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Power Rangers Morphed into an AMAZING Comic

I remember being ten years old in 1993, sitting down on the floor in front of the tv, and just randomly catching the very first broadcast of the very first episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.  And even after all of the hours I’d already spent watching live-action superheroes, I’d never seen anything quite like Power Rangers.  It was silly, but nothing like Adam West’s Batman, and it took itself seriously, but not like Christopher Reeve’s Superman.  Instead of one main hero, there were five, and instead of having a teen sidekick, they were all teenagers…the concept of a teenager being the main hero instead of the sidekick was revolutionary when Spider-Man was created in 1962, but Power Rangers was my introduction to the idea.  And, like most kids, I got hooked fast…I couldn’t get enough of these brightly-colored, highly merchandisable superheroes battling strange monsters and piloting their transforming giant robot Zords, available at a toy store near you.  ...

TOP 10 GREEN LANTERN RUNS

  Here we go, the top ten Green Lantern runs.   I should make it clear up front that this is not the most historically important or influential Green Lantern runs, and it’s not some totally objective list of the actual best Green Lantern runs ever, because something like that is literally impossible for anyone to make, since every list is influenced by the personal opinions of the people making it.   These are the runs that mean the most to me, and I strongly encourage you to tell me yours in the comments below this video.   What are your top ten Green Lantern runs?   If you don’t have enough, then what are your top three?   Or maybe just tell me your number one favorite, and why it means so much to you.   I look forward to hearing all of your opinions on the subject, but for now let’s get into mine. 10) Green Lantern by Ron Marz Green Lantern #48-125 1993-2000 This run form the 1990’s is what got me into Green Lantern in the first place.  Th...

What Lantern Ring Fits Batman Best?

Batman’s had a very long, contentious relationship with the Green Lanterns of Earth.  His emphasis on fear and darkness is the exact opposite of their core values, and he tends not to get along with them.  But despite that, we’ve seen numerous examples of Batman wielding a Lantern ring himself, and not just Green Lantern rings…the Emotional Spectrum is filled with different kinds of rings that’ll only work for you if you have a particularly high affinity for a specific emotion, which begs the question: out of all the Lantern rings in the Emotional Spectrum, which one is the best fit for Batman? There are two rings that people usually go to first as the answer to this question.  They either say it’ll be a Green Lantern ring powered by will, or a Sinestro Corps ring powered by fear.  And both of those seem to make sense, because not only has Batman worn green and yellow rings before, it’s easy to make a connection to the willpower needed to mold himself into Gotham’s...

Who Are the Lanterns of Earth 11?

Earth 11 is a world in the DC Multiverse where gender is flipped.  It’s a society lead by women, where the biological sex of many high profile characters are the opposite of what we know from the main DC Earth.  So instead of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman they have Superwoman, Batwoman, and Wonderous Man.  Some appearances call him Wonder Man, but hopefully they’ll settle on just calling him Wonderous Man, because Marvel already has a character named Wonder Man, and we don’t need another Captain Marvel problem. DC’s Multiverse has always been a work in progress, and there have been different worlds called Earth 11 before, but the specific one we’re talking about today first appeared in 2005 as part of the “With A Vengeance!” storyline in the Superman/Batman team-up book, and characters from that world have been popping up across the DC Universe ever since. As far as the Lanterns are concerned, we met our first Earth 11 Green Lantern in the one-shot titled “Countd...