Post-Convergence Thoughts

DC released their June solicits and lots of things are changing. We have new titles (Dr. Fate), returning on-goings (Grayson doesn’t seem to change much), “missing” characters or worse (Kyle Rayner!) and redesigned costumes for most of the iconic heroes (but they appear in their New52 costumes in the JL titles for some reason):

Clark, it's like you're not even trying.

Superman: Don’t like it. He looks more like Pre-52 Superboy than Superman (plus he got a new costume like five minutes ago). The New 52 Action Comics design was good because it was he starting out as a hero, he didn’t have the uniform yet but at least he looked like Supes. While I like the new S shield, the rest is weak (seriously, not even the red cape!).

Super Robot Wars here I come!

Batman (or BatLabor): Seriously, it looks like one of the mechs from the Patlabor anime series from the 80’s. This All New Batman may not be Bruce Wayne since it appears to be a cop or at least working closely with the police. It would be extra awesome if it were Alfred or Jean-Paul Valley. Looks like a good design for a one time Bat-Suit.

For Themyscira bub!

Wonder Woman: I like it! Could loose the Azrael-like blades but never the less it’s an awesome suit.

Pre-52 Wally would be proud!

Flash and Green Arrow: They seem to resemble their TV versions. Flash suit, while it looks a little busy, it's the best of the bunch. Green Arrow could change the gloves, baggy pants and boots.

The Emerald Lantern

Green Lantern: Hal goes renegade and wearing a cloak or a hoodie (Scarlet-Spider anyone?). I’m interested in the new direction for the character, but if he really wears a hoodie in space, then that would be laughable.









Not very interested in these changes and with the current economy, this will be a relief to my pocket since April and May will leave me broke with so many Convergence tie-ins (Speed-Force, New Teen Titans, Parallax and Shadow of the Bat!). Will pick up Grayson on print, while I might pick up others like Dr. Fate and Earth 2 Society (New Batman over there, might be Dick Grayson) on digital format once the price drops, to give them a chance.

The "New X-Men"return

As part of Marvel's Secret Wars event, Morrison era X-Men return in E is for Extinction book.  It seems to feature Xorn's (actually Magneto, but not really...?)Special Class. Sadly, Grant Morrison won't write it but we get his frequent collaborator Chris Burnham. Looks interesting, might pick it up (between this and DC's Convergence I'll be broke by the summer).

Fun with Photoshop: The New Teen Titans for the NES

It's been a while since the last Fun with Photoshop entry. I would have loved a "beat em' up"Teen Titans game and Konami always did one hell of a job with that genre (Simpsons, TMNT and X-Men). Here is what the cover would have looked like.

From now on, this section will change a bit. Since it's been a lot of 8th bit NES game boxes, I think it's time to add a bit of blast processing. Take care.

Leonard Nimoy passed away

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Sad news today,  Leonard Nimoy died from a pulmonary disease. A man of many talents, he will always be remembered for playing the iconic Mr. Spock in the classic Star Trek TV show and for singing the Ballad of Bilbo Baggings. He will be missed.

Ducktales will return to TV

Good news for animation fan everywhere, Disney XD is planning to reboot Ducktales. Once again, it will follow the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, Huey,  Dewey and Louis, and even Donald Duck. The other supporting characters and villains will return (Launchpad and Gizmo Duck FTW!). It would be really cool if they manage to add Darkwing Duck (as a guest character in some episodes). The classic series was extremely popular in the 80's and 90's and still holds up today with it's balance of action, adventure and humor. It seems the series will premiere in 2017  and is unclear if it will be 2D or 3D animation.

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It's official: Spidey is heading to the Marvel Cinematic Universe!!!

This was one of the most popular rumors that surfaced during the Sony hack last year. After Amazing Spider-Man 2 didn't perform as expected, the Web Crawler is heading home. Sony will still have control over the character but let's hope Marvel can give the hero their creative input. Spider-Man will appear ina future Marvel movie (Captain America 3 maybe).
Marvel and Sony, please, NO MORE ORIGIN STORY. If you want to give the viewers the most classic version of the character, have him working as a photographer at the Daily Bugle, struggling with money, love and helping his aunt as best as he can.

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Superman gets a new costume and Super Power!

SHINE SPAAAARRRKKKK!!!

DC announced that in Superman #38 of the current volume, the Man of Steel will unveil a new ability, the Super Flare!!! It’s interesting since Superman is a solar battery and it seems he can released all the charge at once. From the images that have been released online, it looks very anime inspired (lots are saying it looks like Dragon Ball Z). He also gets a new costume (to help him control this new power… maybe) but it’s not very different from his New 52 outfit.
The image was taken from ign.