Random Happenstance
Friday, August 14, 2009

Bound to happen, yeah.

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Do falcons growl? Well, Redwing does, anyway. Even though the effects were a bit dated when it was first aired (by the standards of ILM) I...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

A high point and a low, from the last half of Kurt Busiek's Avengers run:

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Post George Perez, Kurt Busiek started plotlines in the $1.99 trial-priced Avengers #38 that would continue until his departure from the boo...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Everyone needs a hobby: might I suggest getting the hell away from me?

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Even though I'm not buying the others, I'd probably pay for Young Dark Pet Avengers. Sam's using one of the McFarlane Toys Guita...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Told today, Superman would probably have to kiss Hal's ring...

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I'm in a staggeringly bad mood today, so let's take a brief look at some things I don't miss (and maybe a couple I do) from DC C...
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Review, sort of: Marvel Legends Nova, Wal-Mart Exclusive:

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When was this figure first announced? When was it supposed to come out? The January 2008 cover-dated issue of Toyfare refers to the wave ...
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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Having a rough day? Yeah, Nick is too.

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From Punisher Annual #4 (1991), "The Cutting Edge" Written by Greg Wright and Dan Chichester, pencils by John Hebert, inks by Pal...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

I hope Marvel doesn't adapt that one; I don't want to see those covers in the solicits for the next eight years...

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Kurt actually is reading from War and Peace : I found a preview online and made way more notes than I could cram into this strip.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

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While on vacation last week, I read through the tub of old comics I keep at my parents' house, as I probably do every time I'm on va...
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Monday, August 03, 2009

"G.I. Joe: the Rise of Cobra" opens August 7, but let's do this now, before the probable disappointment sets in...

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Click to enlarge! You know how every time I do a Deadpool-centric strip, I moan and groan about having to fill in all his word balloons wit...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Possibly the last deleted scene from "Timing"?

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Hoo, boy. Way back in Timing, part 23 ; Deadpool had brought several dozen characters out of their proper places in time, by dicking around ...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Your Happenstance page for today:

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I mentioned getting this one a while back: Sword of Sorcery #5 , "The Sunken Land" Story by Dennis O'Neil and Fritz Leiber, ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Your Happenstance page for today:

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From Excalibur #15 , "Technet: Impossible Missions!" Written by Chris Claremont, pencils by Alan Davis, inks by Paul Neary. Not ev...

Well, it's a variant I'd buy.

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I don't know if Star Wars: The Clone Wars has reached that point in the storyline yet--in fact, I'm pretty sure it hasn't--but...

By 'patrol' I mean, kill time until a fight scene.

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Do superheroes still go on patrol? I don't seem to see that very often anymore, but I may not be reading the books where the hero would...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Your Happenstance page for today:

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Entirely too much mustache coming at you from Astonishing Tales #34 , featuring Deathlok the Demolisher; "And all the King's Madmen...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

They say there's someone out there for everyone, but...

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With Grimlock there, that's the Daikū Maryū, or Space Dragon, from Gaiking . Pretty sure it was way bigger, so we're not to scale he...

Play the Hulk game!

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I'm on vacation, so entertain yourselves, damnit! From Super Heroes Puzzles and Games from 1979, a General Mills giveaway. Huh, I tot...
Friday, July 24, 2009

An empty desk, to match my empty head...

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...and with that, I'm out for the next week or so! There will still be posts up, I'll just be nowhere near them. And I'm not 100...

The sudden and violent end of Whiplash's winning streak:

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In Iron Man #26 , as Tony goes down in flames after fighting Whiplash (on New Year's Eve, 1999!) he thinks he hears a voice say, "H...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Iron Man may have underestimated Whiplash a bit:

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I hadn't planned on turning this into Whiplash Week, but I ended up with a highlight reel of his gimp mask appearances. He doesn't m...
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