A quick change to the schedule….

… since I have in my hands, well…

… I think Doctor Fate can wait a couple of days.

Weekend Aside: The Super Powers Collection

So my mom’s finally moving out of the house she’s lived in for nearly twenty years – I think I was twelve when we moved there – and I was faced with the daunting task of cleaning up all the toys I’ve accumulated over the years. Although a good bunch of those were the result of my frequent trips to Toy Liquidators while attending Law School in the U.S., I also had to dig through the older stuff. So we might as well talk about the greatest mass-market super hero toyline in history, the Super Powers Collection, specifically the stuff I had.

Justice League 2×13-14: “Eclipsed”

Written by Joseph Kuhr
Directed by Dan Riba
Originally Aired: November 8th 2003
DVD: Justice League, The Complete Series

Summary: A special forces team tracking down a criminal in the Middle East brings back something other than Gulf War Syndrome – a diamond that possesses all who come in contact with it. Meanwhile, Flash’s attempt at a commercial career doesn’t go well.

Arc Notes: Flash’s energy bars and “standees” show up in the weirdest places over the remainder of the series.

Superman: The Animated Series, Episode 21 – “Mxyzpixilated”

Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Dan Riba
Originally Aired: September 20, 1997
DVD: Superman TAS: Volume 2

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Summary: An all-powerful being from the fifth dimension takes an interest in annoying Superman. Hilarity ensues.

Weekend Aside: “JSA – The Golden Age”

Written By James Robinson
Art By Paul Smith and Richard Ory
But it from Amazon.com here

Okay, so even though I swore I wasn’t going to review the Justice Society’s debut on Smallville, I figured this is as good a time as any to cover what’s probably the most famous Justice Society story ever told. Long before he supervised the team’s revival in JSA, James Robinson teamed with his Leave it to Chance partner Paul Smith to produce what many people have called the in-universe version of Watchmen, The Golden Age. Tom Welling’s wooden acting or Robinson hitting one out of the park? Yeah, that’s a real tough choice.

(To be fair, Smallville was actually fairly decent for the sheer amusement of seeing all the props they put in the JSA brownstone)

Batman Beyond, Episode 34: “The Eggbaby”

Story by Hilary J. Bader, Alan Burnett
Teleplay by Hilary J. Bader
Directed by James Tucker
Originally Aired: April 1, 2000. Indeed.
DVD: Batman Beyond, Volume 2

Summary: Desperate to make up his grades, Terry gets stuck babysitting a virtual egg baby for Family Studies class… which throws a wrench into the works on his night job.

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