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([personal profile] icon_uk posting in [community profile] scans_daily Dec. 25th, 2025 08:11 am)
In some years past I've commissioned a Christmas card image along suitable themes, but this year that didn't work out.

However, with the VERY kind permission of the original aritst, phierie on tumblr, whose love for the OG New Mutants and in partricular with a certain omniliguist close to my heart (when he's not being a genocidal repaint of Apocalypse filtered through both the 90's and WWE) I have been given permission to share this charming little scene

In happier, simpler times )


...it's that time of year when there is a crisp chill in the air, a gentle hint of longer days to come, Santa Claus gagging a trussed-up Robin, and Batman proving that his claim to be “The World’s Greatest Detective” might be a little optimistic… (I mean… it’s fricking SANTA CLAUS Bruce!)

(It's from Batman #33 which came out in December 1945, so 80 years ago now!!)

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Contrary to speculation, The Writer character here is not me, any more than the corpse of The Writer on Page 3 is me. Consider this character a multiversal variant of that skeletal remnant of the Suicide Squad Writer. (I read one or two complaints that this farrago was just so typical of ‘Grant Morrison’ - too meta - he always has to put himself in every story! For the record, I’ve only ever written myself into Animal Man and in a more abstract way Seven Soldiers. That’s at best twice in 40 years!) -- Grant Morrison

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([personal profile] icon_uk posting in [community profile] scans_daily Dec. 23rd, 2025 11:38 am)
In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Someone appears to have given the current POTUS one of those DYMO lablemaker things because he seems determined to slap his name over everything.

As predicted, those who heard the Epstein files were being released and who bought shares in Sharpies parent company probably made a killing.

"The War Between the Land and the Sea" came to an end. It somehow managed to have both sides do horrific things and yet never felt quite like a war or a resolution and even Kate stewart doing morally dubious things that seem at odds with her established character. And Barclay, after several episodes of establishing him as an interesting character with depth and complexity, seemed to become little more than a lovesick teenager. Not a bad ending, just an unstaisfying one (to me, at any rate).

Scans_Daily remains profoundly non-demoninational (My Santa-based Mod avatar being a slight personal quirk more than anything), so if you celebrate Christmas, Kwanza, Solstice, Krampusacht, the purposefully nebulous "Holiday" of the Pastafarians, or nothing at all, then we wish you equally well. (And I think a couple of those are already past)

To those headed home for the holidays, may it go as smoothly as possible, and for those who aren't... well, we're still here for you so you're not alone!

And a special shout-out to those poor folks whose birthday is December 25th who are tired of it being overshadowed by "that guy".
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The future of the Marvel universe, I don't think it is set, I don't think it should be set. I think you can have a bunch of different ones. To be honest, it's sort of nice to have a few futures that are very probable, like the Days of Future Past or like King Thor... -- Al Ewing

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([personal profile] cyberghostface posting in [community profile] scans_daily Dec. 20th, 2025 07:30 am)


“What’s so tragic about [Doom] is that he could be a great guy. If he went in a slightly different direction, he could be a good guy. That’s why he and Reed have such a Capital R relationship. They see themselves as these sort of very similar but very different men.” — Ryan North

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([personal profile] laughing_tree posting in [community profile] scans_daily Dec. 19th, 2025 06:20 pm)
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A lot of people still are like, "Oh, Jo's the Green Lantern, but she's only in it a little bit with all this large ensemble cast that keeps expanding." [...] Jo's not the Green Lantern. Jo has the green power. There's a difference. The Green Lantern is that big thing that's currently on the moon. Nobody knows what the hell it is. That's the Green Lantern. That's what the book's about. -- Al Ewing

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JLI #16-17 introduced the Queen Bee and her alliance with Jack O’Lantern. In that first appearance, she was all poise and grace. Despite her chilling games of mind control, she also exuded a false warmth that snared lovers and allies and disarmed her enemies.

In her second appearance, the warmth is gone. It’s true what they say: holding high political office ages people before their time.

But why won’t certain office-holders DIE of old age already? )
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