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Comic Books, DC

Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Cosmic Boy & Magnetic Lad

Pink or GTFO. Or the man-kini girdle.. COSMIC BOY (Rokk Krinn, aka Polestar)Silver Age Cosmic Boy:-One of the only pink-clad male superheroes ever, Cosmic Boy’s as old as they come on the Legion, debuting alongside Lightning Lad & Saturn Girl. Since then, he’s pretty much been the resolute leader of the squad, leading the team more often than not (he’s effectly the “Cyclops” of the … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Cosmic Boy & Magnetic Lad

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Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Lightning Lad & Saturn Girl

LIGHTNING LAD (Garth Ranzz) Silver Age Lightning Lad:-Lightning Lad is a charter member of the Legion, and one of it’s all-time most important members. Kinda hard to think of a time when “Electrical Guy” WASN’T one of the more common super-powers in comics, but there it is, I think he’s one of the very first. He’s also had kind of an iffy place in Legion history, dying … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Lightning Lad & Saturn Girl

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Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Andromeda & Kent Shakespeare

Now that I’ve started off with mini-bios of Superboy & Supergirl, here’s their Post-Crisis stand-ins & successors: Andromeda & Kent Shakespeare! They- they knew what they were doing with the wording and the body language in that last panel, weren’t they? Original Laurel Gand:Andromeda was one of those odd Legionnaires chosen to fill a gap- this gap being Supergirl’s history with the Legion. Introduced as … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Andromeda & Kent Shakespeare

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Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Superboy & Supergirl

So this obscure fellow is actually an idea Siegel & Shuster came up with a few years later- some would say they based him off of Fawcett Comics’ success with Captain Marvel Jr., but instead of making a sidekick character, they just told the stories of “Superman When He Was a Boy”. He got a whole new supporting cast and became a HUGE deal, earning … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Superboy & Supergirl

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Jab’s Reviews: The Legion of Super-Heroes

THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: The Legion of Super-Heroes is one of the oldest super-teams in all of comics, and one of its most original ideas. Which is kind of funny, because it was dealt with very off-handedly at first in your typical Superboy adventure. Superboy at the time was basically “The Adventures of Superman when he was a boy!”, and the Legionnaires introduced were just the original … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: The Legion of Super-Heroes

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Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (General Traag, Needlenose & Killer Bee)

This time, I take a look at Krang’s most loyal minion in the TMNT cartoon of my childhood, plus the two “Vehicle”-esque figures in the TMNT line- ones I never knew existed until adulthood because… well, NOBODY working on any of the fictional stories ever felt like using these guys! Despite the MASSIVE size and presumably large price-tag of the figures! Except these to cost … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (General Traag, Needlenose & Killer Bee)

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Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (The Punk Frogs, Zack & Carter)

Yes- THESE are supposed to be punks. Since when do punks shop at frickin’ Tommy Bahama’s? THE PUNK FROGS (Atilla the Frog, Napoleon Bonafrog, Genghis Frog, Rasputin the Mad Frog)-The Punk Frogs are an early addition to the franchise, and had a pretty typical origin and concept- “Mirror Image Villains” who simply ended up getting affected by Mutagen run-off. Their origin actually mirrors that of … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (The Punk Frogs, Zack & Carter)

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Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (The Foot Soldiers)

THE FOOT CLAN:-The Mook Gang of the TMNT series is nearly always the Foot. A band of ninja outlaws led by Oroku Saki- The Shredder- they are the first gang the Turtles fight, and his main minions in most of the movies and in the first three cartoon series. Naturally, their name is a parody of The Hand, who at the time of the TMNT’s creation, were … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (The Foot Soldiers)

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Disney, Movies/TV

Jab’s Disney Reviews: Frozen 2

(Spoiler: The salamander isn’t in it for very long! Buy a toy of it anyways!) FROZEN II Written by: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee & Mark E. Smith Short Review: OMG it’s AMAAAAAZZINNGGGGGGGGGGGGG everyone go see itttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!! Longer Review: Disney Sequels stopped being a thing during John Lasseter’s run as Chief Creative Officer, but with the runaway success they were having with their New Renaissance, it was … Continue reading Jab’s Disney Reviews: Frozen 2

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Jab’s Disney Reviews: Enchanted

ENCHANTED (2007):Written by: Bill Kelly & Ron Howard (yes, that one)-This one’s a bit funny, in that it’s a cutesy parody of Princess Movies… that basically also plays them straight, to the point where it actually revolutionized and restarted the entire Disney Princess genre! Some of the gags are pretty good, and there’s some WONDERFUL over-acting from Jason Marsden & Susan Sarandon (who is looking way … Continue reading Jab’s Disney Reviews: Enchanted

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Jab’s Reviews: Disney’s Era of Garbage

And now it’s a trifecta of movies I’ve never seen and tooooooooootally don’t wanna! This is a time in which Disney’s animation was suffering horribly, and Pixar was dominating them and embarrassing the Mouse. HOME ON THE RANGE (2004):Written by: Will Finn, John Sanford, Michael LaBash, Sam Levine, Mark Kennedy & Robert Lence -One of the most forgotten Disney Canon films of all time, this one … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Disney’s Era of Garbage

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Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (The Rat King & Chrome Dome)

No one knows for certain where he came from, but one thing is for sure, Rat King revels in scum and scum revels in him. The creepiest of sewer crawlies nest in his royally rotten rags. The self-proclaimed King of the Ratocracy, he hypnotizes his rodent subjects with his seductive flute playing. Even Splinter succumbs to his magical musical powers. Rat King’s army protects his … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (The Rat King & Chrome Dome)

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Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (2003 Cartoon Villains)

And now it’s time for a quintet of characters from the 2003 TMNT series- I’m far less familiar with these guys, but I’ve seen a bunch of episodes starring the first two. People love the 2003 series, but this is a complete failure of a design to me. It’s literally just a “Man In Black”. Who would want a toy of this character? The 1980s … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (2003 Cartoon Villains)

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Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Dogpound, Fishface & Tiger Claw)

It’s time for more TMNT reviews! This time, it’s the key mooks of Shredder during the early seasons of the 2012 Nickelodeon series. DOGPOUND/RAHZAR (Chris Bradford) -Rocksteady & Bebop were initially not used in the 2012 Nick Toon- instead, Shredder’s top henchmen were two human goons- Chris & Xever. However, both were very quickly turned into mutants themselves. Chris Bradford, voiced by eternal villain Clancy … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Dogpound, Fishface & Tiger Claw)

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Jab’s Reviews: Brother Bear

BROTHER BEAR (2003):Written by: Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Steve Bencich & Ron J. Friedman -I figured “what the hell?” and rented this one- it’s one of the latter-day Disney films, and didn’t do to well or get very well-received, but it’s… okay. Ish. It basically has some cool set pieces and one VERY awesome transformation sequence that reminds you how mind-blowing this studio is, but … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Brother Bear

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