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Frances Glessner Lee’s hand-made dioramas of murder scenes, c. 1940s
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More Fun Comics (1935) #75
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More Fun Comics (1935) #74
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More Fun Comics (1935) #73
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Captain America (1968) #102 and comment from here
Nick revealing to Steve that he told Sharon he was dead and Steve going along with it didn’t register to me as Nick manipulating Steve specifically, as opposed to Sharon. my reaction was that it was surprising Steve would be comfortable letting Sharon think he was dead, but that it made sense he would want Sharon kept out of the fight; whereas it made sense to me that Nick would be comfortable letting Sharon think Steve was dead, but I was surprised he would want her kept out of the fight considering he’s previously thought of her as a capable agent. also Sharon appeared, having learned that Steve is still alive, 7 pages later anyway.
but I like the idea! I’ve been struggling to make sense of how Nick feels about Steve and Sharon’s relationship, and this is something new to try to factor in
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Captain America (1968) #102
#not them having Sharon save Steve with the power of true love#I’ve been judging Steve for pursuing Sharon because she looks just like Peggy#assuming that she’s somehow Peggy reborn#and taking the relationship so seriously when he knows almost nothing about Sharon#but I haven’t known what to make of Sharon being totally on board with him#for her this is like an unrealistic romance fantasy come true#and stuff like this is only reinforcing / justifying her feelings#my assessment has been that Sharon’s life was going great and then Steve entered it#and he didn’t quite ruin her life but really complicated it#and even though that wasn’t intended by Steve I can still feel critically of their relationship for it#even though there’s the obvious element of Sharon is Steve’s replacement for Peggy#while that Sharon grew up romanticizing Peggy’s stories about Steve#what even more so makes this relationship seemed predetermined / fated to be is that they both happen to be the same kind of crazy#to work for each other#they both take the relationship soo seriously#he proposed marriage while not even knowing her name and she genuinely only declined for work reasons#she’s never bothered by him trying to hold her back from dangerous work because she’s a woman#ect.#whereas Steve and Rick Jones didn’t click in that same way#Rick did not actually pull off being Steve’s Bucky replacement the way this is just falling into place for Steve and Sharon#marvel#steve rogers#sharon carter#my posts#comic panels
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Captain America (1968) #101
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So! That new rwby beyond episode huh?
I can't do intros for shit. Do you think Ozcar's answer to Jaune's question of "Do you think we're gonna make it?" was, in part, them dodging the question? Not revealing how unsure they feel and instead choosing to comfort Jaune with "Around those campfires, did it really matter?" Do you think of that answer as a cop-out, or as a legitimate answer? Both perhaps?
oh oz absolutely thinks they’re not gonna make it. i am so sure about that.
bc the thing is, ozpin thought he’d been at war with salem for centuries, he thought he’d managed to keep her out and whittle away her influence down to almost nothing. right. his whole reason for handling the situation the way he did in v1-3 is he believed that salem wouldn’t leave the shadows, wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize her secrecy. the thing about his paranoia in seeing salem’s hand behind every grimm attack and every period of unrest or war is he had no idea what salem was capable of or how far she would go, but he believed that he did.
within the space of, like, maybe a year and a half, salem has. knocked down beacon academy, forced haven academy to close by assassinating most of its faculty, laid siege to atlas with a fleet of millions of grimm and directly caused atlas to fall, and within a few weeks of that razed vale to the ground. three of his four academies are either destroyed or defunct; two whole countries are just. Gone. it’s been a year and a half!
he. underestimated. really really badly, he underestimated salem and for him this past year has been a harrowing journey of discovering exactly how badly he underestimated her. a year and a half and they’ve gone from “unprecedented era of peaceful prosperity” to desperate last stand. oz hasn’t been in such dire straits since the final battle of the great war when he resorted to using two relics to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, and now one of those is within salem’s reach, and if they take the sword out of its vault that’s just one step closer to salem getting her hands on it.
like, oscar annihilated her millions of grimm in atlas and a few weeks later she turned around and flattened vale.
this is not a fight they can win. and i think oz is painfully aware of that. (the whole point is that the only way out is through negotiation. they have to stop fighting her and start talking to her.)
but i also think he meant “around that campfire, did it matter?” very genuinely because he found his hope again when he returned in atlas, and the situation being hopeless has no bearing on how he chooses to look at it or how he chooses to act. so things are very very bad but oz is, emotionally, in a much better place now than he was at the beginning of the story when things appeared to be okay. it’s the next step from “fear isn’t worthy of our concern”
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Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes (1963) #16
genuinely very surprised to find out that the Howling Commandoes at one point had an actual boy mascot. also, “He is yelling at me! That means he likes me!” made me laugh out loud
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Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes (1963) #15
I was already gonna say that having the Commandoes’ cover get blown because one of them was a famous movie star before he enlisted is really charming to me, but I really like that they then had the teenage girls realize their mistake and help them. also, this is an interesting thing to place within a story about the Commandoes being saved by a young boy, who then joins their group
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Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes (1963) #14
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Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes (1963) #14
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Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes (1963) #12-13
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stolen from: https://twitter.com/EnbyHoxha/status/1781357569245651186
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Comics read this past week:
Marvel Comics:
Captain America (2017) #701-704
These issues were published across May 2018 to June 2018, according to the Marvel Wiki. All were written by Mark Waid. There was a far-future storyline that went through all of these issues. It was drawn by Leonardo Wilson. In issue #701 it was colored by Matt Wilson and in issues #702-704 it was colored by Jordie Bellaire. In issue #701 there was a 4-page story about Steve and Bucky fighting in WWII that was drawn by Adam Hughes. And there was a 4-page story about Steve going undercover for S.H.I.E.L.D. in 1968 that was drawn by J.C. Jones and colored by Paul Mounts.
A 3-page story about Sharon Carter protecting Steve when he was injured in WWII in issue #702 was drawn by Rod Reis. And a 5-page flashback in the middle of the far-future storyline part of the issue to a relevant fight between the Red Skull and Captain America was drawn by Howard Chaykin and colored by Jesus Aburtov. A 5-page story in issue #703 that took place back during the early “Cap’s Kooky Quartet” days of the Avengers was penciled by Alan Davis, inked by Mark Farmer, and colored by Irma Knivilla. And the entirety of issue #704 was dedicated to the far-future storyline.
In the WWII flashback in issue #701 Steve has to fight Warrior Woman, who says that one of her motivations for trying to steal the Super-Soldier Serum is, “I’m hungry for men I won’t break in two.” I was surprised to see this kind of sexually-charged combat in a Captain America story. And in the WWII flashback in issue #702 I was surprised to see Peggy Carter right in the thick of battle, fighting with guns, because my previous exposures to flashbacks of her in WWII in Captain America and the First Thirteen (2011) #1 and the Captain America story in Tales of Suspense (1959) #77 had her distanced from fighting.
The main storyline taking place at an unspecified future date starred Jack Rogers, to whom Steve is his great-great-grandfather. The world is a utopia, “Everything Steve Rogers dreamt of and fought for made real.” In this utopia everyone has had the Super-Soldier Serum, and Steve is largely remembered as a “resource” because “it was autopsying and dissecting his remains that allowed scientists to isolate the elements of the Super-Soldier Serum that benefit us today.” Jack is a historian, one with a different, more nuanced and positive view of Captain America, and he has a good position in the government, partially because of ‘respect for his bloodline.’ However, Jack’s son Steve had a negative reaction to the Super-Soldier Serum and is very sick in the hospital, mirroring the first Steve Rogers’ life before he was given the serum.
Captain America (2018) #1
This issue was published in July 2018, according to the Marvel Wiki. It was written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, penciled by Leinil Francis Yu, inked by Gerry Alanguilan, and colored by Sunny Gho.
Captain America (2017) essentially ignored the preceding Secret Empire event. Captain America (2018) is where the aftermath for Steve of someone pretending to be him having taken over the U.S. for Hydra is beginning to be portrayed.
In this issue Steve says, “I’ve been at war since I was a boy.” He refers to himself as, “A man loyal to nothing… except the dream.”
Also, it looks like Bucky is going to be a supporting character in this book, which is of interest to me because they’ve largely been in separate solo books since Steve came back to life in 2010.
The Incredible Hulk (1968) #282-283
These issues were published across January 1983 to February 1983, according to the Marvel Wiki. Both were written by Bill Mantlo. The breakdowns of issue #282 were drawn by Sal Buscema, which were then finished by Joe Sinnott. And issue #283 was penciled by Sal Buscema and inked by Joe Sinnott.
In issue #282, when talking about her first time transforming into She-Hulk, Jennifer Walter says, “I was angry, scared… and blood raced in my veins… Your blood, Bruce!” When Bruce calls her my name during a fight, she says, “Don’t call me ‘Jen,’ Hulk- it upsets my concentration! I’ve got to be the savage She-Hulk now, to deal with this menace!”
Timely Publications:
the Captain America stories in Captain America Comics (1941) #15
This issue was published in June 1942, according to the issue cover date. It contained 2 20-page Captain America stories.
I want to note that I like how Bucky hypes Steve up. In “Captain America and the Tunnel of Terror” (written by Otto Binder; penciled by Al Avison; inked by Syd Shores) after Steve has beaten Nazi strongman Fritz Krone in hand-to-hand, Bucky says, “Cap! I saw it all and you were great!” And in “Captain America: The Invasion from Mars” (written by Otto Binder; drawn by Al Avison) when a bad guy asks who he is, Bucky speaks for Steve and says, “Just Captain America, the most powerful fighter on Earth! Give it to ‘im, Cap!”
DC Comics:
Batman (2016) #33-35
These issues were published across October 2017 to November 2017, according to the DC Wiki. I’m continuing rereading Tom King’s Batman run. This was “The Rules of Engagement” storyline. All were drawn by Joëlle Jones and colored by Jordie Bellaire.
I was not interested in the depiction of Bruce’s relationship with Selina here. I was interested in the depiction of the reaction of Bruce’s family to the news that he’s now engaged to Selina.
Superman (2023) #13
This issue came out this month, April 2024. It was written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Rafa Sandoval, and colored by Alejandro Sánchez.
I talked about my thoughts relating to Lena, Lex, and Brainiac here. Outside of that, I am also genuinely interested in seeing what’s upcoming with Supergirl and Kon-El.
Shazam! (2023) #5-9
These issues were published across November 2023 to March 2024. All were written by Mark Waid. Issues #5-6 were drawn by Dan Mora and colored by Alejandro Sánchez. Issues #7-8 were drawn by Goran Sudžuka and colored by Ive Svorcina. And issue #9 was drawn by Emanuela Lupacchino and colored by Trish Mulyihill.
I wrote out my reactions to each individual issue here.
Fawcett Comics:
the Captain Marvel story in Whiz Comics (1940) #90
This story was published in October 1947, according to the issue cover date. It was 8 pages.
At one point in “Captain Marvel Versus the Mail Girl” (written by Otto Binder; possibly drawn by Pete Costanza) the titular mail girl, Candy, prevents Billy from saying his magic word by stuffing his face with chocolate (before kidnapping and trying to kill him). At the end of the story, when Candy is in jail, we see a panel of her in her cell saying, “Oh, the wretch!” and throwing down a box of chocolates labeled, “Chew on these while waiting for trial. Compliments of Captain Marvel.”
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