Women Wednesday: She-Hulk Turns 30

Savage She-Hulk #1 came out thirty years ago.

Elementals Volume 2, #25

The wraparound cover of Elementals volume 2, #25 (November 1992) has the heads of Sgt. Slaughter and Dreamtime on the left, Morningstar, Vortex and Fanthom on the right and the giant head of Tommy in the background. In this issue, Tommy returns after learning black and white magic from Lord Saker. His teammates are not happy about his return and attacks. He calms them down after explaining that he wants to address the Nation of the Supernature about winning the Oblivion War. Meanwhile, in the dark forests of Avalon, Sgt. Slaughter finds Dreamtime, who had been thrown from her horse and has broken leg, wrist and arm. They find the Electrocutioner hanging upside down from a tree with his guts hanging out. He tells them that Cold Mary is at the circle of stones. Unfortunately, Dreamtime gets a nasty surprise when they find a body of a man with sergeant strips tattooed on his left arm.

Elemementals Volume 2, #23

The wraparound cover for Elementals volume 2, #23 (May 1992) features Commander Chaos (leader of Strikeforce: America), Hiroshima (leader of the Rising Sun team), Annihilator (acting leader of the Destroyers) and Morningstar (leader of the Elementals) watching on as Cold Mary chokes Genesis 6:4 (leader of the Rapture). Last issue was tame compared to this issue for Commander Chaos tortures Cold Mary by using his heat vision on her eyes. She snaps the neck of Genesis 6:4 and makes her escape.

The new Monolith does make his first appearance after Donald Ridgeway dies from falling in a mountain climbing accident.

Elementals Volume 2, #22

I like Comico mostly for their Justice Machine series. Before last week, the only Elementals issue that I had was volume 2, #6 (March 1992) that had Morningstar committing suicide. Elementals volume 2, #22 shows Tommy give up the power of the earth elemental known as Monolith to study magic with Lord Saker. That is one creepy wraparound cover but the interior is even creepier since Tommy died for the third time in the previous issue.

BraveStarr in 3-D #2

I always love finding the 3-D comics published by Blackthorne Publishing, Inc. but I only have a handful of other titles including Jungle Comics and Twisted. BraveStarr in 3-D #2 (April 1988) is based on the cartoon series from Filmation and Group W Productions. I watched several episodes when they originally came out and enjoyed the science fiction western. This issue shows how BraveStarr met 30/30 but no 3-D glasses were included. The 3-D effect was hit and miss with my John Wayne 3-D glasses. The ad for Jungle Comics featuring Sheena really popped out. The back cover has an ad for Red Heat in 3-D series, which was based on the movie featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi.

Roger Wilco #1

Roger Wilco (February 1992) #1 is based on the thrilling "Space Quest" computer games from Sierra Online or so the cover claims. I have never played any of the games and I really do not want to after reading this issue. Humor and science fiction are mixed in a not too subtle way. I do like the cover and interior art by John Shaw, who was also the writer, but not enough to get any more issues in the series.

Captain Paragon and the Sentinels of Justice #2

Captain Paragon and the Sentinels of Justice #2 is the only comic from Americomics that I recently picked up. The issue is from 1985 and I already had it along with #4 and #5. I read it again just so I could catch the brief origin of Commando D. Besides, one can never get enough of Nightveil and Stardust. They team up with Scarlet Scorpion to form the Sentinels of Justice. I have a few issues of Captain Paragon's own series (#1 through #4) along with some other titles such as Black Diamond, Colt, Dragonfly and FemForce.

Twenty-Two Thousand Visitors

Moongem Comics hit twenty-two thousand visitors today. According to the counter stats, Alison Angel Universal Studies and Alison Angel are still the first and second search phases but they are now followed by manga women wrestling.

70 Years of Marvel Comics Trading Cards Ad And Promo Card

I picked up Non-Sport Update volume 21, #1 yesterday on a road trip (along with eighty-nine comics for a buck each but they will be subjects of future posts). On the back of the Take Along Price Guide is the ad for 70 Years of Marvel Comics Trading Cards that will be coming out in the spring of 2010 from Rittenhouse Archives. The free promo card was P2 featuring the classic Thor.

Rapid Fire's Theatre's Improv On Infinite Earths

Rapid Fire Theatre put on a "Theatersports" on Halloween 2009 featuring Justice League (Superman, Batman, Robin, Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Zatanna) versus Legion of Doom (Lex Luthor, Bizarro, Catwoman, Penquin, Gorilla Grodd and Scarecrow). Phantom Stranger and Darkseid are the announcers/hosts/judges. There are seven parts and you can view the first part here.

Wearing Iron Man

Here I am wearing the Iron Man t-shirt that I found at Dollar General:

Blog Alert: Under the Giant Penny

Brian B and Brian A has a really cool bat blog called Under the Giant Penny. They write "about collecting and enjoying Batman memorabilia" along with posting some really cool pictures from their collections. They cover everything from Batman Crazy Foam to Transforming Batmobile Toothbrush.

Women Wrestling Wednesday: Power Girl Vs. Ms. Marvel

Karen "Power Girl" Starr battles Carol "Ms. Marvel" Danvers in costume:

You can watch the women wrestling video here.

Human Target Pilot

The pilot for the Human Target aired earlier this evening on FOX. I enjoyed everything from the acting to the story. The series moves into its regular time slot this Wednesday and I will be watching.