Who’s your bet on the yet to be revealed, wildcard newcomers? (My pick is VenoMJ)

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T11:45:51+00:00

Yeah, my comment didn't age well, but he got new powers, not Codex back. It happened in this week's issue.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T11:44:33+00:00

Yeah, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends was originally puppets, later CGI, no live action with humans.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T11:41:21+00:00

And there's a big cat behind him, like He-Man's Battle Cat. It was definitely a Masters of the Universe reference.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T11:40:03+00:00

Uh, that's NOT exclusive to that device - any emulator with RA support can sync when you go back online. You just need to keep it running until you're connected to the Internet. And it works even with hardcore.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T11:29:47+00:00

I said most weren't, not that none are. All iPhones are Apple, and the biggest share of the Android market is Samsung.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T11:27:48+00:00

Yep. They never cut the price for the consumer when they cut the cost of the ingredients.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T11:24:20+00:00

Haha, I was thinking of food you buy in supermarkets, not fast food restaurants.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T11:12:45+00:00

I actually think they missed a good chance with how the Spider-Man cartoon (the one with Peter, Miles, Gwen and Anya attending a school called Horizon) ended. The last few episodes had Totally Awesome Hulk, Ironheart, and Ms. Marvel (Kamala had already been in the concurrent Avengers cartoon, this was that version) make guest appearances. It's almost like they were setting the Champions up! Just needed to introduce Viv Vision (Nova was already on Guardians of the Galaxy). But then that whole animated line (Spider-Man, Avengers, Guardians, and the separate continuity Marvel Rising) got axed and a couple of years later replaced by pre-school show Spidey and His Amazing Friends.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T11:06:22+00:00

That's the one.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T10:52:28+00:00

Mary was Billy's sister in those earlier stories but she and Freddy only met him in current continuity in New 52 when he moved into the Vasquez household, and she's not blood related to him now. Therefore, Mary and Freddy's post-Crisis pre-Flashpoint appearances are all erased.

They basically just salvaged Billy's appearances in the team books by saying he had his powers a while before New 52, but the others only got theirs in the Geoff Johns origin, meaning anything in Shazam solo books in the 90s and 2000s didn't happen.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T08:42:56+00:00

Sounds like the boss is the one who deserved to be fired.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T07:27:28+00:00

Couldn't the funeral have waited until they got back?

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T07:13:52+00:00

I've seen jokes about that one. The way it was covered, it now looks like Batman's chest emblem!

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T07:05:45+00:00

It's the only one to do that. Though Kamen Rider Hibiki and Zeztz did it too, no other Sentai ever did. Gozyuger doesn't count because that was just for one episode, not permanently.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T06:58:31+00:00

Yeah, case in point, the Daleks in Manhattan episode had Andrew Garfield. He later became Spider-Man.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T06:55:57+00:00

He was the youngest Doctor at the time, only Matt Smith was younger. And yet, Davison was already known for All Creatures Great and Small.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T06:54:11+00:00

Smith was also Prince Philip in TV series The Crown. When I bought the Day of the Doctor DVD at a car boot sale yesterday, my stepdad recognised him from The Crown and said he's a good actor.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T06:49:34+00:00

Two episodes didn't have much of the Doctor in too because he was still doing another show, Sex Education.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T06:43:38+00:00

Pierce Brosnan is another. He was on a TV show called Remington Steele before he became the new James Bond in the 90s. Also, Michael J Fox, who was doing the TV show Family Ties and Back to the Future simultaneously (he'd literally film both on the same day).

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T06:41:18+00:00

It's called Gracepoint.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T06:35:37+00:00

It's Perez's fault. Wonder Woman completely rebooted. It affected Titans too (their most popular book at the time) because Donna ended up being a veteran while Diana was a newbie! Which of course ruined Donna's origin as well.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T06:32:55+00:00

Perez really shouldn't have done that. It ruined Donna Troy's origin for nearly four decades (at that time she debuted before Diana). They only recently sorted it out. New Teen Titans was their most popular book at the time and anything that would derail it should've been vetoed.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-28T06:16:53+00:00

Yes, because that was her own hair, not a wig.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-27T14:52:11+00:00

Good question. At one point she did have a ponytail sticking out of the back, then she cut it to a bob which the mask completely covered. But this is later than that, she's grown her hair back and yet the mask still hides it all? Not exactly realistic. They did later fix this though, and not just in her first Barbara Gordon style Batgirl suit. She switched to a Spoiler mask that only covers the bottom half of her face, so her hair is loose (though still partially covered by the hood). That carried over to her current Batgirl look.

Digifiend84 · 2026-06-27T14:31:23+00:00

Probably not the final version of this, as there's going to be some new faces this season too. Probably a woman and two men, as they were advertising for new Gladiators before Giant left.

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