The Absorbascon
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Haikuesday: JJ and the Bear

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We all know that J'onn J'onzz's Justice League Detroit had repeated trouble with bears . I think it was J'onn's fault; B...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Pep 25: At the End of His Rope

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"Okay, that just tears it!," the Shield thought. "The Hangman's really getting on my nerves. "These two pug-ugly yo...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Green Lantern Sundae

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Ladies and gentlemen, without comment, I give you: Hal Jordan defeated by a bowl of ice cream. Because, really, what can one say?
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Friday, June 26, 2009

Teenage Girls

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Today, I'd like to talk about girls. Specifically, teenage girls. Now, this is an unusual topic for the Absorbascon, but there's a r...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Zook Gets No Love

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Zook gets no love. Krypto, the original dog with cape, gets boatloads of love. Ace the Bathound and Bat-Mite are still cult faves. Pr...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Pep 24: The Apple Jacks of Doom!

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The cover to Pep 24 shows the same dramatic perspective and dimensionality that were used early on. Take that, Jack Kirby. What Pep lacks ...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Things That Made Me Happy

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...in my comics this week. Garfield ups his game. Oh, well, then.... gravity cables. That's how you lift Manhattan. Deathstrokes' S...
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BREAKING NEWS FROM MARVEL!

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CAP IN MAGNUM XXXL AD CAMPAIGN "Love your country... but use protection when you do." CAP GIVES BIRTH TO Artem Emelianov Madonna ...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Haikuesday with Zook

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Well, Showcase Volumes do not let themselves readily to be scanned, but see if you can make out this haiku entitled, "At Time Like This...
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Monday, June 15, 2009

Pep 23: Best. Musical. Ever.

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Okay, whatever this is, it's clearly the best musical ever. Broadway lights. Statue of Liberty replica on stage. Nazi stagehands loweri...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

10 Reasons to Own....

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the "Diana Prince: Wonder Woman" Volume 2. Well, all you really need to know is that the Widowmaker story is in it, possibly the ...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Things That Made Me Happy

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in my comics this week. Actually, my comics arrived late this week, because UPS was delayed by the racist octogenarian madman who shot and k...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Vol. 2

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So, after all the lunacy we went through in Volume 1 of the Martian Manhunter Showcase, what happens in the second Volume? Everything gets s...
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Monday, June 08, 2009

"You think I'm scared of you?"

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Oh, we all know what it's like. Your ex shows up, and he needs your help, and even though all the bitterness and pain is still there, s...
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Pep 22: the Big Yellow Marble

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Like a dog, the Shield marks his territory through circumminction. "The earth is MINE, Giant Jackboot; MINE, I say!"
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Saturday, June 06, 2009

Do NOT read Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter Vol. 2!

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Why? Because you can't handle it. Remember how at the end of Time Bandits , there's that chunk of Pure Evil that evaporates the pa...
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Friday, June 05, 2009

Compassion is a human emotion

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You think Batman's a hard-nose? Pshaw. If you want an ice-blooded, pitiless hero (outside of the Golden Age, anyway!), your best bet is ...
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Thursday, June 04, 2009

Load the Canon!

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At Big Monkey Comics, much of the wallspace in our main room is devoted to our "Comics Canon", a display that presents what we de...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Things That Made Me Happy...

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... in my comics this week. Mina's freedom. I never thought Jonah Hex would make me start singing, "It's Raining Men". You...
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Tempest in a Teen Spot

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So... Tempest is coming back. I really don't want to be negative about this; I mean, I have nothing against Tempest personally. Okay; th...
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Monday, June 01, 2009

Pep 21: The Setting Sun

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As the "Red Circle" series looms on the horizon of the present DCU, like a rising sun shedding its Golden (Age) light on another ...
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Friday, May 29, 2009

Marvel gets it and DC doesn't.

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Today I discovered that Marvel seems to completely understand something that DC doesn't seem to grasp at all. It has to do with marketin...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Things That Made Me Happy...

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in my comics this week. That in Metropolis guards discuss existentialism. Leland McCauley? Really? That's... very strange. But just a ...
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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Vibe springs eternal!

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VOTE FOR VIBE!!!!
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Friday, May 22, 2009

ANTI-POPULIST RANT!

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Okay THIS is really the final straw. In case you can't access that link, I'm referring to this: In this third issue, Bo aids Lockj...
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