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We take you now to a conference room somewhere in the blogosphere. Five superheroes, all veterans of the 1960s animation scene, gather to discuss an issue that has suddenly reappeared on their collective horizon.


Iron Man: Thanks for coming, fellas. The reason I asked you all to meet me here—

Hulk: Meetings! Tin-Head always calling meetings. Business brain can’t think for self. Tin-Head can’t take piss without calling meeting first.

Captain America: Now, Hulk, let’s be fair here. We don’t even know what Tony wants to talk about.

Hulk: No. But good bet it something Hulk not interested in.

Namor: I’d give that good odds. Because the list of things you are interested in could be rattled off in about three seconds.

Hulk: Short list, but making fish-meal from Namor’s face on it. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mad as Hellcow

Although I often find Twitter to be an overwhelming torrent of useless information, mediocre humor, and stupid comments, the odd gem does pop up once in a while, usually in the form of a link. Yesterday one such link appeared, and I simply could not keep myself from clicking on it. It was a top ten list (of which there are many out there) entitled "Top 10 Weird Marvel Comic Characters".

"Weird" is definitely the word. "Bizarre" fits as well. And you can also throw in a dash of "funny", because some of them are so ludicrious that you will not be able to keep from laughing. I know I got a giggle or two out of it.

There was one, though, that stood out for me, one in particular that just caught my attention and made my mind swim in its absolute absurdity. A character so deliciously unbelievable that I was left dying to know more.

That character was Hellcow. Read the rest of this entry »

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