first? way to piss em off...say something constructive

Blue Beetle + Booster Gold = Comic Hilarity

Seriously though, Dan, Ted, and Jamie are all great reads and are incredibly underrated.

Blue Beetle,
Never heard of it, but now that I've seen him and the art being pretty good, he's pretty interesting.

I guess I'll have a look.

I must say though, I am now sligly afraid of being a fan of your work, seeing as you shot and killed about four of them. One being a dear friend of mine...how do you feel now?

It's only a flesh wound. He'll wake up in two days feeling like a million bucks.

Magic gun FTW.

Ah, what model? I actually managed to fastion myself what I call the "Dino-gun." It does the job pretty well...oh yeah, my friend. :0

I'm glad to know he'll be okay...still afraid though.

Well, mine's a flintlock pistol that- I can't reveal my information.

>.>

Eh, fair enough.

Yet another great review by the way. I was wondering whether you would mention something anime related, and it doesn't get more anime than Yu-Gi-Oh! (yes, that's the correct spelling, making it only obvious that I used to watch the show and... um play the game.)

It's fitted with a polyphasic beam generator that can draw energy from the environment and people around it.

I believe it's also got a high-efficiency Governmentium compensator in case it's used near politicians... :lol:

The only time I thought Blue Beetle was pretty awesome was when Doomsday fought the justice League and then Booster Gold found out Ted's identity

So While we are on Beetles, Who Do u think the Black Beetle is?

Did you read the last issue of the series? ^_~

yeah but its DC, it can't be that simple

I personally didn't care for the Sinestro Corp Wars. The story itself was strong, and the art work wasn't laughable, though there were a few group shots in the series where I found a couple of errors on the background lanterns. My problem is mainly with the ending, which was unsatisfying for the rest of the story, especially considering the inclusion of the Anti Monitor in the villain's ranks. This is a creature that literally willed entire realities out of existence before. Nothing the Lanterns did should have been able to hurt it.

Also, will be looking for this Blue Beetle comic on my next run to the comic shop. Sounds at least interesting...and you scare me. Both the 90s kid, and that Wonder Dog...got any better pictures of it? Hey, if people didn't like being scared, the horror movies wouldn't be made...oh wait, they aren't being made anymore, just slasher flicks made for blood and gore. Curse you HOLLYWOOD!!!

While I agree that it seems like a waste for someone of his power level, just seeing him involved raised the bar of the event up. Even Hal Jordan admitted that they needed to bring Earth's heroes into it once they saw him.

Plus the Guardians vs. Anti-Monitor fight was awesome. Really shows the power level THEY'RE at and explains why they were taken out of the picture in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Also it sets the stage for Blackest Night. ^_~

Awesome review!
Great ending, and you are a great actor! When I was seeing the 90s kid, I needed to keep remembering it was you!

The Blue Beetle always was a hero with great ethic to me! But I only read his stories as the second BB as a side character, when I was a child.

But it is awesome to know that they made a history with "latino" people! And the invasion idea really is great!

I was laughing SO hard during this. I loved it. Turns out I was wrong. You CAN make positive reviews funny. :P

Anyway, I happen to share your view of really good stuff getting cancelled. I never read Blue Beetle (sorry! Don't kill me?), but I had a similar experience with Marvel's The Order from just last year (or thereabouts). It only ran 10 issues, but I LOVED it. It was awesome. Great action, great story, great dialogue...I can't comment on the art, necessarily, but I thought it was pretty good. Anyway, I hated that they cancelled it, and my only gripe with the series was that they decided to "gracefully" end it (as opposed to just stopping midway through an arc) by tying it into an Iron Man storyline. Besides my general distaste toward Iron Man anywhere except the movie, it just felt rushed (which I suppose it was) and like it wasn't what they really intended.

Also, I TOLD you Weird Al had a song for every situation. I freaking told you. Didn't I tell you? Please validate my insane obsession with the internet... :confused: :(

And I don't think Mark Millar was necessarily trying to paint Iron Man or the pro-registration forces as purely the heroes. It's clear that by making them win he was advocating that viewpoint, but I think the whole Negative Zone prison and stuff like that was actually done to show what happens when you take those ideas too far, and care more about results than the actual spirit of a law or idea. That's what I took from it anyway; I actually LIKED Civil War, so maybe that's just me.

Man I've never seen such an original character with a really great storyline. Now I'm not a avid comic book reader but man I know a good superhero when I see one. Now I want to read these comics that you mentioned. 90s Kid was a great addition to the show too. Radical tribute dude.

Maybe people didn't buy it because they were afraid that the lighthearted stories were setting up for more typical DC grimdark. I kept waiting for Jaime's friends and family to be raped/murdered so that he could be all gritty and brooding like a "proper" superhero,

Hmm, most of my comics involve characters killing, raping, being raped, burning, pillaging, destroying, conquering, rampaging, just plain beating the ever loving shit out of their foes, killing again and blowing shit up ... I guess I should have at least ONE comic I can safely leave around my room without my mother thinking I need psychiatric care ... again.

Amusing video as always Link. Rock on.

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You can't dis Yugioh! It has Childrens Tranding card games. Childrens Tranding card games will rule there world with there Childrens Tranding card game power!

Oh, I love Yu-Gi-Oh, but when you stop and think about it, it's kind of silly. ^_~

Great video Linkara. *laughs*

Found an interview you might find interesting, it's about Mark Waid talking about his career in comics. Apparently Didio hated the plotting in 52, and referred to Coutndown as "52 done right".

Which leads to the question, "what the hell was he thinking?!?" really.

Linky,
http:// www.aintitcool.com/node/ 40896

Thanks, E-Bot!

Man, I love how he was just eating those words afterwards when Countdown was over and he had to actually talk about the faults of it. XD

I like to see some more "you should read this" although not AT4W. Even thought I'm pretty old 32 I never got into comics mainly cause I never bother my mom for money when I was a kid and it was the 90's when I was a teen.

I hope I'm wrong, but have you ever thought it might be Jamie is Latin could be the reason he's not more popular. I like to think not many comic reads are racist.

Linkara, you're a very angry, bitter young man. And my new favorite person on this site. :cheer:

Please tell me there's gonna be more of 90's dude!

Hi Linkara,
Have just started getting back into comics, just wondering are you going to do countdown. If so when as I can't take your constant reference to it as I have never read it. I have been reading Civil War. That is really good. I am going tand try and read sandman. hoppe to see you later

Countdown is late-June, early July. ^_~

[quote=Linkara]Oh, I love Yu-Gi-Oh, but when you stop and think about it, it's kind of silly. ^_~[/quote]

yes yugioh manga FTW ( though the show isnt as good that doesnt stop me from being a fanboy )

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" and a Sega Genesis. I like both of those things. Please tell me 90s Kid isn't a one-shot character.

I was never that big of a Blue Beetle fan, although I've always enjoyed Booster Gold's wacky antics. Still, Ted's return in BG's new series was probably one of the most memorable and awesome scenes in recent times I can recall, so

Yeah I don't know where I was going with this. Great review, Lew, looking forward for more!

Have you seen the animated series Batman The Brave & The Bold? If you have, what did you think of the show's rendition of Blue Beetle?

I've posted about it on my blog - I've only really watched the ones with Jaime in it and they were okay. The Timmverse has spoiled me.

Also disappointed by Paco apparently not knowing Jaime's the Blue Beetle.

You know, before I stumbled upon this website and Linkara, I'd only ever read Series 52, and that was just to see what the new Batwoman looked like in action.
THANK YOU LINKARA!!! :evil:

Oh man, that was too, [i]too[/i] funny! Also a really interesting insight into a comic series I didn't know about; I think I might just track down the trade collections as it sounds like a quality product.

[quote=Linkara]Oh, I love Yu-Gi-Oh, but when you stop and think about it, it's kind of silly. ^_~[/quote]

And that's why we have Little Kuriboh(sp?) for.

....

Um, anyway, Pretty good. If I get an interest in other comic books, I'll considered buying it.

BTW, what's the tittle of that song used for the '90s kid' scenes?

Great review - I dunno if it was that "positive" though, you just complained about the readers who never picked up these books instead of the books themselves. Progress, I guess?

You know, Linkara, you've really established yourself as one of the best video review guys out there, at least in my book. What you do may not be too original or inventive, but you simply do it so well and deliver better than nearly anyone I've seen.

So, in other words, keep up the good work and thanks for making me laugh every week ^_____^

I liked how you gave a positive review.

I hope you give more positive reviews on comic books!

Something to hopefully consider in the future :)

[color=fuchsia]I like how he managed to still be angry throughout the positive review. :lol: [/color]

Positive review? Now thats progres.

Finally, someone praising this hero as much as me!

I am abit afraid things are going to go back to the 90's (in a bad way). There are a couple of Garth Ennis books I read, but it is sad that a books fulled with nothing but the vilest, twisted acts of humanity (do I REALLY need to say the name ;) ) always gets high sales yet HONEST, NOBLE, AND KIND Superheroes constantly get [b]ignored![/b] :angry:

man that sucks well all we can do is spread the word on the good comics and burn the bad ones :P

Its true link,

People did talk like that in 90s. You are amazing. Did you timetravel or something to find that 90s kid ? :lol:

Blue Beetle = Nightowl


Think about that for a minute.

'cept Nightowl never cybered with Barbara Gordon. *laughs*

That's canon by the way.

And it's Ted not Jaime I'm talking about.

I recall her being embarrassed when she confessed it to a friend. XD

"You did WHAT?!"