My First Comic: Transformers #29

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First, to offer some clarification: before this comic, I did have a few odd comics, but I wasn't really "in" to them. I think I managed a Spider-man or Captain America somewhere, and I think my dad had picked up the Batman issue where Jason Todd as Robin died. Oh, and I got a pack of mini-STAR Comics with Spider-Ham and such one Christmas.

Somewhere amidst that, I did get one of those three-packs which used to be in grocery stores on the kids rack, and it had three copies of Marvel's Transformers comic-- numbers 13, 14, and 15. And truth be told, while they're good in retrospect, they did little to hook me, a hardcore fan of the cartoon. They seemed too different, with their odd colors, and the Megatron solo issue which kicked the three off did little to appease me, the Autobot fan (that he wasn't even himself for the duration didn't help).

So, I put them aside... until I saw this:

Well, that changes everything, now doesn't it?

I immediately forgot about the old comics, and probably had it in my mind that this would tie in more with the cartoon... possibly because (if I'm not mistaken) it had ended with "The Rebirth." As such, I asked my dad to get it for me.

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Suicide Squad #7: Harley's DCnU Origin Conclusion

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( And it's a bloody one, with major spoilers in the comments by me. )

Batgirl #7

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Superboy #7

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O.M.A.C. #7

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Legend of Korra gets both a release date AND a title change!

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Also, a vastly better trailers than the last official one!
( Plus link to more concept art )

Latest visitor to the Colbert Report

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With the Shield of Captain America on his wall, and other assorted goodies and pop cultural icons visiting the set, Stephen Colbert has (as cliche as it may sound) the pulse of American pop culture, as well as respectful nods to the past.

His latest guest is another acclaimed notch on that list, right near the top.

*I've kept the tags out as a matter of surprise.

(  More news experience than Bill O'Reilly. )

Fantastic Four #604

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The War of Four Cities/Mad Celestial/Council of Reeds war ends here.

With the arrival of the last line of defense at the end of the last issue, we get this moment.

Spoilers, but most of you would've seen this coming.

(  A boy and his giant. )

Wonder Woman Fanart and a Wonderella comic

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( Fanart time! Plus, Wonderella! )

Elric: The Balance Lost #7 and #8

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( Multiversal madness )

Hoping it hasn't been posted yet but...

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( This may be more fun than any trailer... )

the week in x-men - crucify my love in every reality

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Season One, Legacy, WatXM.

( spoilers for titles released this week )

Creators:

Season One: Dennis Hopeless, Jamie McKelvie
Legacy: Christos Gage, David Baldeon
WatXM: Jason Aaron, Nick Bradshaw

Because Steph is amazing.

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So, I mentioned in my last post how much I missed Oracle and all her awesome. Here's a tribute to another favourite of mine, who I've also been sorely missing in the DCnU.



( Here we goooooo! )

And Montpellier makes three

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THE SHADE 6 continues the previous issue's examination of the superhero scene in the DC Universe's Spain...

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My First Anime

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Growing up in rural Minnesota in the 1960s, and not being one bit athletic, my entertainment options were...limited. So I learned to love reading old books and magazines, whatever comic books happened to be at a garage sale, and when our already ancient TV was actually working, whatever station the reception could bring in.

I don't really remember most of the early morning cartoons of the time--stuff like Johnny Quest was by far the exception to the general dismalness of children's TV animation. But I remember being blown away by the few episodes I managed to catch of a very unusual show.



It had a girl (dressed as a boy) as the hero! Heck, it had a girl dressing as a boy. And people died! Things being what they were, I never saw more than a handful of episodes, and nothing of the ending (but then most US cartoon series of the time didn't have endings as such either.)

It was not until many years later when I joined anime fandom that I discovered the true nature of what I had been watching, and the rest of the story.

For reference: The basic outline of the premise goes as follows. Tink, a mischievous young angel, causes a soul about to be born to have two "hearts", a male and a female heart. He's exiled from Heaven until he can retrieve the "wrong" heart from the child.

Meanwhile, in the fairytale kingdom of Silverland, a child is born to the queen. It's biologically female, but due to circumstances that differ between versions, the public is told that Prince Sapphire is a boy. Duke Duralumin, whose son by a relative of the king would otherwise be in line for the throne, is suspicious but can prove nothing.

Skip ahead fifteen years, and Tink is finally able to trace his target to Silverland, while Duke Duralumin and his lackey step up their attempts to prove Sapphire's a girl and thus ineligible to rule.

While the anime has never been legally put out on DVD in the US, there is now a lovely two-volume set of the manga available in English.

( Sadly, being in a thick book makes the scanning process less successful. )

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Superman vs. the Elite and Lego: DC Superheroes Trailers

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( Tim and Conner talk about Cass for legality )