Genre TV
Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Cupid's Errant Arrow" (CBS All Access, Sept. 3)
Raised by Wolves, "Raised by Wolves" (HBO Max, Sep. 3)
Raised by Wolves, "Pentagram" (HBO Max, Sep. 3)
Raised by Wolves, "Virtual Faith" (HBO Max, Sep. 3)
The Boys, "Th
Read more…GREEN ARROW: THE WONDER YEAR:
When Dick Giordano brought Mike Gold over to DC from First Comics, it was with the understanding that Gold would bring talent with him just as Giordano would bring talent from Charleton when Carmine Infantino recruited
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Stargirl, "Brainwave Jr." (DCUniverse, July 20)
Stargirl, "Brainwave Jr." (The CW, July 20)
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, "As I Have Always Been" (ABC, July 22)
Doom Patrol, "Dumb Patrol" (DCUniverse, July 23)
NOS4A2, "The Hourglass" (AMC, July
Read more…Today, I came across an article touting a new one-shot coming in January, Legend of Shang-Chi #1. I was a fan of his original series, Master of Kung Fu, and read it to the end, when Shang-Chi turns his back on spying and their "games of deceit and de
Read more…OCT 19-25
Genre TV
Next, "File #3" (Fox, Oct. 20)
Archer, "Caught Napping" (FX, Oct. 21)
Star Trek: Discovery, "Far from Home," "That Hope Is You Part 2" (CBS All Access, Oct. 22)
Pandora, "Beyond Here Lies Nothing'" (CW, Oct. 25)
Fargo (FX, Oct. 25)
Read more…About a third of DC Comics editorial staffers are being laid off, Jim Lee demoted as publisher, editor-in-chief Bob Harras gets the ax, and DC Universe streaming service is gutted. Also, DC Collectibles may have been shelved.
from The Hollywood Repor
Read more…GENRE TV
Stargirl, "Stars and Stripe Part Two" (DCUniverse, Aug. 10)
Stargirl, "Stars and Stripe Part Two" (The CW, Aug. 11)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "The End Is at Hand" (ABC, Aug. 12)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "What We're Fighting For" (ABC, Aug. 12)
Read more…“Post-Crisis doesn’t count.” So the saying goes. But I maintain Flashpoint was more destructive to previously-established continuity than Crisis on Infinite Earths. Yes, the Adventures of the Justice Society of America and Infinity, Inc. were said to
Read more…I’ve been thinking of starting this discussion for a long time. It used to be, when I couldn’t decide what to read, I’d pull out a copy of Marvel Fanfare at random and read whatever I picked. But long gone are the days when I couldn't decide what to
Read more…I just saw this on Facebook from Jan Strnad:
https://www.facebook.com/jstrnad/posts/10158285352099143
I read the recent Flash collection, Savage Velocity, and one thing really jumped out at me: there is a DRAMATIC shift in tone once William Messner-Loebs comes on as writer. The book collects issues 1-18 and Annual 1, published immediately post-crisis
Read more…The New York mobs are run by Rigoletto. He refuses to “cater to unholy perversions” even though there is money to be made preying on children and dealing crack cocaine. He wants to stick to the old rackets, saying, “We may be criminals, but we are no
Read more…Was it ever established why Ray Palmer couldn't use his size/weight controls to grow rather than to shrink?
Read more…Notes
Posting this late because of a zombie pandemic. No, it was Darkseid. Sorry, none of that's true. I just forgot.
GENRE TV
Stargirl, “Brainwave” (July 13, DC Universe)
Stargirl, “Brainwave” (July 14, DC Universe)
Brave New World, season 1 (July
Read more…OK, same rules as in the JLA thread . (I'm not doing threads for every team, although I'm mulling over X-Men and JSA line-ups.)
Anyway, here's "my" line-up
1)John Steed
2)Emma Peel
Har-har-har...
More seriously...
1)The Beast (Henry McCoy)
2)The
Read more…There have been a lot of characters in the JLA over the years, and lots of them really don't fit my idea of who the League is. The ones I left out tend to fall into two categories:
After being cancelled in 1972, the Teen Titans made a couple of appearances in Brave & Bold as its members went their separate ways. However during the 52 and 100 Pagers, several of their stories were reprinted, most with that gorgeous Nick Cardy art
Read more…Regarding “Outlawed”: I think that if I lived in a “super-hero” universe, I would be doubtful about having kids fighting crime, especially in unsupervised situations.
I never really thought about it until Courtney Whitmore joined the JSA, when it
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