A Descent into Dullness

A light week, with only three pulls. Starting with the second issue of Turf. And the war between Falco the last of the New York mob bosses and the Dragomir family escalates. Plus a crashed alien spaceship...

Invincible lies comatose and so his father and brother sit out the Viltrumite War on a mostly barren world, waiting for him to heal. Leaving it to Allen the Alien, Techjacket, Space Racer and Battle Beast to serve as the core of the Coalition attack on the Viltrumite Empire...

Lastly Marvel Zombies 5 has Aaron, Howard and Jackie journey to the cyberpunk Marvel-8410 to chase down the E.A.T.R. virus cyber-zombies. Of course when Aaron's ex becomes involved it makes things more complicated. The Geof Darrow/Christina Strain cover is also very sweet...

Atomic Robo: Vol. 1 Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne written by Brian Clevenger, art by Scott Wegener, colors by Ronda Pattison and letters by Jeff Powell

In 1923 Niola Tesla unveiled the world's first artificial intelligence, in the form of a Atomic Robo. In 1938 Robo goes on a top secret mission for the U.S. government in exchange for full citizenship rights (the mission involves a secret Himalayan Nazi base). After that Robo goes on to form Tesladyne, where he and his selected action scientists engage the strange and bizarre. Like giant ants in Nevada or "walking" pyramids in Egypt. Or maybe secret, once lost Nazi science bases...

Clevenger's sense of humor (familiar to those who know him from his webcomic 8-bit Theater) is what makes this book shine. Its not just watching a robot smash a giant ant with a car. Its clever and well-crafted jokes WHILE hitting a giant ant with a Buick...

When a man neglects a woman who then loves a robot. Ah, that's amore...

Sparks: An urban fairy tale by Lawrence Marvit

Jo is a lonely auto mechanic. She lives at home with her drunken cop father and zoned out mother. And one day she builds..well not a robot. More the shell of one. And that night a lightning strike brings him to life. Jo eventually names him Galahad and he becomes her closest friend. Even as she struggles to fit in and make friends with other people. But even an artificial man can love...

Or its the story of a beautiful princess trapped by a wicked king and the brave knight who will do anything to save her...

Or maybe both...

I meant to do this Wednesday, but I completely forgot about it...

10) The Top Three Ninja True Facts Are:
-Ninjas can walk on walls.
-Ninjas can be doctors but only one has wanted to.
-Ninjas can spy on you at any time. Even when you poop.

9) Greatest Robot Folk Singer is Peter C-G3R

8) The majority wants additional seasons of Firefly, even if as comics. But thats because you're all fools who don't understand the awesome power of Manimal! Man + Animal = MANIMAL!

7) Ones a Great White whos too old for this shit. The other is a Hammerhead with a death wish and no respect for the rules. Together they're partners. Partners as SHARK COPS!

6) You people are really greedy about your back story. Greedy, greedy, greedy.

5) I also like kittens. And Ticky Boxes are what I say are Ticky Boxes. TIIIIICKY!

4) Most popular Commie is Karl Marx. Poor, poor crimsonjoe...

3) Most popular bedroom cosplay is Naughty Librarians. Hear that starmanmatt, you just need to up your Naughtyness...

2) ARROGANT AM I? MAD AM I? BASTARD AM I? That list bit is totally untrue! My parents were married a good FIVE months before I was born. Thats TOTALLY within wedlock. So there! Also, I'LL SHOW YOU ALL! I'll NEVER BE STOPPED! DO YOU HEAR ME! NEEEEEVER!

1) Most Heroic Doggie by popular acclaim is Snoopy. He was a WWI flying ace...

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And she's selling off her old games, which won't protect her from the upcoming DOOOOOOOOOOOOM...

And now, finally, the one destructive force My Nemesis can never convert! It is immune to all ties of love and friendship!

( NO ESCAPE! NO MERCY! )

MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Wow. So its been over a month since I did one of these. Basically because I had no decent ideas. But rereading The Thief of Time I came to the conclusion this Marvel Tangent 'verse needed some time travel themed stuff.

Dr. Alison Blaire is/was/will be a 23rd Century theoretical physicist. Her wife Dr. Betsy Braddock is/was/will be cyberneticist and mechanical engineer. Together the two built the Tachyon Slipdrive, capable of propelling a small craft backwards and forwards in time. Unfortunately for them someone else would/was/is already using a variant time travel technology, robot religious fanatics called The Stark. These zealots attacked the pair in the name of their mysterious Lord K, forcing the two to flee in their experimental craft. The two managed to find that The Stark were active throughout the time stream, exploiting their temporal advantage to further their lord's plan...

Alison and Betsy decided it was up to them to work against the menace of The Stark. Naming their craft The Runaway the pair began their campaign against the deadly robots. While thwarting The Stark's plans they also managed to recruit others to their cause. The blind 14th century "warlock" psychometric reader James Rhodes. The early 20th century Mystery Man Harold "Wasp" Hogan. And the 22nd century military cyborg Bethany Cabe, one of the UNGDF (United Nations Global Defense Forces) Crimson Dynamo Commandos...