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  • The Baron July 30, 2025 at 2:27pm

    Godzilla vs. Boston - This was OK, but not overwhelming.

    The Ultimates #14  - I keep thinking that I'll drop this book, but I keep following it. We meet the  new Ultimate Wanda and Pietro. No sign yet as to ehether they're as incestuous as the old Ultimate versions were.

  • Jeff of Earth-J July 31, 2025 at 7:43am

    NEW COMICS I HAVE READ TODAY THIS MONTH:

    • DC: Batman & Robin Year One #9, Trinity #2, Supergirl #3, Action Comics #1088, Krypto #2, Wonder Woman #23, Superman Treasury Edition 2025
    • Marvel: Captain  America #1, Fantastic Four #1, Abomination #1
    • Archie: Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob
    • Oni Press: Blood Type #2, Catacomb of Torment #1
    • AHOY!: Toxic Avenger Comics #1, Toxie Team-Up #2
    • Image: Assorted Crisis Events #5

    OLD COMICS I AM CURRENTLY READING: Ka-Zar the Savage (1981) and Silver Surfer (1987). The Ka-Zar series ran 34 issues, and the "Return to the Spaceways" omnibus reprints  the first 33 of Silver Surfer. I started them at the same time and am keeping the same pace with both, reading first one, then the other.

    AROC OF ZENITH: Episode #167

  • Jeff of Earth-J August 7, 2025 at 6:42am

    By the Light of the SIlvery Moon Knight: Now that I have finished the Ka-Zar the Savage and Return to the Spaceways omnibusses, it's time to move on to my next projects: Moon Knight (1980) and Silver Surfer (2014). 

  • The Baron August 7, 2025 at 8:31am

    Detective Comics #627, whose cover misuses the word "Anniversary" in the way that is so annoying to a certain individual. laughing
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    • Jeff of Earth-J > The Baron August 7, 2025 at 9:08am

      Why, whomever do you mean? ;)

      In this case, the misuse of the word "anniversary" is leavened by the clarification concerning Batman's 600th appearance.

    • The Baron > Jeff of Earth-J August 7, 2025 at 11:34am

      Actually, hold the phone, but if #27 was his first appearance - and assuming that he appeared in every issuie since then - wouldn't #627 be his 601st appearance?

    • Jeff of Earth-J > The Baron August 7, 2025 at 1:09pm

      That is absolutely correct, but I did specifically use the term "leavened" (something that modifies or lightens). That shows me they were at least trying to do math.

      Ironically, DC got it right for his 500th appearance (#526, 1983):

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      As I posted to "A  Cover a  Day" on March 2, 2024 (page 2368 of that thread): "Issue #526 is Batman's 500th appearance in Detective Comics (although hardly his 500th "anniversary"). It is interesting to note that DC comics got it right in1983, but got it wrong in 1991 (Detective Comics #627, posted yesterday), which incorrectly identified that issue as his 600th appearance, when it was, in fact, his 601st."

      They do better with actual anniversaries:

      • 45th - #512, correct 
      • 50th - #572, correct
      • 500th - #500, incorrect

      Well, ya can't win 'em all, and two outta three ain't bad.

       

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