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I've been trying to figure out what super power my cat Ace has. He does have a secret Identity - Alarm Clock Cat - for when he decides to wake me at 4:15 am each morning, but I'm not sure that has to do with any special abilities. He may have the power of invisibility - even in my tiny house there are times when I simply cannot find him, until he decides to just stroll in from nowhere. The amount of fur he sheds also seems to indicate perhaps a mutant gene.
Has anybody checked out the current Strange Adventures comic featuring Adam Strange and Mr. Terrific? I like both of those characters a lot so I was interested in reading it, but some of the previews that I have seen make it look like yet another attempt to do a "grim and gritty" Adam Strange story, which I don't think ever really works. I prefer Adam as more of a straight up swashbuckler type. I still may pick up a digital copy once the series is completed and collected.
Adam Strange first met Ghost Rider in STF #3145...
It's time once again for another meeting between the former "hosts" of this blog, not to mention my favorite characters from Marvel and DC.
They have, of course, met before in other Lost Issues - They had a boxing match in STF #2455... They faced a fiery situation in STF #554... They topped off an Anniversary Issue in STF #500... before that, They battled the Riddler/Trapster team... earlier, The Thing discovered the Bat Cave... and was handed control of The Outsiders... not to mention This Whole Blog... and finally, they first appeared together in one of my earliest covers...
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is still over 11 months away from being released and there's already a ton of spoilers and speculation floating around. So far, I have ignored those headlines and have tried to stay away from anything that may ruin whatever surprises are in store. That's going to get a lot tougher to do as the movie continues filming and the release date draws nearer. Hopefully, Marvel will be able to keep any big revelations under wraps.
I remember seeing advertisements for Bucky O'Hare and thinking that it was simply one of the many Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rip off series. Maybe I should have taken a closer look, as it had a pair of very talented creators in Larry Hama and Michael Golden. Thanks to Nate Jones for suggesting this meeting!
I always get a kick out of the fact that Princess Leia has a British accent in a few scenes in Star Wars: A New Hope, and then it is discarded. Maybe because she was in scenes with Peter Cushing, Carrie Fisher just couldn't help herself? I wonder why they didn't re record those scenes with her American Accent once they decided to go that way. Her accent wasn't bad - certainly more convincing than Amber Heard's Mera in Zack Snyder's Justice League!
OK, Supergirl has been pretty much sidelined so far in her final season, The Cast of Black Lightning has lost their powers and The Flash barely ever uses his speed anymore. What's going on with the CW shows - budget crunch?
Nova and The Flash shared a bronze age adventure in STF #2613...
I am always happy to feature the artwork of Carlos Pacheco on this blog - Here's a page of his I picked up many years back from his FF run:
I'm not sure what took so long, but it looks like Blue Beetle and Booster Gold are finally getting a team up comic together - Blue & Gold. Is that a sign that DC and Warner Bros. have confidence in the heroic yet humorous duo? A movie featuring the two was floated years ago, but nothing seemed to come of it. Now there's a solo Blue Beetle movie in the works, but that looks to focus on Jaime Reyes. Will Booster and Ted find a way into that project or elsewhere? We will just have to wait and see.
I remember Thundarr the Barbarian being a pretty cool concept, but that the episodes all had a certain sameness to them. I am sure a lot of that had to do with how much footage and musical cues were re-used in each episode, a common practice for animated shows of the time. I wouldn't mind seeing an updated version someday, though.
Kevin Feige seems to really like beating DC to the punch. He went forward with Captain America: Civil War once Batman V Superman was announced, ramped up The Eternals when New Gods was considered and now he is going to get the multiverse going before DC's Flash movie does the same. With that in mind, I really hope that Warner Brothers announces a Warlord movie. It might never get made, like much that they announce, but at least it might convince Feige to greenlight a Ka-Zar film!
It's been announced that Tim Roth will reprise his role as The Abomination at some point in the upcoming She-Hulk series, which will be cool to see. Still, I would love to see Tim Blake Nelson show up as Samuel Sterns - I mean his head was already pulsing after his accident in The Incredible Hulk, and that was 13 years ago! He has to have transformed into The Leader by now! It's not like Marvel Studios to leave such a big plot thread dangling for so long.
Black Lightning is midway through its final season, and I believe we are at the "darkest before the dawn" part of the Pierce family story. The recent episodes have been filled with marital discord, addiction to drugs and powers, involuntary body swapping (due to one cast member leaving early), and all around mistrust between the main core of characters. Hopefully the writers have ways to solve most of these issues and the series will end on an uplifting note.
The passing of Captain America's shield and title so Sam Wilson in Falcon and the Winter Soldier was handled well. I remember thinking that the shield and wings together might be kind of awkward to operate when Falcon took on the Cap role in the comics, but the final episode here made me a believer. I loved all the shield/wings combo moves that were used, very cool to watch. I look forward to his future appearances, as well as whatever is next for Bucky and U.S. Agent.
Hopefully we will hear some casting choices for the HBO Max Justice League Dark series soon. I am most interested in who will play Deadman. It should be someone with both dramatic and comedic chops that does not mind a role that requires heavy makeup. Someone with a distinct voice pattern would help too - for when his possessed subjects speak and the audience can tell it's Boston Brand pulling the strings.
The MK/EM team in back in action once again! This is the ninth meeting of STF's greatest crimefighting team:
These two previously had a Mardi Gras adventure in STF #3235, MK's desperate treatment for Ralph was conducted in STF #3169... Concern about Eclipso's lasting effect on Ralph arose in STF #3098, Ralph fell under Eclipso's influence in STF #2908, They faced an angry underworld in STF #2831, Psycho Pirate turned them against each other in STF #2732, Ralph came to the rescue in STF #2518, and they first started working together in STF #2169...
I still get a kick out of watching old Wonder Woman episodes on MeTV from time to time. I would have loved to have seen her face off with more villains from the comics though. Marbe it would have been tough to feature Cheetah on a 70's TV budget, but I bet that they could have pulled off Giganta or Doctor Psycho.
Nightwing & Flamebird was such a fun concept in the Silver Age. The fact that Superman would still fight crime in a place that nullified his powers just showed how heroic he truly was, not to mention that ist showed that he picked up a lot of pointers from his adventures with Batman and Robin. Then he let Jimmy Olsen join in on the action, solidifying his title of Superman's Pal. The costumes were pretty cool, too!
I remember the Impact Comics imprint that DC had for a short time. I thought that the heroes included fit right into the DCU and had hoped they would be folded in to the continuity the way the Charlton characters were. Alas, it was not to be, and they went on to be reintroduced and rebooted a few more times for other companies.
God zilla Vs. Kong was pretty much what I expected it would be. The plot didn't make a lot of sense and the humans were constantly making silly decisions - but the special effects and monster battles were awesome to behold! I've watched it twice and thoroughly enjoyed it both times. I am glad to hear that a follow up is in the works, this time focusing on Son of Kong. That has some fun possibilities!
HBO Max has finally made a casting announcement for the upcoming Green Lantern Corps series. Finn Witrock will be playing Guy Gardner. I am unfamiliar with his work, but I hope he has the swagger to play Guy. I wish he had red hair or at least lighter hair that could be colored red, but I'm not surprised that he doesn't. The de-gingering of the live action DCU has been going on for a while now. We demand representation!
I always liked John Byrne's rendition of Green Lantern, and wish that he had worked on hat property more often. Here's a Byrne Spider-Man: Chapter One page I picked up a while back:
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