'Hell Bound'
Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!
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So I have two Marvel calendars in my cubicle. One is a Marvel Heroes calendar, and one is the free 2010 calendar Marvel released. I thought it would be amusing to pit the different calendars against each other. This month's match-up:
SPIDER-MAN
vs.
HUMAN TORCH
Who would win in a fight?
Dude. The two have been punding on each other since the '60s. It's usually a stalemate, unless it's REALLY important, and then Spider-Man wins.
Who would win in a fight?
Batman.
I beat Arkham Asylum over New Year's. It was pretty sweet, and I put dozens of henchmen into Bat-comas.
I like this very old IO9 article on how Sandman changed the world. Okay, title overstating it, but if nothing else, ushering in what the comments call the "School of '86 artists" is a hell of a blessing. I will be eagerly browsing all those artists' work when I get home today. I was big on McKean, Muth, and Williams at the time. I miss that.
I'm watching Superman: The Animated Series now. Does Lois Lane brazenly attack superpowered foes with such frequency in the comics too? Because that's pretty awesome.
Lois all over the map depending on who's writing her. But in general, post-crisis Lois is pretty kickass. S:TAS also draws upon the original Fleischer Superman cartoons, where she acts that way, too. (But given the time period, she often comes across as foolhardy rather than awesome).
Yeah, in one sense, it's really stupid, but I do admire her pluck. Even when she has this superpowered guy ready to punch someone's lights out, she's wielding a crowbar anyway.
Yeah, it's great in the original Fleischer cartoons when she picks up a tommygun and starts blazing away at a pack of bad guys. And she's quite reckless/fearless - crawling into the container area of flying robots and whatnot to get the story.