Free Comic Book Day: X-Men

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"The way we see this is, 'It's a crossover, it's not an event.' 'Event' has taken on this meaning of certain things. People use it almost every month, 'There's an event!' But it's not. This is really truly going back to those classic — especially in X-Men — inter-series crossovers." - C.B. Cebulski

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Batgirl #47

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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.

A news summary has proven difficult, since the more I read the angrier I got.

Trump gave a bizarre interview on Fox which made Nixon's infamous head to head with Kennedy look like a masterclass in sang froid and PR. Interviewer Chris Wallace managed the not insignificant task of giving Trump enough rope that he'd hang himself with his inaccurate statements, AND not quite pissing him off enough to have him storm off in a tantrum. The results were as horrifying as they were mesmerising.

At pretty much the other end of every possible comparison, John Lewis, a veteran politician, a towering figure in the US Civil Rights movement, and the last of the "Big Six" who organised the March on Washington in 1963, died at the age of 80. He was, amongst other more notable achievmenets, the first member of the US Congress to write a graphic novel. He wrote a trilogy collectively called "March" about his experiences. (He even attended SDCC in 2016, essentially cosplaying as a younger version of himself, wearing his trademark raincoat from the 1963 march, and led a walk around the halls). A genuinely remarkable man of courage and integrity.

A singularly vile memo outlining proposed rule suggesting ways to spot transwomen at homeless shelters so they can be turned away from female spaces has been leaked.

The whole Federal intervention into Portland (with a possibiity of extending beyond there, looks deeply worrying.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, member of the Supreme Court has disclosed her cancer has recurred and is undergoing chemotherapy. We wish her a speedy and full recovery.

In the EU, an agreement has been reached an agreement on a €755 billion joint recovery package after several days of intense negotiation.

A UK Intelligence report which should ideally have come out by October 2019, before the last general Election in December (but was sat on by the then (and still) current Government) into Russian interference in the UK's referendum to leave the EU has JUST been published. Guess what the indications are? Go on, give a guess. This one should have serious consequences, but thanks to the scale of the majority they got in the election, I predict nothing will come of it, which is shameful.

And as for the UK/China situation, sigh...

Infinity Train is getting a third season, this time on HBO Max.

Christopher Nolan's new movie "Tenet" has had it's release postponed indefinitely. One wonders what else might follow.

"The Old Guard" is out on Netflix and is an adaption of Greg Rucka's series about a group of immortals who have been operating under the radar for centuries before radar was a thing, but who find it trickier in the modern era. It's getting a lot of good feedback

Of all the movie prequel possibilities that I might have thought pretty much automatically redundant, the idea of one for Grease would stand pretty tall, but apparently the events outlined in the song "Summer Lovin'" will get a movie of their own.

LEGO are releasing a NES replica... with TV... and on screen gameplay... but not ACTUAL gameplay... I think... it's all getting a bit meta.

Detective Comics #1024

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ACTION COMICS #1023

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Batman #95

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