Archive for November, 2006

Miss Martian Or When Artists Go Wrong

November 29, 2006, 8:57 pm

I love the idea of Miss Martian quite a lot. From her weird possible connections to the Martian Manhunter to the cool Sailor Moon like outfit. In all the depictions of her, she comes across as a cute, young spunky alien (much like the Starfire from the animated Teen Titans series).

But in Teen Titans #41, [...]

Back in the Saddle and a Big Thanks to the Comic Treadmill

November 18, 2006, 8:57 pm

Finally getting back to blogging about good old comics, now that things are calming down a little. The past few weeks, I’ve been working up in the Boston area during the week and driving down to New Jersey on the weekends. I’ve been picking up comics when I can, but I’ve barely had time to [...]

Legion of Super-Heroes: Fear Factory

November 18, 2006, 7:27 pm

I do like the new animated Legion show, but this episode seemed a little contrived: basically, the Legionnaires investigate a haunted spacecraft living through holographic simulations, and become trapped when they let their fears overcome them. So Bouncing Boy’s love of old horror movies is turned upon him, and Saturn Girl apparently is afraid [...]

DC Animated Show Reviews

November 9, 2006, 7:48 pm

With both Teen Titans and Justice League Unlimited off the air (which is too bad, since both still had more mileage in them), there are now fewer choices to get the super-hero cartoon fix. So I’ve had to turn to an older show, which I’ve not enjoyed in the past, and a new show.

The Batman

As [...]