Lordbleys - Undecided.

One of the very first Spider-Man comics I ever owned.  Mine came in a giant over sized collection, it was huge.  

Marvel Team-up #9, May 1973, cover by John Romita and Joe Sinnott

Star Wars #24, June 1979, cover by Carmine Infantino and Bob Wiacek

“What we’re witnessing online during and in the aftermath of these hurricanes is a group of people desperate to protect the dark, fictitious world they’ve built. Rather than deal with the realities of a warming planet hurling once-in-a-generation storms at them every few weeks, they’d rather malign and threaten meteorologists, who, in their minds, are “nothing but a trained subversive liar programmed to spew stupid shit to support the global warming bullshit,” as one X user put it. It is a strategy designed to silence voices of reason, because those voices threaten to expose the cracks in their current worldview. But their efforts are doomed, futile. As one dispirited meteorologist wrote on X this week, “Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes.” She followed with: “I can’t believe I just had to type that.” What is clear is that a new framework is needed to describe this fracturing. Misinformation is too technical, too freighted, and, after almost a decade of Trump, too political. Nor does it explain what is really happening, which is nothing less than a cultural assault on any person or institution that operates in reality. If you are a weatherperson, you’re a target. The same goes for journalists, election workers, scientists, doctors, and first responders. These jobs are different, but the thing they share is that they all must attend to and describe the world as it is. This makes them dangerous to people who cannot abide by the agonizing constraints of reality, as well as those who have financial and political interests in keeping up the charade.”

— I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is - The Atlantic

STRANGE DAYS - Trailer ( 1995 )

Trailer for Kathryn Bigelow's film

In 1995, one of my favorite films was released.  Set on NYE 1999, turning to 2000.  A lone con men, dealing in black market sensory logs, stumbles across a police conspiracy that could rip the city apart.

Police militarization, open gun play in the streets, and mind reading technology.  Well, two out of three are on the evening news every night.

Strange Days 

Another issue I own.  I really enjoyed the art of this series and this storyline.  Sadly three years later, I walked away from Marvel and still waffle about buying their books.

But their movies... that's another story.

Avengers #318, June 1990, cover by Paul Ryan and Tom Palmer

Star Wars Revenge of the Jedi teaser before the film was re-titled to Return of the Jedi.

btw the katy perry/bezos' girlfriend/other four irrelevant billionaires 10 minute space stunt was not the first all female expedition no matter how much they try to market it as such. the first all female mission was in 1963 with soviet cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova, Irina Solovyova and Valentina Ponomaryova - all three of which were working class and had to pass incredibly hard exams to be chosen from 400 potential candidates. just in case we started falling for the propaganda machine again

Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis #3, July 1991, cover by Dave Dorman

This is my inner monologue while standing in line at Dunkin Donuts.