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No Doctor Who tonight for Americans. Have a small taste of what's to come instead:

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Candle-light is an intriguing, though frustrating, light source... My front porch is the birdie equivalent of "Make Out Point." This is the little bastard who built his nest in my roof.

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Dear DC, This: Poster. Seriously. If I'm asking for a poster of an Alex Ross cover, it must clearly be his finest work ever. Del Rey is releasing a manga tie-in to the Phoenix Wright video games. I suspect this will fall into my "where were you two years ago when I still had people asking for Phoenix Wright manga" category when I do the manga order... Oh, I hope that's not the actual cover...

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I find that how you react to the sight of a crying Sivana is a good indication of whether or not you should be reading Captain Marvel comics. I'll tell you this much, Luthor never cried over his failures to kill Superman. Destroyed a national monument or beat a hench-man to death with a wrench, sure, but he never cried about it.

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ITEM! There were several points during my viewing of the film Wanted that I had a strong urge to get up and leave. You see, there are dumb action movies, and then there are films that are so fundamentally insulting to your intelligence and so massively ill-conceived in theme and structure that you find yourself idly wondering just how good the blow was that the studio executives who green lit the

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Ursus of Ultima Thule, 1973, Avram Davidson According to the back-cover copy, Urus is "swarthy, hairy, ostracized by others of his tribe"...Ursus sounds like a fun Saturday night.

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The conclusion of Steven Moffat's latest two-parter takes advantage of the rather dramatic separation of Donna and the Doctor from last week to tell two parallel stories, one of the Doctor and his dwindling band of astronaut's efforts to survive the attacks of the carnivorous shadows, and Donna's experiences in a strange world in which time moves in leaps and bounds. Structurally it's quite a

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Other Than A Man, 1968, W.F. Mosher The story of a young Air Force cadet who finds love with another man and marries him. Yes, in 1968.

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Adipose action figures! Also, this makes me giddy: (even if Donna was rather badly Photoshopped in...is "Photoshop" a verb now?)

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It seems almost criminal to even review this episode, given the emphasis on avoiding spoilers that the story has, but it would be a shame to let it go without comment. This has been a strong season for Doctor Who, and this is another excellent episode, which isn't too surprising given that it's another one written by Steven Moffat. Moffat seems determined to turn a generation of British

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Two things: One, judging by that second panel, Lana forgot to mention the role meth played in her current situation. And two, since when does Silver Age Lois give a damn about anyone but herself? What is this, Bizarro-World?

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Just a reminder: the people who post to scans_daily are too fucking stupid to work out how to get their own image-hosting service.

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Green Arrow is preoccupied with how many balls other men have. Green Arrow harbors a secret fantasy of becoming a Greta Garbo impersonator. Green Arrow needs Speedy to grab his heels to help him get into position. Speedy is an over-sexed little freak.

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You know, as uptight as that last panel makes Katar look, it's still hard to hold it against him. Given that, you know, he's talking about Ollie. Bonus Batman Being An Ass: "You know all about 'junk' dealers, right G.A.? Oh, wait, no, you don't, otherwise your ward wouldn't have become a junkie." (all from Justice League of America # 103)

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Earthman's Burden, 1979, Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson Hokas are the only people I will permit to LARP.

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After last week's...unpleasantness...it was refreshing to get back with another fun, light adventure that showcases the comedic talents of David Tennant and Catherine Tate, which Gareth Roberts' The Unicorn and the Wasp does quite nicely, in addition to being a strongly written episode. And don't make a mistake, this is one of the most deliberately comedic episodes of Doctor Who I can ever

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Four issues later, Batman is still thinking about that time he kissed Black Canary. Instead of paying attention to the JLA's monitors. Of course, Green Arrow being Green Arrow, he's just got to be an asshole about it... And then, this; Let's review that kiss, shall we: That's how Black Canary kisses her brother, huh? And I thought the Superman/Supergirl relationship was as creepily

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Inter-office romances weren't unusual in the Justice League, especially amongst the characters without regular titles of their own. Zatanna alone worked her way through most of the team at one point. But, before DC editorial selected Green Arrow as Black Canary's most obvious partner, they did briefly experiment with giving her a romance with another Leaguer. Oh, go cry about it, Dinah. You are

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SEE! Batman and Aquaman in even gayer looking clothes than their normal costumes! Snicker! At the thought of Black Canary getting hit on by a Harlan Ellison stand-in! Cringe! At the dreaded emo-Superman panel! Feel Smugly Superior! At the out-of-context panel! Thrill! To writer Mike Freidrich foretell the coming of Chris Sims! Groan! At the most inappropriate use of a song from "

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