Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

Sep. 9th, 2025 08:31 am
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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

There are about a half dozen, deeply concerning, US political points I could make on healthcare and vaccines alone (to pick a subject at random), but I suspect you don't me to raise them.

British bargain-bin-Trump-wannabe Farage, appeared in front of a committee in the US Congress, it did not go well for him, though it has to be noted that the UK media did not cover the excoriation bit much, which is a shame.

Those missing Star Trek Prodigy may (or may not) be consoled at knowing there is a new animated Trek in town, albeit one with a rather different target audience, "Star Trek Scouts" . I can't wait for TrekCultures "Ups and Downs" on THIS one! :)

And this weekend JemCon seemed like a good time to release the new synthwave re-recording of "Glitter and Gold"

A new LEGO Batman video game from Traveller's Tales is coming!!

Starman (1988) #15

Sep. 9th, 2025 07:53 am
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Writer: Roger Stern

Pencils: Tom Lyle

Inks: Bob Smith


Starman fights a super-powered hitman named Deadline.


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Sep. 8th, 2025 05:06 pm
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Is it possible for FB to choose specific accounts and slooooooooooow them down? If so, I'm a target. My FB constantly reloads, eats posts, and runs slower than when I used a 300-baud modem, back in the 90s.

sigh

... back to working on my list of nominations for Yuletide.
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As you leave, you will see a slot in the wall where you may place an offering to the Charitable Order for Former Captives, which cares for former slaves who cannot care for themselves.

None of the money you may choose to donate will go to the upkeep of the royal sanctuary. The sanctuary is entirely paid for by the Order of the Seven Gods and Goddesses. It is the priests' partial recompense for the evilsl they committed in the past against slaves.


[Translator's note: The events that led to the founding and expansion of the Charitable Order for Former Captives are recounted in Heir and The Strong Twin.]

More compost

Sep. 8th, 2025 11:07 am
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This morning my hot pile is back to being hot.  That is above 125F.  I'm not surprised.  I am a little surprised that the other pile, the one using failed compost + horse manure + ash has heated up nicely.  It was at a respectable 110F this morning.  I suspect that my guess about PH was correct as I don't think the amount of horse manure added would have had this dramatic an effect by itself. 

The Spectre (1987) #10

Sep. 8th, 2025 05:25 pm
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Writer: Doug Moench

Pencils and inks: Gray Morrow


Millennium tie-in.

The Spectre is pulled into the fight against the Manhunters.


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Update

Sep. 8th, 2025 03:29 pm
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I have no real news.

I did have a leaky leg for which I had to take antibiotics. It’s all cleared up now, though I have a review of my medications tomorrow. So that will be fun, for some measure of fun.

In other news

I’m still playing the remastered version of Oblivion. My current character is level 34 and has a million gold pieces. He has done this by killing bandits and selling their armour, and making potions and selling them. The actual quests don’t pay that well, not even the Arena.

Cats

Opal has finally started to use the expensive water fountain I bought her. Smokey used hers almost as soon as I put it down, but Opal has taken a couple of months to use hers. I’m pleased, I want to be sure both cats are getting the water they should.
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Writer: Bill Mantlo

Pencils: Ed Hannigan

Inks: Al Milgrom


Boomerang tries to prove himself to the Kingpin by eliminating Spider-Man.


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Rom: Spaceknight #28

Sep. 8th, 2025 10:02 am
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Writer: Bill Mantlo

Pencils: Sal Buscema

Inks: Joe Sinnott


Starshine accompanies Rom on his return to Earth.


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Robin III: Cry of the Huntress #5

Sep. 8th, 2025 07:50 am
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Writer: Chuck Dixon

Pencils: Tom Lyle

Inks: Bob Smith


Now the Huntress has gotten herself captured.


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Hot pile not so hot.

Sep. 7th, 2025 07:01 pm
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In chatting with people about compost I went back to my composting bible: The Complete Compost Gardening Guide by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah Martin to double check a couple of facts.  Looking at the book reminded me that I really should turn the hot pile.  In the pictures of turning a pile  a human stands over a teeny, tiny pile and the text happily says to turn the compost every three or four days.  I went out and looked at my compost bin. It is huge. It also really, really needed to be turned. The climate here is so dry that all of the edges were dust dry.  The first step was to remove 3 heaping wheelbarrows of material.  Then begin to move the remaining (big) pile of material around, liberally dosing the dry material with water.  It took almost 3 hours to do, partly because I was fixing some of the structure as I went.  The temperature dropped from 140 to 90. It will probably go right back up.  To help conserve moisture I lined the sides with cardboard.  It will rot away, but in the mean time it will keep the sides from drying out quite so fast. 

In other news, I've got the new holder on the electric chainsaw chain sharpener, and am making a chart to help me figure out what angles to use when sharpening chains.  The chart is a real brain twister, as the sharpener has at least 4 different adjustments.  Wish me luck...

Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter #16

Sep. 7th, 2025 05:23 pm
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Writer: Dennis O’Neil

Pencils and inks: Ric Estrada


Richard Dragon must thwart the plans of a madman with a silly hat.


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The Power of Shazam (1995) #1

Sep. 7th, 2025 02:39 pm
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Writer: Jerry Ordway

Pencils: Peter Krause

Inks: Mike Manley


All of Billy’s other appearances Post-Crisis are supposed to have happened in-between the graphic novel and this issue.


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The cover for JUSTICE LEAGUE #2 isn't nearly as iconic as the #1 cover, but it spells out the central conflict clearly enough.



Who the heck are these guys flying in to electrozap our heroes? Don't they care that Guy's spent an hour getting his hair just so? Well, they're basically the Avengers, but NOT.

Not shown: the un-Shazammed Billy Batson falling out of frame and muttering, 'I hate it when this happens.' )

Nightwing #5

Sep. 7th, 2025 09:48 am
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Writer: Chuck Dixon

Pencils: Scott McDaniel

Inks: Karl Story


Nightwing dukes it out with Lady Vic on board an out of control yacht.


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New Mutants Special Edition #1

Sep. 7th, 2025 07:50 am
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Writer: Chris Claremont

Pencils: Arthur Adams

Inks: Terry Austin


I bet you were expecting me to post Rahne and her handsome wolf prince, weren’t you? For once I’m not pandering to my own interests.


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