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Comment on Final ’90s Countdown: Part Seventeen. by Chris B
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/29/final-90s-countdown-part-seventeen/#comment-619450
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:50:23 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25633#comment-619450This was my pick! Mike is right in saying that the series really developed as it went along into more of a bw era Zot! title and Watson’s artwork got better and more polished. There is a definite manga influence to it, it’s unfortunate that the collections are out of print as I imagine it would appeal to a young female demographic. Andi continues to produce mainly all ages comics, Gum Girl and Punycorn are well worth reading.
He did a little bit of writing for mainstream titles like Buffy and Namor as well.
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Comment on “Destiny has two ways of crushing us – by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.” – Henri-Frédéric Amiel. by William Burns
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/17/destiny-has-two-ways-of-crushing-us-by-refusing-our-wishes-and-by-fulfilling-them-henri-frederic-amiel/#comment-619449
Sun, 28 Dec 2025 22:23:18 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25619#comment-6194491. Absolute Ambush Bug
2. The Big Two start moving in the direction of AI art, at first for backgrounds.
3. Marvel finds a paperback format cheaper per page than their Epic Collection line to compete with DC’s Finest.
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Comment on Yes, I do remember which writer it was, too. by Snark Shark
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/22/yes-i-do-remember-which-writer-it-was-too/#comment-619448
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:00:05 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25625#comment-619448“Three differently formatted issues of Rune vs Conan. Think we’ll ever see that reprinted?”
Rights issues would probably make that unlikely.
“Before Marvel bought it, it was good. Not Valiant pre-Shooter being kicked out good, but good, which is to be expected given the writing talent involved. ”
I might give Ultraverse som edge over Valiant, because it didn’t look so samey-samey as valiant did.
“Prime, a Shazam!-esque comic about a young man who can turn into a grotesquely-overmuscled adult hero, was one I enjoyed”
Yeah, it was pretty good!
“until it turned out one of its original writers was a sex offender”
Yikes!
” But, eventually, the Ultraverse characters just stopped appearing, even though Marvel still owns them.”
They wanted the printing press! And why publish their own competition, I suppose!
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Comment on Superman, no! by SJB
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/24/superman-no/#comment-619447
Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:14:40 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25628#comment-619447God bless science and Superman
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Comment on Superman, no! by Tom Cherry
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/24/superman-no/#comment-619446
Fri, 26 Dec 2025 01:05:54 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25628#comment-619446Merry Merry! Happy Happy! Ho! Ho! Ho!
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Comment on Yes, I do remember which writer it was, too. by Joe Gualtieri
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/22/yes-i-do-remember-which-writer-it-was-too/#comment-619445
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:36:37 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25625#comment-619445The Topaz in Thor: Ragnarök sure bears more of a resemblance to the Ultraverse one than the mystical one. They’re both alien women wearing armor carrying around stick weapons. Yeah, it’s a bit tenuous, but a lot closer than to the other Topaz.
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Comment on Superman, no! by Sean Mageean
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/24/superman-no/#comment-619444
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:17:46 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25628#comment-619444@ Chris V
Thanks! According to the Grand Comics Database the cover art for Action Comics no. 93 is by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye, and the interior art on the “Christmas ‘Round the World” Superman story is by Ira Yarbrough and Stan Kaye, ghosting for Joe Shuster, and the story might be by Don C. Cameron, ghosting for Jerry Siegel.
The plot revolves around Superman reuniting refugees from all over the world with their families all, in the aftermath of WW II, and witnessing various ways of celebrating Christmas.
I wonder if DC will get around to printing a facsimile edition of Action Comics no. 93 by Christmas of 2026?
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Comment on Superman, no! by Chris V
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/24/superman-no/#comment-619443
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:49:25 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25628#comment-619443The best I could come up with is Action Comics #93, published with the cover date of February 1946.
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Comment on Superman, no! by Sean Mageean
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/24/superman-no/#comment-619442
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:30:33 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25628#comment-619442From which Superman or Action Comics issue does the panel originate, and what year was it published?
Also, who wrote it and who drew it?
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Comment on Superman, no! by Chris V
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2025/12/24/superman-no/#comment-619441
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 17:08:54 +0000https://www.progressiveruin.com/?p=25628#comment-619441We don’t have the full context of this one panel. Superman was giving this booby-trapped Christmas tree to a Soviet village on behalf of the Americans. Not only was it subversive, but it was also a “Trojan horse”.
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