Ken Aldred

If you'd gone to watch Superman Returns, then you would very likely have fallen asleep at some point during it, and then dreamt you were Superman again and imagined a scene which was far more entertaining than the film itself.

It doesn't seem like there's much effort going on in this thread. Instead of spending some time figuring out a linked issue, with hints about its possible interconnections with other BA comics, I'm going to phone it in as well. The previous comic is a Bronze Age comic, and the connection to this issue is that it is another Bronze Age comic book.

I had an equally lofty goal like this when I was a young teenager. Never achieved it, though. Ambition requires either the sort of money that I never had, or at least compromising on condition and not being addled by OCD. But, at least I got most of the books that are really important to me.

Obvious Arthurian reference, so... Hints Chillers - quite a few cold-based characters Arthurian - quite a few Merlin characters

Justice League : The Nail, and Justice League : Another Nail are great as well. There was a collected edition.

Another potentially constructive application might have been seen during Covid lockdown this year. I’m very tolerant of such a high degree of persistent isolation, but I’ve read news reports of people at the opposite end of the spectrum who’ve self harmed or committed suicide. Instead of the cabin fever of staring at four walls and allowing anxiety and frustration to ascend to dangerous levels, I can’t see how immersion in a virtual, gaming environment can be that detrimental. The option to shift focus and explore a ruin in Mexico, go riding around the countryside in an RPG open world, etc. Hardly a panacea, but maybe one option for vectoring mental health in a more relaxed, positive direction for some.

Likely quite helpful for people with autism and also others with some degree of spatial impairment, personally falling into both of those categories. Common for Aspergers like myself to be fascinated by immersion in a virtual reality that is more controllable and less overwhelming than the world around us. Here, open world RPG environments such as Witcher 3 or Horizon Zero Dawn , or adventure games such as Uncharted and Tomb Raider containing spatially-orientated puzzles and exploration. FPS games I feel can be quite cathartic, Soulsborne or high difficulty games more about strategising, analysis, and trying to improve response and dexterity.

Yup. It's a bit like a board version of Pokemon at this stage. Go back through all of the threads this year and try to spot them all. It's quite addictive. Far more than trains, as well.

The only ones I've seen are the individual colour Archive hardcovers which were published by Gemstone and later by Dark Horse. I didn't like the heavy, digital recolouring of the material, and would've preferred remaining truer to Marie Severin's original colouring.

Davis is an excellent writer / artist. His short run on Clandestine was another highlight from back then.

A lot to work with on my previous cover, and a bit of an obscure choice there. The keyword is "Gladiator".

As a kid I also looked forward to watching the Amicus ‘Tales from the Crypt’ and ‘Vault of Horror’ anthology films. A few years before I read any of the comics.

to... Lots to work with here.

Free association.

Because it says ‘Canada’, whoever goes next, try to be more imaginative than posting Hulk 181 (or 180 or 182).

The extra muscle compensates for the weight of the adamantium skeleton, composed of a heavy, metal alloy.

Just curious. Why does The Watcher have a Hitler moustache?

As collectors, it’s natural for us to be sensitive about placement. Obsessive-compulsive to varying degrees, naturally concerned about avoiding having features on the cover obliterated by thick marker lines, conscious about having often paid a nosebleed price to acquire the book, not wanting its value, nostalgic or monetary, destroyed in one way or another. To a creator, it’s a product they worked on years ago with a cent value, and maybe oblivious or unconcerned about its secondary market status, something personally irrelevant to them decades on, and blind to our amped-up neuroses. Or, at the other end of the scale, they’re fully aware of our concerns, the costs we’ve incurred to own the book and to attend the event, and are behaving maliciously. And, all largely unpredictable positions in between those extremes. Conflicts are inevitable.