Teen Titans #2
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scans_dailyWriter and pencils: Dan Jurgens
Inks: George Perez
How many of these kids are still around? The Atom would eventually return to his proper age. I think Argent is still about. Everybody else became Crisis fodder as far as I can remember.
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Action Comics Annual #2
Jul. 20th, 2025 12:59 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriters: Jerry Ordway, George Perez and Roger Stern
Pencils: Jerry Ordway
Superman: Exile.
Superman is forced to fight in an alien arena.
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Starman #12
Jul. 20th, 2025 10:42 amiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Roger Stern
Pencils: Tom Lyle
Inks: Robert Campanella
Starman in final battle with the Power Elite.
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Sunday Word: Magniloquent
Jul. 20th, 2025 04:29 pmsallymn posting in 1word1daymagniloquent [mag-nil-uh-kwuhnt]
adjective:
speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful
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Examples:
His star power is based on brains and brawn; he can recite magniloquent phrases while also giving the impression that he could fillet an enemy, Jason Bourne style, armed with only a Bic pen (Jody Rosen, Why Is Matt Damon Shilling for Crypto?, New York Times, February 2022)
The revealing, magniloquent letter is one of more than 1,600 records and documents relating to George IV from the Royal Archives published online for the first time. (Mark Brown, Letters shed light on lovelorn prince who became George IV, The Guardian, October 2019)
In such magniloquent language did the doctor describe the very simple process of fixing a door to the top landing of the house, which gave her the floor to herself. (Edgar Wallace, The Hand of Power)
His magniloquent western name was the moral umbrella upon which he balanced the fine problem of his finances. He was widely respected. (James Joyce, Dubliners)
It was empty, magniloquent, abstract, flatulent, pretentious, confused, and sub-human. I could have wept salt tears. But I couldn't do anything else; the young man wanted a clean heart and a new spirit, not a little top-dressing. (Logan Pearsall Smith, Unforgotten Years)
Origin:
1650s, a back-formation from magniloquence, or else from Latin magniloquentia 'lofty style of language,' from magniloquus 'pompous in talk, vaunting, boastful,' from combining form of magnus 'great' (from PIE root meg- 'great') + -loquus 'speaking,' from loqui 'to speak' (from PIE root tolkw- 'to speak'). Wycliffe (late 14c) translates Latin magniloquam as 'speechy'. (Online Etymology Dictionary)
Magnus means 'great' in Latin; loqui is a Latin verb meaning 'to speak.' Combine the two and you get magniloquus, the Latin predecessor of magniloquent. English-speakers started using magniloquent in the 1600s, despite having had its synonym grandiloquent since the 1500s. (Grandiloquent comes from Latin grandiloquus, which combines loqui and grandis, another word for 'great' in Latin.) Today, these synonyms continue to exist side by side and to be used interchangeably, though grandiloquent is the more common of the two. (Merriam-Webster)
Predator: Black, White & Blood #1
Jul. 19th, 2025 11:14 pmshakalooloo posting in scans_dailyOf course, since Predator is very famous for a certain colour of blood that it bleeds, that gives this comic the licence to have black, white, red AND green colouring!
This series is an anthology, leading with a multi-part story set in Australia. There's also a completely nutso story about a woad-covered Celt taking on a Predator that weirdly ends up going very The Last Knight.
The third story, a third of which is under the cut, involves the rather genius idea of Predator going to a gun show.
Now, of the holy trinity - Alien, Terminator and Predator - I must confess that the last of the three is my favourite, even though it is objectively the least good. But even I, a moderate Predator fan, have to roll my eyes whenever someone tries to paint it as any sort of 'honourable'...
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This series is an anthology, leading with a multi-part story set in Australia. There's also a completely nutso story about a woad-covered Celt taking on a Predator that weirdly ends up going very The Last Knight.
The third story, a third of which is under the cut, involves the rather genius idea of Predator going to a gun show.
Now, of the holy trinity - Alien, Terminator and Predator - I must confess that the last of the three is my favourite, even though it is objectively the least good. But even I, a moderate Predator fan, have to roll my eyes whenever someone tries to paint it as any sort of 'honourable'...
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Secret Society of Super-villains #2
Jul. 19th, 2025 07:28 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriters: Gerry Conway and David Anthony Kraft
Pencils: Pablo Marcos
Inks: Bob Smith
The Secret Society of Super-villains add a confused Golden Age hero to their number.
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Rom: Spaceknight #22
Jul. 19th, 2025 04:29 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyPlot: Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema
Script: Bill Mantlo
Pencils: Sal Buscema
Inks: Joe Sinnott
Rom and the Torpedo team-up to take on the Dire Wraith Rocketeers.
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Robin II #2
Jul. 19th, 2025 02:19 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Chuck Dixon
Pencils: Tom Lyle
Inks: Bob Smith
Just what is the Joker planning? Robin certainly doesn’t know.
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Richard Dragon: Kung Fu #9
Jul. 19th, 2025 12:06 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Dennis O’Neil
Pencils and inks: Ric Estrada
Richard Dragon and his supporting cast are asked to investigate reports of a mantis-man threatening the tourist trade in the Caribbean.
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Hood River
Jul. 18th, 2025 08:06 pmyourlibrarian posting in common_nature
Our destination for day 2 was Hood River. We loved this spot, both because of the view and the convenience of its location, parking and our rooms over the breakfast area.
This photo was the view from one of our rooms. It was not only a pretty view but one that changed all day long, as people at the inlet end point took kayaking, paddleboard and canoeing classes. I'd never seen a motorized paddleboard before but they were in use too, along with jet skis out on the river and parasailers.
We also got to watch birds diving for food, and trains and cargo barges go by on the river. We even saw a cruise ship once!
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