Batman ’66 #8

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Batman '66 #8More of an homage to the wacky adventures Batman and Robin were having in the comics than on the television show in the mid-to-late 60s, the latest issue of Batman ’66 pits the Dynamic Duo against professor of Egyptology turned deranged super-villain who actually believes himself to be King Tut.

Originally created for the show, Tut’s inclusion in the comic is appreciated, but the adventure itself involving a time tunnel hidden inside a sarcophagus taking the villain and Batman and Robin into Egypt’s past is pretty damn bizarre (as it the convoluted plot involving time travel for the sole purpose of trading chocolate for gold).

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Teen Titans Go! #2

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Teen Titans Go! #2As in the style of the cartoon which spawned it, the latest issue of Teen Titans Go! includes two wacky adventures for our heroes. The first involves Robin bowing to peer pressure (and his crush to Starfire) and allowing the team to compete on a reality-TV talent competition which becomes more of an all-out brawl when they discover The Brotherhood of Evil are also contestants.

The second-half of the comic involves the consequences of Captain Cold successfully freezing Robin in ice. Eventually thawing their leader, the Titans decide to shrink Beast Boy to microscopic levels in an Innerspace style advneture to send him into Robin to kill the virus making him sick. Of course things go terrible wrong and Robin awakes “years later” with a broken arm as the team tries to play off their various mistakes with a prank.

Both adventures are fun. I like the choice of judges in the first story, and the inclusion of the classic version of Captain Cold (who is honestly surprised he was able to successfully freeze one of the heroes) is terrific. Worth a look.

[DC, $3.99]

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She-Hulk #1

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She-Hulk #1I’ve always liked She-Hulk and although her involvement in Future Foundation wasn’t enough to keep me coming back to that series I’m pleased to see the lawyer/super-hero get her own well-deserved title (although I think Marvel misses a huge opportunity by not relocating her to the West Coast as the trouble she could get into with Daredevil, in and out of the courtroom, would be a real treat).

The first issue deals more with She-Hulk’s role as a lawyer than super-hero as she quits here well-paying job at a prestigious law firm rather than trade on her super-hero connections and takes a case of a widowed single-mother who has a case against Tony Stark‘s company stealing her husband’s work.

Although I think it goes too far, the automated levels Stark leaves between himself and any legal problems (even those brought to him by friends) is humorous as things get more complicated and further out of hand before She-Hulk goes into smash mode to get his attention. Overall a solid first issue (even if I’m not sold on the art of Javier Pulido that appears to be aping Mike Allred‘s art on FF). Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Superboy – The Jewel of Techacal

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  • Title: Superboy – The Jewel of Techacal
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Superboy - The Jewel of Techacal

With a new Superman now out on Blu-ray and DVD every now and then I’ll continue to take a look back at the hero’s more memorable moments on both the big and small screen. After Christopher Reeve‘s final Superman film but before Lois & Clark: The New Adventuresof Superman , DC offered Superman fans a low-budget syndicated series aimed at a younger audience while featuring the college adventures of Clark Kent (John Haymes Newton – who would be replaced by Gerard Christopher at the beginning of Season Two), Lana Lang (Stacy Haiduk), and Perry White’s son T.J. (Jim Calvert) at Shuster University in Siegelville, Florida (named for Superman’s creators). In the show’s premiere we’re introduced to Clark and Superboy when Lana Lang’s estranged archeologist father (Peter White) makes a visit with his latest discovery which gives the episode its name.

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