I am a big fan of the new Netflix series The Toys That Made Us. Probably my favorite episode so far focused on the evolution of the G.I Joe action figure line. It was very cool to see how the property evolved from the larger sized toys of my youth to the smaller line that also made a splash in comics and animation. I can see why the change was made, but for me, nothing will replace my original Joe with the real facial hair and kung-fu grip!
I see that The Toys That Made Us is on Netflix. I'll have to watch the GI Joe episode. I wonder if they made the size change around the time Kenner's Star Wars became such a hit...
ReplyDeleteI remember those foot-tall action figures! The first talking one I got as a Xmas present was the Adventure Team Commander. Just one pull of the string, and you could listen to such authoritative utterances as:
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Of course, nowadays, no GI Joe has a better kung fu grip than Snake Eyes. But, can even _his_ katana slice Serpentor permanently in half?
Somehow, I doubt it. :-(
Nice job! How about, for a follow-up, you have 007 (Sean Connery, of course) going up against a villanious trio composed of Madonna, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera? You could call it...
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This is a very Funny Cover I approve. Snap his back Serpentor BWA-HA-HA-HA-HAW!!!
ReplyDeleteNo no no.. What you meant to say was, Snap his back, Serpentor! THIS, I COMMAND!!
DeleteSee no evil, speak no evil. Where are the deaf superheroes? I can't think of any. Have any of the major publishers come up with a deaf superhero since I stopped reading new comics regularly after the Crisis on Infinite Complexity?
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: The closest DC have come is their new anti-heroine, Silencer. She occasionally projects a force field that cuts off all sound. Making everybody trapped within it _virtually_ deaf!
ReplyDeleteThat inspires me to suggest Perry White and Maxwell Smart in the cone of silence. And don't call me chief.
ReplyDeleteLady Mechanica, Deathlok, Super Patriot, & Pressbutton VS The Borg.
ReplyDeleteThe Black Suited Heroes TEAM BLACK OPS: Snake Eyes, Nemesis the balancer of the scales of Justice (DC), Zorro, The Marauder of TEAM U.S.A.(Marvel), Action MAN, Resurrected Superman, Have Klyntar Will Travel Spider-Man. VS The Teletubbies, Barney,Go Go Diego, and dora the explorer.
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ReplyDelete"See no evil, speak no evil. Where are the deaf superheroes? I can't think of any. Have any of the major publishers come up with a deaf superhero since I stopped reading new comics regularly after the Crisis on Infinite Complexity?"
Hawkeye (Clint Barton -- who, in the STFU , is really Clint Bertinelli) needed a hearing aid after an incident in the 1980s (in the limited series where he met & wed Mockingbird) when he used a trick arrow with sonic effects to protect himself against a sound-based brainwashing machine. I don't know whether that's still the case.
@Simreeve: I think that little facet of his autobiography has been ret-conned out of existence, at least twice, since "House of M."
ReplyDeleteRemember when our hero Def Leppard went to the Planet of Women?
ReplyDeleteI thought that was Johnny Bravo.
ReplyDeleteNah! He got exiled to the Island of Beautiful Men...by a Squiggy-sounding elephant.
ReplyDelete@VJ: Holy Rip-off of Knightfall, Batman!
ReplyDeleteKnightfall was drama where this is "Wacky fun." - Wash.
ReplyDeleteEhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
ReplyDelete*Insert image of see-sawing right hand, here.*
Vincent Jones FOR THE HONOR OF GRAYSKULL I HAVE THE POWERRRRR!
ReplyDeleteAnother great inspiration courtesy of Brother Barnes:
ReplyDeleteHe-Man vs. Darth Vader!
Major shout out to Super Team family. They’re killing it with these covers. Absolutely amazing 🤩
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