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Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in the "Daily Scans" journal:

November 12th, 2009
10:53 am [manofbats] [Link]	The Brave and the Bold #32 Cover ( The strangest team-up ever. ) Tags: char: aquaman/orin/arthur curry, char: etrigan/jason blood, creator: j. michael straczynski, publisher: dc comics, title: the brave and the bold (44 comments \| Leave a comment)
October 25th, 2009
11:14 pm [manofbats] [Link]	Kryptopolitans and Barry picks up a gun for the war effort. ( Power Girl plays with her power girls and Barry enlists. ) Tags: char: flash/barry allen, char: power girl/kara zor-l/karen starr, creator: amanda conner, creator: j. michael straczynski, publisher: dc comics, title: the brave and the bold (98 comments \| Leave a comment)
October 1st, 2009
07:50 pm [xdoop] [Link]	Thor #603 ( Loki and Doom. ) Tags: char: dr. doom/victor von doom, char: loki, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: marko djurdjevic, publisher: marvel comics, title: thor (34 comments \| Leave a comment)
September 30th, 2009
01:56 pm [colonel_green] [Link]	Mythapalooza (Volume III) Four scans apiece from this week's Thor #603 (the time between releases has led this series to attain a quasi-mythic status all its own) and Wonder Woman #36. ( Read more... ) Tags: char: achilles of thalarion, char: alkyone of themyscira, char: balder the brave, char: bill, char: donald blake, char: giganta/dr. doris zeul, char: kelda, char: sif, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: aaron lopresti, creator: gail simone, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: marko djurdjevic, publisher: dc comics, publisher: marvel comics, title: thor, title: wonder woman (80 comments \| Leave a comment)
September 19th, 2009
11:46 pm [bolaav] [Link]	Thor Love http://daveslongbox.blogspot.com/2006/04/thor-smack-talker.html I remember reading this blogpost about Thor being possibly the greatest shittalker in the Marvel Universe. Yes, better than (as most recently referenced in Dark Avengers #9) Spider-Man or Deadpool. Well, ever since then I've been a huge follower. Loved the most recent run on Thor...he's been written pretty well imo. ( Read more... ) Tags: char: green goblin/norman osborn, char: moonstone/ms. marvel/karla sofen, char: scorpion/venom/mac gargan, char: thor, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: olivier coipel (13 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 21st, 2009
12:08 pm [thanekos] [Link]	The Superhuman Defense: A Moment In Astro City Legal History or: Another take on " Perhaps it was my Evil Clone who did that bad thing there? " ( This one's brought to us by a more desperate defense attorney, and in the Astro City courts. ) Current Music: B'z - Love Phantom Tags: char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: brent anderson, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: kurt busiek, creator: mike deodato, publisher: marvel comics, publisher: wildstorm, title: amazing spider-man, title: astro city (7 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 12th, 2009
12:39 am [cyberghostface] [Link]	Brand New Day is a success with young readers As much as I dislike the current status quo, I have to give Joey Q credit--the target audience, young kids, love it. In the end, that's only a good thing. For an example, check out this video. ( Video under the cut... ) ( ...and for legality... ) Current Mood: cheerful Tags: char: mary jane watson, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: john romita jr., title: amazing spider-man (62 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 11th, 2009
09:22 pm [cyberghostface] [Link]	This scene would probably play out a bit differently today... ( Scans under the cut... ) Tags: char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: john romita jr., title: amazing spider-man (50 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 1st, 2009
10:59 pm [sandoz_iscariot] [Link]	Lobster-Man Loves Mary Jane More from Straczynski and Romita Jr.'s run on Amazing Spider-Man. This time dealing with Mary Jane's moviemaking adventures in L.A. Scans from ASM v. 2 #43-45. ( not dial-up friendly ) Tags: char: dr. octopus/otto octavius, char: mary jane watson, char: may parker, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: john romita jr., title: amazing spider-man (55 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 31st, 2009
07:10 pm [sandoz_iscariot] [Link]	Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #39 Amazing Spider-Man's "'Nuff Said!" issue (a month of silent issues that used only pictures to tell their stories, though some of them--including this one--cheated a bit). By J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr. Backstory: Peter and MJ are separated, with MJ working in L.A. May has just discovered that Peter is Spider-Man and confronted him about it. ( on with the show ) Current Mood: anxious Tags: char: mary jane watson, char: may parker, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: john romita jr., title: amazing spider-man (39 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 24th, 2009
09:18 pm [trueredorion] [Link]	JMS Off Thor: For Reals This Time As reported HERE. One slightly spoilery image from the article under the cut for legality. ( Read more... ) Tags: char: thor, creator: j. michael straczynski, genre: previews, publisher: marvel comics, title: thor (16 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:29 pm [trueredorion] [Link]	Loki & Doom: BFFs? 1 page each from Thor #602 and X-Men/Dark Avengers: Utopia. ( Read more... ) Tags: char: dr. doom/victor von doom, char: loki, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: marc silvestri, creator: marko djurdjevic, creator: matt fraction, publisher: marvel comics, title: thor (29 comments \| Leave a comment)
03:46 pm [colonel_green] [Link]	To The Rescue Four scans from Thor #602, which deigned to show up on the shelves. ( Read more... ) Tags: char: bill, char: dr. strange/stephen strange, char: kelda, char: sif, char: thor, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: marko djurdjevic, publisher: marvel comics, title: thor (29 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 14th, 2009
03:45 pm [xdoop] [Link]	Mary Jane's Tabloid Troubles ( Story behind the cut. ) Tags: char: edwin jarvis, char: iron man/tony stark, char: mary jane watson, char: may parker, char: spider-man/peter parker, char: wolverine/logan/james howlett, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: mike deodato, publisher: marvel comics (42 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 13th, 2009
11:49 pm [cyberghostface] [Link]	Another Perfect Moment: Aunt May As requested...Aunt May takes on Wolverine. ( Scans under the cut... ) Tags: char: may parker, char: power man/luke cage, char: spider-man/peter parker, char: wolverine/logan/james howlett, creator: j. michael straczynski, group: new avengers, series: one perfect moment week, title: amazing spider-man (32 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:13 pm [cyberghostface] [Link]	One Perfect Moment: Aunt May ( I think it speaks for itself... ) Tags: char: may parker, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: john romita jr., series: one perfect moment week, title: amazing spider-man (17 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 9th, 2009
10:56 pm [zechs27] [Link]	One Perfect Moment OF DOOM.. and Iron Man too! Because even though the week of Doom is over, I can't help myself. It's like an addiction that has now started. I MUST POST SOME DOCTOR DOOM! So here's one perfect moment OF DOOM. So suitable that it also turns out to be Tony's too. ( Read more... ) Tags: char: dr. doom/victor von doom, char: iron man/tony stark, creator: j. michael straczynski, publisher: marvel comics, series: one perfect moment week (9 comments \| Leave a comment)
02:07 pm [trueredorion] [Link]	The Death of Norrin Radd 7 pages from Silver Surfer: Requiem #4 "Requiem Part Four: Agnus Dei" by JMS and Esad Ribic. Kali's recent post inspired me to repost this. ( Read more... ) Tags: char: silver surfer/norrin radd, creator: esad ribic, creator: j. michael straczynski, publisher: marvel comics, title: silver surfer (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:26 pm [kali921] [Link]	Three Perfect Moments: the Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, and MJ Watson I see that no one has posted a One Perfect Moment for the Silvery Scion of Zenn-La -- the Sentinel of the Spaceways himself -- that being the divine Silver Surfer. I am here to remedy this tragic oversight. I'm going to actually go out on a limb here and say that the Perfect Moments contained in this post are going to have the most beautiful art and writing of any Perfect Moments posted this week. Oh yeah, I went there. So, the first scans that this post contains, in one seven-page sequence, not one but THREE Perfect Moments for the Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, and MJ. These first scans come from Silver Surfer: Requiem, that being an out of continuity miniseries that was scribed by J. Michael Straczynski in 2006. It is without a doubt one of the most beautiful things ever to appear in the medium of superhero comics; Esad Ribic did the luscious yet simultaneously subdued and highly evocative art, and it perfectly complemented the tragedy of this story. In fact, my understanding is that Ribic painted each and every panel. I warn you: this story is sad and extraordinarily beautiful. JMS obviously has a huge love for Surfer, and it shows. I don't know anyone who has read SS: Requiem who didn't wind up literally sobbing their eyes out by the end. Fans of the Spider marriage take note: in retrospect, I have to wonder if JMS knew that Marvel editorial was on their way to ending the Spider marriage when JMS wrote this Surfer mini, because in the context of OMD, the scene I'm posting here reads like a big affirmation of Peter and MJ's marriage and a "fk you" to the group of people at Marvel that ended it. Herein are Three Perfect Moments: a One Perfect Moment for the Silver Surfer, a One Perfect Moment for Peter, and a One Perfect Moment for MJ. Actually, let's add another one: it's a One Perfect Moment for Peter and MJ's marriage, too. Context: Norrin Radd is dying. In this scene, while he's saying his good-byes to Earth before he returns to Zenn-La for his final days, he runs into Peter, and they have a talk. Norrin wants to give a gift to Earth before he leaves. And so he does. Oh, boy, he does. ( Three Perfect Moments: this is why Surfer is a Golden God of compassion and love, why Peter is smart, and why the Spider marriage rocked. )** That is what it means to be the Silver Surfer. But no One Perfect Moment Post is complete without showing one of the most important figures in Norrin's history, that being of course the Ravager of Worlds. These next scans are from Annihilation: Silver Surfer. One of the few things that the previous iteration of Scans Daily seemed to universally agree upon was that Marvel's Annihilation crossover was absolutely superbly executed in terms of art, writing, continuity, plot, and pacing. The Annihilation: Silver Surfer miniseries contained what is perhaps the very best scene between Surfer and Galactus that I've ever read. Context: shit is hitting the fan all over the universe to the point that Galactus is worried. Norrin finds Galactus to ask for his help (!!!), and the following exchange occurs. It culminates in a page of pure distilled AWESOME. *( Two Perfect Moments: Galactus and Surfer. Norrin makes the ultimate sacrifice, and you want to be clearing the area when Galactus smiles.* ) ...Yeah, that is freakin' iconic and flat out the essence of what makes both Galactus and Surfer such great characters. Like the above scans from SS: Requiem, it's a perfect alchemy of art and writing. As if that last page weren't enough, you want to know what happens next? This. Beat THAT, Scans Daily! ( And because this art can never be posted enough... )** The first set of scans are from Silver Surfer: Requiem #2 with JMS on writing duties and Esad Ribic on art. The second set of scans are from Annihilation: Silver Surfer #3 with Keith Giffen writing and Renato Arlem handling the art. Tags: char: galactus, char: mary jane watson, char: silver surfer/norrin radd, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: esad ribic, creator: gabriele dell'otto, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: keith giffen, creator: renato arlem, event: annihilation, publisher: marvel comics, series: one perfect moment week, title: silver surfer (21 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 7th, 2009
04:55 pm [proteus_lives] [Link]	One Perfect Moment: Captain America speaks the Truth. Greetings True Believers! Captain America is a character that practically made of perfect moments. Everyone knows that Cap has the secret mutant power of the "Inspirational Speech" Because of it, he rallies armies, Gods follow him into battle, enemies become friends and he teaches whole generations of heroes. These scans have what I consider the "The Speech" which totally defines Steve Rogers and what he stands for. (What we should all stand for.) It's from Amazing Spider-Man #537, during the Civil War event. Peter has just switched sides and he's screwed up the fight, putting his family in danger and what people are saying about him. So he asks Cap a very important question. ( Read more... ) Current Location: Outer Dark Tags: char: captain america/steve rogers, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: j. michael straczynski, event: civil war, publisher: marvel comics, series: one perfect moment week (40 comments \| Leave a comment)

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