Mad Dog

Marko Stunt and Negative One having a pull apart brawl was hilarious.

I want to know why they're already trying to break up the Hurt Business. It's one of the only reasons to watch.

I mean. I sort of get it. Goldberg is a bigger star than anyone they currently have. It's sad but it's true.

She signed with them back in the fall I believe.

I think they had it done through 92 or 93 from back in the day.

I read all of the 60s in publishing order and blogged a lot of it like a decade ago. People that try to minimize Stan Lee's effect on the comics really should do that. He really unifies all of it with a singular voice.

One more. This is not superhero and I don't remember if I have mentioned it in this thread. But Blacksad is a must read French comic. Don't let the anthropomorphic animals scare you away.

Oh, I forgot a great one. Alias by Brian Michael Bendis. Excellent book from the early 2000s.

Immortal Iron Fist by Ed Brubaker is also excellent and short. His Cap run is what I point people to when they say Captain America is boring, I wouldn't even really call the Brubaker Cap book a superhero comic as much as an espionage comic. I forgot another one. The Brian Azzarello run on Wonder Woman. Really different approach to WW but probably the best writing she's had since Perez was on the book. Sinestro Corp War and Blackest Night are great Green Lantern events. Blackest Night is a little hit and miss and more of a standard crossover but Sinestro Corp War is fucking amazing.

Are you opposed to digital because there's a lot of New Year's sales right now. Here's my list of suggestions of more current stuff: X-O Manowar Vol 1: By The Sword - just $10, if you like it grab the next one. East of West Invincible Irredeemable - this is Boom Studios and written by Mark Waid. Batman Vol 1: Court of Owls Captain America by Ed Brubaker X-Men: The Hidden Years Annihilation Planet Hulk Mutant X - Alex Summers gets drug into an alternate reality. A lot of people will recommend The Boys. I enjoyed it and it is good but it's a little too try hard for my tastes and relentless bleak. I would say try the first volume for yourself. Fables Y, The Last Man

Dave still puts a lot of the same effort into the Observer. Even with instant access you still get the most detailed breakdown of stuff in the actual Observer.

I don't think he even needed to do that. He just needed to shut his mouth and leave social media for a couple of days.

Yeah. I honestly feel bad for Wade. Seems like he had to clean up Bruce's mess and Bruce just wouldn't STFU.

I don't remember the match but there is a match where the ref goes into business for themselves and stops selling for maybe Williams. I think that is on an early TV episode.

Williams vs. Sid from Blackjack Brawl is also shockingly solid, especially when you consider they busted part of the ring early. I think Sid was trying to prove he could be a good boy to get back to the big leagues. He works a good match and takes some good bumps.

His exchange with Little Tokyo at Blackjack Brawl I think is a must because there is an urban legend he said "I was married to a Jap" and he never said it.

Man, Twitter must be really scraping the bottom of the barrel to give people like Snowden a blue check mark.

From what Dave said. He was doing an exercise and was having trouble breathing and had been hospitalized since the end of October.

My problem with it past the tasteless nature of it. It's the family's business and we really don't have a right to know. If his wife says it wasn't COVID, there's no reason not to believe her. And that's more than she needed to share honestly. They are allowed to have their privacy.

If anyone here is interested. Comixology has all of the Marvel Masterworks on sale for 99 cents or $1.99. Easy way to pick up a lot of books for cheap.

Reportedly at the time it was an ankle injury when he dropped the belt and I think there was a timeline, then it was just he was out and then it was no one was talking about it. Also, his wife mentioned the Mayo Clinic. That tells me it wasn't COVID.

It really doesn't even make sense timeline wise. He got hurt, we kind of knew what the injury was and then everyone went radio silent. That says to me he either got some sort of lung infection after surgery or they found cancer when dealing with the injury.

I feel like the WWE took a rightful beating for their handling of COVID. They have been a bastion of responsibility compared to the NFL and it needs to be said.

Wasn't Angle kind of a total shitshow in that match too?

He did comment on NXT recently as well as the main roster and just said it's boring and doesn't go anywhere. Last was more willing to admit he found AEW entertaining than Jim though.