@avclub-cf50b28ef624912ff106c57ca9be41dc:disqus Thanks for the heads up! I'm definitely going to buy a copy of Daredevil #11 (probably on Comixology) after seeing this. And Waid is right, while a tragedy might help motivate someone to become a hero (or a cop, firefighter, soldier, social worker, public defender or…

DC Comics: stuffing the signifigant others of our heroes in refridgerators since 1994!

DC Comics: stuffing the signifigant others of our heroes in refridgerators since 1994!

@avclub-b49ebc5e771d216bfd346a5d434e6975:disqus In Marvel Comics' defense, a lot of these plots, storylines and concepts accrued naturally over a period of years between 1963 and 1990. The only really new concepts introduced to the X-Men franchise since then that have stuck are the Age of Apocalypse setting, Emma…

@avclub-b49ebc5e771d216bfd346a5d434e6975:disqus In Marvel Comics' defense, a lot of these plots, storylines and concepts accrued naturally over a period of years between 1963 and 1990. The only really new concepts introduced to the X-Men franchise since then that have stuck are the Age of Apocalypse setting, Emma…

@eric827:disqus Um, no, Gilui Arayos is pretty black and white. It is a mitzvah lo ta'aseh, a commandment not to perform an action. Its not symbolic or allegorical.

@eric827:disqus Um, no, Gilui Arayos is pretty black and white. It is a mitzvah lo ta'aseh, a commandment not to perform an action. Its not symbolic or allegorical.

The original "Days of Future Past" story is a classic. It introduced Mystique's version of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and Senator Kelly, along with showing a very grim dystopian future. Claremont basically showed the readers what the stakes were if the X-Men did not succeed in propagating Professor X's dream of…

The original "Days of Future Past" story is a classic. It introduced Mystique's version of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and Senator Kelly, along with showing a very grim dystopian future. Claremont basically showed the readers what the stakes were if the X-Men did not succeed in propagating Professor X's dream of…

Very retro, almost like watching it in 1961!

Very retro, almost like watching it in 1961!

Finn and Jake have gone on missions for PB and they hang out in the Candy Kingdom all the time; from PB's perspective they are either honorary citizens or de facto citizens, which is close enough for her to tax the loot they get from adventuring. I doubt Finn minds paying taxes to the Candy Kingdom, since he is a very…

Finn and Jake have gone on missions for PB and they hang out in the Candy Kingdom all the time; from PB's perspective they are either honorary citizens or de facto citizens, which is close enough for her to tax the loot they get from adventuring. I doubt Finn minds paying taxes to the Candy Kingdom, since he is a very…

@avclub-c8ebeb11305fb42343aec8fa393647da:disqus Except that Sorkin was using hyperbole. There is no Biblical punishment for planting kila'yim or sewing sha'atnez. There is only a requirement to uproot the plants or tear out the threads. Sorkin probably doesn't know that, but his character, President Josiah Bartlett…

@avclub-c8ebeb11305fb42343aec8fa393647da:disqus Except that Sorkin was using hyperbole. There is no Biblical punishment for planting kila'yim or sewing sha'atnez. There is only a requirement to uproot the plants or tear out the threads. Sorkin probably doesn't know that, but his character, President Josiah Bartlett…

There is plenty disingenuous about the straw man debate between Bartlett and Fake-Doctor-Laura. For example, I pay to have suits checked for sha'atnez, the forbidden mixture of wool and linen mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. If sha'atnez is found, the mixture is either removed by the rabbi performing the…

There is plenty disingenuous about the straw man debate between Bartlett and Fake-Doctor-Laura. For example, I pay to have suits checked for sha'atnez, the forbidden mixture of wool and linen mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. If sha'atnez is found, the mixture is either removed by the rabbi performing the…

After Genis died, his sister Phyla took on the Captain Marvel identity, then she became Quasar, before dying in one of the cosmic titles written by DnA. Basically Marvel's had six Captain Marvels: Mar-Vell, Monica Rambeua, Genis-Vell, Phyla-Vell, the Skrull from "Secret Invasion" and now Carol Danvers.

After Genis died, his sister Phyla took on the Captain Marvel identity, then she became Quasar, before dying in one of the cosmic titles written by DnA. Basically Marvel's had six Captain Marvels: Mar-Vell, Monica Rambeua, Genis-Vell, Phyla-Vell, the Skrull from "Secret Invasion" and now Carol Danvers.

@TaumpyTearrs:disqus : The great thing about "Untold Tales" is how seamlessly Busiek weaved the continuity into the brand new stories he was writing. Each issue takes place at a certain point in the first dozen or so issues of "Amazing Spider-Man", but there's no need to read those stories to understand anything in…