Posted in Comics, Preview on 11/26/2009 10:55 pm by fanboi
With the cataclysmic way Adam Warlock/Magus, Phyla, Mantis, Gamora, Cosmo and Vance Astro went kaboom the team is definitely in for a shake up in the line-up… for now. The prophetic deam panels of Moondragon seeing something in a chrysalis perhaps suggests some kind of return at least for Adam Warlock, hopefully for the whole gang. Even though her attitude needed work lately I want Phyla and Moondragon together. There aren’t many happy LGBT endings and those two deserve one.
A REALM OF KINGS story! The Guardians have been to hell and back on a desperate quest to save the past, present and future of the universe itself. But after their monumental efforts and terrible sacrifice, could it be that—due to the end of WAR OF KINGS and the creation of The Fault—the universe is an even more dangerous place than before…and they just don’t realize it yet?
Posted in Video Games on 11/26/2009 09:13 pm by fanboi
UPDATE: When I’m going to be playing Champions, I will make this post the top item.
I recently installed a new video card and was finally able to play a game I bought awhile ago… Champions Online. I’m already a wee bit obsessed. I was a player of City of Heroes and City of Villains for about 4 years and had a number of maxed-level characters so I was eager to play when i first bought it, but couldn’t play due to graphics issues. Now I’m playing and it’s fun, but I REALLY need allies.
My character’s name is Ebonclaw – as of now he’s level 22, but I’m logging in to play and hope to level up tonight. If you play either leave me a comment here or give me a shoutout in game! ebonclaw@fanboi. The game is fun and the character creation engine rocks. CoH/CoV didn’t have thigh-high boots for men and their brief wasn’t as hot. Team with Ebonclaw if only to run behind him a bit
Posted in Comics, Preview on 11/26/2009 08:58 pm by fanboi
I just don’t know about newly uber-ninja Doug Ramsey being able to read “body language.” It is an interesting way to make him far less ineffectual if they mean to rescue him from Selene’s clutches and make him part of the team again. I don’t fully understand these resurrected characters yet. They SEEM to have their own personalities but that could just be programming. I’m hoping Warlock will be able to purge the virus from Doug and return him to his old friends.
The massive event tying X-FORCE, X-MEN LEGACY and NEW MUTANTS together continues! Doug Ramsey isn’t the only one back from the grave as the New Mutants’ old enemies the Hellions come calling. Old grudges (and enemies, for that matter) don’t die easy.
Check out this great guerrilla musical number organized by DJ Dan Murphy and starring one of Australia’s most famous drag queens – Joyce Maynge… The video was so cool it had Kylie Minogue all atwitter.
I’ve wanted a spontaneous yet choreographed musical number to erupt around me my whole life. I’m just never in the right place at the right time. Oh well, at least I get to watch the video.
Posted in Comics, Preview on 11/26/2009 07:13 pm by fanboi
I’ve been waiting for the writers to really deal with Phobos’ godhood and this issue they tackle the subject head on. I’ve been a fan of comic book pagan theology since The Teen Titans took on their namesakes. So this was a special treat. This title just gets better and better.
The time has come to settle all accounts. What was the deal Fury struck with Ares concerning his son? What does the future hold for the God of Fear? A hall of Gods and the judgment of Phobos…and of course, plenty of that super hero spy stuff you’re used to…
But no new hints about my favorite subject of speculation… Jerry Sledge a.k.a. Stonewall. Of all these characters he is my favorite, and not (just) because he runs around half-dressed like a Class Comics character or because I’m sure he’s going to turn out to be a big gay powerhouse. I’m interested in theories about his origins. What are his powers? To date, he has exhibited super strength, enlargement, some degree of invulnerability and it looks like he has (at least) a metal form (and maybe others?). I wonder what his parentage could be… Maybe love child of Carl “Crusher” Creel (The Absorbing Man) and Titania? Thoughts?
Posted in Comics, Preview on 11/26/2009 12:21 pm by fanboi
I’m sure you didn’t expect things to be easy on the X-Men’s island Utopia. Where would the fun be in that? No worries. The X folk have their hands full with a plane full of mutant eating monsters known as Predator-X. This issue is chock full of questions and surprises….
Magneto’s return has stunned the X-Men, but that’s not the only surprise they’re in for as a herd of Predator X’s come hungry for mutant tar tar. The hits just keep on coming, but can the X-Men, still nursing their wounds from UTOPIA, deal with all this?
Just how powerful IS Rogue now that she has control of her abilities? What’s up with the Phoenix force? Is Magneto’s age FINALLY catching up to him? Can they PLEASE use Northstar well for a change? He’s a super speedster with years of experience – he would have more in his repertoire than just zipping around punching metal monsters ineffectually.
I thought in the spirit of the day, comic fans and art history buffs alike might appreciate these great homages to Norman Rockwell’s much referenced 1943 work “Freedom from Want.”
I’ve been a bit caught up in a new obsession (more on that in a bit as some of you my share it) and too busy to get any blogging in this week, but FEAR NOT! I have been accumulating preview images of all week as usual and instead of posting them before comic book wednesday as usual, I will be posting them as I read the issues and include my own thoughts/reviews etc. Oh yeah, AND I have some new BY REQUEST boys in the works. I think you’ll be pleased. I’ll try to get a review or 2 in before I leave for the family feast. But I’ll definitely get more in after – Popapathy is off with his alternative lifestyle companion’s family for the day (over the years they’ve all but adopted him).
Of all these characters he is my favorite, and not (just) because he runs around half-dressed like a Class Comics character or because I’m sure he’s going to turn out to be a big gay powerhouse. I’m interested in theories about his origins. What are his powers? To date, he has exhibited super strength, enlargement, some degree of invulnerability and it looks like he has (at least) a metal form (and maybe others?). I wonder what his parentage could be… Maybe love child of 
