was a matter of time.
Thunderbolts #21
Marvel Comics (December, 1998)
“Decisions” part 2: “Trust”
WRITER: Kurt Busiek
PENCILER: Mark Bagley
INKER: Scott Hanna
COLORIST: Joe Rosas
LETTERER: Sidbhan Hanna
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
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
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
Dissecting The “Toxic Fanbase” Narrative
Judge Judy wasn’t available.
Are there toxic fans out there? Of course there are. We’ve all seen it, from “fake geek girls” to death threats whenever you don’t like a certain creator on a project or changes made to the project. There is a reason I have no interest in fandoms anymore. But there are plenty of good fans (I daresay a majority of them are awesome) who do have legitimate problems, be they critical or just personal preference. Is the toxic fan problem as big as some other fans and now the corporate and creative fields make it out to be? Tom and Andre from Midnight’s Edge group each has a editorial on that I want you to hear.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on July 10, 2018 in Movie Spotlight and tagged commentary, Fandom, fans, Star Wars.
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