Superfriends No More

On This Day In History...May 25, 1977

Star Wars....the REAL first one...so good...

Star Wars Travel Posters by Steve Thomas

His blog is HERE

Sick Day

I made it almost 160 days before taking a full fledged, nurses sent me home, sick day.

I thought I'd be well enough today to get some posts done but now that I am sitting up, I feel kinda weak and winded.

Guess it is back to the couch and hopefully there are some good free movies on demand, as I didn't find anything at Redbox.

On This Day In History...May 21, 1980

On this day in 1980,  the greatest Star Wars film opened.  To celebrate, here are some behind the scene photos from the shoot!

Ten Hours of Darth Vader Breathing

...or so it says..I gave up after 30 seconds!

Mock's Reviews > Astonishing X-Men: Exalted

Astonishing X-Men: Exalted by Greg Pak
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I collect comic books. I trace my love of reading today back to my early exposure to comics. As I write this, I am less than twelve hours removed from my THIRD viewing of "The Avengers" in the theater on opening day.

I love the individual comic book. I like the format, the built-in cliff hanger aspect, and the monthly visit to the comic book store.

This book collects 5 recent X-Men issues, four of which have been on my "Want List" for months. I had read a review on a comic site that indicated it was a fun little romp, however, I could never find all four at once.

I saw that the hardcover collection was due. I was torn. NEVER have I bought a collection like this of stories I hadn't yet read. It seemed like...like a betrayal of the tenets of comic book collecting. The whole idea of "Trade Waiting" and of the padding of stories by authors who "write for the trade" was an anathema to me.

Once I saw the price for the HARDCOVER on Amazon was cheaper than I had EVER seen for the individual issues, I took the plunge.

And I was glad I did. This story is a decent "alternate world" type of adventure. Characters who are familiar to the reader aren't quite who they seem. While most of their motivations make sense, the basic idea of alternate realities throws a wild card into the mix.

This is not necessarily a book for the novice. Heck, even as a comic fan, I had strayed from this group of characters in recent years, so I met one or two characters who I did not know and little to no explanation was given as to who they were....why I needed to care about them.

But that is my only issue and it is a minor quibble at that. If you like comics and like the X-Men, this is a collection for you.

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What if those modern blockbusters were made in the 1950s? Artist imagines their posters and who would star in them"

Siskoid posted the first one here a while back.  They were found HERE.