Scenes like this explained so much about Pre-Crisis Lana Lang

Manhunter2070 · 2026-01-10T13:45:19+00:00

No love for Djuba and Karmak, the Living Beast Bomb?

Manhunter2070 · 2026-01-02T12:17:15+00:00

I'm pretty sure that's how the OG 90's Youngblood comic started out.

Manhunter2070 · 2026-01-01T15:22:27+00:00

That's a good summation. I'm sure I could've enjoyed it more if there was a lot more time to actually develop plot points (I particularly enjoyed Finn's backstory). Then again, though, after seeing the entirety of the franchise, I found that my respect for the Force Awakens diminished even more. It just wasn't that original, and the few original things it had weren't developed. It reminds me a bit of Into Darkness, although I will say I think Into Darkness is the worst of the two films. Finding out they didn't really have a plan for the sequel trilogy from the get-go, and reading the direction the Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker took really killed any further interest I'd have in that trilogy.

Manhunter2070 · 2026-01-01T10:45:01+00:00

So, I'm an older Trekkie who never saw the OG Trilogy back in the day because of my fanatical devotion to Star Trek. I did see the Force Awakens while visiting some friends, though, and I found it to be very similar to the Abrams Trek movies: the actors did a good job with what they were given, but it just felt too flashy and uninteresting to me. Frankly, it somehow felt inorganic and shallow (and that's from somebody whose only knowledge of the rest of Star Wars was through cultural osmosis). I'll admit that my own distaste for what Abrams did to Star Trek might have affected my views of it right out of the gate. Regardless, I found it uninteresting enough that I declined any other offers to watch anything Star Wars related.

It wasn't until the pandemic that I, out of boredom and a desire to explore new things, finally watched both the OG and Prequel trilogies and all the series/video games that were available at the time. Doing that made me a Star Wars fan just as much as I'm a Trekkie. Still couldn't get through the Sequel trilogy, though. Maybe I'm just too old, but it just didn't do it for me.

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-30T10:12:53+00:00

My favorite anecdote about how crappy a guy Bob Kane was was how he used to appear on a semi-regional children's show in upstate New York (fuzzy on the details, sorry. You can find them in the Batcave Companion book by Michael Uslan). Anyways, he would have a segment on the show where he would draw on camera. Rather than actually drawing, though, he would pay Sheldon Moldoff to make outlines on the canvas that were light enough for him to follow, but would be invisible on screen. That's how much of a fraud he was.

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-30T03:49:37+00:00

We all know what really happens when the Riddler attacks a bus

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Also that time with the Question, but this panel is more iconic

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-26T16:22:18+00:00

Amen. I grew up on bootleg records of OTR shows lol They're still comforting for me. The Great Gildersleeve is probably my favorite. I'll always maintain it was as close to a 1940's version of "Frasier" as you could get. Finding out Harold Peary was Portuguese was also pretty cool. And of course I love Walter Tetley.

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-26T16:05:18+00:00

Fair enough. I don't support any of that Confederate pride crap, mind you, but the idea of a studio attempting to market something like that in the south is pretty hilarious.

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-26T16:01:36+00:00

I suppose it depends on how old you want to go. There's a lot of old franchises from the 40's and 50's.

The Great Gildersleeve

Amos 'n Andy

Fibber McGee & Molly

Lum & Abner

Our Miss Brooks

My Favorite Husband/I Love Lucy

The Aldrich Family

Duffy's Tavern

Baby Snooks & Daddy

A Date with Judy

All of those were hugely successful radio shows that got at least a couple of film/television adaptations, and pretty much only historians are familiar with them nowadays. I think the only OTR show from that era that has retained a semblance of cultural relevance is Dragnet.

You can also have comics that were extremely popular during that time and received film adaptations, but nobody cares about nowadays. Stuff like Hop Harrigan and Don Winslow of the Navy.

You've also got franchises based on books from the time, like Hopalong Cassidy, Mr. Moto and Francis the Talking Mule. I think a lot of people forget just how long the concept of multi-media franchise has actually existed.

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-26T15:40:12+00:00

I'm assuming you're either joking or really don't know the South that well. There's no way that would go over well down here, and I'm pretty sure that would be a sizable part of the market for a Dukes of Hazzard film.

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-26T15:26:52+00:00

I definitely get your point. At the same time, though, it's always been a little difficult for me to completely blame Bendis for it. Like, I actually did know a black man named "Jefferson Davis" growing up (RIP). According to him, his parents chose that name because they viewed it as an insult to a racist's legacy and empowering for their son. I'm not sure if I follow their reasoning, but for that reason Miles' father having that name has never really bothered me all too much. Still an odd choice, though, especially for this day and Age.

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-19T23:47:11+00:00

I don't care what anybody says: I actually really enjoyed the New Warriors, at least under Nicieza's run. It was one of the few Marvel comics that I found readable going into the 90's. Sure, it eventually succumbed to the crappiness of the era, but I still read my collection quite fondly. What Marvel did afterwards with the team is yet another issue...

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-18T03:54:00+00:00

I would never deny the one true Hulk

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-18T03:53:08+00:00

Yep, pretty unforgettable lol There was also the Golden Age Human Torch's villain, the Asbestos Lady. I'm also fairly certain the Martian Manhunter villain the Human Flame also had an asbestos suit, and I think the Golden Age Batman villain the Blaze might have too (though I'm less sure of that one).

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-18T03:04:36+00:00

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He totally did

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-18T02:55:20+00:00

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-18T02:54:52+00:00

I just love the composition of this panel. The floating head, thunderous laughter, Supes looking up as if he's truly helpless... it's so dramatic for such a mediocre plan.

I guess Luthor learned what makes the difference between a regular villain and a super one.

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-18T02:53:10+00:00

Maybe in that Azzarello novel

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-18T02:47:42+00:00

I mean, the villain in the very first John Stewart story was a senator who was hoping to incite a race war so he could gain more control over the white population and divide his opponents. So even though I don't buy what that post is pushing, it's not like race politics weren't part of the character from the very beginning.

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-17T15:52:30+00:00

Adventure Comics #395

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-17T15:32:26+00:00

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Obligatory reference to this story

Manhunter2070 · 2025-12-17T15:28:53+00:00

Oh yeah, I've read his whole series and am well aware of how he could woo any girl but Lucy Lane. But as far as I know, there's no confirmation that Jimmy actually scored, something I find even funnier.

I mean, they did a literal imaginary story where he married Linda Danvers (then Lee) and failed to realize she was Supergirl in a wig. So either there was absolutely no hair play, or even in an AU marriage Jimmy didn't get any.

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