Holy shit, can a show get too comfortable with itself? This episode was practically the equivalent of dramatic loitering. The most exciting moment was Megan's dad yelling over his book's failure. I was so bored I missed the final reveals that lead to everyone's glum looks at the banquet.

Maybe they could base it on the Ultimates version, where Cap starts banging her and then puts Pym in the hospital after he beats her up. Nah, too dark..

Doom Patrol and X-Men! Now there's an infringement lawsuit worthy of Superman/Captain Marvel! Professor in wheelchair, etc.

The first equal opportunity Avenger since Black Panther
(though, anyone remember Secret Wars, when Tony Stark's black buddy Rhodey took over as Iron Man and had the hots for her? Ah, the tiny pointless memories).

"What  If?" #46, where an insane Hulk kills a pre-Avengers Iron Man and Thor has to snap his neck. Now there's a 'no cutesy imagery' Avengers origin story!

Interesting how Ant-Man later became a wife-abuser, while the Atom's wife became a psychotic murderer. Useless media dissertation time!

I remember Ant-Man and the Wasp having to defend a comatose Hercules from the Masters of Evil, after the latter invaded and wrecked the Avengers mansion (#279). Fuck, there's yer sequel!

Clunky writing from King? No way!

Saw the Clowes book at Barnes & Noble but wasn't sure I needed that thick a volume of ironically repulsive nerds and reprobates. The Dan Pussey collection is a nice place to start, though.

Angela Bassett would be a perfect Captain Marvel. Sigh…

Yeah, he had that run replacing Capt. America for awhile (the 330's of the series)  while Steve Rogers went underground, until his parents were murdered by some paramilitary organization, and he just lost it, murdering the whole group in a psychotic meltdown. That was Alan Moore-worthy for Marvel.

While the Hulk was wearing clown make-up. Remember that? Lee/Kirby were into some crazy shit.

Really, super-tiny guy, created in the 60's era of Fantastic Voyage and The Incredible Shrinking Man? That hard to believe?

The last time I saw D-Man was in the George Perez Avengers revamp in the early '90s, when he had become some kind of homeless guy and there was a humorous panel where every member formed a wide berth around him while sitting in an auditorium.

Can they use that for their voice-over blurb in the tv ads?

Jack White: When sloppy, self-important college party guitarists make it big.

This was a great movie, but who will play Jimmy Walker as a boxer hypnotized into being a champ?

Kind of like some early 90's Annie Lennox strings put on a completely generic Katy Perry song.

The Ice Storm owed alot to the great suburban writers of the era (or as the Village Voice's review of the film put it, "Baby, everything is all right, Updike, outta sight!").

Edgar's adventures in the deep south, We Was Poe.