politescott

My son is a huge FNAP fan, so of course we went to the first showing of FNAF 2.
I thought it was better than the first one, mainly because it jumped right into the story and didn't need to give as much exposition.

...and my 18 year-old son's is 82 (he does like his Cole Porter)

Apparently I'm 72 years old...

I had that Man-Bat record set when I was a kid. It was perfect for an elementary-age kid who loved comics and monsters. I listened to it so much I wore it out.

More proof that the Kree are dicks:
Virus-Z-3 caused a pandemic that nearly wiped out the Kree. Now, in the name of “science,” Ronan the Accuser wants Captain Marvel to release the virus on an unsuspecting Earth town just to see if it is equally deadly to humans.
Captain Marvel #7 (November 1968)

I still have my subscription to this, plus their quarterly deep dive into military history

My son and I are at the local theater to see the Overlord (anime) movie, and it looks like we’re the only two here for it

X-Box achievement unlocked: vaccinated

My latest medical/comic book project is looking through golden age jungle comics*. I've read about five years worth and already have 10 pages of notes. That's much more than I expected.

*"jungle comics" meaning not just the eponymous Jungle Comics, but also the genre of jungle comics itself.

I remember how much havoc the flipping caused for art in Appleseed -- Deunan's eyepatch would switch sides between cover art and interior art, and sometimes alternate on interior pages as well.

This weekend's plan: continue my deep dive into exactly what "blood disease" Michael Morbius had.
Cancer? Infection? Inquiring minds want to know.

It's a "congregation" of alligators, but a "bask" of crocodiles (on shore that is, in the water it's a "float" of crocodiles)

The only rapture you need to be worrying about today is Rapture, the addictive drug made by Alchemax that led Miguel O'Hara to become Spider-Man 2099.
politescott.com/2099/TNNdrug...

For the nighttime crowd, my Medical Guide to Marvel’s 2099 is now online: politescott.com/2099/TNNtitl...

Time for some good news: I have finished my Medical Guide to Marvel's 2099, Volume 1 and 2, which covers the original 2099 comics and Marvel Knights 2099.
You can find it here: politescott.com/2099/TNNtitl...
(I am working on a downloadable version too).

That was my comic shop when I used to live in Vegas. Still visit it every time I go back

For the record, the comic I was looking for was Batman #84, where Catwoman wins the Queen for Day beauty pageant by poisoning the other contestants.

"Catwoman Queen for a Day" likely refers to a combination of two concepts: Catwoman, the Batman villain, and the old game show "Queen for a Day". The term "Queen for a Day" originally referred to the game show format where contestants would be chosen to be the "Queen for a Day" and receive assistance from the show.

Putting them together, "Catwoman Queen for a Day" could be interpreted as a metaphor for Catwoman being in a position of power or importance for a limited time, perhaps in the same way that contestants on the "Queen for Day" show received special attention for a day. It could also be a humorous or ironic way to describe her character, highlighting her transformation into a powerful figure, even if only for a brief period.

I was trying to discover which issue of Batman had Catwoman winning the "Queen for a Day" beauty pageant -- so I googled it and ended up with the useless AI nonsense.

In terms of the Legacy Virus, was any “human” other than Moira actually infected? Or was she the only one?

Finished my final leg. Much better than the second leg, though admittedly not as hilly (though still quite hilly). My legs have filed for divorce 😉
#r2r

Second leg complete. Much tougher with the hills. 8:29 pace this time. The most important thing is that we’re beating BRC team #2. #r2r

Our teams first 5 legs of the River to River Relay complete. My first leg went well, though I ran faster than planned. I ended up running a 7:30 mile instead of the 8-8:30 I had planned. That’ll definitely come back to haunt me in later legs 😟
#r2r

I’m the first runner, and I start with a 3.5 mile downhill gravel run.

BRC Team #1 is getting ready to start the River to River relay. It’s an 8 person relay across Southern Illinois, from the Mississippi River to the Ohio. Each person runs 3 legs of roughly 3-1/2 miles each.

I love the names of the towns Morbius visited in his VAMPIRE TALES stories from the 70s: Malevolence, Maine; Gallows End, Nevada; and Painesville, Pennsylvania

Which disease was thought to be non-communicable, Morbius’s initial blood disease, or are we considering his form of vampirism a disease? And what does radioactivity have to do with it? There’s never been any mention of radiation in his origin before.

Here’s the panels in question:

Trying too hard to understand the plot twist in the Morbius story in ADVENTURES INTO FEAR #31 (Mantlo/Robbins/Colletta), especially the “it’s radioactive!” reveal.