tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359959222024-03-07T01:11:05.344-05:00The Aquaman ShrineAll About the King of the Seven Seas--Aquaman!rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger5901125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-62706905713298660962017-10-13T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-13T00:00:02.106-04:00So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish Jokes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I started The Aquaman Shrine, on a random, quiet night in October 2006--11 years ago today--I thought of it as a fun way to display my then-tiny collection of Aqua-merch, a public demonstration of my adoration for DC Comics' King of the Seven Seas. I had enough stuff thatI thought I could run it for a year, at best. Little did I know, of course, that in short order the Shrine would become the main creative outlet of my life, a daily, swirling conversation between me and the hundreds, thousands, of Aquaman fans who were out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It didn't take long before the blog morphed from an online gallery of merch to an all-encompassing, rolling history of the character, in all forms and all media, and a meeting place for the aforementioned like-minded fans. <b><span style="color: orange;">F.O.A.M. </span></b>membership certificates were issued, interviews were conducted, news was (occasionally) broken. The Shrine, being a big fish in a small pond, opened a number of doors for me, and thanks to it I ended up befriending some of the people who had professional associations with the character, whether as a writer, artist, or, sometimes, <a href="http://www.aquamanshrine.net/2007/02/interview-with-norman-alden-2007_13.html" target="_blank">as Aquaman himself</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The whole idea that the Sea King was an unloved joke as a character served as a rallying cry for me and all of the other Aqua-Fans, and we kept flying that orange and green flag while the character was in limbo in official DC continuity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then, in 2011, something remarkable happened. Fan favorite Geoff Johns took the reigns of a new Aquaman book, part of DC's New 52 initiative. Backed with stellar artwork by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and Rod Reis, this new Aquaman was undeniably cool, and all of a sudden the Sea King became one of the pillars of the revamped DCU. <i>Aquaman</i> became one of the company's best-selling titles, leading, briefly, to him headlining two monthly titles! Unheard of!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And while I continued along, trying to keep pace with the idea that Aquaman was suddenly everywhere (comics, cartoons, toys, TV, merchandise), my enthusiasm started to wane. I helped co-found <i>The Fire and Water Podcast</i>, and a few years later <a href="http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/" target="_blank">The Fire and Water Podcast Network</a>, initially devoted to just talking about Aquaman but soon expanding outwards, in all directions. I got tired of writing about Aquaman, especially when it became clear that the Shrine was no longer the only game in town: lots of people liked Aquaman now, so my little effort didn't stand out the way it used to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mulling what to do as the Shrine approached its tenth anniversary, I put the blog on indefinite hiatus when world events made the whole thing seem like a waste of time. I had considered coming back, eventually, but now that Aquaman is a bona-fide movie star, it dawned on me that the best, most appropriate thing to do was to give this old thing one last proper send off. So that's what I'm doing here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/AquamanShrine" target="_blank">The Shrine's Twitter feed</a>, expertly managed by my longtime co-conspirator <b>Joe Slab</b>, continues to be a hub for Aqua-fandom. I handed it over to Joe many years ago and he transformed it into what it is today. So while it feels weird to put a period on the end of this particular sentence, the time has come. The Aquaman Shrine has given me the chance to do a great many fun things and meet some amazing people, some of whom I call my friends. It's enriched my life in ways I never could have imagined when I absent-mindedly started taking pictures of my collection, but I guess that's one of the great things about life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thanks to all the thousands of people who ever stopped by here, drawn by their love of the King of the Seven Seas. It's been an amazing experience and I thank all of you who liked what I was doing enough to comment, contribute, or simply swim along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Goodbye, Aquaman Shrine, and thanks for everything.</span><br />
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-86902689247278299302016-11-09T05:55:00.000-05:002016-11-09T05:55:00.160-05:00Hiatus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Aquaman Shrine is going on extended hiatus. Thank you all for following along and until we meet again, please be kind to one another. It's all we've got.</span></div>
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-30136565159402594002016-11-08T00:00:00.000-05:002016-11-08T00:00:26.354-05:00Aquaman #44 Original Art by Jim Aparo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Aquaman</i> #44 ends with an unusual "tag" for the next issue, which ran on a half-page along with an ad at the end of the issue. Here's the master Jim Aparo's original art for that piece--how could any kid not pick up the next issue?!?</span><br />
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-43408769469941810622016-11-07T00:00:00.000-05:002016-11-07T00:00:20.687-05:00Aquaman Album #4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You all know I love seeing international editions of Aquaman comics, but this cover is truly testing that theory. This is from publisher K.G. Murray, which handled reprints of DC books for the Australian market.</span></div>
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-22921426764798842132016-11-03T00:00:00.000-04:002016-11-03T00:37:19.978-04:00Aquaman (Vol.9) #10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While being crushed by a wave of hard water, the assassin drops some sort of grenade, and Mera has to do everything she can to contain the blast. She does, but in the confusion her adversary gets away. Mera decides she has to find Aquaman, and it's up to Stubbs to tell her the bad news: that in his fight with The Shaggy Man, Arthur is in critical condition. </span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">To be continued!</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He is immeasurably aided by the work of Brad Walker, who I have been gushing over since <i>Aquaman</i> #1. His idiosyncratic style meshes well with the stories Abnett is telling, and he does some of his finest work here, adding wonderful little bits of character-based details, like Mera squeezing her hair dry when she comes out of the water (see above). Walker is exceptional at facial details, and even though he's only drawn a small handful of issues, I feel as though he has already staked a claim for giving us a distinct Aquaman and Mera. Considering how many artists have drawn these characters (hundreds, at this point), that's no easy feat.</span><br />
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-49413393390753041782016-11-01T00:00:00.000-04:002016-11-01T00:00:29.881-04:00DC Comics Ad Slicks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-59450634599227289882016-10-31T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-31T00:00:00.862-04:00Random Panel of the Day #1202<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-67128743008155221162016-10-28T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-28T00:00:05.224-04:00The Arthur<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">F.O.A.M.</span>er <b>Tyrone Biljan</b> found this pillow, called "The Arthur" for sale at a Toronto designer furniture store, retailing for the kingly amount of $175! I have to say, I really dig it, it reminds me of the bold, thick-lined graphics seen during the opening credits to the first incarnation of <i>Super Friends</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any Aqua-Fan is bound to sleep well with this beauty, thanks Tyrone!</span></div>
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-7420239638202258202016-10-27T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-27T00:00:02.155-04:00Super Powers #1 Alternate Cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-7847178513358851182016-10-26T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-26T20:38:15.844-04:00My First Wonder Woman Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Downtown Bookworks sent me a copy of another one of their volumes, <i>My First Wonder Woman Book</i>, which is a "Touch and Feel" board book. Inside, you can check out the Amazing Amazon's sparkly blue cape, feel her Magic Lasso, check out her reflective bracelets, and lift a flap to see WW in her secret identity:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can pick the book up now, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-First-Wonder-Woman-Book/dp/1935703137" target="_blank">on Amazon</a> or via any fine seller of books. Thanks again to Downtown Bookworks for making these wonderful little tomes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">With this issue writer Abnett ties Aquaman strongly to his new home, and we have multiple scenes of him interacting with the locals, only some of which are happy to see him. I was very happy about this, as anyone knows who has been reading the Shrine for a while, I loved giving Aquaman a base of operations on land and I hope over time Amnesty Bay becomes something similar to Gotham or Metropolis, the default setting for any story featuring his particular hero.</span><br />
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-31799010947553289602016-10-21T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-21T00:00:25.879-04:00The Big Book of Girl Power<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fine folks at Downtown Bookworks were kind enough to send the Shrine a preview copy of one of their newest books, <i>The Big Book of Girl Power</i>! Like the other Pre-School books in this series, it features mini-bios of DC characters, heroes and villains alike, complete with bright colorful art that most of recognize as the work of Jose Luis Garcia Lopez (PBHN)! This book features Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Black Canaary, Hawkgirl, Katana and, yes, Mera!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The book goes on sale next Tuesday, October 25, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Book-Girl-Power-Super-Heroes/dp/1941367232" target="_blank">but of course you can pre-order it now!</a> Get it for the li'l superhero fan in your life, and big thanks to Downtown Bookworks for the early glimpse and for making such great little books featuring everyone's favorite heroes.</span></div>
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-28152568818319787482016-10-20T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-20T06:51:42.229-04:00Happy Birthday Nick Cardy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today is the late, great Nick Cardy's birthday! Over on <a href="http://13thdimension.com/13-covers-a-nick-cardy-birthday-celebration/" target="_blank">13thDimension.com</a>, I have selection of 13 Great Nick Cardy Aqua-Covers, so head on over there and check it out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can also hear the 2011 interview I did with the legendary artist over on <a href="http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/episode-13-nick-cardy-interview/" target="_blank">FireandWaterPodcast.com</a>!</span></div>
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-55347267281773498672016-10-19T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-19T09:13:25.208-04:00Entertainment Weekly - 10/21/16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The newest issue of <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> (Oct. 21) has a <i>Doctor Strange</i> cover plus an article on the 30 Most Power Superheroes. Usually, lists like this where Aquaman and mainstream pop culture meet are a source of frustration. Aquaman would normally A)be left out entirely, or B)mentioned, but mocked.<br /><br />Luckily times have changed, so we get the Sea King placing at #30 on the list, complete with decent(ish) bio and cool pic. I'm not going to quibble about just where he places on the list, since it's meaningless; I'm just glad he's here!</span></div>
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-28369809109182034852016-10-18T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-18T00:00:27.054-04:00Aquaman To The Rescue!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-37104572536418346592016-10-17T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-17T06:22:37.940-04:00Adventure Comics #451 Original Art by Jim Aparo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never tire of looking at original Jim Aparo art (<a href="http://www.comicartads.com/content/adventure-comics-451-page-1" target="_blank">currently for sale</a>), especially when it's Aquaman original art! </span></div>
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-1197030985063020512016-10-14T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-14T01:29:34.592-04:00"Sea King" Halloween Costume<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I guess Aquaman really has made it, because apparently he's now so popular that there's money in ripping the concept off! This is <i>totally not</i> an Aquaman costume, it's a <a href="https://www.3wishes.com/mens/mens-costumes/sea-king-halloween-costume/" target="_blank">"Sea King" Halloween outfit</a>, complete with pointy gold thing (<i>not</i> a trident).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As of today, The Aquaman Shrine is <i>ten</i> years old. I know, I can't believe it either!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Never, in my wildest dreams, that when I absent-mindedly started taking cruddy pictures of the various orange-and-green bric-a-brac I had been accumulating I would still be doing it a decade later, and that it would grow to be one of the major decision of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm not going to go into a long ramble about everything, and obviously I don't devote the same amount of energy to the Shrine like I used to. That's partly because A)I've been doing it for <i>a decade</i>, and B)Aquaman just isn't the put-upon joke he was when I started. For Neptune's Sake, he's a <i>movie star</i> now! That turn of events would have seemed even more unlikely that same ten years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For those of you who still stop by, my sincerest thanks. I've made a lot of friends thanks to the Shrine, and my life is the better for it.<i> Semper Aqua!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check out this nifty promotional "header card" DC produced in 1992 for <i>Justice League Spectacular</i>, a double-sized one-shot which featured (from what I remember, clue me in if I'm wrong) some major changes made to the JL franchise. That included the addition of new/old members, like Aquaman, seen at bottom right!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This kind of POP stuff tends not to survive, so seeing it for sale on ebay is a bit of a surprise. Big thanks to <b><span style="color: orange;">F.O.A.M.</span></b>er <b>Ilke Hincer</b> for pointing it out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Shrine is a bit late on this (apologies), but here's the "sizzle reel" released by Warner Bros. last week promoting 2017's <i>Justice League</i> movie. Despite my feelings on <i>BvS</i>, it's still fun seeing live action versions of Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and the rest all in the same shot. It's certainly not anything I ever would have dreamed of seeing, not in a million nerd lifetimes.</span></div>
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-31373569173593781812016-10-07T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-07T00:00:27.582-04:00Aquaman (Vol.9) #8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">We open with Mera at the Tower of Widowhood, an ancient temple run an order of less-than-humorous Atlantean women who plan on conducting test to see if Mera is "good enough" to marry their king. Meanwhile, Aquaman is alerted to the seismic booms taking place outside the city, and he, Murk, and some of the others go to investigate. It doesn't take long before they spot the massive creature lumbering its way forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Aquaman tries to communicate with it, which is met with a left cross, sending the Sea King flying. Not only is the creature incredibly strong, but it seems to be able to heal itself instantly. After falling back, Aquaman and Tula discuss strategy, and they bring out the big guns--literally. Atlantean craft fire "plasmit cells", which only stop the monster long enough for its real identity to be discovered--it's the old JLA foe, The Shaggy Man!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">As Aquaman tries to stop it, he is told that the monster's target isn't, in fact, Atlantis, but--Amnesty Bay! </span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">To be continued!</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">After an issue of Aquaman whining about running Atlantis, I'm of course happy to have him back out getting involved in super heroics, and bringing in an old(?) JLA foe is a good way to do it! Like the Sea King, I'm not thrilled that he will potentially be separated from Mera for months, as she undergoes her tests, but luckily comic books can compress time so it (hopefully) won't take that long. (By the way, I assume Diana Rigg will be playing the head widow in the upcoming <i>Aquaman</i> movie?). I liked the moment where Aquaman realized that Tula is pretty good at what she does, and she doesn't need to be micromanaged like her assumed. Does this mean we'll eventually get our power couple back to Amnesty Bay and have Tula run Atlantis? I'd be up for that (and I think she would too).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">As usual, the book's cover by Brad Walker is outstanding. The inside art by Eaton and Faucher is solid if indistinct, although the action sequences are pretty good. I have mentioned before, both here and on <i>The Fire and Water Podcast</i>, that I wouldn't mind the book going back to a typical monthly schedule if it meant we could get Brad Walker doing every single issue. In the meantime, I do enjoy seeing so much Aquaman, I have to admit. At this rate, we'll get to issue #76 in no time!</span><br />
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-52822277629937062722016-10-06T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-06T00:00:19.526-04:00Random Panel of the Day #1201<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-24133041760996035202016-10-05T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-05T00:00:07.944-04:00JLAvengers by Rich Buckler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Comics legend Rich Buckler posted this commission <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rich.buckler.3" target="_blank">on his FB page</a> a few days ago, a fun mashup of comicdom's two premiere super teams as they contemplate who else should join. Looks like Batman has the right idea to me!</span></div>
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rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-39275162451016472252016-10-04T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-04T00:00:10.761-04:00Aquaman Squeely<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out this adorable Aquaman bath toy now available through Hallmark. Not sure why the Sea King needs a ride, but who cares when the toy is so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(h/t: <b><span style="color: orange;">F.O.A.M.</span></b>er <b>Russell Burbage</b>)</span></div>
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