The Return of the Trinity?

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Trinity wrap-up, but let me make up for four weeks of issues I missed: the good and bad arcanas try to claim territory for themselves while Alfred’s Six slowly learn what happened to the Trinity after they were banished. Very slowly. Mind-numbingly slowly. I really raved about…



Top 5 Unusually Heavy Episodes of 1980s Cartoons: #1

#5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 #1: Dark Awakening, The Transformers Originally broadcast September 22, 1986 Written by Antoni Zalewski Plot summary (from imdb.com): …Several Autobots seek shelter to make repairs to their ship and find a mausoleum they built for causalities [from The Transformers: The Movie]. They discover that Optimus Prime…



Worst to First: February 4th, 2009

I’ve been trying to come up with a clever gimmick to use to review my weekly comics for awhile now, and since the untimely passing of Jean-Claude Van Doom some time ago, I figured it would be worth a shot to steal his old gimmick. Thus, I bring to you the first ever Doom DeLuise…



Top 5 Unusually Heavy Episodes of 1980s Cartoons: #2

#5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 #2: The Phantom Brigade, G.I. Joe Originally broadcast October 9, 1985 Written by Sharman Di Vono Plot summary (from Allmovie.com): Cobra Commander uses an elderly gypsy woman to conjure up three dangerous ghosts: a Roman legionnaire, a Mongol warrior, and an American WWI flying ace. He…



“I had a nightmare. A terrible nightmare.”

With Final Crisis ending with the God Machine reverting everything back to normal, and with Final Crisis: Revelations ending with the Spectre undoing everything Cain and his followers did in that series, it’s making me wonder: can you think of two other concurrent big-event miniseries that both ended with “And then it all went back…



Top 5 Unusually Heavy Episodes of 1980s Cartoons: #3

#5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 #3: Worlds Without End, G.I. Joe Originally broadcast November 4, 1985 Written by Martin Pasko Plot summary (from AllMovie.com): Joe team members Flint, Lady Jaye, Airtight, Grunt, Clutch, and Steeler try to recover a matter transmutor stolen by the Dreadnoks. When the device is accidentally triggered,…



It’s a bird … it’s a paper plane …

There are a good number of these “What did Superman sing to Darkseid?” efforts going around, but this is by far the best. From Registered Weapon: h/t: Spencer Ackerman



What I’m buying this week

Jim Doom: • Adventure Comics #0 – It’s $1. • Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #3 – I hope I remember what happened back in #2. Nice to know that, in some capacity, Final Crisis is going to keep going on for two more months. Fitting that this takes place in the future. •…



The Doomino Effect for January 28, 2009

In this episode: Final Crisis: Revelations #5 | Final Crisis #7 | Captain America #46 | Batman #685 | Daredevil #115 Speaking of Daredevil #115, this was part 5 of the super awesome Lady Bullseye storyline. We find out the whole reason that Lady Bullseye came to town, killed Black Tarantula and White Tiger, resurrected…



The Top 5 Unusually Heavy Episodes of 1980s Cartoons: #4

#5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Today’s installment is quite a departure from yesterday’s, but still noteworthy, especially given its series context. #4: My Gummi Lies Over the Ocean, The Gummi Bears Originally broadcast November 29, 1986 Written by Doug Hutchinson, Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, Art Vitello and Mark Zaslove Plot summary…