There is the bit where she murdered a guy. (Maybe they can suggest she think of her mom while she's dying.)

Barry Allen gave his life to save the universe(s) in the Crisis on Infinite Earths. I don't know who that dude was.

At least one of my local theaters spoils that in the movie listing on their site, which strikes me as unconscionable.

[Grabs Spear of Destiny] "Do you know how long I've been looking for this?"

Sorry the reviews will be slowing down, but congratulations on the job.

One of Kalibak's big resentments is that Darkseid respects the son who's on the side of the enemy far more than his loyal self.

I just discovered that my brother-in-law and nephews, in addition to being unsurprisingly not clued-in to comics trivia, have apparently entirely missed the Flash series buzz. They're loyal watchers of Arrow, and are genuinely concerned about how Barry's story is going to turn out. (My brother-in-law: "He's going to…

Done right, rather than Plastic Man-lite, Ralph and Sue are basically Nick and Nora Charles with gingold instead of booze.

Maxwell Lord? He did the 80s JL/JLI, and would fit the role.

It's true that on the DC side, pretty much every member of the Silver Age JLA had an Ozmodiar.

Ditto.

A bit disappointed after seeing Zot! on the front page that it didn't signify a new work. It's a real shame that McCloud's career of talking about comics seems to have come at the expense of his actually producing them.

That was one of four origins published in his Secret Origins issue, in a deliberate choice to keep the character fundamentally mysterious. (In another of them, for example, he was the Wandering Jew.)

Though the unitary governments that succeed them tend to be similarly unattractive. (Except to the sort of old-style historian who primarily respects efficiency and making big solid-color blocks on the map.)

It runs:

In 1982, I think answering machine, not voicemail. (Wikipedia says voicemail was invented by then, but it's not the sort of thing a home user or small business like a travel agency would likely have had.)

Presumably that was the plan when (as seems likely) Laurel was supposed to become Black Canary and Sara was supposed to stay dead.

Right. Average life expectancy for a 66-year-old white male in the US is a bit over 17 years. At that age, the estimated years of life lost even to severe obesity (BMI over 45, which I don't know is the case for GRRM) is between about two and five years.[1] Split the difference, and he's still got about equally…

Wreck-It Ralph was awesome, but it (SPOILER) did prominently feature a princess.

Though the names that aren't "Flynn Rider" are mostly German: e.g, Rapunzel (=rampion), Gothel (reportedly southern German dialect for "godmother), Vlad (wait a second…), Stabbington (hmm…)