My 6 Favorite Alternate Versions of Superheroes
This is going to be a very geeky list. We’re talking the height of comic book geekery. Maybe some of your non-geeks will learn something. This will hopefully be a silly list too, celebrating the depths of comic book awesomeness. Is everybody familiar with alternate realities? The idea that somewhere out there in existence is an alternate Earth, with alternate versions of us living alternate lives? Well superhero comics love this concept. There are dozens of alternate realities in comics, hundreds even. It’s a favorite of comic writers and fans to create alternate reality versions of famous superheroes.
Like Calvin and Hobbes as Batman and Robin, for example
Click the jump to read six of my favorites!
Tim Drake and the Teen Titans Preview
The new Teen Titans comes out this Wednesday, and the website Bleeding Cool has some preview images. This book is my most hotly anticipated of the new DC revamp because it stars my favorite DC character: Tim Drake. I’m a huge Robin fan, and Tim Drake is my favorite teen to wear the green. Sadly, he’s no longer Robin. Instead, he’s Red Robin! I can live with it. This new series will have Tim gathering together the Teen Titans, and I’m definitely looking forward to what’s in store.
Here’s the preview:
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My Thoughts on Catwoman’s Movie Costume
UPDATE: New theory about Catwoman’s mask added to story. Look for the blinking .gif.
New images of Anne Hathaway in full Catwoman costume have been circulating the Interwebs over the past day or two, taken candidly by onlookers at the set of The Dark Knight Rises. I didn’t want to comment on the costume because, first of all, we don’t yet know if it’s the final version, and second of all, I’m not a fan of these types of candid set shots. I wanted to wait for an officially released photo. But it’s a slow day for geeky news, so I figured there’s more than one way to skin a cat, so I’m going for it.
I don’t like the costume. It’s too glam.
She's a Barbie girl, in a Batman world
This picture is terrible. Anne Hathaway looks like a Barbie doll, walking around as if she were made of plastic. That’s why I wanted to wait for the official shots. But other than just the creepy, thin sort of look, the costume just isn’t good. There are parts I like. I definitely like the style it’s going for, with the leather and the zipper. The costume definitely invokes a more utilitarian look than spandex superhero. It’s the mask I don’t like.
Read more after the jump, as well as my thoughts on the Bane costume.
Awesome Upcoming X-Factor Cover
Marvel’s December solicitations came out today, and while I’m not going to go through every single issue, I just thought I’d show you all the awesome cover to an upcoming issue of X-Factor. Two issues will ship in December. The first issue will deal with new villain Bloodbath, and the death of one of their team members. The second issue will finally deal with a cliffhanger that’s been around since very early on in the series.
The prophecy that Wolfsbane will murder Madrox and Layla Miller on their wedding night!
How’s it going to happen? Are they really going to die? Are they really going to get married!? To make matters worse (or funnier), Layla was still a little girl when the prophecy was made. Now she’s been aged through time travel to a young woman, perfectly not-creepy for marriage. She and Jamie have even kissed! Plus they share matching face tattoos from their journey together into the future (long story). So I’m excited to see what happens and this is the cover to one of those issues. And it’s an awesome cover.
Not looking too good for Madrox. Note the face tattoo. I told you so!
Gears of War 3 by Conan O’Brien
Conan O’Brien is a huge geek, just like the rest of us. And he took a stab at a softer, gentler Gears of War this week. Funny stuff. I probably still haven’t figure out how to really get this embedding thing to work for anything other than Youtube. So please forgive the link.
