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So, I'm nominally studying (read: procrastinating) for my next exam, poking people on AIM on account of how, for a computer-related course, that *counts* as studying, and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vagabond_sal and I start making fun of the covers for the DC solicits.
Which lead to the invention of a new game. You look at a cover and then, without reading the solicit, summarize the issue.
During the annual parade, a giant Superman balloon breaks free and runs amok over Metropolis! Meanwhile, who *is* judy17y343 and *why* is she sending messages to the Man of Steel's private cell phone number???
Things come to a crisis point when Mayor Mitchell Hundred is trapped in a meeting room of somebody else's making! This will be the last time Hundred hires a fanboy to do the decorating... or will it?
When a bolt of lightning strikes one of the team in the head, vaporizing him inside his gold armour, Majestic declares a war on all electricity! So what does that mean for the fabled Robotic City? Not what you expect! Plus, the introduction of Incisor Man.
Rub a dub dub, there's three in a tub, trusting the Marquis to lead them true. But the Marquis has other things on his mind, and did somebody say "Waterfall"?
It's bye-bye Gotham when Selina Kyle catches a ride on a cosmic energy surfboard! Fan favourite writer Jeph Loeb takes over as Catwoman trades the mean streets for the stars. And when Lobo and the villainess Mighty Endowed show up, the resulting clash will blow you away!
Part Three of the sizzling "You Are What You Eat" storyline. Cauliflower-head has been terrorizing Gotham, and only the Dark Knight Detective can stop him! But when a rescue attempt at the zoo goes awry, Batman finds himself out of the frying pan and into the fire. Guest starring Green Lantern (but we won't tell you which one)!
You asked for it! The identity of the new Spectre becomes clear... and first on his list are the criminals of his old home town! Also, finally, the mystery of the multiple wills, resolved! Who ends up with the car? Who doesn't? Find out here!
Shipped directly to elementary schools in Washington state. Jimmy Olsen gets a talking cape in this illustrated educational booklet on basic biology! Superman is forced to give Lois "The Talk," so if you slip your kid one of these, maybe you won't have to!
If Ruin had settled for buying Lois a cup of coffee, this would have been a very boring issue - but once he suggests doughnuts as well, Superman is prompted to perform a little unnecessary surgery! If you felt bad that Wonder Woman was facing the music alone, now she won't have to.
Leave no man behind, or should that be man's behind? The DCU is full of aliens, but none of them have seemed interested in "probing" the unsuspecting... until now. When some astronauts find themselves face to, well, probe, with the creature of rumour, it's up to Fire to save the day! The events of this explosive new miniseries will be heard across the DCU!
The JSA have fought enemies from the scary to the sinister, so when they're invited to be the first ones into the high school's Haunted House, the Justice Society isn't worried. But when the lights go out and the music comes on, the JSA realize they've never faced *anything* like Brittany Spears songs.
You've seen what happens when universes collide, but what happens when the crisis is a little more personal? Magneto, master of magnetism*, finds himself suddenly in a strange new world where no one knows his name... but where are his pants? And why is Hal Jordan so interested? Special Valentine's day issue.
*Erik's presence here was pointed out to me byvagabond_sal who was in turn alerted by plainsong_x. Which I think is about the maximum degree of separation before an idea sinks into general fannish consiousness.
vagabond_sal and I start making fun of the covers for the DC solicits.Which lead to the invention of a new game. You look at a cover and then, without reading the solicit, summarize the issue.
During the annual parade, a giant Superman balloon breaks free and runs amok over Metropolis! Meanwhile, who *is* judy17y343 and *why* is she sending messages to the Man of Steel's private cell phone number???
Things come to a crisis point when Mayor Mitchell Hundred is trapped in a meeting room of somebody else's making! This will be the last time Hundred hires a fanboy to do the decorating... or will it?
When a bolt of lightning strikes one of the team in the head, vaporizing him inside his gold armour, Majestic declares a war on all electricity! So what does that mean for the fabled Robotic City? Not what you expect! Plus, the introduction of Incisor Man.
Rub a dub dub, there's three in a tub, trusting the Marquis to lead them true. But the Marquis has other things on his mind, and did somebody say "Waterfall"?
It's bye-bye Gotham when Selina Kyle catches a ride on a cosmic energy surfboard! Fan favourite writer Jeph Loeb takes over as Catwoman trades the mean streets for the stars. And when Lobo and the villainess Mighty Endowed show up, the resulting clash will blow you away!
Part Three of the sizzling "You Are What You Eat" storyline. Cauliflower-head has been terrorizing Gotham, and only the Dark Knight Detective can stop him! But when a rescue attempt at the zoo goes awry, Batman finds himself out of the frying pan and into the fire. Guest starring Green Lantern (but we won't tell you which one)!
You asked for it! The identity of the new Spectre becomes clear... and first on his list are the criminals of his old home town! Also, finally, the mystery of the multiple wills, resolved! Who ends up with the car? Who doesn't? Find out here!
Shipped directly to elementary schools in Washington state. Jimmy Olsen gets a talking cape in this illustrated educational booklet on basic biology! Superman is forced to give Lois "The Talk," so if you slip your kid one of these, maybe you won't have to!
If Ruin had settled for buying Lois a cup of coffee, this would have been a very boring issue - but once he suggests doughnuts as well, Superman is prompted to perform a little unnecessary surgery! If you felt bad that Wonder Woman was facing the music alone, now she won't have to.
Leave no man behind, or should that be man's behind? The DCU is full of aliens, but none of them have seemed interested in "probing" the unsuspecting... until now. When some astronauts find themselves face to, well, probe, with the creature of rumour, it's up to Fire to save the day! The events of this explosive new miniseries will be heard across the DCU!
The JSA have fought enemies from the scary to the sinister, so when they're invited to be the first ones into the high school's Haunted House, the Justice Society isn't worried. But when the lights go out and the music comes on, the JSA realize they've never faced *anything* like Brittany Spears songs.
You've seen what happens when universes collide, but what happens when the crisis is a little more personal? Magneto, master of magnetism*, finds himself suddenly in a strange new world where no one knows his name... but where are his pants? And why is Hal Jordan so interested? Special Valentine's day issue.
*Erik's presence here was pointed out to me by
vagabond_sal who was in turn alerted by plainsong_x. Which I think is about the maximum degree of separation before an idea sinks into general fannish consiousness.
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The horrible thing is how many of your blurbs would make better issues than whatever the actual solicit would indicate.
That CATWOMAN cover... man, Loeb's team had better not set female comics characters back decades by turning Selina into nothing more than a sexy damsel. WTF is with that facial expression. Even Dick Grayson doesn't get as egregiously victim-coded as that.
Also, that last cover... Possibly this is a regional thing, with DC/Marvel crossovers shipping to some areas? But the rumours I've heard at FLCSs in my area involved this Wildstorm solicit:
Apollo has been anally raped by villains from across the multiverse. But he's never before faced the fury of Hal Jordan's fist! Does this herald the return of Parallax? Is some remnant of the Spectre's "God hates fags" mindset affecting Jordan's mind? Does Hal realise that the Midnighter has fought this battle in his head a million ways and the Green Lantern has already lost? 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 29
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Well, with Mighty Endowed around, at least she won't fall into the token-busty-babe stereotype? Although I always worry with Loeb, a little...
*snorts at the Wildstorm solicit*
Maybe there's going to be a whole *series*? (I'd probably even buy it.)
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