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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

... well. Those are words I never expected to read ever. I guess they hadda get him in SOMEhow, but... WAHT. #Spoilers #AbsoluteGreenLanternSpoilers

"Tell KYLE RAYNER he's back on Task Force X."

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Suicide Squad, formed in WWII, was basically what if the Challengers of the Unknown were in the military? After the war, they disbanded, their nickname used for the newly formed Task Force X, which had a little-known domestic counterpart called Argent. #Spoilers #AbsoluteGreenLanternSpoilers

"The unit will be designated TASK FORCE X, and operate under the call sign ARGENT."

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Wild Bill Donovan was a real guy, the head of the Office of Strategic Services (the OSS), which presaged the CIA. #Spoilers #AbsoluteGreenLanternSpoilers

"WILD BILL DONOVAN is putting something together called the OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES. NATURALLY, I'm in."

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ANDRE Blanc-Dumont, originally just Andre, was the VERY French member of the original WWII Blackhawks, and their espionage expert. #Spoiler #AbsoluteGreenLanternSpoilers

"Two days later, I'm still pondering that question when I recieve word from a man named BLANC-DUMONT."

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And now we get to the "Yellow Aliens" who gave Buddy Baker powers and made him Animal Man... #Spoilers #AbsoluteGreenLanternSpoilers

YELLOW ALIEN ON THE LEFT: Not GOLD. Gold is SOLID. Material. Yellow is IMMATERIAL. If gold is the SIGNIFIER, yellow is what is SIGNIFIED.
YELLOW ALIEN ON THE RIGHT: When you look INSIDE, you gain KNOWLEDGE. We're appearing to you in forms you can UNDERSTAND. We are YELLOW ALIENS.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

At least one of the women who fought Nazis as "Madamoiselle Marie." Pre-Crisis Madamoiselle Marie's real first name WAS just Marie, she had a bit of a romance with Alfred, and she was the mother of Julia Remarque, the original Julia Pennyworth. #Spoilers #AbsoluteGreenLanternSpoilers

"I contact Anais Guillot--she may have a use for me in the Resistance."

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Both originally Golden Age characters from the pages of New Fun Comics and (after it was renamed) More Fun Comics... which was the original home of Alan Scott, the Golden Age Green Lantern... #Spoilers #AbsoluteGreenLanternSpoilers

"I'd spent the night before in a seedy Parisia hotel, mixing absinthe and rotgut with the likes of WING BRADY and SANDRA MCLANE."

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Wait a minute... that wasn't a "Bonus Story," it was an ad for the Lego Batman game! AND it was the same one as last time! Come on! #Spoilers #BatmanSpoilers

INCLUDES BONUS STORY
FEATURING NEW VILLAIN--
R H E T O R I C !

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Maybe he didn't earn it, but was possessed by the dying brain pattern of his worst enemy, who then proceeded to finish his doctoral dissertation with his own work, and ruin every social connection he had while only improving his living standards... Nah, that's ridiculous. #Spoilers #BatmanSpoilers

"He mastered cryogenic preservation AND cured a rare cancer yet still calls himself 'Mister'?"

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Freis. It's "Freis." "Freis" is a homonym of "freeze." "Fries" rhymes with "eyes." Though they do make a tasty snack... #Spoilers #BatmanSpoilers

VERITY PENNYWORTH: Dr. Victor FRIES, a.k.a....

BRUCE WAYNE, BATMAN: MR. FREEZE.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I always smile when comics give the date the comic came out to put the issue in the present day... wait a minute. No. NO! TODAY IS OCTOBER 7TH, 2026! #Spoilers #MidnightX-MenSpoilers

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

... I could get behind Tim being something new, as long as he doesn't go by DRAKE WHEN IN COSTUME... (anyway, Tim always said he never wanted to be Batman, giving him a Nightwing-esque identity would be a great way to follow through on that) (IMO, Tim as a new Gray Ghost would be inspired)

a Youtube thumbnail for a video titled "Should Tim Drake Be ROBIN Anymore?" with Tim Drake as Robin in the forefront and center, with arrows pointing to fanart of him as either the Gray Ghost or The Cardinal, with question marks after each potential identity.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Somewhere between 25% and 33 and 1/3% hit rate is honestly much more than most modern "adult animation" comedies...

From the animated Golden Axe show, one character telling another (about still another): His story was cut for time.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Amazons of Paradise Island already invented the invisible jetplane and gave it to Wonder Woman, anyway. (And it's controlled by her thoughts!)

Wonder Woman flying the Invisible Jet, ignore the fact you can see it, it's totally invisible, also ignore that she looks like a doll, it's just the, uh, distortion of the invisibleness.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Only sometimes. Other times, it's the wife's side. #Spoilers #Spider-Man1000Spoilers

From a retelling of events depicted in Amazing Fantasy 14, from the perspective of the cop who was chasing the robber Pete let escape before turning Spider-Man into a hero: "No sign of their kid. Nephew on the husband's side."

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Something Johnny would only say under the effects of amnesia... #Spoilers #FantasticFourSpoilers

JOHNNY STORM, THE HUMAN TORCH: I love a Pete. (I think I love a Pete?)

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Eastern European orphans with problematic parentage (retcon'd or not) stick together, Peitro. #Spoilers #UncannyX-MenSpoilers

PIETRO MAXIMOFF, QUICKSILVER: Thank you, Kurt. You have always been kind to me. I realize that is not always easy.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

... I can get a disguised vehicle, but it's just supposed to be a *DISGUISE*. No armor? No puncture-resistant tires? NO BULLETPROOF GLASS??? Come on. #Spoilers #NightwingSpoilers

Nightwing's car, the Nightbird, is just a car.

Just a regular car. Not even armored!

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

... there's a change in art styles, but only one artist is credited... and for some reason Lois is being drawn fearful while saying her usual Lois Lane lines... and while I can believe she hides fear behind being Lois Lane, the operative word is *hiding*... #Spoilers #SupermanUnlimitedSpoilers

The Eradicatrix calls Lois Lane--and possibly Lana Lang Irons and Natasha Irons?--Superman's "Terran breeding stock," to which Lois takes offense... despite being drawn with a fearful or at least worried expression and pose...

JON KENT: Hi. Mongrel here. What say we go to ROUND TWO while my dad charges back up.

CLARK KENT, AKA SUPERMAN: You got this, Jon.

LOIS LANE KENT: Be sure to SMACK her with some of MY DNA!

(despite her words, Lois is still being drawn in a fearful or worried way... maybe it's just a re-use of the art from the previous panel?)

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The closest he came was the punchline to the Punisher/Archie crossover...

Wolverine vows to find out what the world's most dangerous mutant--Jughead Jones--is made of...

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

On the one hand, far too long since there's been fistfights over policy in this country. On the other hand...

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

They reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally want to put targets on their faces.

Anarky makes the CEO of a company who claims their emissions meet government standards taste some of the company's waste water.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I have almost no artistic ability, and almost no money. Guess what I do? I either see if there's a comic panel or movie still or non-AI generated image that conveys most of what I want to convey, OR:

Crudely drawn MSPAINT jpg of a grumpy floating head with the text TO IT MYSELF!! next to it.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I just found out this week this is based on a Beatles album.

A still from the Guy Ritchie film Revolver, whose only real connection to the Beatles is they're both British.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ah, a Teen Titan begging for stakes, that always leads somewhere good.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There's Batman, there's Bruce Wayne, and then there's Bruce in the Batcave, with the cowl down, eating the sandwich Alfred made.

The McFarlane's Super Powers Batman Unmasked figure.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I won't worry until it dips to LESS than 2 terabytes free.

An image of an icon and details with a bar in red... but saying "2.04 TB free of 21.8 TB" so... no worries, really.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Don't go throwing no cars at Carol Danvers!

Villain of the piece throws a car at Carol Danvers.

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

... you ever watch The Birdcage, and when Armand's trying to teach Albert to behave more like a man, he tells him to walk like John Wayne...

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yeah, it's almost like trying to solve a series of murders occurring inside a prison by becoming a prisoner yourself is a bad idea. Barbara. #Spoilers #BarbaraGordonBreakoutSpoilers

"Whoever was calling for help last night didn't get it."

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Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Lois was NOT invented by the radio show. Lois was there in Action Comics #1.

"You needn't be afraid of me. I won't harm you."

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