DC's Speedsters VS Marvel's

Avengers: Age of Ultron features Marvel's Main Speedster: Quicksilver. Quicksilver has been Marvel's equivalent to Barry Allen.

Here is a list of the major speedsters for both companies.  Each Hero has a link for more info.

Please note that both the companies that now make up DC (Quality and DC Comics) came out with speedsters a year before Golden age Marvel (Timely).

Also note that Barry Allen Flash pre dates Marvel's Quicksilver by 8 years.

Also note that public domain took the ability for DC to use the Quicksilver name which it had rights to since 1940 when Marvel Debuted Quicksilver in 1964.

Also note that Johnny Quick and Whizzer have evil versions on alternate realities of their respective universes.

Without further adieu, here is my list of the major speedsters in DC and Marvel. 

GOLDEN AGE DC

JOHNNY QUICK, More Fun Comics 41, Sep 1941
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Quick


THE GOLDEN AGE FLASH, Flash Comics 1, January 1940
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_(Jay_Garrick)


MAX MERCURY (FORMERLY QUICKSILVER), National Comics 5, Nov 1940 (a part of Quality Comics 5, Nov 1940)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mercury

SILVER AGE and Modern DC

The Flash, Showcase 4, October 1956
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_(Barry_Allen)

VS.

GOLDEN AGE MARVEL (TIMELY COMICS)

The Whizzer, USA Comics, Aug 1941

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whizzer_(comics)

SILVER AGE and Modern Marvel

Quicksilver, X Men #4, March 1964 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_(comics)

More on this topic soon.

Next Article is the maids of Magic for DC and Marvel

To Be Continued....

Go forth and do well.. Shane

A list DC Comics Evil robots

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" introduces moviegoers to Marvel's ultimate robot evil, and to The Vision.

Ultron first appeared in Avengers 54, July 1968.  The Vision first appeared in Avengers October of 1968.

As you will see from the following list, DC had many of its evil androids and robots long before Marvel.  You will note that Mister Atom was created in 1948.

One would also conclude that there are many similarities between Brainiac and Ultron.  This includes when DC made Brainiac more robotic in the 1980s. Both have threatened their Comic company's main teams, and both have been formidable threats to mankind.

Vision and Red Tornado too had similarities, but that is no longer the case.  DC has altered Red Tornado over the years to make him very different from Vision.  That was not the case when they were both introduced as Androids.  Please remember that both were using Golden Age Hero names, both of which were not Androids.

A small list of DC Evil Androids and Robots.

1. Amazo, First Appearance: Brave and the Bold 30, June 1960
2. Brainiac, First Appearance Action Comics 242. July 1958
3. Brimstone, Legends, November 1986
4. Brother Eye, First Appearance, OMAC, July-August 1975
5. Chemo, Showcase 39. 1962
6. The Construct, JLA 1977
7. Cumputo, First Appearance, Action Comics 340, 1966
8. Eradicator, Action Comics 1989
9. Manhunters, Justice League of America 1977
10. Mister Atom, First Appearance, Captain Marvel Adventures, 1948
11. Pulsar Stargrave, LSH 1977
12. Red Tornado, Justice League of America 64, 1968
13. Shaggy Man, Justice League, Jla 1966
14. Ultivac, Challengers of the Unknown

There are more than on this list but each of these have been in multiple stories in the DC Universe.

Brainiac and Brother Eye (who was not originally evil), both were main villains in "New 52: Future's End".  Both creating havoc for most of the last year.  Ironically both would be great villains for either of the Justice League movies.

That is all for now.

To Be continued.....

Go Forth and Do Well... Shane

Lack of recent posts

Sorry I haven't posted lately.

I have been sick and I have been working long hours.

There has not been much time to post.

That being said, I still have been watching what has been going on in comics.


APRIL AND MAY are going to be very different months at DC.

Old titles and events are coming together in CONVERGENCE.

I am not buying all the 40 titles initially.  The list below is my buy pile:

1. AQUAMAN
2. BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS
3. BLUE BEETLE
4. BOOSTER GOLD
5. CRIME SYNDICATE
6. GREEN LANTERN CORPS
7. GREEN LANTERN/PARALLAX
8. HAWKMAN
9. INFINITY INC.
10. JUSTICE LEAGUE
11. JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA
12. JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL
13. JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
14. NEW TEEN TITANS
15. NIGHTWING/ORACLE
16. PLASTIC MAN AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS
17. QUESTION
18. SHAZAM
19. SPEED FORCE
20. SUICIDE SQUAD
21. SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
22. SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL
23. SWAMP THING
24. THE ATOM
25. THE FLASH
26. TITANS
27. WONDER WOMAN
28. WORLD’S FINEST COMICS

As April and may progress I will give you more reasons why these books are on my list.

To be continued...

Go forth and do well..

Shane.

April Solicits

DC Announced its April Titles.

Just to Recap.  April and May are Convergence Months.

What Comes out in June is still fairly certain, but if DC is going to keep the New 52 label there will be some new titles.

I am going to do this a little different than in the past.  I am going to tell you the Convergence Titles I will be buying, and then give you the links to see what is coming out.

CONVERGENCE TITLES	1st week	2nd week	3rd week	4th week
AQUAMAN		X
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS			X
BLUE BEETLE				X
BOOSTER GOLD				X
Convergence	x	x	x
CRIME SYNDICATE				X
GREEN LANTERN CORPS			X
GREEN LANTERN/PARALLAX		X
HAWKMAN			X
INFINITY INC.				X
JUSTICE LEAGUE	X
JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA			X
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL		X
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA				X
NEW TEEN TITANS			X
NIGHTWING/ORACLE	X
PLASTIC MAN AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS				X
QUESTION	X
SHAZAM				X
SPEED FORCE	X
SUICIDE SQUAD		X
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES			X
SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL		X
SWAMP THING			X
THE ATOM	X
THE FLASH			X
TITANS	X
WONDER WOMAN			X
WORLD’S FINEST COMICS				X

I know I have a lot of teams, and very few Superman and Batman titles.  I usually buy the other titles.  Sometimes that means I see the titles I like get canceled, or just don't get the commitment the other titles do.

This group gives me a variety. It also gives me a greater view of the potential titles to fill the void of the ones  canceled.  I would like to see the Freedom Fighters title get a chance as well as the Legion one.

Another thing that would be nice is the Speed Force title.

Of course everyone has their own tastes.  That being said here are the links for the April Solicits:

http://www.newsarama.com/23280-dc-comics-full-april-2015-solicitations.html

http://www.dccomics.com/browse?content_type=comic&date=04/01/2015&date_end=04/30/2015

Enjoy checking these out.  April and May look very interesting. Let us hope it works well for DC.

That is all for now.

To Be Continued...

Go Forth and Do Well

Shane.

Black History Month and DC Comics

Black History Month is important as to the Social and economic change that has come about in this Country.

But let us not forget the Pop culture Icons that have made history in comics as well.

Milestone Comics, although short lived, made an every lasting impact on the media.

It also made Super Stars of at least of its creators.


Pictured below are Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan.  Both have made a lasting impact on comics.

Dwayne was a driving force in DC Animation.  He had a great deal of impact on every Animated Movie or Series that he touched.

Denys Cowan's art makes the stories he draws better.  He breathes life into them.  Making them more 3 dimensional in the story.  Like Dwayne his impact is unparalleled by many in his field.

All this being said, pleas honor these two Greats men during Black History Month.  The have made our lives better by their contributions.

Dwayne McDuffie

Denys Cowan

That is all for now.

To Be Continued....

Go Forth and Do Well,

Shane

Batgirl (tv one) in the flesh

To all my fans:  I am sorry I have not posted that much recently.  A new job, the passing of an Uncle, and the passing of a Young boy who I had been following on FB have kept me rather busy.

The new Job should give me greater freedom to keep regular posts here.  It is just that when you start a job, sometimes the stress makes it hard to focus.

The passing of my Uncle had an even greater impact.  He was one of my personal heroes.  He was a veteran, a pilot for a Major Airline, and someone who helped my Dad in an extreme time of crisis.  So, needless to say, his passing had an impact on me.

Shortly after his death, a 5 year old Spiderman fan died of Cancer.  I had followed him since the original posts on FB of him meeting Spiderman in the flesh.

At the time I was going through the process of finding out if a tumor in my mouth was malignant or benign.
I was lucky.

A minor surgery removed the non cancerous tumor.

 There was hope in the world.

 I don't know why I assumed the same could be true for the child.  So 2 days after the passing of my Uncle, I found out about the boy.  A boy just 3 years older than my daughter.  Too young to die.  A fan of comics at the same age I began reading comics.  A sad loss.

Both are Heaven now, and would want me to impart my knowledge and news to you.

That being said.. here are some cool pics of my cousin and his wife with Comic Icons from TV.

My Cousin Mike with TV's Batgirl Yvonne Craig

My Cousin In-Law gets protection from TV's Hulk

More comic news soon.

Go forth and do well.

Shane

To be continued......

DC March 2015 Solicits

March Solicits Showing their Inner Lion

DC the month before 40 new titles reek havoc for two months announces that 14 titles will end in March.

IGN posted their take on the cancellations in the following link:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/16/dc-to-end-14-comics-in-march-2015

Contrary to IGN's Article, DC did say that the 3 weeklies would end in March to Make way for their April to May Event which we now know to be CONVERGENCE.



THE BELOW LINKS ARE THE MARCH SOLICITS AND NEWSARAMA'S TAKE ON THEM:  

http://www.newsarama.com/23007-dc-comics-full-march-2015-solicitations-including-batman.html


http://www.newsarama.com/23010-what-we-learned-from-dc-comics-march-2015-solictiations.html

The following is a recap for those who did not check out the link of what titles end in March

Titles DC previously said would end in March

Batman Eternal

Earth 2: World's End

The New 52: Futures End

Titles Ending In March Not Previously announced

Aquaman and the Others

Arkham Manor

Batwoman

Green Lantern: New Guardians

Infinity Man and the Forever People

Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Three

Klarion

Red Lanterns

Secret Origins

Star-Spangled War Stories Featuring G.I. Zombie

Swamp Thing

Trinity of Sin

World's Finest

My take on these, like most, is that they are all canceled because of low sales and because some of the Creators are leaving.  I also think that some of the CONVERGENCE TITLES MAY BE COMING TO THE LINE UP AS WELL ( see the forthcoming post for the titles and my comments.)

I also feel that all but INJUSTICE; GODS AMONG US losing Tom Taylor may have also been a factor in its cancellation.

I think the others just either lost or never found their audience.  

Batwoman, in particular, kept jumping back and forth between different types of stories.  Horor one minute, almost scifi the next.  I think it needed to find a voice before it went off on tangents.

The Green Lantern titles lost their way when Johns left them.  The emotional spectrum needed that kind of energy that Johns provided, it just didn't have it.

Well there is the info and my comments about it.

Till the next Post.

Go Forth and Do Well.

Shane

Poll on Amanda Waller Choices

https://plus.google.com/111712115055338897141/posts/Xojoo6wik9T

Suicide Squad Movie gets a Cast

The Hollywood Reporter announced recently that the following are cast for the new SUICIDE SQUAD movie.

Some may not agree on the Joker in this one, but I think that it is a good idea given the fact that most of the Squad isn't that well know outside of Fanboys and Girls.

It gets the hook we need for it to make money, and so that they can make more SUICIDE SQUAD films

So here is the Cast:

Jared Leto – The Joker

Will Smith – Deadshot

Tom Hardy – Rick Flag

Margot Robbie – Harley Quinn

Jai Courtney – Boomerang

Cara Delevingne – Enchantress

Suicide Squad will be written and directed by David Ayer (Fury). 

PRODUCERS: Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, and Executive Produced by Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns.

Please note that Geoff Johns and Zack Snyder are involved.  This makes it more likely that Comic Book readers will get a movie closer to what they know.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Go Forth and Do Well,

Shane

Convergence Titles Set

Some old familiar titles will be coming back to us during Convergence.

Also note that there are a lot of team books (to include the Crime Syndicate) coming out in April and May.  Also note that Harley Quin has her own title in this bunch as well.  Also note, that listed in the initial solicits, that WORLD'S FINEST COMICS features The Seven Soldiers of Victory.  In my book that makes it one of the team books.

The Chart below gives the title and which week it comes out.

CONVERGENCE TITLES	1st week	2nd week	3rd week	4th week
ACTION COMICS				X
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN			X
AQUAMAN		X
BATGIRL	X
BATMAN & ROBIN	X
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS			X
BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT		X
BLUE BEETLE				X
BOOSTER GOLD				X
CATWOMAN		X
CRIME SYNDICATE				X
DETECTIVE COMICS				X
GREEN ARROW		X
GREEN LANTERN CORPS			X
GREEN LANTERN/PARALLAX		X
HARLEY QUINN	X
HAWKMAN			X
INFINITY INC.				X
JUSTICE LEAGUE	X
JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA			X
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL		X
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA				X
NEW TEEN TITANS			X
NIGHTWING/ORACLE	X
PLASTIC MAN AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS				X
QUESTION	X
SHAZAM				X
SPEED FORCE	X
SUICIDE SQUAD		X
SUPERBOY		X
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES			X
SUPERGIRL: MATRIX		X
SUPERMAN	X
SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL		X
SWAMP THING			X
THE ATOM	X
THE FLASH			X
TITANS	X
WONDER WOMAN			X
WORLD’S FINEST COMICS				X