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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 2h

This was the first storyline I ever bought as it came out.

GREAT comics - I love when Guy just crumples the Hitler robot with a big fist.

Also love how Fire wonders aloud how General Glory talks so much while leaping around.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 3h

I legit don't think we give enough thought to, "How much of this comic's acclaim comes from the fact that it's one of the few complete stories you could buy in a single volume on bookstore shelves in 1995."

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Mozelle Baitise Delacroix’s only son. @wanderingdruid3300.bsky.social · 3h

Ok! Janine! I see you!!! Had Egons nose WIDE OPEN!!!

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 5h

D'oh!

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 5h

I think it's both - readers will naturally choose humping-off points, but I do think that thematically there's a time when certain conceptions of characters just reach a natural end point.

Which doesn't mean you can't start something brand new with them - Hulk is a good example.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 5h

I get that - for me, NXM is such a Claremont riff (charitably), Claremont himself is still around at the time, and Mike Carey & others do have something to say in in '10s, keeps it going.

But I wouldn't blame anyone who thinks that, eg, bringing back to o5 was the sign of a long-dead franchise.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 5h

If he starts wearing the miniskirt / thigh-highs, we know we're in trouble.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 6h

Demogoblin shows up I believe and that's always a fun name/look combo.

My main thing w/ the Clone Saga now is that at the time everyone complained that it dragged on for an impossibly long time and by modern standards it would be pretty trim for an Event.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 6h

This also reminds me of that thing a year or two ago where many brands of ground cinnamon were full of lead.

And the brands that weren't abnormally high were a) very expensive and b) STILL CONTAINED SOME LEAD

Though in this case I don't care I'll keep sprinkling that garbage.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 7h

I keep thinking about how many gay fitness influencers I've followed from one time or another who for years have been starting their day with a big scoop of lead 👍

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 6h

For me it's when Aunt May dies, which I believe is almost the exact same time?

Either way - Peter's story is done at that point! Figure out something new!

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot about when long-running comics are basically "finished" even though they can run for decades afterward. They can be revived if someone comes along with a new twist, but the comic as conceived originally is over (I'd argue that Spider-Man ended decades ago).

X-Men ended with HoXPoX

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 7h

I keep thinking about how many gay fitness influencers I've followed from one time or another who for years have been starting their day with a big scoop of lead 👍

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t have a lot of spicy music takes I don’t think but one time someone got mad at me for saying Janet’s discography is much stronger than Michael’s and I don’t even think it’s that close.

Idk man have you listened to The Velvet Rope lately?? I call em like I see em.

“What About” by Janet Jackson from The Velvet Rope.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 21h

Talk about a heavy diet!

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t have a lot of spicy music takes I don’t think but one time someone got mad at me for saying Janet’s discography is much stronger than Michael’s and I don’t even think it’s that close.

Idk man have you listened to The Velvet Rope lately?? I call em like I see em.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

So my Orgain shakes would I think be on the safer side of things (though this only rates the powder, so I dunno), but I didn't expect to have to worry about how much LEAD I'm drinking 🥴

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

Hickman definitely thought that.

I don't know that they ever figured out how to thread the needle of all the readers and creatives working on the title who thought Krakoa was great.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

The end of Peter David's first run, right after Betty dies, is also an ending for Hulk.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

I'm honestly not familiar enough w/ post-Immortal Hulk to say, but with Hulk I do think his story has "ended" a few times and brand new ones have arisen.

Another way of saying that is that X-Men could really use a Peter David right about now.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's because if DC writes themselves into a corner, they just shake the proverbial Etch A Sketch and reboot to a more desirable state.

With Marvel everything's supposed to stick, which is why "divorced Spider-Man" was a non-starter. DC will just retcon away your kids and keep it moving.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

Sent that kid blasting off like Team Rocket lol

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One Big Multiverse @onebigmultiverse.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao

From ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6. Bats punting a child into the atmosphere

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, Spidey is the king of having clunky and widely-disliked reset buttons hit to stop his story from progressing to where it clearly should be.

BND was literally "Make it 1975 again by science AND magic."

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

In fairness, my understanding is that this is a flashback mini.

I still think it's in incredibly poor taste, but I do believe the status quo going forward is still that Betsy has her old body back and Kwannon is around.