Powers is a great series about two homicide detectives assigned to investigate crimes involving "Powers," i.e., superheroes. It considers both the seamier and taudrier sides of superherodom, and can be wickedly funny. The first case involved the murder of a Supergirl-like hero called Retrogirl. There have also been cases with groups not completely unlike the FF, and the Justice League. I highly recommend it.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
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DXMachina - Aug 07, 2004 2:35:49 pm PDT #5321 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Glamcookie - Aug 07, 2004 5:56:09 pm PDT #5322 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
anyone who hasn't tried Who Killed Retro Girl? yet really really needs to.
Damn yeah!
And I was also Cyclops. Yuck.
victor infante - Aug 07, 2004 6:12:11 pm PDT #5323 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
And I was also Cyclops. Yuck.
So was I. I'm always Cyclops on these things.
Volans - Aug 08, 2004 4:50:45 am PDT #5324 of 10000
move out and draw fire
A silly Sunday topic: Via a conversational route that doesn't bear repeating, a friend and I started coming up with Biblical X-Men. Moses, for instance. He's got energy-based powers, and they seem to be about fire. He's smart, and a leader. So Moses is Cyclops. Solomon's a smart, scientific guy, so he's Beast. Samson is Colossus. I said Jesus is Phoenix, but he wants to go with Esther, from her origins as Astarte.
Of course, the "X" would be the cross, like in Xmas, in this case.
Michele T. - Aug 08, 2004 9:46:19 am PDT #5325 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Moses, Solomon, Samson, and Esther, and "of course" they would be brought together under the sign of the *cross*?
Oy.
Volans - Aug 08, 2004 12:11:56 pm PDT #5326 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Yeah, I know. My friend is Jewish, and actually thought it was funny.
shrift - Aug 08, 2004 3:22:12 pm PDT #5327 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
As for Powers, I picked up Who Killed Retro Girl? and proceeded to mainline everything Powers immediately thereafter. Which leads me to:
ita, ask shrift about the crack that is Ultimate Spidey.
Brian Michael Bendis. Curse him. He is now on my list of writers for whom I eventually will pick up anything with his name on it.
I picked up Batman and Catwoman: Trail of the Gun Part 1 last Wednesday. I wasn't terribly impressed. Actually, I was bored until Batman showed up, and that wasn't until the very end. It felt clunky with exposition.
victor infante - Aug 08, 2004 5:10:35 pm PDT #5328 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Brian Michael Bendis. Curse him. He is now on my list of writers for whom I eventually will pick up anything with his name on it.
Does that mean you'll be reading "Avengers," because I just picked up #500, the beginning of his "Avengers Disassembled" and, uhm, wow.
And I'm not sure that's a good "wow." Although I'm hooked.
shrift - Aug 08, 2004 6:08:22 pm PDT #5329 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Does that mean you'll be reading "Avengers," because I just picked up #500, the beginning of his "Avengers Disassembled" and, uhm, wow.
Damn you, wee Victor, I had no idea he was writing "Avengers" until just now!
Steph L. - Aug 08, 2004 6:08:57 pm PDT #5330 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So, no comments on the 'toon Teen Titans? Visually, it was the wittiest one after Mad Mod, IMO. Plus, I'm assuming that's the closest confirmation we're going to get that this Robin is Dick Grayson, because I don't think they'll state it flat-out.
And I just loved Raven grooving on the dark version of the city.