Turok

Turok. And that's all that needs to be said. Words that come to mind when you hear Turok:

Badass, kickass, brutal, gory, glorious, awesome, killer, dinosaurs, dinosaur slayer. Haha, well, they at least come to my mind. For those of you who don't know who Turok is, allow me to introduce,

Turok is a fictional American comic book character initially in comics from Western Publishin published through licensee Dell Comics. He first appeared in Four Color Comics#596 (October/November 1954), then graduated to his own title, Turok, Son of Stone. Gold Key Comics and Valiant Comics later published the character.
When the character appeared in Valiant Comics, the concept and setting were altered slightly. Turok and Andar were now 18th century Native Americans. The isolated valley became the Lost Land- a cosmic anomaly where time moved in a self-contained loop (which meant that while millions of years passed outside of it, inside it, time barely moved at all). Unity, a line-wide Valiant Comics crossover, altered the concept even further. The crossover's main villain, a psychotic, super-powered being known as Mothergod used the Lost Land as the base of operations. She outfitted the dinosaurs with intelligence-boosting implants, turning them into "bionisaurs". In the aftermath of the final battle between Mothergod and Valiant Universe heroes, the Lost Land began to disappear. Turok wound up tossed into the jungles of then present-day Columbia. Andar landed in parts unknown. Unfortunately for Turok, a group of bionisaurs made it to Earth along with him. Since then, he became a ruthless bionisaur hunter. Valiant published a total of 53 issues before Acclaim purchased them, including Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #0-47, Original Turok, Son of Stone #1 & 2, Turok Dinosaur Hunter Yearbook in 1994, and the two-issue mini-series Turok the Hunted in 1996.

As a child, the stories thrilled me, and I was able to overlook flaws, such as calling herbivores "flesh eaters." It also seemed to me that the poison arrows worked a little too quickly, killing the targeted dinosaur virtually on contact. Flaws and all, Turok remains one of my fondest memories, and I've taken up collecting back issues of the comic.

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Watchmen

Really lookin forward for this movie to come out TOMORROW!!! Me and Iulian are definatley trying to see this movie tomorrow while also trying to get a couple dates. I'm gonna ask this one chick tomorrow, hopefully she'll say yeah. Well anyways! HERES THE PLOT LINE!!

A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, the film is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union -- is permanatley set for 5 minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crim-fighting legion, a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom who has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity... But who is watching the Watchmen?

The Punisher

I love this Marvel comic because it is just so dark. All the superheros always refuse to kill anyone because it is not true justice. But the "Punisher" finds a way around that rule and says it is their punishment. But Frank Castle or aka, The Punisher did not chose to do this out of the blue. His dark past haunts him every day of his undead life and fuels him to kill criminals with brute force and guns.The Punisher is a vigilante who considers killing, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, and threats of violence, and torture to be acceptable crime-fighting tactics. Driven by the deaths of his family, who were killed by the mob when they witnessed a gangland execution in New York, City's Central Park the Punisher wages a one-man war on the mob and all criminals in general by using all manner of weaponry. His family's killers were the first to be slain. A war veteran, Castle is a master of martial arts, stealth tactics, and a wide variety of weapons. The Punisher first appeard in "The Amazing Spider-Man". But he was an antagonist of Spidey as the Punisher always tried to hunt down Spider-Man.

X-Men Origins Wolverine

I just had to do a post on this movie. A couple years ago, my friend Justin told me about the Origins of Wolverine. He said he got a few books and videos on it from the comic store. Wolverine is probably my favorite X-men character of all time. Probably my favorite Marvel character as well with the Punisher. Well for those of you who don't know, Wolverine, or Logan, or James Howlett has been alive since the 18th century. He fought in the civil war, World War 2 ( where he saved Magneto) and every war since then. I mainly love this character because he just can't be killed. First he was able to heal himself and now he's filled with indestructable metal. so no killing Wolverine for a very long time. Here is the plot for the movie:

Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabretooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program.

Gambit and Deadpool will also show up in this fantastic movie. I just can not wait for this movie to arive in theatres. The hype is just to great!! WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

Tarzan

Here is a series that everyone should know. Of course, even Disney did his version of Tarzan. This is also a favorite of Mr. LaCombe's. The Lord of the Jungle is always fighting to survive in this wilderness and saving the damsel in distress known as Jane. Won't those stupid beast's ever learn they can't mess with Tarzan? Haha. Well I thought these were some great covers that Mr. LaCombe emailed to me. So enjoy!

TMNT!

Haha. I never new how many comics I see everyday. I woke up this morning on a Saturday to find that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was on the boob tube. Well this image here is the first issue of the comics of TMNT. This was created as a parody of Frank Miller's "Ronin". The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles originated in an American comic book published by Mirage Studios in 1984. The concept arose from a humorous drawing sketched out by Kevin Eastman during a casual evening of brainstorming with his friend Peter Laird. Here are the names of the four turtles, Leonardo, Raphael, Donetello, and Michelangelo. They were named after the four geniuses of the Renaissance era known as Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael Sonzio, Donetello the sculptor, and MIchelangelo Buanarroti.

Leonardo(Blue) - He is practically the brains of the operation. The big cahunna of the four. He has two swords and leads the four into combat. He loves to chill but mainly is always training hard.

Raphael(Red) - He's the badass. Raphael is pretty jealous of Leonardo because Raphael wants to be the leader. But Raphael is the strongest of the four muscle wise. The only difference between Leo and Ralph is Leo can think like a leader about situations while Ralph likes to use brute force. He uses weapons called a sai. They basically have three prongs on it with the middle being the largest.

Michelangelo(Orange) - He is the most laid back of the four. He loves to skate and surf until he can't no more. He's always screamin out kowabunga, or totally dude, or any surf phrase you can think of. Michelangelo uses nunchaku to fight his foes.

Donetello(Purple) - He is the smartest one. He is practically a scientist, inventor, engineer, and techenological genius. He prefers to use his intellect allibilities to solve problems but when he does fight he uses a bo.

This badass surfer dudes are all trained by their master Splinter. Splinter was mutated into a Rat but he still has his martial arts ability. Whenever there is a problem between the four they look to Splinter for guidence. They train in the sewers of New York and eat pizza's all day long. I loved to play TMNT video games on my SuperNintendo and ofcourse watched the television show as a kid. What is your guys's take on TMNT??

BATMAN!

Here's probably everyone's favorite superhero after seeing the Dark Knight? HAHA. But I've actually been a fan since I was about 4 years old. For those of you who are not really into Batman here is some info on the character

Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, a wealthy industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. Witnessing the murder of his parents as a child, Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and dons a bat-themed costume in order to fight crime. Batman operates in the fictional American Gotham City, assisted by various supporting characters including his sidekick Robin and his butler Alfred Pennyworth, and fights an assortment of villains influenced by the characters' roots in film and pulp magazines. Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any superpowers; he makes use of intellect, detective skills, science and technology, wealth, physical prowess, and intimidation in his war on crime.

I've always loved Batman mainly because he's just a normal dude kicking everyone's ass with his fists and toys. When I started watching the shows on T.V., I never stopped. So when they would show back to back episodes, I would watch until they were finished. I probably watched every show and read every comic. I also think Batman has the best enemies. They're so full of character and are just bad to the core. Some of his enemies include the Riddler, Penguin, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, and Two-Face. But his most implacable foe and my favorite is the Joker. The Joker has always been trying so hard to get a laugh from Batman. He never once could make Batman crack a smile. So they've always kind of gone hand in hand.


This man deserves to be on here. He has done the most amazing job of portraying the Joker. I don't know what the Batman crew is going to do movie wise for the Joker, because they just will not be able to pull of another Joker. It will ruin all the Batman movie series just like the ones in the 80's and 90's. What do you guys think is going to happen?

StormWatch

Here is a little insight for StormWatch

The Stormwatch team was run by the United Nations, and overseen from a satellite by their director, "the Weatherman". The Weatherman was one Henry Bendix, who had cybernetic implants connected to his brain to better monitor various world situations and his Stormwatch teams in action. His field commander was Jackson King, aka Battalion. Other members included Fahrenheit (a young American woman, a pyrokinetic), Hellstrike (an Irish police officer, an energy being), Winter (an ex-Russian Spetznaz officer, an energy absorber), Fuji (a young Japanese man, another energy being trapped in a large, super-strong containment suit), and Diva (a young Italian woman with sonic powers).

I chose to blog about this comic mainly because I know someone who has worked a lot on this series. You see his name up there on the comics as "Scott Clark", father of my best friend Andrew Clark. Well mainly you can already guess what this comic is about by reading the description. Just basically the team StormWatch protecting other worlds from bad guys and freaky weather.

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED (recommend by Mr. LaCombe)

You may recognize some comics in this series. It holds some classics such as Moby Dick, Hamlet, The Three Musketeers, and even the Iliad ( an ancient Greek story or poem that is together with the Odyssey that reflects Greek literature). This comic series started publishing about 1941. It remade a lot of classic stories and turned them into comics. There are about 170 comic series just under CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED. But not only did they do Classic stories. They had their spin offs and own stories as well. But there publishing of original titles ceased in 1962. All of them are classics by the World's greatest authors.

Here is the list:

1. THE THREE MUSKETEERS Alexandre Dumas

2. IVANHOE Walter Scott

3. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Alexandre Dumas

4. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS James Fennimore Cooper

5. MOBY DICK Herman Melville

6. TALE OF TWO CITIES Charles Dickens

7. ROBIN HOOD

9. LES MISERABLES Victor Hugo

10. ROBINSON CRUSOE Daniel Defoe

11. DON QUIXOTE Miguel DeCervantes

12. RIP VAN WINKLE & HEADLESS HORSEMAN Washington Irving

13. DR JEKYLL & MR. HYDE Robert Louis Stevenson

14. WESTWARD HO! Charles Kingsley

15. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Harriet Beecher Stowe

16. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS Jonathan Swift

17. THE DEERSLAYER James Fennimore Cooper

18. THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Victor Hugo

19. HUCKLEBERRY FINN Mark Twain

20. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS Alexandre Dumas

21. THREE FAMOUS MYSTERIES Doyle-Poe-Maupassant

22. THE PATHFINDER James Fennimore Cooper

23. OLIVER TWIST Charles Dickens

24. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT Mark Twain

25. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST R H Dana Jr.

26. FRANKENSTEIN Mary W Shelley

27. THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO

28. MICHAEL STROGOFF Jules Verne

29. THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER Mark Twain

30. THE MOONSTONE William Wilkie Collins

31. THE BLACK ARROW Robert Louis Stevenson

32. LORNA DOONE R D Blackmore

33. THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Arthur Conan Doyle

34. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND Jules Verne

35. THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII Bulwer-Lytton-Edward

36. TYPEE Herman Melville

37. THE PIONEERS James Fennimore Cooper

38. THE ADVENTURES OF CELLINI

39. JANE EYRE Charlotte Bronte

40. MYSTERIES Edger Allan Poe

41. TWENTY YEARS AFTER Alexandre Dumas

42. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON Jonathan Wyss

43. GREAT EXPECTATIONS Charles Dickens

44. MYSTERIES OF PARIS Eugene Sue

45. TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS Thomas Hughes

46. KIDNAPPED Robert Louis Stevenson

47. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA Jules Verne

48. DAVID COPPERFIELD Charles Dickens

49. ALICE IN WONDERLAND Lewis Carroll

50. TOM SAWYER Mark Twain

51. THE SPY James Fennimore Cooper

52. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES Nathaniel Hawthorne

53. CHRISTMAS CAROL Charles Dickens

54. THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK Alexandre Dumas

55. SILAS MARNER George Eliot

56. TOILERS OF THE SEA Victor Hugo

57. SONG OF HIAWATHA Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

58. THE PRAIRIE James Fennimore Cooper

59. WUTHERING HEIGHTS Emily Bronte

60. BLACK BEAUTY Anna Sewell

61. THE WOMAN IN WHITE Wilkie Collins

62. WESTERN STORIES Bret Harte

63. THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY Edward Everett Hale

64. TREASURE ISLAND Robert Louis Stevenson

65. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-AUTOBIOGRAPHY

66. CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH Charles Reade

67. THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS Jane Porter

68. JULIUS CAESAR William Shakespeare

69. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Jules Verne

70. THE PILOT James Fennimore Cooper

71. THE MAN WHO LAUGHS Victor Hugo

72. THE OREGON TRAIL Francis Parkman

73. THE BLACK TULIP Alexandre Dumas

74. MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY Frederick Marryat

75. THE LADY OF THE LAKE Walter Scott

76. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA Anthony Hope

77. THE ILIAD Homer

78. JOAN OF ARC

79. CYRANO DE BERGERAC Edmond Rostand

80. WHITE FANG Jack London

81. THE ODYSSEY Homer

82. THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE Robert Louis Stevenson

83. THE JUNGLE BOOK Rudyard Kipling

84. THE GOLD BUG ETC Edgar Allan Poe

85. THE SEA WOLF Jack London

86. UNDER TWO FLAGS Ouida

87. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM William Shakespeare

88. MEN OF IRON Howard Pyle

89. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Dostoyevsky

90. GREEN MANSIONS W H Hudson

91. THE CALL OF THE WILD Jack London

92. MILES STANDISH Longfellow

93. PUDD'NHEAD WILSON Samuel L Clemens

94. DAVID BALFOUR Robert Louis Stevenson

95. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Erich Maria Remarque

96. DANIEL BOONE John Bakeless

97. KING SOLOMON'S MINES H Rider Haggard

98. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE Stephen Crane

99. HAMLET William Shakespeare

100. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY Nordhoff & Hall

101. WILLIAM TELL Frederick Schiller

102. THE WHITE COMPANY Arthur Conan Doyle

103. MEN AGAINST THE SEA Nordhoff & Hall

104. BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE Frank Buck

105. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON Jules Verne

106. BUFFALO BILL

107. KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES Talbot Mundy

108. KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

109. PITCAIRN'S ISLAND Nordhoff & Hall

110. A STUDY IN SCARLET Arthur Conan Doyle

111. THE TALISMAN Walter Scott

112. THE ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON

113. THE FORTY FIVE GUARDSMEN Alexandre Dumas

114. THE RED ROVER James Fennimore Cooper

115. HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE Henry M Stanley

116. THE BOTTLE IMP Robert Louis Stevenson

117. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS Rudyard Kipling

118. ROB ROY Walter Scott

119. SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE Richard Harding Davis

120. HURRICANE Nordhoff & Hall

121. WILD BILL HICKOK

122. THE MUTINEERS Charles Boardman Hawes

123. FANG AND CLAW Frank Buck

124. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS H G Wells

125. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT Walter Van Tilburg Clark

126. THE DOWNFALL Emile Zola

127. THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS Edmond About

128. MACBETH William Shakespeare

129. DAVY CROCKETT

130. CAESAR'S CONQUESTS Julius Caesar

131. THE COVERED WAGON Emerson Hough

132. THE DARK FRIGATE Charles Boardman Hawes

133. THE TIME MACHINE H G Wells

134. ROMEO AND JULIET William Shakespeare

135. WATERLOO Chatrian Erckmann

136. LORD JIM Joseph Conrad

137. THE LITTLE SAVAGE Frederick Marryat

138. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH Jules Verne

139. REIGN OF TERROR G A Henty

140. ON JUNGLE TRAILS Frank Buck

141. CASTLE DANGEROUS Walter Scott

142. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

143. KIM Rudyard Kipling

144. FIRST MEN IN THE MOON H G Wells

145. THE CRISIS Winston Churchill

146. WITH FIRE AND SWORD Henry K Sienkiewicz

147. BEN HUR Lew Wallace

148. BUCCANEER

149. OFF ON A COMET Jules Verne

150. THE VIRGINIAN Owen Wister

151. WON BY THE SWORD G A Henty

152. WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN Ernest Thompson Seton

153. THE INVISIBLE MAN H G Wells

154. THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC Francis Parkman

155. THE LION OF THE NORTH G A Henty

156. THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO Bernal Diaz Del Castillo

157. THE LIVES OF THE HUNTED Ernest Thompson Seton

158. THE CONSPIRATORS Alexandre Dumas

159. THE OCTOPUS Frank Norris

160. THE FOOD OF THE GODS H G Wells

161. CLEOPATRA H Rider Haggard

162. ROBUR THE CONQUEROR Jules Verne

163. THE MASTER OF THE WORLD Jules Verne

164. THE COSSACK CHIEF Nikolai Gogol

165. THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE Alexandre Dumas

166. TIGERS AND TRAITORS Jules Verne

167. FAUST Goethe

168. IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE G.A. Henty

169. NEGRO AMERICANS (im sorry)

Spawn

This is one of my personal favorite comics ever. For those of you who are unfamiliar to Spawn, prepare to be amazed. Spawn used to be a Black Special Ops forces in the military. His name was Al Simons. He had a beautiful wife and daughter. One night he is doing his business and gets killed. He doesn't know it, but he was betrayed by his boss. Sine Al Simons was a killer for a living, he automatically went straight to hell. He did not meet Satan, for he met Malebolgia. He is one of the high ranked demons in hell. "Hell" really liked his military talent, so they made him leader of the hell army known as "Hellspawn". He accepted this deal in order to see his lovely wife once more. When he returned to earth, his whole body was burned from the fire which he died. So he refused to let his wife see him like this and watched her from a distance. He later found out she was married to his best friend. Of course, already being angry that he sold his soul to the devil, he is now angry that his X-wife is now married to his best friend. He finds out later from Clown aka "Violator" that his old boss betrayed him during his mission. Through the Spawn series, he tries to recollect his memories of who he once was and put an end to this war between Heaven and Hell since he is stuck right in the middle.

Comics

This blog will contain comics from DC to Marvel and also independent comics such as Spawn. What are your favorite comics? If you have no preference then explain why?