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Y is for Yankee Poodle

January 21, 2010

This one harkens all the way back to the entry for the letter C.
Yankee Poodle is a member of the Zoo Crew, the team of talking animal superheroes let by Captain Carrot.
Look at those jazz hands!
I’d love to see a Zoo Crew revival. Fun, kid-friendly comics are in short supply these day. Scott Shaw! Call [...]

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X is for Charles Xavier

January 20, 2010

aka Professor X, leader of the X-Men!
Now, I’ve got to be completely honest. I don’t much like Professor X. He always seemed kind of sinister- like he had some ulterior motive he wouldn’t share with the team. But then, I’ve never been a huge X-Men fan in general, so take my opinion with a grain [...]

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W is for Will Magnus

January 19, 2010

Creator and leader of the Metal Men, Doc Will Magnus has survived cancellations and disastrous revisions to be one of the most fun, high-concept characters in the DC Universe. Doc and his team  of sentient robots, each named after and having the physical properties of a particular metal, are some of my favorite characters DC [...]

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V is for Volstagg

January 18, 2010

Full title: Volstagg The Voluminous, the Lion of Asgard!
(I assume the exclamation point is mandatory, but I can’t say for sure.)

Volstagg is a character from Marvel’s Thor series, and is a member of the Warriors Three, Thor’s drinking/fighting buddies. He is known for being (a) awesome, (b) fat, and (c) totally rad.
Stay tuned for more [...]

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P is for Paste Pot Pete

September 28, 2009

Paste Pot Pete. Wow. Not exactly Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s most inspired creation.
Even within the comics, PPP wasn’t a villain of any merit at all. He eventually changed his name to the Trapster, in fact, but he’s still a pretty low-rent supervillain. I guess they can’t all be winners.
But he’s certainly a lot of [...]

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L is for Lobster Johnson and Lady Blackhawk

August 4, 2009
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This week’s entry features two awesome old-school adventurers.
Lobster Johnson is Mike Mignola’s other brilliant pulp creation: A mythical 1930s New York City vigilante known for branding criminals with his trademark lobster claw symbol, and who eventually showed up in Hellboy stories as an evil-battling ghost.
Lady Blackhawk is DC Comics’ crack WWII flying ace and member [...]

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K is for Kilowog vs. Klaw

August 1, 2009
Kilowog versus Klaw

Kilowog, DC Comics’ Green Lantern of Space Sector 647! Ulysses Klaw, a supervillain physicist who wears a sound-emitting gun on his right arm and fights the Fantastic Four and Black Panther!
Yeah, so, I like Kilowog. I’d never even HEARD of Klaw until he was suggested for this series. But that’s the fun! I get to [...]

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F is for Firebrand

June 23, 2009
Firebrand

Firebrand is a character I’d never even heard of before the name popped up in the comments for this series.
I’d think that big poofy sleeves combined with fire-based superpowers would be tempting fate. But hey, there are worse costume choices out there!
Any thoughts for the next letter, G?

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