#mikron

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Profile of Mikron of Storm Force from Battle No. 620, dated 21 March 1987. Art by Vanyo. Treasury of British Comics.

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Dick luring Gizmo with flips and taunts:

Tales of the Teen Titans #58

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Pouches - Who's to blame (Not entirely serious)

Now, we remember that the king of the super pouches is Cable, and for good reason... Since his intro in 1990 he has tended to be more than slightly... pouch intensive

This isn't even a spoof cover, it's an accurate representation of his costume at the time.

But did he START the trend?

I think not.

Leaving aside Batman from the 1966 series, who had hefty pouches in his belt...

Though still not remotely large enough for some of the stuff he randomly produced from it, even if it DOES fold up... sort of.

But I digress....

I did consider the Silver Age bat villain Cluemaster

But those are specifically "plastic-glass pellets" containing assorted chemical weapons, like explosives, gas, acids and the like, so not sure they count.

It's been suggested that one of the first in the modern era to develop this was Longshot in 1986, when he did indeed have pouches on his belt, because artist Art Adams thought he needed practically-sized pouches to carry things in.

But even then are there MANY pouches? His bandolier was to store his throwing knives for easy access, so weren't pouches per se.

So technically, the first X-Men character to really lay into the pouches side of things isn't Cable, not by a long shot... it's this guy, slightly later in 1986

So Doug Ramsey was leading the field of poucher-y in the X-Verse side of things.

Just look at that vest and belt, LOADED and lined with pouches, and we never even find out what's in them... Though I think it would include pens, pencils, notepaper, some money, spare keys to the Xavier school, first-aid kit, lock picks (because he's always wanted to carry lockpicks), string (Everyone should carry string), breath mints and other things a relatively sensible teenager would want to be sure he was carrying if he had the room in his outfit and wasn't given to cargo shorts!

And yet, there are other contenders, so let's work backwards...

Also from 1986, Batman (again) from "The Dark Knight Returns" where even his BELT looks to be on a course of serious steroids!

And in 1983 we got this stylish new costume retconned into the history of the Golden Age Tarantula in All-Star Squadron who, up until this point, wore a purple and yellow spandex outfit that was, oncufsingly, identical to the Golden Age Sandman's spandex costume outfit.

Notice that he has rings of pouches on both boots, where he keeps things like spare cash in case he needs to hire a taxi and probably some spare ammo for his wirepoon gun.

But I think I've found patient zero as, from 1981's New Teen Titans #3. we have the inventor and technologist par excellence, the man who would be known (Eventually) as Mikron O'Geneus, though he would, perhaps thankfully, becomes better known by his codename:

GIZMO!

Look, even his LOGO has pouches!

In fairness, given his speciality is creating techno-widgets and devices out of other technology, him carrying dozens of gadgets and components makes a lot of sense, to the extent that he even manages to carry MORE weapons than Robin's utility belt (Which is TARDIS like in and of itself)!

So I think we have a winner!

Gizmo started the modern pouch trend!

If anyone can find earlier/other contenders, then please feel free to add them!

[why-i-love-comics]

DC Speechless! #2 - “Long Play” (2022)

by Gustavo Duarte

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DC Mega Tournament

Round 1

Please vote for who you think would win between the 2 characters and not who you like more.

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portraits

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The New Teen Titans #3 (1981) by Marv Wolfman & George Pérez

[ruttotohtori]

Onnistuin sit sulattaa mikron kuvun -_-

[miinka]

feeling szegeny kis gyufaarus lany akinek egyedul kell a munkahelyen ugyelnie ahol nincs futes es mivel par hete az egyik kolleganoje az odaegetett rizsevel beinditotta a tuzriasztot a vezetoseg elkobozta a hosugarzokat es foigazgatoi utasitas jott ki arrol hogy a mikron kivul semmit sem hasznalhatnak a szolgak szakdolgozok

nekem meg egy darab utolso gyufam sincsen

[kehideni]

IDK if i ever flaunted all my characters in GW2... probably not.

Anyone interested? No? Too bad you're getting one HAHH

The main boi himself, my first ever character and main:

The Commander - Beasteye Denalien

This has been is 'mog for years now, i think he owns it very well. Hint of Ash Legion identity with the hood, and a whole lot of survivalist, dragon killer, ranger in the rest of the gear.

Chronologically the second is my warrior:

Wherever there is a Denalien there is a Lethupan. Beastclaw Lethupan was my first pvp alt who's since been downgraded into my legendary gear crafter. Artificer and Weaponsmith. He used to have his own fashion too, but i felt as my assigned crafter he should don the whole legy gear himself as showoff.

Third i wanna show off is my current pvp guardian:

Blackbeast Adrien is the only support i use. I use him as a condi dps in pve (raaaaarely, really rarely) but most often he is my go to in pvp as a support core guardian.

Fourth is the newest addition to the roster:

My cosplay character: Six Eared Macaque. I almost made him a necromancer because of the shroud ability but that would be my 3rd necromancer and also the only ability Macaque shares with necromancer *IS* the shroud. So this guy ended up being a thief for thieves can port, use staff and spear both (yes i know necromancer can too but necro staff is not martialarts-y like it is for thief) and Macaque is also more known for his sneakyness which is very thief like and thieves can go invisible so...

Fifth is the only human i have who is an elementalist:

Belle Thebeauty started out as a joke between me and my brother. He made a Beast lookalike and i made a Beauty lookalike that we both ended up using as our bank characters hahh... Ironically i placed all my ingame lorebooks on her so she is kinda fullfilling her dream as a living library as well.

Sixth is my halloween bag farmer:

Beastslain Daelin is a cruel joke on World of Warcraft's Daelin Proudmoore. If there was a shaman class in GW2, i'd have made him that, but the next best thing was making him a flame legion charr that's a necromancer. Essencially the joke is becoming the thing he hates the most. A "savage" monster.

Seventh is my only sylvari, Rúzsa.

He simply started out as a plant joke (hungarian joke, Rúzsa sounds similar to Rózsa which means rose.) Made him a revenant because at the time that was the only profession i haven't tried yet. Now he is my main condi dps for pve use.

Eight is Luna Shadowbeast

Thief and the account's jewelcrafter and tailor. She was simply made for me to try out thief and when i learned that thief is not my playstyle she retired as a crafter.

Ninth is another reference character:

My first asura and first engineer: Mikron Ojeneus. He is a reference to this guy:

Bet ya'all didn't know that Gizmo's real name in the DC Universe is Mikron Ojeneus. Hahahh

Tenth is a challenge character, that [RnR] made me do:

The rule was set specifically to me

i could not make the character a charr

it must be a condi character (because i am so set on being a power dps)

i must randomise it's looks and not change it

i must not use mounts

His name is Den Ecromancer which is a play on my screen name. Since RnR is inactive yet again, he became a "discover core tyria using only the turtle mount" character. Rules are: i'm only allowed to use the turtle mount and only can get off it if the discovery is impossible to do with it. There are very few objectives in core tyria that you can't do with turtle turns out.

Eleventh is my token mesmer i made only so i'd have a mesmer too:

Corva Beastmuzzle is currently collecting dust, awaiting a role for her. She is also a homage to my first cat, Happy who died last christmas. Her fur pattern is identical to that of Happy's.

Twelveth character is a clone character to my main

Not Denalien is a ranger, that is a clone to Beasteye Denalien. He exists because Arenanet sometimes retroactively messes up the repeatable storymode, making it impossible to record with Beasteye Denalien. That's when i use this guy to record the story, and it was this guy i used to record the OG Denalien's personal story.

And lastly, my thirteenth character

Huba Swiftbeast, my elementalist. He only exists because one day i was bored and i wanted another character :3 He was a roleplay character, that i ended up not using because as it turns out i'm not much of a roleplayer :D hahh

[madmaryholiday]

so i know that the dark urge isn't really comparable to intrusive thoughts because in bg3, all those violent impulses are things the character either has done already in the past or would have done in the past had the opportunity presented itself.

but goddamn did i feel seen by the line about snapping mikron's ankle tendons at the shoreline. and it was weirdly comforting to be able to be like "lol nope we're gonna go fight the harpies now" instead of dwelling on that thought.

(thankfully, i'm doing much better now, but i used to obsess over ways that people could be horribly injured with one good swipe of a knife. especially over bulging veins and tendons. it was so bad i couldn't look at photos of people with protruding veins, and wrists & ankles would make me anxious.)

so yeah. joining the chorus of "same hat!" other folks with intrusive thoughts have going with the dark urge. it's not the same, but it's still kind of the same, you know?

[hardcore-lonewolf]

YOUNG JUSTICE X TEEN TITANS:

Onslaught has Psimon, Devastation, Icicle Junior, Holocaust, Tuppence Terror, and Tommy Terror.

Incursion has Terra, Gizmo, Blackfire, Jinx, Mammoth, and Shimmer.

I would've chose See-More as Union, Argent as Misty Kilgore, Billy Numerous as Repro, and Kitten as Nova for the job...I decided to find new ways to build OCs with the power of Google.

In a way to put this rivalry thing, here's the whole list:

Raven Vs. Terra.

Beast Boy Vs. Mammoth.

Zatanna Vs. [OFC].

Lumus [OMC] Vs. [OMC].

Catgirl I [OFC] Vs. [OFC].

Robin I [Dick Grayson] Vs. [OMC].

Arrowette I [Artemis Crock] Vs. Jinx [Nicole Diaz].

Kid Flash I [Wally West] Vs. Frostbite [Cameron Mahkent].

Rocket I [Raquel Ervin] Vs. Tuppence Terror.

Breach [OMC] Vs. Psimon.

Starfire [Koriand'r] Vs. Shimmer.

Cyborg I [Victor Stone] Vs. Gizmo [Mikron O'Jeneus].

Miss Martian [M'gann M'orzz] Vs. Blackfire [Komand'r].

Superboy I [Conner Kent] Vs. Tommy Terror.

Wonder Girl I [OFC] Vs. Devastation [Lowell].

Aqualad II [Kaldur'ahm] Vs. Holocaust.

VOTING STARTS NOW!!!

[vangold]

For the rest of the #Lettering part of the challenge, I think I'll stick to good gaming odds :) Of course, Undertale should not be missing. Today I had a nice, classic fineliner. In fact, one from a brand that I hadn't even had on my radar. I usually use Sakura Mikron almost exclusively. But the experience I've had with this thing so far is impressive. It doesn't smudge, has a very precise lead and sits well in the hand. 😎

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secret santa i can finally post