He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #6

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"We've got: He-Sol, an homage to the Olmec Toys figure line Sun-Man which prominently featured PoC back in the '80s. Zak, an homage to a drawing I did at 6 years old of a Battle Cat/He-Man fusion, and certainly an idea every He-Man fan had had, Platino, an homage to the Argentinian Masters of the Universe-based toyline Fuerza T, Hi-Ra, inspired in part by early designs for She-Ra, and Valiant Tina, named after my daughter. When I was a kid growing up in rural Wisconsin, my brothers and I once had a conversation about how there were a lot of black and brown people in G.I. Joe, but in Masters of the Universe, we only had Clamp Champ. And Rob David at Mattel and I agreed, we could do something about that with these new characters!" - Tim Seeley

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Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like. Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

Covid numbers continue to rise in the America's, with the USA and Brazil having the highest figures (Brazil being an even more politicized situation than the USA, with a President who flatly refuses to believe the evidence in front of him, okay not the best distinguishing characteristic, but I work with what I have)

As I type this plans are afoot to relax more of the lockdown in the UK, so we'll see how that goes. (Given the recent announcement that the proposed track and trace app being developed over the past couple of months has been a complete failure and they're starting from scratch, <em>imagine</em> my confidence about the rest of it)

Europe unlocks a little bit more each week, but there are signs that local controls might need to be reasserted in Italy and Germany at least.

Spain has announced British visitors can travel there without isolation being required, though given descriptions of the airline requirements to travel there, I'm not sure how many casual tourists they will see this year (It may be a bigger help to those with second homes abroad).

In the US, the Supreme Court ruled that DACA could not be shut down as the current administration attempted, though it was apprently more about HOW they tried to get is closed rather than an issue with the plan itself. Whether the Adminsitration try again seems up in the air at the moment.

It's hard not to address the failure of the Tulsa rally for Trump, even allowing for the remarkable work done by KPop fans and the like in booking massively more tickets than were ever going to show up, the fact that at the end of the day, the Fire Department reported only 6,2000 people in a stadium intended to seat 19,000 (and the complete abandonment of the "overflow" set up based on predicted numbers) shouldn't be overlooked, though the fact it required a court ruling insisting that it be allowed to take place at all, speaks volumes (and masks looked to be in fairly short evidence).

Media reporting on the Black Lives Matter movement seems to have died down a little, but rallies and protests are still happening, and shouldn't be forgotten.

Ian Holm, British character actor known for his many stage roles, but perhaps best known for his roles on screen as Bishop in Alien, and Bilbo Baggins in "The Lord of the Rings" has died aged 88.

Joel Schumacher who, in a long and distinguished career as a director, made two of the more... controversial Batman movies in the 90's, has died aged 80. The Bat-Nipples were to haunt him for years, but for giving us Chris O'Donnell as Robin I can overlook a great many things. And to Michelle Pfieffer having fun apart, I enjoyed Batman Forever more than I enjoyed Batman Returns.

Another busy week means I've still not had much chance to put even this post together, never mind catch up on other media, though I did take advantage of the local bookshop being open again to pick up a copy of the manga, The Promised Neverland, just because. I went in unspoiled, though I knew it got dark, but BOY did it get dark quickly!!

Batman #93

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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #11

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Batman: The Smile Killer #1

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Batgirl #46

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Suicide Squad (2019-) #4 looped Captain Boomerang in.

[thanekos]

He'd been out - was out, in a bar in Portland, Victoria, Australia, telling his audience that " Task Force X is run by a bunch of muppets. "

Nearby mobile phones picked up on that, spawning an alert that eventually made its way to the team's current handler, Lok.

Lok got in touch with some " well-trained and discreet people " on a United States Navy ship docked in Portland, who set out to silence Boomerang's being loud about the Suicide Squad.

" You sent a group of regular soldiers up against Digger Harkness? " Deadshot asked him, later.

" I imagine that didn't go so well. "

" No.. " Lok answered.

( He was making an understatement. )