Commanders in Crisis #2: The Action of Resurrection

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"I had all these sort of strange superhero ideas I wanted to work with. I figured why not try to put it into one universe and use an event, which is kind of current to the moment, to launch this universe. The challenge is bigger here but at the same time, it’s similar. We can get people in the door with tropes that they are relatively familiar with. We had the Crisis on Infinite Earths TV event, so I think a lot of these storytelling methods are more mainstream than they were in the past." - Steve Orlando

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Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #2

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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.

The current British situation on multiple fronts can be summarised with the word "strained": A new strain of coronavirus means over 40 countries have shut their borders to us and strained relations with our neightbours (many of whom our relations are already strained with thanks to Brexits). Locally tempers are strained because a swathe of the country had a whole NEW level of restrictions created and applied at the weekend.

Joe Biden has had his first coronavirus vaccination on live television to encourage others as to it's safety.

And the US Congress finally approved an aid plan

And in equally unusual news, Saturn and Jupiter formed a Great Conjunction last night, visible in the night sky for the first time in 800 year. Or at least it was visible for those who didn't have rainy weather ALL EVENING... not that I'm bitter of course!! The urRu and Skeksis were unavailable for comment

The Mandalorian Season 2 ended with a genuinely remarkable episode which included: a couple of superb fight scenes; the Empire not having learned anything about droid troopers from the Separatists; one seriously kick ass attack squad who all happen to be female; as neat a bit of petty manouvering from Moff Gideon as I could have imagined (in one fell swoop he makes Din Djaran and Bo Katan's (who he's not even met yet) lives INFINTIELY more complicated just because he can); and a VERY unexpected cameo that was a complete surprise to everyone. (Please tag any spoilers in the comments, even if social media means it's unlikely that anyone who hasn't buried their router in ten feet of cement is unspoiled by this point) and be sure to stay through to the end of the credits because... (Oh, and a shout out to Ludwig Göransson for his amazing score throughout both seasons, who knew a bass recorder could be quite so memorable)

I caught up on a couple of episode of Hulu's new "Hardy Boys" series and ws surprised at just how... wholesome it is. In a world of Riverdale and Stranger Things, this seems to be a family friendly take on Frank and (a much younger than usual) Joe set in the 80's. Fridging their mother to provide the plot for the first season is a trope I could happily have lived without (why not their father instead if they HAD to take a turn down "Dead Parent Drive") but overall it's been refreshingly lacking in "dark edginess".

The next Sentai series has been announced, "Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger" ("Machine World Squadron Full Throttle Ranger") will be the 45th in the series looks set to be an "homage to the past" type.

Scans_Daily lays claim to no faith or preference (Even my choice of icon is more down to it including Robin in a Santa hat than anything else). so whether you are celebrating Solstice, Hannukah, Yule, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Winterval, Hogswatchnight or that old favourite Making-it-through-the-next-three-days-without-shouting-at-a-family-member, or not celebrating anything at all for any number of reasons, have fun, stay safe and be well, especially this year.

If you are by yourself, remember that really you're not: Your oddball global family here at S_D is always here (Actually that sounded a little more menacing than reassuring, sorry). A merry, if chaotic, agglomeration of every embarassing aunt, weird uncle, fun cousin and sibling that you're not even sure why you're still talking too but what the heck. We're here any time you need us. We don't judge, we don't criticise, we accept you as you are and we love you for that.

Random question of the week: favourite gemstone? (In a mineralogical sense, rather than Steven Universe sense)

Animal Man: The Last Enemy

[alicemacher]

[This is] where the revenge narrative kicks in. So does [Animal Man], in Hollywood action-hero fashion, grab the nearest weapons and go on a rampage until he kills the man responsible? Does he pull a Hamlet and contemplate the best course of action while pondering the mysteries of existence? Does he, like the Punisher, become a psychopathic vigilante with a cool shirt? Does he act like I would and cry and curl up into a fetal position for a few days? Or does he seek redemption?

All of the above.

-- Timothy Callahan, Grant Morrison: The Early Years (Sequart, 2012), 100

Warning for self-harm and contemplated suicide (thus my once again not posting the cover as a preview).

( 'It doesn't make any sense. Death never makes sense.' )

Batman/Superman #15

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Action Comics #1028

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( The final Bendis issue )

Iron Man #4

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Doctor Doom #9

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"I feel like Reed thinks about Victor maybe once a week. I feel like Victor wakes up and Reed's face is the first thing he sees in his mind. At Victor's funeral, Reed would probably be stoic and say something like 'His was a tremendous mind' and that would be that. At Reed's funeral, Victor would be sobbing and wrapping himself around the casket. He would be crying louder than Sue for god's sake.

It's like when the Monster mourns for Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton is like, 'You are so full of shit, if he was still alive you would be hunting him down and tormenting and cursing his name, you poseur.'" -- Christopher Cantwell

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