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Yeah--all I know is Barbara Gordon was shot by the Joker and became Oracle, and after that there were (I think ) several new Batgirls--including the one who had the eyes on her mask sewn shut. Why, I have no idea. Remember when there were all those Spidergirls and various Spiderwomen? And now there's a black Spiderman, which, I assume, is supposed to make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

I know it must be hard to keep reader interest over years of time, but I almost never like it when characters take other people's identities. It just gets to be a mess. I didn't really mind Hawkeye becoming Goliath, but that was long before the identity changing thing went too far.

I agree about the new animated stuff being really good --EMH seemed to come out of nowhere and I am glad it did!!

Yowch! Dang, Starfoxy!

You know, I was going to say I haven't posted a thing about Bendis in forever, mostly because I haven't read anything by him in years. And I don't recall anybody else doing so, either. It's really cheap to say we don't like him because we hate change, when most of our current favorite books are new or semi new (Ultimates, Avengers Academy, etc).

I don't read Bendis because I don't like his work. Why can't you apply the same principle to this forum?

Richard is a collector of all kinds of things from space related stuff to ancient proto-bird fossils to art. He really is a very interesting guy. I'd be that interesting if I had millions!

Thanks for the feedback guys. Drew I think I'll start him on EMH. Then I'll give him whatever back issues of comics I don't really want anymore and see what he likes. He's an extremely bright kid. I asked him who his favorite villain was, and I swear to God he said "I know it's a cliche, but probably the Joker."

By the way--I had to make a 3d scene with Richard Garriott and the kid I'm talking about for our company website. If you want to see it, go here:
www.portalarium.com/

Hey Guys
I work with a guy who has a son named Dax who is 13 years old, and the he comes by the office every so often--and one day I decided to ask him if he liked super heroes. He didn't--he thought they were "corny." That conversation took place about two months ago. I saw him again the other day, and to my complete surprise, he is now into reading comics! I guess our talk sparked some interest! That being said, the first thing he asked me was which Spider Man was the "real Spider Man?" Apparently he'd been looking at a bunch of old issues and was completely confused by all the alternate versions, alternate Spider Man titles, reboots, and that sort of thing. He was trying to get me to explain where he should start reading, and frankly, I had no idea what to tell him. Even explaining that there were all these variations seemed to confuse him more.

No wonder kids aren't reading comics anymore--it's all a big mess.

PS: Drew--I loved Beavis and Butthead!

I haven't seen these new DCU costumes. Can anyone help a brutha out with a link?

I just don't understand why they keep putting off season 2. I am a chronic insomniac and wake up often in the middle of the night, and Disney XD runs the Marvel cartoons in a row in the early morning hrs. They will play EMH, then Iron Man, then the X-Men, and then Silver Surfer (SS is god-awful). EMH is heads and shoulders above any of them IMO but I am biased!

At least Thor looks good.

If CA is wearing that costume, I will boycott this movie. Freakin' Adam West's costume in 60's era Batman TV shows looked better than this. Ugh.

That's a good question. I don't know who publishes Conan today, if anybody. Did you know Conan was the only comic John Buscema liked illustrating?

I know. You're right. I went to Austin books for the first time in a looong time, and virtually every Marvel title had a giant marquis screaming "FEAR ITSELF!" And even the back issues had the same giant title! It was like a wall full of the same comic!

Grim indeed. Our beloved industry is dying, guys.

Word on the streets is that comic book companies are only still publishing in hopes that some creator will come up with a stellar storyline that they can make into a movie. Also--sales of super hero statues help, too.

Well the real world has gnawed away at any heart-strings I might have once had, and I haven't seen the movie--so I can't comment.

I didn't want to say it, but yeah that Conan trailer isn't exactly making me stampede towards the theater! I'm not hearing anybody talking about it--it's almost like everybody senses it's not going to stack up against the original. I probably won't go see it.

Yeah it's been nearly 50 days straight of temps over 100 degrees (and before that it was high 90's since April). It's the worst drought in Texas history. I can't believe half the country has been flooded for months, but those of us in central Texas aren't getting a frikkin' drop. I mean that literally.

Anyway--You know what I'd like to see in a Marvel movie? SENTINELS! I'd love to see the X-Men or Avengers tackle the sentinels in a movie! There was a time when they were amongst the most feared adversaries of any Marvel super team--and I think visually, they'd be really impressive on the Big Screen. If we can afford to make a Tranformers movie, we can make sentinels!!!