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The Marvel Super Heroes Have Arrived!

September 19, 2009 in Comics, Internet, Software, TV by faltarego | No comments

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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Prince Namor: The Sub-Mariner

August 22, 2009 in Movies, Superheroes, TV by faltarego | No comments

I seem to have latched on to the old Marvel Super Heroes TV cartoon in my earlier superhero posts. Not surprising, really, considering I used to watch the show as a kid, and there's nothing quite like a childhood memory for pulling out the rose-colored glasses and the gauze-covered lens. When combined with the adult eyes of today, which can spot corniness at fifty paces, it makes for an odd mix of viewpoints.

This evening, we're battening down our hatches in this corner of the world, in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Bill. In honor of the occasion, I'd like to write a bit about another windy, wet, phenomenon: Namor, Prince of Atlantis, aka The Sub-Mariner.

Now, despite my having tremendous fondness for most things Marvel, I have to confess to a certain lack of enthusiasm for ol' Namor. I don't consider him a lame superhero, but neither do I think he's particularly cool. In fact, any time I've ever seen him in a story, he's been an arrogant, overbearing prick. Read the rest of this entry »

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