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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.

Notes (cont'd):
3. I'm worried about what makes the fuel/hair elixir "atomic."

Notes:
1. "Jimmy Olsen, Cub Inventor" by Otto Binder, Curt Swan, and Ray Burnley.
2. The comic implies that Jimmy’s hair tonic is a failure because its results aren’t permanent. We live in a nation where people buy spray-on hair, so certainly even a temporary hair loss solution would be a winner!

Just as Jimmy as lamenting that he’ll have to shave daily for the rest of his life*, his landlord barges in (again!) to report that the hair growth is only temporary and he was back to being bald again within a few days.

*Shouldn't he be shaving everyday anyway?He's an adult male (more or less)

Crook: "Mr. Willing to pay you $1,000,000 for your...huh?" Jimmy (wearing a SPECTACULAR beard): "I'm afraid you've made a mistake gentlemen! I'm...er...Roger Todd, Not Jimmy Olsen! He's -- uh -- five floors up!"

A few days later, about to be caught by the criminals, Jimmy splashes the last of his atomic fuel/hair tonic o his face to grow a spectacular beard to fool them into thinking he is someone else.

At this point, Superman involves Jimmy in a scheme to catch criminals using him as unwitting bait in a crackpot plan about inventing a time radio.

Of course, Jimmy destroyed the recipe earlier in the comic, so he can’t make any more, and there is only a small amount remaining

Landlord: "Toupee -- nothing? Try pulling it off, go ahead!" Jimmy: "Why it's you real hair! But -- but you were bald just five minutes ago! What made your hair suddenly grow like that?" Landlord: "This Jimmy! [pointing to the spilled atomic fuel] Remember I accidentally rubbed some on my head before? You've invented a wonderful hair elixir! It'll make you rich and famous!" Jimmy: "Oh, no! I -- I just burned the formula and I don't remember it anymore! I'll never be able to reproduce that stuff!"

A few minutes later, Jimmy’s landlord barges back into his apartment to show that the atomic fuel he accidentally splashed on his bald scalp has resulted in the growth of a full head of hair. Jimmy has inadvertently created a miracle hair elixir!

Dejectedly, Jimmy burns all his invention plans.

Disheartened, Jimmy burns his plans for the robot and fuel.

Jimmy's landlord barges in: "No see here, Jimmy -- I've warned you before -- stop this noise! What are you doing with all this junk anyway?" Jimmy: "Junk? My dear Mr. Hardy, you are speaking of what may be brilliant inventions some day!" Landlord:"Inventions? Those crazy contraptions? Now I've heard everything!" Jimmy: "You won't be skeptical when you see this robot cat pounce on that dummy mouse as quick as a wink!"

Jimmy is having a rough day. He has created his own “Atomic Fuel” to power a robot cat he is building, but in the span of few seconds he spills the fuel, his landlord barges in complaining about the noise, and his robot cat breaks into pieces after running into a wall.