Teen Titans (1996) #1
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scans_dailyWords and pencils: Dan Jurgens
Inks: George Perez
I gave up on the classic Teen Titans because the ‘hip’ lingo was too much. I lost all interest in New Teen Titans after George Perez left. Roy Harper put me off revisiting the Devin Grayson Titans by being a massive ass. Let’s hope I stick with this version for longer.
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Adventures of Superman #484
Jul. 14th, 2025 12:32 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWords and art: Jerry Ordway
Superman wakes up to find out he has been captured by aliens.
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Starman #11
Jul. 14th, 2025 10:34 amiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Roger Stern
Pencils: Tom Lyle
Inks: Bob Smith
Starman aims to settle things with the Power Elite once and for all.
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It's just a mystery...
Jul. 13th, 2025 11:22 pmmistressofmuses"Why have I have this omnipresent headache that just won't go away with any of my usual OTC painkillers for almost three days now? While the severity has waxed and waned, it just never goes away. And ugh, lights are really bothering me, too. It sure is frustrating that it seems to have come with horrible brain fog that has made work a struggle and made me basically useless once I get home. I also sure don't love how I've been so exhausted that I've been doing nothing much beyond sleeping, because I fall asleep after dinner, get up for an hour or so, and then go straight back to bed. Despite the 10+ hours of sleep, which is far more than usual for me, I've still been so tired for these last few days. I wonder what could be up with that?"
Oh right. *~Migraines~* are a thing that exist, and that I get! Why the fuck does it take me days to figure that out every time??
Still not gone, but at least the headache has been closer to a 2/10 all day today, rather than ranging from about a 5/10 to an 8/10 for the last two. No auras this time, which is nice, though that would have clued me in faster. And I feel like I can form complete, mostly coherent thoughts! So that's an improvement.
Definitely fell farther behind instead of catching up on things though. Rude.
Oh right. *~Migraines~* are a thing that exist, and that I get! Why the fuck does it take me days to figure that out every time??
Still not gone, but at least the headache has been closer to a 2/10 all day today, rather than ranging from about a 5/10 to an 8/10 for the last two. No auras this time, which is nice, though that would have clued me in faster. And I feel like I can form complete, mostly coherent thoughts! So that's an improvement.
Definitely fell farther behind instead of catching up on things though. Rude.
Batman: Dark Patterns #7 began Pareidolia.
Jul. 13th, 2025 04:59 pmthanekos posting in scans_dailyPareidolia is related to patterns, echoing this three-years-in Batman maxi-series' subtitle.
It's also related to perception, echoing the motifs of the two previous stories. We Are The Wounded concerned tactile feeling, and The Voice In The Tower was audial - it'd ended on the rejection and acceptance of guiding voices.
Pareidolia opens on the acknowledgement of another motif that occurred in those two stories: ' [Gotham City, y]ou have always suffered fires. '
( The acknowledger's Batman. )
It's also related to perception, echoing the motifs of the two previous stories. We Are The Wounded concerned tactile feeling, and The Voice In The Tower was audial - it'd ended on the rejection and acceptance of guiding voices.
Pareidolia opens on the acknowledgement of another motif that occurred in those two stories: ' [Gotham City, y]ou have always suffered fires. '
( The acknowledger's Batman. )
Secret Society of Super-villains #1
Jul. 13th, 2025 06:26 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Gerry Conway
Pencils: Pablo Marcos
Inks: Bob Smith
A Manhunter clone gathers together some of the DC Universe's greatest villains. And Captain Boomerang.
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Rom: Spaceknight #21
Jul. 13th, 2025 03:49 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyPlot: Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema
Script: Bill Mantlo
Pencils: Sal Buscema
Inks: Joe Sinnott
Rom gets in to another misunderstanding fight and this time it is the deepest of deep cuts. I mean, was Captain Ultra unavailable?
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Robin II#1
Jul. 13th, 2025 01:00 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Chuck Dixon
Pencils: Tom Lyle
Inks: Bob Smith
The Joker puts Mr. Freeze on ice.
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Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter #8
Jul. 13th, 2025 10:46 amiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Dennis O’Neil
Pencils: Ric Estrada
Inks: Wally Wood
Slash is back from the dead and out for vengeance!
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Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #2
Jul. 13th, 2025 07:52 amshakalooloo posting in scans_dailyOn the surface, Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion is a story about Miles Morales returning to a very different Ultimate Universe to rescue his sister. Looking at how the story plays out, it's a promotional showcase for the various Ultimate comic titles, with Miles visiting each one in turn in the hopes of getting a reader to try out a new title. See how cool Spider-Man is in issue 1, check out Wakanda in issue 2, look at these funky X-Men is issue 3...
What's most interesting to me though, is that issue 2 is where we get a little more insight into what's up with 6160 Hank Pym. We get Killmonger saying:
and we also get Hank monologuing over "What do we do for the people we love?"
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What's most interesting to me though, is that issue 2 is where we get a little more insight into what's up with 6160 Hank Pym. We get Killmonger saying:
and we also get Hank monologuing over "What do we do for the people we love?"
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New Mutants #27
Jul. 12th, 2025 06:37 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Chris Claremont
Pencils and inks: Bill Sienkiewicz
The New Mutants are trapped in David Haller's shattered psyche.
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Battlestar Galactica: Gods and Monsters is an interquel for the 2000s remake.
Jul. 12th, 2025 11:18 amthanekos posting in scans_dailyIt came out over 2016-2017, several years after that'd finished - part of what Dynamite Entertainment was doing with Battlestar Galactica then.
It's a comic of something that wasn't originally a comic where the script and art aren't " This should've just been a photoplay. "
It's very neatly spliced into its source series - issue #1 opens on the " Blackbird ", the stealth Viper built in the season 2 episode Flight of the Phoenix.
Colonial Fleet-wide news echoed the note on which that'd ended - the Blackbird's construction as a reminder that " We can accomplish miracles. "
( That pricked Gaius Baltar. )
It's a comic of something that wasn't originally a comic where the script and art aren't " This should've just been a photoplay. "
It's very neatly spliced into its source series - issue #1 opens on the " Blackbird ", the stealth Viper built in the season 2 episode Flight of the Phoenix.
Colonial Fleet-wide news echoed the note on which that'd ended - the Blackbird's construction as a reminder that " We can accomplish miracles. "
( That pricked Gaius Baltar. )
Mister Miracle #15
Jul. 12th, 2025 03:33 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWords and pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Mike Royer
Mister Miracle must protect a young witness to a murder.
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Ka-Zar #6
Jul. 12th, 2025 11:23 amiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Mark Waid
Pencils: Pino Rinaldi
Ka-Zar convinces the Rhino they should work together against the Plunderer.
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Thursday, July 3: Mount Falcon
Jul. 11th, 2025 07:49 pmmistressofmusesThursday was the first day of my break from work, and we headed up to Mount Falcon. We've been there before, though this was the first time for Bella. It's always a pretty spot!
I'm sure I've taken a variation on this picture every time we're here. I just love the layered windows and the tree behind, ha.
Looking towards the east, you can see a very long way.
There's Denver, way in the distance in the middle.
A fritillary butterfly.
Bella is... not a robust dog, haha. She is very strong, and can be energetic in short bursts, but endurance is not her calling in life, I'm afraid. Mount Falcon (at least the trail we were taking) is not super difficult or super long, but we still made sure we were taking frequent breaks for her to get to pause for a minute and get some water and snacks. (And stopping more often is good for us, too. We're trying to be better about staying hydrated!)
Look at this weenie.
Majestic.
Wild geranium.
You really can see quite far!
The biggest draw of this particular trail is the "castle ruins," the remains of the Walker Mansion. The house was built in 1911, and then was struck by lightning and fell down in 1918.
Having a large bird soaring right over the ruins on approach was pretty great. I think this was a raven.
The still very tall chimney.
I love the shield-shaped window.
Lots of wildflowers growing inside the ruins.
A little fireplace. Plus dramatic dead tree.
Plant growing in the pillar.
I wanted to get a picture of Bella on the same rock that I have a picture of Cy standing on. (One of my favorite pictures, the one my friend did the amazing art of.)
Unfortunately, Bella is not quite as good at posing, and the rocks were a little warm. Not horribly hot, but not super pleasant to be scrambling around on, so we weren't going to spend too long trying.
Not as dramatic, but at least it's Bella with a lovely background, ha.
Adventurous!
You can hike down and around the ruins area a bit, and get down to a little spot sort of below the edge of the cliff. It's often very nice and cool down there in the shade, so we headed down that way to take another break.
Some pinecones at a neat stage.
Huge thistle and a very vibrant bumblebee.
A pair of spiders. They were very small, and I couldn't really get my camera to fully focus on them. I assume the bigger one in the middle is a female and the thinner one up to the left is a male. (There was a second web with two that didn't seem to have gotten along quite so well... the female seemed to have made a snack of the male.)
A fern!
A ladybug on an oak leaf.
The meadow area was really pretty. Very multi-colored with the different things growing.
It'd been a few years since we went to Mount Falcon, and I was glad we got to go again. It really is a neat place.
I'm sure I've taken a variation on this picture every time we're here. I just love the layered windows and the tree behind, ha.
Looking towards the east, you can see a very long way.
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There's Denver, way in the distance in the middle.
A fritillary butterfly.
Bella is... not a robust dog, haha. She is very strong, and can be energetic in short bursts, but endurance is not her calling in life, I'm afraid. Mount Falcon (at least the trail we were taking) is not super difficult or super long, but we still made sure we were taking frequent breaks for her to get to pause for a minute and get some water and snacks. (And stopping more often is good for us, too. We're trying to be better about staying hydrated!)
Look at this weenie.
Majestic.
Wild geranium.
You really can see quite far!
The biggest draw of this particular trail is the "castle ruins," the remains of the Walker Mansion. The house was built in 1911, and then was struck by lightning and fell down in 1918.
Having a large bird soaring right over the ruins on approach was pretty great. I think this was a raven.
The still very tall chimney.
I love the shield-shaped window.
Lots of wildflowers growing inside the ruins.
A little fireplace. Plus dramatic dead tree.
Plant growing in the pillar.
I wanted to get a picture of Bella on the same rock that I have a picture of Cy standing on. (One of my favorite pictures, the one my friend did the amazing art of.)
Unfortunately, Bella is not quite as good at posing, and the rocks were a little warm. Not horribly hot, but not super pleasant to be scrambling around on, so we weren't going to spend too long trying.
Not as dramatic, but at least it's Bella with a lovely background, ha.
Adventurous!
You can hike down and around the ruins area a bit, and get down to a little spot sort of below the edge of the cliff. It's often very nice and cool down there in the shade, so we headed down that way to take another break.
Some pinecones at a neat stage.
Huge thistle and a very vibrant bumblebee.
A pair of spiders. They were very small, and I couldn't really get my camera to fully focus on them. I assume the bigger one in the middle is a female and the thinner one up to the left is a male. (There was a second web with two that didn't seem to have gotten along quite so well... the female seemed to have made a snack of the male.)
A fern!
A ladybug on an oak leaf.
The meadow area was really pretty. Very multi-colored with the different things growing.
It'd been a few years since we went to Mount Falcon, and I was glad we got to go again. It really is a neat place.
