Beetle + Bee = Zombie Ant: JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #26-27 (JLI 33)
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Warning for psychological horror. This isn’t Black Swan or anything, but there’s some scary mind-control stuff, and the penultimate page shown here has an image that stayed with me for a few days. Also some mild misogyny.
The series title shifts from “Justice League International” to “Justice League America” (no “of”) to distinguish its team from Justice League Europe.
The story starts with that American team avoiding the ringing phone like a bunch of Zoomers.
( Don’t fret, fellas, I’m sure the Atom didn’t REALLY need to reach you guys anyway. )
New Vid: Philip Swift/Syrena Fan Video - Sirens
Dec. 5th, 2025 11:13 pmbrokenframe posting in vidding
Critical Role: Campaign 4, Episode 8
Dec. 5th, 2025 02:45 amsettiaiAs with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
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Venom #251
Dec. 4th, 2025 07:01 pmlaughing_tree posting in scans_daily
Writing Otto was a real treat. Once I noticed how often I was making him toss out a literary allusion to show off how clever he is, his whole personality just locked into place. -- Al Ewing
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Absolute Green Lantern #9
Dec. 4th, 2025 12:59 ammastermahan posting in scans_daily
Introducing the Absolute versions of not one, but two of the most beloved characters in DC history!
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Vampire, Weak End: ACTION COMICS #577, JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #25 (JLI 32)
Dec. 3rd, 2025 08:36 pmtcampbell1000 posting in scans_daily
Warning for mass grave scenes, likely suicide, and overall “humanity sucks” vibes. After establishing themselves as “the funny League,” Giffen, DeMatteis, and Templeton would spend about six issues going dark, and that run starts right here. But before that…
In Action Comics #577, 1986, Keith Giffen broke out one of his AP English vocab words and created Caitiff, the first and now-last vampire. The word “caitiff” means “wretched, contemptible person” or occasionally “villain,” and it shares roots with “captive.” But the word wasn’t generally associated with vampires, AFAIK, until the launch of Vampire: the Masquerade in 1991. It’s possible that VtM got the idea from this. Dialogue by Robert Loren Fleming.
Right from the start, Caitiff lived down to his etymology.
( He was hiding in the sewers and didn’t even make it look fun the way the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did. )
The Mortal Thor #3 - "The Father of Lies"
Dec. 3rd, 2025 06:02 pmlaughing_tree posting in scans_daily
Weirdly, I’d actually been the last person to touch Donald Blake after Donny Cates gave him the role of God of Lies – I was writing a crossover between Thor and Venom, and the main plot point Donny requested was that Blake should become the Serpent at the end, so he obviously had some plans for that status quo that were sadly curtailed, so I wasn’t planning to do much with them at first. But then, the closer I got to actually writing the story, the more Blake wove himself back in. -- Al Ewing
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The Mighty Nein 1x05
Dec. 3rd, 2025 01:28 pmsettiaiContinuing on my previously posted thoughts about episode 1x04, I just finished watching episode 1x05.
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