This Week in Comics — 2013/01/09
I have not been reading most of the new DC 52 universe, especially the Superman titles, but I at least try to keep up in case something shows up that…
Universo — “The Legion of Super-Heroes” Part 2
After his defeat at the hands of the Legion, Universo was (apparently) imprisoned but he (also apparently escaped) and commenced one of his campaigns to control the Earth. Being the master plotter that he is, he waited for or manufactured reasons for the Legion to be away from the Earth before beginning his plan for world domination. When the Legionnaires returned, they found that they were not only disbanded, they were hunted and outlawed!
“Dial H for Hero!”
A mysterious telephone dial-like device that is capable of transforming whomever dials the letters H‑E-R‑O on in into a superhero, or, rather, a series of different superheroes. (Of course, its a little hard to so describe the H‑Dial now, as telephones don’t have dials, they have keypads.) Boy scientist Robby Reed first discovered the H‑dial in a cave in Colorado and used it to protect the town of Littleville. Several years later, teenagers Chris King and Vicki Grant would discover a different pair of dials marked similarly, which they used to become superheroes. Later, others, too, possessed one of the H‑Dials. Currently, the power of the H‑Dial is passing among ordinary people in the New 52 DC era.
As might be expected, a few of the heroes these people transformed into had hypnotic powers.
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About My Absence …
Yes, it has been more than a couple months since I posted last, and there's a reason for it. Well, several reasons. My last post was way back at the…
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“Spellbound” by Maria Tatar
"Spellbound" is an examination of the effect of the combined concepts of mesmerism, animal magnetism and electricity in fiction during the 18th and 19th Centuries, focusing on the uses of all three allied subjects as they were thought of in that time period.
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“Trance” by Linda Gerber (2010)
It begins as a subtle vibration, a tingling.
There is time to take only one breath.
The trance begins.
When it is through, Ashlyn is certain of two things …
Someone she knows is about to die, and …
She is powerless to stop it.
Capsule Description: Ashlyn has a gift, one that she can’t control, one that she can’t understand. If she could have understood it, her mother might still be alive. As it is, she’s all alone, and her gift is telling her that someone else is about to die, but who and how is still a mystery.
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Spam Storm!
Over the past two days, the blog here has been under the effects of a spam storm. Over 200 spam comments were blocked and ultimately deleted in that period, the…
Hypno-Girl — Atomic Rocket Comics
Atomic Rocket Comics ("Italy's Most Mysterious Comics Publisher") is an Italian comics publisher who has a website featuring a number of comic heroes, so mysterious that is doesn't have any…
The Return of the Hypno-Hustler!
Marvel is unleashing a new web comic series, the All-Winners Squad. All Winners Squad: The "All-Winners Squad" is an ensemble of Marvel cult favorites. Together these previously overlooked characters are…
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‘Eve the Illusionist’ — “Red Dragon Inn” (Slugfest Games)
You are among a party of hard-working and hard-playing adventurers. Your party just got back from a hard adventure delving into ruins, fighting filthy creatures and finding lots of gold.…