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Hey Everyone!

May 13, 2010

Know what day it is?
It’s Thursday. You do the math.
And speaking of days of the week, Legion of Super-heroes alphabet series returns Monday!

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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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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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N is for Namora

August 27, 2009

I had no idea what I was going to do for N.
The I read Jeff Parker and Leonard Kirk’s Marvel Comics miniseries, Agents Of Atlas. Namora is, as it turns out, an awesome character. (Apparently hanging out with a kung fu superspy, a Greek goddess, a talking gorilla, a Uranian spaceman and an indestructible robot [...]

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G is for Guardian, Gladiator and Gorilla Grodd

July 1, 2009
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Yeah, it’s Wednesday, and this is supposed to be an every-Monday series. But I hope you’ll agree that this one was worth the wait.
The gallant Guardian and the glorious Gladiator ganging up on a grouchy Gorilla Grodd!
I took my time with this one, since I’m avoiding real work. My twin goals with this series are [...]

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