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but round is his iconic one. \u003cspan class\u003d\"st\"\u003eAll those who chose to oppose his shield must \u003ci\u003eyield\u003c/i\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e)\u003c/span\u003e...\u003cbr /\u003eI can go on: It's like taking away Superman's trunks, or Wonder Woman's origin story, or casting Keanu Reeves as John Constantine-  it's just a \u003cb\u003ebad\u003c/b\u003e decision.  And in my opinion- no real fan of the character would ever even dream of doing something like that.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd no, this is \u003cb\u003enot\u003c/b\u003e me being \u003cspan class\u003d\"st\"\u003enitpicky\u003c/span\u003e either- they can make ROM as sleek, and skinny, and non-boxy, and Evangelion-looking as they want- \u003ci\u003ewhatever-\u003c/i\u003e it's a \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ereboot\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/i\u003e: I understand that.\u0026nbsp;  But when I saw the first picture of the redesign on the cover to issue #0 and it had fingers?: That was a \u003ci\u003eHUGE\u003c/i\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: #cc0000;\"\u003ered-flag\u003c/span\u003e for me.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"They're not going to \u003cb\u003eget\u003c/b\u003e this character.\"\u003c/i\u003e -I thought.\u0026nbsp;  And after reading issue zero it looks like I was right to worry.\u0026nbsp; -Because they do not.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd they should be embarrassed to call themselves fans.  -Not because they gave him fingers... you're missing the bigger picture if you think that's all that's wrong here.  But the fingers are a symptom of a much larger illness.\u003cbr /\u003eYou know when you're not sick yet- but you can feel a cold coming on?  That's what the fingers were for me. -I was hoping I wasn't going to be sick; but I just \u003ci\u003eknew\u003c/i\u003e it was coming- and none of the IDW medicine they were Tweeting-out could stave it off.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo, let's go over The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of IDW's Free Comic Book Day offering:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eROM The Space Knight #0  \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003eFirstly: I'm \u003ci\u003enot\u003c/i\u003e a negative person.  And I fucking\u003ci\u003e love\u003c/i\u003e comics- I've been reading them on a weekly basis since I was old enough to read- and I'm 36 now!    So we'll kick things off with...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Good:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iVDQHqfeVVE/Vze-CNh_xpI/AAAAAAAACeM/QhfvJgZEUD0hwPYnCE8S0U07jI95gTEbwCLcB/s1600/NuROM1.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iVDQHqfeVVE/Vze-CNh_xpI/AAAAAAAACeM/QhfvJgZEUD0hwPYnCE8S0U07jI95gTEbwCLcB/s640/NuROM1.jpg\" width\u003d\"414\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1.)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp; It is the year 2016 and I am holding a \u003ci\u003ebrand-spanking\u003cb\u003e new\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/i\u003e ROM: Spaceknight comic in my hands!\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026nbsp;Let's not balk at that- just because it might not be what we wanted \u003ci\u003eexactly\u003c/i\u003e.  It's still a \u003ci\u003eNEW\u003c/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eROM COMIC!\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoly shit!!!\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI never thought I'd see the day- just the fact that it \u003ci\u003eexists\u003c/i\u003e is fucking amazing!  I figured Marvel would hold on to, and do nothing with, the character for the rest of my natural life.  So this comic's very existence is a positive in my book!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2.)\u0026nbsp; \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003eThe weapons.    I\u003ci\u003e love\u003c/i\u003e the weapon redesigns!   Of course non-boxy Neon Genesis-ROM can't have a giant box for a weapon.  That would just look silly.  \u003ci\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoom!:\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tZUADeObaT0/Vze_Z5wr5MI/AAAAAAAACeY/ndKY3_BpmG8tot_kR4ST2agOXLDGPsVnQCLcB/s1600/NuROM12.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"320\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tZUADeObaT0/Vze_Z5wr5MI/AAAAAAAACeY/ndKY3_BpmG8tot_kR4ST2agOXLDGPsVnQCLcB/s320/NuROM12.jpg\" width\u003d\"320\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e-The \u003cspan class\u003d\"st\"\u003eNeutralizer.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBOOM!:\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U4GLxdCs8kY/VzfACvqbjcI/AAAAAAAACeg/R89aPozQSfM00YI7k40jSyF17W_9ATCjwCLcB/s1600/NuROM4.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U4GLxdCs8kY/VzfACvqbjcI/AAAAAAAACeg/R89aPozQSfM00YI7k40jSyF17W_9ATCjwCLcB/s640/NuROM4.jpg\" width\u003d\"456\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e-The Energy Analyzer!\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eI like it the most: That. Looks. AWESOME!  Two big red eyes/censors on the back of his hands!  -The pose he makes... it's fantastic looking!   That was a \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c/i\u003e cool moment for me (that was quickly ruined- \u003ci\u003esee way further down below\u003c/i\u003e).\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2.5)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp; I \u003ci\u003ealso\u003c/i\u003e liked when the facade of the Dire Wraith's was fading- and you could see their rifles were really these weird bio-mechanical guns...  It's a nice little touch I wish there was more of:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7RCQlmUQuRU/VzfBGf9c2wI/AAAAAAAACes/Ii8AWE69yOI5Nc6LSJLuG7jNyBYo7A1SACLcB/s1600/NuROM5.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"203\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7RCQlmUQuRU/VzfBGf9c2wI/AAAAAAAACes/Ii8AWE69yOI5Nc6LSJLuG7jNyBYo7A1SACLcB/s400/NuROM5.jpg\" width\u003d\"400\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3.)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp; I'm going to put this panel in the positives, even though I did not like the overall design of the \"Wraith Hawk\"- I liked the gross, moving, pulsating, organic feel to it in this single panel.  Reminded me of the Lexx ship from the science-fiction show of the same name...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAgain, more of this- less of just about everything else:\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9CPDYaoW9k/VzfBsWF-fvI/AAAAAAAACe0/0xWZbFpQMmoRBWSv-ffRQo3WjbP-gCDnACLcB/s1600/NuROM9.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"214\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9CPDYaoW9k/VzfBsWF-fvI/AAAAAAAACe0/0xWZbFpQMmoRBWSv-ffRQo3WjbP-gCDnACLcB/s640/NuROM9.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e4.)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e  I'm \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c/i\u003e reaching for nice things to say... in an attempt to be as fair as possible.  The over-all redesign (although I'm not a big fan) CAN look pretty damn\u003ci\u003e awesome\u003c/i\u003e with a better artist at the helm, as this ad for issue #1 in the back of the book proves: \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R45gM3S25gY/VzfDIs2OGPI/AAAAAAAACfA/K5X7uaQyRS4ohQD3MeOsqbI-13zunlxVgCLcB/s1600/NuROM18.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R45gM3S25gY/VzfDIs2OGPI/AAAAAAAACfA/K5X7uaQyRS4ohQD3MeOsqbI-13zunlxVgCLcB/s640/NuROM18.jpg\" width\u003d\"472\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e-That looks fucking amazing!  Why couldn't he look like this on the inside of the book?!?\u003cbr /\u003eIn fact; just about EVERY variant cover I have seen has a better looking ROM on it then we get here, or are \u003ci\u003egoing\u003c/i\u003e to get in issue #1, (still) by David Messina.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bad:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNow, one thing I am NOT going to do is pull up images from the original Marvel run and compare them to this- because that would\u003ci\u003e not\u003c/i\u003e be fair to this AT ALL. \u0026nbsp; It will stand or fall on it's own merits.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1.)\u0026nbsp; \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003eThat being said: anyone else notice the writing on this is...... not so great?  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eROM's dialogue is horribly groan-worthy and jarring...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CXhkj_OlPms/VzfEpHYtYjI/AAAAAAAACfM/fiG_M5E9gZI6Qh1bL0gjni0MUb5t5qWegCLcB/s1600/NuROM11.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"297\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CXhkj_OlPms/VzfEpHYtYjI/AAAAAAAACfM/fiG_M5E9gZI6Qh1bL0gjni0MUb5t5qWegCLcB/s400/NuROM11.jpg\" width\u003d\"400\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CwdZM220fK4/VzfEpzy-auI/AAAAAAAACfQ/JRTHw2DgO4g01wTVpFpNjwhom3P74uy4wCLcB/s1600/NuROM14.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CwdZM220fK4/VzfEpzy-auI/AAAAAAAACfQ/JRTHw2DgO4g01wTVpFpNjwhom3P74uy4wCLcB/s640/NuROM14.jpg\" width\u003d\"272\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe writing's not consistent with it's own continuity either- look at the text block preamble here:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tVXV3RyJJus/VzfFVe89lPI/AAAAAAAACfY/Et9CnLreHDgOYaxGe6kkwrEiWKnNrs2KACLcB/s1600/NuROM2.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"217\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tVXV3RyJJus/VzfFVe89lPI/AAAAAAAACfY/Et9CnLreHDgOYaxGe6kkwrEiWKnNrs2KACLcB/s640/NuROM2.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e-Okay, that's perfect!  Right?\u003cbr /\u003eSo why is it that the Dire Wraiths are not only\u003cb\u003e not\u003c/b\u003e scared of ROM \u003cb\u003eat all\u003c/b\u003e when they see him; but act like\u003ci\u003e his \u003c/i\u003eorder is the one that has already been defeated, and not theirs?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Leh2Iyum2ho/VzfGgylYZ_I/AAAAAAAACfo/4kGZZbz9ko8yjOddTnvTwdP2ESOxe_AawCLcB/s1600/NuROM7.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Leh2Iyum2ho/VzfGgylYZ_I/AAAAAAAACfo/4kGZZbz9ko8yjOddTnvTwdP2ESOxe_AawCLcB/s640/NuROM7.jpg\" width\u003d\"540\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-twaZ94CKFms/VzfGfx2JNZI/AAAAAAAACfk/xf_lwRG1q9MLhCxQ1A5sNHQHMl6x9M2JwCLcB/s1600/NuROM13.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"204\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-twaZ94CKFms/VzfGfx2JNZI/AAAAAAAACfk/xf_lwRG1q9MLhCxQ1A5sNHQHMl6x9M2JwCLcB/s640/NuROM13.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e-They show \u003ci\u003eno\u003c/i\u003e fear, no hesitation- they attack him \u003ci\u003ehead on!\u003c/i\u003e\u0026nbsp;  Like he's not a big deal at all- and certainly not the one who \"alone could wipe them off the face of creation.\"\u003cbr /\u003eThere's not one line of\u0026nbsp; 'Oh, no!  It's HIM!'   or  'What are we going to do?' or a scene of one Wraith who maybe panics and tries to run away... Nothing. They basically just say 'fuck you, ROM!' and rush him like he's the last guy they need to take out to win the war!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gskd-M0i1Vc/VzfHdAQ9qCI/AAAAAAAACf0/KfAEfvBwf68XYeEtAWOwjxLGsu2D7ofJACLcB/s1600/NuROM3.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"150\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gskd-M0i1Vc/VzfHdAQ9qCI/AAAAAAAACf0/KfAEfvBwf68XYeEtAWOwjxLGsu2D7ofJACLcB/s640/NuROM3.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e-Where was ANY of that in the book itself? \u0026nbsp; I know it was only 13 pages- but come on.\u003cbr /\u003eThat's\u0026nbsp; some inconsistent storytelling.  \u003cbr /\u003eThat's like if the preamble block of text in a current Spider-Man comic talked about him being married to Mary Jane.     Is it so hard to pay attention to what's happening in your own story???\u003cbr /\u003eIt just makes it more obvious there are two separate writers \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e(Christos Gage\u003c/span\u003e and \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003eChris Ryall\u003c/span\u003e) and one came up with the over-all story bible, and the other is writing the individual issues- but  they are not communicating well, or at all. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2.)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp; Shouldn't the Analyzer expose the Dire Wraiths in their true forms?\u0026nbsp; -Especially in ROM's own damn point-of-view shot??? \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ctable align\u003d\"center\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\" class\u003d\"tr-caption-container\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1cBJNgNJjiI/VzfJS0D4zZI/AAAAAAAACgA/KS8IQ8KyKWkwDLb7n-SCEvQ_Akto-pCawCLcB/s1600/NuROM6.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"226\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1cBJNgNJjiI/VzfJS0D4zZI/AAAAAAAACgA/KS8IQ8KyKWkwDLb7n-SCEvQ_Akto-pCawCLcB/s640/NuROM6.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\"It\u003ci\u003e is\u003c/i\u003e him.\" is just a factual statement- there is no fear or worry behind it: so point #1 still stands.\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026nbsp;Ohhhh...\u003c/i\u003e this different color circle means they are Dire Wraiths... that's... that's...... lazy art.  \u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3.)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp; So...  How big, exactly, is the re-ROM?  In the first shot of him- he seems towering!  As he should be!  ROM always seemed to be a good seven or eight feet tall in the original books.  And he was built like a tank. A fucking war-machine. \u003cbr /\u003eBut there is only one, \u003cb\u003eONE\u003c/b\u003e, panel in this entire book that shows ROM in proportional frame with an average human... and he's in a weird hunched over position:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Abd5ql6SQAc/VzfKe-frNHI/AAAAAAAACgM/jUDrIWpURRQOsFA5fjSp97DhIIO7XKjLgCLcB/s1600/NuROM10.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"243\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Abd5ql6SQAc/VzfKe-frNHI/AAAAAAAACgM/jUDrIWpURRQOsFA5fjSp97DhIIO7XKjLgCLcB/s400/NuROM10.jpg\" width\u003d\"400\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy?  \u003c/i\u003eAgain, a bad (or lazy) decision by the artist- here was your ONE CHANCE to show his relative height.  \"-Behind me human!\"  -as the massive alien knight stands in front of the indigenous life-from to shield him from harm!  What an impressive shot that could have been!\u003cbr /\u003eBut no... he looks feeble instead.  \u003cbr /\u003eThe only other shot where people (Wraiths in disguise) are in frame with ROM makes him look like he's just \u003ci\u003eslightly\u003c/i\u003e taller than an average male. -From a story-telling perspective: If ROM was shown to have a good two and a half foot height differential on the cops/soldiers/Wraiths in disguise-\u003ci\u003e then\u003c/i\u003e when you saw the first Wraith(Wolf) attack ROM and \u003ci\u003eit\u003c/i\u003e was \u003ci\u003ehulking\u003c/i\u003e over \u003ci\u003ehim\u003c/i\u003e; it sure would have been a lot more impressive.  \u003cbr /\u003eIt's like Mr. Plinkett says \"\u003cspan class\u003d\"st\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou\u003c/i\u003e may not have \u003ci\u003enoticed it… but your brain did\u003c/i\u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ugly:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1.)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp; What's with the altered striations on the back of ROM's head?  I know I used this panel in \u003cb\u003eThe Good\u003c/b\u003e segment- but this part of ROM's re-design is just ugly...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4GLxdCs8kY/VzfACvqbjcI/AAAAAAAACek/KWU6zq4chLYW6EeBfixBf9T5f39Ca5aWQCKgB/s1600/NuROM4.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"320\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4GLxdCs8kY/VzfACvqbjcI/AAAAAAAACek/KWU6zq4chLYW6EeBfixBf9T5f39Ca5aWQCKgB/s320/NuROM4.jpg\" width\u003d\"228\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThat panel takes place after ROM in knocked back by Earth's \"crude weapons.\"\u0026nbsp;  So my initial reaction to it was: \"Holy shit, he got all dented up when he fell back on his head\" but no, no... that's not battle-damage; just bad art on a weird design choice.  Usually you can't see it- but look:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KjDf74gwW7o/VzfMqZDQYgI/AAAAAAAACgY/gBY-d3xh0AIBLtx4QS1QBdWsh8iR5IKcACKgB/s1600/NuROM15.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"237\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KjDf74gwW7o/VzfMqZDQYgI/AAAAAAAACgY/gBY-d3xh0AIBLtx4QS1QBdWsh8iR5IKcACKgB/s320/NuROM15.jpg\" width\u003d\"320\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;-The art here makes it look like a brain.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnd\u003ci\u003e this?\u003c/i\u003e:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KFsTVLxWsCw/VzfMqvCbtQI/AAAAAAAACgc/34EnP-u1gjQvUkYYYl7NEJ0cXHxM3kA0gCKgB/s1600/NuROM16.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KFsTVLxWsCw/VzfMqvCbtQI/AAAAAAAACgc/34EnP-u1gjQvUkYYYl7NEJ0cXHxM3kA0gCKgB/s640/NuROM16.jpg\" width\u003d\"545\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThat just looks \u003cb\u003eawful.\u003c/b\u003e  The entire panel is terrible- but his head looks \u003ci\u003eespecially\u003c/i\u003e bad.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI think they are going for the face-plate being able to be lifted up- like on an actual knight's helmet?  Like it would hinge at the ear...  But that makes no sense.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI miss the toaster-head. I know it technically had them too- but not like this.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e...not like this.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2.)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e The Wraith Hawk is our first look at a brand new Dire Wraith design... and it is terrible:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ASviziudEVE/VzfOIo2ikoI/AAAAAAAACgo/dkM21GRmhX4Ejwbxp1sLdxTy8qUEiwUwQCLcB/s1600/NuROM8.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"388\" src\u003d\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ASviziudEVE/VzfOIo2ikoI/AAAAAAAACgo/dkM21GRmhX4Ejwbxp1sLdxTy8qUEiwUwQCLcB/s640/NuROM8.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIt looks like what you'd get if you told a little kid to draw a monster with his crayons- and then you took what he drew and applied whatever artistic skill you had to make it look slightly better...  \u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI know there \u003ci\u003ewill\u003c/i\u003e be other designs for different Wraiths- but they lead with\u003ci\u003e this \u003c/i\u003eone?\u003cbr /\u003e-That does not inspire confidence.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3.)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp; This art, in general, is just not good art. It's stiff, not fluid or conducive to storytelling- I often could not tell what was going on, or where people were in relation to one-another.\u003cbr /\u003eROM was drawn first by the \u003ci\u003eamazing\u003c/i\u003e Sal Buscema, then later on by (how you may feel about his current work notwithstanding) The Legend: Steve Ditko.   So you \u003ci\u003eWOULD THINK\u003c/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eIDW\u003c/b\u003e would try and pull a top-name artist to do the book, or a fantastic new up-and-comer.  Someone's art you would look at and go: \"WOW!  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e is continuing the legacy!\"\u0026nbsp; Especially for the first, \u003ci\u003eand free,\u003c/i\u003e issue that's being used to promote the ongoing book!  They should have went ALL OUT.\u0026nbsp; -This is ROM's return to comics!\u003cb\u003e  It's a celebration!\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003ci\u003e   Right?\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis... this is \u003cb\u003enot\u003c/b\u003e \"all out.\"  This is generic, middle of the road, standard indy-title fare.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dSQ-NeSzMOg/VzfQTTWmSTI/AAAAAAAACg0/p1gBFYgUMRwIVrmk1DtRTYFDE3V3P_3jwCLcB/s1600/SK1.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"149\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dSQ-NeSzMOg/VzfQTTWmSTI/AAAAAAAACg0/p1gBFYgUMRwIVrmk1DtRTYFDE3V3P_3jwCLcB/s200/SK1.jpg\" width\u003d\"200\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eSome people are comparing this comic's art to the art in the much maligned Spaceknights mini-series Marvel put out in 2000, but... \u003cbr /\u003e...no, just no. Like that series or not- and the art \u003ci\u003emay \u003c/i\u003esuffer from the same kind of stiffness; but it's award-winning compared to this.  I would MUCH rather have \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c/i\u003e artist on \u003ci\u003ethis\u003c/i\u003e book.  -I mean, if the DeviantArt-anime-style is the look they were going for \u003ci\u003eanyways\u003c/i\u003e for this reboot- Chris Batista did it better:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Qdc1Oab1zQ/VzfQVKgNpnI/AAAAAAAACg4/-h0it9CA028cGgQHE7Q7QnzvSVNWW5ctACLcB/s1600/SK2.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"494\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Qdc1Oab1zQ/VzfQVKgNpnI/AAAAAAAACg4/-h0it9CA028cGgQHE7Q7QnzvSVNWW5ctACLcB/s640/SK2.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe comic ends with a display of some armor variations- because I guess it can morph to be adaptable to different situations, which is a cool idea... \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-s8o0S0yGY/VzfRSZSonzI/AAAAAAAAChE/AMtzgOB30Xca_dHHcTom7YoKip7z6XWUQCLcB/s1600/NuROM17.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"344\" src\u003d\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-s8o0S0yGY/VzfRSZSonzI/AAAAAAAAChE/AMtzgOB30Xca_dHHcTom7YoKip7z6XWUQCLcB/s640/NuROM17.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e...but honestly; the differences are negligible to the point of \"why bother...\" \u003cbr /\u003eAnd it's yet another failed opportunity- to have his most armored form resemble his classic design.  Seems like that would be a no-brainer.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3.)\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp; The cash-grab.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003e*sigh* \u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e12 variant covers (and counting) to books ROM has nothing to do with. -And you couldn't even put out a decent \"first\" issue?  This is pathetic.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd ROM The Space Knight #1 is going to have 12+ variant covers as well.  IDW seems more concerned with banking off of legacy and nostalgia then they are at putting out a decent product.  And that is both obvious, and sad.\u003cbr /\u003eIf they would have put half the energy into the writing and art that they did with Tweeting shit about it- this could have been a pretty great book.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn conclusion:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e The entire thing seems like it was slap-dashed together over a weekend.\u003cbr /\u003eI'm getting NO sense of love or care going into this- despite their \u003cb\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://twitter.com/chris_ryall\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eMANY\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e Tweets to the contrary...\u003cbr /\u003eI will check out issue one- in spite of issue zero, not because of it- in that regard they failed big.\u003cbr /\u003eBut I want to see what a full issue will look like.  This was just 13 pages.  -And it feels last-minute and rushed as fuck.  I'll read a full issue- but chances are it will be more of the same...  And that's SUCH a shame.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eShame.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSHAME!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSHAME!!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHAME!!!\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHAME!!!!!!\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHAME!!!!!!\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHAME!!!!!!\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003eSHAME!!!!!!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/b\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/feeds/4430701428205793848/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2016/05/iexpectedasmuch.html#comment-form","title":"41 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8954474436358879146/posts/default/4430701428205793848"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8954474436358879146/posts/default/4430701428205793848"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2016/05/iexpectedasmuch.html","title":"The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of ROM The Space Knight #0:"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The King of Thessaly"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/15406771819941242204"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"30","height":"32","src":"//2.bp.blogspot.com/-jES7ykp_IUc/UwZ3YdYY2_I/AAAAAAAAAoU/WrErAKTeX6I/s32/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iVDQHqfeVVE/Vze-CNh_xpI/AAAAAAAACeM/QhfvJgZEUD0hwPYnCE8S0U07jI95gTEbwCLcB/s72-c/NuROM1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"41"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954474436358879146.post-910501595224386054"},"published":{"$t":"2016-04-21T22:18:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-04-21T22:20:32.436-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Alan Grant"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Teekl"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DC"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Klarion the Witch Boy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Val Semeiks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Etrigan the Demon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Demon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Klarion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cat"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Comics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#15"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Etrigan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DC Comics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" Klarion, the BITCH Boy..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ctable align\u003d\"center\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\" class\u003d\"tr-caption-container\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UMJXQmLCV6I/VxmIVM3EF3I/AAAAAAAACds/cP-1gNAsj10p2eeSjAZFQ558vU1gFu8wACLcB/s1600/demon15.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UMJXQmLCV6I/VxmIVM3EF3I/AAAAAAAACds/cP-1gNAsj10p2eeSjAZFQ558vU1gFu8wACLcB/s1600/demon15.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe Demon #15 by Alan Grant / Val Semeiks\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e~A\u003c/span\u003ewwwwww, what a sweet and\u003ci\u003e touching\u003c/i\u003e scene!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e...he goes on to murder several innocent people on the following pages.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/feeds/910501595224386054/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2016/04/mrraaaow.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8954474436358879146/posts/default/910501595224386054"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8954474436358879146/posts/default/910501595224386054"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2016/04/mrraaaow.html","title":" Klarion, the BITCH Boy..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The King of Thessaly"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/15406771819941242204"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"30","height":"32","src":"//2.bp.blogspot.com/-jES7ykp_IUc/UwZ3YdYY2_I/AAAAAAAAAoU/WrErAKTeX6I/s32/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UMJXQmLCV6I/VxmIVM3EF3I/AAAAAAAACds/cP-1gNAsj10p2eeSjAZFQ558vU1gFu8wACLcB/s72-c/demon15.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954474436358879146.post-8665238484993019921"},"published":{"$t":"2016-01-01T19:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-01-06T22:25:23.264-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Taint-shot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"What the FUCK?"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Crack"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Comics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Series Retrospective"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Samuree"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"For KIDS!"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sex"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Drugs are bad..."},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mark Beachum"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Neal Adams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Continuity Comics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Samuree, Part III: So Long, and Thanks for All the Taint."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eQLdJewTVFw/VobrzFZrrmI/AAAAAAAACIs/Cvg8o3_Y7MU/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25284%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"611\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eQLdJewTVFw/VobrzFZrrmI/AAAAAAAACIs/Cvg8o3_Y7MU/s640/Samuree3%2B%25284%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;Finally, exploitation aside... The actual plot:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e~S\u003c/span\u003eamuree is a white teenager who was stranded on an isolated Asian island as a young child.\u0026nbsp; -You may have noticed, in the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2015/06/taint-misbehavin.html\"\u003eprevious\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href\u003d\"http://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2015/06/itsallaboutthattaint.html\"\u003eparts\u003c/a\u003e, her \u003ci\u003etotally\u003c/i\u003e non-racist and broken-English way of speaking... and that is the reason why.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; She was trained in the ways of super-secret martial arts of the non-iron-fisted variety.\u0026nbsp; So the basic plot, possibly unique at the time, is just a little bit been-there-and-done-that by now...\u003cbr /\u003eEnter: Evil Nazi Scientists! -Who stumbled across the island and used it, and it's population, to master the technique of reanimating the dead to use as soldiers.\u003cbr /\u003eBut they too get stranded on the island, and miss the rest of the war.\u0026nbsp; Proceeding to instead destroy everything and everyone Samuree has known and loved- and she swears vengeance!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e-Cut to modern day New York, where Zombie Soldiers are being sold to the highest bidder for crime/henchmen/private-militia reasons by the one surviving, evil, Nazi Scientist!\u003cbr /\u003eAlso- HEY!: Look at all these \u003ci\u003eother\u003c/i\u003e Continuity Comics characters who show up!\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003cb\u003eEat our shared universe, even if you're not hungry for it!!!\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDon't worry- we'll force it down your fucking throat for your convenience!\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BFEKzohlGb4/VobrwBDNTsI/AAAAAAAACIg/ywwa5JA3fLI/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25283%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BFEKzohlGb4/VobrwBDNTsI/AAAAAAAACIg/ywwa5JA3fLI/s640/Samuree3%2B%25283%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"382\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e...From there she just gets her revenge on the Nazis, then moves on to battle a sorceress, and then later on an ancient demon because of reasons... Each story-line becoming less interesting than the last.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eB\u003c/span\u003eut\u003ci\u003e then\u003c/i\u003e shit got \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ereally\u003c/i\u003e weird.\u003c/b\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e-Samuree goes to high-school, and then battles the local drug-dealer!\u003cbr /\u003eIt's not\u003ci\u003e just\u003c/i\u003e bad- it's terribad.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-Prepare to laugh your fucking ass off as we look at some of the final issues of the original series!:\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ctable align\u003d\"center\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\" class\u003d\"tr-caption-container\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MRn63RgdDuI/Vobsch3BpFI/AAAAAAAACJY/fdr4pS4Zplk/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25286%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MRn63RgdDuI/Vobsch3BpFI/AAAAAAAACJY/fdr4pS4Zplk/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25286%2529.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\"Ab-buh-buh-buh-buhhh seeeeeeeeex?!?\"\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;But then; the \u003ci\u003etotally\u003c/i\u003e real-life dangers of crack-cocaine rears it's ugly head!\u0026nbsp; And our titular \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e(taintular?)\u003c/span\u003e heroin (see what I did there?) is attacked in class by a fellow student!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-woTQ2r_-loE/Vobr4K6hlUI/AAAAAAAACI8/4oDwCoM2oiQ/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25287%2529.jpg\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e(embiggen this page for reading...)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003ctable align\u003d\"center\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\" class\u003d\"tr-caption-container\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-woTQ2r_-loE/Vobr4K6hlUI/AAAAAAAACI8/4oDwCoM2oiQ/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25287%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-woTQ2r_-loE/Vobr4K6hlUI/AAAAAAAACI8/4oDwCoM2oiQ/s640/Samuree3%2B%25287%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"438\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\"And crack is, as we all know; F'WACK!\"\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003eS\u003c/span\u003eadly, when \u003ca href\u003d\"http://synthetikxs.deviantart.com/\"\u003eBeachum\u003c/a\u003e and his unique art style left: so did the many taint-shots.\u0026nbsp; \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-Now we have to \u003ci\u003eget by\u003c/i\u003e on your \u003cu\u003estandard\u003c/u\u003e comic-book objectifications... \u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ctable align\u003d\"center\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\" class\u003d\"tr-caption-container\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OPOluw1IEsY/VobrrYTsgNI/AAAAAAAACIU/kPZQ63y1BIs/s1600/Samuree3%2B%252811%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OPOluw1IEsY/VobrrYTsgNI/AAAAAAAACIU/kPZQ63y1BIs/s1600/Samuree3%2B%252811%2529.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAIL-BAIT!\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e-That's her \u003cspan class\u003d\"st\"\u003eAir Force Liaison Officer\u003c/span\u003e, and legal guardian, by the way- who she\u003ci\u003e totally\u003c/i\u003e wants to fuck.\u0026nbsp; Like: \u003ci\u003eREALLY\u003c/i\u003e badly. She mentions, or thinks about it, often...\u003cbr /\u003eIt's  just so weird to me when they do this- NOTHING would be lost in the  story if the made her 19 instead of 16 years old, and changed high-school to  collage.\u0026nbsp; It could/would be the \u003ci\u003eEXACT\u003c/i\u003e same plot, just inherently less...  icky-feeling.\u0026nbsp; And even then; not by \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c/i\u003e much!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAnyways- the other artists (Dave Hoover, \u0026amp; Clarke Hawbaker) do sneak in a couple of taint-shots for old-time's-sake:\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xYGYmdlyG74/Vobrq0ZO8LI/AAAAAAAACIQ/rXXZbrsjhmY/s1600/Samuree3%2B%252812%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"170\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xYGYmdlyG74/Vobrq0ZO8LI/AAAAAAAACIQ/rXXZbrsjhmY/s400/Samuree3%2B%252812%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"400\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GbjopEQMkGc/Vobr0IgoJyI/AAAAAAAACI0/KvkbWF8uGXs/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25285%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GbjopEQMkGc/Vobr0IgoJyI/AAAAAAAACI0/KvkbWF8uGXs/s640/Samuree3%2B%25285%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"567\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026nbsp;But forget about that!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-We have a very odd and ill-conceived anti-drug message we're in the middle of!\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2014/06/awesomewarriors.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: #999999;\"\u003eTO THE CRACK HOUSE!!!:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2015/03/smokecrack.html\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"http://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2015/03/smokecrack.html\" border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"624\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZqJPjNVPp3A/Vobr6mWwZkI/AAAAAAAACJE/GIzBlEBaMFQ/s640/Samuree3%2B%25288%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NO5cjEWBjew/Vobr-Hg65kI/AAAAAAAACJM/lAYR1tYzOFM/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25289%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NO5cjEWBjew/Vobr-Hg65kI/AAAAAAAACJM/lAYR1tYzOFM/s640/Samuree3%2B%25289%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"444\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e(\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NO5cjEWBjew/Vobr-Hg65kI/AAAAAAAACJM/lAYR1tYzOFM/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25289%2529.jpg\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eembiggen\u003c/a\u003e for \u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wOalGTkY92w/VobrqX_KZTI/AAAAAAAACII/pyu6NRqF4UE/s1600/Samuree3%2B%252810%2529.jpg\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ereading...\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ctable align\u003d\"center\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\" class\u003d\"tr-caption-container\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wOalGTkY92w/VobrqX_KZTI/AAAAAAAACII/pyu6NRqF4UE/s1600/Samuree3%2B%252810%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"640\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wOalGTkY92w/VobrqX_KZTI/AAAAAAAACII/pyu6NRqF4UE/s640/Samuree3%2B%252810%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"435\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ch3 class\u003d\"r\"\u003e~Bwahahahahahaha!!!\u0026nbsp; \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003eOhhhhhhh- fuck you, comic.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e-A\u003c/span\u003end so it all ends with, what else; Satanists being behind the drug distribution!!!\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAnd a teenage girl being beaten  half-to-death by men who then chloroform Samuree and stand around her; exclaiming they're about  to have \u003ci\u003e\"some fun\"\u003c/i\u003e.\u0026nbsp; Man, Rick James was right! -Cocaine \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eis\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e a hell of a drug!!!\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-Oh, and a terminator-robot shows up too...\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eI\u003c/span\u003et's  not a very cohesive run.\u0026nbsp; The first handful of issues are the best-  then it gets kind of directionless. Samuree had so much potential to be a  truly bad-ass concept/book.\u0026nbsp; But the forced shared-universe thing, and  then the weird drug-message turn it took (by Peter Stone)...\u0026nbsp; entertaining to a point- but not in  a good way.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e-I\u003c/span\u003et's strange to me how these books were marketed towards kids...\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6u8nTDbWNqk/VobrwJpx1OI/AAAAAAAACIk/tWeLrWXlMWM/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25282%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"320\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6u8nTDbWNqk/VobrwJpx1OI/AAAAAAAACIk/tWeLrWXlMWM/s320/Samuree3%2B%25282%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"237\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WjX_oaE9i9c/VobrlFjJ1sI/AAAAAAAACH8/n0ZHf4W6n4k/s1600/Samuree3%2B%25281%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"312\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WjX_oaE9i9c/VobrlFjJ1sI/AAAAAAAACH8/n0ZHf4W6n4k/s320/Samuree3%2B%25281%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"320\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEspecially when the early issues have such stylized \u003cspan class\u003d\"st\"\u003esexualisation\u003c/span\u003e in the art.\u0026nbsp; -Or as noted in \u003ca href\u003d\"http://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2015/06/itsallaboutthattaint.html\"\u003ePart 1\u003c/a\u003e (and by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://romspaceknightart.blogspot.com/2012/10/i-got-your-fu-splash-page-right-here.html\"\u003eShlomo\u003c/a\u003e): a lot of pretty graphic violence...\u0026nbsp;\u003c/div\u003eJust keep everything you have seen in these three parts in mind as you embiggen and read those in-comic ads of the time.\u0026nbsp; The original Samuree series ran for nine issues between 1987 and 1991, and yes; by issue #7 this was all somewhat tamed-down across the board... but, yeah; still strange.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSamuree had \u003cb\u003etwo\u003c/b\u003e more series' after this- so we'll check back in at some point down the road...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFor now, though... you'll have to find another site to get your taint-shot fix.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/feeds/8665238484993019921/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2016/01/ohdeargodwhathavewedone.html#comment-form","title":"8 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8954474436358879146/posts/default/8665238484993019921"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8954474436358879146/posts/default/8665238484993019921"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2016/01/ohdeargodwhathavewedone.html","title":"Samuree, Part III: So Long, and Thanks for All the Taint."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The King of Thessaly"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/15406771819941242204"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"30","height":"32","src":"//2.bp.blogspot.com/-jES7ykp_IUc/UwZ3YdYY2_I/AAAAAAAAAoU/WrErAKTeX6I/s32/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eQLdJewTVFw/VobrzFZrrmI/AAAAAAAACIs/Cvg8o3_Y7MU/s72-c/Samuree3%2B%25284%2529.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"8"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954474436358879146.post-971342685839150597"},"published":{"$t":"2015-06-15T09:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-06-15T09:00:02.610-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Taint-shot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Art"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Akin \u0026 Garvey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Comics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mistress of The Martial Arts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Megalith"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Samuree"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Samuree: Mistress of The Martial Arts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Elliot Maggin"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mark Beachum"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Neal Adams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Continuity Comics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Taint-misbehavin'!  Samuree, Part II:"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eD\u003c/span\u003eid you think I was fucking joking???\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Tlb-aXyuTc/VX2jOUFa5sI/AAAAAAAACHc/bGqWKUK03D8/s1600/Samuree2.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"465\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Tlb-aXyuTc/VX2jOUFa5sI/AAAAAAAACHc/bGqWKUK03D8/s640/Samuree2.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e-It's all about that taint, 'bout that taint; we're in trouble...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eS\u003c/span\u003eo, here are issues \u003cb\u003e#2\u003c/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e#3\u003c/b\u003e of \u003ci\u003eContinuity Comics'\u003c/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eSamuree: Mistress of The Martial Arts\u003c/b\u003e by Mark Beachum, Elliot Maggin, Neal Adams, and Akin \u0026amp; Garvey......\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k970Z0heHc0/VX2jMFzouEI/AAAAAAAACHY/C8vfZK6pgvA/s1600/Samuree2%2B%25284%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"420\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k970Z0heHc0/VX2jMFzouEI/AAAAAAAACHY/C8vfZK6pgvA/s640/Samuree2%2B%25284%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eB\u003c/span\u003eeachum's art is so amazing.\u0026nbsp; I genuinely love it even for non-perverted reasons...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003eB\u003c/span\u003eut you did not click on this blog for ass-shots... you did not click on \u003ci\u003ethis \u003c/i\u003eblog for crotch-shots... and even though this comic has plenty of those; so do most comics on the market... No, you \u003ci\u003eall\u003c/i\u003e came here for \u003cb\u003eone\u003c/b\u003e thing- those sweet, sweet \u003ci\u003etaint-shots:\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ctable align\u003d\"center\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\" class\u003d\"tr-caption-container\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5TX3yCFTAJ8/VX2jJPD29cI/AAAAAAAACG8/1GMzIl4xDw4/s1600/Samuree2%2B%25281%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5TX3yCFTAJ8/VX2jJPD29cI/AAAAAAAACG8/1GMzIl4xDw4/s1600/Samuree2%2B%25281%2529.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Os-oBpudCsQ/VX2jJuiPjeI/AAAAAAAACHI/dpeQ8C80NOA/s1600/Samuree2%2B%25283%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Os-oBpudCsQ/VX2jJuiPjeI/AAAAAAAACHI/dpeQ8C80NOA/s1600/Samuree2%2B%25283%2529.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yf8bTsNVigs/VX2jK-VqS9I/AAAAAAAACHQ/GX5iptG2bGM/s1600/Samuree2%2B%25285%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yf8bTsNVigs/VX2jK-VqS9I/AAAAAAAACHQ/GX5iptG2bGM/s1600/Samuree2%2B%25285%2529.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eI\u003c/span\u003en the up-coming \u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c/b\u003e; I just may actually talk about the plot of the book.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e...Or maybe I'll just show more of Samuree's taint.\u0026nbsp; -Who knows?\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ctable align\u003d\"center\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\" class\u003d\"tr-caption-container\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4MTyqLZUT0o/VX2jI_9E-DI/AAAAAAAACHE/OaDwWnp4Zfk/s1600/Samuree2%2B%25282%2529.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"588\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4MTyqLZUT0o/VX2jI_9E-DI/AAAAAAAACHE/OaDwWnp4Zfk/s640/Samuree2%2B%25282%2529.jpg\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSamuree: \"Here- I'll sit on your face; it tastes just like candy.\"\u0026nbsp; Megalith: \"Whhooouf!\"\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"tr-caption\" style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/feeds/971342685839150597/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2015/06/taint-misbehavin.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8954474436358879146/posts/default/971342685839150597"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8954474436358879146/posts/default/971342685839150597"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2015/06/taint-misbehavin.html","title":"Taint-misbehavin'!  Samuree, Part II:"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The King of Thessaly"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/15406771819941242204"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"30","height":"32","src":"//2.bp.blogspot.com/-jES7ykp_IUc/UwZ3YdYY2_I/AAAAAAAAAoU/WrErAKTeX6I/s32/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Tlb-aXyuTc/VX2jOUFa5sI/AAAAAAAACHc/bGqWKUK03D8/s72-c/Samuree2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954474436358879146.post-3087590783619972481"},"published":{"$t":"2015-04-04T13:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-04-04T23:52:25.486-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Demon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Versus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defenders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DC"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Comics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Gargoyle"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jason Blood"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Demon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Isaac Christians"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Etrigan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marvel"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Demon Etrigan Vs. The Gargoyle"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e~Who would win???~\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://olybear.deviantart.com/\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"http://olybear.deviantart.com/\" border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ZsLF2Q3VJU/VRDrJacc7QI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/z0x_b8Or6iU/s1600/evg%2B(2).jpg\" height\u003d\"412\" width\u003d\"640\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2015/03/dearcock.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEtrigan The Demon\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--nqAyODU-Vc/VRDrKG8yw2I/AAAAAAAAB9g/q5YoHRct5Qk/s1600/evg%2B(5).jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--nqAyODU-Vc/VRDrKG8yw2I/AAAAAAAAB9g/q5YoHRct5Qk/s1600/evg%2B(5).jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeight:\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e 6'4\" (as The Demon); 6' (as Jason Blood) \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: Arial,;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: Arial,; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e 352 lbs. (as \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: Arial,;\"\u003eT\u003c/span\u003ehe Demon); 182 lbs. (as Jason Blood)\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: Arial,; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOccupation:\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003eDeposed King of Hell ; \u003c/span\u003eDemonologist\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Appearance:\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: red;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemon\u003c/i\u003e #1\u003c/span\u003e (1972) \u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eE\u003c/span\u003even among demons, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Etrigan_%28New_Earth%29\"\u003eEtrigan\u003c/a\u003e is considered to be extremely powerful. He  has above superhuman strength (mystically enhanced) and a high degree of resistance to injury. He can project hellfire  from his body; usually from his mouth, and has a very high command of  magic.\u003cbr /\u003eOther powers include mystically enhanced fangs and claws,  enhanced senses, super speed, agility, telepathy, energy blasts, and  precognition. His sadomasochistic  nature allows him to enjoy pain as if it were pleasure, making him  generally fearless in the face of combat and torture. His healing factor  can handle an incredible amount of damage, allowing him to recover from  wounds that have removed large sections of his body.\u0026nbsp; Etrigan is also provided with insight to  religious aspects and other forbidden or secret knowledge.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eor \u003ca href\u003d\"http://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2015/04/andilaugh.html\"\u003eThe Gargoyle?:\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXqzRt0kH-0/VRDrInK5g-I/AAAAAAAAB9E/xIjxhMh31Z4/s1600/evg%2B(3).jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXqzRt0kH-0/VRDrInK5g-I/AAAAAAAAB9E/xIjxhMh31Z4/s1600/evg%2B(3).jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeight\u003c/b\u003e: (as \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003eIsaac Christians) 5’9”; (as Gargoyle) 5’10” \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight\u003c/b\u003e: (\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003eas \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003eIsaac Christians\u003c/span\u003e) 150 lbs.; (as Gargoyle) 204 lbs.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOccupation:\u003c/b\u003e Former Mayor, soldier;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e adventurer, sometimes villain\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst Appearance\u003c/b\u003e: \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: orange;\"\u003eDefenders #94\u003c/span\u003e (1981)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"togCont\" id\u003d\"char-powers-content\" style\u003d\"display: block;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://marvel.com/universe/Gargoyle_%28Isaac_Christians%29\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eG\u003c/span\u003eargoyle\u003c/a\u003e  can fly, and is able to fire bio-mystic blasts which steal part of the  victim’s soul; he can also reverse this to strengthen others with his  own life-force. He can form  bio-energy shields to deflect magical attacks, as well as  transmute matter.\u0026nbsp; This bio-energy also jams sorcerer's attempts to locate him. His body is immortal, does not need  to breathe, can regenerate lost limbs, and is super-humanly strong and  durable. He can breathe a bio-mystic fire which can remove madness and  evil from people. But The Gargoyle can be used as a  familiar by more experienced magicians, and Isaac has a limited knowledge of magic.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w757W6JPU1M/VRDrKbqtCcI/AAAAAAAAB9k/TdfZx4pA6d0/s1600/evg.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w757W6JPU1M/VRDrKbqtCcI/AAAAAAAAB9k/TdfZx4pA6d0/s1600/evg.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1fGzLzFF3V8/VRDrIQFvFeI/AAAAAAAAB9A/kmKFrgHyzsQ/s1600/evg%2B(1).jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1fGzLzFF3V8/VRDrIQFvFeI/AAAAAAAAB9A/kmKFrgHyzsQ/s1600/evg%2B(1).jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etrigan_the_Demon\"\u003ehellfire\u003c/a\u003e versus \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle_%28comics%29#Gargoyle_.28Isaac_Christians.29\"\u003ebio-mystic energy!!!\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003eA\u003c/span\u003end if you break down their skill-sets into (non-existent) \u003ca href\u003d\"http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24703/heroscape-marvel-conflict-begins\"\u003eHeroScape\u003c/a\u003e stats- you'll see that they're pretty evenly matched:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3di0R-MfLwQ/VR_vsvAa16I/AAAAAAAAB_E/PxbbgtLHVFQ/s1600/Etrigan%2BThe%2BDemon.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3di0R-MfLwQ/VR_vsvAa16I/AAAAAAAAB_E/PxbbgtLHVFQ/s1600/Etrigan%2BThe%2BDemon.jpg\" height\u003d\"376\" width\u003d\"400\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dukWsT7IRiY/VR_vsJeEd7I/AAAAAAAAB-8/IUYI1U7PPRY/s1600/The%2BGargoyle.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dukWsT7IRiY/VR_vsJeEd7I/AAAAAAAAB-8/IUYI1U7PPRY/s1600/The%2BGargoyle.jpg\" height\u003d\"387\" width\u003d\"400\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; 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