Missing issues is the worst. Despite the fact that I work close enough to a great comic store that I could walk there, shop, and get back to work all within my lunch break, I have a bad habit of only going comic shopping once every several weeks (if not months). Just this week I made it out to the shop for the first time … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Civil War
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
Oh shit- I wasn’t aware one of his powers was Ultra-Threatening-Jab’s-Heterosexuality. ULTRA BOY (Jo Nah) Silver Age Ultra Boy:-I swear that this kid has one of the most popular power-sets I’ve seen, as far as what fans say they like. What’s funny about it is that very same distinctive power-set (“All Superman’s Powers- but one at a time!”) is what kind of holds him back. … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Ultra Boy & Phantom Girl
As I write this, I am about a week removed from having a surprise appendectomy. It’s weird how your body can just turn on you. I’m not here to say it’s a terrible thing compared to what a lot of people go through, but waking up at 3am because you are suddenly in a new pain you never felt before and being in surgery by … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Spider-Geddon
MON-EL (Lar Gand, aka M’Onel, Valor) Silver Age Mon-El:-Mon-El, starting out as a “Superman has a BROTHER!” type of Silver Age Superboy “tease” story (“oh this awesome thing is totally happening OH WAIT WE TAKE IT BACK IT’S NOT!!”), and in fact was a re-write of ANOTHER story that’d come out earlier (featuring Halk Kar, an amnesiac alien from a planet near Krypton). He ended up being … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Mon-El & Shadow Lass
What are the time parameters for spoilers? As in, at what point do you bear the burden of protecting yourself from being spoiled rather than depend on social media and society to do it for you? I always say in regards to big blockbuster movies, the limit should be until after the second weekend in theaters has passed. If you can’t see a major release … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Heroes In Crisis
I recently ranked 63 comics I reviewed in the last two years against each other for an anniversary celebration to see where they all fit against one another. It was… a lot of work. Digging through old material to remember what books were involved, debating internally as to how they stack up (literally no one cares, on a list of 63, how number 42-44 are arranged, but … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Batman – Cataclysm
I’ve never read Dark Knight Strikes Back. From what I understand, I’m not missing much, but I just never got around to picking it up. I think I thumbed through the trade when it was all collected, and it just looked too “busy” for me. So I just never gave it a try. It’s just… some stories really don’t need sequels! Especially something like 20 … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Dark Victory
I think Jeff Moy’s ENTIRE CAREER just revolves around that run as “LOSH” artist. LIGHTNING LASS (Ayla Ranzz, aka Light Lass, Spark, Gossamer, Live Wire)Silver Age Ayla Ranzz:-Ayla is introduced as the twin sister of Garth, aka Lightning Lad, given the same powers from the same incident that empowered her two brothers. She was actually introduced after Garth DIED, disguising herself as Garth for some … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Lightning Lass & Timber Wolf
Our podcast got blocked on Twitter by Dan Slott! This isn’t something I take any pride in, so this isn’t like some kind of stupid brag. I’ve seen folks who take getting blocked by a famous person as a badge of honor, and that has never ever been our goal. I’m actually mildly bothered by this! Mostly because I have no idea what we have … Continue reading Stew’s Reviews: Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn
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
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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