Monday Memories #51 - Eclipso #5

Each Monday this year I'll be taking a look back at a random comic, prestige format issue, graphic novel or collection of reprints from amongst my 3,000 or so comics that date from 1962 to 2003 - I figured anything in the last ten years would be too recent to hark back to.

The comics are chosen completely at random and apart from a four week lead-in period, even I don't know what I'll be looking at in the weeks to come!

No Cocktail Today

A combination of being busy in the run-up to Christmas and a couple of other things meant that I didn't get to pick up my last delivery before Christmas hits in a few days; not a massive worry as there was only three comics this week.

With the exception of a couple of pre-planned posts I'm probably not going to be around much this week so will take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from Earth-Prime - have fun however you're celebrating (or not!) and be nice to each other.

See you in a week or so!

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes Trailer

I thoroughly enjoyed the Rise of The Planet of The Apes from a couple of years back - for all my bitching a few days ago about reboots and remakes, that was one that worked. It took the original story and built something new from it rather than simply hitting reset and remaking the same thing again.

With that in mind, I will definitely be watching the sequel:

Monday Memories #50 - The Punisher #8

Each Monday this year I'll be taking a look back at a random comic, prestige format issue, graphic novel or collection of reprints from amongst my 3,000 or so comics that date from 1962 to 2003 - I figured anything in the last ten years would be too recent to hark back to.

The comics are chosen completely at random and apart from a four week lead-in period, even I don't know what I'll be looking at in the weeks to come!

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #254

Oh, that's going to end well

DC's March Solicitations

FOREVER EVIL #7

It’s evil versus evil in the shocking “take-no-prisoners” conclusion to FOREVER EVIL! What will be the fate of Lex Luthor and his Injustice League? Who will live – and who will die? And why is The Hooded Man the most feared being from the Syndicate's world? Do not miss this startling finale that will leave the DC universe reeling and reveal the secrets to the future!

Yet another "things will never be the same" promotion for the end of the first line wide crossover that, with the exception of Villains Month doesn't really seem to have impacted most of the titles I read.

And I'm still betting on Earth-3's Alex Luthor as the Hooded Man's identity.

You're Looking For What, Now?

As regular readers now, I occasionally dip into the search terms that people use to either find this blog deliberately or find it by accident while looking for something else. In today's search terms I noticed what has to be the most . . . ummmm . . . shall we say "specific interest" in the comics world?

Skipping over the "angry cuckold comics" I'd just like to highlight this one:

Someone out there (and it was a single person on one day) found their way to my little corner of the web by searching for crisis on infinite earth detroit breasts.

Lord knows there are plenty of places on the web to find the most debauched variation of whatever your hobby is - not for nothing has Rule 34 (link is SFW) become well known - but I have to admit to being surprised as the exactness of the term.

Not just breasts but breasts from (presumably) the Justice League Detroit era. And not the whole era, either, just the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

I'm really not judging someone else's particular interest, but if you know that much, if you know of Crisis and the Detroit League, would it not have been simpler to search for Zatanna, Vixen or Gypsy followed by breasts?

Man, with that many mentions of breasts I'm going to get a lot more people looking for superhero boobs now, aren't I? Best if I get the Power Girl cosplay out of the way: