I've now gone 32 hours without sleep. You'll have to forgive me for this post as I'm going slightly crazy.

the art is a little more inconsistent: sometimes it's pretty good, sometimes it's just weak.

i think the real problem with Runaways is that the bar is set very high, so that when it veers towards the average, you really notice. writers like BKV and Whedon and artists like Alphona have gotta be a phenomenally hard act to follow.

one thing's this is definitely the worst cover of any Runaways edition, a long way from the days when Joan Chen used to do them.

Now, how does that make you FEEL? You can disagree with him on his ideals, his presentation, his policies, but making fun of his arms just makes you look like an insensitive bastard.

Rulk, otoh, rocked. I do so want to know who is Rulk. That is what I am hoping someone will tell me! But, despite that, and admitting that it was over the top, I hugely enjoyed it. Not like it's Incredible Herc or anything, but it was good dumb fun!

Runaways is definitely a case of high expectations. Each writer has been less good than his predecessor, but I still enjoy the book (and I am a Ramos fan, so that helps).

But Mephisto does not equal the devil?

And yes, the only good horse to beat, is the dead one.

He didn't know the kid even existed. He spent 6 0r 7 years in space, a squillion miles away. What was he supposed to do when he returned-"Sorry Cyclops, I'm in charge now. Get lost." If Bryan Singer were to have made another Superman movie, it would have been great. It would have had some actual character development and what not that's never been seen before. Lois and Cyclops would live together. Superkid would basically be written out of the script. There'd be awkward sexual tension between Clark, Cyclops and Lois at the office, Superman would stop Brainiac from enslaving mankind, etc.

Superkid has a father, and his name is Cyclops. Not only is he an ace reporter (if I remember correctly) he's also a pilot-very cool. By everyone's argument, every adopted kid in the world comes from a broken family with a deadbeat dad and/or mom.

Just out of curiosity: how do you discipline this kid? How does he not spin out of control, having carelessly taken his first life in kindergarten, and end up a supervillain? I mean, moronic thought processes behind Superbaby aside, did anyone actually stop to think about the ramifications of the events they put on screen in future storylines?

Wait. What week is this? Oh.

Superman Returns sucked balls.

No, it's worse than that. It feels as if it were a transcription of a kid's Action Figure story. A random assortment of "cool" toys gathered from the toy bin.

That's just my take, but I've never been --aside from All-Star-- a Superman fan. And mostly for those reasons. I can't relate. I'm an angry, guilty, outcast, who has fucked up repeatedly. Those are my people.

And Superman being a boyscout isn't a bad thing.... But I always preferred Brownies.

That's all I got.

He always gets a free pass for The Long Halloween, but seriously watch Godfather part I, then go back and read TLH right after. The amount of 'homages' to that movie are pretty ridicilous. And when you look beyond his standard kitchen sink approach towards making an 'epic' story by shoving in as many cameos and guest spots as possible, it becomes more obvious that the entire story makes little to no sense.

Is it me or does every freaking middle aged white guy look the same in his books.

I was looking at Beast in Fables, but it could just as well have been Mr. Sensitive.

Some pretty funny stuff. It pains me to say that I likely have every one of those old comics in a longbox somewhere. All that Youngblood and Brigade shit, and plenty of the rest. That, and the far too many issues of Spawn I own, are my greatest comic book regrets...

http://tinyurl.com/3euafh

Iron Man looks great in this one.