It took a lot longer than I thought, but I’ve tabulated all the suggested lists of Avengers from my last post, and tallied them up.  I should point out the following qualifications: Not everybody made it easy.  If you said something like “I would sub in Martinex” and didn’t say who you’re subbing him for […]

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It’s way too early to figure out what Marvel’s going to be doing with it’s “Marvel Now!” relaunch, but one thing that seems clear is that Jonathan Hickman is going to be writing a bimonthly Avengers series that will feature a roster of 18 (or more!) heroes.  Eighteen sounds like a lot, but I suppose […]

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This week Marvel is renaming Thunderbolts to Dark Avengers, presumably to boost sales by disguising the comic as an integral part of the Avengers franchise.  I’m not sure it’ll work, but Thunderbolts has always been my favorite comic book so I appreciate the effort.  Since I’m concerned that Dark Avengers #175 won’t exactly be a […]

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I’m not a movie guy.  I’m the guy who would watch Avengers at home, alone, on my 36″ TV if I didn’t have to wait four months to do it.  So I mostly only read movie reviews to see if some movie that actively annoys me is being panned.  Usually movies that annoy me are […]

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I’ve occasionally wondered if the MGK.com audience is interested in professional wrestling analysis, and I suppose there’s no better reason to test the waters than what Dave Meltzer calls “the biggest money-drawing pro-wrestling show of the last 130 years.”  (It is a little known fact that the Earp brothers and the Clanton gang actually settled […]

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So far: Chuck Norris TaleSpin Abiogenesis True Story Swear to God Final Fantasy XIII Hetalia: Axis Powers Gorgeous George Ex nihilo Costa Concordia disaster List of unusual deaths (I sometimes read this when I’m bored) Adolfo Tapia List of websites participating in January 18 SOPA protests (d’oh!) Sliders One clear lesson from this event is […]

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I signed up for Netflix last week and they have tons of Star Trek and dinosaur shows.  I am at peace. I decided to go through the Star Trek: Voyager episode listings and found one I don’t remember ever seeing, which I guess is appropriate because it’s called “Unforgettable,” and it’s about the crew meeting […]

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I know a lot of people will be remembering Morgan as Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H (or his guest appearance as a crazy general that earned him the role), but this episode of Dragnet (“A.I.D.: The Weekend”) perfectly encapsulates why I enjoyed his Officer Bill Gannon as much as, if not more, than Colonel Potter.  […]

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If you’re like me you’re a little perturbed by the sudden rash of cancellations of second-string Marvel titles.  Just this week alone I’ve heard that X-23, Ghost Rider, Black Panther, Punisher Max, and now Daken: Dark Wolverine are getting the axe.  Alpha Flight, which started as an eight-issue miniseries and then became an ongoing, has […]

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Before I start, a quick plug: I am currently accepting sign-ups for BASH WARS SIX, a tournament I run in which people on LiveJournal choose fictional ass-kickers to fight to the death.  You may recall that last year my sovereign implored you to offer your support for unofficial MGK.com mascot Rex the Wonder Dog, which […]

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Heya folks, it’s Jim.  Jim Smith.  I’m stating my name over and over because I’m about to ask for comics recommendations, and I’m trying to make sure everybody knows who’s asking. So by November it looks like my pull list will be down to ten books: Alpha Flight, Captain America, Captain America and Bucky,Daredevil, Fantastic […]

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So I saw a few days ago where artist Patrick Zircher was advocating a Marvel Universe reboot along the lines of the one DC is doing.  And basically I think that’s a stupid, stupid idea. Case in point–DC has spent the whole summer running from the term “reboot.”  They even have a FAQ somewhere where […]

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So over the July 4 weekend I finally got around to seeing X-Men: First Class, and…ugh.  I know that movie’s a critical hit and all, but it just left me…angry, I guess, that I’d wasted my time.  And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I hated the movie for the […]

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DC has announced it will reboot its whole blamed universe in September, launching fifty new first issues and generally tweaking continuity to “where our characters are younger and the stories are being told for today’s audience.”  I have some thoughts about this. First, DC has done this before.  A lot.  You can argue that the […]

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I really wanted to love Alpha Flight #0.1.  It’s written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, whom I’ve really enjoyed on Incredible Hercules, and it’s spun off from the Chaos War: Alpha Flight one-shot that I totally expected to suck and then was pretty decent and made me think I could learn to appreciate […]

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