A liberal apologia for GI Joe, Part Three

[geoffsebesta]

A liberal apologia for GI Joe, part two.



GI Joe issue #4. Domestic terrorism and the honor of a soldier.

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Fifty.

[theanswer]

( Darwyn Cooke's Jonah Hex. )

Could it be? Milagro will rescue us?

[theanswer]

( *crosses fingers* OH PLEASE! OH PLEASE! OH PLEASE! )

20th Century Boys: Prelude to the 21st century (Part 1)

[grazzt]

Since someone was complaining about the lack of non-porn manga...here you go!

Volume 5 of 20th Century Boys ramps up the tension as we approach the new millennium (in story, of course). Plus, since they seem to be so popular as of late, an embedded video featuring Naoki Urasawa singing.

( Nine scans and Bob Lennon )

Red Mist Poster for Kick-Ass

[theanswer]

( Huh? )

New Earth One graphic novels you say?

[requiem2adream]

From DC's The Source: 'Starting next year, DC Comics will unveil SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE and BATMAN: EARTH ONE, two graphic novels spotlighting the most powerful heroes of the DC Universe, with their first years and earliest moments retold in a standalone, original graphic novel format, on a new earth with an all-new continuity.'

Alfred? Is... is that you?

( And for legallity: )

And this is my first post at new S_D so hello to everyone :D

Who wants to be a cyborg?

[superboyprime]

Mek was a mini-series written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Steve Rolston. It explores the world of body modification fads, with a science-fiction twist.



"Elective cyborging has become an underground subculture in the mode of piercing, branding or tattooing today. The technology used to effect this is called, simply, MEK. Metal fetishism. These aren't your clean-lined cyborgs of videogames and the Six Million Dollar Man. These are weird, spiky, buzzing, sexy, scary, transgressive people. Like any youth culture in its early iteration, it's kind of unsettling...

It began in LA. And deep in the Mek area of LA, RJ COIN, one of the original Mek developers, is shot to death..."

( Pages from throughout the mini-series )

The Oldest Excuse in the Book

[galateus]

Oh Silver Age, when writers could pen lines like these and submit them to an approving editor:

Woman: You certainly had a change of heart. Last time I saw you, you ran away from me.

Man: Let me explain! I really did want to be with you, but I left you because I'd suddenly remembered I had an appointment to interview a famous king of the hoboes. [sic]

Adventure Comics #5 Preview

[theanswer]

( Red Lantern Prime )

New Avengers Annual 3 preview

[queenursula]

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So where does the Batfam's Jan Brady go from here....

[benicio127]

Since Morrison decided to make Jason Todd the literal red-headed step-child of the Batfamily (.....As much fun as my friends and I have had making fun of Jason for being a closet ginger, this was really ridiculous), where does he go now?

( Two pages from BnR 6 and thoughts under the cut.... )

Coming never to a comic shop near you

[stubbleupdate]

Three Marvel titles that you can expect to never see on the shelves.( A blast from the past )

Richie Rich Profits #13

[skjam]

As it turns out, I was able to find one (1) Harvey Comic in mostly intact condition in my collection. It's Richie Rich Profits #13, from 1976.

For you young'uns, Harvey Comics were once huge, putting out an average of thirty titles a month, four in the Sad Sack family alone. Richie Rich was the story of a boy from an emormously wealthy family, up in the Scrooge McDuck category. Despite being wealthy enough to buy a small country with pocket change, the Riches were refreshingly kind and egalitarian types. Especially Richie, who loved to hang out with his proletarian friends. (They were usually okay with taking advantage of Richie's generosity in sharing his nice things, but too proud to accept money or permanent gifts.)

And being both fantastically wealthy and nice, the Riches had some of the coolest servants around as well, as we will see in this issue.

( But first, Richie Rich demonstrates his pyrokinesis. )

The Riches' butler was Cadbury, "the perfect butler." He wasn't quite on the combat level of some other butlers, but in his context, he's still awesome enough to hang out with Alfred, Jarvis, Jeeves and other butlers of legend. This story focuses on his relationship with Richie. (five scans from a fifteen-page story.)

( Something about you no one else knows )

And now, a text feature for you older fans.
( How much do you know about Richie Rich? )

And now, Cadbury in a solo adventure. (One page)
( Yes, it's a very old joke. )

How about a one-page adventure of Casper the Friendly Ghost?
( Plus another Scans Daily favorite. )

However, not all of the Rich relatives were salt of the earth types. Some, in fact, lived down to the worst stereotypes of the wealthy. Such as this fellow. (1 and 1/2 pages of five.)

( Oddly, he doesn't think of any of the real adventures he's been on with his cousin. )

Hope you've enjoyed this look into the lives of the rich and famous. Your thoughts and comments?

More British comics will be coming up in the next few weeks.

What If Superman and Batman Switched Powers?

[freddylloyd]

No need to wait for Superman-Batman to tackle this question! Here's one answer from "The Super-Batman!", published in World's Finest, #77, in 1955 and reprinted now in the World's Finest Archive, vol. 1.

( nearly four Golden Age pages out of twelve )

The Great Ten #2

[arbre_rieur]

This issue, the spotlight is on the Celestial Archer.



He's sort of the Don Blake/Wonder Woman of the Great Ten.

( Adds up to four pages )

The Escapists #1

[angelophile]

Seeing this post a couple of weeks ago reminded me to dig out my recently purchased copy of The Escapists by Brian K. Vaughan.

Dark Horse have produced a number of comics based around the Golden Age superhero invented in Michael Chabon's novel "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay". In 2006, writer BKV wrote a spiritual sequel to the original novel, which follows Jewish writer Max Roth, who inherits his love of The Escapist from his late father and buys the rights to revive the character.



It's a fantastic, character driven read with art by Philip Bond (Kill Your Boyfriend), Steve Rolston, Jason Shawn Alexander and Eduardo Barreto and a fun little introduction by Chabon that picks up with Sammy Clay several decades after the novel.

( Here's a few pages from the first issue to whet your appetites. )

Two-Face Tuesdays: Harvey vs. Cyborg (Vic Stone)

[thehefner]

First post to the new scans_daily! Hope I haven't forgotten how to do one of these things.

With zhinxy's permission, I'm proud to announce that I'll be doing "Two-Face Tuesdays" here for at least the next few weeks! Some installments will be more serious, others more cracky, but either way, it'll always suck to be Harvey Dent.

I'd like to start with a personal favorite. I posted this a few years ago at the original scans_daily, but now with the new digs and a rather different readership, I figure it's high time to post it again! TEEN TITANS SPOTLIGHT # 13 (1987) is an obscure little gem that deserves more attention, and not just because it's the first-ever comic work of a TV animation writer named J. Michael Straczynski. To this date, it's still one of the best little things he's ever written, in my own biased opinion. So without further ado:


( JMS presents Two-Face vs. TT's Cyborg in 'Face to Face to Face to Face' )