I have the absolute worst luck on Earth when it comes to cars. I have owned or co-owned four cars in my life, including the brand new lease my wife and I got this past week. (I know! Leases, right? Who does that? But she is insistent on it because she trades in her car the minute it’s paid off anyway) The first of the … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Gotham Central
This past weekend, I made the four hour trip down to Baltimore for the 25th edition of the Baltimore Comic Con. It was my first time ever visiting Baltimore for their annual convention; I had previously only ever been to the city for AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view event in 2019. My visits to The Old Line State are typically at the other end of it … Continue reading Baltimore Comic Con 2024 Review
Something something Snyder Cut. Yeah, so the long-awaited Zack Snyder cut of Justice League is due to be released somewhat soon/eventually on HBO’s new streaming service. A lot of folks have been petitioning for this for quite some time, and I guess they are finally going to get it. I’m not one of them. I’m not opposed to the release, and if it makes people … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: JLA by Grant Morrison
What is it with men and basements? There’s always the cliche about loser online trolls living in their parents’ basements, sure, but even adult men seem to have a fascination with basements. Whether they get turned into a “man cave” (and I really hate that term) or a work bench area or a gym or what, it just seems like men are inherently drawn to … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E.
I like those thigh-highs with the holes. That’s all I got. TRIPLICATE GIRL (Luornu Durgo, aka Duo Damsel, Triad & Una)Silver Age Triplicate Girl:-Triplicate Girl was one of the very first inductees of the Legion of Super-Heroes, which makes sense because she’s rather silly and not that well-thought-out as a concept (I mean, a regular girl turning into THREE PEOPLE? And she fights CRIME with … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Triplicate Girl & Bouncing Boy
I don’t tend to review a lot of older books for this column, I know. It’s not entirely a conscious choice. Historically, when I have reviewed books from before, say, the 1990’s, they don’t typically get the attention that books from that era onward do. And I am a man of the people! Folks tend to want to read comics from the timeframe in which … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Firestorm
… Some characters are just kind of a GIFT to artists, ya know? DREAM GIRL (Nura Nal, aka Miss Terious, Dreamer)-Dream Girl’s another one of those curious “really? You want in with THAT power?” types that show up all over the Pre-Crisis DC Universe, so of course she has to save the whole team dozens of times. The rest of the time, she’s a Deanna … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Dream Girl & Star Boy
And now- a trio of Legionnaires most iconic for DYING! FERRO LAD (Andrew Nolan, aka Ferro)Ferro Lad- The Legion’s Sacrifice:-Ferro Lad is one of those little hints that the Legion series, in spite of it’s goofiness, was a little more serious than many other books at the time. Where else could a team book actually have a character DIE in one of his first missions? This was … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Ferro Lad, Chemical King & Kid Psycho
That curly hair, man. The first Aqualad has the same fandom. ELEMENT LAD (Jan Arrah, aka Alchemist, Progenitor)Silver Age Element Lad:-Element Lad has been a recurring Legion character since the early days, usually with some form of “E” on his chest, along with a variety of pink. With the ability to change ANYTHING into ANYTHING, he basically got focus every time the writers needed to … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Element Lad & Shvaughn Erin
BRAINIAC 5 (Querl Dox, aka Brainiac 5.1)Brainiac 5- The Most Important Legionnaire Ever:-There is absolutely NOBODY on this team who is more important that Querl Dox (notably, ALWAYS called “Brainy” or “Brainiac 5” in every issue I have featuring the character). Every single aspect of the team more or less depends on him. Brainiac 5 is a fascinating concept, and matters more to the Legion … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Brainiac 5 & Magno
COLOSSAL BOY (Gim Allon, aka Leviathan, Micro Lad)Silver Age:-Gim “Colossal Boy” Allon is one of those characters who always seemed to fit in funny, from what I’ve read up on him. Superboy, Ultra Boy & Mon-El were always more powerful, the original trio had that level of epicness to them, Brainiac was smarter, Blok & Chameleon Boy were iconic in appearance, and guys like Wildfire … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Colossal Boy & Chameleon Girl
CHAMELEON BOY (Reep Daggle) Chameleon Boy- The Only Non-Caucasian Legionnaire:-Seeing as how the ENTIRE CONCEPT of the Legion of Super-Heroes was based off of teenage aliens from across the universe banding together, it seems kind of odd that only ONE out of the first thirty or so entrants was anything but a caucasian-looking attractive person. But hey, it was the ’50s & ’60s- they hadn’t … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Chameleon Boy & R.J. Brande
This is a rather unintentional series I have cultivated. I have previously reviewed DC: Rebirth, Flash War, and Heroes In Crisis in this column. The overarching, Post-New-52 story of those books brings us to the very recently concluded Flash Forward, and here we are. It was never really intentional. Somehow in my blending together or newer and older books, I just kept coming back to … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Flash Forward
INVISIBLE KID I (Lyle Norg)Silver Age Invisible Kid:-Among the Legionnaires, Invisible Kid I’s had some of the biggest changes from version to version. Initially, he was among the more useless guys on the ’60s team in terms of powers, which of course meant that he saved the day 7 out of 10 times using some variant on being invisible to save the day. And yes, … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Invisible Kid I & II
All right. After a ludicrously cursed attempt last year, I am back to trying to move. I never would have imagined that selling one house and buying another would be such a chore as it was in 2019! We got strung along for four months before our buyer ended up finally telling us that, nope, he couldn’t actually get a loan. Lesson for you out … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Astro City – Local Heroes
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