Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Love that Sienkiewicz cover!"
yesterday
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus
"It's taken a while, but I've read a few more parts of "Time & Time Again" now. I'd forgotten this was a seven-part story! It seems like Jurgens is writing the spine of this one -- parts 1, 4, and 7 -- which creates the problem and then will…"
Tuesday
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supergirl (2025)
"I just read the first issue on DCUI Ultra. It's a blast! I really liked Princess Shark, and was happy to see Streaky and the comb that changes her hair color -- a great relic of her 80s series. And I'm definitely intrigued by the impostor!
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Tuesday
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Tim Drake is bisexual. Him coming out at bi does nothing to invalidate the feelings he had for Steph Brown, or any feelings he might have for another woman in the future. Was it handled awkwardly? Sure, a bit. But coming out is, itself, an awkward…"
Tuesday
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion 2000 AD and more! The Rebellion comics thread
"Had a great time this morning reading Fiends of the Eastern Front: Wilde West, in recent 2000AD progs 2413-2423. Oscar Wilde comes to the US for a book tour in the late 19th century, but he's also on the run from a fallen angel. On the American…"
Tuesday
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Dark Shadows
"Jeff, your Alternate 1840 idea tracks with the weird new backstroy they've given Angelique -- instead of a maid in the Carribean, she's now a New Englander at least 150 years old who used to go by the name of Miranda, and whose testimony condemmed…"
Sunday
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"Ostrander gave her a lot of shades of gray, but I wasn't seeing that in the beginning of the Janus Directive and was wondering if I'd imagined them. Then, about two-thirds of the way through, we get the reveal that Waller has been pretending to be…"
Jun 13
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Dark Shadows
"I've seen through episode 1149 now. Julia had been hidden away by Angelique, but Lazlo gave the game away when he went to contront Barnabas after stealking Julia's ring. Barnabas is having Randall Drew ambush his sister Roxanne at her coffin with a…"
Jun 13
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Dark Shadows
"Yeah, seems like it could definitely be the ghost of JZ in the 1970s, simply manifesting with Gerald's form.. but who knows?"
Jun 13
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Dark Shadows
"Oh, neat! That Sacheen Littlefeather connection is really wild."
Jun 13
Captain Comics replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"Yep, Dead Nazi Dad was at least a conceptual improvement from him hearing the voices of the people he killed in his helmet -- but it didn't make the comic any more readable. But I think the evolution of that concept to the character of his dad in…"
Jun 12
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"Yep, Dead Nazi Dad was at least a conceptual improvement from him hearing the voices of the people he killed in his helmet -- but it didn't make the comic any more readable. But I think the evolution of that concept to the character of his dad in…"
Jun 11
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - The Superdog from Krypton
"I've only read the first story in this volume so far -- Superboy is summoned below the earth by a subterranean race whose queen has created a Superboy robot (called Superlad) to keep order, but her rival suspects Superlad is a robot, and Superboy…"
Jun 10
Captain Comics replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"Yikes! I'd better get started on them!
 
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Jun 9
Philip Portelli replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"Got it!"
Jun 9
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"But he's better at it!
Oh, please!
I am about halfway through both the Superboy one and "Kryptonite Nevermore." I have no plans to do an issue-by-issue analysis, but I may at least start a discussion of "Superdog from Krypton" (and continue the…"
Jun 9
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