...Michael Jai White and Jason Statham would team up for a Power Man & Iron Fist movie.

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• At October 16, 2009, Eric wrote:

  Quentin Tarrantino to direct.

• At October 16, 2009, Mortenzen wrote:

  Funniest thing I've heard/read all day ^^

• At October 16, 2009, Django wrote:

  Nah, not Statham. Ray Park.

• At October 16, 2009, Thok wrote:

  My first reaction was "Why would the guy who played Urkel be a good Luke Cage?" Then I figure ...

• At October 16, 2009, Alter Ego wrote:

  I always wanted them in Richard Dragon/Bronze Tiger. If this were ten years ago, they'd be perfect, toss in Michelle ...

• At October 16, 2009, Dave Ziegler wrote:

  I think my brain just melted from the pure awesomosity given off by that MAGNIFICENT idea!

• At October 16, 2009, Kevin wrote:

  Jason Statham? Really? No thanks.

  I haven't really seen enough of Michael Jai White to comment, but something about him strikes ...

• At October 16, 2009, Marcus Foote wrote:

  Terry Crews would have made a great Luke Cage but is probably a little too old by now. I ...

• At October 16, 2009, VichusSmith wrote:

  OK, you're joking, but I would watch that. Never mind that Jason Statham is not Danny Rand in any stretch ...

• At October 16, 2009, The Dude wrote:

  Didn't Michael Jai White play Spawn? I guess he's already taken.

  Plus, if you're Black Dynamite why would you bother playing ...

• At October 16, 2009, The Mutt wrote:

  You know what would be even cooler? If Marvel actually published a Power Man/Iron Fist comic.

• At October 16, 2009, Spike wrote:

  I could get on board for MJW and somebody who looks like ray park but can act playing danny rand ...

• At October 16, 2009, Ian wrote:

  How much "acting" does the guy playing Iron Fist actually have to do? You have serious martial artist for ...

• At October 16, 2009, eric grant wrote:

  I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Zac Ephron as IF.

  A young Keenan Ivory Wayans as Power Man

• At October 16, 2009, VichusSmith wrote:

  Zac Ephron? A young Keenan Ivory Waynans? This is why they laughed you out of casting academy. You need for ...

• At October 16, 2009, The Dude wrote:

  @ VichusSmith: yeah, I was being a little sarcastic. Spawn:The Movie was beyond shitty.

  Still, the Black Dynamite remark stands.

• At October 16, 2009, Charlie wrote:

  Jason Statham? He'd be a terrible Iron Fist. Ray Park on the other hand..

• At October 16, 2009, Rob Schmidt wrote:

  If Jason Statham could sport blond hair, he'd make a good Captain America.

  Zac Ephron has more of the right look ...

• At October 16, 2009, VichusSmith wrote:

  @The Dude Black Dynamite's TOTALLY why I can see him play Luke Cage! I wanna see MJW doing more stuff ...

• At October 16, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  I would rather Ray Parker, Jr. play Iron Fist than Ray Park. I mean, come on, people.

• At October 16, 2009, VichusSmith wrote:

  You know what, you're right. Ray Park was awesome in Star Wars Episode I. He couldn't be entertaining to watch ...

• At October 16, 2009, eric grant wrote:

  Look, anyone can do stunt martial arts, but Danny Rand is a gullible pretty boy. Stratham and Park are not ...

• At October 16, 2009, VichusSmith wrote:

  Well, Eric, what does your stunt martial arts resume look like? I bet it looks just like mine.

  Yeah, Park ...

• At October 16, 2009, r wrote:

  I agree with the suggestion of Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse) as Iron Fist. He's my first choice, but few ...

• At October 16, 2009, VichusSmith wrote:

  Eh, erm, ok, maybe. I know Tahmoh (don't ask me to pronounce his name out loud) can do action, for ...

• At October 17, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  Not a movie. A TV series. And every week, they meet another Marvel B-Lister. Set in the late '70's. Dazzler, ...

• At October 17, 2009, VichusSmith wrote:

  I wish a Powerman & Iron Fist movie went from the 70s to current time. Cage and Fist have their ...

• At October 20, 2009, Leeatard wrote:

  After seeing Speed Racer, I think Matthew Fox would be the perfect Iron Fist.

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• At October 9, 2009, Jakub wrote:

  The guy in the last panel looks really pissed and accusatory.

• At October 9, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  He likely suspects Suzy Two-Tone of killing off her husband.

• At October 9, 2009, Wraith wrote:

  You know, it's true. I am a sucker for false character.

• At October 9, 2009, Strider wrote:

  "Dammit Gwen, Charlie was my best friend!"

• At October 9, 2009, Scott wrote:

  I think that is her husband, actually.

  "How could you let your hair do that? Now my days are numbered!"

• At October 9, 2009, Matty wrote:

  Yeah, I read it as her superstitious husband miffed that the little lady allowed something like this to happen and ...

• At October 9, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  vitaligio = dead husband! curse you premature grey hair on one side!!!!!!

• At October 9, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  im sure it had nothing to do with the poison in his martini that night lol

• At October 9, 2009, Sijo wrote:

  Hey, nice facts! I'll remember them the next time I think of a character's hair!

  (For example, Betty And Veronica subvert ...

• At October 9, 2009, Lt. Clutch wrote:

  Gotta love these old bits of comic book wisdom...

  I've seen women in my family turn white in their 30's and ...

• At October 9, 2009, JackKing wrote:

  I figured this would be about 9/11

• At October 10, 2009, Richard J. Marcej wrote:

  What about bald women?

• At October 10, 2009, Rob Schmidt wrote:

  This page spends more time promoting the myths than debunking them.

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• At October 6, 2009, T. wrote:

  Good one, Brian!

• At October 6, 2009, Marcus Foote wrote:

  More Rom is always a good thing and would be on my dream roster in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (along ...

• At October 6, 2009, Adam Kirby wrote:

  Man, I love ROM so much.

• At October 6, 2009, Chris McAree wrote:

  I feel your pain! Death's Head's cameos in several Marvel titles keep me hoping that somewhere, somehow, he might end ...

• At October 6, 2009, Pink Lantern wrote:

  I sure do miss the Avengers. (You know, the real ones, not Spidey, Wolverine, Luke Cage, Ares, Sentry, etc.)

• At October 6, 2009, Gary wrote:

  Despite the public persona, the reality is that The Avengers have always been discriminatory against robots/cyborgs. It was only because ...

• At October 6, 2009, Ninjazilla wrote:

  Cant marvel afford to buy the permanent rights to ROM now?

• At October 6, 2009, Ted wrote:

  For some reason I first read this as "possibility of Ronin joining the Avengers". Needless to say, I was somewhat ...

• At October 6, 2009, Craig wrote:

  Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Luke Cage, and Wolverine? That Avengers 221 cover is frighteningly clairvoyant. Factor in that Ronin should've been Daredevil, ...

• At October 6, 2009, Rusty Priske wrote:

  The thing that really stuck with me about ROM is how much it would have really sucked to not get ...

• At October 6, 2009, Wesley Smith wrote:

  Are they even legally allowed to use ROM's image on covers anymore?

• At October 6, 2009, chad wrote:

  gven marvel reving some of its seldom used characters mostly to keep the copy right and that hasbro has the ...

• At October 6, 2009, Eric P wrote:

  Man, I wish there weren't rights issues that prevent the republication of ROM stuff.

• At October 6, 2009, Adam wrote:

  Worse, do you realize how many books can't be reprinted due to ROM's guest-appearance? I believe the Secret Wars ...

• At October 6, 2009, Sijo wrote:

  I miss those late 70s/early 80s days when Marvel experimented a LOT and came up with characters that maybe didn't ...

• At October 6, 2009, Adam wrote:

  Hey, looking at the cover of #221 again, I see six members who made Bendis' New Avengers, plus Daredevil (who ...

• At October 6, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Man, I want me some ROM reprints.

• At October 6, 2009, Andrew Collins wrote:

  Pick Two? Okay! I pick ROM and Dazzler!

  But then again, that would never happen. No comic could ever contain that ...

• At October 6, 2009, comicbookreader wrote:

  @ Craig: Yeah, it's fascinating how no fewer than 6 characters on that Avengers #221 cover ended up in Bendis's ...

• At October 6, 2009, jazzbo wrote:

  I totally thought this post was going to be related to 9/11.

• At October 6, 2009, Mary Warner wrote:

  I am shocked by how blatantly they are plagiarising those classic New Avengers-Secret Invasion covers!

  Marvel really does need to buy ...

• At October 6, 2009, Scott MacIver wrote:

  Power Man? Spider-Man? Wolverine? Spider-Woman? Avengers? Psh!

• At October 6, 2009, JackKing wrote:

  They haven't taunted you in years about Rom.

• At October 6, 2009, davek wrote:

  ...Meanwhile, the floating of Hercules contemplates how mind-boggling awesome he truly is. Only William Shatner has ever known such thoughts.

• At October 6, 2009, davek wrote:

  floating head, rather. Not like I care, I'm drinking my lunch today.

• At October 6, 2009, Greg A wrote:

  In a perfect world, Parker Brothers (or the current Rom owner) would allow Marvel to release ROM as three(?)Essential volumes ...

• At October 6, 2009, DanLarkin wrote:

  I'm pretty sure a ROM appearance got reprinted in one of the Essential X-Men books. I'm not sure if ...

• At October 6, 2009, buttler wrote:

  Yeah, the ROM situation is ridiculous. So many great issues of comics from Power Man & Iron Fist to ...

• At October 6, 2009, The Mutt wrote:

  I've always thought Doc Samson would make a great Avenger.

  And a great part of a She Hulk/Hawkeye/Samson love triangle.

• At October 6, 2009, John Lewsis, Jr. wrote:

  That's just what I was going MacIver. I had seen that cover, I'd think Spidey and Wolverine were total red ...

• At October 6, 2009, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Okay, I pick Black Bolt and the Silver Surfer.

  Dr. Doom? Kang? Ultron? Terminus? All set.

  Wait, no, I pick Daredevil, ...

• At October 7, 2009, Brian wrote:

  "In a perfect world, Parker Brothers (or the current Rom owner) would allow Marvel to release ROM as three(?)Essential volumes ...

• At October 8, 2009, Philip Ayres wrote:

  The SWII crossover issue (72 of Rom's own run), Hulk (296) & PM/IF (73) issues have been mentioned, ...

• At October 8, 2009, Eric P wrote:

  Hey Brian, how about a Legends piece on the status of the ROM rights, who owns them, and why they're ...

• At October 8, 2009, Philip Ayres wrote:

  PS: Rom, Starshine and the Spaceknights also appear in their reprinted Marvel universe entries in the deluxe edition Essentials. Spaceknight ...

• At October 9, 2009, Basara wrote:

  On Mondays, I'm actually playing in a Champions (paper & dice) RPG game where one of the other players is ...

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• At September 13, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  Hating Iron Man and being friends with Hawkeye are two vastly different concepts, yes. And in recent years, the latter ...

• At September 13, 2009, JP wrote:

  You know- now that I think about it- the Defenders were some powerhouses. Hulk, Doc Strange, Namor, and The Silver ...

• At September 13, 2009, Ron wrote:

  I thought this post had to do with when Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook ...

• At September 13, 2009, Eldric IV wrote:

  Don't forget Hawkeye, the Greatest of Them All.

• At September 13, 2009, Adam wrote:

  It's amazing how many people have been Defenders, yet you never think about it. Everyone's mind always comes back ...

• At September 13, 2009, Jacob T. Levy wrote:

  "Buddie"?

• At September 13, 2009, JackKing wrote:

  Good one Ron

• At September 13, 2009, chad wrote:

  i never knew hawkeye was a member of the defenders . and at least he figured out the defenders ...

• At September 13, 2009, P. Boz wrote:

  I was friends with Hawkeye once. He took off after we had an argument about who was gonna be ...

• At September 13, 2009, Michael P. wrote:

  As I recall, Hawkeye wasn't officially a Defender, he was just tagging along while they tried to cure the Black ...

• At September 13, 2009, Scott Harris wrote:

  This has always been one of my favorite Defenders covers, if such a thing can be said to exist.

• At September 13, 2009, Random Stranger wrote:

  Michael, they were the non-team. I always figured the Defenders consisted of whoever was hanging out at Doctor Strange's ...

• At September 13, 2009, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Other Defenders include The Thing, Luke Cage, Yellowjacket, and Moon Knight. Really, if you show up one day and fight ...

• At September 13, 2009, Mary Warner wrote:

  Is there a joke here I'm not getting? Is there something strange about the idea of Hawkeye having friends?

  The ...

• At September 14, 2009, The Mad Monkey wrote:

  Ron...

  I wasn't aware that Rabin and Arafat were comic book fans.

  You should really keep that in mind the next time ...

• At September 14, 2009, Ninjazilla wrote:

  Thanks Mo...Ron

• At September 14, 2009, Ted wrote:

  Watch out Mad Monkey, there's something going right over your head.

• At September 14, 2009, Ian wrote:

  "Michael, they were the non-team. I always figured the Defenders consisted of whoever was hanging out at Doctor Strange's place ...

• At September 14, 2009, Ian wrote:

  "wasn't aware that Rabin and Arafat were comic book fans."

  Arafat LOVED Little Lulu.

  incidentally Sadam Hussein never missed an issue of ...

• At September 14, 2009, Rob Schmidt wrote:

  Hulk likes Magician, Bird-Nose, and Sword-Girl. When they aren't bossing him around, they're his friends. Not like puny ...

• At September 14, 2009, James Moar wrote:

  I think it's just that "Hawkeye's got acquaintances" wouldn't have fit in the available space.

• At September 14, 2009, Ron wrote:

  Mad Monkey and Ninjazilla, you both completely missed the joke. Read this comment thread and then come back here and ...

• At September 14, 2009, Clint Adams wrote:

  What a great cover! I would buy that on a new comic today instead of the junk that is ...

• At September 14, 2009, Dave wrote:

  I thought the "lie" was that the rest of the Defenders didn't really interact with that fight at all, it ...

• At September 17, 2009, Carl wrote:

  It was an odd thing. Hawkeye quits the Avengers and joins the Defenders at the beginning of the story ...

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• At September 10, 2009, T. wrote:

  I don't get it.

• At September 10, 2009, Cass wrote:

  I think it's pointing out that the future Batman and Robin are considerate enough to distinguish themselves from their predecessors ...

• At September 10, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I think what makes it confusing is that all the DC "II"s are sons of the original,

  Dick Grayson is ...

• At September 10, 2009, Scott MacIver wrote:

  Why is Robin II a ginger? Is Ivy is mother?

• At September 10, 2009, Thok wrote:

  Batman, I don't think that's what ironically means, going by either the real definition or the Alanis Morrisette definition.

• At September 10, 2009, Chen wrote:

  And here I thought it was in reference to B&R II taking the mantles of living predecessors, while Marvel only ...

• At September 10, 2009, Mordechai Luchins wrote:

  Robin II's mom was Kathy Kane. Which means Robin II's dad was her secret lover, James Olsen.

• At September 10, 2009, Aaron Poehler wrote:

  "9/10 if only..." is likely to bring a different image to mind for New Yorkers and many others.

• At September 10, 2009, Nik wrote:

  Yeah, my mind went to 9/11. I still don't get it.

• At September 10, 2009, Jeff Holland wrote:

  In the future, the Alanis Morrisette definition of "irony" is the only definition that survives.

  OH, WHAT A BLEAK AND HORRIBLE ...

• At September 10, 2009, Matt wrote:

  I spent too long trying to figure out how 9/10 was tied into it all. And then the Joker looked ...

• At September 10, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  It's just the date that he wrote it on. The real title is If only.... Geez.

  And the joke ...

• At September 10, 2009, aboynamedposh wrote:

  Well, *I* laughed.

• At September 10, 2009, JoeMac wrote:

  I get the joke. But before I opened the link, I too was expecting a WTC reference.

• At September 10, 2009, JoeMac wrote:

  Sorry to double post, but I was just wondering... is this the first story with Dick Grayson growing up to ...

• At September 10, 2009, Cass wrote:

  Dick Grayson is Batman II.

  I of course meant that all the IIs were at one time under the legal guardianship ...

• At September 10, 2009, Adam wrote:

  I think some people aren't noticing the "II" on future Batman and Robins' chests. They're there, but I don't ...

• At September 10, 2009, P. Boz wrote:

  Wait...is that a sword for Hawkeye II (didn't know that was her at first)? Was she the daughter of ...

• At September 10, 2009, Wesley Smith wrote:

  I'm with Thok. In what parallel universe is this ironic.

  If Joker II was Batman's son and Robin II was Joker's ...

• At September 10, 2009, indy24la wrote:

  I could understand people's confusion if the actually date was 9/11, but since it's not...???? So is any date ...

• At September 10, 2009, Matt wrote:

  I simply noticed, in the list of recent entries on the main CBR page, that it was the only entry ...

• At September 10, 2009, Wesley Smith wrote:

  @indy24la:

  Those dates aren't off the table, but with an entry labeled "If Only--9/10..." I can see how some people would ...

• At September 10, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  You know, nobody bitched about the date on "If Only" from two days ago.

• At September 10, 2009, chad wrote:

  the poin tof the piece was suppose to be if only marvel would dare to label their characters who are ...

• At September 10, 2009, Wesley Smith wrote:

  Bill:

  That's because it was two days ago.

  I don't think anybody is saying that Brian can't title his posts what he ...

• At September 10, 2009, Ian wrote:

  "In the future, the Alanis Morrisette definition of "irony" is the only definition that survives."

  How ironic.

• At September 10, 2009, Apodaca wrote:

  "It's like having a title like "It's beginning to look a lot like-- 12/24..." and have the inside continue "... ...

• At September 10, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Yeah, this may very well be the dumbest complaint I've ever heard about a blog entry.

  And I see a lot ...

• At September 10, 2009, Wesley Smith wrote:

  So, the term "If only..." is now permanently associated with the WTC attacks?

  No, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying ...

• At September 10, 2009, Apodaca wrote:

  Well, that's certainly worth saying.

• At September 10, 2009, joshschr wrote:

  Does Joker II have a "II" on his chest? Is that the fashion in this imaginary story? And ...

• At September 10, 2009, JackKing wrote:

  Batman II is Dick Grayson, I think.

  Not once did I think of 9/11 until you guys started talking about it.

• At September 10, 2009, Michael P. wrote:

  "Wait...is that a sword for Hawkeye II (didn't know that was her at first)? Was she the daughter of Hawkeye ...

• At September 11, 2009, Tuomas wrote:

  I thought this entry was a 9/11 reference too based on the title.

• At September 11, 2009, Rob Schmidt wrote:

  I agree with Wesley, although I wouldn't have taken the time to mention the problem myself.

• At September 11, 2009, TOM wrote:

  maybe the fact that so many peoples minds were drawn to 9/11 says more about them that it does about ...

• At September 11, 2009, Mordechai Luchins wrote:

  Says more than it does about the people than the blog.

• At September 11, 2009, Sijo wrote:

  "Wait...is that a sword for Hawkeye II (didn't know that was her at first)? Was she the daughter of Hawkeye ...

• At September 11, 2009, "O" the Humanatee! wrote:

  Maybe the fact that some people's mind were not drawn to 9/11 says more about them than it does about ...

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• At September 8, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  Not a fair contest, since if Jimmy has any of the New God juju remaining inside him from Countdown, he ...

• At September 8, 2009, Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy! wrote:

  Even without said Fourth World dakka, Jimmy's got an advantage over Aquaman, who dies if he's out of water for ...

• At September 8, 2009, tae wrote:

  that's an awesome neal adams cover. it just pains me that this guy with so much talent is not working ...

• At September 8, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  Ah, but suppose the water Superdick is holding is salt water? Then Aquaman's the clear winner.

• At September 8, 2009, Chris Jones wrote:

  Only ONE hanger-on may have the privilege of basking in Superman's aura of non-suck. All others shall PERISH!

• At September 8, 2009, Wesley Smith wrote:

  God bless Superdickery.com. They were all before my time, but DC's beginning to reprint that era in the Showcase editions. ...

• At September 8, 2009, Pedro Bouça wrote:

  Would ANYONE choose Aquaman?

  Best,

  Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

• At September 8, 2009, Aaron Thall wrote:

  In a perfect world, Superman then pours the water onto the sands, moons them, and flies off to watch them ...

• At September 8, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  This is actually a horrific dilemma, because Jimmy Olsen and Aquaman are my two favorite DC characters. Excluding Elongated Man ...

• At September 8, 2009, chad wrote:

  if this was not one of those stories where big blue was a dick he would figure some way to ...

• At September 8, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  It occurs to me that an author like Garth Ennis or Warren Ellis would do great writing a Superdick character, ...

• At September 8, 2009, WayneLW wrote:

  I love that . . .

  (1) it's not just water, but iced water, really amping up the torturing those in ...

• At September 9, 2009, Rob Schmidt wrote:

  If you were doing the top 5 artistic JIMMY OLSEN covers, this one probably would make the cut.

  Alas, I forget ...

• At September 9, 2009, Rob Schmidt wrote:

  If you want to know the story behind the cover, see:

  http://aquamanshrine.blogspot.com/2008/07/supermans-pal-jimmy-olsen-115-oct-1968.html

  Let's just say Jimmy needs the water as badly as ...

• At September 9, 2009, T. wrote:

  Not a fair contest, since if Jimmy has any of the New God juju remaining inside him from Countdown, he ...

• At September 9, 2009, Oz the Malefic wrote:

  Nitz, you probably know this already, but go read Irredeemable by Waid. "Superman" gone evil, and it's awesome.

• At September 9, 2009, Carl wrote:

  It would have been even better if they showed Supes drinking the water.

• At September 10, 2009, wwk5d wrote:

  Eh, just let them both die.

• At September 10, 2009, Tekende wrote:

  Can't Superman just, you know, pick them both up and fly them out of the desert? Just a suggestion.

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• At July 16, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  By the by, when Ronstadt was getting crap for being "unpatriotic" awhile back, she should have countered with, "Are you ...

• At July 16, 2009, Greg Burgas wrote:

  Best. Band. Ever.

  And that Dr. J calendar had to be sweeeeeeet!

• At July 16, 2009, Neal K wrote:

  And what ARE the secrets of the Ex-DJ?

  Seriously, though, thanks for posting this. Cap looks like he is having ...

• At July 16, 2009, Scavenger wrote:

  I disagree Greg...I mean, cmon...what band uses a drum machine!

• At July 16, 2009, adebisi wrote:

  drum machine. HAA!

• At July 16, 2009, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  What's the context for this?

  It's one of the more bizarre images I've seen in the past few days (with the ...

• At July 16, 2009, Michael P. wrote:

  I guess 3PO got tired of being relegated to keyboards on the Star Wars band, and wanted to branch out.

• At July 16, 2009, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  Probably got tired of all of Hans Solos!

• At July 16, 2009, Corey wrote:

  This is the greatest thing ever in the history of ever. Since ever.

• At July 16, 2009, Dean wrote:

  Cap looks like he is checking out Doctor Strange- look at the eyes!

• At July 16, 2009, Corey wrote:

  I thought his look was more like "Oh Dr. Strange, that musical riff you did just there was a reference ...

• At July 16, 2009, DanLarkin wrote:

  Man, everything was cooler in the '70s.

• At July 16, 2009, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Sadly, the band broke up when they discovered that the drummer couldn't bend his elbows.

• At July 16, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  I'd say Cap is gloating. Doc looks pissy because he didn't get to spend the night with Linda Ronstadt.

  I ...

• At July 16, 2009, Adam wrote:

  I give you...exhibit B:

  http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=180832000017

• At July 16, 2009, DubipR wrote:

  Secretly Dr. Strange wants to leave and be session player for Christopher Cross. Look at him..he's just winging it ...

• At July 16, 2009, chad wrote:

  that is the most interesting hilerious image i have ever seen. cap and strange with c3p0 proving he has other ...

• At July 17, 2009, T. wrote:

  Why does Doc Strange look like Schneider the superintendent from the sitcom One Day at a Time?

• At July 17, 2009, GarBut wrote:

  I think the Dr. looks like the love child if Schneider from One Day at a Time and Charles Bronson ...

• At July 17, 2009, comicbookreader wrote:

  Brian, who did the art? I can quite make out the sig next to Cap...

• At July 17, 2009, Raskal66 wrote:

  I bet Dr. Strange is upset that his version of "Blue Bayou" didn't make the album.

• At July 17, 2009, Dan Bailey wrote:

  >>I think the Dr. looks like the love child if Schneider from One Day at a Time and Charles Bronson ...

• At July 18, 2009, ParanoidObsessive wrote:

  "Man, everything was cooler in the ’70s."

  Enough drugs make everything cooler.

• At July 18, 2009, Al Ewing wrote:

  Cap is surely the Glen Campbell of superheroes.

• At September 14, 2009, Mary Warner wrote:

  Cap can play bass with gloves on! He must really be good.

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• At December 31, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Now I can't help but picture Jughead singing "Scatman."

• At December 31, 2008, Ian A. wrote:

  What kind of rock band has a guy on clarinet?

• At December 31, 2008, Nick T wrote:

  Ian A.

  What kind of rock band has a guy on clarinet?

  the only kind worth listening to

• At December 31, 2008, mightygodking wrote:

  Been there, done that, got the original cast album...

• At December 31, 2008, The Mad Monkey wrote:

  I know Reggie's an obnoxious jerk 'n' all...

  But, why is he still playing the drums?

• At December 31, 2008, Joe Rice wrote:

  Reggie is FREAKING ME OUT on that cover. Look at that manic gleam. He's either about to stab ...

• At December 31, 2008, Dan Bailey wrote:

  >>What kind of rock band has a guy on clarinet?

  Dunno ... but *saxophones* rock. See (or rather, hear) X-Ray Spex's ...

• At December 31, 2008, Mithel wrote:

  RE: Clarinets in rock bands

  Archie Andrews is a good Jewish boy, so he plays the clarinet. Oy.

• At December 31, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Been there, done that, got the original cast album… Funny stuff!!

• At December 31, 2008, JackKing wrote:

  This cover reminds me of that old kids in the Hall sketch

• At December 31, 2008, Chris Jones wrote:

  Reggie is the John Bonham of comic book characters.

• At January 23, 2009, QJxmxTHbXUXHOwTaf wrote:

  621b36eb56

• At March 13, 2009, David A. Spitzley wrote:

  Dan Bailey wrote:

  The Redskins, the greatest Marxist skinhead soul band ever.

  Ooh, cool. I just added them to my wants ...

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• At December 16, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Might wanna crop that, Croninborg...

• At December 16, 2008, jazzbo wrote:

  Who is that on the left?

• At December 16, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Black Canary

• At December 16, 2008, Andrew Collins wrote:

  Looks like Storm is winning the staring contest...

• At December 16, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  If Storm stabbed everyone she had the slightest disagreement with throught the chest with a bowie knife X-Men would become ...

• At December 17, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  What's happened to Storm's face?

• At December 17, 2008, Walid wrote:

  She was about to pop open a can of ass-whupping on Callisto. Which she did.

  Seriously, she looks like she'll ...

• At December 17, 2008, Xander wrote:

  Huh. Ass-whupping was not the first thing that passed through my mind when I saw that picture.

  Angry about being ...

• At December 17, 2008, Sijo wrote:

  Storm better stick to thunder and winds, because if she tries to go at Canary Mano-a-Mano, knife or not, she's ...

• At December 17, 2008, T. wrote:

  No, Storm is a badass, especially if its punk-rock mohawk Storm. She'd win. But then again I never ...

• At December 17, 2008, Eric wrote:

  Would Storm really want to lead McDuffie's JLA? I'd let Black Canary keep leading that steaming pile.

• At September 14, 2009, Mary Warner wrote:

  Am I missing some of the picture? All I see are the faces and not any knife like people ...

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• At December 14, 2008, Ian A. wrote:

  I would totally read a book about a dinosaur with robotic arms.

  Provided Claremont had nothing to do with it. ...

• At December 14, 2008, buttler wrote:

  Hawkaaaaaa!

  Oh wait, wrong comic.

• At December 14, 2008, Chris Jones wrote:

  What in the Jesus Mercy Good God Damn is going on in that picture?

• At December 14, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  If only...

  Marvel would just let Warren Ellis write what he wants to write!

  Has Grant Morrison ever written for Marvel?

• At December 14, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Is that a joke, Tim?

  Or do you have a bunch of good X-Men comics to look forward to?

• At December 14, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Brian.

  Wow.

  Complete BrainFade...

  How in G0d's name did I forget New X-men??!?!?!?!?

  I utterly adored the Magneto/Xorn/Drugs/Riots/Evil twin/Sentinels thing!!!

  Frank Quitely, ...

• At December 14, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Also the excellent Marvel Boy and the very good Fantastic Four 1234

  Plus, from awhile ago, he co-wrote Skrull Kill Krew ...

• At December 14, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Ah-Ha! Something new for the Morissonian in me...

  I will go on a hunt for those...

  Was this before his ...

• At December 14, 2008, jjc wrote:

  Morrison also wrote a short NIck Fury story for Marvel Knights Double Shot #2

• At December 14, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Oh right, jjc, good call!

  I didn't think of that because I don't believe it was ever collected in trade, ...

• At December 14, 2008, Omar Karindu, back from an Internet Thogal ritual wrote:

  Does Marvel UK count? Because Zoids.

• At December 14, 2008, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  " Also: “Haukka” is Finnish for “hawk.” So…what the hell? Shouldn’t they be called “Igua’na” or some shit? "

  Depends, Ian. ...

• At December 14, 2008, Preston wrote:

  What, what is this picture from??

  I need to know!

• At December 14, 2008, Andy Turnbull wrote:

  Gotta love GM's run on Zoids. Sadly neglected by the toy nostalgia boom.

  As for The Uncanny Hauk'ka - I'd ...

• At December 14, 2008, Aaron Walther wrote:

  I just bought that Double Shot issue out of a dollar bin the other day. It was surrounded by ...

• At December 14, 2008, M Bloom wrote:

  Actually, I think Claremont's free reign title would more likely be The Invincible Psylocke and Her Amazing Mind-Controlled Friends (now ...

• At December 14, 2008, Da Fug wrote:

  OT (mostly). So the other day I was thinking about Dinobots. If you're already a kickass, metal dinosaur, ...

• At December 14, 2008, M Bloom wrote:

  One word, Da Fug: thumbs.

• At December 14, 2008, Leo Yuh wrote:

  kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk lmao

• At December 14, 2008, Mark Temporis wrote:

  I would think Clairmont's dream comic would star Jean Grey, Psylocke, and Storm, all in BD/SM themed adventures. And I ...

• At December 15, 2008, Dalarsco wrote:

  God, please don't remind me of that crap. On Ice might just be the worst X-Men arc ever. ...

• At December 15, 2008, Lawrence wrote:

  Worse than Draco!?

• At December 15, 2008, Tom Russell wrote:

  "I would think Clairmont’s dream comic would star Jean Grey, Psylocke, and Storm, all in BD/SM themed adventures. And I ...

• At December 15, 2008, The Draco wrote:

  why does everyone hate me???!!!

• At December 15, 2008, Nick Marino wrote:

  HA! okay seriously yeah i would buy that Jean, Betsy, and Ororo book. it would be awesome. isn't that sort ...

• At December 15, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  So what Claremont really wants to write...

  ... is apparently Dino Riders?

• At December 15, 2008, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Claremont would have Storm, Jean, and Psylocke in BDSM adventures that end with Kitty Pryde (in sensible clothing) solving everyone's ...

• At December 15, 2008, Dalarsco wrote:

  You know, I honestly don't think The Draco was that bad. It isn't a great story, and it's fallout ...

• At December 15, 2008, Ben Herman wrote:

  I would think Clairmont’s dream comic would star Jean Grey, Psylocke, and Storm, all in BD/SM themed adventures. And I ...

• At December 17, 2008, Walid wrote:

  "Marvel would just let Chris Claremont write what he wants to write!"

  Wasn't that the whole point of giving him the ...

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• At December 1, 2008, Joe Rice wrote:

  But would it be quite as good? I can see Ware actually needing that much time to make something ...

• At December 1, 2008, RyanBreck wrote:

  It's the only comic being published today that completely deserves, nay, demands being bought in "issue" form and in its ...

• At December 1, 2008, mrclam wrote:

  Man oh man. This is my favorite comic right now, and I can't stand the glacial pace of publication!!! Ware ...

• At December 1, 2008, MarkAndrew wrote:

  Speaking as someone who's favorite comic is Tales of the Beanworld I'm finding it hard to muster much sympathy.

• At December 1, 2008, Anthony Strand wrote:

  MarkAndrew - Yeah, well. My favorite comic is Big Numbers.

  (Note: It really isn't)

• At December 1, 2008, Evan Waters wrote:

  Any more frequently and there'd be an antidepressant shortage.

• At December 1, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Jimmy Corrigan was the most depressing comic I've ever read, and it gave me eyestrain. Do I want to read ...

• At December 1, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  "MarkAndrew - Yeah, well. My favorite comic is Big Numbers."

  Well~!!!

  It's mine!!

  So there!

• At December 1, 2008, Julian wrote:

  On the other hand, it makes the best gift for the holidays. Besides, if it came out quarterly, I'd be ...

• At December 2, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  Jimmy Corrigan was the most depressing comic I’ve ever read, and it gave me eyestrain. Do I want to read ...

• At December 2, 2008, Dan Felty wrote:

  Ware's work on Jimmy Corrigan has one particularly interesting quality to it; I feel the work succeeds more the less ...

• At December 3, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  However, the better it makes me empathize with the characters’ misery, the more I don’t want to read it! I ...

• At December 3, 2008, Dan Felty wrote:

  Quimby the Mouse touches on similar subjects, but it has a little more levity. It is very good and ...

• At December 3, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  Okay - I think I might try Quimby some time.

  And I have no idea where the initials 'ACN' came from. ...

• At December 3, 2008, Dan Felty wrote:

  Oh, yeah. Well, at least I know where I got them!

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• At November 16, 2008, Kane wrote:

  Damn right.

• At November 16, 2008, Scott Free wrote:

  You're completely right; that would have been awesome, what with his limbo-gun and wraith detector (that maybe works on Skrulls?). ...

• At November 16, 2008, JackKing wrote:

  Instead of melting someone who already has no legs, maybe he should be helping his buddy on the crucifix.

• At November 16, 2008, Lawrence wrote:

  If Rom was around there'd be no Secret Invasion. He wouldn't allow it.

• At November 16, 2008, scooby wrote:

  For ROM + Skrulls, see ROM #50, in which he makes common cause with the Skrulls in order to fight ...

• At November 16, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  If ROM was around to fight the Skrulls, Secret Invasion would be a one-shot, the final 25 pages of which ...

• At November 16, 2008, Thok wrote:

  If ROM was still around, Bendis would find a way to write him with his IQ decreased a minimum of ...

• At November 16, 2008, joe c wrote:

  Man, was Bill Mantlo ever unappreciated. This was one solid title the whole way through. And Hybrid was a great ...

• At November 16, 2008, captaintrips wrote:

  is a guy getting crucified in the background?!

• At November 16, 2008, Craig wrote:

  My brother used to own a full run of Rom. He quit collecting comics, presumably because he had reached the ...

• At November 16, 2008, Chris Heide wrote:

  If Rom was still around, Bendis wouldn't care because Rom was an 80s character, not a 70s character...

• At November 16, 2008, Anonymous wrote:

  Rom was indeed a great series, I collected most of it. Though its shift to a more dark style after ...

• At November 16, 2008, scooby wrote:

  I enjoyed the series up to and through issue 50. After that, both the art and the stories go in ...

• At November 16, 2008, buttler wrote:

  Help? ROM could have handled it just fine by himself.

• At November 17, 2008, Paul wrote:

  If ROM was still around, he'd fry Bendis, THEN stop the Skrull invasion ...all in 6 panels.

• At November 17, 2008, SanctumSanctorumComix wrote:

  MY love of ROM is only 2nd to that of my passion for DOCTOR STRANGE (and Man-Thing).

  I frequently crack open ...

• At November 17, 2008, E.D. wrote:

  I really wish Marvel and Hasbro would get the copyright issues sorted out. Or, rather, that they'd see the ...

• At November 17, 2008, Dalarsco wrote:

  Wow. The vitriol some of you spew makes part of me want to hate ROM on principle. The ...

• At November 17, 2008, Josh P. wrote:

  Personally, I loved how they snuck ROM into Universe X, even if it was only for a scene.

• At November 17, 2008, Eric P. wrote:

  If only the rights to ROM allowed a collection of the series (in color!!).

• At November 17, 2008, Adam P. Knave wrote:

  My only real problem with ROM is that he fought the Dire Wraiths and I always manage to read their ...

• At November 17, 2008, sgt rawk wrote:

  Seriously? ROM has THIS many fans? ROM?

• At November 17, 2008, Luis Dantas wrote:

  Early Rom rocked :)

  It was of the books with the most heart in the market. I particularly liked his ...

• At November 17, 2008, Anon wrote:

  As a wee tot, I loved the Rom comics. It was all rolled up into one ball of explosive fun. ...

• At November 17, 2008, Alex wrote:

  Hopefully we'd have a better ending than 'I quit'.

• At November 17, 2008, Craig wrote:

  Dalarsco, don't mistake our Chuck Norrisesque worship of the one true Spaceknight for hatred of things that aren't Rom.

• At November 18, 2008, Jeff Ryan wrote:

  ROM facts

  ROM's tears can cure cancer...but ROM has never cried.

  ROM can slam a revolving door.

  Underneath ROM's helemt is just another ...

• At November 18, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  "ROM does not sleep. He waits."

  My internet claim to (micro)fame is that I came up with that for that Chuck ...

• At December 12, 2008, JimZipCode wrote:

  I got a letter printed in ROM once.

• At December 12, 2008, JimZipCode wrote:

  Oh, and a No-Prize!

  It was SWEET.

• At December 27, 2008, Prime Director wrote:

  Scooby: In #50, Rom did let the invading Skrulls off the hook, but only because they "cleansed" Clairton of ...

• At April 24, 2009, ParanoidObsessive wrote:

  I always loved the concept of Rom more than the actual comic. I have no idea why. Still, ...

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• At October 6, 2008, Chris McAree wrote:

  Don't worry folks, I'm sure the Batman has prepared for just such an eventuality! ;)

• At October 6, 2008, DBish wrote:

  thats friggin creepy

• At October 6, 2008, Grico wrote:

  Could that be the real identity of the Black Glove?

• At October 6, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  oooh...I had that issue!

• At October 6, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Of course, nowadays the giant gopher would eat somebody alive (probably the new Firestorm).

• At October 6, 2008, MIchael Bailey wrote:

  See, if this story was done now it would all be tied into whatever huge crossover was going on at ...

• At October 6, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Why is the Gopher green??

  The Green Gopher?

  Was GL playing a prank?

• At October 6, 2008, DanLarkin wrote:

  That cover is awesome.

• At October 6, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Isn't it wonderful how Batman gets to do the Obi-Wan Kenobi bit?

  How long after Star Wars did this ...

• At October 6, 2008, Grant wrote:

  Looks amusing until you find out later that the Gopher rapes the Wonder Twins.

• At October 6, 2008, the Phantom-Longbox wrote:

  "WONDER TWIN POWERS - ACTIVATE!"

  "Shape of Bill Murray from Caddyshack!"

  "Form of GIANT ICE RAT TRAP!"

  There.

  Either one of them should get ...

• At October 6, 2008, Bic wrote:

  I like how most everyone has become so fascinated with the hole in the ground that they don't notice the ...

• At October 6, 2008, Lawrence wrote:

  It's okay, Aquaman's there.

• At October 6, 2008, Jeff Ryan wrote:

  So was this go-fer DC's response to Marvel's assistant editor month?

• At October 6, 2008, Grant wrote:

  "I like how most everyone has become so fascinated with the hole in the ground that they don’t notice the ...

• At October 6, 2008, Jono11 wrote:

  "Don’t worry folks, I’m sure the Batman has prepared for just such an eventuality!"--Well, sure. You don't bust out ...

• At October 6, 2008, sport wrote:

  The issue is dated Aug/Sept. 1978 so it probably came out around May or June of '78.

• At October 6, 2008, Lord Paradise wrote:

  They later realize that it's not a burrow, it's the esophagus of the super-giant sharkdactyl that had swallowed the giant ...

• At October 6, 2008, Brad Curran wrote:

  If this gopher had been the villain of 52, the world would be an infinitely better place.

• At October 6, 2008, Lynxara wrote:

  DC would not have a hard time selling me a major crossover or weekly event book based around the heroes ...

• At October 6, 2008, Ethan Shuster wrote:

  Awesome! I just love this cover. Damn "gritty", "dark" and "realistic" comics.

• At October 7, 2008, Carl wrote:

  Is it a Kryptonite gopher?

  By the way, what would Frederic Wertham have said about Aquaman's and Superman's relative postions?

• At October 7, 2008, Eric wrote:

  "A burro? Obviously, this is closer to a mine shaft, Batman, than a small donkey-type animal. Maybe you should scrub ...

• At October 7, 2008, Bryan Long wrote:

  It's also interesting to note that the guy who has super-vision and can fly is on his knees by the ...

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• At September 22, 2008, Rich wrote:

  I'd never even heard of her before the appearance last week. We'll see if she sticks around as a ...

• At September 22, 2008, Vichus Smith wrote:

  Why do we need her? We already have Go Go Tomago!

• At September 22, 2008, Richard J. Marcej wrote:

  That's fan art, right?

• At September 22, 2008, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  I had no idea who Cybermancer was, but at least her appearance in last week's War Machine comic wasn't obtrusive. ...

• At September 22, 2008, Alonso wrote:

  Hmmm... that's not fan art, is it? I think it's early Ken Lashley, though I could be wrong.

• At September 22, 2008, Dalarsco wrote:

  @Nitz: Oh, yes, because compatible networking ruins free will. Think about it this way. Most people use PCs ...

• At September 22, 2008, Patrick Rennie wrote:

  Okay, now I want to see an Iron Man armor that looks like it was designed by Apple.

• At September 22, 2008, Randy wrote:

  @ Patrick Rennie

  I second that.

• At September 22, 2008, Dave wrote:

  I believe that if Apple designed Iron Man armor it would look something like the Honda Asimo (look it up)

• At September 23, 2008, Pedro Bouça wrote:

  "That’s fan art, right?"

  Sadly, no. That was the 90s. More than half of the comics published at that time were ...

• At September 23, 2008, Tom wrote:

  Actually, War Machine armor circa pre-heroes reborn looks Mac designed- streamlined and different colours.

• At September 23, 2008, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  " @Nitz: Oh, yes, because compatible networking ruins free will. Think about it this way. Most people use PCs because ...

• At September 24, 2008, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  When your PC gets a virus and you have to use your Blackberry to check email, that’s a nuisance. When ...

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• At July 16, 2008, Jaap! wrote:

  Mark Waid is going to be one of the obstacles? What?

• At July 16, 2008, Brian Mac wrote:

  I was thinking the exact same thing...some problematic copy on that flyer.

• At July 16, 2008, Joe S. Walker wrote:

  A SIlver Age homage written by Mark Waid. Just like the world needed one more.

• At July 16, 2008, Grapeweasel wrote:

  Homage.

  Not the word I was thinking...

• At July 16, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Overwhelming.

• At July 16, 2008, GarBut wrote:

  No, no, no, no, no!

  Darkness...

  Pain...

  Fear...

  MELTZER!

• At July 16, 2008, MarkAndrew wrote:

  Well played.

• At July 16, 2008, MarkAndrew wrote:

  No, wait, that's REAL.

  I take that back.

• At July 16, 2008, Richard J. Marcej wrote:

  Darkness,

  Pain,

  Fear......

  Oh yeah, that's a book I want to buy and read.

  I haven't seen a Grim, Gritty, Dark, Pain Wracked comic ...

• At July 16, 2008, Brian Mac wrote:

  Allow me to engage in a bit of Snark-blocking here. I really like Mark Waid, and I'm usually willing ...

• At July 16, 2008, Scott MacIver wrote:

  Gosh, he looks really trapped there.

  I hope he can escape. It'd be sad if we lost Spidey as well as ...

• At July 16, 2008, Grico wrote:

  Hopefully that is just Ben Riley, so we can get a new twist on th thing

• At July 16, 2008, Matt D wrote:

  So is Pain doing the pencils or inking it?

• At July 16, 2008, ABoyNamedPosh wrote:

  Lettering by The Darkness of ComicCraft.

• At July 16, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  "was his memory of the first time he was trapped under machinery wiped out by Mephisto?)"

  Well, he and MJ still ...

• At July 16, 2008, GarBut wrote:

  Bian Mac, I got your back: Totally in agreement about Waid and the snark block, I'm all for seeing what ...

• At July 16, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  Wasn't the whole point of Spider-Man's new direction to be lighter and more fun?

  Well, that didn't last too long at ...

• At July 16, 2008, Ben Herman wrote:

  How many times has Spider-Man been trapped under machinery, anyway? You know that you have a serious problem when ...

• At July 16, 2008, T. wrote:

  How many times has Spider-Man been trapped under machinery, anyway? You know that you have a serious problem when the ...

• At July 16, 2008, buttler wrote:

  I'd create a list like that, if only these ropes weren't keeping me out of action.

• At July 16, 2008, T. wrote:

  Well played, sir. Well. Played.

• At July 16, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  If that's Marcos Martin's art, as I think it is, then I'm rather looking forward to this. Sorry to spoil ...

• At July 16, 2008, John Cage wrote:

  "A SIlver Age homage written by Mark Waid. Just like the world needed one more."

  Ha!

  That tickled me.

  Have a good day.

  John ...

• At July 16, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  It's a really well drawn cover, and I think Waid/Martin is a good match.

  Doesn't mean that it is not funny ...

• At July 16, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  Waid is often good for a one shot storyline....it's just that after he shoots, he's wasted.

• At July 16, 2008, Fabian wrote:

  We can only hope that there's a bridge scene in this too.

• At July 16, 2008, danjack wrote:

  i really like Mark Waid and so, if i read/bought any Marvel comics anymore, i might pick this up. However, ...

• At July 16, 2008, Paul C wrote:

  My first impression was that it was Chris Bachelo but Marcos Martin is pretty sweet.

• At July 16, 2008, Kirk Warren wrote:

  Is that a real promo? It looks like it's fan made. Is it just a distorted / shrunk ...

• At July 16, 2008, Joe Rice wrote:

  If I were a jerk I'd say this promo just had a list of unpleasant things I don't want to ...

• At July 17, 2008, edc wrote:

  the 4 trails of spiderman:

  Darkness,

  Pain,

  Fear

  and

  WAID!

  I'd buy it.

• At July 17, 2008, Stephen Wacker wrote:

  Hey there! Obviously the story pre-sucks, is a slap-in-the-face, etc, so i won't try to pursuade anybody otherwise. ...

• At July 17, 2008, Mark Waid wrote:

  It made ME laugh.

  The fallout snark, not so much.

• At July 17, 2008, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  It’s not a “real” promo; just something Marcos sent in that made us laugh.

  Best idea then is not to release ...

• At July 18, 2008, Kirk Boxleitner, a.k.a. K-Box wrote:

  Steve and Mark,

  Glad to see you're amusing yourselves.

  Problem being, your own amusement has exactly zero to do with the point ...

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• At May 18, 2008, TimCallahan wrote:

  Yes. I was thinking the same thing. (And the BND crew of artists certainly haven't been slouches so ...

• At May 18, 2008, Grant wrote:

  The writing was pretty good in that issue too.

• At May 18, 2008, Martin wrote:

  I liked the writing; the art seemed like a cross between Ron Frenz and Dave Stewart (with obvious Ditko (and ...

• At May 18, 2008, Michael wrote:

  And if only he were drawing stories I want to read.

• At May 18, 2008, Ian Astheimer wrote:

  What Michael said.

• At May 18, 2008, Pedro Tejeda wrote:

  I was too busy enjoying the images to confirm if the story was any good. I still think BND had ...

• At May 18, 2008, Comics Should Be Good! » Recent Single Issues Review Hullabaloo! wrote:

  [...] Amazing Spider-Man #559- I kinda hate this cutesy interent practice of summing things up with equations (mainly ’cause I ...

• At May 18, 2008, DubipR wrote:

  Agreed. He's definitely suited for Spider-Man.

  Also...If Only Warren Ellis could write all of Norman Osborn's dialogue from here on ...

• At May 18, 2008, Dalarsco wrote:

  Holy crap. He is to Romita Sr. what Paul Peltier is to Jack Kirby. He captures the essence ...

• At May 19, 2008, wwk5d wrote:

  Very impressive.

• At May 19, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  Those pages are awesome.

• At May 19, 2008, Justin Davis wrote:

  I still miss Breach.

• At May 20, 2008, Rusty Priske wrote:

  Wow. I finished reading the issue and my immediate thought was "I guess they couldn't get good artists for every ...

• At May 20, 2008, Richard J. Marcej wrote:

  "Holy crap. He is to Romita Sr. what Paul Peltier is to Jack Kirby. He captures the essence of one ...

• At May 20, 2008, T.M. wrote:

  Far more important is that Zeb Wells should write every issue of Amazing Spider-Man. I'd rather read a monthly by ...

• At August 14, 2008, S_O wrote:

  Wait, are we talking about that guy who got all of his fingers broken by the mob?

Why only give the joke characters personalities?

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• At February 26, 2008, Josh wrote:

  JLA-Babies???

• At February 26, 2008, Chris S wrote:

  I don't know who I like better: Lil' Batman or Lil' Red Arrow.

• At February 26, 2008, Misia wrote:

  Heh, the "Superman-high-on-magic-kryptonite" issue. It was hilarious. One of my favourite things is that in Superman's drugged-up vision, Bat's little ...

• At February 26, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  I love that Red Tornado is a lego man.

• At February 26, 2008, The Funk Doctor wrote:

  "Why only give the joke characters personalities?"

  Because only big names are allowed to have any sort of fun with major ...

• At February 26, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  But Shane Davis was marketed for Superman/Batman as "superstar artist Shane Davis," so certainly a "superstar" should be able to ...

• At February 26, 2008, Rich wrote:

  And this is from what book? Please?

• At February 26, 2008, Misia wrote:

  It's from Superman/Batman 46, it came out last week. Supes and Bats are still collecting all the kryptonite that lies ...

• At February 27, 2008, Ron wrote:

  Batman is not a joke character.

• At February 27, 2008, kelly wrote:

  wwf~~~~

• At February 27, 2008, Rich wrote:

  Thanks Misia!

• At February 28, 2008, J Town wrote:

  Reddy as a Lego is awesome. Love the "googly-eyed" bat symbol as well.

• At February 29, 2008, Justin Davis wrote:

  And now I want to buy Superman/Batman.

  That's new.

  I don't want to see Shane Davis start working solely in this style, ...

• At August 1, 2008, ]@/\/\!3 wrote:

  Hah...

  My son, who is almost 6 yrs old, just walked by

  as I was looking at this.

  He asked how old they ...

But I'll be damned if that isn't an awesome creative team - Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca doing Iron Man? Very cool.

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• At February 11, 2008, Birmy wrote:

  That seems to be the prevailing sentiment: Not really necessary, but that's a helluva creative team.

• At February 11, 2008, NickT wrote:

  The Knauf's really good run continues, and we get Fraction too? Fantastic :D

• At February 11, 2008, garbonzo wrote:

  Yeah. Unfortunately, even in the heady days of the early 90's, Iron man was unable to support two titles ...

• At February 11, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  This means I'm going to actually buy an Iron Man comic. Wow.

• At February 11, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Just what we all need... another Iron Man book.

  sigh

• At February 11, 2008, Ian Astheimer wrote:

  Not a Larocca fan, but I'll give it a shot for Fraction.

• At February 11, 2008, LanghorneFats wrote:

  Salvador Larocca has said one thing over and over again in interviews, almost to the point of sounding like a ...

• At February 11, 2008, Sleestak wrote:

  Oracle sure looks different.

• At February 11, 2008, Jeff Holland wrote:

  Marvel.com's got some beautiful preview pages - Larroca seems to be finding a decent middle ground between his old style ...

• At February 11, 2008, Bret wrote:

  Wait, wouldn't this be his third, after Marvel Adventures Iron Man.

• At February 11, 2008, Bret wrote:

  Also: Neat.

• At February 11, 2008, Krod wrote:

  Garbonzo, we've all been wrong in the past. No need to discredit yourself when you've barely finished your point!

  Is ...

• At February 11, 2008, Anthony Cheng wrote:

  Since Ed Brubaker came out and said Immortal Iron Fist is practically all Fraction now, I am really excited for ...

• At February 11, 2008, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  Didn't they just feel the need to streamline the spidey books so that it wasn't too confusing as to which ...

• At February 12, 2008, garbonzo wrote:

  Yes, but I think they are finding success by labeling books as being part of a franchise. For example: ...

• At February 12, 2008, fanboy d wrote:

  it's frustrating! i've been collecting IRON MAN since warren ellis and adi granov's limited run only to find the subsequent ...

• At February 12, 2008, GQ wrote:

  Interior art is a bit too Greg Land for my tastes but Fraction! Woohoo!

• At February 12, 2008, text wrote:

  Big deal. I don't really know if I like Fraction all that much without Brubaker co-writing.

  PWJ is awful, The ...

• At February 12, 2008, Birmy wrote:

  I like Fraction, but my feeling is he's new enough not to know when to restrain himself and as a ...

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• At January 28, 2008, Frank Rook wrote:

  Well, over on "The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse", he was Batbat's arch enemy "Ski-Slope"...

• At January 28, 2008, karlos wrote:

  What a great super-team Robo-Bob could head!!

  Perhaps with super-powered versions of his peers; like a giant Dean Martin or a ...

• At January 28, 2008, Eric wrote:

  He can't. He would outshine DC's big three and solve the crisis by page two.

• At January 28, 2008, buttler wrote:

  He might need the help of Don Rickles, who was around for Darkseid's debut in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen

• At January 28, 2008, thekamisama wrote:

  You'd figure there would be one geek savvy funny person who would be willing to try doing a comedic comic ...

• At January 28, 2008, Elijah wrote:

  Maybe random bystanders can turn into these instead of OMACs.

• At January 28, 2008, Michael wrote:

  How do you know he won't?

• At January 28, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Only if he's in the same panel with Super-Hip.

• At January 28, 2008, mike wrote:

  yeah, careful what you wish for.

• At January 28, 2008, Chris Griswold wrote:

  Where's the Comedians of Mystery comic book? Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Zach Galifianakis, and Maria Bamford finsing clues and fighting ...

• At January 28, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  Where’s the Comedians of Mystery comic book? Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Zach Galifianakis, and Maria Bamford finsing clues and fighting ...

• At January 29, 2008, simon wrote:

  Bah, Morrison never gets Robo-Hope right anyway; he's totally out of character. Now Busiek, there's a writer who could do ...

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• At December 23, 2007, Andrew Collins wrote:

  If only Barry wasn't wearing lipstick and rouge under his mask in that picture...

• At December 23, 2007, Bill Reed wrote:

  Comics should do this kinda thing more often. Buying this particular issue of Flash was a moral imperative!

• At December 23, 2007, Beta Ray Steve wrote:

  Way to bring the guilt, Barry!

• At December 23, 2007, Bret wrote:

  So, my not being alive when that issue came out led directly to Barry's death in COIE?

  Way to bring the ...

• At December 23, 2007, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Hmmm, I think this issue was published in the '60's (maybe the '50's), I kinda doubt that this has anything ...

• At December 23, 2007, T. wrote:

  I'm a huge Infantino fan, I think he's up there with Kirby and Ditko when it comes to revolutionizing superhero ...

• At December 23, 2007, Ian Astheimer wrote:

  Every book on the verge of cancellation in today's market should run a cover like that.

• At December 23, 2007, Bully wrote:

  I think this issue was published in the ’60’s (maybe the ’50’s)

  Flash #163, cover-dated August 1966.

• At December 24, 2007, Ian wrote:

  No Flash, save your own life. I'm not going to do your job for you.

  Me: Normal guy

  You: Fastest man ...

• At December 24, 2007, Andrew Collins wrote:

  Bully said:

  "Flash #163, cover-dated August 1966."

  Good catch. The checker panel on the top should have been a give away that ...