Friday Night Fights - When Universes Collide

It's Friday Night Fights once more, with Spacebooger preventing the fighters using any of the main characters  they've used in previous rounds - this means I have to steer clear of Catwoman, Hal "Green Lantern" Jordan, Joker, Guy Gardner, or Starman for the remainder of the competition.

This week, I've gone all out for the big guys: Superman vs the Hulk:

Force to fight to save their universes (don't you just hate being put in that position?) Supes and the Hulk are transported to the Grand Canyon where they can whack seven shades of shite out of each other.

Which they do.

DC's biggest and best (even when sporting a mullet) against Marvel's biggest and greenest. An epic fight between two powerful heroes but, really, there was only ever going to be one winner:

And he does.

Remember, folks, to check out the other fights which you can find by clicking on the picture below and vote for your favourite:

Blue vs Green was first seen in DC Versus Marvel #3, cover dated April 1996, written by Peter David and Ron Marz with art by Claudio Castellini and Paul Neary.

Happy Days!

Just this minute read this over at Newsarama from the report on the DC Nation panel at HeroesCon:

Has the "Who's Who?" started production yet and also, what about recap boxes so people can catch up? Sattler wishes they had the resources for a bibliography, but some people don't need them and yes the Who's Who is coming out.

A new Who's Who has been talked about for a while - I half suspected DCU Legacies might be instead of it - but this makes me happy!

Monday Covers #3

A run through some of my favourite covers, posted each Monday for the next few weeks.

Hitman #14

Zombie Night at the Gotham Aquarium has long been a stand out storyline in the consistently excellent Hitman series; two issues of sheer genius, pitting Tommy Monaghan and his friends against the undead inhabitants of an entire aquarium. The cover above just makes me chuckle every time I see it.

No Cocktail Post This Week

Due to a shipping error, my local comic shop didn't have a delivery so I am once again left comicless.

However, I do have this to brighten my day:

It's from a first look at promo art for next year's Green Lantern movie - you can see more here.

Friday Night Fights - There's A Starman Fighting In The Sky

After a brief hiatus, Spacebooger returns with Friday Night Fights!

Anyone remember when James Robinson was spoken of with respect? You know, back when he was writing Starman? Before the whole Justice League: Cry For Justice debacle?

Yeah, me too:

After almost wrecking Opal City, the Mist's son Kyle finally gets to square off against Jack Knight, the reluctant Starman who is (understandably) pissed off about Kyle having killed Jack's brother.

Goaded by Kyle and almost defeated, Jack does something most heroes never do:

He kills the bad guy.

Okay, this fight isn't representative of Starman at all but it makes for a nice reminder of times past.

And remember folks:

This flying high fight first appeared in Starman #3 cover dated January 1995, written by James Robinson, with art by Tony Harris and Wade von Grawbadger whose name I have always loved. The scans come from the trade paperback.

Captain America Costume?

Regular readers will know that this blog is pretty much DC-centric and that I don't dabble too much in the Marvel world. That said - this looks to be pretty sweet:

This is apparently official costume art from the forthcoming Captain America movie. Full story (such as it is) over at Superherohype.

J. T. Krul To Write Teen Titans

Okay this probably isn't news to a lot of you out there by now but it's the first I've heard of it after a busy couple of days. From the Source blog:

"starting later this year, J.T. Krul will step in to chronicle the adventures of the DCU’s premiere teen team."

I enjoyed his rung on Blackest Night: Teen Titans but Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal is still leaving me a bit cold. However, almost anybody is better than the current writer Felicia Henderson. As mentioned in my last Cocktail post, I had pretty much made up my mind to ditch Teen Titans purely because of the writing; with someone new coming in, though, I'll stick it out.