Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

Sep. 2nd, 2025 08:51 am
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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Florida's new detainment centre, nicknamed "Alligator Alctraz" has been ordered closed by a Federal Judge after action by the Miccosukee Nation and environmental groups costing the State $218M without any actual return.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds gave us "Four and a Half Vulcans" a decidedly weird episode which managed to to be stunningly racist and, bizarrely, only a couple of episodes after one where Spock confessing how he was so traumatised by his Vulcan peers mocking him over his human heritage that he self-harmed, has the pseudo-Vulcan crewmembers give him the same treatment, and it's played for laughs. Managed to hit a great many wrong notes and very few right ones, IMHO.

In my attempt to catch up on movies, I've watched both "The Wild Robot" which was perhaps predictable, but beautiful to look at and thoroughly enjoyable (though I've never read the original books so wonder if they pulled a "How to Train Your Dragon" with it) and "Flow" which was breathtaking (Some bits did look rather like levels of a video game but I was literally entranced throughout)

Thor #285

Sep. 2nd, 2025 07:16 am
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Writer: Roy Thomas

Pencils: John Buscema

Inks: Chic Stone


The Deviant Karkas fills Thor in on what happened to the Eternals between the end of the Kirby series and this issue.


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Teen Titans (1996) #8

Sep. 1st, 2025 05:10 pm
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Words and pencils: Dan Jurgens

Inks: George Perez


It turns out that the Teen Titans going off to fight super-villains without adult supervision was a bad idea.


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Superman #34

Sep. 1st, 2025 12:52 pm
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Writer: Jerry Ordway

Pencils: Kerry Gammill

Finishes: Dennis Janke


Superman assists Maggie Sawyer in the search for her missing daughter.


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Starman (1988) #14

Sep. 1st, 2025 10:31 am
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Writer: Roger Stern

Pencils: Tom Lyle

Inks: Bob Smith


A sparring session with Superman leads to a rematch with the Parasite.


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Writer: Bill Mantlo

Pencils: Ed Hannigan

Inks: Jim Mooney


If a rampaging Electro wasn’t worse enough, Spidey must put up with Jonah incorrectly publishing stories that he has just died.


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Rom: Spaceknight #27

Aug. 31st, 2025 05:16 pm
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Writer: Bill Mantlo

Pencils: Sal Buscema

Inks: Joe Sinnott


Rom leads Galactus to the Dark Nebula, in the hope he will devour the Dire Wraith homeworld.


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Robin III: Cry of the Huntress #4

Aug. 31st, 2025 02:48 pm
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Writer: Chuck Dixon

Pencils: Tom Lyle

Inks: Bob Smith


Robin and the Huntress take on the KGBeast.


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Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter #15

Aug. 31st, 2025 08:02 am
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Writer: Dennis O’Neil

Pencils and inks: Ric Estrada


Hanging around Richard Dragon is bad luck for women in this book, unless they are called Shiva.


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New Mutants #34

Aug. 30th, 2025 10:23 am
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Writer: Chris Claremont

Pencils and inks: Steve Leialoha


I can’t tell you how close I was to dropping this series. Thankfully, this is the end of the Shadow King story.


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Mister Miracle (1989) #4

Aug. 30th, 2025 08:40 am
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Writer: J.M. DeMatteis

Pencils and inks: Ian Gibson


Now that the Forever People are here, how long will it be before Darkseid turns up to crash on the couch?


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Martian Manhunter (1998) #3

Aug. 29th, 2025 09:51 pm
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Writer: John Ostrander

Pencils and inks: Tom Mandrake


J'onn investigates trouble at Project Cadmus.


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"One of the most common tropes in the super hero world is that of the amount of destruction that comes when heroes and villains lock horns. We all accept that it just happens. This led to thinking: What if the owner of a popular restaurant has run it into the ground and needs the place to be destroyed for the insurance money, and invites a ton of heroes and villains to dine all at the same time in the hope that a fight breaks out? What if initially everyone tries to stay calm to enjoy the experience, but sooner or later, with that roster… the storm comes." -- J. Michael Straczynski

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Manhunter (1988) #4

Aug. 29th, 2025 05:24 pm
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Writers: John Ostrander and Kim Yale

Pencils: Doug Rice

Inks: Kelley Jones


All this trouble just because some weirdo wanted to buy Manhunter's mask.


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