tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34058808811869217162024-02-06T19:58:15.332-08:00Comix Secret HQThis blog is devoted to talking about comic book characters and elements: the good, the bad and the ugly.Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.comBlogger562125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-11340536684939451592015-11-18T13:04:00.001-08:002015-12-24T07:19:38.266-08:00Comic Theory: Lime Blood Powers<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;"><b>Disclaimer: This post was intended as a joke. I made this because I was bored.</b></span></div>
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For those not in the know, the trolls (in <i>Homestuck</i>) have can have different colors of blood. The blood color determines a troll social status and their powers (usually psychic in nature). It is revealed that there used to be lime blood trolls. However, the lime blood trolls were hunted to extinction due to having powers that threaten the status quo. Fans have speculated on what were the powers of these trolls and why they were a threat. I am here to throw in my two cents.<br />
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First, I need to explain some backstory. All the purple blood trolls are subjugglators, members of an unnamed (at the time of writing) religion that serves as the trolls' counterpart to the juggalo (fans of the Insane Clown Posse) culture. Part of their religion is to consume / produce soda particularly "the wicked elixir" Faygo. Her Imperious Condescension, queen of the trolls, became annoyed by the subjugglators' control over the soda market. So, she produced their own soda, Alternian Soft Drink, to compete. The majesty claimed it had more sugar than Faygo. In reality, it was diet soda so she could drink it without gaining too much weight. Despite the high bloods (correctly) suspecting she was lying, the soda became popular among the more numerous lower caste members. So what does this have to with the lime blood trolls?<br />
Now, here is my actual theory. The lime bloods had the psychic powers that allowed them to realize the content of what they are eating. So, Her Imperious Condescension, wanting to prevent her sales from plummeting and prevent a public relations nightmare, had all the lime bloods exterminated. <br />
What is my logic? Firstly, it seems highly unlikely the lime bloods just happened to become extinct while being hunted. So, them being wiped out was clearly intentional. Second, nothing in the story mentions how old the Alternian Soft Drink is. This combined with the lack of any real indication of when the lime bloods died means the lime bloods could have been around when the soda was introduced. Next, Calliope mentioned the lime bloods had unusual powers. The psychic food power would be unusual since the trolls usually have more traditional psychic powers such as telekinesis, mind control, future sight and so on. Lastly, their powers was probably not very useful if they all able to be killed off. If they say had the ability to calm down trolls (a popular theory), why didn't they just use that power to save themselves?<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Hemospectrum">http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Hemospectrum</a><br />
<a href="http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/The_Condesce">http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/The_Condesce</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003913">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003913</a><br />
<a href="http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/TaB">http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/TaB</a><br />
<u style="color: #0000ee;">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=007208</u><br />
<a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006862">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006862</a><br />
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/2z1zga/what_do_we_know_about_lime_blood_powers/">https://www.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/2z1zga/what_do_we_know_about_lime_blood_powers/</a><br />
<br />Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-540077457587842232015-09-14T16:46:00.000-07:002015-09-14T16:46:21.875-07:00Critic Corner: Homestuck<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover to a printed collection of the series</td></tr>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;">Homestuck </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">is easily the most famous of all the </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">MS Paint Adventure </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">comics. It is also one of the most </span>divisive<span style="font-family: inherit;">. What do I think of it? Let's take a look.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What's the plot? John Egbert and his friends obtain a beta for the upcoming game </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Sburb</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">. However, it turns out the game is able to affect reality. Soon, our heroes find themselves on an epic quest to defeat monsters so they can create a new universe. </span>Unfortunately<span style="font-family: inherit;">, things don't proves so simple.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What's good? The humor can be very funny. John Egbert's mental breakdown when he realizes Betty Crocker owns Fruit Gushers is a good example. Act 5 Act 2 manages to take several of the trolls and make them likable </span>particularly Terezi and Karkat.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The series is very addicting and gave me a lot to talk about to the point I had trouble stopping until I got to the point the author stopped for a </span>hiatus<span style="font-family: inherit;">. The art is simple but </span>elegant.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What's bad? The author doesn't seem to know what he wants to do with the series. Is it a comedy? A dark epic? A post-modern examination of video game tropes? Because of this, the tone is constantly shifting and the plot </span>schizophrenic. It gets to the point I can't figure what the main conflict it is. For the first 5 acts, it seems to be to win the game, but suddenly the focus changes to stopping Lord English with everyone ignoring the game. This is not helped by the fact multiple subplots run at the same time forcing the story to constantly cut between them. The plot moves at a snails pace. For example, it takes three acts to introduce all four main characters. Speaking of characters, the characterization is pretty poor. The characters tend to be defined by one characteristic (Rose is the smart one, Dave is the stoic cool kid, John is the goofball and Jane the quirky one). A lot of the characters are too similar even when it makes no sense. Why are the kids from Universe A-2 similar to the main kids from Universe A-1 when the A-2 kids are the alternate counterparts to the A-1 kids' guardians? On a related note, this series has some pretty boring villains. For example, Doc Scratch does nothing but gives exposition; Vriska is annoying to read because she is never punished for the evil she does and is suddenly made the leaders of the good guys for real reason; and Lord English has unclear motivations and a backstory that boils down to he was born evil. The comic uses a script format for the dialogue. This is annoying because every character has a stupid typing gimmick (which applies to their speech for some reason) and color for their dialogue, which makes it especially annoying to read when we have two characters with similar text colors talking to each other. The dialogue can last for several pages when it would be easier to just summarize it. The troll characters, when introduced in Act 5 Act 1, are unlikable despite being the protagonists of that arc. For example, they include a jerk that goes berserk over everything (Karkat), two doomsday villains (Vriska and Aradia), a social elitist (Equius) and genocidal social elitist (Edrian). To be fair though, some of them become more likable in Act 5 Act 2. Also, why are the sub-acts also called "Acts"? Why not "Part", "Scene" or anything but "Act" since you already used that word? The comic has trouble mixing the comedy and drama. For example, the horrific massacre of innocent people is caused by a guy not wanting to wear his lame uniform. The videos usually have no pause button which can be annoying if I need to leave for some reason. The games (especially the longer ones) aren't intuitive and lack a clear end. There is a recurring gag about how Caliborn sucks at art. This joke is not and never will be funny because it never goes beyond "Ha. Ha. He sucks at art.", which isn't really a joke in it of itself. The timeline is extremely confusing. The constant uses of flashbacks or subplots taking place earlier in the story make the narrative non-linear. There are also plot holes. For example, why is Dad Egbert's computer (which is made to look like singer and actor Bing Crosby) in Act 5 Act 1, which takes place before humanity or even the Earth existed? The mechanics of the world are poorly explained or flat-out confusing. For example, how death works seems to change on the fly with Sollux getting two dream selves (which serve as extra lives) where as everyone else gets one with no explanation. There are interesting ideas in the series, but they are either ignored or handled poor. For an example of the former, the Felt are interesting due to their unique time powers, but are killed shortly (relatively speaking) after their proper introduction. For an example of the latter, the awesome-sounding story of the Condense taking over the Earth and the heroes that opposed her is told to us by Dirk instead of it being shown us as part of the story. The use of real-life images can be jarring compared to the more cartoony art.<br />
Overall, <i>Homestuck </i>is mediocre series. I will admit it has good humor and interesting ideas. However, the writing is terrible being both confusing and taking forever to accomplish anything. I give the series 4 out of 10. </div>
Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-89572969719342426362015-08-15T14:54:00.000-07:002018-03-05T15:22:59.252-08:00Karma Club Update<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Along time ago, I did a post about "Karma Club". I found a description of the plot from <i>Comicvine </i>and pointed out how flawed it was. Recently, I found a copy on Amazon and purchased it. However, I discovered <i>Karma Club</i> is in fact a <b>book </b>not a <b>comic</b>. In case you are wondering how this screw-up could occur, Amazon lists comics under "books". While this is normally something I won't talk about on my blog, I felt I should discuss it because of previous post. This book is terrible.<br />
What is it about? In the future, humans inhabit three planets (dubbed "Megamalls"): MegaMallopolisticks / Sticks, MegaMallopolisuika / Big Melon and MegaMallopolisine / Nile. The plot revolves around Kemmy, who just moved from the Sticks to the Big Melon. She is part of the Karma Club, a team of teenage secret agents who fight crime with laser-shooting musical instruments while using the cover of a sushi delivery service. After years of peace, MegaMallopolisuika experiences a rash of violent crimes and appearances of a mysterious green goo.<br />
<b>Setting Details</b><br />
Let's talk about the setting details first. The world building is done poorly. Many elements are put together haphazardly with no thought to how they fit together.<br />
The MegaMalls are given hard to remember names forcing me to memorize their nicknames and not their real names. In science fiction, there is a trope called the "Planets of Hats", where a planet / alien race is defined by one quirk. The writer has to resort to this despite there only being three planets: Sticks is the rural planet, Big Melon is the city planet and Nile is the retirement home planet. The Nile is mentioned to be a desert planet. Why the heck would you send all your old people to a desert? That seems horrible. In fact, it sounds like a dark joke. However, I can assure you that the story isn't treating it as such. The book mentions a fourth planet: Phatlantis. It is only mentioned once in Chapter 3. According to the book, it is a "lost MegaMall" that existed before Armageddon and is the origin of circle / eclipse symbolism used by the Off-Center Intelligence Agency (the organization that the Karma Club works for), whose name is implied to have originated there. How do you lose a planet?! The book mentions France, America, Asia and Latin America at various points. Where is this story occurring in relation to modern day Earth? This is never explained. Also, there is no explanation for the term "MegaMall".<br />
In chapter 4, we are introduced to the Stare Masters. The Stare Masters are "bald-headed, gypsy-looking, ... overweight old" men that are descended from Monk E, the founder of the MegaMalls. They have the ability to teleport people from MegaMall to MegaMall and are the only way to get from planet to planet. This is constantly described as being done "holographically" despite holographs not being used. This power seems to be magical in nature despite the fact everything else is science fiction in this setting. It is stated that Stare Masters were "trained in the art of <i>molding </i>Karma". What the heck does that mean? Karma is the currency people get for doing good deeds. How do you mold that? It is also mentioned the Stare Masters don't speak (presumably due to a vow of silence). However, they are shown to work at basically amounts to an airport. Wouldn't not speaking greatly complicate working there? It is mentioned travelling from MegaMall to MegaMall is unusual. If that is the case, where do the Sticks and Nile get their food? Cities and deserts (Big Melon and Nile) are usually terrible places to grow food. Generally, you grow food in the country (Sticks).<br />
Speaking of the Stare Masters, let's discuss Monk E. According to Shay, he and his disciples founded the good deed-based economy. First off, he has nothing to do with monkeys. So, why is he called that? Secondly, the E stands for "Enlightenment". Why is he called "Monk Enlightenment" and not his actual name? We don't call George Washington "President Law" or Lewis Carroll "Deacon Humor". Is "Enlightenment" his legal last name? If so, what kind of surname is that? Lastly, a monk is a person that practices a religion usually living in a community of other monks. Despite this, Monk E's religion is never mentioned.<br />
You may have been wondering about the purple plushy. That's not a plushy. It's a Zoo-Pet. What are Zoo-Pets? According to glossary of terms invented for the story (which by the way is incomplete), they are "cloned zoo animals that have been miniaturized and domesticated as pets" and that "can communicate in Zoo-Pet speak". However, the cover shows Quo Quo, the token Zoo-Pet in the story, with hands. The story seems to imply this since he can use a computer. That brings me to another point. Quo Quo is purple and seems to have human-level intelligence, which no one comments on. Are the Zoo-Pets genetically altered? If these animals have intelligence comparable to humans, isn't treating them as animals unfair? What is wrong with having a normal cat or dog as a pet? The story claims Zoo-Pets communicate via Zoo-Pet speak. However, Quo Quo constantly speaks English. It also mentioned that apparently it is unusual for humans to understand ZP speak. Why would you teach your intelligent pets to speak in a language you can't speak?<br />
The law is enforced by the Copiers of Peaceful Yin and Yang. Even ignoring how bad the backronym is, why not just call them police? The Off-Center Intelligence Agency seems to act similar to the FBI not the CIA. For those unaware, the FBI deal with affairs <b>in</b>side America while the CIA deal with affairs <b>out</b>side of America. The agents of the Off-Center Intelligence Agency use instruments that can shoot lasers or create constructs based on how good the music made with is. Why?! Why would anyone build weapons like this? Why not make laser guns that you just need to a pull a trigger for?<br />
Armageddon is constantly mentioned throughout the book. It is implied in chapter 4 that Armageddon led to the creation of the Karma system and had something to do with the old system of money. Nothing else is explained it about despite the fact it is constantly referenced throughout the book.<br />
Finally, lets talk about the karma monetary system. The basic idea is that doing good deeds can earn you money, while doing bad deeds can remove them. People are given debit cards that keep track of a person's amount of karma. So basically, people have no privacy since they are constantly being monitored by their cards. As I asked in the original post, who gets to decide what counts as "good"? Cultural values and differing opinions can shape a person's perception of good and evil. For example, Americans are okay with wearing shoes in the house while the Japanese find it rude. Are the Stare Masters in charge and that how's they are "<i>molding </i>Karma"? If that's the case, they could easily become a priest class and make themselves rich while screwing over the masses. Again from my original post, where is the money coming from? This is never explained despite the monetary system being crucial to the setting. Kemmy talks about how horrible it would be if you could earn cash without doing good deeds. However, this misses one flaw with the Karma system. This is the exact same system as the current American capitalistic system except you can earn money by being good. A major plot point is the shoe company B-Rok, which is a privately owned entity. This means you can sell goods to earn karma thus meaning you can earn money in other ways aside from being good. The book claims there hasn't a crime in years because of the rewards for being good. What about people who don't care about money (like Lee Harvey Oswald) or are crazy (like John Hinckley Junior)?<br />
<b>Plot and Characters</b><br />
The plot is not much better. I managed to figure out the goo was causing the people to become evil since it appears at every crime scene. The heroes don't figure this out until towards the end of the book. Instead, they decided to deal with it because its acidic.<br />
The main characters are unmemorable. The sole exception is Phoebe. She is notable because she is annoying. Nearly everything she says is her insulting the other characters either directly or indirectly.<br />
The villains are terrible. They want to destroy the good-deed economy. Why? I have no idea. Tunnel just seems to be evil because the plot says so. They don't need complex motivations. It can be something simple like they think the old system was better or they are misanthropes that want to spite society. Ann Noy's only character trait is that he mixes up words. I have no idea if this is supposed to a speech impediment or not because of how inconstantly it's portrayed. The leader of the villains, Dawn Queen, is barely in the book and doesn't do anything important for the plot.<br />
The evil plan makes no sense. Tunnel, the villains, discovered the goo B-ROK uses to make their Jolted Jades shoes make people evil. This occurs if they touch the goo directly or if they wear the shoes although the latter does it slower. Somehow turning people evil via the goo earns you money due to a legal loophole that is never explained. The villains take over a B-ROK factory to produce the goo and then splatter it across the city in order to turn people evil. This plan is moronic since it would obliviously attract the attention of the police. Instead, Tunnel could use the goo to earn tons of money then use the money to buy B-ROK and keep on producing the shoes.<br />
I wanted to talk more about this book. However, I found this covered basically all the major problems in the book. So, I'll just end this by saying this this is a mediocre book.Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-46935351333346050832015-08-05T19:30:00.000-07:002015-08-05T19:30:32.412-07:00Quadrants<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Quadrants are a concept from <i>Homestuck</i>. Basically, quadrants are four different types of romance that a troll (a type of alien in the series) can experience. Each form has an associated color and card suit. The "red" relationship revolve around pity while the "black" one revolve around hate. It has also been stated m</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">oirallegiance and auspisticism more revolve around platonic emotions. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Humans are stated to only be able to experience matespritship. </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #bf0000; line-height: 22px;">Matespritship (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #bf0000; line-height: 22px;">♥)</span></span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As stated before, this is the one form of quadrant romance humans can experience. The partners feel affection for each other. However because troll culture, this form of romance can end up becoming violent. John's Dad and Rose's Mom are cited as an example. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #c39797;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Moirallegiance (</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #c39797; font-style: inherit; line-height: 22px;">♦) </span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Moirallegiance occur between a moirail and their partner. In this relationship, the moirail is watched over. Andrew Hussie, the creator of Homestuck, has stated t</span><span style="color: #333333;">he purpose of this relationship "</span><span style="color: #333333;">is to pacify a partner who is dangerous" and "[its]</span><span style="color: #333333;"> not all about being platonic soul bros forever". The example given is Equius and Nepeta.</span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #8f8f8f;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Auspisticism</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #8f8f8f; font-style: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (♣)</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">Auspitsticism involves three people instead of two. The auspistice acts as mediator that keeps a relationship b<span style="font-family: inherit;">etween two partners </span>functional<span style="font-family: inherit;">. It has been shown an auspistice can be the only one feeling the emotions associated with this relationship and not the couple themselves. However, the comic has yet to say whether this is the norm or not. </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The example given is Kanaya mediating Vriska and Tavros' relationship.</span></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #333333;">Kismesissitude</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"> (</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 22px;">♠)</span></b><br />
Kismesissitude is based around mutual hatred and attraction at the same time. Despite the hate aspect, the partners usually have to respect each other to some degree for the relationship to last. The trolls discourage killing or defeating your mate since that would mean the end of the relationship. Jack Noir and the Black Queen is cited as an example.<br />
<b>Quadrant Vacillation</b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, it is not uncommon for trolls for relationships for "flicker" between multiple quadrants, which is known as "</span>Quadrant Vacillation<span style="font-family: inherit;">". </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">This usually is in the form of the Matespirt / Kismesis Double Reacharound or </span>Group Vacillation. In MKDR, one partner experiences "red" feelings to a partner experiencing "black" ones. Either one partner has to change their feelings toward the other or an auspistice intervenes to is needed to keep the relationship stable. In Group Vacillation, trolls, who have a polygamous society, form multiple relationships and the resulting web of relations feature both "red" and "black" relationships.<br />
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<b>References</b>:</div>
<a href="http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Quadrants">http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Quadrants</a><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?32390&p=4173696#post4173696">http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?32390&p=4173696#post4173696</a></span>
Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-25819562820918344302015-07-24T06:57:00.003-07:002015-07-24T06:57:36.099-07:00Vault of Obscurity 6<b>Captain Napalm</b><br />
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Captain Napalm originally was an alter ego of Calvin (see above). However when changing in his alter ego, he accidentally locked himself inside. Later, Captain Napalm was brought back as a fictional comic within the comic. We never see the actual content of the comic. However, the comic appears to be about nineties-styled antihero or at least very gory ("Oh no, Captain Napalm's getting his kidneys punched out with an I-beam!" - Calvin). Captain Napalm is stated to also appear in <i>Thermonuclear League of Liberty</i>, where he is the leader of the titular organization. Calvin mentioned there is a series bubblegum card based on the comic.<br />
<b>The Iron Warrior</b><br />
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Rodney Dearth was a treasure hunter that searched through Africa. To aid him, he used the Iron Warrior. The Iron Warrior was a twelve or more feet tall robot. Rodney could use the robot as armor or control it remotely via a control. Like many Golden Age heroes, he would kill people. In <i>League of the Extraordinary Gentle: Black Dossier</i>, the titular document revealed the Iron Warrior was a member of the fifties incarceration of the League.<br />
<b>Miracle Man</b><br />
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Miracle Man was a superhero from the comic book <i>Sinclair Oil RD 119: The Miracle In Your Gas Tank</i>, a corporate promotion / PSA by the Sinclair Oil Company. Lewis Thomas and his family were driving when their car stopped working. Miracle Man arrived via a magic carpet that has the front of a car. He used his power to reveal rust and corrosion is the problem. Because Lewis refusing to believe it, Miracle Man took the family to Sinclair Research Installation at Harvey, Illinois. Here, an unnamed scientist explained about the rust and how Sinclair's rust inhibitor RD-119 prevent rust. Miracle Man sent Lewis and his son home. However, Lewis was unable to convince anyone of Miracle Man's existence.<br />
Miracle Man can alter people's sizes and teleport them. When he is small, he seems to retain the strength he has at normal size. For some reason, he always says "Sinc-Lair [sic]" when he uses his powers.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Napalm">http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Napalm</a><br />
<a href="http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Napalm_(Alter_ego)">http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Napalm_(Alter_ego)</a><br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NinetiesAntiHero">http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NinetiesAntiHero</a><br />
<a href="http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/i/ironwarr.htm">http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/i/ironwarr.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=33566">http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=33566</a>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-87982177698013926822015-07-21T16:53:00.001-07:002018-03-05T15:24:28.563-08:00Volto From Mars<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Volto, much like Captain Toostie and NFL superhero, is a superhero invented to promote a product. In this case, we have an alien promoting Grape Nut Flakes.<br />
<b>Overview</b><br />
Volto is a martian that came to Earth for some reason that the writer decided not to share with the audience. He decided to become a superhero. Again, the reason why is withheld. Volto befriended a small boy Jimmy, who does nothing to further the plot.<br />
His adventures were told in one-page stories. Each story has a problem emerge. Volto then uses his powers while explaining them out loud. This is often some variation on "my left hand repels" and "my right hand attracts". Then, he eats Grape Nut Flake cereal usually with Volto or some other character praising it.<br />
Volto activates his powers by yelling his name. When this happens, he can repel (via his left hand) or attract (right) an object. Despite this being called "magnetism", the power works on any object not just metal. However, using this power drains energy that can only be restored by eating cereal.<br />
<b>Martians Don't Eat Human Flesh</b><br />
There is something odd I noticed. Both the <i>Volto Archive</i> and <i>Public Domain Super Heroes</i> claim the other martians eat human flesh. However, none of the comics I could find supported this claim. In fact, Volto directly state all martian eats cereal grains several times.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://voltoarchives.pbworks.com/w/page/9545487/FrontPage">http://voltoarchives.pbworks.com/w/page/9545487/FrontPage</a><br />
<a href="http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Volto_from_Mars">http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Volto_from_Mars</a><br />
I also did some Google image searches to see about the human flesh thing.Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-59354603986687784532015-07-17T12:11:00.002-07:002022-03-06T13:45:30.432-08:00Don't Read Bad Webcomic Wiki <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Edit: I no longer agree with this post but will keep up the post up regardless.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;">Note: Due to the swearing in the quotes, the cuss words will be highlighted black. This make it so you can't see them unless you highlight them yourself.</span></div>
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Seriously don't. For the unaware, <i>Bad Webcomic Wiki</i> is a website that collect reviews of web comics. As the title suggests, the reviews are negative. That may not sound too bad. After all, Channel Awesome is largely composed of critics that specialize in negative reviews. However, <i>Bad Webcomic Wiki</i> is a horrible website. I'm here to explain why.</div>
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<b>Smugness</b></div>
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The entire website has a smugness to it without any sense of self-awareness. For example, the home page claims "[b<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.05px;">ad] webcomic creators are psychologically blind to their flaws, their egos are fed by the constant stream of </span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.05px;">ass</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.05px;">-kissing supplied by their semi-literate fans who don't know any better". Another prime is example </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.05px;">involves</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.05px;"> the description of "Not Crazy Reactions" page: "</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 19.05px;">Here we keep the words of artists who responded almost like real adults. I am amazed we have enough of those now for them to have their own section" ("Reactions"). One of the other pages is "Angry Reactions" thus they are implying anyone angry at them are, in their own words, "failures <span style="background-color: black;">bitch</span>ing and crying about receiving well-earned criticism" ("Reactions"). </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.05px;">Compare to the Nostalgia Critic, who the website is clearly trying to emulate. The Nostalgia Critic is a smug jerk that states his opinion is superior to others. However, the series has a sense of self-depreciation shown when the Critic is portrayed as idiot such as when he fails his allies are being mind-controlled in his <i>Matrix Revolution</i> review. The self-depreciation is what keeps him likable. However, <i>Bad Webcomics Wiki </i>lacks this.</span></div>
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<b>The Personal Attacks</b></div>
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This is what convinced me to write this post. The reviews have a section to explain who the author is. On a good review, this would provide insight to the creative force behind the product being reviewed. It might even explain some of the creative decisions. For example, a creator might have turned their comic darker because a death in the family. However on <i>Bad Webcomic Wiki</i>, the contributors use it to attack the authors. </div>
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A prime example is from the "VG Cats" review. They accuse Scott Ramsooair of being a “misogynist”, “fanboy (yet he
hates the company he idolizes)”, “sodomist”, “total
<span style="background-color: black;">ass</span>hole”, “delusional <span style="background-color: black;">prick</span>”, “<span style="background-color: black;">fuck</span>tard”,
“creep” and “[pretty] much <span style="background-color: black;">fuck</span>ed up...” among
other thing. Their "proof" of this is behavior in his comic that isn't supposed to be emulated such as accidentally killing Santa. </div>
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However, the worse example was from their <i>Grim Tales From Down Below</i> review. They accuse the author, Vinson "Bleedman" Ngo, of being a pedophile. They provide no prove aside from a single post that is not a reliable source (the post is literally just calling him a pedophile with no proof). Being accused of pedophile can ruin a person's life. Yet, they did it without any proof. Add to that, they have the gall to criticize Tim Buckley (in their "Ctrl + Alt + Del" post) for being accused for being pedophile. Let me repeat: they criticize him for being <b>accused </b>of being a pedophile not for actual being one. </div>
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<b>Lack of Editing</b></div>
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This might seem like an odd criticism. After all, the reviews can be edited by contributors. My problem is that they don't edit enough. Keep in mind the following examples are only the notable ones.</div>
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In their review of Dave Hopkin's <i>Jack</i>, they accuse him of plagiarism. However, they don't expand on this at all except for a picture that implies Jack's design is ripping off Frank from <i>Donnie Darko</i>, which it isn't. This would be simple to remove since there are only two references to it. </div>
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The website is supposed to have warning for reviews of questionable content. However, they called "Chugworth Academy" porn and didn't place a porn warning on the review. </div>
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In their review of Cathrine Alvheim's <i>Jack</i>, they accuse the comic of being a "rip-off by someone who has EVEN LESS TALENT" ("Jack (the other one)") of the previously mentioned <i>Jack</i> comic. However, Dave's comic is about a rabbit that becomes an amnesic grim reaper working for Hell while Cathrine's comic is about the adventures of an undead man trying to get revenge on the people that killed him. They could have done basic research, realize this was wrong and removed the single reference, but this has yet to occur. </div>
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The "Lightbringer" review is out of date. The review states Lewis Lovhaug (who became a comic book reviewer) refuses to review web comics. However, he changed his stance on his and reviewed the first act of <i>Homestuck</i>. </div>
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The "Billy the Heretic" review has six paragraphs under the "Story" section. However, only one of them actually explains what the story is. The section should have been rewritten. </div>
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<b>Jokes at the Cost of Quality</b></div>
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The reviewers often insert comedy into the reviews. However, these jokes often hurt the quality of the reviews. For example, the "Jack (the other one)" review neglects to give any background info for the sake for a "joke" where the reviewer, oddguy (the name isn't capitialized), accuses the comic of being a rip off. In the "House of LSD" review, they keep on making jokes about the author in the biography section to the point we don't learn anything about her until the third paragraph.</div>
Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-82632512682297210052015-07-16T06:02:00.000-07:002015-07-16T06:02:19.196-07:00What if Captain America Were Not Revived Until Today?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I recently read a post on the 44th issue of <i>What If?</i>. For the unaware, this comic told stories based on what if scenarios (such as what if Spider-Man joined the Fantastic Four). Issue 44 is notable because of its unusual message and this quote: "America is a piece of trash!" spoken by none other than Captain America himself.<br />
<b>Plot</b><br />
Captain America gets frozen, but remains frozen (whereas he is thawed out by the Avengers in 1964 originally). When Richard Nixon visits China, a custodian frees from stasis the 1950s Captain America and Bucky. These duo were fan boys of the original that tried to stand-in for their idols, but were put into suspended animation for being mentally unstable. Their release also occurred in normal continuity in <i>Captain America</i> issue 154-156. Unlike that comic, the real Captain America isn't around to stop them. The duo become the unwitting pawns of the villainous Secret Empire. The Secret Empire use the patriotic icons (posing as the original) to gain control of Congress and then slowly turn America into a totalitarian state. A (faked) attempt on Captain America's life leads to nation-wide martial law. The real Captain America thaws (thanks to the efforts of a rebel group) out and is disgusted with what he sees America has become. This leads to a fight between the two Caps. The real Captain America gives a speech about the importance of America's ideals and how that he is loyal to that and not the government. During which, he says:<br />
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"Well, I say America is nothing! Without its ideals — its commitment to the freedom of all men, America is a piece of trash! A nation is nothing! A flag is a piece of cloth! I fought Adolf Hitler not because America was great, but because it was fragile! I knew that liberty could be snuffed out here as in Nazi Germany! As a people, we were no different then them! When I returned, I saw that you nearly did turn American into nothing! And the only reason you're not less then nothing — — is that it's still possible for you too bring freedom back to America!"</blockquote>
The crowd realizes who the real cap is. After defeating the fake captain, Captain America tells them to not follow him since following a single, charismatic leader is what got them in this situation in the first place.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://prettyfakes.com/2006/11/america-is-a-piece-of-trash/">http://prettyfakes.com/2006/11/america-is-a-piece-of-trash/</a><br />
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<br />Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-40489398993235684702015-07-14T21:19:00.001-07:002015-08-05T18:53:43.652-07:00The Felt<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It has been a while since I did a post. What convinced me to start again was reading the <i>Homestuck </i>Act 3 - 4 Intermission <span style="line-height: 22px;">"Don't Bleed on the Suits". In it, they introduce my favorite characters of the comic: the Felt,... who promptly killed off before the end of the intermission. </span><br />
Before someone mentions, I know that Lord English usually has a GIF of pool balls instead of the "o". However, the images was giving me formatting issues so I chose to just use an "o" instead.<br />
<b>History</b><br />
Caliborn (the future <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Lo<span style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 300ms; -webkit-transition-property: opacity; border-color: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-style: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; transition-delay: initial; transition-duration: 300ms; transition-property: opacity;"></span>rd</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">English) played the single player campaign of the reality-altering game <i>Sburb</i>. Whereas the "normal" (i.e. multiplayer game) involves helping stop an army of evil, the single player version of game involves conquering and destroying 15 planets. Each time Caliborn did so, he was rewarded with a new leprechaun sidekick. Each of them was given a hat with a designated color and number which relate to a pool ball (such as yellow / one or green / six). These leprechauns became a group of mobsters called "the Felt"</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> with </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">English leading. At some point, Snowman and Doc Scratch joined. They represented the eight-ball and cue ball. At some point, the Felt came into conflict with the Midnight Crew and became their rivals. </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">During "Don't Bleed on the Suits", the Midnight Crew killed the Felt except for Doc Scratch and </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">English. Snowman's death resulted in the destruction of their universe. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;">However, the Felt briefly appeared in Act 5 Act 2 due to their time-altering abilities. Spades Slick, the leader of the Midnight Crew, used Die's doll to revive all the dead members except Snowman (whose revival would have negative consequences), who was replaced by Ms. Paint. This version was led by Spades Slick naturally. </span><br />
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Members</b></span><br />
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am only listing the original 14 leprechaun members and Snowman</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. The reason why is because these characters were fairly minor. However, Doc Scratch and </span><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Lord</span><span style="line-height: 22px;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">English are important players to the overarching plot of <i>Homestuck</i>. As such, there were would be too much information for this list.</span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;"><b>Itchy</b></span>- High strung, Itchy could slow time relative to himself. This </span><span style="line-height: 22px;">allowed him to react faster. Spades got the jump on him and killed him</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; line-height: 22px;"><b>Doze</b></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">- Doze has the ability to slow time for himself. While seemingly useless, this allows him to slow down how fast he received pain thus making him impossible to torture. He was killed by a bomb placed in his hat by Club Deduces.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Trace</b></span>- Trace was skilled at infiltration and messed with the Midnight Crew several times. He could tell where a person has been a la <i>Donnie Darko</i>. Trace was killed by the same bomb that killed Doze.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; line-height: 22px;"><b>Clover</b></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">- Clover was a superstitious, but superhumanly lucky, member. He seemed to be an accountant. Clover was willing to reveal sensitive information if the person asking could answer a riddle. It was unclear if Spades killed him or not. If Spades didn't, the destruction of the universe would have.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Fin</b></span>- Fin was a shark-like member able to see where people will be in the future a la <i>Donnie Darko</i>. He enjoys snooping, but leaves evidence of him being there. Fin died from blood loss due to injuries given to him by Diamond Droog.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Die</span></b>- Die had a voodoo doll with needles that represented his teammates. Pulling a pin caused that teammate to appear in a timeline where they died. Due to being distracted by time mucking, Die was killed by Spades.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Crowbar</b></span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">- Crowbar was, according to Caliborn, a pleasant and intelligent fellow. He had a crowbar that could destroy any object with time-altering properties and null any effects it had on the time stream. Crowbar was killed off-screen prior to "Don't Bleed on the Suits".</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Snowman</b>- Snowman was originally a villain from a game of Sburb being played by Trolls. She was exiled and recruited by Doc Scratch. Killing Snowman would destroy the universe. This is proved true when Spades shot her in the heart.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: yellow; line-height: 22px;"><b style="background-color: black;">Stitch</b></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">- Stitch had the ability to fix entropies that appear in the timeline, which manifest as tears in </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">English's Cairo coat. He also had the power to heal members remotely. Stitch was killed by Spades.</span></li>
<li><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Sawbuck</b></span>- When wounded, Sawbuck automatically sends himself and his attacker to a random point in time. Although he had trouble wounding Sawbuck, Spades eventually managed to behead Sawbuck.</span></li>
<li><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Matchsticks</b></span>- Matchstick was killed prior to </span><span style="line-height: 22px;">"Don't Bleed on the Suits". Andrew Hussie, the creator of the webcomic, claims could use fire as a gateway to travel to any point in time. Matchsticks carried around a fire extinguisher.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; line-height: 22px;"><b>Eggs</b></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">- Eggs can use an egg timer to travel back to up to a hour. He uses this ability to summon an army of himself. Spades managed to destroy the timer via Crowbar's crowbar. As such, Heart Boxcars was able to behead Eggs.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: orange;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Biscuits</b></span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">- Biscuits is an idiot. He thinks his nonfunctional oven allows him to travel forward in time if sets the timer and waits inside. In reality, Biscuits is just waiting for the timer to go off. He is killed by a bomb placed in the oven by Club Deuces. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Quarters</b></span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">- Quarters was killed prior to "Don't Bleed on the Suits". According to Hussie, he had quarters with the faces of his team and could use these to switch places with a member if the corresponding coin was flipped. Quarters wielded a mini-gun.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Cans</span></b>- Cans is a giant brute. His ability is to literally punch people into next week. Cans was presumably killed by the universe's destruction since his death wasn't shown on screen.</span></li>
</ol>
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<span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>References</b>:</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/The_Felt">http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/The_Felt</a></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Sburb">http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Sburb</a></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Null_session#Dead_session">http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Null_session#Dead_session</a></span></div>
Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-19000159679002552042014-11-08T08:12:00.000-08:002014-11-08T08:12:07.816-08:00Mitch Wacky<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120228012211/marvel_dc/images/b/b4/Mitch_Wacky_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120228012211/marvel_dc/images/b/b4/Mitch_Wacky_01.jpg" height="269" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wackyland? Wacky Wonders? This guy must have a huge ego.</td></tr>
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I've mentioned characters that are stand-in for other characters (such as Captain Strong and the Guardians of the Globe). However, there have been comic characters based on real-life people. Mitch Wacky is an example of Walt Disney stand-in.<br />
<b>History</b><br />
Mitch Wacky was a native from the planet Angor. There, he created theme park Wackyland. Mitch contracted influenza, which Angor lacked a cure for. He reprogrammed Wackyland to run itself while he when into suspended animation. A group of super villains, the Extremists, caused a nuclear holocaust. The theme park rebuild the world and tried to restore it to its former glory. However, it also created robot copies of the Extremists and their heroic archenemies Assemblers. The Extremists copies destroyed the Assemblers and took over. Dreamslayer (a member of the original Extremists) took over the team and convinced them to invade Earth. The Justice League of Europe ended up clashing the robots. The JLE awakened Mitch and cured his influenza. After being alerted about the situation, Mitch deactivated the Extremists robots. Mitch went on several adventures with the JLE. With the help of Kilowog, Mitch built a time machine and tried to the original Extremists. However, he accidentally detonated the bomb himself. Later, Dreamslayer kidnapped him and tried to force Mitch to repair the Extremists robots. Due to a lack sleep, he was only able to rebuild Lord Havok. Exhaustion eventually killed Wacky.<br />
<b>References:</b><br />
<a href="http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Mitch_Wacky_(New_Earth)">http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Mitch_Wacky_(New_Earth)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/mitch-wacky/4005-10192/">http://www.comicvine.com/mitch-wacky/4005-10192/</a>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-15147833633796296682014-10-22T10:54:00.002-07:002014-10-22T10:54:59.050-07:00Vega: A Man's World<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwZ-qdGjkxbxQ9VYUlsLJvhoU0Uv4sO-6jDbF_cGwn9wUDyez7WKtGpHmIY6D3qUcuA6uOJ-Gy06fUZRqf83y1kVbfOsCViibyO8Exy5ZWEayb3wLJFQbAshHFVPVbrf1t9mrxZSsoGNo/s1600/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwZ-qdGjkxbxQ9VYUlsLJvhoU0Uv4sO-6jDbF_cGwn9wUDyez7WKtGpHmIY6D3qUcuA6uOJ-Gy06fUZRqf83y1kVbfOsCViibyO8Exy5ZWEayb3wLJFQbAshHFVPVbrf1t9mrxZSsoGNo/s1600/21.jpg" height="640" width="396" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first page of the comic</td></tr>
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This is a weird comic I found. "Vega: A Man's World" was a story featured <i>Omega Men</i> issue 27. It was written by Alan Moore (writer of <i>Watchmen</i>, <i>League of Extraordinary Gentlemen</i>, <i>V for Vendetta</i> and <i>From Hell</i>).<br />
The story revolves around a female alien biologist (who is called "Leelyo" by the other characters, but it is unclear if that is her actual name or just an alien word). She is visiting the planet Culacao, whose natives are all male. Leelyo notices the natives have a strange ritual where they stab the purple membrane on giant mollusks with a spear. The story opens with her witnesses them performing the ritual. She notes how her translator, Mopi, has tried to explain the ritual, but the concepts are too alien for her to understand. She wonders show the all-male natives natives can reproduce. Leeylo reveals to Mopi that woman can reproduce. Mopi takes her to his hut so they can do so. The next day, Mopi talks to his fellow native Rudo and it is revealed that the natives stab the membrane to cause the mollusk to create more of themselves. It's revealed Mopi, misunderstanding what Leelyo was telling him, stabbed her unintentionally killing her although he fails to realize what he did.<br />
<b>References:</b><br />
<a href="http://swords-and-veeblefetzers.blogspot.com/2010/11/omega-men-27-vega-mans-world-alan-moore.html">http://swords-and-veeblefetzers.blogspot.com/2010/11/omega-men-27-vega-mans-world-alan-moore.html</a>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-45925756010655269562014-10-16T14:22:00.003-07:002014-10-16T14:22:41.281-07:00Oz Squad<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/0/4/31537-4910-35121-1-oz-squad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/0/4/31537-4910-35121-1-oz-squad.jpg" height="400" width="257" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The titular team</td></tr>
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Frank Baum's <i>Oz </i>books (give yourself a pat on the back if you actually knew there was more than one) have fallen into public domain. Like anything in public domain that is even remotely famous, they have numerous adaptions and re-imaginings. Oz Squad is an obscure example I stumbled upon. It re-imagines the <i>Oz</i> original characters as a darker and edgier superhero team.<br />
<b>Premise</b><br />
The story takes place after the original forty novels and World War II. The Land of Oz (which is now a parallel dimension as opposed to just being a country that hard to reach) is seeking diplomatic relations with Earth. The Oz Squad is a special task force that protects both Oz and America. This team consists of Dorothy, Scarecrow, the no longer cowardly Lion and the Tin Woodsman. However, they have undergone changes: Dorothy is a nearly century-old but retains the body of a young adult, the Scarecrow has become morose, the Lion has gained the ability to assume the form of a human and the Tin Man has been technological updated. All of them now live in America. They mainly battled Rebecca Eastwitch, who is actually the returned Wicked Witch of the East. However, they battle other foes such as Tik-Tok (whose spring now causes him to be moral when it is wind up and evil when its not).<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://www.leftfield.org/~rawdon/comics/reviews/oz.squad.html">http://www.leftfield.org/~rawdon/comics/reviews/oz.squad.html</a><br />
<a href="http://oz.wikia.com/wiki/Oz_Squad">http://oz.wikia.com/wiki/Oz_Squad</a><br />
<a href="http://wiki.dorothyandozma.com/index.php/Famous_Forty">http://wiki.dorothyandozma.com/index.php/Famous_Forty</a><br />
<a href="http://oz.wikia.com/wiki/Copyright">http://oz.wikia.com/wiki/Copyright</a><br />
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<br />Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-60406888815720987212014-08-16T17:17:00.003-07:002014-08-16T17:17:41.800-07:00Big Hero 6<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Sunfire_%26_Big_Hero_6_No.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Sunfire_%26_Big_Hero_6_No.1.jpg" height="400" width="255" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original line-up</td></tr>
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At time of publication, Disney is planning to give the Big Hero 6 their own movie. However, the team is still fairly obscure. As such, I am doing a post on them.<br />
<b>History</b><br />
The Japanese government wanted their own superhero team. As such, they formed the Giri, a secret group of business and political entities, to create this team. The Giri recruited Silver Samurai (who became the field leader), Honey Lemon and GoGo Tomago. Mr. Oshima, a "Machiavellian" bureaucrat, became the team's coordinator and spokesperson. Hiro Takachiho was asked to join, but he only did so after the team helped him save his mother from Everwraith, the spiritual embodiment of people killed during the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings. Hiro had Baymax join as well. During the clash with Everwraith, the team were joined by Sunfire. The team moved their base (which was originally just the Giri Office Building) to the Japan's Cool World Amusement Park. At said park, they were attacked by the villain X the Unknown (who is able to alter his atomic structure into any shape or form). Aided the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight, the Big Hero 6 used the fires of Mt. Fuji to destroy X. Later, the Big Hero 6 helped rescue people from a blizzard that was created by the Justine Hammer Crimson Cowl and her incarnation of the Masters of Evil. Sunfire quited the team in favor of joining the India branch of the X-Corporation. He was replaced by Sunpyre. Silver Samurai was seemingly killed and replaced by Ebon Samaurai. Hiro became the leader. The Big Hero 6 members were brainwashed to attack the Alpha Flight. During the fight, the device used to control them was short-circuited thus freeing them. The team later appeared in their own series. It focused on their adventures in America. Here Sunfire and Silver Samurai were replaced by Fredzilla and Wasabi No-Ginger.<br />
<b>Members</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Silver Samurai</b>- Kenuichio Harada is a ronin that does freelance work. He used to be the bodyguard for the terrorist Viper. He could charge any object with energy make it so that object could cut through nearly anything. He prefers to use this on his katana. </li>
<li><b>Ebon Samurai</b>- Kioshi Keishicho was a dead police officer brought back to life to kill Silver Samurai. However, he later gave up on his quest. He had a sword that could cut through almost anything.</li>
<li><b>Sunpyre</b>- She is from another dimension and was brought to ours by the Power Purse. She worshiped Honey Lemon as a god. She has powers similar to Sunfire.</li>
<li><b>Wasabi No-Ginger</b>- Wasabi No-Ginger (that's his real name) is a chef. He can generate telekinetic knives that can knock out people instead of cutting them.</li>
<li><b>GoGo Tomago</b>- Leiko Tanaka was released from prison in exchange for working on the team. By saying her code name, she turns into a force blast.</li>
<li><b>Honey Lemon</b>- Aiko Miyazaki is a secret agent. She invented the Power Purse, which can access another dimensions, which she uses for storage. </li>
<li><b>Baymax</b>- Baymax is the artificial bodyguard created by Hiro. Its brain was modeled after Hiro's dead father. It could turn into a dragon.</li>
<li><b>Fredzilla</b>- Fred generates a kaiju-shaped aura. It becomes telekinetic armor when at full size. The armor has super strength and durability.</li>
<li><b>Sunfire</b>- Shiro Yoshida is a mutant and former X-Men member. He has flight, plasma blasts, infrared vision and radiation immunity.</li>
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<li><b>Hiro Takachiho</b>- He is a 13-year old boy genius. He built Baymax.</li>
</ul>
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://marvel.com/universe/Big_Hero_6">http://marvel.com/universe/Big_Hero_6</a><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/honey-lemon/4005-5024/">http://www.comicvine.com/honey-lemon/4005-5024/</a><br />
<u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunfire_(comics)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunfire_(comics)</a></u><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/ebon-samurai/4005-35535/">http://www.comicvine.com/ebon-samurai/4005-35535/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/big-hero-6/4060-40484/">http://www.comicvine.com/big-hero-6/4060-40484/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/silver-samurai/4005-3174/">http://www.comicvine.com/silver-samurai/4005-3174/</a><br />
<a href="http://marvel.wikia.com/Leiko_Tanaka_(Earth-616)">http://marvel.wikia.com/Leiko_Tanaka_(Earth-616)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/fredzilla/4005-35427/">http://www.comicvine.com/fredzilla/4005-35427/</a>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-52187277311836975712014-07-30T05:29:00.001-07:002015-07-20T10:22:40.770-07:00Eraser<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081204194045/batman/images/7/7e/Eraser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081204194045/batman/images/7/7e/Eraser.jpg" height="320" width="104" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Talk about being a<br />
pencil neck</td></tr>
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Batman has one of the biggest rogue's gallery of any superhero. As such, he is no stranger to villains with weird gimmicks. The Eraser is <span style="background-color: white;">definitely</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>one of them.<br />
<b>History</b><br />
Leonard "Lenny" Fiasco was a college student and classmate of Bruce Wayne. Lenny was constantly mocked by his classmates for his mistakes. Leonard had a crush on his classmate Celia Smith. However when he was about to ask her to an ice carnival, she decided to go with Bruce Wayne. Angered, this led him to a life of crime. Leonard became a cleaner (a criminal that removes evidence from crime scenes) that charged 20% of the crime's profits for his services. He donned a pencil costume and dubbed himself "the Eraser". Baffled by the Eraser, the police has Batman faked a crime scene and "hire" the Eraser to remove the "evidence". When Batman confronted him, the Eraser (due to various minor details) figured out Batman is Bruce Wayne and explained his back story. Batman revealed he doesn't even remember Celia Smith. Enraged, Eraser used sleeping gas to knock Batman. He dragged Batman to a recreation of the ice carnival. Robin freed Batman and the duo defeat the Eraser. The Eraser has since appeared mainly in cameos most notably "Batman: RIP" (in Bruce's imagination) and "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?".<br />
<b>Powers and Abilities</b><br />
Like many Batman villains, the Eraser has no powers. However, he has gadgets instead. He wears pencil-point bladed shoes that can emit sleeping gas. He wears a helmet that has an eraser that he can use to erase things like fingerprints, footprints and so on.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/eraser/4005-38566/">http://www.comicvine.com/eraser/4005-38566/</a>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-83297126552549016792014-07-29T14:12:00.001-07:002014-07-29T14:12:21.260-07:00Vault of Obscurity 5For the unaware, the "Vault of Obscurity" segment of this blog has me talking about multiple characters that can't support their own post.<br />
<b>Doctor No-Face</b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110117162712/marvel_dc/images/a/ab/Doctor_NoFace_BTBATB.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110117162712/marvel_dc/images/a/ab/Doctor_NoFace_BTBATB.png" height="269" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His <i>Batman: The Brave and the Bold</i> appearance</td></tr>
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Bartholomew Magan had a facial scar. As such, he tried to use a device to erase it . However, it work too well and erased his entire face. He decides to become a criminal for some reason. Taking the name "Dr. No-Face", Bart and his crime ring used the device to erase other people's faces. Batman and Robin stopped him. Doctor No-Face later had a cameo in the <i>Batman: The Brave and the Bold</i>.<br />
<b>Iznogoud</b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iznogoud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iznogoud.jpg" height="400" width="316" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Translation: "I want to be Caliph instead of the Caliph"</td></tr>
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Iznogoud (pronounced "Is no good") is the Grand Vizier (a political adviser) to Haroun el-Poussah, the Caliph (ruler) of Bagdad. Despite pretending to be loyal to him, Iznogoud is actually trying to steal Haroun's position. Iznogoud is selfish, power-hungry and just generally a terrible person. He is aided by his lackey Dilat Laraht. Iznogoud's plan constantly fail and often leave him trapped in terrible fates (being a slave, transformed into a dog and etc.) that are ignored by the start of the next story.<br />
<b>The Black and White Bandit</b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100108232424/marvel_dc/images/6/6d/BlackWhiteBandit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100108232424/marvel_dc/images/6/6d/BlackWhiteBandit.jpg" height="400" width="282" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Must be a fan of <i>Sin City</i></td></tr>
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Roscoe Chiara was an artist. Art lover and chemical company CEO Winsor Munsell hired Roscoe to make a painting of him with untested painting pigment. Naturally, Winsor didn't mention that the pigments were untested. Exposure to the pigments damaged Roscoe's vision causing him to see everything in black and white. The comic incorrectly calls this color blindness (which is actually an inability to distinguish certain colors such as red or green). As revenge, Roscoe became the super villain the Black and White Bandit and started stealing works of art from Munsell. Batman stopped him by luring him in a trap via a fake advertisement.<br />
Roscoe is skilled at disguising himself. He has a gas mask and acess to chlorine gas. He has an escape zebra... seriously. At one point, BWB used black ink to blind Batman in order to distract him. <br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Bartholomew_Magan_(New_Earth)">http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Bartholomew_Magan_(New_Earth)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/dr-no-face/4005-35260/images/">http://www.comicvine.com/dr-no-face/4005-35260/images/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/iznogoud/4005-41429/">http://www.comicvine.com/iznogoud/4005-41429/</a><br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Iznogoud">http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Iznogoud</a><br />
<a href="http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Roscoe_Chiara_(New_Earth)">http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Roscoe_Chiara_(New_Earth)</a>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-77024745918753783352014-07-28T07:23:00.000-07:002014-07-28T07:23:07.683-07:00Living Eraser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ant-Man has a rogues gallery full of laughable villains such as the Human Top, Egghead and Porcupine. Here is one of the more bizarre members of his rogue gallery: the Living Eraser.<br />
<b>History</b><br />
The Living Eraser is from Dimension Z (no connection to Dimension X from TMNT), which occupies the same space as our dimension but in a different universe (lets pretend that makes sense). He was sent to Earth to "erase" several scientists. In reality, he was teleporting them to Dimension Z, where they were held prisioner. Among his victims was Henry Pym, the original Ant-Man. However, Henry secretly smuggled the Wasp with him. As such, she helped free Henry. The duo fought an army of Dimension Z aliens and found their chief sciencist. Eraser killed the alien sciencist to prevent the secret of the techology getting in the hands of humanity. However, Eraser revealed his power came from the gadgets on his palms. As such, the Wasp and Ant-Man stole them and took the sciencist home. The Living Eraser appeared time from time later on and fought foes such as She-Hulk, the Thing and Morbius.<br />
<b>Powers and Abilities</b><br />
The Living Eraser's powers come from the "atomically printed circuit[s]" on his hands. This allows him to "erase" people. In reality, the "erased" people are being sent to Dimension Z.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/living-eraser/4005-12631/">http://www.comicvine.com/living-eraser/4005-12631/</a>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-52856956880542043012014-07-22T07:33:00.000-07:002014-07-22T07:33:03.463-07:00The True Hero of Black Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Black Summer</i> is a comic written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Juan José Ryp. The comic focuses on the Seven Guns, a government-created superhero team. John Horus (the most powerful of the Guns) kills the president, his advisers and some secret service agents. Because of this, the government has Frank Blacksmith (an unofficial eighth member that helped create the team) hunt down the Seven Guns. Despite the Seven Guns being the protagonists, I found myself sympathizing more with Frank. This article is explain why he is the true hero.<br />
<b>The Seven Guns are Unstable and Dangerous</b><br />
First off, let us look at the Seven Guns themselves. John Horus is (according to Tom Noir) paranoid and prone to overacting. A flashback seems to suggest John thinks he is superior to humans and invincible (which seemed to be supported with some dialogue he shares with Frank where talks about how he is the "hero"). To top it off, he kills the president and expects everyone to be fine with it. Kathryn Artemis openly supports John's actions and convinces her teammates to kill the government agents who are trying arrest John for his crimes. In a flashback, Artemis throws a knife at Frank with little provocation. Zoe Jump and Angel One do whatever Artemis tell her to. Tom Noir and Laura Torch (who is otherwise a nonentity due to dying prior to the story) altered Laura's weapon without anyone's supervision or approval. Then, they hide the fact the weapon is now powerful enough to fight John. Dominic Atlas Hyde's motivation to join the team is that he wants to be important and NOT for doing good. All of them are willing to resort to murder as a first choice. Only Angel One expresses concern for human life and even then it only happens once. None of them seem to even attempt to incapacitate their enemies and go straight for the kill. Add to all of that the fact they have extremely rare powers that most of the military is improperly equipped to fight. So, they are not only unstable, but have superpowers that allow them to cause even more damage.<br />
<b>Frank is Trying to Maintain Order</b><br />
Frank seems to be mainly concerned with maintaining order. He never defies his superiors when it would suit him. For example, he has a special task force for fighting the Guns and doesn't use them until he gets the approval. Frank gives a speech to a chauffeur about how he wants to protect people. Frank formed the Seven Guns to fight corrupt cops and security firms. So, he wasn't being blind in his desire for order. In his final confrontation with John, he (rightfully) points out how the government exists to enforce the law and that "one man wearing a ... bucket on his head does not get to decide what laws are".<br />
<b>He is not Remorseless</b><br />
Frank actually shows several times that isn't an emotionless monster. While in a car, Frank gives a speech about how he is "trying to protect what [he] love". It is implied he is talking about the American public. When he thinks that John defiled Laura's grave, he is visibly upset and yells at John about how he cared about her.<br />
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<i>Black Summer </i>trade paperbackSkippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-22338837808367364352014-07-21T16:28:00.001-07:002014-07-21T16:28:28.791-07:00Stardust the Super Wizard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Overview</b><br />
Stardust the Super Wizard is alien crime fighter that lives on a "private star". For some reason, he spends a disproportional time on Earth (which discovered via radio signals). On Earth, Stardust uses his powers to fight enemies of the U.S. usually terrorists and crimelords.<br />
Stardust's stories had the same format. Stardust uses his alien techology to discover the villains' plan. The villains run amok leading Stardust to rush to Earth. Stardust arrives just before the villain's plan can be completed. He then uses his powers to the stop the plan (often using a new power that near-instantly solves the problem). Stardust would use his powers to unleash some horrific fate upon the villains ranging from turning them into rat-monsters to trapping them on an alien planet to simply giving them to the police.<br />
<b>Powers</b><br />
Stardust has vast knoweldge of alien sciences. He seems to virtually omnipotent since he constantly display new powers. Among the more common powers are interplanetary travel, flight, invulerability, ray beams with different effects, teleportion (which usually generate a bright, star-shaped brust of light) and some form of matter manipulation.<br />
<b>Copyright Status</b><br />
Stardust the Super Wizard is in public domain. However, AC Comics have a trademarked character called "Stardust". As such, the name can't be used in ways that could cause trademark confusion. Despite this, the interior pages can still use the name. This is similar to how the DC Comics Captain Marvel can't be a comic called "Captain Marvel" due to Marvel Comics copyrighting the name.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Stardust">http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Stardust</a><br />
<i>The Comics of Fletcher Hanks: I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets</i>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-67935890589195393922014-07-04T14:27:00.003-07:002014-07-04T14:27:50.485-07:00Geist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>History</b><br />
Going to work, Dwayne Geyer was attacked by an alien that tried to drink Geyer's spinal fluid. The alien flew into air while trying to suck his fuild. However, the alien accidentally released Dwayne when it got distracted causing Geyer to fall onto the ground. When he woke him up, Geyer discovered he was invisible and his powers. He decided to become a vigilante and took the name "Geist". At work, he was attacked by the alien. However, he, Batman and Azrael stopped the alien. Geist started his superhero carrer. He met several "New Bloods" (heroes that gained their powers the same way Dwayne did) and helped the Justice League. Geist joined Blood Pack, a superhero team / reality show. He tampered with a camera and discovered the security team killed one of the Blood Pack member. Geist revealed this to his teammate. They plotted to do something about this. What happened is never revealed. Later, Superboy-Prime killed Geist during <i>Infinite Crisis</i>. Geist was brought back as one of Alex Luthor's undead Black Lantern with the purpose to kill SP. Prime got his hand on one of the black rings, which his extreme emotion morphed into a Red Lantern ring. The enegry released by this killed Geist.<br />
<b>Powers and Abilities</b><br />
When in direct light, Geist becomes invisible. However, he cannot his sight in this state. In dark, he gains enchanced eyesight. As such, he wears dark goggles so his enchanced vision can combat his blindness. With enough concetration, he can turn other objects invisible.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/geist/4005-32657/">http://www.comicvine.com/geist/4005-32657/</a><br />
<i>Atop the Fourth Wall </i>"Blood Pack # 1"Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-40841970564389369632014-05-26T08:09:00.001-07:002014-05-26T08:09:18.957-07:00U-Foes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What would the Fantastic Four be like if they were evil?<br />
<b>History</b><br />
Millionaire Simon Utrecht launched himself with his crew into space in the hopes of recreating the accident that gave the Fantastic Four their power. Bruce Banner (not realizing what is going on) used the flight computer to send them back to save them from the threat of the cosmic radiation poisoning. Simon and the crew were exposed to enough radiation to turn them into super humans. Blaming Bruce for "robbing" them of even more power, they tried to kill Banner. During the ensuring battle, they decided on the name "U-Foes". However when they tried to increase their powers, the U-Foes lost controls of them causing them to lose.<br />
Despite this, they returned to menaced the Hulk. While the U-Foes have parallels to the Fantastic Four (both in origin and team dynamic), the U-Foes tends to be dysfunctional and negative. The latter often leads to their disaster. The U-Foes registered for the Superhuman Registration Act and joined the Thunderbolts (who hunted down rogue heroes and villains). When Norman took over S.H.I.E.L.D., the U-Foes become members of North Carolina's superhero team. They also joined the Hood (who turned out to be working with Norman). The U-Foes fought the Avengers several times.<br />
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<li><b>Vector / Simon Utrecht</b>- He can repel or vector (hence his name) objects regardless of density, size, weight or etc.</li>
<li><b>X-Ray / Jimmy Darnell</b>- He is a being of radiation. He can manipulate radiation, fly and become invisible.</li>
<li><b>Ironclad / Mike Steel</b>- He has a metallic hide. He has strength and the power to manipulate density.</li>
<li><b>Vapor / Ann Darnell</b>- She can turn into any gaseous mixture she can think of.</li>
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<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/u-foes/4060-3238/">http://www.comicvine.com/u-foes/4060-3238/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/x-ray/4005-6822/">http://www.comicvine.com/x-ray/4005-6822/</a>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-23923149349673721942014-05-13T13:17:00.001-07:002014-05-13T13:18:00.780-07:00Angel and the Ape<div style="text-align: right;">
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A beautiful weapon master. A cartoonist ape. They fight crime.<br />
<b>History</b><br />
Angel (a woman) and Sam (a gorilla) ran a detective agency. Sam was also a cartoonist. He originally worked for Brainpix Comix editor Stan Bragg (an egomaniac and crude parody of Stan Lee) and later DZ Comics editor Morton I. Stoop (under whom Sam was more successful). Later, Stan was locked up in a madhouse Mildew Asylum for Sprung Brains. A recurring joke was that no one noticed Sam is an ape. However, Angel ended up becoming more prominent than Sam. They remained in comic book limbo until a 1991 miniseries. Sam turned out to be Gorilla Grodd's grandson. Angel was the half-sister Dumb Bunny (the female member of the Inferior Five). Even later, they got a 2001 to 2002 miniseries for DC Comics' imprint Vertigo Comics.<br />
<b>Powers and Abilities</b><br />
Angel has hand-to-hand training (in various martial arts such as karate and judo). Angel also is skilled with various weapons. She once hit flies with a bullwhip. Sam has physical traits of a gorilla (such as strength) and human-level intelligence (along with detective skills) although he has trouble speaking due to non-human larynx.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://www.webcitation.org/mainframe.php">http://www.webcitation.org/mainframe.php</a><br />
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This character has interesting story about his creation. The First of the Fallen was intended to be the comic <i>Hellblazer</i>'s version of the devil. However, it was revealed in <i>Sandman </i>(which is in the same universe) that Lucifer was the Devil. So, <i>Hellblazer</i> creator Garth Ennis established the First as another character. Despite this, he still managed to screw up continuity.<br />
<b>History</b><br />
God created the First of the Fallen before life and the Heavens. The First was made to be God's conscience and confidant. However when First discovered God's mental state was worsening, God sent the First to Hell. The Second and Third of the Fallen were banished to Hell soon after. Assuming they had equal power, the First had them become the ruling trinity of Hell. However, Lucifer took over Hell, but later left. As such, the trio returned to power. However, this seems to contradict was established with <i>Sandman </i>(since, in that comic, Remiel and Duma were given control over Hell). John Constantine first met the First in Ireland. It turned John's friend, Brenden, sold his soul to the First of the Fallen. John tricked the First into drinking holy water, which caused him to puke blood and distracted him long enough to let Brenden's soul go to Heaven. The First tried to steal John's soul when he died so the First could torture him. However, Constantine made a Faustian deal with both the Second and Third. To avoid a war over John's soul, the trio was forced to bring John back to life. First became an enemy of Constantine and his friends. The First discovered the Third and Second weren't as strong as him. He killed both of them, but only to be seemingly killed by the succubus Ellie with a knife that made out of the Second and Third's remains. In reality, the First was reborn as a fisherman with the memories of his past. Despite this, he managed to regain his former position. However, he didn't get John's soul, but parts of it that Constantine discarded. The First still constantly fights John.<br />
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<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/first-of-the-fallen/4005-27431/">http://www.comicvine.com/first-of-the-fallen/4005-27431/</a>Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-8435819075560324422014-04-29T14:22:00.004-07:002014-12-04T10:08:02.162-08:00Super-Sons<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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What would it be like if Batman and Superman started their own families and had sons? Well, DC Comics decided to answer that with the Super-Sons saga.<br />
<b>History</b><br />
Superman and Batman Jr. grew up in the shadow of their namesake. The two fought crime despite lacking the recognition of their fathers. While fighting crime, they went through a journey of self-discovery that led them to become comfortable as the successors to their fathers. They also fought their universe's version of Robin, who wanted to become Batman's successor over Batman Jr. However, the stories never revealed if the duo actually replaced their father. On Earth-One (one of the main realities), a Kryptonian computer accidentally created two copies of the Super-Sons. The copies willingly allowed themselves be destroyed because they "were a threat to the stability of Earth-One" (<i>DC Wiki</i>). It turned out that the "real" Super-Sons were nothing more than simulations created by the actual Superman and Batman to see what their kids would be like.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Super-Sons">http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Super-Sons</a><br />
<a href="http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-super-sons.html">http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-super-sons.html</a><br />
<br />Skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331029139726112800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405880881186921716.post-63662204142963977592014-04-21T04:56:00.004-07:002014-04-21T04:56:38.948-07:00Phil the Prince of Insufficient Light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been awhile since I talked about a comic strip character. So, I decided to talk about <i>Dilbert </i>character Phil the Prince of Insufficient Light.<br />
<b>Overview</b><br />
Phil is the devil-like ruler of Heck. Heck is a lesser Hell that punishes people for minor sins (such as taking a chair that you don't own) with mildly annoying punishments (such as forcing someone to write "I proactively leverage my synergies" over and over again or having to "endure the stale wit of your co-workers"). Phil carries around a giant spoon as oppose to a pitchfork. He is also the brother of the Pointy-Haired Boss, who Phil claims was their mother's favorite.<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Dilbert">http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Dilbert</a><br />
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DC Comics and Marvel Comic had an event where their universes combined into one (under the name Amalgam Comics). As such, many of the resulting characters were combinations of one character from each universe (for example, Wolverine + Batman = Dark Claw). Super-Soldier is a combination of Superman and Captain America.<br />
<b>History</b><br />
The U.S. army made a "Super-Soldier" formula from the cells of a dead alien found in a crashed spaceship. During World War II, volunteer Clark Kent was injected with the formula. After being exposed to solar radiation, Clark Kent gained super powers. Clark Kent became the superhero Super-Soldier. Reporter Jimmy Olsen, who found out about the project, decided to keep quiet in exchange for the government giving him exclusive infomation for his news stories. Super-Soldier got the sidekick, American Girl, and became an All-Star Winners Squadron member. Clark Kent was in love with Lois Lane, who married the cold-hearted billionaire Lex Luthor, much to Clark's chargin. Super-S fought Major Zemo (a member of the Nazi organization HYDRA) with Segerant Rock and his Howling Commandos. However, they didn't know that Lex Luthor was the real leader of HYDRA. In 1942, Super-Soldier was seemly killed by the robot Ultra-Metallo, but actually frozen in icy water. After fifty years, the JLA found a frozen Super-Solider. They thawed him out. Super-Solider joined the team and started to work at the Daily Planet in his Clark Kent guise. However, it turned out Lex Luthor was still alive. He used Green K (part of a meteor found near the spaceship) to extent his lifespan (although it turned his skin green). Aided by HYDRA, Lex kidnapped an older Jimmy. Having been beaten and released by Luthor, Jimmy revealed to Super-Soldier that HYDRA was in Washington D.C. Super-Solider went to D.C. to find Lex Luthor, HYDRA and a now-Green K-powered Ultra-Metallo. Super-Soldier used a lead pipe (which could block the radiation of the Green K) to beat Ultra-Metallo up. Soldier exposed Lex Luthor's crimes, which got Lex imprisioned. Super-Soldier laater revealed the fallout of Green K weakened his powers.<br />
<b>Powers and Abilities</b><br />
Super-Soldier has a variety powers derived from the "Super-Soldier" formula. He has invulernability, x-ray vision, flight, super-strength and heat-ray vision. Green K weakens him.<br />
<b>References</b>:<br />
<a href="http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Claw">http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Claw</a><br />
<a href="http://www.comicvine.com/super-soldier/4005-47079/">http://www.comicvine.com/super-soldier/4005-47079/</a><br />
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