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Supergirl/Wonder Girl 6: Kara can't remember the LSH, but Conner has to remember the Ravers, so...
Now, as is often the case, I'm basing this off memory, and don't have the issues in question right handy; but in the old, pre-Crisis, pre-reboots, Adventure Comics era of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Superboy went to the 30th century on a pretty routine basis. Supergirl later joined the Legion as well, but she was coming to the future, from a period several years after Superboy's visits--Kara didn't become Supergirl until well after Kal-El became Superman.
For example, let's say Superboy was leaving his home time of 1959 to hang out with the Legion in the year 2959. Supergirl could be there in 2959 as well, but she would've come from her home time of 2969 or so. I'm not sure about Supergirl, but Superboy and the Legionnaires were also aging at roughly the same rate: as he became Superman, the Legion became adults as well, and usually that's how they would meet. Rarely, if ever, would the adult Legion run into Superboy, or Superman see the teenage version of the team.
And people wonder why DC needed a Crisis, multiple reboots, etc. More tangents after the break!
Getting to the point: Supergirl had a post-hypnotic suggestion placed on her, not sure by whom exactly, so that when she returned to her time, she wouldn't remember any details of the future that she shouldn't. Like her death, for example. Actually, her death almost makes the suggestion make sense retroactively. But it is a little dicked up that just about everybody else gets to go back and forth in time and not have their memories wiped.
The exception, that's in the same boat as Kara: Hal Jordan, of all people. Early in his career as Green Lantern, the 57th or 58th century (58th, sorry!) abducted Hal a few times, brainwashed him into the identity of Pol Manning, and used him whenever they needed their superhero, putting him back none the wiser on more than one occasion. (I'm not sure how that worked: Hal started to notice he was having memory lapses, blackouts, and investigated and figured out what had been happening to him. But, if they're yanking him through time, shouldn't they just put him back right when they got him? Hal might wonder why he's tired and covered in bruises, but it's Hal, they could've kept that up for years more.)
Eventually, the 58th century Solar Council stopped using Hal, and accidentally got Salaak once, to fight the anthropomorphic squirrel descendants of C'hp...and this is why I won't stand for anyone badmouthing Zero Hour, since that event apparently took out the whole mess. (Hmm. This also means Salaak, of all people, like Peter in Heroes, has a girlfriend that he left in a future that has now been seemingly erased. Like Peter, Salaak isn't about to open that can of worms...)
Again, based off memory, Kara had the post-hypnotic suggestion, but I don't think Clark did. Also, I believe Kara was trusted not to spill the beans about what she knew of Clark's future: "Well, you grow up and become Superman, and Lex Luthor's still a jerk, and that Lana chick is still following you around..."
Previous episodes: one, two, three, four, and five.
Labels: Legion of Super Heroes, Supergirl/Wonder Girl
They weren't really 'Secret,' half the people that went won't shut up about it.
I wonder if Jim Rhodes (who was Iron Man at the time) or Monica "Captain Marvel/Photon/???/Leader of goddamn Nextwave" Rambeau ever throw that into conversation. "Well, yes, I was at the Secret Wars..." Effective trump card, or forgettable nonsense? I figure to them, Secret Wars is as Vietnam is to John McCain...
Ironically, while the Falcon wasn't in the Secret Wars miniseries, he would get a figure in the old Secret Wars toyline! Which was only released in Europe, and is rather hard to find. (I don't think Sam even appeared in Secret Wars 2, and that had everyone. The Micronauts were even in it, and they hadn't been on earth for like thirty issues.) In that batch of Europe figures, there was also Iceman and the Constrictor--yeah, I know--and they weren't there either. Neither was Daredevil, and he got a figure too.
I upgraded my cable a bit a while back (although I still dearly wish I could get a la carte cable, with just the specific channels I want...) and have been enjoying the heck out of the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon. Especially the Nightcrawler episodes, where he gets to do more than he did in the entire runs of previous X-Men cartoons. There's been at least three so far ("X-Calibre," "Greetings from Genosha," and "Hunting Grounds") where Nightcrawler gets to take center stage, and both his powers and his characterization have been on the money.
Previous episodes: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. Nightcrawler and Falcon have next week off, for a special reminder strip, of an upcoming release you won't want to miss. So...make a reminder for the reminder, or something.
Labels: Falcon, Nightcrawler
Still not a review: the rest of Walmart's Marvel Legends Nemesis wave:
Even though it may sometimes seem like I buy every action figure within a five mile radius, the reality is quite different: not only do I have to be selective with my purchases, since I'm primarily a brick-and-mortar toy shopper, distribution plays a big part. Sometimes I can't afford to blow my budget on a figure, sometimes I never find a particular toy on the shelves; and sometimes it just doesn't seem like a good deal, like buying one just for a build-a-figure piece.
And then sometimes, it all falls into place: previously we've seen the Wal-Mart exclusive Marvel Legends Nova and Tigra, but then after that Black Bolt and Beast sold out, and I gave up on any chance of putting together Nemesis (Holocaust). But, just like true love and disfiguring accidents, when you least expect it...
The four figures I needed, on clearance, five bucks each. While I might have preferred the red Daredevil or the skull-masked Punisher, I was not about to look that gift horse in the mouth. This also makes Nemesis the first builder I've completed since...DCUC's Metamorpho, back in wave one of that line? Seriously?
Nemesis is a great figure, but a warning: you will break the little peg that holds his clear faceshield/helmet thing on. Just accept it as a given, and move on. Once you reattach it somehow--I'm using the blue adhesive putty I use for everything--you'll be fine, and you'll love him.
Wait, 'love'? Whoa, now hold the phone, Mabel: don't put Nemesis anywhere near your Galactus or Sentinel build-a-figures, unless you want to be sad: while the character shouldn't be as big as either of those two (who could also, in scale, be bigger...) Nemesis is less than about half their size. That's a little unfair, since Nemesis is pretty much in-line or comparable with current build-a-figures like Metamorpho or Gorilla Grodd. (Best guess, Atom-Smasher would be a bit taller but narrower?) And I have to find the old "Dark Nemesis" figure, since while he was a bit small at the time, his gun-hand looked like a gun-hand: ML Nemesis' hand looks like a polyhedron, like he's got a twenty-sided die for a fist. So, not saying Nemesis is terrible, but light won't open from the heavens for him, either, sorry.
You can check out a brief appearance of Nemesis, as Holocaust, here, as he gets bwaam!ed in the face by Thor's hammer. I know I've read more comics with Nemesis, but I'm not sure I still have them. With X-Man, he snuck out of the end of the Age of Apocalypse, and showed up every once in a while as the muscle: Nemesis doesn't seem like a big thinker. He also appears in the Legacy Quest Trilogy novels by Steve Lyons.
Some brief thoughts on the rest: although he wore that costume for about fifteen minutes in continuity, the yellow Daredevil is a nice figure. Ditto the Bradstreet-esque Punisher. The new Beast, though...he's not just a little short on the articulation, he's a little short compared to the old (ML 4, a bazillion years ago) Beast. I know there's been some grousing about Black Bolt's wings, but they didn't bother me; but I haven't really kicked that figure around much yet.
For a solid review, check out this one at It's All True. It's nice to have Marvel Legends back, but I'm waiting for the next one to knock my socks off.
Labels: Beast, Daredevil, Not a Review, Punisher, Toys
There was a farm that had a SCREAM, and Woodgod was its name-oh.
OK, that's terrible. But barely after mentioning my surprise at having a comic featuring Woodgod, I get his first two appearances from the quarter box. His debut in Marvel Premiere #31, "Birthday!" is grim, 70's sci-fi: man tampering in God's domain, even with the best of intentions; coupled with man's fear of the unknown, the different, etc. It's not readily apparent that Woodgod's story takes place in the Marvel Universe, at least until his next appearance in Marvel Team-Up #53. That issue is better known for being John Byrne's first work on the X-Men, and there's a kinda sweet two-page spread of Spidey and the X-Men flying home in the (rarely seen since) X-Shuttle, but there's also this:
What is Wolverine doing there, with his fist up by his shoulder, and his claws shorter than his fingers? Well, I've seen Wolvie drawn multiple times with claws far too long to fit in his forearms, so this is at least a pleasant change.
At any rate, the Hulk's showed up at Woodgod's small town of Liberty, New Mexico; shortly after the nerve gas explosion that killed the townspeople and Woodgod's parents. The Hulk decides to claim the pleasantly humanless town for himself, until Woodgod attacks him, still in a rage from his parents' death. Later, the X-Men's Banshee drops Spidey off there, since Peter's acting like a reporter for some reason, and where the "anti-radiation mist" they received the previous issue (Giant-Size Marvel Team-Up #1) protects Spidey from the nerve gas. You know, they should've just said, 'because' and left it at that.
Now that I've run across another batch of Woodgod appearances, I can't stop seeing them: looking up Woodgod at GCD, there were more of them that I had! He appeared in Quasar twice, which is more than I had thought, OK, but he also was in Earth X? Really? More than once? Man, I wasn't going to re-read that one for a while, but it may be coming up...
Maybe I should mention some other series, and see if it magically appears in the quarter boxes now. Like Miracleman. Well, that seems unlikely: even quarter-box condition issues of that would go for a bit. Even though I've seen a lot of scans and recaps and whatnot, I've never read an actual, in hand Miracleman comic. But I do remember seeing the back-issue ads that warned about the issue featuring "graphic depictions of childbirth," and I remember thinking yeah, maybe I'll stick with Solo Avengers or something.
Panels from Marvel Premiere #31, "Birthday!" Conceived and written by Bill Mantlo, pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Klaus Janson. (God, I can't see Keith Giffen's name with that, without picturing Woodgod with the Justice League International: Woodgod going on and on about death and calling it 'scream,' so Beetle thinks he's just a Courtney Cox fan or something, while Guy keeps riding Woodgod to put on some damn pants.) And Marvel Team-Up #53, "Nightmare in New Mexico!" Written by Bill Mantlo, pencils by John Byrne, inks by Frank Giacoia. I think I have a reprint of the next issue, which somehow ends with Spider-Man getting his ass launched into space, for the next issue with Warlock. All of which is why Spidey is increasingly reluctant to leave New York City...
Labels: Hulk, John Byrne, Nightcrawler, Spider-Man, Wolverine didn't have a tag before now, Woodgod
Apparently, Germany was this close to annexing Qward in the big one:
I've mentioned my hapless (and still weaponless!) DCIH Weaponers of Qward here before, and while there's six of them; they're no match for the German soldiers I got on sale! While one is from the Indiana Jones line, the rest are Ultimate Solder XD 1:18 Germans, and were fifty cents a piece. They're probably a touch oversized for G.I. Joes or Marvel Universe figures (and of course the Weaponers are a touch shorter than that) but they aren't too far off.
This whole pile of figures cost me about eleven bucks, but on this thread from the Fwoosh you can check out some far more substantial army builders. Some are so large, I have no idea how the collector got them all to stand at once, to say nothing of what they would've cost. Check it out!
This Spider-Clone recap is a lot less painful, if you didn't pay for those comics...
From Spider-Man: 101 Ways to End the Clone Saga, written by Mark Bernardo, pencils by Ben Herrera, inks by Mike Christian. The 1990's Spider-Man editorial crew, writers, and passersby debate and suggest multiple ways to wrap up the Spider-Clone storyline, which had already snowballed out of control.
I dug this issue back up, since over at the ever-entertaining Doomkopf a recent post asked the imminently fair question, who's bright idea was it to revisit the Clone Saga? Not to encourage going back to the well or anything, but there was plenty of other wells to choose from, don't go back to the poisoned water-hole.
My question is: If you go by the theory that all of Spidey's stories, from 1962 on, are compressed in Marvel time into a sliding timeline of the last ten years or so; then how long was the Clone Saga for Spidey? A year or more? A couple of months? A few weeks? A really hectic afternoon? Keep in mind...I don't really care enough to look up exactly how long the Clone Saga ran for the poor fans that were buying it. (Oh, all right: from October 1994 to December 1996.)
Two more prescient bits from 101 Ways, after the break!
Glenn Greenberg shoots down a possible resolution, that would also have written Mary Jane Watson-Parker out of the book, on the grounds that she was still pretty popular. (Maybe that should be 'pretty, popular.') That seems to be a problem the Spider-books still reoccurringly struggle with, and arguably have since well before this issue as well: The creators and the fans like MJ, and want her around; but seemingly don't want Peter to be 'tied down.' (Supposedly. I don't think I had a problem with married Spider-Man, but I don't buy enough new Spidey comics to have a vote!)
And I'm positive someone else must've pointed this out by now: the "Greenberg Gambit," a last ditch attempt at appeasing both the Ben Reilly fans and the Peter Parker hardcore: mysterious villain Scrier was really Mephisto in disguise, who tries to take "Ben's" soul by throwing "Peter" back in time: Peter and Ben were the same person all along, just at different points in the timestream. One editor points out that "seems a little cosmic for Spidey," while continuity expert Peter B. Gillis seemingly undercuts the idea by noting, "If Mephisto is the prince of lies...why should anyone, including the reader, believe him?" Man, wish you'd been in on One More Day, Mr. Gillis...
This is a silly little read, but it may just alleviate a bit of the pain the Clone Saga may have caused you. Plus, if you find a copy, you can check out Tom DeFalco's two word solution, which was at least partially used!
Labels: Spider-Man, The Doom guys have better nicknames
Supergirl/Wonder Girl 5: Just because they can't see your panties, doesn't make you a role model.
I'm pretty sure there's been Superman stories back in the fifties where he gets all fat, and I'm also sure there's been multiple tales of him getting overpowered, with at least a few of those showing Supes hulking out like a steroid victim. But I don't know if Supergirl has gone through the same stories or not. And she had a ton of red Kryptonite stories: where Superman would usually have something weird happen like growing a third eye or an indestructible beard or a hump or something; Kara seemed to turn evil more often than not. (Maybe. I'm probably misremembering, but red Kryptonite did feature in most of her early Legion of Super Heroes appearances.)
The title today is a reference to a recent DC Comics editorial edict about Supergirl getting some nice shorts or something, to cut down on the upskirt panty shots. Great, but that probably could've been handled, hmm, more discretely, maybe? I don't know. It's a stereotype, but I suppose an outfit that a superpowered, parentless, teenage girl would actually wear would be scandalous, at best. Man, I'm glad I have sons...
Previous episodes: one and two and three and four.
Labels: Supergirl/Wonder Girl
Not everyone has their OHOTMU handy, Kurt.
For the sadly deprived among you, "OHOTMU" is the abbreviation for the Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe. I love those. Go and look up whether Sam "Falcon" Wilson is a mutant or not, I'll wait...
And I have to wonder if that's a common stereotype in the Marvel Universe, that all mutants have healing factors, or claws, or are Canadian. There used to be a lot more uggos, Morlock-types, obvious mutants who couldn't and probably wouldn't blend in with polite society; but post-"No More Mutants," it seems like the majority of remaining mutants are, well, hot. Even if you haven't read an X-Men book in ten years, I bet you could name ten female mutants, and unless you started with Callisto and Destiny, I bet they all look great in a swimsuit.
I suppose an anti-mutant bigot could hate a hot X-Man, true. But I haven't been reading the X-books that closely, and am not sure how the haters' movement could be on such a big upswing, since humanity outnumbers mutants several million to one. Unless they're all just jealous.
Previous episodes: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine. More on Kurt's powers next week, and Supergirl/Wonder Girl later today!
Labels: Falcon, Nightcrawler, OHOTMU
Just like that, Morbius never felt guilty about drinking blood again:
I took pictures for this short one last weekend, then had a severe bout of lazy, and didn't finish it up. (Doctor Who marathon on BBC America and NFL opening weekend did not help, either.) Back to work!
I personally prefer my vampires to be monsters. Soulless aberrations. Undead abominations. Get a stick and kill it. That's not to say they can't be intelligent or erudite, but as a rule of thumb, they're the bad guys. Even the exceptions, like Angel or Hannibal King or Cassidy from Preacher, seem to spend a lot of time killing their less-nice brethren. (I'm pretty sure Cass killed a vamp or two in a special...)
So I wasn't a big Anne Rice fan in her heyday, and I'm avoiding Twilight like crazy. Possibly because I've worked my way out of teen angst and into adult malaise; or more likely because once I heard the vampires "sparkle" I wanted no part of that. (My Oldest liked the first book and movie, although I'm sure I annoyed him no end by repeatedly asking "How do you kill the vampires again?")
Which brings us the long way around to Morbius, the Living Vampire. Over at the Hurting, Tim O'Neil referred to Morby as his least favorite Marvel character ever. Which is more than fair: I cheerfully concede, I don't think there's ever been a Morbius comic that's been good.
More behind the break!
But the potential...I will steadfastly defend the potential of Morbius. Not because he's a vampire, because he's weak. I've gone over this before, but Morbius is intriguing since despite any good intentions he may have, he always ends up taking the path of least resistance.
Consider: when he finds out he's dying of a rare blood disease, Morbius never tells his girlfriend Martine; he takes her on a cruise where he's running experiments to try and save himself. Immediately after turning into a living vampire, Morbius drinks his lab assistant's blood; then, revolted at what he's done and the idea that Martine might see him, he throws himself overboard. Later in the series, rather than lose the mortally wounded Martine, Morbius turns her into a vampire. At least, that's how I remember it; somehow, Martine may have ended up a traditional, undead vampire. But the point is, rather than accept her loss, grieve, and get over it; Morbius goes to extreme measures to avoid that, leaving no one happy--he later breaks up with Martine, who by this point is pissed off at Morbius on multiple levels, and killing more people.
And all of that pales in comparison to his junkie-like addiction to blood. Now that one isn't necessarily Morbius' fault, maybe; but he seems compelled to drink it out of someone's neckhole, rather than rob a bloodbank or take donations or any other means that don't involve an exsanguinated corpse and Morby crying with remorse. I'm not sure how much blood Morbius needs to survive, but perversely, he seems to be able to resist the craving until he hits a point where he's not only going to feed, he's going to suck all the fluids out of the next person he sees, killing them: if he fed a little at a time, he would probably kill a lot less people.
The trouble (or one trouble) with turning Morbius into a movie, is the same problem he had with his own comic: Morbius is the bad guy. He kills people. Yeah, he feels bad about it, and is trying to avoid killing any more, but that doesn't make his victims any less dead. (At the very least, even if Morby doesn't kill his victims, being wrestled to the ground and bit can't be a picnic for them.) To generate sympathy for Morbius, the temptation is to make the villain more horrible; like actual vampires, aliens, or law enforcement/government types that want Morbius for a weapon, for dissection, or just dead. Simon Stroud from the old comics only partially fit that shoe: assigned to the Morbius case, he doesn't believe in vampires or monsters initially. When the evidence comes in, though, he steps up to silver weapons and wooden stakes matter-of-factly. (Even though Morbius isn't specifically vulnerable to those, a silver bullet could kill him just as easily as a lead one.)
I am curious as to if the recent Disney/Marvel deal will be in Morbius' favor; and I would guess that if some other studio had the rights for him, they would have to get on the ball to use them before they lapsed back to Disney. Maybe Disney can improve Marvel's typical track record for hopping on a bandwagon: if Marvel wanted to cash in on Twilight, you could expect a teen Morbius limited series in 2015...
The first two scans are from Morbius #27, written by Lisa Trusiani, pencils by Craig Gilmore, inks by Rick Bryant. The third, from Morbius #32, "The River Runs Red" Written by Lisa Trusiani, pencils by Fabio Laguna, inks by Mike Witherby. It is entirely possible that Trusiani was the only female Marvel writer at the time, 1995; but she was saddled with some of the ugliest art you'll ever find. #32 was the last issue, and judging by the hasty wrapup of a couple plotlines, it seemed to perhaps (somehow) have come suddenly.
Labels: Morbius the Underrated Vampire, the end
Who's flying the damn ship? Cadets?
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Now, if you hit up a good online retailer like Big Bad Toy Store, you could probably get the second wave of Playmates Star Trek 3-3/4" figures, which would include the ten additional pieces you would need to complete the previously available Enterprise bridge playset/mat. BBTS has a preorder available here, which may very likely be the only way to go if you're interested: the first wave was heavily stocked. Heavily. To the point that I suspect a lot of retailers aren't going to be jumping up and down at the chance to put more on the shelf; and no doubt the second wave is going to be underordered.
That said, the 3-3/4" figures aren't great. For a dollar each, I'm not complaining (much) but I don't think I'd go in with both feet there. I have seen the bridge set marked down a little so far, but I probably wouldn't pay more than say, five bucks for it: it's a mat with a captain's chair, viewscreen, and a lot of empty spots for the consoles and chairs that come with the figures. A mat. I mean, really: a plastic base that the consoles could attach to; that would be tempting, but a mat? For one thing, there's no way to set up the bridge, then move it.
Wait, I do believe the bridge also comes with a Captain Kirk figure, but you have to buy another one to get the console piece; and I think they're the same yellow-shirt version. (I had forgotten until recently, Kirk doesn't even wear that uniform until the very end of the movie...oh, "spoiler.") Not only is that kind of a burn on customers who are buying up the whole set; but it seems like making the bridge version a more desirable variant possibly would have pushed sales more. Some Kirks in other uniforms are coming in the second wave, but the bridge one could've been battle-damaged or shirtless or something, I don't know.
I must confess, that completed bridge does look moderately sharp in the photos (one more link to BBTS!) but I don't know if I've seen any reviews or anything for it. If interested, I would recommend buying the clearance or marked down figures, and cobbling it together on the cheap; unless you're the anal detail-oriented fan who can't stand the idea of an ops console where the science station should be.
In other news, this weekend the Youngest cracked me one in the face with my Jabba the Hutt action figure. Jabba is hard plastic, not squishy as one might hope, and it bled a little. In the Youngest's defense, he did warn me a couple of times that he was going to "whack daddy." He did get a stern talking to, I can tell you that...
Labels: pulse pounding senses shattering action packed Star Trek panel, Toys, vile speculation
Your Happenstance panels for today:
Another day, another flying car that's somehow not Nick Fury's, from Planetary #23, "Percussion" Written by Warren Ellis, art by John Cassaday. This time, it's Fury-homage John Stone, Agent of S.T.O.R.M, which would be both a precursor of Stormwatch, and a homage to Fury's S.H.I.E.L.D. I'm not sure they ever say what S.T.O.R.M. stood for, though.
Stone would get a helluva comeuppance later, in Planetary #25, "in from the cold" by Ellis and Cassaday again. While he put up a good fight with gadgets that seemed cribbed from both classic and Ultimate versions of Fury, Stone would eventually receive a thorough and prolonged asswhupping from Jakita Wagner.
Re-read all of Planetary last weekend, to get ready to the last issue, due October 7! Can't wait.
Labels: Planetary, Warren Ellis
This is a better answer for the Hawkeye-to-Ronin switch.
Admittedly, it could be anyone under that mask, and I haven't read those Daredevil issues with Echo for a long time; but it's a lot easier to picture a guy in that suit, isn't it? Unless the identity of Ronin is like Captain Universe: "The Hero that could be You!"
OK, I'd prefer to have Clint Barton back as Hawkeye; and have the Ronin suit passed around like a headcold. I'd make the joke that no matter who wears it, they always look like that, whether it's a grown man in peak physical condition, an 8-year-old girl, or a morbidly obese man. Or make it a cheesy-fun game: on every Avengers mission, somebody wears the Ronin outfit; ostensibly for the element of surprise. Maybe you can work it out by process of elimination, or maybe someone unexpected has been called in to fill those shoes. Is it Spider-Man? Quasar? The fifties Captain America? 3-D Man? Who? You wouldn't know until they started using their powers, if any, or by any distinctive speech patterns. (Not everyone gets yellow balloons.)
It's also unsettling to see Clint waving a sword around instead of a bow, but it actually makes sense: back in early Avengers stories, it was established that he was trained in archery by sometimes Avengers foe the Swordsman. Leading to the obvious question, why would the Swordsman train archery? Although I suppose you shouldn't assume he doesn't have other skills and interests, the name hints at a different speciality. So, years later, in Solo Avengers, Hawkeye's archery coach was revealed to be a fat guy named Trick Shot. Yeah, I don't think those were great issues...let's just say the Swordsman cross-trained Clint, 'kay?
This Marvel Universe Ronin figure was $3 at Wal-Mart, not too shabby. The plastic feels different, though. I did pick up a little fistful of cheap stuff yesterday, so more will be up next week.
Labels: Green Arrow, Hawkeye, Ronin
Supergirl/Wonder Girl 4: It says something when your new girlfriend has the same name...
The quiet (and recently replaced) Batgirl, Cassandra Cain, seems doomed to be one of those female characters seemingly beloved by all but unable to translate that into sales. I never read a ton of books with her, but the idea of her dating the vastly less-competent Conner (still misspelled in the strips, sorry) could be ripe for comedy. Which doesn't seem like her forte, but still.
After being mishandled after the end of her book and then fighting her way back into the role, Cassandra recently passed the Batgirl cowl to Stephanie Brown, formerly the Spoiler, formerly Robin, formerly dead. Steph's death as the result of her trying to run one of Batman's plans without Batman in War Games was retconned into a fake; and that's why Bats never had her costume in the trophy case of the honored dead. Yeah...let's move on, yes?
I don't know if Wonder Girl Cassie knew about Batgirl Cassandra's brief romance with Superboy Conner (there's been like five versions of each of these characters, so you have to use both names...) but she doesn't seem like the type to be cool about it.
Labels: not that Batgirl the other one, Supergirl/Wonder Girl
Hawk-pology
Previous episodes: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.
I think Kurt could give Carter a good fight, but not in a closed space like the apartment. It may seem counter-intuitive to give Hawkman room to fly, but Kurt is going to take more lumps trying to go toe-to-toe there.
And I don't read Justice Society of America regularly, and I'm not sure if Hawkman's even a current member; but I do know they've recently expanded their roster with a number of legacy heroes. Typically, if you're using the same name as a guy that wore a mask and maybe hit a Nazi once, you can get a spot on the team. Probably not a good spot, though: putting aside any actual hierarchy or chain-of-command, figure there's the old guard: the elder Green Lantern, Flash, maybe Hawkman depending on when you ask him. Then, there's a couple relative newcomers, who would certainly be the senior staff on any team not featuring WWII vets; like Power Girl and Mr. Terrific. Then there's everyone else, collectively doomed to be seen as the junior members even if they're on the team for forty years. And they're not gonna be there, for forty years...
Labels: Falcon, Justice League Society Friends, Nightcrawler, the unbearable futility of Hawkman
What I'm reading right this second (two weeks ago):
Re-read Bill Sienkiewicz's Stray Toasters this afternoon. While it's definitely not for everyone, my god, the art. I'm pretty sure it's been collected, but I have the Epic Comics issues; and it occurs to me that since those little volumes fit on my bookshelf (my creaking, overloaded bookshelf...) I read it more often than I do, say, Elektra: Assassin. And I'm just about positive I bought both of those from a used bookstore-slash-comic shop in Missoula, MT, for somewhere between dirt and cheap.
Also dirt cheap? A two-issue Flash Gordon story, from Marvel. ("Marvel Select" on the cover.) Written by Mark Schultz, art by Al Williamson; and seemingly published because it was something those two felt like doing. Without having read a lot of the old-school strips, it feels very true to them. Not a bad little read, especially as a palate cleanser after Stray Toasters, eh?
Labels: Bill Sienkiewicz is awesome, Flash Gordon
Of course, Byrne came up with this, because he was already tired of typing 'Kltpzyxm.'
Even though I've never actually heard it, I still sing the "Big Belly Burger" jingle to my Youngest, usually while tickling his big belly. From The Adventures of Superman #441, "The Tiny Terror of Tinseltown!" In case you can't hold your monitor up to a mirror: Script and plot by John Byrne, pencils and plot by Jerry Ordway, inks by Dennis Janke. This was a Mr. Mxyzptlk issue, the second part of his second post-Crisis appearance.
Even though I'm not a huge fan of Mxy's, this is a high point for him. This would also be the first time he would diverge from the classic "make me say my name backwards" rule, into whatever terms he decided on the current visit.
This time, after Supes wraps up Mxy's Smurf knock-offs, Mxyzptlk tells Supes he'll go back to the fifth dimension, if Supes can get him to paint his face blue. As Mxy gets ready to go under the stage lights of a game show, he bypasses Superman's obvious trap, to fall victim to the real ruse: color-changing makeup, inspired by a similar device used in the play Finian's Rainbow. Well, duh. Everyone knows that...
Also this issue: subplots with Cat Whatsername (who has a conversation with her young son, who as much as calls her easy to her face), Lois working leads on a Lex Luthor story, the reboot circus mentalist Brainiac (man, did that seem like a misfire), a mysterious girl in a red-and-blue costume in Antarctica, a shadowy figure wrecking up a Lexcorp oil rig, and a cameo appearance from Streaky! At least five pages devoted to future story threads, which seems maybe a page or two on the excessive side; but I think it kept readers coming back, didn't it?
Plus ads for enduring classics like Manhunter! (The John Ostrander/Doug Rice version...well, I liked it.) Action Comics Weekly! (Um...) Aquaman: The Missing Peace! (Didn't even rate a full page? Harsh.) The Wanderers! (DC, just because you still have the Wanderers name, doesn't mean you're obligated to use it. Just a head's up.) And The Killing Joke! (That's more like it. Batman isn't even mentioned in the ad...) Well worth seventy-five cents!
Labels: John Byrne, Mxyzptlk, Superman
Wish I remembered how I balanced that...
Just a quick one: I had wanted to set this up for a while, a meeting of the disappointing DCIH Superman (not a great sculpt, not overly poseable, overall super-blah) and the slightly-less disappointing Doomsday from the pre-DC Universe Classics Superman line. Doomsday looks nice, but is just out-of-scale with the DCUC figures; he probably needed to be at least an inch and change taller and wider. So, I thought maybe he'd look better with a smaller Superman...
And I gotta say...not quite. Now Doomsday's too big, isn't he? And without looking at The Death of Superman, just from memory, wasn't Doomsday beefier? Well, worth a try.
In other news, the other day I got another DCIH Weaponer of Qward, bringing my squad total to six. Really need to look into getting the poor guys some weapons...
Labels: DC Infinite Heroes, Doomsday vs. Spider-Hulk would be a million seller, Superman
Your Happenstance panel for today:
A quick panel from Scott Lobdell and Alan Davis's Fantastic Four #3, "Happy New Year, Reed Richards...now Die!" (Inks by Mark Farmer.) Lobdell would stick around for the next issue, credited for story, but with #4 Claremont would start up. I'm not sure why, exactly; Lobdell and Davis were doing pretty well themselves, and why wouldn't Claremont take the reins from the first issue?
Anyway, this issue featuring a pretty good scheme from the newly super-intelligent Super Apes, of 'The Red Ghost and...' The Red Ghost is having problems, though, since he appears to have become as dumb as the Apes have smart; and the Apes' powers all seemingly overlap now. In fact, once Reed defeats them, he worries that the same blending of powers and personalities could happen to himself and the rest of the FF. Which was never brought up again, to the best of my knowledge.
Also this ish: three pages devoted to the partial debut of the next big FF baddie, Crucible! Yeah, no one cares. His big claim to fame would be training with the same monks that helped Doctor Doom burn a mask to his face. I'm sure he'll be as well remembered as the Marquis of Evil or whatever the recent plotline with Doom's mentor was...
And on the last page, setting up next month's double-sized issue with Terminus, Alicia Masters, and the Silver Surfer? The Mole Man, in a towel. Yeah, I'm not scanning that. You're welcome.
Labels: Fantastic Four, Mad Monks of Marvel
Who remembers the Torch of Liberty? Show of hands...
I swear, it's like a Crisis retconned him right out. And I'm only half joking!
The Torch of Liberty was John Byrne's Captain America-homage character, appearing in backups in Danger Unlimited and later his own special. The special is pretty light, featuring the Torch and his sidekick Radio Girl facing the menace of Lenin's Ghost in the fifties. I do seem to recall his origin in Danger Unlimited as being a bit more heavy, however; and I might have to see if I still have that series somewhere. (It wasn't bad, even if my main recollection is "obvious Human Torch analog wakes up in the future, forms new team to fight his Doctor Doom." Pretty sure it was better than I'm making it sound, too.)
But the Torch is probably better known to longtime Hellboy readers, as being on the scene when Hellboy was first discovered by Professor Bruttenholm and a division of American soldiers. Later, the Torch would teach Hellboy to shoot (or at least try, he never would be a very good shot in the comics) and gave Hellboy his trademark pistol. Remember, in the first Hellboy series, creator Mike Mignola wasn't sure of his scripting skills, and called in Byrne to help out.
However, I'm not sure if the Torch of Liberty hasn't been retconned out of Hellboy: after all, Mignola wouldn't own that character, and might have to pay for his use. Hellboy has since lost that gun (prior to the Island, off the top of my head) and I don't think the Torch appears in the group shot of Hellboy's birth anymore. (I have to look that one up.) Still, this could just be because as the Hellboy/B.P.R.D. universe progressed, I don't think they had costumed heroes there. (Except in crossovers.)
This reminds me of when Image started, and everyone used each other's characters; partly to give the feel of a big, fully-formed universe; and partly to hype up each other's books. In the original origin of Todd McFarlane's Spawn, Al Simmons was killed by Rob Liefeld's Chapel, of Youngblood. When Liefeld left Image, Chapel was retconned into another character, Jessica Priest. That's the trouble with playing with toys that don't belong to you: eventually, they might ask for them back...
Still, the Torch of Liberty doesn't even have his own Wikipedia page, so I couldn't say for sure why he's on the outs. Probably nothing to it...probably. Panel from The Torch of Liberty Special, story by John Byrne, art by Kieron Dwyer.
Labels: John Byrne
Supergirl/Wonder Girl 3: Batman never has this problem with the Joker, since he's never funny.
Previous episodes: one and two.
Even though generally DC heroes are supposed to be stoic and all-business in battle, I can't remember the Joker (or the Riddler, the Prankster, or any other allegedly funny villain) ever busting out a line that might conceivably get a chuckle out of the hero. Bizarros, though...that, and I think I'd have a hard time staying mad at Bizarro, and his earnest stupidity. Although, some artists draw him less Silver-age blocky and more zombie-like, which does lessen the charm.
And even though Kara doesn't do a terrible job of Supergirl, I would wager she has received more lectures from Superman, than anyone else has ever, from anyone, in the history of anything.
Facing the business end of the comfy chair.
I made this strip back in July, so I had sure as hell better be ahead of schedule now...Previous episodes: one, two, three, four, five, six and seven.
Without the mitigating influence of his lovely wife Hawkwoman--who is nowhere to be found yet in my area, along with the rest of that wave--Hawkman can be a bit of a jerk. Usually, it's not as noticeable, since his jerkiness plays against other jerks like Green Arrow. And maces in the house? Didn't his mom ever tell him to take it outside?
(Does Hawkman even have a mom in regular DC continuity? I know his dad played a bigger role in the Hawkworld series, but I can't recall his mom ever being mentioned. And how much would it suck to give birth to this new baby, that's been reincarnated about fifty times? Granted, I don't think he knows anything from the start, but still, it'd have to take off some of that new baby luster.)
Labels: Falcon, homemade posts, Nightcrawler, the unbearable futility of Hawkman
Sure, "Do Not Panic!" is good advice, it's just a bit redundant is all.
I mean, how often are you told; go ahead, now's a good time to freak out?
Anyway, posting may be a little hit-and-miss for a bit: work is well, working me over more than usual, and I'm trying to take care of a few things at home. Before you think, oh no, how terrible; bear in mind one of the things I'm trying to wrap up is resetting my action figure shelves. Although, that is a two-man job...
So, today we have a good piece of advice from Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, "Do Not Panic!" Originally presented in Strange Tales #95, reprinted in Curse of the Weird #1, and I think I saw that twist ending in an EC Comic earlier, as well.
New strips tomorrow, and we'll see for the rest of the week! Man, it's a short one, I should knock something out...
Labels: Lee and Ditko
I should apologize to Alan Moore for this one, but I won't.
Shoot, I had this one scheduled, but was supposed to get back in time to retitle and note it. That didn't happen...I think I set it for the wrong day, too.
Anyway, the Comedian and Silk Spectre were $3.99 a piece at Hot Topic; which made them pretty irresistible. I would've preferred Rorschach and Nite Owl, but those could still show up on sale down the road. As is often the case, these two from DC Direct look great but aren't putting the 'action' back in action figures: not a lot of useful articulation there. Still, not too shabby.
And the joke is the pretty obvious one, if you've read Watchmen and end up with those two figures...
Oh, I'm sure Egypt loves being compared to a mummy, yeah.
Hmm, I wasn't expecting to find an interesting page in Marvel Two-in-One #95. The last year or two of the book was generally done-in-one throwaway stories with the Thing and whoever needed their copyright renewed that month; and was winding down to it's last issue, #100. Of course, this is by no means a modern comic classic: archeologist gone bad Gamal Hassan sends a mystic crown to Alicia, putting her under his power and putting the Thing on the case. Not that it's in the yellow pages or anything, but maybe it would've been easier to find a blind sculptress that isn't the Thing's girlfriend, genius. It's not really clear why exactly he needs a blind artist, either, but Hassan sets her to work finding the Spirit Gem of Nephrus. Well, after dressing Alicia in a pretty skimpy outfit, anyway.
For some reason, Hassan's "innoculous archaeological dig" has automated rocket launcher defenses.
More after the break!
Eventually, N'kantu, the Living Mummy shows up; the soul of his old enemy Nephrus takes over Hassan, and violence insues. Ben and N'kantu don't fare that well, and in the end Alicia turns the crown on the gem. She plainly says she can't kill Nephrus, but totally does. Hmm. All's well that ends well, except for N'kantu, who's still a shambling mockery of a man unable to even die.
Or sort of unable to die. I mean, really, he's a mummy: he's gotta be flammable as hell. And 90% of his problems would be solved by learning english, or at least some modern language; and by wearing clothes over the bandages. The only other N'kantu appearance I have, was in Captain America #361; but that's exactly what I love about the Marvel Universe: it's stuffed to the gills full of super-heroes, Micronauts, giant Shogun Warriors, Godzilla, and ROM; but still has a place for the old school monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Mummy. And N'kantu actually appeared in Civil War, if you can believe it...
Panels from Marvel Two-in-One #95, "The Power to Live...the Power to Die!..." Scripted by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by Alan Kupperberg, inks by Jon D'agostino.
Labels: monster vs. monster, the Thing
Supergirl/Wonder Girl 2: Every time she hears, 'can you hear me now?' Kara dies a little inside.
Short one today, but there's longer ones later. It all evens out, promise.
Make 'em say 'Nth.'
This may be my most featherbrained strip ever! Previous episodes: one, two, three, four, and five, and six.
It would've been nice to have a bigger Stratos for this, but I haven't shelled out for the new Masters of the Universe figures. Come to think of it, I haven't seen Hawkgirl yet, either...
Labels: Falcon, homemade posts, the unbearable futility of Hawkman, X-Men Angel
He could have been someone. A Transformer, maybe.
(EDIT: I wrote this a couple days ago, before Death's Head became a Disney character! Unfortunately, I was working overtime yesterday and couldn't slap together a post on the Marvel-Disney deal. I am waiting with bated breath to see if Oubliette from Marvel Boy will become a Disney princess, though.)
In the comments a couple days back, Chiasaur11 (who needs to leave a link, if he's not already in the sidebar!) mentioned Death's Head, a Marvel character that has gone through a few different versions. Most of whom I'm not familar with: a third version was introduced a couple years ago in Amazing Fantasy, and I recall seeing Death's Head 2.0 in a lot of ads and covers for Marvel's UK books: he looked like a cross between the X-Men's Colossus and Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer. Pretty metal, but it had the reek of trying too hard to be extreme. Especially since the first version was pretty good from the start.
Created by Simon Furman and Geoff Senior, Death's Head was originally intended to be a throwaway bounty hunter character in Marvel's Transformers comic. But they liked the design too much to just use once, and arrangements were made for his first appearance to be in a one page strip so the rights wouldn't revert to Hasbro. A swell idea, that may have cost DH an action figure...
The character was a time-travelling, robot bounty hunter antihero; which sounds like just throwing together a lot of "kewl" elements. But, Death's Head somehow transcends that, at least in short bursts: he showed up in Marvel Comics Presents, She-Hulk, and probably most famously, Walt Simonson's Fantastic Four. There's something about him, perhaps the interesting design. Especially the face, which is alternately pointy-scary or mugging and comedic. (Like Deadpool or Spider-Man's masks, DH's face probably shouldn't have any change of expression, but artistic license says it does.) And Death's Head talks funny, or at least funny for comics, ending most of his sentences as questions, yes? Like this, huh? Not annoying at all, yes?
I guess Death's Head was a larger character when he was in Transformers, but was shrunk in an issue of Doctor Who. I want to say by the fifth Doctor, but the seventh may have messed with DH a time or two as well. In the prior issue, the Doctor also as much as calls DH a soulless automaton, incapable of learning, at least in terms of personal growth; and tells the uncaring robot that he will just go on forever, doing the same things, over and over and over. Geez, that's a little harsh, Doctor; what did robots ever do to you?...oh, right.
(Actually, that may be not be accurate: how many Dr. Who monsters are bona-fide, 100% non-organic robots? Both the Cybermen and the Daleks have organic components. And I don't know if someone who had K-9 would be so unsympathetic to robots.)
Panels from Death's Head #9, "Clobberin' Time!" Written by Simon Furman, art by Geoff Senior. Cover by Walt Simonson!
Labels: Death's Head, Fantastic Four
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Benjamin R. Warrick
Frank L. Bradshaw
Justin L. Lockamy
Mr. Warrick is a native of North Carolina and was born in Johnston County. Mr. Warrick has practiced law in Sampson County since 1967. He attended UNC-Chapel Hill where he received both his undergraduate degree and law degree. He is married to Pat Warrick, and they have two daughters and two grandchildren.
Mr. Warrick practices in the areas of special proceedings, estate planning, real estate, corporate law, and other general civil areas. Mr. Warrick represents The Big Blue Store of Clinton, Inc., the City of Clinton, the County of Sampson, the Sampson County Department of Social Services, and numerous other companies and entities. Mr. Warrick has represented clients before both the North Carolina Supreme Court and the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Mr. Warrick has also been listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Mr. Warrick has been an active member of the community and has served on various boards including the Board of Trustees of Branch Banking and Trust and the Clinton City Schools' Board of Education. In 2011, Mr. Warrick was inducted into the North Carolina Bar Association's General Practice Hall of Fame.
EDUCATION: UNC-Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1962; UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, J.D., 1965
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Orkaan Zeta was de achtentwintigste depressie, zevenentwintigste storm en de elfde orkaan van het Atlantisch orkaanseizoen 2020. De orkaan volgde in de voetsporen van Gamma en orkaan Delta, die respectievelijk 3 en 2 weken eerder dezelfde route volgden. Zeta was de recordbrekende vijfde tropische cycloon in 2020 die in Louisiana aan land kwam.

Verloop
Op 14 oktober 2020 begon de NHC met het volgen van een nog onontwikkeld lagedrukgebied, die in de Caraïbische Zee zou ontstaan. Nadat er 5 dagen lang geen lagedrukgebied ontstond door ongunstige factoren, ontstond er op 19 oktober eindelijk een trog, maar de kans dat dit uit zou groeien tot een tropische cycloon werd volgens de NHC steeds kleiner, totdat zij volledig stopten met het volgen van de trog op 21 oktober. Iets later op diezelfde dag gaf de NHC de trog wéér een kans om een tropische cycloon te worden, nu het systeem naar de Bahama's zou trekken. Dit gebeurde uiteindelijk niet, maar organisatie en convectie nam wel toe in de trog. Ook ontstond er nu eindelijk een gesloten lagedrukgebied.

Op 24 oktober werd dit lagedrukgebied Tropische depressie 28, terwijl deze door weinig stuurfactoren boven de Caribische Zee bleef hangen. Een paar uur later, op 25 oktober, versterkte 28 tot een tropische storm en kreeg deze de naam Zeta toegewezen, wat maar één keer eerder is gebeurd, in 2005. Hiermee werd Zeta ook de vroegste zevenentwintigste tropische of subtropische storm in de Atlantische oceaan sinds dit werd bijgehouden. Zeta begon hierna langzaamaan richting naar het noordwesten te versnellen, op het Mexicaanse schiereiland Yucatán af, terwijl de storm redelijk snel versterkte. Laat op 26 oktober behaalde Zeta zijn eerste piek als een categorie 1 orkaan met windsnelheden van 80 mph (130 km/h) en een luchtdruk van 978hPa en vroeg op 27 oktober kwam Zeta in Mexico aan land.

In de avond van 27 oktober betreedde Zeta de Golf van Mexico. Boven land en het deel van de Golf van Mexico ten noorden van Yucatán was Zeta tot een tropische storm met windsnelheden van 65 mph (100 km/h) afgezwakt. Op 28 oktober werd Zeta weer een orkaan, terwijl deze steeds sneller naar het noorden bewoog, op Louisiana af. Later die dag bereikte Zeta zijn tweede piek als een sterke categorie 2 orkaan met winden van 110 mph (175 km/h) en een luchtdruk van 970hPa, terwijl hij in Louisiana aan land kwam. Zeta racete verder naar het noordoosten en werd om 2PM UTC op 29 oktober boven de Verenigde Staten een post-tropische cycloon. Als post-tropische cycloon kwam Zeta nog naar Europa, waar deze door een ander lagedrukgebied werd geabsorbeerd.

Gevolgen
Zeta was de derde orkaan en vijfde tropische cycloon die in 2020 in Louisiana aan land kwam, en de achtste die de staat beïnvloedde. In Grand Isle en Jean Lafitte waren er verplichte evacuaties uitgegeven. In Louisiana verloren meer dan 542.000 huishoudens elektriciteit, in Mississippi verloren 167.000 huishoudens elektriciteit en in Alabama 105.000. In Biloxi verloor iemand het leven, net zoals iemand in New Orleans, die geëlektrocuteerd werd. De overblijfselen van Zeta kwamen later in wisselwerking met een koufront dat opeenhopende sneeuw naar delen van New England en de staat New York bracht.

Orkaan in 2020

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TSA Failed 95% of Fake Weapons Tests, Investigation Finds
A TSA officer works at a security checkpoint at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 25, 2015.
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By Tom Costello / NBC News
June 1, 2015 9:20 PM EDT
A recent internal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security has found security failures at dozens of the nations' busiest airports—breaches that allowed undercover investigators to smuggle weapons, fake explosives and other contraband through numerous checkpoints.
In one case, an alarm sounded, but even during a pat down, the screening officer failed to detect a fake plastic explosive taped to an undercover agent's back. In all, so-called "Red Teams" of Homeland Security agents posing as passengers were able get weapons past Transportation Security Administration agents in 67 out of 70 tests — a 95 percent failure rate, according to agency officials.
Upon learning the initial findings…
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Bowen, Course Work, Jung
Jung was "Thinking Systems"
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I've been waiting to write this paper for a while. Too bad I had to cram it in between my other term-papers this semester and couldn't do it full justice. But that's how grad school goes…
Jung was "Thinking Systems": An Juxtaposition of Jungian Psychology and Murray Bowen's Family Systems Theory
Jung: Night and Day
December 9, 2011 No Comments - Download PDF
In general the people asseverated the Creator had made everything good and beautiful. He was beyond good and evil. He was m'zuri, that is, beautiful, and everything he did was m'zuri.
When I asked: "But what about the wicked animals who kill your cattle?" they said, "The lion is good and beautiful." "And your horrible diseases?" They said, "You lie in the sun and it is good."
I was impressed by this optimism. But at six o'clock in the evening this optimism was suddenly over, as I soon discovered. From sunset on, it was a different world – the dark world of ayik, of evil, danger, fear. The optimistic philosophy gave way to fear of ghosts and magical practices intended to secure protection from evil. Without any inner contradiction the optimism returned at dawn.
It was a profoundly stirring experience for me to find, at the sources of the Nile, this remainder of the ancient Egyptian conception of the two acolytes of Osiris, Horus and Set. Here, evidently, was a primordial African experience that had flowed down to the coasts of the Nile: adhista, the rising sun, the principle of light like Horus; ayik, the principle of darkness, the breeder of fear. In the simple rites performed for the dead, laibon's words and his sprinkling of milk unite the opposites; he simultaneously sacrifices to these two principles, which are of equal power and significance since the time of their dominance, the rule of day and of night, each visibly lasts for twelve hours. The important thing, however, is the moment when, with the typical sudden-ness of the tropics, the first ray of light shoots forth like an arrow and night passes into life-filled light.
The sunrise in these latitudes was a phenomenon that overwhelmed me anew every day. The drama of it lay less in the splendor of the sun's shooting up over the horizon than in what happened afterward. I formed the habit of taking my camp stool and sitting under an umbrella acacia just before dawn. Before me, at the bottom of the little valley, lay a dark, almost back-green strip of jungle, with the rim of the plateau on the opposite side of the valley towering above it. At first, the contrasts between light and darkness would be extremely sharp. Then objects would assume contour and emerge into the light which seemed to fill the valley with a compact brightness. The horizon above became radiantly white. Gradually the swelling light seemed to penetrate into the very structure of objects, which became illuminated from within until at last they shone translucently, like bits of colored glass. Everything turned to flaming crystal. The cry of the bell bird rang around the horizon. At such moments I felt as if I were inside a temple. It was the most sacred hour of the day, I drank in this glory with insatiable delight, or rather, in a timeless ecstasy.
Near my observation point was a high cliff inhabited by big baboons. Every morning they sat quietly, almost motionless, on the ridge of the cliff facing the sun, whereas throughout the rest of the day they ranged noisily through the forest, screeching and chattering. Like me, the seemed to be waiting for the sunrise. They reminded me of the great baboons of the temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt, which perform the gesture of adoration. They tell the same story: for untold ages men have worshipped the great god who redeems the world by rising out of the darkness as a radiant light in the heavens.
At that time I understood that within the soul from its primordial beginnings there has been a desire for light and an irrepressible urge to rise out of the primordial darkness. When the great night comes, everything takes on a note of deep dejection, and every soul is seized by an inexpressible longing for light. That is the pent-up feeling that can be detected in the eyes of primitives and also in the eyes of animals. There is a sadness in animals' eyes, and we never know whether that sadness is bound up with the soul of the animal or is a poignant message which speaks to us our of that still unconscious existence. That sadness also reflects the mood of Africa, the experience of its solitudes. It is a maternal mystery, this primordial darkness. That is why the sun's birth in the morning strikes the natives as so overwhelmingly meaningful. The moment in which light comes is God. That moment brings redemption, release. To say that sun is God is to blur and forget the archetypal experience of that moment. "We are glad that the night when the spirits are abroad is over now," the natives will say – but that is already a rationalization. In reality a darkness altogether different from natural light broods over the land. It is the psychic primal night which is the same today as it has been for countless millions of years. The longing for light is the longing for consciousness.
– Memories, Dreams, and Reflections by C.G. Jung
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[I:] I feel that I must speak to you. Why do you not let me sleep, as I am tired? I feel that the disturbance comes from you. What induces you to keep me awake?
[Soul:] Now is no time to sleep, but you should be awake and prepare important matters in nocturnal work.
The great work begins.
[I:] What great work?
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[I:] But I had no idea that something of this kind was taking place.
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[I:] I am ready. What is it? Speak!
[Soul:] You should listen: to no longer be a Christian is easy. But what next? For more is yet to come. Everything is waiting for you. And you? You remain silent and have nothing to say. But you should speak. Why have you received the revelation? You should not hide it. You concern yourself with the form? Is the form important, when it is a matter of revelation's?
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Wow. That pretty much covers all of the areas of study that I can think of. Just "self-knowledge" and nature of the soul would be plenty!


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In this chapter, you'll learn how to record and edit a vocal part through the recording process that is also valid for every external audio source that requires a recording through a microphonic system.
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The Track's Structure can be defined as a speaker's ability to speak for hours, keeping the same interest level. Good Drums, good Bass, good Harmonics and "winning" Vocals are fundamental, it is important that they are developed in the right structure to have the ability to keep the attention span of the listener high.
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Better known by his stage name SHAPOV, Alexander Shapovalov, is a Russian record producer and DJ. He is also a former member of the electronic project Hard Rock Sofa. The collaborations with Axwell entitled "Belong" and with Armin van Buuren called "The Last Dancer", "Le Résistance De L'amour" and "Our Origin" are considered to be the most famous works of the producer.
Devi van der Horst aka NEW_ID is known for his distinctive style of Train House. His Axwell collaborative Remode of Pauls Paris 'Make Your Mind Up', is a standout production alongside the likes of 'Aerogames' as well as releases on the likes of Spinnin, Armada & Flamingo Records. As a DJ, Key festivals for NEW_ID have included the Axtone stages at Tomorrowland, Medusa, Parookaville
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Producer and DJ since 1999, getting major support from renown radio stations like BBC Radio 1, Ministry of Sound Radio, Hed Kandi Radio, in itself leading to several top 10 chart positions in the UK CLUB CHART, BUZZ CHART, COOL CUTS CHART and BEATPORT with releases on global leading independent labels labels and majors like Sony and Universal. Tech Editor of DJ mag Italy and academic and university teachers in electronic music production.


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The Canada Dry Bottling Plant was designed in the Streamline Moderne Style in 1946 by New York City architect Walter Monroe Cory. According to historical signage outside of the building "the extant two-story administrative section was connected to a one-story manufacturing bottling facility and warehouse. This complex occupied 2.9 acres adjacent to the B & O Railroad's "Metropolitan Branch" (est. 1873), allowing ease of delivery of raw materials for the production of carbonated beverages." Signage also tells us that "the interior walls of the rotunda entrance are faced with ginger-colored structural tiles…The entrance lobby floor and steps are terrazzo, with a pattern of circles resembling soda bubbles. A curving decorative, open, flat iron railing provides a strong visual line for the cantilevered curving stairway along the interior lobby wall." It features yellow brick, glazed tile, a glass block curved rotunda, and strip windows. There are fluted cast stone spandrel panels below the ground level windows on either side of the curving entryway. The entrance features stepped brick and structural glazed tile detailing, glass block, more fluted spandrel panels and subtle projecting cast stone canopy over the entrance door. The design of the building was used as a prototype for 14 others in North America and Cuba.
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In addition to its curriculum materials and The HistoryMakers Digital Archive, The HistoryMakers has also held several programs training educators and archivists on the use of The HistoryMakers Collection and to work in African American archives. These programs included a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers, the Institute of Museum and Library Services funded Increasing African American Diversity in Archives: The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and Placement Institute, and The HistoryMakers Education Institute, in partnership with the DePaul Center for Urban Education.
From Sunday, July 8, 2012 to Friday, August 3, 2012, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, The HistoryMakers held its 2nd NEH Summer Institute on the subject of African American Political History: From Reconstruction to the Present. Designed as a rigorous, month long immersion program, The Institute was developed to examine the political development of African Americans from the period of antebellum America through the presidency of Barack Obama defined by four major eras: 1) African-American Politics from Reconstruction to the First World War (1865-1917); 2) African-American Politics through Two World Wars and Its Aftermath (1917-1954); 3) Black Freedom Movement (1954-1975); and 4) Post-Civil Rights and the New Generation of Black Politics (1970 to present). In a competitive process, teachers from across the country applied for 25 openings as NEH Summer Scholars. These Summer Scholars spent the month studying about African American history under the instruction of nationally recognized scholars including: Bruce Laurie, Charles Payne, Christopher Reed, Eric Arnesen, Rhonda Williams, Cheryl Greenberg, Michael Dawson, and Adolph Reed.
Increasing African American Diversity in Archives: The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and Placement Institute was conceived as a program to increase the number of African American archivists and archivists qualified to work with African American collections by a total of 12 archival professionals. The purpose of the grant is to increase the diversity of the archival profession, and to work towards increasing the total number of African American archivists' and those interested in working with African American archives and collections.
The institute's goals include: 1) increasing the number of highly-skilled African American archivists working in African American archives; 2) increasing the accessibility of African American historical materials; 3) increasing the visibility of the archival profession and African American historical collections; 4) creating a network of professionals with in-depth knowledge of the nation's African American historical collections; and 5) enabling partner institutions to effectively recruit and train African American archivists.
This program was later continued in partnership with Yale University, Emory University, and Harvard University.
The HistoryMakers Institute was a program designed to increase students' knowledge and appreciation of the role of African Americans in history. Designed during spring 2003, it was implemented during summer 2003 and the subsequent academic year. Forty teachers were recruited to participate representing 20 Chicago public elementary and high schools.
The program included five components: development of a curriculum guide and resources to integrate The HistoryMakers in the core curriculum at upper elementary and high school in language arts and social studies; a week-long teacher workshop during summer to educate teachers about the importance of developing students' understanding and appreciation of that history; implementation of instructional activities by teachers; classroom visits by individual HistoryMakers to provide opportunities for students to learn first-hand about their experiences; quarterly workshops to reinforce teacher involvement and provide opportunities for teachers to collaborate on implementation strategies.