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Fans always wondered what would happen if the “bwa-ha-ha” Justice League added Superman to the roster. Would he be a powerhouse straight man, letting the team reach new heights of comedy AND action? Would he get to relax and loosen up a bit?

Or would he glare his disapproval at everyone for eight issues and then die of embarrassment? ( Remember how he almost killed the League for REVIVING HIM FROM DEATH in the movies? Here, he's maybe 20% less unfriendly. )

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In an almost direct follow-up to issue 11, we return to the story of Thor and Sif liberating Asgard from Loki, with METAL AF art by Bleeding Hearts' Stipan Morian.

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Today I tried some builds for Wrath but remain baffled by how they're supposed to work and pretty sure some of them don't work any more. I mean the last one I tried shouldn't have worked but apparently enough patches ago it let you stack CHA bonuses on your AC, which is silly.

I have honestly been playing mostly spellcaster main characters for so long that AC is an mystery I know not of
which probably explains why they keep dying a lot
but works fine all the way up to Core.

Unfair builds seem to involve choosing a myth and building backwards, and if you're just not willing to play any of the evil myths then there's veeeeeery few builds on the internet that I have found. Azata that wins seems tp be right out. Lich is highly recommended. Blech.

I also relistened Doctor Who Seasons of Fear.
I liked the plot with Grayle well enough, but I'm less enthusiastic about the arc plot with Charley.
The Doctor saves lives all the time, focusing on this one specific time it breaks the universe seems... like Charley gets special rules just for her, but the no fun way.

It's still Doctor Who though so it's more interesting than most of the things I am failing to stay focused on.

Not a very focused day.

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Warning for some modest body-shaming, mostly in the form of competitive dieting, and PTSD-related depression.

Before we get into the final Giffen-DeMatteis story of their original run, I wanted to insert our next-to-last Justice League Quarterly tale, John Ostrander and Barry Horne’s “Blue Beetle: Fighting Trim” from #6. It doesn’t quite fit into the timeline, but this is the spot it comes closest to fitting. And it resolves an important question about Blue Beetle’s history: how did he lose the weight that plagued him for the last year or so of Giffen-DeMatteis comics? ( Talk Booster into scoring him some 25th-century Ozempic? )

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Close to the Mark (24037 words) by esteefee
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: daredevil - Fandom, The Sentinel (TV), The Defenders (Marvel TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jessica Jones/Matt Murdock, Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg
Characters: Matt Murdock, Jim Ellison, Jessica Jones, Blair Sandburg, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Luke Cage, Danny Rand, Jack Kelso (The Sentinel), Lee Brackett (The Sentinel), Stick (Daredevil), Claire Temple, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Sentinels & Guides, Goes AU from Midland Circle, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Little bit of Foggy Bashing, Hating on daredevilling is a crime in this household, Medical Torture, Kidnapping, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, (Stick), Canon-Typical Violence, No beta we die like Elektra (repeatedly and under mysterious circumstances)
Summary:
Paranoia is in Matt’s blood, but lately he’s been feeling something new, a constant, creeping awareness at the edge of his senses. Someone or something is hounding him without rest, and whoever it is seems to know Matt is Daredevil. Foggy and Karen are pretty much sick of the trouble Daredevil brings, and Matt has no one to turn to. Or does he?
This story goes AU after Midland Circle.

Under a red and gold glow, Matt and Jessica look up on the left, and Jim and Blair on the right. The gold text in the middle reads Close to the Mark, and behind it, three shadowy figures lurk.

Under a red and gold glow, Matt and Jessica look up on the left, and Jim and Blair on the right. The gold text in the middle reads Close to the Mark, and behind it, three shadowy figures lurk.

Current Mood: accomplished

Today I was bored and restless so I started another game of Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous.
On Unfair difficulty.
... actually I got to the meeting with Lann and realised it was only on Core so I started over again but eventually it was Unfair.

... I am using some builds I found on the internet and am very dubious about, but that isn't even the problem yet. The problem is I only just got to Neathholm and they're 2nd level, so I couldn't adjust anything before that anyway, and I just don't see how anyone survives that far without being stubborn and grim about reloading.

I know how to play this game! Core was going splendidly! I can remember how to fight Earth elementals even if it took a dozen tries to implement it (clue: don't get hit). I just do not see how it is anything but random numbers getting us all the way through first level.

Probably I need to build the Knight Commander completely differently but if you need to be a full level 20 caster later (yes) then you need to start as a caster getting their butt kicked now (very) and I did not figure out how to do any damage at all yet. We seem to spend a lot of time only hitting on a 20, or at best a 16. Starter characters be so squishy.
... also I should stat my characters better, KC cannot live by mental stats alone.

In short I spent I don't know how long today playing at a difficulty level I do not find fun and do not intend to go back to tomorrow.
... but others find it a solved problem so it is frustrating...

Anyone suggesting that I could stand to have a second or even third game that I play at least sometimes are not wrong.
But I want to play This One Only Different, and there are so many adventure paths I know that is so close to achievable goals...

https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/torchwood-everyone-s-dead-on-floor-3-3214

This was a solid 5 stars out of 5. The content warnings are well earned for something that never leaves the office. It starts out so ordinary and petty and then drops the year on you hard. It's like opening a box to find it full of jeweled beetles eating through everything, including a layer of bones. Everyone is so vividly and specifically detailed, even the dead ones. And even when I was sure something awful was going to happen it had me gripped on exactly which awful when.

This is really really good work.

And the only regular Torchwood character in it is an audio exclusive, Norton Folgate again. Who is someone you can plausibly show doing nearly anything as long as it's twisty so he's very useful to have around. But the Torchwood range covers the whole Torchwood historical era and dips in to so many lives we don't have a canon framework for so they can do anything. I've seen people complain about that because they want to revisit the characters from the first two seasons on TV but I think it's one of the great strengths of the range.

Though I can see how it is difficult to market something on the strength that you never know what you're going to get.

If you want to listen an audio where you start off thinking the corpses are going to be the horror and then learn, this audio is absolutely recommended.

... if you want a nice adventure where something gets won and it all packs neatly in a blue box in the end you want one of the other ranges...

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JLA Giffen-DeMatteis-Sears, JLE Giffen-Jones-Robertson.

It’s time to face off against Dreamslayer, the wroth foe with a face like a Rothko. Except just now, he’s borrowed Max Lord’s handsome mug and an entire population of islanders. ( He could do even more damage with Max’s body in a single afternoon if he understood finance. )

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Having one of those days when I can't quite settle to anything.

So I read the internet,
and then listened to like 3/4 of Sword of Orion (8 and Charley Big Finish)
before getting distracted by the internet again.

I have the feeling there secretly is something I want to do but it is Hiding so instead I have just about managed to eat a food and drink a ribena.

Maybe I want to write?

I keep putting characters all in the same place but then it turns into I Packed My Bag And In It I Put, like my mediocre nightmares of endless packing where the fire alarms go off but I keep trying to put enough stuff in a bag instead of leaving. I keep having to wake up and take mental inventory of which things I could just go to a supermarket and buy instead so I should not need to pack them. But no, boring packing again. Only when it is characters you have to worry about if you're secretly going on a one way trip through an interdimensional castle... as you do... and then you have to pack for EVERYthing.

Adventure can start when I have calculated a year's supply of loo roll and how much salt I can fit in a shopping trolley if the supermarket has it or potentially if we hit all the supermarkets in walking distance.

This is not massively helpful.

I keep trying to remind myself Conjob manages with whatever he's got in his pockets ie usually a lighter and a pack of silk cut.

... TV Constantine 2014 gave him an entire house full of arcane artefacts, like JLDark gave him the House of Mystery or Secrets, and it bothers me. That's a whole different arcane archetype. That's the arcane equivalent of those old lady puppets in Labyrinth with the backpacks bigger than they are. And then the story doesn't allow any of it to ever make a difference anyway. He collects it all, he tries it in the middle of the story, he gets his arse kicked until he goes back to the comics original level of desperate measures. That's a very different story. They have accidentally made him subject to
futile packing
also.

The other way to think of it is to wonder what adventures I would be adequately equipped for if they were to arrive at my door right now
but that sort of thinking leads to wishlist full of survivalist stuff and military surplus gear with all the pockets.

Like I would still interrupt the adventuring to pack
but that would be the explanation for like
the first thirty years.

... the more I ponder this the less enthused I am...

Captain Jack Harkness manages with whatever is on him because what is on him is a wrist strap that works at the speed of the plot. Same with the Doctor and the sonic screwdriver that is straight up casting force wall these days. So that keeps the adventure moving but it moves ever further away from stuff you can guess or aspire to.

... says someone reading about magic...

I have tagged this plot bunnies but that is a lie. It is only a bunny like the ones they show greyhounds. Energizer bunny of out of reach same same.

I shall go... finish Sword of Orion I guess.

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Free Comic Book Day, the first Saturday in May, is the annual event where local comic shops distribute a variety of special comics from a number of publishers, at no cost to the customer!

Many Local Comic Shops will be hosting events or parties, many with guests, often involving local creators.

Scans_Daily exists to celebrate the comic medium in all it's many and varied forms and, as always, we actively encourage you to participate in your local comic shops' events if possible.

Maybe pick up some of the free comics that are being released as part of the event from pretty much every comic publisher with access to a printing press.

And maybe buy some other comics or graphic novels too.

As always, we encourage you to try something new, something you've perhaps heard of, but never got around to picking up. Something from an independent publisher you've heard of but never tried.. or even one you've never heard of.

Or maybe something you have seen somewhere on S_D, we have a long history to choose from!

Indulge your curiosity! Expand your horizons a little!

Never picked up a non-cape comic? Then maybe try a slice of life comic. Or a sports based one.

Not sure funny animals are for you? Why not find out!

Be tempted by that manga with the interesting cover... or the Filipno komic... or Korean manwha. Many comics stores have entire sections devoted to such things, or may be able to order them for you.

This year, for the first time, games shops are also getting involved with the event, so maybe check them out as well!

The fact you are also supporting a local small business is all to the good too!

( 2026 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY TITLES )

So go, participate as much as you feel comfortable with and, if you find something new and interesting (or even old and interesting), feel free to share your recommendations with us here!

And have fun too!

I have been reading horror comics all day. I need to remember to stop and do something else more often or it all just gets grimy to think on. Very strong stuff in these stories, skillfully done.

A lot of this first omnibus is Swamp Thing, covering stories I'd seen summarised elsewhere, and now I have read it, it is all so much darker and nastier than the summaries had conveyed to me. ( Read more... )

As far as I can tell from skimming the contents page the Swamp Thing stuff is over now, so, onwards to Hellblazer, and Newcastle.

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Featuring the New Mutants!

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