Musical Monday: She-Hulk Sings Kermit

Another contribution from Allen Rowe: She-Hulk reflects on Kermit the Frog's ode to being green...

Musical Monday: Bonus Medley

A little bonus offering: When I got Andy Price to do his Darkstar sketch, he threw these in as an unexpected extra. You see, some of the ink from Georges Jeanty's Outlaw sketch had run through onto the next page of the sketchbook (you can see the spots scattered throughout this page, most prominently above She-Hulk). Rather than let that page go to waste, Price came up with a few musical mini-sketches of his own: Batman to the tune of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence," She-Hulk to the tune of The Commodore's "Brick House," and The Phantom Stranger to the tune of Billy Joel's "The Stranger." Thanks, Andy!

Quick, Belated Comments on She-Hulk

Just a few thoughts regarding the end of Dan Slott's run on She-Hulk. Overall, I enjoyed his stories very much, despite Slott's occasional (well, okay, more than occasional) lapses into Roy Thomas Syndrome (stories whose primary purpose is to "fix" other stories). At least Slott did so with wit and style (most of the time--that "oh, by the way" revelation that the villains in Punisher War Journal #4 weren't actually killed was pretty awkward).

And while I enjoyed learning that Stu is still alive, I'm not so thrilled by the declaration that the black & white Howard the Duck magazine's depiction of Duckworld (complete with "Ducktor Strange") is in continuity...Steve Gerber has publicly expressed his disdain for that story, and Gerber's website features an unpublished script in which he does away with it (revealing that the black & white stories were Krylorian "movies," just like the black & white Rampaging Hulk issues). ("Clearly, Duckworld had to die.") Sorry, Dan, but as far as I'm concerned, when it comes to Howard, Gerber has the last word.

Finally, while the "Earth-A" catch-all explanation for continuity glitches is pretty clever, I can't help but point out that the Reed Richard Thing is not Earth-A's only superhuman; way back in that first story (Fantastic Four #118), we saw that world's Ben Grimm as a well-known, high-profile figure with the combined powers of elasticity and flame. (He probably got the invisibility, too, but that was never confirmed...and since he later had Reed take away his powers, it's a moot point.) I just found it mildly amusing that a story that resolves all continuity errors should have a rather significant error of its own.

Friday Night Fights: Longbox Attack!

What's better than a guy getting pummelled with longboxes? A guy getting pummelled with longboxes whose labels make sight gags!

(Bahlactus keeps the bouts in mint condition...)