Friday, September 23, 2016

Friday Night Fights: Karate Kick - Round 7: Why You Should Never Disturb Aquaman When He's Brooding...




For tonight's round of Friday Night Fights: Karate Kick, the one rule our host Spacebooger has given us is each fight must include a kick to any part of the opponent's body. In the case of tonight's undersea embroglio, the part of the body on the receiving end of that kick is...most painful. Here it is, courtesy of Aquaman#1, written by Peter David and illustrated by Marty Egeland and Brad Vancata.


Synopsis: Aqualad swims down to the Aquacave to recruit Aquaman for an undersea mission, where he finds the Sea King...


...looking like hell.



Aqualad ain't havin' it, but unfortunately for him, Arthur........is having it even less.





Oooh, tough break there, Minnow.


Tonight's fight music is this seafaring siren song by Faith No More.




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Friday, September 09, 2016

Friday Night Fights: Karate Kick - Round 5: Not-So-Cuddly Toy!



For the Friday Night Fights: Karate Kick bout, our host Spacebooger has instructed us that each fight should include a kick to any part of the opponent's body. He also stressed that the kick should be awesome. So, to that end, one of the first things to come to mind is tonight's toy-mendous tussle from Superman#305, written by Martin Pasko and beautifully illustrated by Curt Swan and Bob Oksner.


Synopsis: Metropolis Coliseum has been destroyed, apparently by a figure wearing a Superman costume. Of course, everyone in Metropolis thinks the vandal was Superman. (Spoiler: It was actually Bizarro, accidentally flung into the coliseum by a cosmic storm.) Unfortunately, among the things destroyed was a display put together by former Toyman Winslow Schott of all his greatest toy inventions. Schott blames the Man Of Steel for the destruction of his life's work and comes out of retirement to seek revenge using a giant robot toy of himself. Superman investigates the wreckage and repairs the outer wall damage, only to be attacked by Schott in the aformentioned robot toy.


What makes tonight's featured kick stand out is....




....Curt Swan's undisputed mastery of the after-image.


Even though the toy the Man Of Tomorrow faced tonight was anything but cuddly, I thought this tune by Roachford was appropriate fight music for tonight's round.





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Friday, September 02, 2016

Friday Night Fights: Karate Kick - Round 4:Chronal Pain!



For tonight's round of Friday Night Fights: Karate Kick, in which the one rule our host Spacebooger has given us is each fight must include a kick to any part of the opponent's body, I'm going with Blue Beetle#10 by Len Wein, Chuck Patton, and Dell Barras. Synopsis: Blue Beetle is chasing Chronos around Chicago. Let's see how he fares.








Since we began tonight's chronal kickfest with the Time Thief running out, this seemed like an appropriate choice of fight Muse-ic.





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