Did my VCR tape Teen Titans and JLU tonight? Did it? No. And why? Because, even though I set it up to tape before I got in the shower to get ready to go out tonight, I blew my apartment fuses by blow-drying my hair, and when I flipped the circuit breakers back on, it didn't even cross my mind that OF COURSE the VCR would need to be re-set. Bah. At least TT re-runs tomorrow.

if you were pimpin, what ONE title of all the titles you read would you suggest your peeps add to their pull?

Teen Titans. You betcha. Especially if Mia's going to be around for a while.

I think I'd pimp Astonishing. It's a new look at old school, and is pretty early in the run. What I get the most sheer enjoyment out of, however, is Batgirl. But I wouldn't know how to sell it.

Whedonesque reports that Jeff Mariotte is going to write the first five-issue mini-series for IDW. Much more detail, including spoilers posted by Jeff Mariotte at Stranger Things a CC and Cordy/Angel forum.

And it's supposed to start in June.

To answer my own question, I'd probably pimp Birds of Prey or Gotham Central.

Or perhaps Manhunter, so as to get more readers for it.

Did my VCR tape Teen Titans and JLU tonight?

I've got 'em both on TiVo. Let me know if you want tape copies.

beathen has never read a comic book. I gave her the first Alias trade to read during the Super Bowl. Let's see how she reacts.

One title I'd recommend to anyone is The Losers. It's a finely written and drawn action tale that is sadly getting too few readers.

P-C, Deadman is another DC here who was a trapeze artist who was shot, but his "spirit" or ghost was allowed to hang around earth to bring his killer to justice (and later, to work for the forces of good in the world). He is invisible to most people, and he can only operate/communicate with the real world by inhabiting a person's body and taking it over (the person has no recollection of this takeover). I'm exited to see him becaouse I just think he is cool, and actually collected the last series (which lasted only 9 issues) that he headlined. He just showed up in Hawkman last month.

Plei, I'm working on your Wonder Woman question, but my issues are all over the place and I need to find them all before I can get down to specifics. The main things I remeber was Dr. Psycho escaping, Veronica Cale's first plot against Wonder Woman failed, and the doctor friend of Cale was able to save the Silver Swan. Mars has some plot going (when doesn't he). Oh, and Batman had to help investigate something, but I think that was part of the "Stoned" arc.

Thanks, Jeff. That sounds cool. But then how did you recognize him as Deadman if he keeps changing bodies?

P-C, the readers can always see his "spriti" and he appears as he did when he died, in the "Deadman" person he used in his trapeeze act wiht white makeup and the red tights.

This is why someone (I think it was PMM) had a question of how Deadman fits in Post-Crisis continuity re: when Robin became Nightwing. In the original, pre-Crisis version (which began in 1967), he died in the first issue to become Deadman. My research on this issue has revealed a possible explanation, but I don't want to spoil anything for anybody).

Thanks again, Jeff.

Ooh, new Batman Begins trailer during the Super Bowl! The new Batmobile is killer. Very DKR.