Monthly Archives: August 2008

Poll Position: One shots

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

So here’s a question for you: You get all the powers of one person, but you can only use each power once. Ever. Whose powers would you want? Deadman Hulk Jean Grey Martian Manhunter Spiderman Superman Thor Wolverine View Results … Continue reading →

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Random Panel: Words fail me

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

(hat tip to Ye Olde Buncheness)

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Random Panel: Dude, I feel the same way about Andy Dick!

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Jeff Hebert
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CRASH!

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

I think this is a lovely bit of onomontoPOWia, from the pages of the freshly-mocked “Haywire”: This just goes to show that you don’t need crazy coloring and Photoshopped filters to get a great effect. This scene is part of … Continue reading →

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META: Random GMail racial epithets

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

This doesn’t have anything to do with HeroMachine, comics, or super-heroes, but it is random, which has practically become the theme of this blog anyway. GMail has this feature where they put up brief headlines over your email inbox, and … Continue reading →

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Random Panel: Deep thoughts with Green Arrow

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Jeff Hebert
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Retroview: Ninjak

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

Certain iron-clad maxims ruled the naming of comic book characters in the Nineties, and one of the most important (after “Base it on a variant of ‘Blood’, ‘Death’, or ‘Strike’”) was “Include ‘Ninja’ somewhere in there.” Showing the economy of … Continue reading →

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Random Panel: Why we don’t have live “First Date Commentators”

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Jeff Hebert
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Bad Costumes: Spymaster

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

Spymaster is a Marvel villain who’s had several incarnations, with the first one being the most unfortunate, costume-wise: Let’s say you want to be a master of industrial espionage, someone whose mission it is to infiltrate the most secure locations … Continue reading →

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Random Panel: Latest cable news dispatch from the conventions

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Jeff Hebert
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