Thursday Night Thinking #180

Here we are again at Thursday Night Thinking!

Not much time for a proper post, so here's the chilling (and thought provoking) final page of Superboy #5.

Thursday Night Thinking #179

Ah, again we find ourselves at the linchpin of the week... Thursday Night Thinking! Tonight: a look into the future fromt he pages of Superboy #5.

Does it, Lori? Does it really?

Thursday Night Thinking #166

Once again... Thursday Night Thinking!

This week has pretty well worn me out, so I don't have much to say. Luckily, this thought needs no introduction!

Thursday Night Thinking #165

Return to the greatest rivalry in history with Thursday Night Thinking!

That is all.

Small Town Values

I'm actually very much looking forward to this new Superboy series. You may not know, but I grew up in a town not so far removed from Smallville.

Granted, my hometown isn't quite as small as the Smallville we see in the comics. But it shared a number o similar features nonetheless. After all, I grew up with a corn (sometimes soybean) field across the street from my house.

As such, I fell like I understand the dynamics of "Small town America" better than some. And that's why I know there will be plenty of conflict for the Superboy comic. Because as idyllic as small towns may seem, there's always something else going on under the surface.

Small towns have as much going on in them as big cities do. These things are just of a different scale. Even outside of the DCU there are a lot of things that can happen in a small Midwestern town. How much more can happen in a world of super-heroes and villains?

Thursday Night Thinking #144

Once again we find ourselves a a crossroads... The crossroads of Thursday Night Thinking! (I'm not sure what that means either, but it sounded good when I typed it)

Anyway, see the astonishing feats -- and thoughts -- of a young Clark Kent:

Oh, Lana. Always doing... Things... That might kill someone if it turns out he isn't Superboy...

February Solicitations

Okay, let's do this, folks. They came out on Monday but I'm talking about them now. February 2010 solicits. Hit it.

ADVENTURE COMICS STARRING BLACK LANTERN SUPERBOY #7
On Sale February 10 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by Tony Bedard • Art by Travis Moore • Covers by Francis Manapul
TOP SECRET!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Francis Manapul), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Francis Manapul and renumbered ADVENTURE COMICS #510). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.

There are a lot of Blackest Night tie-ins this month. But this one is the one I want to talk about. What do you think they mean when they "Black Lantern Superboy"? Consider: during Legion of Three Worlds Superboy was resurrected a thousand years in the future from a body that had been rejuvenating under the Fortress of Solitude for that long. In the present that corpse is still there. How creepy is that?

BATMAN AND ROBIN #8-9
Issue #8 on sale February 10 • Issue #9 on sale February 24 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by Grant Morrison • Art and Variant covers by Cameron Stewart • Covers by Frank Quitely
BATMAN AND ROBIN double-ships in February with part 2 and 3 of “Blackest Knight” guest-starring Batwoman, Knight and Squire! Only months into his new role as Batman, Dick Grayson faces perhaps the biggest threat of his life. In hopes of attaining his heart’s desire, has Dick instead unleashed a terror the likes of which the world has never seen?
Meanwhile, back in Gotham City, Alfred and a recuperating Robin are at the mercy of someone both fearsome and familiar...
Retailers please note: Both of these issues will ship with two covers each. For every 25 copies of the Standard Editions (with covers by Frank Quitely), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Editions (with covers by Cameron Stewart). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. Issue #8 on sale February 10; issue #9 on sale February 24 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Look, I know I'm supposed to like Dick Grayson as "Batman." Everybody else does. But I don't. I want the real Batman back. I want Bruce Wayne. I want the Batman I've known for my whole life and then some.

Good God, is this what the Hal Jordan fans felt like?

JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE #7
On Sale February 24 • 7 of 7 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by James Robinson • Art and cover by Mauro Cascioli
This is the big one! After the catastrophes seen in issues #5 and #6, a hero loses control, leading to an unexpected ending that will fundamentally change the lives of the World’s Greatest Heroes forever. This issue launches a major storyline in the DC Universe and is not to be missed!

The guy has a quiver on his back. Between this and "Black Lantern Green Arrow #30" what the hell is going on with Green Arrow?

We keep hearing that he's a character to watch next year. But I don't have any idea what is supposed to happen. And what's the deal with him being a Black Lantern? Did a black ring somehow regenerate a body from the bits that Parallax didn't use to reconstruct Ollie's body? Or does Green Arrow die in Cry for Justice #7?

Thursday Night Thinking LXXXIII

This week... Thursday Night Thinking is a blast from the past and the future!

Y'know, every night before bed when I doff my outer garments I wonder how I would react if the new boy in town somehow discovered my secret identity.

Probably not like that.