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Mostly reading and posting about new comics, but other interests include books (mysteries & queer content), movies, TV, & interesting pop culture. Former Midwesterner in DC. Love my husband & dogs! 🏳️‍🌈🩷💜💙🏳️‍⚧️

Scrooge McDuck with two guns and a money bag. Art by: Anastasiia Iurzinova.
Flash #186 (1969) with cover art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Two boys are looking down a hold in the ground; two birds are flying above them. One says: “So that’s what happened to the Flash!” Below, there is a skeleton in a decaying Flash costume.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #301 (2024) with cover art by Andy Kubert.
All Winners Comics #21 (1947) with cover pencils by Al Avison, inks by Charles Nicholas. The Human Torch and Toro are flying in on the sides, slightly in front of Whizzer, Miss America, Captain America, Bucky, and Namor. In front of them is a man in a green hooded cloak holding a gun in his left hand. A blonde woman is strapped to a table. “In this issues: A complete full-length mystery thriller: “The Riddle of the Demented Dwarf!”
Green Lantern #31 (2026) with cover art by Terry Dodson. It shows Flash racing through the desert and looking up at Hal Jordan, who is flying along with him but on his back, with his legs crossed, and his hands behind his head.
Nightwing #100 with cover art by Dan Mora.
Hank Howard, Pizza Detectives: A Slice of Life #2 (2026) with cover art by David Lapham. It shows a slice of pizza hovering in the air. A Caligula’s Cola glass with a straw is on the table next to an ashtray with a partially unrolled cigarette. A crumbled napkin or piece of paper is next to the ashtray.
The Perfectly Monstrous Life of Adam Frankenstein #1 (2026) with cover art by Fernando Blanco. It shows a nude Adam with her name sewn across his chest. A bloody hand reaches up to him.
Uncanny X-Men #4 (2025) with cover art of Nightcrawler by Luciano Vecchio.
Temporal #4 (2026) with cover art by Taurin Clarke. It shows a black women with long dreadlocks in a blue bodysuit and boots kicking a man with her right legs. He is in a black bodysuit and has a square-ish headpiece on that covers the top half of his face. There is a long red line (like Cyclops) across it where the eyes would be. He’s falling over backwards.
Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsesen #98 (1966) with cover art by Curt Swan. Jimmy is in a yellow “caveman” outfit, kneeling on a large, flat white rock with a gorilla in a wedding veil opposite him. He’s saying, “Superman…this joke has gone far enough. I don’t want to marry a female King Kong!” Superman is stirring a cauldron over a fire, wearing an elaborate headdress. He says, “Sorry, Jimmy, but as local witch doctor, I now pronounce you man and wife!” Lucy Lane, wearing a “safari” outfit, is gasping as she watches the scene.
King Dracula #1 (2025) with cover art by Caio Cacau. It shows Dracula in a red three-piece suit with holes on the knees and one on the right calf sitting on an intricate throne, his talons extended while resting on the throne’s arms, his left leg on the steps. There is a skull “belt buckle” at his waist.
Dazzler #40 (1985) with cover art by Jackson Guice. Dazzler is seen (wearing her blue costume) in mid-air with a yellow/orange energy around her. There are three bikers (The Outriders) stopped in the middle of a deserted desert road with their arms raised toward her with multi-colored circles of energy.
Superman: Son of Kal-El #10 (2022) with cover art by Simone Di Meo. It shows Jon Kent flying with birds around him, the Daily Planet in the background (on its side, so he is flying at an angle). There is a rainbow prism effect on his right arm’s underside.
Doris Day and John Raitt in their “two can sleep as cheap as one” red heart pajamas in the fashion show at the end of The Pajama Game.
Doris Day in the classic “red” movie poster for The Pajama Game where she is wearing her red heart pajama top.
Olivia (Rosalind Russell) and Danny (Robert Montgomery) stand on either side of Olivia’s aunt, Mrs. Bramson (Dame May Whitty) in her wheelchair. Night Must Fall (1937).
Rosalind Russell and Robert Montgomery cast shadows in Night Must Fall (1937).
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #141 (1971) with cover art by Jack Kirby. It shows Superman and The Golden Guardian holding a circle with a photograph of Don Rickles.
Doctor Who The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #11 (2016) with cover art by Simon Myers. It shows The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) flanked by Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and Amy Ponds (Karen Gillian). They are all wearing black tuxedos, but the Doctor is wearing a bow tie instead of “regular” ties like Amy and Rory. The cover says, “Bow ties are cool”
Daredevil #3 (2011) with cover art by Paolo Rivera. It shows Klaw being “split open” by a zigzag greenish energy with Daredevil on the inside.
Mirror Mirror GN (2010; virgin art) with cover art by Darwyn Cooke.
Conan & Dragonero #4 (2026) with cover art by Patrick Zircher (Virgin Variant). It shows our heroes standing with their weapons as a gigantic monster comes down over them, ready to eat them.
Young Love #49 (1965) by John Romita, Sr. It shows a male doctor with wavy dark hair in scrubs, his mask hanging around his neck. He’s turning away from a woman with short, blonde hair who is grasping his scrubs, tears in her eyes, also wearing scrubs with a mask around her neck. He says: Y-you’ll hate me when you see what a coward I am1 I—I can’t operate! She says: Yes, you can, Val! You must—for the sake of a man’s life! And—our love! The text box in the lower right says: The Private Diary of Mary Robin, R.N. (A two-part novelette). A searing cry from the heart—in the life of a beautiful nurse in a large metropolitan hospital! “Someone—Hear My Heart!”
Power Pack #29 (1987) with cover art by Jon Bogdanove and Dan Green. We see Hobgoblin in the upper left of the frame on his glider. In his right hand is Alex Power and in his left is Johnny Rival (who has a gun in his eft hand). Spider-Man—in his black costume—is coming in lower left.
Doctor Who Special 2022 with cover art by Adam Hughes. It shows David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor with Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones standing behind him, her arms coming in under his, They are both making a heart shape with their fingers. Behind them is the T.A.R.D.I.S.
The DC Art of Bruno Redondo. The cover features Nightwing swinging through an industrial setting.
Gotham City Sirens: Unfit for Orbit TP (2026) with cover art by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson.
Ultimate Black Panther #6 (2024) with cover art by Felipe Massafera.
Eric Schweig as Pike and Arye Gross as Henry dance in Big Eden.
Henry Cavill in a white, button-down shirt, two buttons open, sleeves rolled up to his elbows.
Chart of X-Men against roles (Leader, Telepath, Muscle, Omega-Level, Heart, Wildcard) and cost ($5, $4, $3, $2, $1). Players can only spend $20 to build a team.
Les Aventures de Blake et Mortimer. The cover shows a man in a white space suit reacting to seeing a black orb with two white rings that intersect around it, and with white smoky plumes radiating from it. There are dinosaurs fighting and what appears to be a crowd of medieval peasants.
The Sandman Universe: The Dead Boy Detectives #6 (2023) with cover art by Nimit Malavia.
The Resistance: Reborns #1 (2021) with cover art by Rahzzah. It shows a man hovering in a glowing field. Watching him (with his back to us) is a man wearing a military beret and holding a gun.
Gambit: Wanted #1 with cover art by Kris Anka. It shows Remy throwing cards infused with energy. He’s holding his glowing staff in his right hand. The color scheme has a pink tinge to it.
Entertainment Weekly (July 7, 2017) with Tom Holland as Spider-Man resting on a spider web high above a busy city street. He is wearing the costume but not the mask, and his left hand is behind his head, his right hand holds a phone taking a selfie, and his ankles are crossed.
Tales of the Titans #2 (2023) with cover art by Nicola Scott. It features Raven on the cover.
Standstill #5 (2024) with cover art by Andrew Robinson. It shows a man in a yellow t-shirt with “SpaceMonkies” written across the sunglasses worn by the red-tinted head. He is tied to a pole with his hands behind his back, sitting on the ground in the desert with his left leg bent. He is saying, “Sorry, not sorry for my slow dance with the dragon.”
Heavy Metal #3 with art by Chet Zar. It shows a mummified face with long stringy black hair, a strand of which is across the face from our right. There’s a skull and crossbones pin at the throat on a long necked shirt. A raven sits on the left shoulder.
Devil on My Shoulder #2 (2026) with cover art by Piotr Kowalski and colors by Brad Simpson. It shows a grinning demon with his right hand on the shoulder of a woman with short black hair and bandaged hands clasped together. The background are reddish skulls and yellow tendrils of energy.
Iron Man #10 (2025) with cover art by Annie Wu. It shows Iron Monger bursting through a green wall. Iron Man is standing on that side of the wall, left leg bent, reacting. The jagged text balloon says, “Vengeance cries Iron Monger!”
Garak and Julian Bashir from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine are in tuxedos, facing each other. Julian holds a glass of champagne (?) in his right hand, raised between their faces.
Throg by Skottie Young.
FCBD 2024 Mad Magazine edition with cover art by Kerry Callen. It shows Superman ripping his costume to reveal his bare (but slightly hairy!) chest. He has two word balloons: 1. “This is a job for…” Sound effect: RIPPP! As he tears his costume, thinking he is wearing civilian clothing. 2. “Crap! I’m already in costume!”
Power Up (2015) with cover art by Matt Cummings.
Nightwing #108 (2023) with cover art by Jamal Campbell. Nightwing is jumping down from a ship with sails, hanging on to a bar at the end of a wire. His left hand is skimming the water, and his legs are bent at the hips, higher than his arms. There’s a golden glow behind him.
The Perfect Monstrous Life of Adam Frankenstein with cover art by Fernando Blanco.
Movie poster for Iron Eagle (1986). Lou Gosset Jr. is in a fighter pilot flight suit and holding a helmet in his right hand. Jason Gedrick stands next to him wearing a red t-shirt, blue jeans, and sunglasses; he has a helmet in his left hand. Behind them is a plane, with two more planes flying above them, and an explosion off to the left.
Astro City’s Jack-in-the-Box with art by Alex Ross.
Wizard Magazine #92 with cover art by Kevin Maguire and Al Gordon. It shows Superman and Spider-Man arm wrestling. Superman’s left elbow rests on a Greek-style plinth. He’s reading a copy of Wizard with Buffy on the cover, and his legs are crossed casually. He’s whistling. Spider-Man has both feet braced on top of the plinth as he strains to move Superman’s arm with both of his arms pulling on it.
The Creeping Below #3 (2025) with cover art by Vanesa R. Del Rey. It shows a pile of skeletons (in pieces) in a forest with red mushrooms around them.
Sleep #1 (2025) with cover art by Ryan G. Browne. It shows a monster with red eyes that contain a pentagram. In its toothy mouth is a man’s face wearing red glasses. The monster itself seems to be composed of people’s faces.
Volumes 1 & 2 of Micronauts and ROM.
The Rook #2 (1980) with cover art by Bob Larkin. It shows a man standing with his legs apart, a knife in his left hand and a gun in his right. He’s wearing either a jumpsuit or pants and a vest with a wide brown belt and a gun holster strapped to his right thigh. His white long-sleeved shirt is torn on the arms and is unbuttoned. There are shields and other items behind him. He appears to be standing in the mouth of a cave (behind him), and there are creatures with glowing eyes looking in.
Superman: Lois and Clark (2016) with cover art by Lee Weeks. It shows Superman in a black and white costume standing with his legs akimbo, his arms wide and his hands balled in fists. We also see Jonathan as a young boy holding up the red and yellow Superman cape. Lois and Clark and seen in the back in head and shoulder shots.
If Destruction Be Our Lot #2 (2026) with cover art by Cliff Chiang. It shows a robot Abraham Lincoln sitting in a vehicle with a lot of levers in front of him, and his hands are on two of them. He has one glowing red eye, and his mouth is open in a determined way.
Vortex #1 (1982) with cover art by Ken Steacy. It shows a woman with long blond hair in a pilot’s uniform holding a helmet under her arm while climbing into a small plane. We see a “thumbs up” hand in the lower right corner.
The Madness #4 shows three super-powered women fighting in the ruins of a building. One is in a black bodysuit with black hair and a very white face. Her arms are raised. She is fighting a warrior in golden orange armor who has a sword in her raised right arm. The third woman in a star-spangled uniform is crouching amongst the ruins, watching the other two fight.
Star Trek: Picard’s Academy #5 with cover art by Sweeney Boo. Five Star Trek Academy cadets—including Jean-Luc Picard—are confronted by Romulans on a starship.