Keep your politics outta my comics!

Obama appears in Amazing Spider-Man #583 (Now in its third printing!!!), with little to no warning from Marvel to the poor comic stores, and people lose their minds.

Obama appears in Youngblood #8....(crickets chirp)..."Hi, I'm Rob Liefeld. You may remember me from many poorly drawn comics from the 90's, as well as Heroes Reborn and other crap that sucked. I've noticed that not many of you out there are reading Youngblood, perhaps you don't remember how X-TREME it was back in the day. But, that is all going to change once everyone floods their local comic stores to get their hands on the highly collectible and totally RAD Obama issue! Try to guess how many pouches will be drawn on Obama, the winner gets some original artwork of Cable without ankles or proportion!"

Yeesh. Come on, people."Are you feelin' ok, Cap?"

New Beta Ray Bill Project

This article from Newsrama is mostly about an upcoming Sabretooth origin story, which is cool I guess, but the big news is Kieron Gillen is also working on a new Beta Ray Bill one-shot. And we all know that what we need is more Beta Ray!

Detective Comics #852: This issue is part of the "Faces of Evil" thing they are doing at DC right now, and part 1 of a two part Hush vs Catwoman story written by Paul Dini. I consider myself a fan of Paul Dini, especially when he writes Batman, and I have to admit that I was never a big fan Hush. But I do like what Dini has done with Hush so far, he has found a way to make him interesting and more a threat to Batman.

Unfortunately, DC went and screwed up, basically removing Batman from Dini's hands for their stupid "Battle for the Cowl" garbage. I see this whole "Batman R.I.P." story as a cheap imitation of Marvel's killing of Captain America. If you have been paying attention, this is the second time in the last 2 years that DC has played copy-cat to Marvel by using Batman. The previous was the obviously rushed and completely pointless "The Reserrection of Ra's al Ghul" story that went up against "World War Hulk." I predict that the winner of "The Cowl" will not retain it for long, and good old Bruce will return.

What to read in 2009

The new year starts and finds us at the end of another DC crisis, missing a Batman, and the Marvel Universe cleaning up after an invasion. It hasn't all been good, so I'm offering my picks on what to read going into the year.

Marvel's Noir series: I've read Spiderman and X-men so far, and I've enjoyed them very much. Give these a look if you like crime stories and mystery set during The Great Depression.

Dark Avengers: The Skrull invasion is over, and now it finally looks like the heroes of the Marvel universe will be fighting villians again. Say what you want about Norman Osborn not being a big enough villian to spearhead this, I don't care. I've followed his arc in Thunderbolts over the past year and he is a perfect choice. He has become the Anti-Tony Stark, which I hope will lead to the rejuvination of the real Tony Stark into a hero again. It looks like the pieces set into place by Thunderbolts will be picked up in Dark Avengers, and I for one cannot wait.

B.P.R.D. 1947: I read B.P.R.D. 1946 and loved it. Any story that brings together Nazis, vampires, Demons disguised as little Russian girls, Cybernetic War-Apes and WWII as well as this story did gets top marks from me. And now a sequel which promises more early Hellboy as well, sign me up!

Those are the titles I'm looking forward to. What are you excited about?

Merry Christmas!

Hoping everyone has a happy holiday.

Just had to share this with you all:

The Golden Age "Golden Guardian" lets his gun do the talking!


Even superheroes with the power of a million exploding suns need to exercise their Second Amendment rights every now and then.

From Age of the Sentry #4, which continues to be one of the best comics of the year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Beta Ray Blog!

Posting

Sorry for the lack of posts everyone. Holidays and work are keeping me more than busy. But keep watching this space, I will come back on a more regular basis.

Ah yes...

I LIVE AGAIN!

SEE!
The new trailer for Star Trek

THRILL!
The preview of Spider-man Noir #1

BEHOLD!
The DC Universe slowly being torn apart from the inside....

SHOCK!
The Poll results are in, 9 out of 10 prefer Watchmen to the other leading brands! Check out the most recent trailer and try to contain yourself!

Whew!
New poll, let your voice be heard!

yes, still I LIVE!

Tomorrow, new posts, and a new poll!

I found this little thing over at beaucoupkevin(dot)com and this is what it came up with for me...

Your challenge is to write crossover fanfiction combining Harvey Birdman and X-Files.
The story should use starting a band as a plot device!

Generated by the Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator

I think 98% of fanfic is ridiculous, but this may have potential....

New Poll

Vote in my new poll! Sweet!

Ask The Batman...

Dear Batman,

I've been having some problems getting my boyfriend to be completely honest with me. Sometimes he comes home late and won't tell me where he's been all night. I'm afraid he might be cheating! What's the best way to get information out of him?

Worried in Gotham

Dear Worried,


I find that the best way to get a perp to give up information is to inflict as much pain as possible in a very short amount of time. If you are in a hurry, because your girlfriend's heart has been removed by a psychopath who wants to kill you, I suggest the 'electrified toilet bowl' method as I demonstrated in Detective Comics #849 on the Scarecrow.


I think you'll find it very easy and effective.
Sincerely, The Batman

Quick Hits

Venom: Dark Origins # 3:

The symbiote is evil. I know this because...


...the thing will twang you in the eye!

Spider-Man Noir #1

The "Marvel Noir" thing looks pretty cool. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

Wolverine #8

I am currently reading through Marvel Essentials: Wolverine Vol. 1, and I have to say that it is reminding me why Wolverine is such a popular character in the first place. These old stories are spectacular, especially when he is spending time in Madripoor as "Patch". The best so far is #8:


The Hulk (Mr. Fixit at the time) shows up and Wolverine does nothing but play pranks on the guy for the whole issue, tricking the Big Grey Guy into foiling his own mission. Fantastic. Read some Essentials to remember what Wolverine was like before he was starring in 30 books a month.

The Poll - After tallying the votes (all 5 of them) we have an inconclusive tie! Let's call it even and say that we are currently in a comic-based movie renaissance, and the next few years look to be some of the most exciting ever for fans of comics and movies. Lets just hope we keep getting more like "Iron Man" and that this never happens:

Good answer...

I asked a friend of mine recently, 'Who would you rather be, Wally West or Barry Allen?' I didn't realize that he had no idea that either of these men were The Flash, so I explained that to him.

His answer: "Frank Castle."




Correct.