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Some people. Jaime is cool, and I love that kids have embraced him, but Ted will always be "my" Blue Beetle, just like 1986-2006 was "my" perfect era of DC Comics.

Brave and the Bold, you mean?

There were two wonderful Ted Kord Blue Beetle episodes on Batman: The Brave and the Bold — one with Booster and one with the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle learning about Ted's heroic death.

Same.

This is probably my favorite JLU episode because yes, I am a Booster Gold fanboy. He and Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) are my all-time favorite characters, and Justice League International/America by Giffen and DeMatteis is my all-time favorite series (well, tied with James Robinson's Starman).

It captured the Mission: Impossible vibe of John Ostrander's old Suicide Squad comics better than any of the modern New 52/Hot Topic badass stuff, at least by my standards. And I liked the cinematic introductions to each character much better in Assault on Arkham than the SS movie.

Batman: Assault on Arkham was a far better Suicide Squad movie than the actual live-action Suicide Squad movie we got. I could tell the Assault on Arkham crew loves Deadshot almost as much as I do, making him essentially the hero, having Harley throw herself at him, and having him beat up both Batman and the Joker.

I just saw KEY LIME Oreos at Publix yesterday! Graham cracker-flavored cookies with green key lime-flavored creme. Gotta be worth trying, at least once.

I used to love Popeye's when you had to drive across town or find yourself somewhere far from home to get some, but one opened in my neighborhood last year, and it was TERRIBLE. The chicken I once craved, the biscuits, the amazing red beans and rice — all bad. The spell has been broken, but at least we have much

Lemon and "Waffles and Syrup" (vague maple flavor) are both great. They briefly had a "Root Beer Float" flavor that I also loved, so of course it lasted about a week before disappearing forever.

I have a friend in NYC who is obsessed with Oreos, but the Waffle and Maple Syrup ones are exclusive to Albertsons and Safeway grocery stores, and he doesn't have any up there. So of course I had to pick some up to ship him, and of course I had to try them.

When my family bought a VCR in the mid-'80s (we were generally late adopters of any technology), the first VHS tape we ever rented at one of the countless mom-and-pop video stores in the Miami suburbs was a collection of old Gumby cartoons. My younger brother and I knew Claymation from the California Raisins, Penny

Now all I need is a bed, a bathroom, a telephone, and sometimes a television in the unlikely event that one day I'll get a chance to knock off early.

I almost always watch movies through to the end, but The Hangover was so unpleasant that I quit midway through. It was terrible, especially Bradley Cooper's toxic, entitled character. You couldn't pay me to watch the sequels.

Oh man, I loved swing, rockabilly, and surf back in the mid-late '90s (and I'm still really fond of those sounds), and I used to wear a lot of bowling-type shirts and still wear guayaberas when I'm not dressed up for work.

Art Adams is one of the all-time greats. Even as a middle schooler, I loved that he drew so many cards in the second series of Marvel Universe.

Royal Crown Revue's one big hit, "Hey Pachuco!" (performed in the 1994 movie The Mask, featuring the debut of a gorgeous young Cameron Diaz), is also about the zoot suit riots of 1943.

I have Blue Beetle and Booster Gold HeroClix on my desk at work. I don't play the game, but they are my all-time favorite superheroes, and I have a handful of other favorite characters at home in HeroClix form (along with my regular action figure collection).

I was glad to see such a strong female friendship represented on TV. My wife said Sex and the City was like that too, but too often, female characters exist to be girlfriends for male characters or rivals for each other. Especially given Betty and Veronica's long history in the comics, I loved that they had each

I thought of it as a soapier, campier cross between Veronica Mars and Twin Peaks. And while I wasn't expecting to like it, I ended up loving it. It was pure, cheesy comfort food for me — not even a guilty pleasure.