Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supergirl (2025)
"Is this issue the first to point out that this series is happening roughly in real time?"
12 hours ago
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Superboy (2025)
"Loved the attitude of Pa Kent at the end.  "To learn the kind of dilemmas a Superboy has to deal with" is just right."
12 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Crises on Infinite Earths
"ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS #7:

Everybody has issues. Some have back problems, some suffer from depression. In Tom's case, everywhere he goes dead bodies with his face and fingerprints pop up, seemingly from alternate realities. Tom struggles to make…"
12 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Superboy (2025)
"ISSUE #1093:

Morgan Stone, president of Smallville Bank & Trust, retired after 40 years. Will Parmenter from the head office took charge and immediately found the mortgages of eight loacl farms in arrears, including the Kents. Clark finds evidence…"
13 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"In the (fourth season) episode of The Beverly Hillbillies I watched most recently (last night), Mr. Drysdale hires a gigolo to keep company with Elly May. (The Clampetts do not know he is a gigolo.) In order to make her more attractive to a…"
14 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supergirl (2025)
"ISSUE #8:

It has been my observation in the case of long-running series/titles/characters such as Supergirl, that the current run will hearken back to either...

...the earliest run.
...the best-known run.
...the most-recent run.

Supergirl…"
14 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Shiver SuspenStories
"v2 #1:

A second Christmas-themed (or I should say "holiday-themed" since one of them is about Hanukkah) issue of Shiver Suspenstories for the second year in a row!
"Hark, the headless angels sing! Glory to the be-head-ings!"

"Eight Vengeful…"
14 hours ago
Philip Portelli replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told
"The villain was Maaldor the Darklord, a stock extradimensional menace who appeared in three issues of DC Comics Presents. He was no Mongul! 
Frankly, both the Joker and the Phantom Stranger deserved better for their second teamups with Superman!"
15 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told
"DC COMICS PRESENTS #72 - "Madness in a Dark Dimension"

The premise of this story is built upon the conceit that Superman and the Phantom Stranger need the Joker's help "to guide [them] through the madness of [an] alternate world!" If you don't buy…"
21 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"IIRC, the Captain America serial was parodied in Captain America's book precisely because it took a few creative liberties due to its origin as a repurposed Mr. Scarlet feature.
I don't think "parodied" is the right word; "tributed" might be closer…"
22 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Riddle Me This
"BATMAN #362 - "When Riddled by the Riddler..."

The most interesting aspect of this story is that it reiterates the origin story about him cheating to win a jigsaw puzzle contest when he was still a schoolboy. The riddles in this story are so…"
22 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"Make that Wednesday.
You were right, Commander: those were three very good episodes, so good in fact I hesitate to pick a favorite. As I suspected, I hadn't seen any of these before. But I was already fan of the show going in; I'm just not as…"
yesterday
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Happy hunting!"
yesterday
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics shipping Dec. 10, 2025
"I worry that I won't be able to read the small Lone Wolf & Cub that I have in the years to come due to poor vision; I might not be able to read it now. A larger version would eliminate that worry.
Then you should definitely look at that Spec Spidey…"
yesterday
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion The Wrath of the Spectre "Omni-Plus"
"Aw, shucks.
If DC ever gets around to reprinting the 1987 "New Format" series (in "DC Finest" format, perhaps...?) I'll resuscitate it yet again."
yesterday
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Not only was there an attempt to do a Wonder Woman strip, there was one that lasted two years.
Because we live in The Golden Age of Comics, it is readily available to all who care to read it."
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