 | a blast from the past indeed! i owned the first issue of Marvel's adaptation of Kipling's The Jungle Book (with that gorgeous Russell cover shown on the left), but i never got to see how they finished it. although opening it a few days ago, i couldn't help but hear "Bare Necessities" as sung by Baloo the Bear in the '67 Disney film (i also had the soundtrack record, sorry). this isn't a dumbed-down version. with the mag's recent revival, this means happy times ahead! |
| Marvel Illustrated: The Jungle Book | Gil Kane/Jo Duffy P Craig Russell |
 contrary to reports, Wolverine was born in India | |
 | you know the feeling you get when you watch a movie, and the actor playing the villain is someone you really, really hate? or at least you start hating the character so much because of the actor's portrayal? and you're foaming at the mouth, and bile is dripping off your tongue? that's how i feel right now with Eric O'Grady, the jerk who's running around in the Ant-Man costume. i want to kill him. not because he gets to peep in womens' showers. just because. if i feel this way, that means Robert Kirkman is yanking my chains good. damn you, Kirkman! |
| The Irredeemable Ant-Man #7 | Robert Kirkman/Cory Walker |
 that's it; Homeland Security is a farce! | |
 | Extremis notwithstanding, i don't see Tony Stark being able to do a outstanding job managing S.H.I.E.L.D. as Dum-Dum already points out. but the man can't help himself - he has to make a choice sooner or later: move the chess pieces around or do the damn job himself. and we all know we'd rather have him do the job himself. especially if the Mandarin gets back into the thick of things. but just thinking out loud: i know he's a classic villain and all, but isn't it time for new things? |
| Iron Man #16 | Daniel/Charles Knauf, Roberto De la Torre, Jonathan Sibal |
 "no, fool. i am The Fookien. or was it The Cantonese? wait ..." | |
 | bad enough that there is an Amazo, they had to create a child too. why don't they just create millions of Amazos? or weren't they called OMACs? wait, that would be too easy. this Amazo Jr doesn't even know its a robot. and he even goes against his programming. oh the irony (pun intended)! so what's the JLA to do if he refuses to be bad? why, we'll see in the next 4 issues of course. these things do not end with a simple $2.99. |
| JLA Classified #37 | Peter Milligan, Carlos D'Anda |
 how I’d love, love, love to dance with my father again | |
 | on the release of Nova #1: (emphatic expression of relief!) on his 24/7 spacecop duty: (vulgar euphemism!) on his amazing powers and his supercomputer 'sidekick': (expression of amazement with overtone of disbelief) on his encounter with more Annihilation bugs: (guttural shriek of abject terror!) on the fact he just crash-landed back on Earth and is about to go against S.H.I.E.L.D. and Iron Man: (vulgar oath!) (vulgar oath!) (vulgar oath!) sorry, you had to read it. |
| Nova #1 | Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Sean Chen, Scott Hanna |
 how can they get your point if they're 'dead'? | |
 | this is the original space cop, Nova. take notes. you'll need it. but wait, he has some girl problems. yeah, you could learn from that too. GL always had this hate/love/hate relationship with Star Sapphire. or whoever that girl was. anyway, the Sapphire gem possesses Hal's ex Carol Ferris (for the nth time) but quickly abandons her for Cowgirl (who?), whom Hal has some affection for. we can't blame Hal for feeling like Michael Douglas, but hey, doesn't anyone want a threesome at some point in their lives? ok, forget i asked. |
| Green Lantern #18 | Geoff Johns, Daniel Acuna |
 Hal Jordan shows what he learned in the afterlife | |
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