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spidermannotes · 9 months ago

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Two Massive DC/Marvel Omnibuses Coming this Summer

Covering around 25 years of DC/Marvel crossovers, the two comic book giants are giving fans young and old the chance to appreciate classic characters together in memorable tales.

Press release:

The vast and varied history of DC versus Marvel returns to print for the first time in decades with two massive volumes collecting the universe-bending comic book crossovers between the greatest characters in pop culture! These fantastic stories, originally co-presented by the two powerhouse comic book publishers, have been highly sought after and hard to find for most readers—but they’re making their return in DC Versus Marvel Omnibus and DC/Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus,both publishing on August 6, 2024.

Who would win: Superman versus Spider-Man? Batman versus Captain America? The X-Men meeting the Teen Titans? DC Versus Marvel Omnibus collects crossovers between the core DC and Marvel characters, from 1976’s Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man to 2000’s Batman/Daredevil. Included are stories from some of comics’ most revered talents, namely Dennis O’Neil, George Pérez, Dan Jurgens, Chris Claremont, Walter Simonson, J.M. DeMatteis, Mark Bagley, Gerry Conway, John Romita Jr., and more. DC and Marvel fans alike can’t miss these thrilling pieces of unearthed comic book history!

DC/Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus features stories, first told in 1996, of the two superhero universes fused together into a new Amalgam Universe, combining DC’s and Marvel’s heroes, villains, and mythologies. The result was a series of unforgettable one-shot comic books starring the likes of Dark Claw (Batman and Wolverine), Super Soldier (Superman and Captain America), Iron Lantern (Iron Man and Green Lantern), and many more! These stories, from creators such as Peter David, Dan Jurgens, Mark Waid, Dave Gibbons, Ron Marz, José Luis García-López, Gary Frank, Bill Sienkiewicz, Claudio Castellini, and more, represent one of the most fun and unlikely periods in comic book history, and now are available in one omnibus. Included in this volume are the historic DC Versus Marvel miniseries and its sequels, perfect for fans of both DC and Marvel!

DC Versus Marvel Omnibus collects Batman/Captain America #1, Batman/Daredevil #1, Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire #1, Batman/Spider-Man #1, Daredevil/Batman #1, DC Special Series #27, Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger #1, Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances #1, Incredible Hulk vs. Superman #1, Marvel and DC Present Featuring the Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1, Marvel Treasury Edition #28, Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights #1, Silver Surfer/Superman #1, Spider-Man and Batman #1, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #1, and Superman/Fantastic Four #1.

DC/Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus collects DC Versus Marvel #1-4, DC/Marvel: All Access #1-4, Unlimited Access #1-4, Bat-Thing #1, Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, Bullets and Bracelets #1, Challengers of the Fantastic #1, Doctor Strangefate #1, Iron Lantern #1, Legends of the Dark Claw #1, Lobo the Duck #1, Speed Demon #1, Spider-Boy #1, Super Soldier #1, Thorion of the New Asgods #1, X-Patrol #1, and more, plus a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes material.

DC Versus Marvel Omnibus (9781779523259) and DC/Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus (9781779523266) will both be published on August 6. The two volumes will each have a direct-market-exclusive cover available only in local comic book shops, while supplies last.

#spiderman #superman #batman #comic book #news #notes

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omniversecomicsguide · 9 months ago

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Well, it looks like our recent prediction was correct! We’ll be getting a DC VERSUS MARVEL OMNIBUS and a DC/MARVEL: THE AMALGAM AGE OMNIBUS! I’ll include the contents in the comments, but some issues seem to be missing:

• JLA/Avengers

• Amazon 1

• Dark Claw Adventures 1

• Exciting X-Patrol 1

• Generation Hex 1

• JLX 1

• JLX Unleashed 1

• Magnetic Men featuring Magneto 1

• Magneto and the Metal Men 1

• Spider-Boy Team-Up 1

• Super Soldier: Man of War 1

Not sure if this is an error in the listings or if another omnibus will follow! We shall see!

The listings for the two Omnis are as follows:

DC Versus Marvel Omnibus

Batman/Captain America #1

Batman/Daredevil #1

Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire #1

Batman/Spider-Man #1

Daredevil/Batman #1

DC Special Series #27

Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger #1

Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances #1

Incredible Hulk vs. Superman #1

Marvel and DC Present Featuring the Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1

Marvel Treasury Edition #28

Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights #1

Silver Surfer/Superman #1

Spider-Man and Batman #1

Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #1

Superman/Fantastic Four #1

DC/Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus

DC Versus Marvel #1-4

DC/Marvel: All Access #1-4

Unlimited Access #1-4

Bat-Thing #1

Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1

Bullets and Bracelets #1

Challengers of the Fantastic #1

Doctor Strangefate #1

Iron Lantern #1

Legends of the Dark Claw #1

Lobo the Duck #1

Speed Demon #1

Spider-Boy #1

Super Soldier #1

Thorion of the New Asgods #1

X-Patrol #1

Behind-the-scenes material

Featured commission art:

JUDGEMENT LEAGUE AVENGERS (2023) by Mike Bowden

#dc vs marvel #marvel vs dc #amalgam comics #marvel comics #dc comics

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loveenchantinggentlemencollector · 10 months ago

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@comfortfoodcontent and @kylereadscomics did this first, so I thought it would be fun to think about what some of my favorite comics are. Here are some of my favorite single issues, stories, and runs:

Avengers by Kurt Busiek and George Perez - This was my first Avengers run, loved the characters and George Perez's amazing art, plus my favorite Ultron story, Ultron Unlimited.

DC vs. Marvel - I love crossovers like this, and as a kid, because my favorite character is the Flash, I was Team DC. The other fights were fun as well.

Detective Comics #627 - A reprint of Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics #27, plus updates of the story by different creative teams, including Marv Wolfman and Jim Aparo, and Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle, showing how Batman has evolved over the years.

Superman for All Seasons - Possibly my favorite Superman story, showing Clark's early days and my favorite version of Superman, the guy with incredible power who just wants to help.

Green Lantern: Rebirth - The story that made me a Green Lantern fan, loved the big space opera action, the different ways the lanterns use their rings, and made Sinestro my favorite Green Lantern villain.

Incredible Hulk #377 - The first Hulk comic I read as a kid, loved the Peter David run, his examinations of Bruce Banner's character, and Professor Hulk was my favorite version of the Hulk.

Kingdom Come - One of my favorite DC stories, loved the commentary of traditional super heroics versus the grim and gritty 90s, and how those ideologies clash. Plus, Kingdom Come Superman's outfit is still epic.

Flash: The Return of Barry Allen - My favorite Flash story, loved seeing Wally West step out of Barry Allen's shadow, the start of the Flash Family, also solidified Eobard Thawne as my favorite Flash villain.

Starman by James Robinson, Tony Harris, Peter Snejbjerg, and others - A more recent addition for me, as I was always a JSA fan, but never read all of this run until recently. Loved the characters, especially Jack Knight and the Shade, the Golden Age history, the themes of legacy, the villains, and how the story reaches a satisfying conclusion.

Wolverine and the X-Men by Jason Aaron, Chris Bachalo, Nick Bradshaw, and others - I'm probably going to get some heat for this pick, but this was the book that got me back into X-Men post Morrison and Whedon. I read every issue as it came out, and it was so much fun, I liked the characters, the action, the villains, and Genesis is one of my favorite characters (love the idea of "what if Apocalypse, but Superman"). Plus, it has Wolverine and Storm as a couple, my OTP.

#comics #top 10 #marvel comics #dc comics #the flash #green lantern #starman #comic lists #superman #the avengers #incredible hulk #favorite comics #batman #kingdom come

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batmannotes · 9 months ago

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Two Massive DC/Marvel Omnibuses Coming this Summer

Covering around 25 years of DC/Marvel crossovers, the two comic book giants are giving fans young and old the chance to appreciate classic characters together in memorable tales.

Here is the official press release:

#batman #comic book #news #notes

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geekcavepodcast · 9 months ago

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DC Comics Drops More Info on Amalgam and DC Versus Marvel Reprints

The DC Comics and Marvel Comic crossovers and the Amalgam stories, in which characters from each publisher were smashed together to create new characters, are being reprinted into two omnibuses.

DC Versus Marvel Omnibus and DC/Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus will both go on sale on August 6, 2024.

DC Versus Marvel Omnibus will collect Batman/Captain America #1, Batman/Daredevil #1, Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire #1, Batman/Spider-Man #1, Daredevil/Batman #1, DC Special Series #27, Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger #1, Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances #1, Incredible Hulk vs. Superman #1, Marvel and DC Present Featuring the Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1, Marvel Treasury Edition #28, Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights #1, Silver Surfer/Superman #1, Spider-Man and Batman #1, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #1, and Superman/Fantastic Four #1.

DC/Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus will collect DC Versus Marvel #1-4, DC/Marvel: All Access #1-4, Unlimited Access #1-4, Bat-Thing #1, Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, Bullets and Bracelets #1, Challengers of the Fantastic #1, Doctor Strangefate #1, Iron Lantern #1, Legends of the Dark Claw #1, Lobo the Duck #1, Speed Demon #1, Spider-Boy #1, Super Soldier #1, Thorion of the New Asgods #1, X-Patrol #1, and more. The omnibus also boasts behind-the-scenes material.

(Image via DC Comics)

#dc comics #marvel comics #amalgam comics #dc versus marvel omnibus #dc/marvel amalgam age omnibus #TGCLiz

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blue-scorpion-king · 2 years ago

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Comparisons/influences/inspirations for Earl Zolubu in general

50 Animated/manga or comic characters + 27 live action/cartoon characters + 5 pulp fiction characters + 19 video game characters comparisons/influences/inspirations for Earl Zolubu in general: 1) Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop). 2) Giorno Giovanna (JoJo Part 5). 3) Leorio Paradinight (Hunter X Hunter). 4) Guts (Berserk). 6) Andromeda Shun (Saint Seiya/Knights Of The Zodiac). 7) Phoenix Ikki (Saint Seiya, and Shun's older brother). 8) Asura (Asura's Wrath). 9) Tanjiro Kamado (Kimetsu No Yaiba/Demon Slayer). 10) Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho). 11) Rimuru Tempest (Reincarnated as a Slime). 12) Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2). 13) Wolfgang Grimmer (Monster). 14) Alita/Gally (Battle Angel Alita/Gunnm). 15) Obi Wan/'Ben' Kenobi (Star Wars). 16) Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima). 17) The Shadow (1930's New York-roooted noir agent of vengeance rooted in pulp fiction literature & an radio show). 18) Hiroshi Shiba & Kotetsu Jeeg [Since he technically makes up the head of the robot, as an cyborg] (Kotetsu Jeeg, an 1970's Super Robot anime). 19) Solomon Kane (Late 1920's English Puritan witch & heretic-hunting swashbuckler/demon & undead bounty hunter/agent of vengeance rooted in pulp fiction literature). 20) Caesar (The Apes trilogy; Rise -> Dawn -> War). 21) Ryo Utsugi/Mao Dante. 22) Akira Fudo/Devilman -> Violence Jack. 23) Raziel (Legacy of Kain series). 24) Doomguy/Doom Slayer (Doom game series). 25) Gohan (Dragon Ball). 26) Escanor, the Lion Sin of Pride (Seven Deadly Sins/But with humbleness, not pride or arrogance). 27) Josuke Higashikata (JoJo Part 4). 28) Johnathan Joestar (JoJo Part 1). 29) Trevor Belmont (Netflix Castlevania). 30) Solid Snake (NES Metal Gear 1 & 2/Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, & 4). 31) Onizuka Eikichi (Great Teacher Onizuka). 32) Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin; But not the pacifist part of Kenshin). 33) Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII). 34) Hank Hill (King of the Hill). 35) 'Sanjuro'/Man With No Name (Yojimbo & Sanjuro/Dollar Trilogy). 36) Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun). 37) Roronoa Zoro (One Piece). 38) Shigeo/'Mob' Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100). 39) Gojo Satoru (Jujutsu Kaisen). 40) Byakuren Hijiri (Touhou). 41) Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord). 42) Aragorn of Gondor (The Lord Of The Rings). 43) Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC). 44) Superman/Clark Kent/Kal El (DC). 45) Wonder Woman/Diana Price (DC). 46) Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk (Marvel). 47) Thor, Norse God of Thunder (Norse Myth/Marvel). 48) Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel). 49) The Penitent One (Blasphemous). 50) Spear (Primal). 51) Madea. 52) Major Tanya Von Degurechaff (To a certain degree, with far less focus on an worrying about human resources outlook/But not being the villain). 53) Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Star Wars/But not becoming the villain). 54) Marianne von Edmund of the Golden Deer House of Garreg Mach (Fire Emblem: Three Houses). 55) Isaac (Netflix Castlevania). 57) Joshua Graham (Fallout: New Vegas). 58) Tatsuya Ukyo, 'The Mad Dragon of Kamurocho' (Kurohyou 1 & 2). 59) Takayuki Yagami (Judgment & Lost Judgment). 60) Django (The original Django films, not Django Unchained). 61) Dante Sparda (Devil May Cry). 62) Denji/Chainsaw Man. 63) Gon The Dinosaur. 64) Ryuko Matoi (Kill La Kill). 65) Satsuki Kiryuuin (Kill La Kill). 66) David Martinez (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners). 67) Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul). 68) Sora (Kingdom Hearts). 69) Noctis Lucis Caelum (Final Fantasy Versus XIII/XV). 70) Silverbolt (Beast Wars Transformers). 71) Dinobot (Beast Wars Transformers). 72) Broly (Dragon Ball Super version). 73) Zorro. 74) John Wick. 75) Hutch Mansell (Nobody). 76) Robert Freeman/Grandad (The Boondocks). 77) Piccolo (Dragon Ball Z). 78) Kurapika (Hunter X Hunter). 79) Nico Robin (One Piece). 80) Max Payne. 81) Jackie Estacado/The Darkness. 82-90) The Showa era Ultramen, or the 9 Ultra Brothers. From Ultraman OG/Shodai to 80. 91) Kenshiro of Hokuto Shin Ken. 92) Rolf (Ed, Edd, N Eddy). 93) Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza series). 94) Yuji Itadori (Jujutsu Kaisen). 95) Mash Burnedead (Mashle). 96) Conan The Barbarian. 97) Ray Shoesmith (Mr. Inbetween). 98) Tarzan Of The Apes (Not Disney). 99) Optimus Primal (Beast Wars Transformers). 100) Gandalf The Grey/White (The Lord Of The Rings). & 101) Vi (League of Legends/Arcane).

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That’s all I want to post in this. owo

~The Bat~

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knifeonmars · 4 years ago

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Capsule Reviews - June/July 2020

I didn't read as many comics that I felt the need to write about these past couple of months, but the ones that I did I generally had a lot of thoughts on.

Hawkworld

Back in 1989, DC attempted to revamp Hawkman, notoriously the most confusing character in a stable comprised of confusing characters, with Timothy Truman's Hawkworld, a dark, modern take on the sci-fi version of the character. The result is flawed in the most frustrating ways, just good enough that parts of it feel like they could be coming from a hidden classic of DC's back catalog, but never living up to its potential. The story entirely is set on Thanagar, casting Katar Hol (Hawkman) as a privileged heir who has thrown his lot in with the police force and pines for Thanagar's lost golden age, when men were men and heroes walked the Earth. The first couple of issues do some genuinely excellent work depicting Thanagar as a corrupt and crumbling empire which bears more than a little resemblance to the USA and casting Hol as a well-meaning but ultimately deluded dupe whose role as a cop makes him at best complicit in his culture's worst excesses.

Unfortunately, the second half of the series never manages to live up to the first half, skipping forward in time by about ten years and ditching the systemic critique of its first half. Instead, the corrupt police commander who had previously appeared as a symptom of Thanagar's ills is turned into a literal monster, a strawman for the newly christened Hawkman to soundly thump over the head in place of addressing larger issues. The systemic concerns of the series' first half are never meaningfully addressed in the later issues and Hawkworld ends up falling back into being a simple tale of good cops versus bad cops, despite the first half of the series having been largely unambiguous about cops' nature as agents of state violence and imperialism. It's a shocking and deeply confusing disconnected that I can't tell if it's because I'm bringing modern politics and assumptions to the book or that someone at DC completely lost their nerve halfway through. This is what makes Hawkworld so frustrating to read, on the one hand its insightful and anti-colonial and surprisingly relevant to 2020, but on the other it never commits to those ideas because doing so would be too radical, the end result is a book which is very good right up until the point that it completely wimps out and shuffles back into mediocrity.

She-Hulk

After a long interval of living, unread, in my Comixology files, I finally read She-Hulk by Charles Soule and Javier Pulido. The quality of the series almost goes unsaid; it's one of the best of its era and niche, a part of the a whole constellation of early to mid 2010's "street level" Marvel superhero books which started, more or less with Daredevil and Hawkeye, ran through She-Hulk and Spider-Woman, extended into Hellcat and debatably Squirrel Girl, and then fizzled out several years ago. I try to fight nostalgia back most of the time, but it can't be overstated how good that whole wave of titles was, almost universally fun and approachable, grounded and empathetic, and with top-notch art across the board. Anyway, She-Hulk by Soule and Pulido is fantastic. It keeps to a relatively straightforward procedural style, makes the courtroom antics feel real thanks to Soule's actual background as a lawyer, and connects with the Marvel Universe in ways which set it among the others without ever feeling too overwhelming. The whole deal with The Blue File, the series' overarching mystery is well handled and does something really interesting with Nightwatch, an absolutely nothing character, who I'm a little disappointed we haven't seen turn up again since this reinvention. Reading She-Hulk made me nostalgic for this whole era, of which this series was one of the best.

The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal

Petals to the Metal is the arc where the McElroy family's The Adventure Zone podcast found its footing and really began to blossom into the series that it would become, so there were a lot of expectations riding on this entry in the graphic novel adaptations of the series. Generally speaking, it continues to nail most of what made the series work and polish the story into something a little more refined and coherent. The narrative trimming and changes done are smooth, the jokes still work, and its able to foreshadow events in a way that the podcast, given its nature as an emergent narrative, could never really do. Carey Pietsch's cartooning remains fabulous, and what makes this story work as a graphic novel must certainly be credited to her. This series remains the defining work of her young career and while I greatly enjoy what she's doing, I do wonder if she's really going to stick around do all seven potential books, especially if they keep ballooning in size. The only criticisms of Petals to the Metal as a comic are much the same as could be made about Petals to the Metal as a podcast and the big one is the main characters are kind of incidental to the story and don't feel like they have an important role in the emotional climax. Such is the nature of trying to tell a story in a DnD campaign, and its something that TAZ would get better at subsequently, but in graphic novel form hard not to think about. Without as clear of a distinction between "player characters" and "non-player characters" it's not quite as strange to see the main trio take a back seat, but without the charisma and speed of the podcast form it's much easier to sit back and say "wait, the main character's aren't even doing anything here". This volume is also noticeably thicker than the first two volumes of The Adventure Zone, and I hope that this series isn't going to swell, Harry Potter-like, with each entry, if only for the sake of Pietsch not keeling over from the effort.

Batman: Last Knight on Earth

Supposedly the capper to the Batman stories Snyder and Capullo's started telling all the way back in 2011 with the New 52 reboot of the character, though that's a little hard to swallow when they are still very much doing a bunch of Batman stuff in their current Death Metal event series. It's Batman playing in a post-apocalyptic DC universe, bombastic and unhinged, upending the toy box and smashing things like there's no tomorrow. It's fun, beautifully drawn, and incredibly over the top, but it's not going to be for everyone. For one thing, it's a tour of a ruined DC universe, so it's not exactly kind of most characters; there's a lot of death and mutilation and grotesqueness abounds. It's also deeply, deeply, misanthropic. I've got an essay talking about the politics of this book at greater length ready to go up at some point, but the short version is that this is a comic which starts off with an incredibly unsubtle allegory for the 2016 election and then ends with a big, cheesy hope shot that means absolutely nothing.

Even beyond my political reading of it, not everything about the story works. Snyder and Capullo's Batman work has had a ton of Joker in it and his role here is obnoxious and contains a bafflingly unearned redemption arc. More importantly, the book is built on misanthropy and the evil that ordinary people do but is completely unable to actually confront this thematically or narratively. It's a major thematic shortcoming.

I'm reminded of the ending of Grant Morrison's Batman Inc, a similar endpoint to an era of Batman which was fundamentally informed by the rejection of Morrison's vision by the rest of DC Comics. It's a bitter, angry book, but still beautiful and engaging, and fun to talk about.

Batman Universe

The complete other end of the spectrum from Last Knight on Earth, Batman Universe is a glorious romp through the DC universe, exploring the setting and characters and having fun in this day-glo fantasia. Nick Derrington knocks the art out of the park, and the constraints of shorter chapters mean that Brian Bendis' writing is more succinct and energetic than I've ever seen it before. I've idly wondered for years now why there's no current Batman animated series, and Batman Universe seems very much designed as the equivalent of one: the ties to current continuity are nearly nonexistent, the art is distinct and skews away from pseudo-realism in favor of pop aesthetics, and the approach in general is lighthearted.

It's not the deepest book, at least on an initial read, it's pointedly light fare, but it's still incredibly good. It is an unabashed, all-caps SUPERHERO STORY that doesn't feel retro or dated.

#words #capsule reviews #last knight on earth

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wits-writing · 6 years ago

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Earth’s Mightiest Retrospective Ep 18: “The Kang Dynasty”

(Directed by Sebastian Montes, Written by Brian Reed, Original Airdate: January 23, 2011)

The structure of the three episodes that make up the Kang storyline works well in favor of pacing the story out while leaving each piece as its own distinct unit of storytelling. “The Man Who Stole Tomorrow” focused on Kang’s ambush of the Avengers, announcing his intentions and them all fighting against him. “Come the Conqueror” showed the heroes dealing with the scope of what Kang can bring against the Earth with the invasion. Now, “The Kang Dynasty”, with Kang’s conquest nearly complete, has them returning the favor for Kang’s actions in the first part and taking the fight to his personal ship, the Damocles, in orbit above Earth.

We’re shown the team at the start of the episode getting ready to launch into space, wearing some spiffy space armor Tony’s provided them. All the suits have a uniform red/white color scheme (not unlike the suits we recently saw in the latest Avengers Endgame trailer) but are kept custom, so we know who’s who at a glance, though Hulk only gets a breathing apparatus. They prepare to launch, bringing along a squad of Ultrons to assist, as Kang aims his main cannon at them from space. The trip into space proves to be a battle of attrition for the Avengers as each of them takes on a different role so they can make it to the Damocles. The first move in this fight manages to take something away from both sides, as Thor uses all his might to deflect the blast from Kang’s cannon back at the ship. The damage done by Thor’s efforts makes sure Kang won’t be able to use the weapon again but knocks the Thunderer out for the rest of the episode.

The rest of the trip into space features a strategic use of the Avengers individual skills against the drones Kang sends to stop them. Everyone’s roles follow logically from their skills and characterization; Captain America pilots the Quinjet, Hawkeye operated the turrets and meanwhile Iron Man and Wasp run interference outside the ship with their flight and blasts, since Tony built Wasps suit to let her use her energy stingers at full size. When the Quinjet gets closer to the Damocles, Hulk makes their final move by smashing a hole in Kang’s flagship for them to enter through. Before who’s left can figure out how to navigate to the center of the ship and send it away from the present, they get ambushed by Kang’s elite guards.

That fight is entertaining, especially how Hawkeye manages to overcome their time-stopping ability. However, it does end up feeling a bit like the show padding for time between the initial infiltration of Kang’s ship and the final showdown with the Conqueror himself. While the rest of the team go through their clash with the guards, Iron Man and Wasp try to find their own way into the ship. Tony tries to figure out some technical solution by navigating through Kang’s technology. Wasp ultimately gets them in by tricking one of Kang’s drone to crash and create a hole they can enter through. A nice example of Janet’s outside the box thinking. Tony and Janet split up after that to each find their own path to the ship’s core. Janet ends up running into one of the reason’s Kang felt such urgency to conquer the past in order to preserve his future, his wife.

Attentive readers following these recaps will notice I haven’t mentioned Kang’s wife, Princess Ravonna, at all in my coverage of this multiparter so far. She’s presented as much like an afterthought here as I thought she would be when this plot point was first introduced in “Meet Captain America.” There have been occasional shots of Kang looking at his nearly time-lost wife at most in the other two episodes. There’s nothing here even close to comparable to something like Mister Freeze in Batman: The Animated Series talking about how he longs to be able to revive his own love. Ravonna ends up not only as a prop-character, but a mostly superfluous one at that. It’s a weird weakness for this story arc to have, since it otherwise works well across the three episodes its given. I said it before and it bears repeating, Kang’s willingness to conquer the past to preserve his rule in the future is compelling enough without throwing a woman in the refrigerator on top of that.

Outside of that, the final confrontation of Iron Man and Captain America versus Kang works incredibly. The Futurist and the Man Out of Time fighting a self-declared “Master of Time” makes an appropriate climax for where Tony and Steve began this three-parter. It helps that a good portion of this fight is close quarters, since Kang pulls out twin swords to help him. Iron Man reveals he’s been paying close attention to Kang’s tech over these events and pulls out the counter measures that let them clear the way for their secret weapon to stop the Conqueror in his tracks, Ultron. Tony tells Ultron to use its operating system to decode the time travel controls of the Damocles. Before Kang is completely defeated and Ultron completes its task, Wasp comes in with some of Kang’s servants to give them the rundown on the situation with Ravonna. Specifically, that she’ll die if the ship does any more time jumps. The Avengers rule to strand Kang and the Damocles in the present instead.

Despite concluding by calling back to the biggest weakness in its story, the three-episode Kang storyline of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes works like gangbusters. I’ve noted the points where it falls into a bit of contrivance, but they’re ultimately minor quibbles. It’s a story exemplary of the EMH how I remembered it before doing these retrospectives. It closes out by establishing a few more details that will work their way into stories for the future. One of which is unfortunately not Reed Richards and Hank studying Ravonna to see if they can revive her. However, that scene ends on an ominous shot of the last remaining Ultron, now given the knowledge of violence, with its eyes still glowing red and earlier in the episode had its voice sounding deeper than before. Thor wakes up in a hospital bed with Jane Foster looking over him. We finally close on Tony and Steve discussing how they’ve managed to learn from each other over this experience and feel like they can handle any oncoming threat. Only for Kang to assure them the worst is yet to come.

Next time, an episode that nearly made me reconsider what order I needed to do this retrospective.

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carlocarrasco · 3 years ago

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A Look Back at Spider-Man and Batman: Disordered Minds (1995)

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therachelperspective · 6 years ago

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TV | Daredevil Season 1

*Some potential spoilers may follow*

Notes as I watch:

First and foremost, Ben Affleck just needs to stop touching things. (See: Daredevil, Batman)

I need a Foggy Nelson in my life.

Vincent D’Onofrio doesn’t really do it for me as the bad guy. He is a very realistic villain (in that he doesn’t have super powers, just lots of money and a troubled past), but Vincent’s acting has never really done it for me. I really wish they would have at least referred to his character as The Kingpin (who he was), to give him more gravitas. Rewatch note: I will say that what makes him all the more creepy as a villain, however, is that Wilson Fisk is fairly soft-spoken and a gentleman that then turns into a fit of rage with the ability to wail on you and kill you with his bare hands.

I love TV-MA! Thank god for Netflix and not bleeping things out. Never have I been so happy to hear the line “You’re a dick” in a show before.

I may have actually found the story line of this first season a little… slow. And a lot of the action was more the bad guy taking out his own people than anything else. Rewatch note: Seriously, the entire season can be summed up with “The Man in Black” beating the crap out of everyone, and Wilson Fisk squabbling with his own people and then getting rid of them. I suppose to help Matt Murdock maintain his... innocence as a vigilante; killing someone would take him into new territory.

Every time a character said “The Man in Black,” all I could think of was Wesley from The Princess Bride. Also… I think I may prefer The Man in Black costume more than the actual Daredevil one. Seems more badass.

It’s strange to think that this is the same universe as Iron Man, et all. It feels like a totally different level (which I suppose it is, being the street level and not aliens). But I loved seeing the articles in Ben Urich’s office at the Bulletin about Harlem and the Battle of New York and knowing what they are referring to (events from The Incredible Hulk and The Avengers, respectively).

I have a strange desire to go to New York and check out Hell’s Kitchen.

Charlie Cox is so good at playing a blind man that I sometimes actually forgot the he, himself, is not blind in real life.

Not that every plot needs it, but the lack of romance (other than some very, very brief stuff that was mostly off screen) was just depressing. If Matt Murdock is such a ladies man as they kept saying, I would have at least liked to have legitimately seen it ONCE. Foggy’s "morning after” with Marci was the only thing I really remember seeing, except for the Wilson/Vanessa storyline.

And despite it all, Wilson and Vanessa’s relationship is actually very sweet. (Rewatch note).

Karen’s mannerisms and incessant insisting on things ( “It has to be _____.” No Karen, it doesn’t) throughout the season are just... sooooo annoying. Especially rewatching the season. (Rewatch note).

Equally as annoying, Matt (and maybe some others) always referring to New York City/Hell’s Kitchen as “my city.” Maybe I just don’t have that connection to where I live *shrugs* (Rewatch note).

OVERALL

Although the first of the series, both for Daredevil and the Defenders, I really noticed when I rewatched this first season just how... dull it kind of can be. It is a lot of Matt’s backstory, which I appreciate, as well as his beginnings as a vigilante, but in that sense it is just a lot of martial arts display and trying to get to Fisk and *spoiler* not always doing so well. Equally so, as mentioned, much of the season is really just Fisk taking out his own people during his tantrums. I guess that’s a nice change from the constant battle of good versus evil, but the interest level in that does eventually taper.

However, It does get better towards the end, thank goodness, and sets the scene for bigger, more intriguing storylines in the second season.

#daredevil #marvel's daredevil #netflix #matt murdock #foggy nelson #karen page #kingpin #wilson fisk #television #tv #television shows #tv shows #review #reviews

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intellectual-property1-blog · 3 years ago

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Intellectual Property: Tips on Exactly How to Protect Your Service Online

Intellectual property is anything that you or your organization produces that is the residential property of your service. Each of the incredibly heroes in the smash hit film, Avengers, are the intellectual property of Marvel Comics. This implies you can't utilize The Hulk to market your springtime sale. When you or your company creates an item of intellectual property whether it's a motto, a personality, a recipe or logo design you are well within your legal rights to make sure that property is safeguarded. In this age of social networks networking, keeping up with that defense can end up being a full-time and challenging job. When somebody swipes it, the following are some insightful pointers on just how you can secure your intellectual property as well as what to do.

Patent, Trademark, and/or Copyright

You truly can not make a claim against somebody that is utilizing your intellectual property unless you initially register that residential property. This will require filing an official trademark or copyright application for your property. A hallmark safeguards your firm details from being made use of by another firm. Returning to the Avengers example, the next Batman film can not have Spiderman in it since those are 2 independently trademarked personalities and also can only be utilized with consent from the hallmark owner. Copyrighting commonly applies to a job that you plan to release like a picture, short article or story. These can also be created by your service as a way of promotion however can't be made use of by various other companies unless you provide authorization. An attorney that is familiar with these sorts of regulations can recommend you regarding which is the best application to apply for defense. IP Monitoring If you are major regarding protecting your intellectual property then you're going to need to invest right into some time into monitoring your brand name to see if your building is being inappropriately made use of. This isn't nearly exploring Facebook daily, but rather devoting time to carry out extensive searches throughout all type of social networking sites and various other internet sites.

Choose If Your Have Been Infringed Upon

Expect your firm develops a brand icon like the Pillsbury Doughboy. After trademarking this icon, it ends up being popular and begins popping up as people's profile image or on their blog sites. Is that real violation? Is your organization being damaged? Your track record being tainted? Since somebody may be utilizing your icon or various other intellectual property in the large outreaches of cyberspace doesn't mean your company will endure, just you can make that phone call however simply. On some degree, you can't reasonably ferret out every violation. You have to select your fights carefully. Acting When it has been figured out that your intellectual property is without a doubt being misused after that you can take appropriate legal action. The initial would be a desist and discontinue order. This would be a legal letter sent out from your company's attorney educating the customer that they require to quit using your intellectual property quickly. Once you've put them on notice and also they still maintain using the home, you can sue them for hallmark or copyright infringement. Verifying problems in court can be challenging and pricey for you. Frequently, the desist as well as cease order will suffice. Intellectual property is anything that you or your company creates that is the home of your business. When you or your business produces an item of intellectual property whether it's a motto, a personality, a recipe or logo you are well within your rights to make sure that building is shielded. The adhering to are some informative suggestions on how you can safeguard your intellectual property as well as what to do when someone takes it. You really can not make a case versus somebody that is using your intellectual property unless you first sign up that building. Only you can make that phone call yet just due to the fact that a person may be utilizing your icon or various other intellectual property in the large outreaches of cyberspace does not indicate your business will certainly suffer.

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mondofunnybooks · 6 years ago

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MONDO FunnyBooks: 'SLAB THEM CAKES!'

As might have been hinted at previously, here at The Mondo Mansion, we are huge wrestling marks. Love it in all of it's forms, whether Wrestlemania, G.L.O.W, Japanese Deathmatches, Hour-long matches between Ric Flair and Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat, Sting* and Robocop teaming up to fight the evil of The Four Horsemen, The Shockmaster, Vader destroying Antonio Inoki in 30 seconds, Antonio Inoki's fascinating match with Muhammed Ali, the Meltzer ratings destruction that was the Okada/Omega trilogy, a ludicrous obsession with collecting consoles in order to run obtuse Japanese only games released in the 90's or the Sunny/Sable Karate Fighters Holiday Tournament. We once sold a hundred pounds worth of graphic novels in two minutes for Humanoids based solely on the fact that we were wearing a Bullet Club T-Shirt and a fellow Young Bucks fan came over, hit us with the 'Too Sweet' hand gesture and asked us what was good.

So, as this last week has featured: The American release of the Greatest Wrestling Engine Ever Created Except Possibly The Aki One in Fire Pro Wrestling World for the PS4, The Starcast Festival happening as we type, R.D Reynolds is running riot at said event by way of Katie Vick and The Gobbledygooker, Us explaining Rey Mysterio Jr and The Blue Demon comics to one of the more respectable members of the comics ambassador community in a chip shop while buying Russian Porn Comics (More on this in the future.) and All In being broadcast on the NJPW network, our brain is basically pyro and superkicks at the moment. We intend to calm down roughly around Tuesday.

Given that we would rather read a ridiculous comic than one designated by The Grand Poobahs to be 'worthy' any day of the week, it is only destiny that we would find ourselves drawn to the wonderful world that is the wrestling comic. Naturally, there have been quite a few attempts to blend these two elements, and since both wrestling and superhero comics run on the 'Soap Operas But With Spandex.' model, it should have been an easier fit than actually has happened. There are far too many comics to recount here but here are a few of our favourites.

Tiger Mask:

Started in 1968 in Japan and serialized in 'Bokura'. Tiger Mask recounts the adventures of an Evil Heel Wrestler who strikes fear into the hearts of cowardly American Gaijin Wrestlers, but calms down a bit when he returns to America. This series has taken many forms of comics, movies and anime with the character of Tiger Mask being played by some of the greatest wrestlers ever such as Koji Kanemoto, Mitshua Misawa, Ultimo Dragon and the current incarnation Tiger Mask W is performed by Kota Ibushi, one half of the amazing tag team with some obscure guy called Kenny Omega when performed at live wrestling shows. His main baddie is The Black Tiger, most notably played by a young Eddie Guerrero. Just looking through the live history of Tiger Mask is a crash course in some of the most fantastic wrestling shows ever recorded and current anime 'Tiger Mask W' ought to be getting the sort of recognition that 'Attack On Titan' currently receives. The comics boast stunning covers far ahead stylistically and in graphic design terms to their western counterparts. A bit tricky to find legally in physical form but well worth tracking down.

Notable Mention 1: 'Warrior'. Not the worst thing The Ultimate Warrior had a hand in (See The THINGS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION DEPT.) but certainly up there in all-out abuse of the English Language, comics art, paragraphing, terrible concepts and unintentional homo-eroticism. Covered in far too many comic blogs to be worth going into here.

Notable Mention 2: The WWE comic from Titan. There's a good story involved with the creation of this. Given that Vince McMahon has apparently never heard of the 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' films, one I'm quite willing to believe. Literally, all we can tell you is that Triple H is actually Cain. From The Bible. As in 'And Abel'. Which is a bit odd given The WWE had a wrestler called 'Kane' knocking about whose whole schtick was that he was an evil brother, but there you go.

Spider-Man: Tangled Web 14.

SMTW was the last really interesting Spider-Man comic, for our money. An ongoing series featuring more adult or idiosyncratic takes on the world of Spider-Man from comic creators who probably wouldn't suit the on model published Amazing Spider-Man book but could be counted on to deliver a memorable story in an issue or two. The title kicked off poorly with one of Garth Ennis's less interesting tales, but quickly found itself redeemed with the'100 Bullets' team of Brian Azzallero and Eduardo Risso delivering the story of one of The Kingpin's henchmen that blew away everything else on the shelves and nominated for Eisners that year. Later issues also ran the heartbreaking by 'Flowers For Rhino' by the 'Enigma' pairing of Pete Milligan and Duncan Fegredo, one-off strips by the likes of Paul Pope, Darwyn Cooke and Kaare Andrews and the chilling 'Double Shots' by Sean Phillips and Ron Zimmerman.

Issue 14 would see Azzallero return to co-write a story with Scott Levy, better known to the world as ECW/WCW/WWF performer 'Raven'. 'The Last Shoot' concerns a New York-based promotion (roughly based on Philly's ECW.) down on its luck until one of their top stars decides to use a bit of old school promotion to turn their fortunes around. It's VERY Eisner/Dropsie Avenue in its approach, which isn't the worst influence to take on at all. The final page will alter your memory of one of the most iconic moments of Spider-Man history forever. Notably better than CM Punk's comics, although those are quite good as well.

Notable Mention 3: Marvel's W.C.W S.L.A.M. Force 'What if a drunk tried to lightbox Bryan Hitch's art in order to draw a comic where WCW wrestlers of the Goldberg/NWO era were superheroes who took their look from the worst of Image Comic's excesses?' The piece of 'Rabid Wolverine' Chris Benoit art did depict him with claws, though. So those two seconds of research into character design are recognized here.

Notable Mention 4: The 10th Muse by Image Comics. The September 1999 issue of Playboy featured then WWF Top Star Sable in a nude photoset and was one of the best selling issues of the magazine ever published. The November 2000 launching 10th Muse used Sable as a model and only had the accolade of 'Best selling comic called "10th Muse" published in November 2000!' to boast about. The inability of American men to draw realistic blonde women with large breasts that don't look like they're made from bubblegum continues to confuse us.

Finally.

The best crossover in the history of comics..

Obviously, there are some contenders for this title: Archie/Ramones. Flaming Carrot/Turtles. Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck. Archie/Punisher. Spawn/Batman. Cerebus/Bacchus. Archie/Sharknado. Superman/Hulk by Steve Rude. Batman/Scooby Doo.

However, there is simply nothing on a scale with the December 1991 combination of Spider-Man Creator Steve Ditko drawing a strip for WWF's Battlemania that starred The Enduring Legend Of Wrestling that is...The Undertaker. It was Ditko's belief that the only stories worth working on were the ones that depicted Good Vs Evil and since this was before the infamous kayfabe breaking speech by Vince McMahon on the Dec 15th airing episode of Raw where Vince declared that fans were smart enough to recognize there were no good guys or bad guys, the simple tale of The Big Boss Man (Literal embodiment of Law and Order.) versus The Undertaker who, well, if you don't know by now, you probably didn't make it this far anyway. He's been nicknamed 'Big Evil' in the past and might have killed his parents. Let his best mate Paul Bearer be murdered in a perspex box filled with cement so he wouldn't have any weaknesses. Once tried to marry Vince McMahon's daughter after tying her to a 'symbol'. (Totally not a crucifix or a cross. Totally not that at all.)

The story is er, Paul Bearer trying to entice a lady into the Funeral Parlour. Luckily The Big Boss Man has been watching via surveillance truck and smashes through the wall to save the day from the whims of The Evil Undertaker. It doesn't really deserve the art of Ditko but is still light years ahead of their Hell In A Cell match which ended with, um, the death of The Big Boss Man via hanging. Possibly. Taker would go onto better things including an incredible run of matches at Wrestlemania involving Shawn Michaels, CM Punk, Triple H and Brock Lesnar. The Big Boss Man probably peaked somewhere between stealing the corpse of The Big Show's Dad at a funeral and feeding Al Snow his dog. All things considered, this might be a nicer way to remember Steve Ditko than how Marvel chose to treat his last creation for them. The effect of the 1st Marvel Civil War on Speedball is a tale for another time. (Also, Ditko drew an amazing Sensational Sherri Martel, who we still regard as one of the top ten workers of the 1980s.)

Just time as we settle down to download all of the performers from All In to Fire Pro World to plug the fantastic work of Erik Hodson, who drew a number of Wrestling/Comic cover mashups currently on display at Starcast. We fell utterly in love with them so here's a few examples of his fine work. Shout out to R.D. Reynolds of Wrestlecrap fame for drawing them to our attention. Check out more at www.Erik Hodson.com or donate to his patron: https://www.patreon.com/heymelby

See You ALL IN The FunnyPages.

*All jokes involving the concept 'What, the bloke out of The Police?' will be charged £9;99. Payments to the usual address.

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Zuru Wonder Woman Fidget Cube - Toys R Us, $15 AUD.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find an online listing for these. Toys R Us Highpoint had the Marvel (The Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, Spiderman) Fidget Cubes along with three DC cubes: Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman.

Toys R Us’s prices are a little cheaper than those available at Zing Pop Culture ($15 AUD versus $18 AUD). Unfortunately, both companies have an association with Autism $peaks: Zing’s parent company Game Stop is a supporter, and while the US Toys R Us no longer supports A$, Toys R Us Canada does support A$ Canada. I haven’t seen the licensed cubes in any other store, at least not here in Australia.

The Wonder Woman cube is a bright, fabulous red. I love the bright yellow and blue used for the buttons and switches; it is so much prettier to look at than my other Zuru cubes. The light blue Prism will look fabulous on this!

The good part of this cube is that for some reason, the loud buttons on this cube are quieter than on my other Zuru and Antsy Labs cubes.

Unfortunately, though, this cube feels like a fake. It’s lighter to handle, louder in every feature not the buttons and the worry stone, clickier and it rattles when shaken, meaning you can’t turn the cube without a clacking rattle sound. The spin wheel turns, but it makes an incredibly loud grinding sound while it does so. The gears are so loud there’s no way one can use them in a classroom or library. I didn’t mind the the stiff spin wheel on my original Zuru cube, because I was so glad to get a cube more affordable than the Antsy Labs versions. This cube has a spin wheel that’s unusable in the opposite direction (spins but too loud) along with the rattling, clicking and fake-feeling lightness.

While there’s always been an element of luck with the Zuru cubes in terms of what sections work less well, this cube makes me fear the results of mass popularity and mass production. I’m worried now that the latest batch of coloured cubes might be made to the same poor quality. It doesn’t compare to even my worst of the Zuru cubes, and my good Zuru cube and Antsy Labs cube leave it in the dust.

I really hope that this is just one poor cube out of many, and other stimmers after the licensed cubes get a better product. Based on this one item, though, I’m reluctant to recommend them.

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[image description: five photos of the red Wonder Woman themed Zuru Fidget cube. The first two photos are taken on a red watermelon slice background; the last three photos are taken on a blue and white mottled background.

First photo shows the cube inside the case: the case is the standard clear Zuru case with a black tray bearing the text “Zuru Fidget Cube by Antsy Labs” on the front. The yellow Wonder Woman comic-book-styled logo is visible on the breathe/worry stone side of the Fidget Cube, facing the camera.

Second photo shows the cube sitting beside the tray/base of the case. The cube sits with the roll/gear-and-ball side face up, showing the silver roll ball and three blue gears. The tray holds a cardboard liner with a red background above a yellow stripe and white stars on a strip of blue, mimicking the comic-style Wonder Woman costume. Text in yellow in three different languages describes the different sides of the cube: click, roll, breathe, glide, spin, flip.

Third photo shows the cube with the joystick/glide side face up. The joystick is yellow and printed with a red five-pointed star above small black text depicting DC’s copyright information. The five click buttons, in blue plastic, can be seen at the front of the cube.

Fourth photo shows the cube with the roll/gear-and-ball side face up. The yellow flip/switch side faces the front.

Fifth photo shows the cube with the roll/gear-and-ball side face up. The breathe/worry stone side faces the front, side down.]

#stim toy #stim toys #Toys R Us #Australia #photo #text #link #flash #glare #Zuru #Fidget Cube #review #stimtoybox #mod K.A.#long post #very long post

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