Category Archives: DC
Forgotten Characters: Dr. Francine Langstrom
Whatever happened to Francine Langstrom, the wife of Man-Bat?
Man-Bat is still around. He’s a teacher at Gotham Academy. But whatever happened to his better half, the badass lady scientist that is Francine Langstrom?
Why isn’t DC Comics making better use of this potentially awesome character?
Batman only trusts so many people with his giant laser blasters
Francine Langstrom, for those who don’t know, is the wife of Kirk Langstrom, otherwise known as Man-Bat. They’re a scientist couple who are always working on this formula that turns people into a werebat creature. Kirk and Francine have appeared all over the world of Batman, from Batman: The Animated Series to Batman: Arkham Knight. And as of right now, Francine is languishing in comic book limbo!
Now is the perfect time for Francine to make an awesome comeback! Join me after the jump to find out why!
I Was Not Prepared For This Monday
I don’t know what crazy partying I did this weekend, but apparently it caused me to push off all blog prep for today. So in lieu of an actually interesting thing to read, here’s a fun featurette on The LEGO Batman Movie!
Comes out in, like, two weeks! So excited!
Also, keep staying tuned, because I might have some really cool blog news to share this week!
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 1/28/17
Comics! I love’em. You love’em! We can’t live without’em! And here’s another big stack of reviews for comics I read this week. Kind of fun how I keep doing this.
Lots of good reading options this week, from Infamous Iron Man to the new Hulk series to my return to the Pink Ranger mini-series. There are so many good comics to choose from these days. Including and especially the new issue of Spider-Woman, which easily wins Comic Book of the Week due to another impressive, emotional issue.
Does Janice know some twerp is stealing her Beetle guise?
Though I’m not going to lie to you: Spider-Woman #15 is crazier than I could have ever guessed.
I’ve also figured out the worst part about Inhumans vs. X-Men: the unintentional villainy of Ms. Marvel. I’m clearly with the X-Men on this one. The Inhumans are monsters who are comfortable with either killing or deporting every mutant on Earth. Since she’s an Inhuman, Kamala Khan gets drafted into the Inhumans’ side with the new issue, and it’s repugnant. That Kamala would so cheerfully and excitedly join the side in favor of genocide is just wrong. But here we are.
Comic Reviews: Detective Comics #949, Hulk #2, Infamous Iron Man #4, Power Rangers — Pink #6, Prowler #4, Spider-Woman #15, The Dregs #1 and Teen Titans #4.
6 Best Male Derivative Characters in Comics
This past weekend, millions of women from across the world marched in solidarity to show everybody that they mean business. Were I not such a lazy schlub of a man, I would have joined them. I regret not going out and marching. But I do have a blog! And I’ve decided that the best way to honor those women is with a list about men!
But not just any men! These are the only male comic book characters derived from female characters! I’m both surprised and not surprised that there are so few.
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Female derivative characters are all over the place in comics, and they’re usually great characters in their own right. You’ve got Batwoman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Superwoman, She-Hulk, the new female Thor, the new female Iron Man, two different Spider-Women; but there are almost no characters of the reverse. Where are the male characters who derive from the original female superheroes?
They’re on this list! What few I could find! Join me after the jump to celebrate the female characters awesome enough to get male knock-off versions!
Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 1/21/17
In my efforts to avoid the dark days that have befallen America, I’d like to focus on comic books today! It’s what I do every Saturday, but we could really, really use some heroic superheroes right now. Fortunately for us, we’ve got a nice smattering of comics.
Some are really good, like Nightwing, U.S. Avengers and more, while others are just OK, like Harley Quinn, Iron Man and a new Captain Marvel debut. And some are just a ton of fun, like this week’s Comic Book of the Week, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #11!
Check out the Power Rangers trapped in an alternate, dark reality!
Black Ranger means business
Meanwhile, The Clone Conspiracy finally gets good as writer Dan Slott delivers some actually, worthwhile character-based drama. Any Spider-Man story can instantly be made better by focusing on Otto and Anna Maria. Though this is also the issue where Ben Reilly goes full villain, so there’s that, too.
Comic Reviews: Harley Quinn #12, Invincible Iron Man #3, Mighty Captain Marvel #1, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #11, Mosaic #4, Nightwing #13 and U.S. Avengers #2.
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