I just finished all 52 issues of 52 and the accompanying World War III mini. I know you all have long-since read it, but I like to read these things all in one fell swoop.Black Adam rocks. Check out his defiance. Send out the entire DCU - he doesn't care! He's got an industrial-sized drum of Whoop-Ass for ya! But check out the expression on Mary Marvel's face. Let me embiggen: What is up with the expression on her face? I'd swear she was about to cough up a hairball.Black Adam puts the pun back in punishment.Um.... this is off-topic, but why is Aquaman defending a seafood restaurant? Wasn't he on speaking terms with the Blue Plate Special?
Wow. Where do you begin with that? Bare legs, corduroy kilt, puffy shirt... that's one for the ages.So, how in the name of all that is good about comics did this one-shot Golden Age Green Arrow bad guy land in the Character Hall of Fame? Simple:yup. The man is defending himself with hemp. That is so awesome in an Reefer Madness sort of way that I can hardly stand it.
Dear DC,If you bring back Wooden-Head Jones, I will buy five copies of every issue. That includes slipcase editions, coffee-table sized ultimate collections, and restored classic variants. I will buy additional copies to give as gifts to friends, family, and co-workers.I will buy every piece of merchandising you come up with, and I will emotionally blackmail my wife into nicknaming me "Wooden-Head" just to subliminally promote the character. Further, I will have "Can't Get Me Enough Wooden-Head" tattooed onto my forehead.Love,Adam
Yeah, I said it! Stilt-Man rocks!Okay, so he's not much of a threat. I mean, he's way up there and I doubt he can see you that well on the ground, so you can probably dodge him pretty easily.And true, Daredevil figured out a pretty significant weakness pretty early in his career: He keeps his balance via a gyroscope located on his back. One smack of the gyroscope, and anything this side of a strong breeze can topple him.And yes, his gimmick of doing high-rise robberies strains your willing suspension of disbelief. I mean, if you look out your window and see a guy holding a gun, all you have to do is run out of the room. It's not like he can follow you. He's on stilts!But he was fun, in a pitiful sort of way. And never really seemed to understand how cumbersome, limited and ineffectual he was. He was like a personification of the Bush Administration, only he made it work for him.Yeah, I don't care. I liked Stilt-Man! Get yer own blog, haters!
UNEXPECTED HOLLIDAY ALERT! This will be my last post until Monday. There won't be a Friday post because they are closing the offices. Why? Because they're digging up a car that was buried in the front lawn in the 1950's. No, that's the real reason. There are some things you just can't make up.But as an added bonus to get you through the long (for me, anyway) weekend, allow me to give you an ultra-rare scan of Volto from Mars. Why is he in the Hall of Fame? Well, two reasons:1) His powers were copied 30 years after his appearance by Amazing Man in the All-Star Squadron. Remember when they decided that Amazing Man was too much like the Absorbing Man and inexplicably gave him magnetic powers? Well, Volto had him beat by years.NOTE: These powers were also copied by Yankee Poodle of Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew fame.... well, sorta fame. Not really famous at all. But she was a comic character, and one hand repelled while the other attracted. Insert your own joke
If there was ever a cooler character than the Impossible Man, I don't know who it was. Created by Stan Lee in the 1960's, the character made one appearance in the pages of Fantastic Four and wouldn't show up again for another ten years. He shows up every now and again, and an appearance on a cover guarantees I will buy the comic, even if it is Shadow Hawk.Sure, he's a rip-off of Plastic Man, but he just enjoys himself so much I don't care.That is a rather unfortunate angle we've got going there, though. I think I would make a conscious effort not to sound excited when someone was eye-level with my crotch and waving a wand at my junk, but Impy's more secure in his sexuality than I am. That's how cool he is!
Did they kill her off? Someone tell me they killed her off.A redhead with mental powers. Gee, she's nothing like Jean Grey.... you know, the redhead with mental powers?What I found extra annoying about her was that she had this inflated sense of how attractive she was. I'm the first to acknowledge that beauty is entirely subjective, but if you want me to believe that everyone is falling all over some chick, don't let her be drawn by Jim Aparo. She always reminded me of those girls who flirt with everyone because they have a low self-image and don't think they can get attention any other way. They killed her off, didn't they? And if not, why not?
I know that Stan didn't care for the character of Diablo, but he had to know he wasn't exactly creating a villain for the ages when he spewed out old Toomazooma.Seriously.... this was the best idea floating around the Bullpen that month?
I'm the Watcher! I watch things! I can't really do anything, but I can watch with the best of them!What's interesting about this is that it indicates gossip (which the Watcher does puh-LENTY of) doesn't constitute taking an active role in anything. Shenanigans!And why is it that a member of such an advanced race is prancing around in a toga? None of this works for me.
