You dad-blasted kids, get off my universe! Dagnabbit!

The DCU: where sidekicks go to die:









But don't worry, kids...if you're lucky, we'll bring ya back!:

DC doesn't wanna have fun anymore.

Impulse #77 (October 2001), art by Carlo Barberi, Juan Vlaszo, Tom McCraw

So long, Bart. So long, fun at DC.

The House of Ideas Excuses (Furious Backpedaling Department)

Oh, I s'pose I shoulda put a SPOILER WARNING on that. Oh well.

Ten of a Kind: You Only Die Once Ten Times

Luckily, we have some hope:


(More Ten of a Kind here.)

Do You Yahoo?

Context.

A frightening thought about the way Joe Quesada's mind works...

...I'm sure Tony has one of Steve's hairs as well. Sigh.

And you all know what that means: "Clap." (Highlight text to reveal spoiler and terrible, terrible pun.)

Salute.

A salute. SPOILER WARNING: clicking on the blacked-out image will take you to my salute.

Also.

There's no such thing as a spoiler warning in the media

Listening to the radio news this morning was a mistake, because they've just reported the startling shock twist in today's Captain America #25. Blast you, national media! Blast you all to perdition!

(You probably already know the news, but SPOILER WARNING: don't click here if you want to be surprised.)

I'll leave complaining about the event itself for later...a poorly conceived spit-in-the-face that lumps another steaming heap of dung on the crap pile that is Civil War. But as for the story being spoiled now rather than when I turn a comic book page: must I barricade myself from all outside influence in order to get a surprise from my comics? (To their credit, DC is doing it well with 52, although all those surprises are generally with mid-list, non-iconic, non-newsworthy characters.)

Sigh.