2012: Week 13 - Comics

Greetings Friends,

I completed some serious comic book reading this week. Check it out.

#131. Mouse Guard - The Black Axe #4.

#132. Ragemoor #1.

#133. Road Rage #2.

#134. Planet of the Apes #12.

#135. Star Trek - Legion of Super-Heroes #6.

#136. Batman Beyond Unlimited #2.

#137. Steed and Mrs. Peel #3.

#138. Elephantmen #38.

#139. Warlord of Mars - Dejah Thoris #11.

#140. All Star Western #7.

#141. Spaceman #5.

#142. Batman - The Dark Knight #7.

#143. Star Trek #7.

#144. Batman Odyssey #6.

#145. Batman #7.

#146. Super Crooks #1.

#147. Fear Itself - The Fearless #11.

#148. Comeback Kings #2.

#149. Avengers #24.1.

#150. Captain America & Bucky #628.

#151. B.P.R.D. - Hell on Earth - The Long Death #2.

#152. B.P.R.D. - Hell on Earth - The Pickens County Horror #1.

#153. Legion - Secret Origin #6.

#154. The Bulletproof Coffin - Disinterred #3.

Twenty four comic books read this week. Only 346 left to go.

Keep Reading Comics.

D.L.

2012: Week 12 - Comics

Greetings Friends,

With the Planet Comic Con this weekend I read very few comic books. Check out my short list.

#127. Rocketeer Adventures 2 #1.

#128. Justice League #7.

#129. Kick-Ass 2 #7. In the realm of violent comics this was a Super Violent Issue!

#130. Comeback Kings #1. What if Bruce Lee went into hiding and didn't die? What if he helped Elvis, Jim Morrison (Yes!), Andy Kaufman and Tupac Shakur (BOO!) do the same. What if they formed an unlikely team? Cool first issue.

That's it. Just four issues read this week.

Keep Reading Comics.

D.L.

Planet Comic-Con '12 - The Recap.

Greetings Friends,

Another Planet Comic-Con down. They seem to take forever to come around each year (and they are over so quick).

Some high-lites from this years show:

#1. Meeting Tim Sale (again). Getting some books signed, getting a Batman print and sketch book. I also asked where's Captain America White? He assured me that it was coming. He said that two issues were complete. --- But the zero issue came out in 2008. What's taking so long?

#2. Meeting Dave Johnson (for the first time). I got some books signed and bought a Superman print (of what I consider one of his finest covers). I would consider him a super star but he had very few people at his table. Nice guy though.

#3. Getting my Bernie Wrightson book - Creepy Presents Bernie Wrightson signed by Bernie and Bruce Jones.

#4. Meeting Steven T. Seagle (for the first time) and talking about his ending of Sand Man Mystery Theater (one of my favorite comic book projects). And picking up a few signed books from him.

#5. Meeting John Layman and getting my Chew Omnivore Edition vol.1 signed by him. Also talking Chew comic and (hopefully) Showtime TV show.

#6. Meeting Matt Kindt (again), watching him water color a very nice Beta Ray Bill he drew for a lucky fan and getting my copy of The Tooth signed with neat little drawing.

#7. Talking to other random pros like Jason Aaron and B. Clay Moore. Seeing Edward James Olmos, Gil Gerard and Erin Gray.

#8. Buying cool comics, trades, graphic novels, prints, toys and sketchbooks.

#9. Off course going to three Half Price Books while in KC.

#10. And eating at Cinzetti's and Jack Stack Bar-B-Que.

Down side:

#1. Way Over Crowded On Saturday! This was a first.

#2. Ten hour round trip car ride.

All in all, I give the weekend a solid A.

Keep Reading Comics.

D.L.

2012 - End of Week 12 - Books.

Greetings Friends,

In the last couple of weeks I've read four graphic novels. Check them out.

Graphic Novels:

#9 (of 20). Monkey vs. Robot by James Kochalka.

In the jungle monkey's are minding their own business. They are just being playful and inquisitive. Then one day a robot factory starts pumping out robots. These robots are sent out to collect materials for the making of more robots. If that isn't bad enough, the sludge from the factory kills an innocent monkey. That's when all hell brakes loose. The monkeys get organized and go after the robots. So begins the eternal struggle of monkey vs. robot.

#10 (of 20). Monkey vs. Robot and the Crystal of Power by James Kochalka.

This follow up book finds the monkeys and robots at odds again. The robots are collecting plants and animal to extract knowledge from them. When a monkey escapes the extractor it starts a power surge that cripples the robot "brain". Robots are sent out to find a new power crystal. This reignites the eternal struggle of monkey vs. robot.

For humor and and nice cartoony art these books are a must read. If you aren't familiar with Kochalka these books are a good place to start.

#11 (of 20). Little and LARGE by Tony Millionaire.

This is another Sock Monkey (Uncle Gabby) tale. In this story the wood cutter cuts down a tree. This act displaces many animals. One of which is a daddy long legs. He is very sad that he has no home so he gets Uncle Gabby to help him find a new one.

Although it is a short tale, it does have wonderful drawings reminiscent of a nice little big book story. Another winner from Tony Millionaire.

#12 (0f 20). 3 Story - The Secret History of the Giant Man by Matt Kindt.

This is the story Craig Pressgang's life. Pressgang grows and grows. He becomes super tall (many stories tall). What at first is celebrity ends up alienating him from all relationships. This is a nice story with very depressing ending.

Written, drawn and water colored by Matt Kindt, this is a beautiful and sad tale. At Planet Comic Con in Kansas City this weekend I talked to Matt Kindt about 3 Story. I told him that the out come of Craig Pressgang was very sad. Matt agreed but said a lot of his stories have depressing endings (and he was not a depressed person - that's good to know).

All four books are highly recommended. You should check them out.

D.L.

2012: Week 11 - Comics

Greetings Friends,

A few more comic books read on my quest of 500 comics read this year. Check them out.

#112. Blue Estate #10.

#113. Lobster Johnson - The Burning Hand #3.

#114. Exile on the Planet of the Apes #1.

#115. Next Men - Aftermath #41.

#116. Avengers #24.

#117. Captain America #9.

#118. Batwoman #7.

#119. Powers #9.

#120. The Punisher #9.

Add all read as single issues:

#121. The Infinity Gauntlet #1.

#122. The Infinity Gauntlet #2.

#123. The Infinity Gauntlet #3.

#124. The Infinity Gauntlet #4.

#125. The Infinity Gauntlet #5.

#126. The Infinity Gauntlet #6.

Add the best for last. Two new series by top writers. Both highly recommended.

#127. Saga #1. By Brian K. Vaughan.

#128. The Manhattan Projects #1. By Jonathan Hickman.

Keep Reading Comics.

D.L.

Smallville - A Retrospective - 14.

Greetings Friends,

More Smallville.


Season 2 Episode 20: Witness (original air date 4-29-03).

Clark is helping Lana but he missed his deadline for a story for the Torch. Chloe is unhappy about it. Meanwhile at night, masked men have stopped a van to steal it's cargo. Clark tries to stop them but can't. Clark sees that one robber has a Smallville class ring and a plate in his head. The next day at school he notices (with x-ray vision) that the plate is in the head of the school baseball star, Eric Marsh. Is the jock taking hits off a Kryptonite inhaler? Lionel is back at the mansion to wish Lex well for his engagement. Did Lex have the contents of the van (from Luthor Corp.) stolen? At the Talon, Henry Small stops by to see Lana. Clark finds out through Torch investigating that the jock was a chemistry star. He was involved with an explosion at chemistry camp. Clark follows the ball player to a foundry where the contents of the van (pure Kryptonite) is being super heated into a gas for aerosol delivery. Clark (depowered because of all the Kryptonite around him) gets his ass kicked and is thrown in the furnace. Once the preps take off with the Kryptonite, Clark busts out of the furnace. Lana talks to Mrs. Small at the Talon who tells her that she is divorcing her husband. Someone has trashed the Torch. Clark tries to help with the clean up but Chloe doesn't want it. Because of Clark's tip Eric lands in jail. Lex bails him out for knowledge of what was stolen from Luthor Corp. Clark confronts Eric about the Torch. He gets thrown around and his parents are threatened. Clark has to race home to free his captive parents. Clark confronts Lex about helping Eric out of jail. But Lex did it for information. His dad maybe starting up the level three experiments again. Lex and Clark hatch a plan to catch the gang. Clark knocks out Lex. When the next shipment of meteor rocks is shipped, Clark gets onto that truck. At the foundry Clark uses his other powers to take down the gang. Clark and Pete bury the meteor rocks in the woods. Lex has his suspicions what happened to the rocks. Lana tells Mr. Small he needs to spend time with his wife. Lionel pays Chloe a visit at the Torch. He is going to help her rebuild and will get her a column at the Daily Planet. Because they are after the same thing: The Truth.


Season 2 Episode 21: Accelerate (original air date 5-6-03).

Lana is having a fright fest movie festival at the Talon. When she is cleaning up she sees a little girl. The next day she sees the same little girl in her room. She believes that the little girl was a former friend of hers (Emily) that died six years ago. Lana and Clark go to meet her friends dad. He still hasn't gotten over his daughter's death. At the mansion Lionel has given Lex his marriage gift: a trip for them to the caribbean. Mr. Dinsmore goes to his old house and sees his daughter there swinging. He asks her to come home. She doesn't want to go home or stop seeing Lana. So she tries to kill her dad. Clark and Pete go to search the cemetery. They find the girls grave. Clark sees that she is still in it. They also see Emily in the grave yard. She runs away. And Clark sees that she is moving very fast. Back at the Talon Emily surprises Lana. Lex sees Lionel at the hospital. He is visiting Emily's dad. Lex goes in to see the former Luthor Corp. employee and meets Emily in the room. Lana and Clark search Mr. Dinsmore's house and find a secret passage into the basement. There they find tubes for cloning people. They tip off the police but it's cleaned up before they get there. On his return trip to the basement, Clark runs into Lex. Lex tells Clark that when Mr. Dinsmore left Luthor Corp. he was working on cloning. At the hospital, Lex offers Mr. Dinsmore help. At the river where the original Emily died, Emily pushes Lana in. Clark saves her. Lex accuses Lionel of cloning. Lionel tells Lex he's now in charge of the caves. At the Luthor Corp., Lionel tells Mr. Dinsmore that he is off the project. Also Emily is Luthor Corp. property now.

Keep Watching.

D.L.

Smallville - A Retrospective - 13.

Greetings Friends,

More Smallville.

Season 2 Episode 18: Visitor (original air date 4-15-03).

An inventive kid gets picked on in the Electronics Lab. Clark steps in to help, but the kid sets fire to a metal tool rack. Lex asks Dr. Helen Brice to move in with him again. Meanwhile Clark goes the Cyrus' house (the kid). Cyrus tells Clark that he is from outer space. Lana moves her horse to the Kent farm. The (old) horse collapses and Cyrus heals it. Helen moves into the mansion. Her master key will unlock every door but one. Chloe finds out that Cyrus rigged the tools to catch on fire. When confronted Cyrus says he only has power to heal not harm. Cyrus take Clark into the woods and shows him the radio tower he built to contact his family on another planet. He needs his transmitter back at school. Clark helps him get it. On the way off the school grounds, the bullies show up. Clark catches their truck on fire with his heat vision. They scatter. But Cyrus knows that Clark is also an alien. Clark tells Pete that Cyrus knows he's an alien. Pete is willing to use a piece of meteor rock to see. Clark tells Pete it is called Kryptonite. Meanwhile Cyrus gets locked up for observation. Clark frees him. Helen tells Lex that she's upset about the locked door. Chloe finds out that Cyrus isn't an alien he's an orphan. Cyrus goes to his tower to contact his planet. Bullies show up and try to pull it down with their truck. Clark stops them. One kid gets injured and Cyrus saves him. Saving the kid blows Cyrus' chance and his message doesn't make it to his parents. Cyrus has a complete mental snap. Lex shows Helen the contents of the locked room. It's his complete investigation of Clark and the Kents.

Season 2 Episode 19: Precipice (original air date 4-22-03).

Three drunk frat boys give Lana trouble at the Talon. Clark enters the Talon and runs them off. He speeds off and confronts them out in the alley. He throws one threw the air and he lands on the new sheriff's car. When she sees Clark throw the kid she gets involved in Clark's life. Also at the Talon, Dr. Brice's old boy friend shows up. The kids from the Talon are suing Clark. Trying to leave the hospital at night, Dr. Brice's car won't start. Paul (the old boy friend) is there to help out. Enter Lex suspecting the old boyfriend had something to do with the car. Lex is having him followed. Unfortunately he has hurt himself and is blaming Lex. Lana wants to defend herself so she starts training with Lex. Paul follows Helen into the pathology lab in the hospital's basement. She spurns his advances and he attacked her. She ends up in the I.C.U. Lex and Clark track Paul to a hotel room. Inside they find Lex's private eye dead in the bath tub. Lex and Clark catch Paul at the train station trying to leave town. Andy the frat boy shows back up at the Talon. Lana kicks his ass. Andy drops the law suit. Dr. Brice makes a full recovery. At the mansion, Lex asks her to marry him.

Keep Watching.

D.L.

Smallville - A Retrospective - 12.

Greetings Friends,

More Smallville watched.

Season 2 Episode 16: Fever (original air date 2-18-03).

Martha Kent takes the flour canister to the cellar and buries it under old paint cans. While she is digging she gets a dose of microscopic spores into her lungs. When she goes into the house she passes out in the kitchen. Martha stops breathing and is rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile Clark starts doing her errands for the fund raiser. Lex's girlfriend is taking care of Martha. She tells Jonathan that she is worried about Martha and the baby. Baby! The D.C.A. (Desease Control Agency) has been called out because of the unknown infection in Martha. And they are going to search the farm. Clark speeds home to remove the ship and get a dose of spores in the process. The D.C.A. searches the cellar, gets a hit on the spores and finds the flour can and disk. Martha (who can hardly breath) tells Jonathan that she thinks that the ship healed her. Clark (infected) passes out while talking to Lana. Helen makes a house call for Clark. She takes a blood sample and realizes that he is special. Jonathan tells Clark that his mom might not make it through the night and he might not either. Then Jonathan heads to the D.C.A. to get back the key. Jonathan breaks in and gets the key. He is helped by a sick Clark to escape. The military Chase Jonathan and Clark but when caught it's not them. It's Pete! Later with the ship in the hospital parking lot, the key (disk) is placed in the ship. The ship starts up. a wave of energy shoots out and cures Clark. a newly dead Martha Kent is revived as well. Later, the baby is healthy. Lex buys the file on Martha Kent. He also asks Helen to move into the mansion.

Season 2 Episode 17: Rosetta (original air date 2-25-03).

Clark has a dream that he is flying. during the dream, Clark flies through clouds and into caves. He puts the key into the impression in the cave wall. he wakes up out on the highway only to be almost run over by Lex. Dr. Walden shows up at the mansion. Lex gives him three days to make a break through. Clark is hearing things and it leads him to hid dads tool box. Inside he finds the key. Clark takes the key and places it into the impression in the cave wall. A charge of power shoots out of the wall and goes through Clark. Lex wakes Clark up on the floor in the cave. Lana and Chloe get into it over Clark again. At the farm, Clark hears the noise again. His heat vision goes out of control and he burns a cave symbol on the barn wall. At the Talon, Clark is drawing cave symbols (and their definition) on a place mat. When he throws it away Lex gets it out of the trash. Dr. Walden thinks Clark's understanding of the language is flawed. Clark gets an e-mail by a Dr. Virgil Swann. While investigating the cave walls Dr. Walden finds the disk. He puts it into the cave slot and is thrown into the cave wall and knocked unconscious. He winds up in the hospital when Clark finds him and the disk. Lex confronts Clark about the language being of alien origin. Clark goes to NYC to meet Dr. Swann. Dr. Swann shows Clark a message that came down with the meteor storm. The message says: This is Kal-El of Krypton our infant so our last hope. Please protect him and deliver him from evil. Dr. Swann knows it's Clark. He tells Clark that he is the only one. Clark takes the key and places it in the ship. The Kryptonian language starts moving around the ship. The message tells Clark to conquer the planet.

D.L.

2012: Week 10 - Comics

Greetings Friends,

I read even more comics this week toward my goal of 500 single issues this year. Check it out.

#99. Orc Stain #7. (Awesome!).

#100. Dark Horse Presents #8.

#101. Dark Horse Presents #9 (Paul Pope story!).

#102. Toy Story #1 (of 4).

#103. Avengers The Children's Crusade #9 (of 9). As much as I liked this story they didn't stick the landing.

#104. Fatale #3.

#105. Justice League #6.

#106. Batman - Detective Comics #7.

#107. Winter Soldier #3.

#108. True Blood - The French Quarter #6 (of 6).

#109. Omac #7. (The best issue yet).

#110. Hell Yeah #1.

#111. Fear Itself - The Fearless #10 (of 12).

That's it 13 more comics read. I should make 500 easy.

K.R.C.

D.L.

Smallville - A Retrospective - 11.

Greetings Friends,

More Smallville watched.

Season 2 Episode 13 Suspect (original air date 1-28-03).

It's a dark stormy night, Lionel is in Lex's office listening to music when an unknown shooter shoots him. Lionel is down for the count. Meanwhile Jonathan is asleep in his truck with a bottle in one hand and a gun in the other. The police wake him up and arrest him. Jonathan tells his family that he didn't do it. Maybe Henry Small will take his case. But he wont. Lana tells Clark she saw Jonathan at the mansion. Lionel and Jonathan were having a heated debate. Jonathan tells Lionel to stay away from Martha or he will regret it. During a search of their house, the police find the watch that Lionel gave Martha. The bartender tells the police that Jonathan got crazy drunk. Lex is told by the doctors that Lionel's higher brain functions are shutting down. After poking around the site where his father was arrested, Clark and Pete find a bullet in the wall of a shack. Clark then gets into it with Lex at the mansion. And Clark talks to the bartender that served his dad drinks. Still in their investigation Pete and Clark are ran off the road by a semi truck. The truck driver then shoots Pete's car in the gas tank and it blows up. Display of powers: Clark kicks off the car door, rescues Pete and shields him from the explosion. At the coffee shop, Mr. Small explains why he can't take Jonathan case. But then changes his mind. When he is missing Clark and Pete find the bartender dead in a freezer. At the bar Clark also sees a picture of the bartender and the sheriff. Clark realizes it's Ethan the sheriff. The sheriff had a motive because he was feeding Lionel information and he couldn't get out of the deal. Lionel makes a come back.


Season 2 Episode 14 Rush (original air date 2-4-03).

Chloe and Pete are attending a rave in the cave. After something happens to Pete he begins to act different. He tells Clark he should go for it with Lana. Clark sees Lana at the Talon and asks her out on a date. She says yes. Lex (the owner of the land that the caves are on) checks the caves for damage to the cave drawings. Clark is their cleaning up the trash left by the rave. Lex hires a linguist to translate the pictogram's of the caves. While Chloe and Clark are investigating the caves, Chloe is infected just like Pete. The linguist finds an unusual bug on the cave walls. While with Clark at the Talon, Pete puts a piece of red Kryptonite in Clark's pocket. Pete and Clark show Chloe his powers. Later at the Talon, Clark and Chloe are going at it hot and heavy. When his shirt comes off the piece of red Kryptonite falls out. Clark reverts back to normal. Clark confronts Pete and Chloe about having a parasite. Pete is not having it and punches Clark with a Kryptonite laced rock. After being woke up by Lana, Clark catches Pete's car when he tries to jump a gorge. Chloe and Pete end up in the hospital after their parasites are removed. Lex directs the linguist to let Clark have access to the caves. Clark tries to apologises to Lana about standing her up but shes not having it.


Season 2 Episode 15 Prodigal (original air date 2-11-03).

In a high stakes poker game a man is caught cheating. The Chinese mob tries to kill him but he gets away with help from Lex. Clark applies for a part time job at the Talon. Lana is less than thrilled to hire Clark. At Luthor Corp. Lex brings to his dad the man he saved. It's his brother Lucas. Lionel welcomes him with open arms. Then finds out Lex plans to use him for a Luthor Corp. buy out. Later at the Kent farm, Lex brings Lucas by to meet Clark and Pete. Lex' buy out plan with his brother backfires when his brother joins sides with Lionel. Lex is kicked out of the mansion and has to move in at the Kent farm. Lex helps out by doing chores. At the mansion, as part of their deal, Lionel tries to get Lucas to sign over his stock. Lucas waffles for more money. Lucas also notices Lionel might not be blind anymore. At the Talon Clark gets the job. Lucas shows up and tells Lana that he owns the Talon now. Lex finds out that Lucas was found because Lionel wanted him to be found. At the Talon Lucas wants Clark to be fired. Then Clark says him from the Chinese hit man. Lex leaves the farm but is kidnapped by Lucas. Later at Luthor Corp. in Metropolis, Lucas tries to get Lionel to shoot Lex. Clark intervenes to save Lex. But it is scam by Lex and Lucas to combine forces against Lionel. They realize Lionel now has his vision back. To keep Lex quiet about Lucas, Lionel gives back Lex Corp. and the mansion to Lex.


Keep Watching.

D.L.

2012 - End of Week 10 - Books.

Greetings Friends,

I've read three more books this week. Check them out.

First of all in Graphic Novels.

Graphic Novel #8 (of 20).

Wilson by Daniel Clowes.

This is another fine example of Clowes writing a story about a social outcast. The book begins with Wilson our protagonist (who is really the antagonist of everyone he meets) accosting a lady while walking her dog. He asks her how life was treating her. Her response is a little long winded (true) but his reply is: "For the love of Christ don't you ever shut up." That's about how all his interactions go with everyone he meets. He really rubs everyone the wrong way. So because of this he has no friends and his wife leaves him while she is pregnant.

The book is basically told in one page slices of Wilson's life. Each page is a complete slice and moves the story along to the next. Each page also has it's own art style as is the case with all Clowes books. During the book we see Wilson age from approx. late 30's to late 70's. Even though he sort of tries in the end he never really gets close to anyone.


Book #6 (of 12).

The Boys vol.8 Highland Laddie by Garth Ennis and John McCrea.

Now I'm a big fan of The Boys, but I've got to tell you this book isn't the best of the lot. In this book Wee Hughie (down in the dumps) goes home to take a break. After he learned his girlfriend was a super hero and what she'd done, he needed a break from his work in the states. So Hughie travel back to Scotland to visit his maw and paw. While taking a break he runs into some old friends and meets a nice painter. Then his girlfriend shows up. Yawn. Not the usual excitement we're used to.

While not the most action packed arc, it does move Hughie's story along. Maybe this arc could have been told in flahbacks in The Boys proper (this was a separate limited series). As far as the art goes while adequate I wish Darick Robertson could illustrate the entire run.

Book #7 (of 12).

Hulk vol. 6 World War Hulks by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness.

This volume finishes up Loeb and McGuinness' 24 issue run. During this run, the Red Hulk was introduced into the Marvel universe. This last volume answers the question - Who is the Red Hulk? The answer is not shocking but will give future writers much to write about.

While some might not care for Loeb's writing he has always been a favorite of mine and I would not have picked up the series otherwise. This story has been fun through out and McGuinness' art work has been very powerful.

Keep Reading Comics.

D.L.

Smallville - A Retrospective -10.

Greetings Friends,

Way more Smallville watched. Check it out.

Season 2 Episode 11 Visage (original air date 1-14-03).

Water leak at the Talon. Display of power: Heat vision on the leaking pipe to melt it shut. Whitney remains missing in action and his mom has given Lana back her Kryptonite necklace. Even though he's missing in action, Whitney walks down the halls of Smallville High into Lana's arms. Lex confronts Dr. Helen Brill about spying on him. At Whitney's welcome home party, Whitney is acting very unusual. Later when a representative from the Marines comes to his house, Whitney kills him. Later Whitney gets into it with Clark and throws him through the air. Clark sees Whitney through the door and can see Kryptonite in him. Clark wonders if Whitney could be Tina the shape shifter. Back at the farm Jonathan takes down Clark. It's Tina! Tina ties up Clark and throws him into the cellar with the Kryptonite necklace on. Tina poses as Lana. Lex confronts Helen about his investigation but she's not having it. Clark wakes up on the floor of the cellar. The covered spaceship starts lighting up and the Kryptonite turns clear and inert. Clark is back to full power! Tina takes Clark's place and tries to get Lana. The real Clark shows up and the fight is on. During the fight the "Tina" Clark is impaled and dies. The news comes back that Whitney's body was found.

Season 2 Episode 12 Insurgence (original air date 1-21-03).

Lex misses out on a 150 million dollar deal to his father. While trashing his office Lex finds multiple bugs. Assuming they are from his dad, Lex orders bugs placed in Lionel's office at Luthor Corp. Martha misses her anniversary to work for Lionel. This pisses of Jonathan. At the Luthor Corp. office Lionel offers Martha her own office, a promotion and a fancy watch. During their work the cleaning crew (placing bugs) confronts Lionel and Martha. They are taken prisoner. After Lionel hits the silent alarm, Jonathan, Clark and Lex head to Metropolis. When the the robbers break into the safe Martha sees a pallet of Kryptonite bricks, a file on Clark and the octagonal disk. Lex calls the captors and offers them a way out: A secret elevator for the contents of the safe and safe passage for his dad and Martha. Meanwhile stopped by the police, Clark jumps from the top of the Daily Planet building into the Luthor Corp. building. Clark brakes into the office and takes out the robbers only to be taken out by the Kryptonite. During a struggle with the chief robber, Martha pushes the pallet back into the safe and shuts the door. Now Clark is back but Lionel shoots the robber in the back. Martha whispers to Clark to burn the fills. Clark uses his heat vision to burn 'em. Martha steals the disk. Jonathan has a nice reunion with Martha. Lex asks how Clark got into the building. Lionel "It doesn't matter the boy is resourceful. He saved us." Lionel upset with Lex, is leaving the mansion. Martha wants to quit working for Lionel. Jonathan suggests staying and spying. Martha hides the octagonal disk in the flour canister.


Keep Watching.

D.L.

Smallville - A Retrospective -9.

Greeting Friends,

More Smallville.

Season 2 Episode 9 Dichotic (original air date 11-19-02).

Ian a four point student can't accept a "C" in metal shop. So his teacher must pay. Enter freak of the week: Duplicate Boy. Clark helps Lana move in with Chloe. At the farm, Jonathan is working on his tractor and the jack slips. His leg is pinned. Amazing display of powers: Clark (in the house) hears his dad yelling in the barn, fast run to the barn, lifts the tractor off his dads leg and uses his vision to see the broken leg. During an interview for the Torch, Ian makes a move on Chloe. Then he offers to help Lana with her math homework. Clark gets jealous. Duplicate Boy then splits in half to spend quality time with Chloe and help Lana at the same time. After a confrontation with Ian about Chloe and Lana, Clark and Pete investigate the metal shop. They find dead Mr. Frankel. Before they can leave the shop is set on fire by Ian. Clark and Pete trick Ian into being two places at once. When he realizes the gig is up, Ian tries to kill Lana and Chloe at the Smallville dam. Ian drops Chloe over the side of the dam. Clark jumps down to the bottom and catches her. Clark takes out Ian and saves Lana.


Season 2 Episode 10 Skinwalker (original air date 11-26-02).

Luthor Corp. has workers building an office park in the woods. An old Indian man warns the workers to stay off his land. During the night a worker is mauled to death by a wolf. Half the site is blown up. The next day Pete and Clark are riding motor cross cycles in the area. Clark flips his cycle and falls into a hole in the ground. The large hole ends up being a network of caves. An Indian female finds him while she is investigating the caves. After looking an uninjured Clark over, she refers to Clark as "invincible". The Indian girl finds hieroglyphics on the cave walls. Clark notices an octagonal impression in the wall. Clark also realizes that the language on the cave walls is the same on the ship. Clark invites the girl (Kyla) and her grand father for dinner. Later in the barn Kyla makes a move on Clark (witnessed by Lana). Lionel offers Lex into a joint venture, since he successfully lead his employee lead buy out. While investigating the caves there is a partial cave in. Clark rescues Kyla using his strength, speed and invulnerability. Kyla who witnessed it asks if he can shoot fire out of his eyes. Lana asks Mr. Small if he can help with a blockade of building on the cave site. Mr. Small tells Lana that they share the same DNA. Clark enlists Lex for help with the caves. During their search of the caves Lex sees the octagonal impression in the wall. Lex says that the caves could be more important than anything they can imagine. Lex offers to buy out Lionel, but he refuses. Clark asks his new girlfriend if her grandfather is a skinwalker (after his mom is attacked by a wolf). At the mansion, Clark saves Lionel from a wolf. The wolf gets injured while jumping out the window. The wolf turns back to Kyla before she dies. The building site is closed down. Lex gets his wish to make it a historical site. Lana tells Clark that Whitney is M.I.A.

Keep watching.

D.L.

2012: Week 9 - Comics

Greetings Friends,


I read a few more books this week. Check them out.

#81. Secret Avengers #20.

#82. Star Trek #6.

#83. Steed and Mrs. Peel #2.

#84. Batman Beyond Unlimited #1.

#85. The New Avengers #21.

#86. The Avengers #23.

#87. A Game of Thrones #6.

#88. The Bionic Man 37.

#89. Batman Odyssey #5.

#90. Legion Secret Origin #5.

#91. Spaceman #4.

#92. The New Avengers #22.

#93. Sergio Aragones - Funnies #7.

#94. Astonishing X-Men #47.

#95. All Star Western #6.

#96. Road Rage #1.

#97. Star Trek - Legion of Super-Heroes #5.

#98. Savage Dragon #177.

That's it. Eighteen comics this week. Not bad. Just 402 left to go.

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D.L.