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I really dislike those contests where people are judged on how they look, instead of the qualifications of the contestant.  Should the most qualified person win?  In the case of the pageant to pick the new Gallant Girl, it all boils down to looks.

Colour Out of Space Updated Believe it or not, I’m not a huge horror fan.  Sure I like the occasional tale told to terrorize tikes, but most of the horror comics I’ve seen over the last 15 years seem to revel in the gore and violence associated with Halloween and Friday the 13th, but kicked up a notch for shock value alone.  I discovered the brilliance of H.P. Lovecraft about 8 years ago and have been hooked on his tales ever since. When Boom! Studios unveiled its Cthulhu line I snagged as many issues of the various titles as I…

Or – “Vixen And Her Amazing Friends!” So, an elder god has unthreaded the skeins of the reality you know, leaving you powerless, without friends, without hope, and the people you know are so completely changed that you aren’t even sure what they do or whose side their on?  Is that what’s getting ya down, Vixen?  And you have nothing but your wits and cunning (and maybe a couple dozen borrowed animal powers) to get you by?  What do you do when the League as you know it is forever gone?  You build a new League!

Orwell was right. So was Stoker, and probably Seuss too. I imagine that as my son grows older he’ll have just as wild an imagination as his father – or even more so.  I see the signs now as he plays and talks, but I wonder what would happen if imagination were outlawed?  Would I break the law so my son could hear about the adventures of Superman, fables of the tortoise and the hare, or even the monsters that lurk under the bed?  Probably.  And if I lived in the City of Dust I’d be arrested quicker than those…

Adventure, Romance, Historical Fiction Some of you have probably read a romance novel or two, or you may be someone who gets lost in your own dreams.  Heck, you might even feel like you are living a whole other life in another place and time.  Even if you feel like you fit in one of these categories, you’ve got nothing on Beatrice Whaley – the Dreamer.

Because we’ve already read Countdown: Arena Wow.  If DC gets any more screwed up with its timeline, we’re going to need some kind of crisis to fix…it… all… well crap.  Here then is another title that is set in the current fiasco of the DC Universe, that attempts to expand the timeline, but only succeeds in causing the continuity junkies to freak out.  For those into villains, this issue delivers as Sean McKeever returns  us to the Dark Side Club.

Or – “An Old Friend With A New Maturity About Him…” When I was in college, my friend Bruce was the one really enamored of Mike Allred’s work, collecting Madman, Red Rocket 7, and pretty much anything that Mod Mike touched.  I was, and remain, entertained by those books, but I suspect that to Bruce they’re the equivalent of what 1970’s Ghost Rider, The Liberty Project, and Marvel Premiere featuring the 3-D Man are to me.  They’re HIS books.  Like Bruce, like me, like Allred himself, Madman is a dozen years along, and age is bringing something new and different…

Well, that’s another way of bringing ‘em back from the dead A picture of a hot girl on the cover, a title hearkening back to the days of the Teen Titans, and another story written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray?  Sounds like the makings of another stellar issue from DC Comics, right?  Right?

Or – “Season 6B, Anyone?” In honor of this week’s Major Spoilers Poll of the Week, we’re going to be taking a look at the latest issue of what some have called the best written Doctor Who comic ever…  The adventures of the Tenth Doctor are taking a bit of a hiatus on television, but those of us who want to monitor the activities of the last scion of Gallifrey can still get what they want, presuming that they’re willing to hit their local comic shop.

Continuity be damned If you miss the Good Ol’ Days of DC Comics where the hero would battle the bad guy, then you’re wish is answered in DC’s Superman/Supergirl: Maelstrom #1.  If you don’t miss the Good Ol’ Days of DC Comics, prepare to be angry. Is your blood starting to boil?  Be calm and chant with me now; Continuity doesn’t matter. Continuity doesn’t matter.  Continuity doesn’t matter. Ah…

Everyone else has a crisis, why can’t we? Ah, the title spanning crisis method of story telling.  Marvel perfected the idea of events happening in one series affecting the universe in another.  While the Ultimate Universe has had a few cross overs here and there – most notably in the Ultimate Spider-Man titles, this particular corner of the Marvel U, hasn’t had a major shakeup since its inception.  Until now…

I’m not a big Mecha fan.  Sure I like giant robots as much of the next guy, but I’m not one to spend hours and hours devouring everything in this sub-genre of pop culture.  Freedom Formula from Radical Comics was a surprise arrival in my comic stash for the week, and was instantly drawn in with everything the first issue of the mini-series had to offer.

vs. The Horror From Beyond, or “oh no he didn’t”… After reviewing the most awful Superman & Batman vs. Vampires & Werewolves #1, I said I would probably not review issue two.  When I wrote that, little did I remember that I had already pre-ordered the second and third issues.  And since I’m pressed for time, I took a gander at the issue and found it not as bad as the last.

With blood and rage of crimson red… DC’s Sinestro Corps was the dark horse hit that got me, and many other comic readers, back into the Green Lantern titles.  Geoff Johns followed this up with a retelling of Hal Jordan’s origin, that skewed everything those of us old enough to remember Emerald Dawn attempted to do 15 plus years ago.  The main reason for retelling the origin?  To add in the character of Atrocitus and set up his hatred for Sinestro, who left him nailed to a crucifix of sorts in sector 666.  Someone with that much rage and hate…