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.

Moses, Solomon, Samson, and Esther, and "of course" they would be brought together under the sign of the *cross*?

Oy.

Yeah, I know. My friend is Jewish, and actually thought it was funny.

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.

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.

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!

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.

And I just loved Raven

"Cool! Uh...I mean, oops."

I enjoyed it. I chatted with Ple about the Dick factor. It was good - Emmett's watched it about five times now.

I just bought Who Killed Retro Girl tonight after we watched Harry Potter on IMAX. (I can't believe I missed the chance to see Crouching Tiger there on IMAX. That would've kicked ass.)

Damn you, wee Victor, I had no idea he was writing "Avengers" until just now!

Uh-huh. I think #500 was his first issue and, uhm, there's a body count.

So was I. I'm always Cyclops on these things.

Which is odd since Scott Summers is the mutant least likely to write poetry, I would think.