jerseykrs said:

totally.

warlock was probably the best thing about new mutants.

cborgman said:

I think I have every comic with him in it. I'm such a fucking dork.

cborgman said:

"Bibleman is a super hero who defeats villains such as Dr. Decepto and Madame Glitz with prayer and the sword of truth"

Anx said:

i don't know, anx... but i caught the actual show quite by accident the other day and was just appalled... it's so so so so low budget and horrible...

mrdespues said:

George Lucas needs to sue these nutters... "the sword of truth" is basically a fricking light-sabre.

jerseykrs said:

there is a store here in my neighborhood with old comics, and i saw a new mutants issue (which was my fave as a kid) and thought repeatedly after that day that i really really really would love to buy the whole new mutants run and read them all again

mrdespues said:

he'd get my vote as winner of stupidest

cborgman said:

There's a New Mutants #1 in the picture I posted above!!

jerseykrs said:

i know, and i hate you for it...

it's making me wanna go hit e-bay

jerseykrs said:

i have it too! i salvaged that and all the sienkiewicz issues i bought when i was a kid.

cborgman said:

Wanna see my comic book collection borgman?



(I couldn't fucking resist, so sue me!)

jerseykrs said:

actually, yes.

jerseykrs said:

I think I have three copies of #1. I was such a freak in the 80s.

cborgman said:

That line didn't work on Erin.

cborgman said:

i just sold all my secret war comics on ebay for $20. my goal is to sell all my old comics this year and put the money in a savings account to go toward my iceland trip next year. it'll just be a drop in the bucket, i'm sure, but it's a start.

sextonseven said:

jerseykrs said:

i'm easy.

Anx said:

iceland? are you going to have tea with bjork?

Anx said:

That's the saddest post I've ever seen.

cborgman said:

yes. and i'm going to hide all the flaying knives.

Anx said:

Booster Gold

The Blue Beetle

TonyVanDam said:

i kinda like blue beetle.

i had the blue beetle comics from before DC "acquired" a bunch of characters from another comic book company...i thought that was a weird turn of events.

Anx said:

hide the swan dress while you are at it.

Anx said:

You know DC killed him last year, right? And it doesn't look like he's coming back like Supes. Somewhat related to the Wonder Woman thread, she was the one who snapped the neck of Beetle's killer, Maxwell Lord.

sextonseven said:

there's a new blue beetle, isn't there? i thought i saw some blue beetle showcase display thingie in the window of my local comix shop.

Anx said:

The Blue Beetle = Batman with a low IQ

TonyVanDam said:

i always saw blue beetle as DC's attempt to develop a spiderman kind of character.

Anx said:

Yes there is--Jamie Reyes (part of DC's new drive to create more ethnic superheroes) and he actually has superpowers this time around.

sextonseven said:

so this is like the black firestorm and the asian atom? so dumb. it worked with green lantern because it's more about the costume and the powers than it is about the characters. if they were smart, they'd do something with black lightning and katana and john stewart and cyborg and and and...they've got lots of great characters of color, they don't need to revamp a z-list character like blue beetle or a couple of retro faves like atom or firestorm. that just comes off looking desperate when they don't need to be.

ALSO, i was recently thinking about this...DC could do something really cool in this day and age with the middle east vibe of captain marvel, especially with all that's going on in the world right now. is that happening in the comics?

Anx said:

Exactly like that. Lesbian Batwoman might be part of that same agenda--trying to make the DC universe more diverse.



Too bad Vibe is dead. George Pérez always said he was lamest Latin superhero ever created.





There might be something going on with Black Adam, the Captain Marvel villian who runs his own country in the middle east.