The Heroic Legacy of The Weasel

I doubt I'm alone in that when I first started coming with super-hero parody concepts many were Batman/Robin types. When I took many of those earlier ideas and started to try and write for Superguy I ended up discarding most of them. And when I gathered up the various concepts from that for what I want to do with my Superfic stories, I trimmed away nearly all the rest. Because most of them were really, really stupid. I mean REALLY stupid. And this is from a guy who STILL thinks a Hulk-parody named SMURF! is awesome. But yeah, HatchetMan and Kid Cutlery? Finding-StuffMan and Lost Boy. TERRIBLE IDEAS. But one managed to stick with me. Mostly because I actually had a few story ideas for the sidekick. So BadgerMan and Kid Weasel remained...

And then later I began thinking, hmmm. Future stories. So the sidekick is now the main hero. And he's got a sidekick. But what if thats a TRADITION? If there is a LINE of heroes and sidekicks stretching back generations...

And so the The Heroic Legacy of the Weasel:

Lord Weasel & Childe Sable
Sir Sable & Squire Mink
The Comte de Mink & Young Ferret
Mr. Ferret & Lil' Otter
The Lone Otter & the Fisher Kid
The Fisher & Wolverine Boy
Captain Wolverine & Skunk Boy
SkunkMan & Badger Lad
BadgerMan & Kid Weasel
The Weasel & Ms. Mustelid

New Comics Day 11/19

Man, I really suck at sticking to a budget. But then who needs food when you can have some Walt Simonson Thor? Specifically the Visionaries: Thor: Walter Simonson book collecting issues #337-348 of his legendary series. Also Amazon delivered my Giffen/Dematties/Maguire hardback of Justice League International vol.3 and only a week later than everyone else. Why do I pre-order again? Oh well, it still beats out Diamond who failed to ship my LCS Empowered vol.4 again...

But on to happier things, like the weekly pulls. Starting with Dynamo5. Where Scrap's new team may be out-matched by a villain crew recruited specifically for their skills in hero-killing...

Also Invincible cuts away from its titular lead to look in on Omni-Man and Allen the Alien as they stage a jail break from the Viltrumite prison. Oh look, someone getting punched so hard their head implodes and their brain flies out. Never change Kirkman, never change...

Ex Machina finishes up would-be costumed stalker Trouble's story. And Kremlin begins his final plan to bring down Hundred and force him back on the "right" path...

And more Giffen with Ambush Bug Year None. The death of a tyrant! The vanishing of a hero! The laundering of a sock!

Then Gunn's "plan" in Angel: After the Fall bears fruit. And by fruit we mean horrible, horrible destruction. Stupid vampire Gunn...

And we finish up with the always delightful and fun The Age of Sentry. The first half is Jeff Parker penned, Nick Dragota drawn tale of super-powered hillbillies. And the second is husband/wife team of Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover giving us a tale of love struck alien cops and Millie the Model. Comics needs more Coover drawn Millie...