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🎬 WHAT MOVIE OR TV SHOW IS RIPE FOR A REBOOT? Thi 🎬 WHAT MOVIE OR TV SHOW IS RIPE FOR A REBOOT? This week on Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie, the boys break down the finale of Avengers Armageddon, speculate about what’s next for Marvel, and dive into a nostalgia-fueled debate about the movies and TV shows that deserve a reboot! Plus, we wrap up the Halloween season with recommendations for what YOU should be watching! 🎃👻 What’s YOUR pick for a reboot? Let us know! #Funnybooks #AronAndPaulie #Marvel #Reboot #PopCulture Halloween
Patrick Horvath returns to the deceptively idyllic Patrick Horvath returns to the deceptively idyllic town of Woodbrook in Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring, a chilling sequel to his breakout horror series. Eight years after the original bloodbath, Samantha Strong remains the friendly neighborhood bear with a taste for murder. But when Monica, the sister of one of Samantha’s victims, begins investigating her brother’s disappearance, the carefully maintained illusion of small-town innocence starts to unravel. What follows is a deliciously twisted game of cat and mouse, with a predator who has no intention of becoming prey. Horvath once again masterfully weaponizes the contrast between charming, storybook illustrations and genuinely horrifying violence. Imagine Richard Scarry illustrating Dexter, with an increasingly vicious streak of psychological cruelty. Where the original series thrived on its tightly controlled mystery, Rite of Spring explores the consequences of Samantha’s brutality, building from creeping dread to explosive mayhem. The pacing occasionally sacrifices the original’s precision for a broader spectacle, but the result is still wickedly entertaining, beautifully illustrated, and deeply unsettling. Beneath the adorable exterior, this remains one of comics’ most distinctive horror franchises.
The Einstein (NCC-1701/6) was a Class F shuttlecra The Einstein (NCC-1701/6) was a Class F shuttlecraft assigned to the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek episode “The Doomsday Machine” (1967). Like the more famous Galileo, the Einstein featured the familiar boxy, twin-nacelled design of Starfleet’s 23rd-century shuttle fleet. Its brief appearance became one of the most memorable—and tragic—shuttlecraft missions in Star Trek history. Driven by guilt over the destruction of the USS Constellation and the deaths of its 400 crew members, Commodore Matt Decker commandeered the Einstein and piloted it directly into the maw of the monstrous planet killer. His suicidal attack failed to destroy the machine, but the shuttlecraft’s explosion caused a measurable reduction in its power output. That discovery inspired Captain Kirk’s ultimately successful plan to sacrifice the crippled Constellation in a similar attack. Interestingly, the Einstein wasn’t originally identified by name onscreen. The 1967 broadcast recycled footage of the Galileo, creating a continuity problem since that shuttle had already been destroyed. For the remastered episode, CBS Digital replaced the footage with a newly rendered shuttle bearing the designation NCC-1701/6, subsequently identified as the Einstein by Star Trek production veteran Mike Okuda. A small vessel with a fleeting appearance, the Einstein nevertheless occupies a distinctive place in Trek lore.
MIDNIGHT IS HERE! | FUNNYBOOKS COMIC DISCUSSION PO MIDNIGHT IS HERE! | FUNNYBOOKS COMIC DISCUSSION PODCAST Things are getting dark on this week’s Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie! Marvel unleashes its new Midnight Universe, plunging Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four into nightmarish new territory. Is this a bold reinvention of Marvel’s biggest heroes or just another alternate universe? Meanwhile, Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death #1 brings supernatural horror to the Old West! Can DC’s legendary bounty hunter shoot his way out of this nightmare? Then we’re scrolling into Runway to Ruin, DC GO!’s first digital crossover, where superheroes, intergalactic fashion, and King Cringe collide! This week’s funnybooks: Midnight Spider-Man #1 Midnight X-Men #1 Midnight Fantastic Four #1 Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death #1 Runway to Ruin — DC GO! Crossover Horror, superheroes, six-shooters, and questionable fashion choices! It’s another week of comic book conversation and spirited debate on Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie! Join the conversation at IoMGeek.com! Follow link in bio to Funnybooks.
It’s **Batman Day**, and Aron, Paulie, and Wayne a It’s **Batman Day**, and Aron, Paulie, and Wayne are celebrating the Dark Knight before diving headfirst into another week of comics. Along the way, Superman races to save the world from a Kryptonite catastrophe, the Absolute Universe gets even darker, one of *Exquisite Corpses’* deadliest killers takes center stage, and Tom King turns the comforting glow of a ’90s sitcom into something considerably more sinister. **On this episode:** * **Batman Day!** — The guys talk Batman, the enduring appeal of the character, and what makes the annual celebration of the Caped Crusader worth marking. * **Kingdom of Zod Update — Superman Unlimited #17** — “Kingdom of Zod” barrels toward its conclusion as Superman puts his dangerous new relationship with Kryptonite to the ultimate test. * **Absolute Green Arrow #5** — Hector Hammond’s nightmare comes into focus, while Black Canary and the Green Arrow Killer discover that escaping one horror may mean unleashing another. * **Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow’s Hand #1** — Cassandra Cain gets the Absolute treatment in a brutal, stylish origin that digs into Lady Shiva, the League of Assassins, and the bloody path that shaped one of DC’s most formidable fighters. * **Exquisite Corpses: Fox Mask Killer #1** — The mysterious Fox Mask Killer steps into the spotlight. She’s feared by assassins, wants out of the life, and quickly discovers that walking away may be the most dangerous move she’s ever made. * **Six of Us #1** — Tom King, Gabriel Hernández Walta, and Jordie Bellaire reunite for a dark Hollywood noir about the cast of a beloved ensemble sitcom, the death of one of its stars, and all the secrets hiding behind those familiar smiles. **Batman, Kryptonite, killers, assassins, and sitcom trauma. Just another week on Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie.** **Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie — and also Wayne** **IoMGeek.com** Follow link in bio to Funnybooks.
Meanwhile in the cliff face city of the Tropicana Meanwhile in the cliff face city of the Tropicana Resistance… #flashgordon #danschkade
AWA Studios’ *Bad Mother* is a hard-edged crime th AWA Studios’ *Bad Mother* is a hard-edged crime thriller from Christa Faust and Mike Deodato Jr. about April Walters, a suburban mother whose teenage daughter disappears. Her search quickly drags her out of ordinary life and into a criminal world she is completely unprepared for. The hook is simple and effective: April is not an action hero. She is scared, outmatched, and improvising at every turn, but the moment her daughter is in danger, none of that matters. Fear becomes resolve, and resolve becomes something far more dangerous. Deodato’s shadow-heavy, cinematic art gives the book a grim suburban-noir feel. *Bad Mother* is lean, brutal, and grounded—a story about criminals making the fatal mistake of underestimating how far an ordinary mother will go for her child. @awastudiosofficial #badmother #mikedeodatojr #christafaust
You can’t have Batman Day without a villain… *Bat You can’t have Batman Day without a villain… *Batman: One Bad Day — Ra’s al Ghul* reduces the conflict between Batman and the Demon’s Head to its philosophical core. Tom Taylor presents Ra’s as an environmental extremist convinced that humanity can only be saved by eliminating its most destructive figures. That makes the story more than a simple hero-villain clash. Ra’s challenges Batman’s refusal to kill, arguing that Bruce’s moral code may actually allow greater suffering to continue. Damian Wayne adds another layer, caught between his father and grandfather. Ivan Reis gives the oversized one-shot the sweeping, cinematic scale Ra’s demands. More than anything, the book reinforces what makes Ra’s such an effective Batman villain: his methods are monstrous, but his logic can be disturbingly persuasive. #batmanday #batman #onebadday
Happy Batman Day! Happy Batman Day!
AWA Studios’ *Little Black Book* is a lean, nasty AWA Studios’ *Little Black Book* is a lean, nasty crime thriller about a good man discovering how quickly morality can become negotiable. Cole has spent his life on the straight and narrow, deliberately avoiding the criminal world that defined his father. But when his family is threatened, all that restraint disappears. He reaches for the one thing he swore he would never need: his father’s little black book. That choice gives the story its real charge. Cole doesn’t gradually drift into darkness—he invokes it the instant the people he loves are in danger. The book becomes less about whether he can survive the underworld and more about what was always lurking inside him. His father’s legacy isn’t just a list of dangerous names; it’s a door Cole knows how to open, and once he does, he proves disturbingly comfortable walking through it. Felipe Cunha’s gritty, sunbaked art gives the whole thing the feel of a modern Western soaked in crime and consequence. *Little Black Book* is fast, brutal, and refreshingly unsentimental, but its best idea is also its simplest: Cole may have rejected his father’s life, but when pushed hard enough, he knows exactly how to use it. #littleblackbook @awastudiosofficial
AWA Studios’ *Telepaths* is a six-issue sci-fi thr AWA Studios’ *Telepaths* is a six-issue sci-fi thriller from J. Michael Straczynski and Steve Epting built on a killer premise: a global electromagnetic event leaves millions of people able to read minds. Overnight, privacy becomes obsolete, secrets become liabilities, and society starts coming apart at the seams. Straczynski wisely treats telepathy less like a superpower than a social weapon. Police, politicians, prisoners, and ordinary people are forced to confront what happens when thoughts are no longer private, turning the book into a tense story about fear, prejudice, control, and the ugly ways people react to those they can’t understand—or contain. Epting’s grounded, realistic art keeps the concept from drifting into flashy sci-fi. The world feels familiar, which makes its collapse more unsettling. *Telepaths* is smart, tense, and politically charged—a strong high-concept thriller that asks whether knowing what people really think would bring us closer together or tear us apart faster. #jms @awastudiosofficial #telepaths
AWA Studios’ *The Madness* is a savage six-issue s AWA Studios’ *The Madness* is a savage six-issue superhero revenge thriller from writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist ACO. Sarah Ross, a super-powered thief known as the Raven, makes the mistake of stealing from someone with enough political influence to have the government come after her. The assassination attempt fails to kill Sarah—but wipes out her family, sending her on a bloody campaign against the government-sponsored “heroes” responsible. Straczynski takes a familiar revenge setup and pushes it into much darker territory, using Sarah’s hunt to explore grief, corruption, moral compromise and what happens when superheroes become extensions of political power. Complicating matters is the Raven herself—an apparent second personality, or possibly something more—who drives Sarah toward increasingly brutal choices. The result feels less like conventional cape-and-cowl heroics and more like *The Authority* or *Watchmen* filtered through the relentless momentum of a revenge movie. ACO’s artwork is a major part of the appeal. His layouts are aggressive and cinematic, constantly shifting perspective and panel structure to give the action a widescreen, almost film-storyboard intensity, while David Lorenzo’s inks and Marcelo Maiolo’s colors keep the book sharp, atmospheric and frequently explosive. *The Madness* is violent, cynical and unapologetically pulpy—a superhero comic about what happens after the supposed good guys cross a line they can never uncross. #themadness @awastudiosofficial #awastudios #lms
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ROM began as a **Parker Brothers electronic toy in ROM began as a **Parker Brothers electronic toy in 1979**, but it was Marvel Comics that gave the character a soul. Writer **Bill Mantlo** and artist **Sal Buscema** transformed the simple Space Knight concept into a sweeping cosmic saga about Galador, the Dire Wraiths, sacrifice, and identity. The toy faded quickly; the comic became the legend. Marvel’s ***ROM*** ran for 75 issues, weaving the Space Knight into the wider Marvel Universe alongside the X-Men, Hulk, Fantastic Four, and others. What could have been disposable licensed material instead became one of Marvel’s great cult books, with ROM emerging as a genuinely tragic and heroic figure. Licensing issues eventually pushed the character off the board, leaving fans waiting decades for a true return. Now ROM has entered **Skybound’s Energon Universe**, appearing in ***Void Rivals*** and bringing his war with the Dire Wraiths into a whole new cosmic playground. It feels less like a cameo and more like the beginning of ROM’s next great chapter. Nearly fifty years after starting life as a blinking plastic toy, the Space Knight is somehow cool all over again. H
Hal Jordan is the archetypal Green Lantern: fearle Hal Jordan is the archetypal Green Lantern: fearless test pilot, reckless adventurer, and stubborn believer that almost any obstacle can be overcome through sheer force of will. Chosen by the dying Abin Sur to wield one of the universe’s most powerful weapons, Hal became a member of the Green Lantern Corps and quickly established himself as one of its greatest champions. His confidence has always been both his strength and his flaw; Hal is at his best when courage borders on audacity and at his worst when certainty becomes arrogance. What makes Hal compelling, however, is how spectacularly he has failed. His transformation into Parallax, destruction of the Corps, death, and eventual redemption gave the character a mythology built around guilt and second chances. Geoff Johns’ *Green Lantern: Rebirth* reframed that fall while preserving its emotional weight, restoring Hal without simply erasing the consequences. Since then, his greatest battles have often concerned not whether he possesses enough power, but whether he deserves the trust placed in him. Hal Jordan ultimately represents the central idea behind Green Lantern better than almost anyone: courage is not the absence of fear but the decision to act despite it. He is not the wisest Lantern, the most disciplined, or even always the most likable. He is the man who looks at impossible odds, grins, and flies directly toward them. That mixture of swagger, stubbornness, failure, redemption, and indomitable will is what has made Hal Jordan one of DC Comics’ defining heroes. #lanterns #greenlantern #dccomics
Scott Snyder and Jim Lee’s **Superman Unchained** Scott Snyder and Jim Lee’s **Superman Unchained** is a big, muscular celebration of Superman built around one provocative idea: what if the United States had possessed its own secret Superman for decades? That figure is Wraith, an immensely powerful alien covertly deployed by the military since World War II. His existence forces Superman to confront an uncomfortable reflection of himself… a being with comparable power who sees obedience, nationalism, and lethal force as perfectly reasonable uses of that power. Snyder keeps the story grounded in the essential question of what separates Superman from simply being the strongest weapon on Earth. Wraith may be faster, stronger, and more willing to do whatever is necessary, but Clark’s restraint and compassion become the real measure of his strength. General Sam Lane, Lois, Lex Luthor, and the terrorist organization Ascension complicate the conspiracy, but the heart of the series is Superman refusing to let anyone define what his power is *for*. And visually, **Superman Unchained** is Jim Lee operating at blockbuster scale. His Superman is enormous without seeming brutish, capable of filling a page with sheer physical presence while still retaining Clark Kent’s humanity. Massive battles, collapsing machinery, aircraft, military hardware, and explosive double-page compositions give the book the feel of a summer action film, but Lee’s best moments are often the quieter ones: Superman hovering above the world, battered but resolute, looking less like a god than a man continually choosing to do the right thing.
Baron Karza is BACK, baby, thanks to @skyboundent Baron Karza is BACK, baby, thanks to @skyboundent and the Energon Universe. Also, we revisit Transformers the movie for its 40th anniversary, and more! Star Trek 60th Anniversary, Transformers Apology Tour MASK #3 Batman Day Batman #12 #micronauts #baronkarza #energon
Skybound’s *M.A.S.K.* #3 ends with the kind of rev Skybound’s *M.A.S.K.* #3 ends with the kind of reveal that radically enlarges the series’ ambitions: **Miles Mayhem is answering to Baron Karza**, the legendary armored tyrant of *Micronauts*. Dan Watters and Pye Parr stage Karza almost like an apparition—an enormous, demonic machine-god looming over Mayhem as the V.E.N.O.M. commander reports to him. Parr keeps the recognizable horned helmet and massive mechanical physique of the classic character while making him feel considerably more imposing and sinister. The implication is immediately unsettling: Mayhem, dangerous enough on his own, may only be a lieutenant in a much larger scheme. More importantly, Karza’s appearance feels like another door swinging open in the **Energon Universe**. He was the central despot of Marvel’s original *Micronauts* mythology, ruling the Microverse when the classic series began in 1979, so placing him behind events in *M.A.S.K.* potentially brings an entirely new cosmic dimension into the interconnected world of *Transformers*, *G.I. Joe*, *Void Rivals* and now *M.A.S.K.* It’s a wonderfully audacious cliffhanger: three issues into what initially looked like a high-tech espionage-and-supercar book, Skybound suddenly hints that Matt Trakker’s war may stretch far beyond V.E.N.O.M.—and possibly far beyond Earth. Without a doubt, one of the greatest comics to hit stands in the late 70s was Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden’s THE MICRONAUTS. Amazing visuals, engrossing storytelling. Based on the toy line of the same name, The Micronauts captivated a generation of comic readers with heroic, epic drama and masterful illustrations. Newly collected by @marvel, check out the Omnibus hardcover for a timeless classic! And come back for @skyboundent’s MASK #4!
Truth! #thephantom Truth! #thephantom
The Funnybooks crew is back to chat the latest Mar The Funnybooks crew is back to chat the latest Marvel movie release, Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Follow link in bio to Funnybooks.
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