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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 14/09/2026

Age of Apocalypse is a funny ol' thing. I couldn't tell you what happens in it, I don't think I even read all of it at the time despite buying (almost) all of it, but it looked SO COOL -- it was the last time I was *excited* about the X-Men 'til Morrison's New X-Men brought me back into the fold.

The Joe Madureira cover to X-Men Alpha #1, the first issue of the Age of Apocalypse crossover.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 24/08/2026

Ooooooh, pretty! Nice to get a lovely fancy edition of this run after which I'd follow both the initial series artist AND writer practically anywhere (with only a few idiosyncratic exceptions).

The first of four sparkly slipcased hardcovers of the old IDW Jem and the Holograms hardcovers, released by Boom! Studios via Kickstarter.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 02/07/2026

It's here! It's finally here! Not opening it right now because I don't have time to mess with it, but ... IT'S FINALLY HERE, YAY!

The black & white Hasbro outer box for their allotment of Takara-Tomy's Transformers x Macross 7 collaboration BASARA PRIME figure.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 27/06/2026

Probably this -- somehow I've kept track of it for 40ish years (I *faintly* remember my parents buying it for me) and it remains in the pencils-and-pens mug on my work table.

A basic blue painted 1 foot ruler with "JONATHAN'S RULER" factory-printed on it.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 18/06/2026

Ah, I've seen this shot full of cameos before!

Cameo-filled reaction shot from the 1st episode of Iczer One -- Kamille & Fa from Zeta Gundam, Tetsuo from Akira, and ... is that a miscolored Kyao from L-Gaim?

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 18/06/2026

Now that I'm over this hump, probably gonna finish Crisis for the first time in forever tomorrow or Friday. But with the disc over, I can throw something in the same "OVA about girls and robots and lesbianism and also Masami Obari is here" space that I've never seen before.

It's the cover of Media Blasters's DVD of Fight! Iczer-One.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 09/06/2026

Okay, I don't think these three will net me a lot of money, but also pruning these from the art collection won't make me too sad. Like, I might be able to pay everything off with my Minmei from "Force of Arms," but it would also feel like admitting defeat, so that's not happening.

Three pieces of original cel artwork from anime that were part of Robotech: a shot of Captain Global from Macross, a shot of Stick Bernard attacking Ray from Mospeada, and a cel from the Robotech II: The Sentinels animation of Colonel Wolfe looking pensive or thoughtful while seated at a meeting.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 27/05/2026

Norm Breyfogle, man. Holy crap, what an absolutely sinister classic Penguin.

A close-up of the Penguin's face, his cigarette holder clenched in his teeth as he grins cruelly, against a backdrop of burning Gotham. He says, "Because I told them to! A man after your own heart, eh? One who knows EXACTLY what he wants--and lets NOTHING in the world keep him FROM it." From Detective Comics 615, story by Grant & Wolfman, script by Alan Grant, pencils by Norm Breyfogle, inks by Steve Mitchell, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Todd Klein.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 27/05/2026

I've reached "Tim Drake, but not Robin yet" in my reading. This exchange, after Batman listed the crimes the Penguin's committed using birds thanks to the technological ingenuity of Harold the mute hunchback (soon to join the Bat-family as mostly a weird background detail of the era) made me laugh.

A pre-Robin Tim Drake in the Batcave asks Batman, "But what about that actress, Sherry West? How does SHE fit into this?" As Batman proceeds to the Batmobile, he says to Tim, "Tim, you're brilliant, but you're only THIRTEEN. In another YEAR or two, you'll understand." From Batman 448, story by Alan Grant and Marv Wolfman, script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 24/05/2026

It's here! Crunchyroll shipped theirs closer to the old release date. Guess I can binge this tomorrow when I'm stuck in liquid diet/flush the system times in advance of scope procedure "fun" on Tuesday.

Sentai's blu-ray release of Heavy Metal L-Gaim in my hand in front of my overstuffed blu-ray & DVD shelves.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 22/05/2026

My Kickstarter reward t-shirt is here! An official Mighty Orbots shirt! Hell yes! (My one editorial note is that I'd have double checked how much a comic actually cost in '84 -- I think it was 65 or 75 cents off the top of my head.)

Black t-shirt with an image of the titular robot from the one-season mid-'80s TMS Saturday morning cartoon MIGHTY ORBOTS on it -- Osamu Dezaki directing the hell out of an action robot cartoon produced for the U.S., for one of the major networks, narrated by the great Gary Owens. Wild stuff.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 20/05/2026

Well, that escalated quickly. A Batman adventure that opens with him knocking around some petty skate punks goes straight to GRUESOME MUTILATED CORPSE. Mostly sharing due to that perfect little Batman reaction shot.

From Detective Comics 612 by Alan Grant & Norm Breyfogle, Batman pulls up a blonde skate punk he bowled over, telling the kid, "Come on, you! You didn't go down that-- hard?" The punk is freaking out. "OH JEEZ! OH JEEZ! IN TH-TH-THERE, MAN!" Batman looks where the punk is pointing and his eyes widen in horror as he beholds, in the bushes below, a dead man with slashes on his cheek and, more disturbingly, his chest torn open and his rib bones visibly sticking out of his chest cavity.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 15/05/2026

Always feel a bit sad walking past this building. Used to be a musty used bookstore. It's where I got my copy of Robotech Art 3. Was run by the family of a gal who was in the class ahead of me. Think it closed when they got old, or one of them died? Boarded up, left to rot. Many such cases.

A run down boarded-up building on a side street right off of Broadway in my hometown.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 12/05/2026

Started the Tom Taylor-written run on Detective Comics earlier tonight and really having a good time with it, even if it did suffer in the first arc from Hush syndrome ("the mysterious new villain is obviously one of the new characters tied to Batman's past") though there was an OK twist at the end.

From Detective Comics 1098 written by Tom Taylor with art by Lee Garbett: Batman is in a truck. He taps his ear while speaking to Oracle. "Highest secrecy level for communication. I'm not alone." "Who's with you?" Oracle asks. Seated next to Batman, the Penguin cracks, "You know, a lot of people in my circle think you just talk to yourself and cover it up by putting a hand to your ear."

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 05/05/2026

Yes, I had to do it. Let's see what's going on here.

A soon-to-be-opened package of Oreo's special edition "Stuf of Doom" cookies, featuring some kind of uniquely flavored creme filling that appears to be green per the package. Marvel Comics villain Doctor Doom appears on the package, his hands alight with a poor man's Kirby Krackle.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 04/05/2026

At least Hasbro hasn't forgotten Shadows of the Empire -- these guys came out just last year. (I *kind* of wish Xizor came with his dumb energy fans from the original figure ... both only kind of.)

Star Wars Black Series action figures of Prince Xizor and Dash Rendar.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 22/04/2026

It was nagging at me that I didn't have a Plain Ol' He-Man in the Origins collection -- the new head sculpt wasn't doing it for me and I never saw the refresh with the classic look in stores -- and then along came the rerelease preorders timed for the new movie and so ... here he is!

The Origins He-Man action figure, fully armed with his axe and shield, his Power Sword sheathed on his back, standing on the touchpad of my Mac laptop. This is the version with a very good approximation of the original squinty-eyed He-Man head sculpt with his very late '70s haircut.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 13/04/2026

What the heck are the figures in the sky in the Trump-as-Jesus pic supposed to be? Because at a glance the middle one looks to me like the A.i. almost managed Gunbuster's silhouette, but not quite.

The super robot Gunbuster, whose high shoulders and pointed head crest somewhat resemble the central silhouette in the sky in Trump's weird A.i. fake painting depicting our unholy President as Jesus.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 12/04/2026

That's a 1991 cover piece, and very much in line with the other cover art you'd see that year on the TurboGrafx platform (the Bonk's Revenge cover was the same year, and LOOK at that dinosaur). Thankfully by the time that version's sequel saw release 2 years later things were a little more on-model.

The package art for 1993's Bomberman '93 for the TurboGrafx-16, featuring only SLIGHTLY off-model interpretations of the strange and cute Bomberman character design.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 08/04/2026

Also arrived today: late last week Target's website said there were FOUR of Emma here in the Joplin location, but when David and I got there Saturday, zilch. So I ordered her when I got home, and since there was a $10 off $50 or more toy deal, I got the brighter-colors Andrew Garfield Spidey, too.

An action figure of Emma Frost circa Whedon/Cassaday Astonishing X-Men in her organic diamond form in her retro-Toy Biz style packaging.

An action figure of Spider-Man in full costume, the version of the character played by Andrew Garfield as he appears in the film Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 08/04/2026

Today's mail call: got the Voltron.com exclusive complete DVD set of Voltron: Legendary Defender, so maybe I can figure out where I left off in Season 2 most of a decade ago and finally watch the rest of it now that the people who were definitely being very normal about this show have quieted down.

A copy of the complete series DVD box set of Voltron: Legendary Defender, the Voltron cartoon that somewhat recently left Netflix and was therefore no longer available anywhere (legitimately).

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 03/04/2026

Looking at the random comic packs at Ollie's and going, wait a minute, aren't BOTH of these mini-series being loosely adapted into the new season of X-Men '97?

Comic book 5-packs on the shelf at Ollie's, the first one featuring an issue of The Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix and the second featuring an issue of The Rise of Apocalypse.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 25/03/2026

Post a non-religious picture you think of as holy

A piece of classic painted Macross/Robotech artwork featuring the lead character's VF-1J Valkyrie in its robotic configuration in space holding up its gun pod and reaching out towards the viewer with its hand, as two of the bipedal enemy walker mecha loom behind it and one Valkyrie in fighter jet mode attacks one of the enemy weapons. This painting has been used on multiple posters, books, and DVD releases for both Robotech and Macross in North America -- and yet, it was also a pain in the butt to find a copy of it using current image searches, especially a copy without any logos ...

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 25/03/2026

And finally the big villain of the piece, Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova, who comes with one hand stuck into Paradox's head that I guess you need to find a random suited Marvel Legends body to pop it on. Great likeness for Nova, but that head does NOT want to stay on the ball joint for some reason.

Marvel Legends Deadpool & Wolverine Cassandra Nova, strolling along and gesturing.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 25/03/2026

Blade comes with two very nice Wesley Snipes likenesses and shades for each of them that work a damn sight better than the glasses that came with the G.I. Joe Classified Dreadnoks. I kinda hope in future we can get a CLASSIC Snipes Blade, but this one's pretty rad, though he needs more weapons.

Marvel Legends Deadpool and Wolverine Blade, looking so cool in his shades, hand reaching back to grab the short sword out of the scabbard on his back.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 25/03/2026

Still nice, glad to have it, but very much, "this is the look we wanted in wave 1." Brown costume Logan, as everyone whined when we first saw him, is missing an unmasked head -- this one never wears his mask in the flick! -- but will look very nice with an Avengers: Doomsday Cyclops in the future.

The new Marvel Legends brown-costumed Wolverine from Deadpool & Wolverine, featuring a mask that wasn't in the film I suppose so Hasbro doesn't have to send Hugh Jackman money. While it's not what was in the film, it looks cool at least, and the figure comes with a bare neck piece so you can add your own Jackman visage yourself if you so choose and have it look "right."

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 25/03/2026

Got in my box with MOST of the new Marvel Legends Deadpool & Wolverine wave -- just waiting on one little box with X-23 in it (and didn't get Cowboy Deadpool). 1st up, the new sleeveless yellow costume Wolverine is very much a classic "yeah, this is what you wanted the 1st time" figure from Hasbro.

The new Marvel Legends Deadpool & Wolverine figure of yellow-costumed Wolverine in his beat-up sleeveless & masked look from the end of the movie.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 22/03/2026

Look, nobody who knows me is going to be surprised by the two movies that, off the top of my head, I'm absolutely certain meet this criteria. (Of both of these, I could safely say I've seen them dozens of times.)

One of the original painted poster images for Star Wars, with ripped-looking Luke Skywalker holding his lightsaber aloft, sexy Princess Leia in a sleeveless low-cut white dress holding a blaster, and C-3PO and R2-D2 hanging back behind them as Darth Vader's helmet looms large in the background, and far more X-Wings than actually appear in the film soar towards the Death Star.

It's the original US poster image for Transformers: The Movie, featuring most of the new cast of the film front & center -- Springer, Arcee, Ultra Magnus, Cup, and Blurr -- all firing their blasters into the air as planet-mode Unicorn looms above them. In the air, new Decepticons Cyclonus, Scourge, and Galvatron swoop around and fly down towards them. Off to the sides are vehicle-mode Wheelie and Rodimus Prime. Yes, Hot Rod is NOT on the poster, but Rodimus's Space Winnebago mode IS. It's a funny ol' poster like that.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 11/03/2026

Was just putting these two side by side in a tub and was suddenly compelled to have them fight with a blade in each hand. Moments like this are why I'm still buying this stuff in my mid-40s. (Also I have nothing else going on, but y'know, this makes it semi-bearable.)

New Eternia Tri-Klops with his two swords battling New Eternia Battle Armor He-Man with his Power Sword and iconic axe on the floor of my apartment in front of a short comic box.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 11/03/2026

Finally cleaning up those He-Man figures I scattered across my floor at least over a week ago, to the sound of the '80s playlist on my old iPad, which includes both pop hits (now playing "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Wang Chung) and the He-Man, Transformers, and Robotech OST music libraries.

Assorted Masterverse and Origins He-Man figures, some semi-organized in a cardboard box and some scattered on the floor.

The start of the second plastic tub of He-Man Origins figures: Battle Armor Skeletor, Jitsu, and Kobra Khan, sitting on a layer of bubble wrap in the tub. (I'm organizing by year of the original toy's release: according to the list I'm looking at, the original '80s figures for all 3 were all released in 1985.)

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 10/03/2026

Anyway, it's fine, I got my Optimus and the FIGURE looks to be in good condition, I just find the whole canceled order --> reordered --> box arrives looking like someone resented me for not respecting the cancelation thing a bit weird, y'know?

MTMTE Collection Optimus Prime, a battle damaged variant on the Studio Series '86 figure, holding his ion blaster and reaching down to pull the metallic shard of Autobot City debris out of his grill/abs.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 10/03/2026

Hm. My Target box arrived retaped and it's a good thing I'm not a MISB person, because it looks to me like someone literally opened the Target box, PUNCHED the toy, and then taped it up. This is the same figure my order was mysteriously canceled for and I immediately reordered on Sunday.

Box of Transformers MTMTE Collection Optimus Prime, the battle damaged version of the Autobot leader based on his appearance at the end of his climactic fight with Megatron in the 1986 movie. The box looks like it was punched.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 07/03/2026

Sipping my morning coffee, listening to Lady Gaga, messing about with one of the only good "just the white Optimus part" Ultra Magnus toys Hasbro or Takara have ever done -- and it's all down to that toy fidelity. Gets me feeling five years old again gazing at the original guy's sky blue faceplate.

The fairly recent Ultra Magnus repaint of the deluxe-class "toy Optimus Prime" standing on my laptop wielding white blaster and energy axe in blue.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 26/02/2026

Also picked up the first season of the well-regarded Sound Euphonium in a set CR released a little over a year ago (maybe they'll rerelease the rest?), the blu-ray of Mamoru Oshii's wacky vampire yuri comedy from a few years ago that I liked what I saw of, and a well-discounted Metal Heroes show.

Outer cover sleeve of Crunchyroll's semi-recent blu-ray rerelease of the first season of the anime TV series SOUND EUPHONIUM.

The cover of the Anime Limited blu-ray release of Mamoru Oshii's semi-recent yuri vampire comedy anime TV series VLAD LOVE.

Outer cover sleeve of Discotek's standard definition blu-ray release of the Metal Hero tokusatsu TV series Super Rescue Solbrain.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 26/02/2026

Here, on a happier note, got in a box from Crunchyroll's recent sale. Picked up the first season of Dan Da Dan (maybe I'll finish it now), Nobody's Boy Remi (always good to get more Dezaki-directed anime), and Romeo's Blue Skies (which I had the theme to on an old Son May CD as a teen).

Outer cover sleeve of the U.S. blu-ray release of the first season of the anime TV series DAN DA DAN.

Cover of AnimEigo's U.S. blu-ray release of the anime TV series NOBODY'S BOY REMI.

Cover of AnimEigo's U.S. blu-ray release of the anime TV series ROMEO'S BLUE SKIES.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 20/02/2026

Got my 5th Changeable from the still-running Happy Meal promotion and it was one that I really wanted because not only was the original version of it from '91 a figure I had, but unlike a lot of the totally new ones, the design just WORKS. (Although I do like the look of the drinks machine guy.)

My hand holding up a McDonald's Changeables toy of an adorable pale turquoise dinosaur sticking out of a red basic Happy Meal box. This is a remake of one of the toys from the 3rd iteration of Changeables from 1991. We wound up with two that time 'round.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 18/02/2026

One of those moments where I ask myself, what *am* I doing here? Maybe this can wait 'til morning. ... Eh, I'll grab a beer, *kinda* sort all this, and call it a night.

A scattered group of He-Man figures from the last five or six years, a mix of Origins and Masterverse figures. Visible characters are Ram Man, King Randor, Faker, He-Man, Stratos, Man-E-Faces, Bow, Wilder, Snout Spout, Sy-Klone, Man-At-Arms, Gwildor, Tesla (the Snake Goddess version from the 2nd Kevin Smith cartoon season), Mekanek, and two She-Ras and two Frostas. The GameStop bag is also full of figures.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 10/02/2026

Finally got a full set of THESE in today (I only had the 1st 3 as a teen) and now I need to source a working VCR. Yes, this takes the already trimmed-down Robotech dub of Macross and whittles it down further, but also when I was 11 the first one of thess tapes was my reintroduction to the show.

A complete box set of Family Home Entertainment's heavily edited-down version of Robotech: The Macross Saga, which crams six episodes of content onto each of the six standard play VHS tapes, running 100 minutes each.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 06/02/2026

I don't buy S.H. Figuarts enough to remember how they scale with other figure lines, but seeing how small Char looked I went looking about for someone else approximately the same scale and was amused that THIS is who I came up with. (Jodie Whitaker is three inches shorter than Char circa the 1YW.)

S.H. Figuarts action figure of Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam looking smug next to a Character Options figure of Jodie Whitaker as Doctor Who holding her Sonic Screwdriver.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 05/02/2026

Guys, the Jada Toys Mega Man line may be one of the best modern action figure lines, period. Flawless in appearance, feel good in the hand, come with every last bit you'd want with 'em. Wow. Now, when the hell is wave 4 supposed to go up for preorder? I need my Snake Man.

Jada Toys's most recent figure of Mega Man cheerfully running atop my laptop with a Met at his feet.

Jada Toys's Wood Man action figure standing on an '80s issue of Detective Comics with Alan Davis art, throwing his Leaf Shield.

Jada Toys's Bubble Man action figure standing on his figure box, firing a Bubble Lead.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 05/02/2026

New big box of figures showed up. Not a big fan of Despara, the old 2010's DC Comics He-Man series escalation of the whole "Adora used to be a Force Captain for the Horde" story from Secret of the Sword. Really, I bought this Masterverse figure of her to take all that guff off and have her do this.

The Masterverse New Etheria "Despara" figure with her armor removed, revealing Adora's usual red tunic over long-sleeved white shirt with dark tights and red boots and cuffs, and the ordinary long-haired Adora portrait, holding the Sword of Protection from the Masterverse New Etheria She-Ra aloft.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 05/02/2026

"There came a time when the old gods died ..."

Three McFarlane DC Multiverse figures of characters from Jack Kirby's New Gods: Orion in his Astro-Harness, Metron seated in his Mobius Chair, and Mister Miracle stood on his Aero-Discs.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 05/02/2026

Yo Joe. (I probably need to dust some of these folks off.)

The G.I. Joe Classified shelf in my front room. Naming them in columns from right to left: Cover Girl, Flint, Kamakura, Agent Helix, Lt. Falcon, Stalker, Quarrel, Gung Ho, Low Light, Jinx, Scarlett, Sgt. Slaughter, Gen. Hawk, Timber, G.I. Joe Trooper, Doctor, Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Torpedo, Bazooka, Shipwreck, Roadblock, Chuckles, Airborne, Cobra Commander, Crimson B.A.T., Tele-Viper (1), B.A.T. (1), Cobra Viper (1), Destro, B.A.T. (2), Cobra Trooper (1), Tele-Viper (2), Cobra Officer, the Baroness, Arctic B.A.T., Cobra Viper (2), Cobra Trooper (2), Tele-Viper (3), Cobra Viper (3), Zarana, Zartan, and Major Bludd. A second G.I. Joe Trooper is visible on the shelf next to this one.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 22/01/2026

#FourComics that made you fall in love with the medium.

Cover of "Batman: Hunt the Dark Knight," the third installment of what we now call "The Dark Knight Returns." Art by Frank Miller & Lynn Varley. I remember sitting in my dad's lap reading this with him, which is funny since this installment opens with Bruce disguised as a grimy bag lady fighting a topless Nazi chick with her breasts only covered by swastikas.

Cover of the second printing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue #4, a famous painting by Michael Dooney which was also the cover of the first TMNT game for the NES. Specifically read this in the second of the old First Publishing full color trade paperbacks, which my mom checked out of the library for me -- I still have all four of those editions on one of my comics bookshelves. I'd been reading the Archie TMNT Adventures comics at that point, but the energy of the original Eastman & Laird comics hit me like a freight train.

Cover of Marvel's Transformers issue #61 by Don Perlin. The interiors of this issue were penciled & inked by the mighty Geoff Senior, his first work for the U.S. Transformers comic. Not my observation but one I strongly agree with: whereas the previous few years of the Marvel Transformers comic's pages were filled with pictures, THIS comic was filled with ART. As far as I'm concerned, Senior is still the best to ever do it.

Cover of Marvel's Exiles issue #4, art by Mike McKone. I can't remember if this was the first one I picked up off the spinner rack or if it was just the earliest issue I was able to find remaining on a spinner rack *later*, but Winick & McKone's Exiles was THE comic that brought me back into the fold in college after the Onslaught crossover drove me away from American comics early in high school. And despite reading mostly just X-Men through the early-to-mid '90s, no, I didn't quite catch the homage when I picked this up off the stands in the early '00s, even though that's literally what the issue is (the Exiles have to drop into a very slightly different version of the climax of the Dark Phoenix story and make sure Jean Grey dies that day). Anyway, if Exiles hadn't re-hooked me, there wouldn't be about a dozen or so knee-high stacks of comic books I have yet to read or re-read behind me right now.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 20/01/2026

Hoo boy, that Manga Entertainment "Chinese restaurant font" logo. As for the original U.S. Renditions logo, until the day I die I'll be associating that font with mid-'90s Robotech comics where they used it over the original Robotech font for reasons unknown.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 19/01/2026

The 1106 Drive-In, gone fifteen years now, home of one of the best greasy "huh, it's soaking thru the bag ..." cheeseburgers I've ever had. (Apparently multiple local establishments have, in years since, claimed to grill up a worthy successor -- it's like Reign of the Supermen, but for burgers.)

A fuzzy Facebook photo swiped from a Google search of the 1106 Drive-In in Pittsburg, KS -- gone but not forgotten. (A strip mall with a Jimmy Johns in it sits there now.)

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 08/01/2026

Introduce yourself with four mechs.

Macross's VF-1S Skull Leader in Battroid mode.

Southern Cross's Spartas in its robotic mode.

Rodimus Prime from Season 3 of Transformers.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 07/01/2026

Also looks good in light blue as Hot Spot, even if that makes for a non-combining Protectobot leader.

Generations Hot Spot, a boxy powder blue robot with a black head with silver faceplate and dark pink emergency lights flanking his head, standing on the Spider-Man mouse pad on my work table.

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J.L. Switzer @captainjls.com · 03/01/2026

Wild timing that Trump did this illegal and evil crap reminding everyone who America has been and making a statement about who we'll be going forward literally the night after CBS posted THIS garbage up to promote their new State media version of their signature evening newscast that starts Monday.

The CBS Evening News account over on the Nazi pedo social media site X posting their phony principles for dim propogandist Bari Weiss and Zionist asshole Tony Dokoupil's version of the broadcast starting on Monday: "4. We love America. And we make no apologies for saying so. Our foundational values of liberty, equality and the rule of law make us the last best hope on Earth. We also believe in Franklin's famous line about America as a republic -- if we can keep it. We aim to do our part every night: One way to think about our show is as a daily conversation about exactly where we are as a country and where we are going."

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