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scans_daily2025-09-02 09:21 pm
Writer: Gerry Conway
Pencils and inks: John Romita, Sr.
Kraven survived seemingly falling to his death and convinces the Gibbon they should work together to destroy Spider-Man.
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rivkat) wrote2025-09-02 03:49 pmaskerian) wrote2025-09-02 06:08 pmiamrman) wrote in scans_daily2025-09-02 04:38 pmWriter: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Adrian Gonzales
Inks: Jerry Ordway
The All-Star Squadron must stop a super-villain from allying Mexico with the Axis Powers.
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fox) wrote2025-09-02 09:45 am
Almost every joint in my body cracks. I don't normally feel aches or tension in my hips or elbows (or lower back, thank god) before they make The Noise, but I do everywhere else - ankles, especially the right; knees, especially the right; shoulders, usually the right (but lately the left is bothering me more); spine, which I know is not a joint; neck; both wrists; all fingers.
Each finger (but not the thumbs) cracks at two knuckles, and there's something so very strangely satisfying about getting all eight in a row without having to Do Anything Special to my left little finger (first knuckle) or either index finger (second knuckle).
Last spring I'm pretty sure I strained or even sprained my jaw singing Mozart. That was a bummer. It did an unexpected pop two or three days in a row and then it hurt for weeks - I had to be careful how I opened my mouth when I yawned, which is surprisingly difficult. And just for the past couple of days my left shoulder, as I said, has been bothering me. I thought it might be referred pain from switching to a new bite guard on my bottom teeth, one that I haven't worn a hole in, but it doesn't seem to be that; my next theory is Hormones. (Perimenopause can suck a flagpole.)
iamrman) wrote in scans_daily2025-09-02 02:33 pmWriter: Chris Claremont
Pencils: Rick Leonardi
Inks: Dan Green
Colossus is reunited with his sister, or is it all a dream?
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laughing_tree) wrote in scans_daily2025-09-02 04:58 am
knight_moves) wrote in scans_daily2025-09-02 05:34 amicon_uk) wrote in scans_daily2025-09-02 08:51 amiamrman) wrote in scans_daily2025-09-02 07:16 amWriter: Roy Thomas
Pencils: John Buscema
Inks: Chic Stone
The Deviant Karkas fills Thor in on what happened to the Eternals between the end of the Kirby series and this issue.
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mossy_bench) wrote in vidding2025-09-01 11:47 pmride_4ever) wrote2025-09-01 08:43 pmride_4ever![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
mangabookshelf_feed) wrote2025-09-01 10:07 pm
MICHELLE: I’m very intrigued by Adabana, but I can’t pass up the yearly opportunity to pick Kaze Hikaru!
ASH: Kaze Hikaru is always a worthy pick! But I’ll go ahead and make the debut of Adabana my official selection this week. I haven’t read the creator’s other work, but I have heard good things about this one. (I also happen to really like the cover.)
ANNA: I cannot resist the opportunity to celebrate the annual release of Kaze Hikaru!
SEAN: I admit I am about 30 volumes beyond on Kaze Hikaru, but I am in agreement with it being the pick.
KATE: I only have eyes for Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear this week… NOT! (Remember that annoying tic from the 90s?) Like everyone else, I’m naming the latest volume of Kaze Hikaru as my official POTW, but I’m also delighted to see that there’s a new installment of Skip & Loafer.
mangabookshelf_feed) wrote2025-09-01 09:56 pmBy Kuji Furumiya and Haruyuki Morisawa. Released in Japan as “Babel III: Torikago Yori Izuru Youki” by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Amelia Imogen.
The final volume of this series delves deeply into the question of what drives humanity to succeed. In the past of this world, humanity was pushed to the brink, and feared powerful witches. These days there are no more witches, and things are relatively peaceful. But will humans make the same mistakes they made before, just because they don’t remember what it’s like to life in fear and thus innovate? If you’re nodding along to this, congratulations, you agree with the villain of this book. If you’re staring and wondering what the hell this teenage history logic is, you’re a lot more like Shizuku, who has to try to deal with this while also finding a way to return home and also deal with the fact that – as we’ve occasionally noticed since the very first book when she looked at that forbidden tome – there’s something a bit off with her. Fortunately, she has Erik by her side this time, as opposed to written out by the author.
Shizuku continues to work on her language learning aids, but there’s a new problem. Some of the kids at the castle, after hanging around the older children, regain the innate language abilities. Does this mean the thesis that she and Erik have been so carefully working on is completely wrong? That said, she has other things to worry about. She’s apparently staying up for hours at night reading the blue-covered book she has, though she never remembers doing this. A neighboring country invites her there as they want that book, and are… well, not willing to kill her, but willing to hide her body if she gets killed by something else. Worst of all, a witch has appeared and recreated a very familiar witch’s tower (well, familiar if you read Unnamed Memory), and wants people to challenge it. And she’s also going around slaughtering women and stealing their souls. That’s bad.
I have to admit, I enjoyed this series more for the plot and worldbuilding than the characterization. Shizuku and Erik’s relationship can best be described as “kinda nice”. She and Ortea (and, for that matter, she and Lars) had a much more interesting back and forth. I also note that she only says “I love you” to Ortea in this book. But no, dull love prevails. Ah well. This also sort of gives away that she does not return to Japan, though if any reader is surprised by that they must not read many series like this. The best part of the book is what is actually up with Shizuku, and how they manage to use it to save the day. That said, while I would not call her behavior suicide ideation, we do get a lot of “I must sacrifice myself to save everyone” and she jumps off a very high building – again – with worse consequences this time. You can see why Lars finds her frustrating.
There’s a sequel to Unnamed Memory that is apparently also a sequel to this, but I’ve no idea if it will be licensed given the UM anime was a dud over here. Fans of the author will enjoy this.
muccamukk) wrote2025-09-01 10:03 amAlmost one hundred and forty-three years ago, on September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade.
iamrman) wrote in scans_daily2025-09-01 05:10 pmWords and pencils: Dan Jurgens
Inks: George Perez
It turns out that the Teen Titans going off to fight super-villains without adult supervision was a bad idea.
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