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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

POV: You're Cass's dad and every time you see her she tries to make you read books by girls, gays, and also Ram V

cass is shoving a copy of Nimona, Ressurection Man by Ram V, and Absolute WW vol 1 in your face

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I’m not gonna lie I really like the DC Looney Tunes Crossovers

Daffy Duck after his wife leaves him: I’m a cuckold! A duckold!

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This image is extremely funny to me considering how Wonder Woman kicks all of their asses in Rucka’s run when she goes blind.

From Wonder Woman Come Back to Me 6 - The Justice League kicking Diana out for having lost her powers. She defiantly says “I can still be use”

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

On Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories combat

In Castle Oblivion, a masked Organization 13 member speaks to Sora:
Sora it's not that fucking hard, you don't have to tap lands to play cards here

Sora: Hey chill out man. Don't act like "cards as combat" makes any sense to begin with.

Org member: Respecfully, why are you making it hard. Big numbers beats little numbers. Simple.

Sora, now angry: Respectfully, why the fuck do I have to play a card to swing my sword.

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

saw the laufey night at the symphony yesterday and she gave me big feelings so now I'm sharing a short by one of my fav animators, TAEETIMEE that uses one of laufey's songs which also gives me big feelings

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

ope rewatched danny patrol for the first time since it aired and cried when Maura Lee tried to go back in the closet to protect danny also Diane Guerrero not earning an emmy for doom patrol is such bullshit

Screenshot of Larry from Doom Patrol putting on a performance of People Like Us. Maura Lee Karupt and other drag performers join him on stage

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I love watching Cass and Barda kick ass

Birds of Prey 16, By Thompson, Basri, Cifuentes, and Lucas

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Lastly, my GOAT, Circe, foe to Wonder Woman. She typically is a playfully arrogant and chaotic spellcaster – but she can back up all the shit she talks. Nobody schemes like her.

Circe's classic look from the 80s - long purple hair with a revealing green dress adorned with gold jewelry

Circe's modern look, sporting a suit jacket over an open collar shirt with short red hair

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

There’s also Princess Ilana Rostovic – a completely new character so anything goes characterization wise

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The Weasel is a wildcard honestly and I’d rather know less about him going in. He has nothing to do with the CC, nor does Dr. Phosphorous. Dr. P has a decently interesting history in the DC universe, but he’s mostly a Batman villain who wields nuclear power

Comic Version of Dr. Phoshporous fighting Batman in Detective Comics 470

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The GI robot was a series of bots created by the US government so it makes sense to be under Waller. He's got wayyy more personality in the show and I kinda love it.

G.I. Robot Sacrificing itself for the Creature Commandos

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Nina is seems pretty similar, but she isn't the "genius" behind the other members like she is in the comics. The Bride seems similar personality wise, but her backstory seems quite different.

The Bride walking away from Frankenstein

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The decision to use Rick Flagg senior is an interesting one. Having a human handler was the move for the classic team, but not for the N52 version - but this is clearly supposed to be a connection to The Suicide Squad Movie. His comic counterpart was in the original Suicide Squad.

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Frankenstein has proved to be somewhat popular, he pops up in Batman, Superman & Sideways, he creates the Gotham City Monsters, and works with Justice League Dark.

Frankenstein facing off against Superman

Gotham City Monsters Cover by Orlando, Nahuelpan, and Mulvihill

Justice League Dark 22 featuring Frankenstein

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I’m wondering if the team will somehow fight an evil “classic version of the team” like in Gotham City Monsters since Griffith, Velcoro, and Ahten are missing.

The Gotham City Monsters and Batgirl vs. the more classic Creature Commandos

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This run seems to be the loose inspiration for Gunn’s CC due to the inclusion of Nina and Bride of Frankenstein. But Franky is the main character of this book - more serious, has a thing with Nina, and has a less disgusting relationship with The Bride.

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It introduces to the team a black lagoon like scientist (Nina Mazursky) who created the rest of the team based off of Frankenstein’s Experiment. SHADE works for Father Time (someone who is reborn in a new body every new years). They fight supernatural threats.

A Panel from the New 52 series showing off and describing the new team, described as Division M of SHADE

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In 2011 the New 52 Reboot happened. The Creature Commandos are now a modern team under S.H.A.D.E. In this version Morrison’s Frankenstein and Wife are agents of S.H.A.D.E. but Franky is saddled with a new version of the Creature Commando team

Issue 2 of Frankenstein Agent of Shade, the New 52 Series, showing the new team

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This version works for an agency called Super Human Advanced Defense Executive (S.H.A.D.E.) as does his wife, (also she has four arms!) The main book is excellent but I think Franky ends up being its largest impact, appearing in Infinite and Final Crisis.

Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein Issue Four, with Frankenstein and the Bride on the cover

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Back to 2007 - Grant Morrison wrote an event/book called Seven Soldiers in which Frankenstein, the ACTUAL Frankenstein is introduced as a hellboy like figure. A gruff badass who quotes poetry – unrelated from the previous mute Frankenstein.

Morrison's Frankenstein series issue 1 as a part of their Seven Soldiers Series

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In the more canon version of what happened, their rocket was captured by Superman villain Braniac – later saved in 2009 by Kandorians going through Braniacs ship and joining the human defense squad in the modern day

Superman recieving an explanation of the origins of the Creature Commandos, and explaining how they came to be capture by Braniac

The Creature Commandos at Sam Lane's command

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This version is pretty short, the team landed and then had one adventure on a desert planet, and after this they were retconned and this story treated like it never existed.

A Random panel showing how weird the 2000 series got

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In 2000 the team was back with an 8 issue series (non canon). It brought Frankenstein, Velcro (now Velcoro), and Griffith into the modern day, replacing Shrieve with Lucius Hunter, J.A.K.E. with J.A.K.E. 2, adding Bog-Man, Aten (Mummy), and Gunner Mackey as a cyborg.

The 2000 Creature Commandos series cover

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Their end: For the crime of acting too human (lol???) the US army was going to kill them and instead launched them in an ICBM at Hitler, but the rocket went out of control and they got stuck in space for decades

A comic page from Weird Wars 121, depicting what is described in the post

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Later in the comic they come across Dr. Myrna Rhodes (a gorgon) and J.A.K.E. (GI Robot) who joins them. The comic revels in its pulpy and lite-horror tone. It kind of straddles the line whether or not it’s campy.

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The OG roster was a group of genetically modified soldiers and CO Lt. Shrieve, a relentless bully. The team was made by Project M. It includes Warren Griffith (werewolf), Sgt. Vincent Velcro (vampire), Pvt. Elliot "Lucky" Taylor (a Frankenstein-like monster).

The commandos fighting Nazis while the Vampire Velcro describes their abilities and history

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The first creature commandos were created in 1980 by JM DeMatteis, basically Universal Monsters vs. Nazis in WW2. It was a wartime pulp comic. In every issue the CC would fight regular or magic axis threats, be mocked by their officer, but try to be good people anyway

The First Appearance of theCreature Commandos in Weird War Tales 93

The Commandos being accepted by a community despite their looks and Shrieve's remarks

Nazi indoctrinated children being commanded by Hitler to kill the commandos

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A Thread on Creature Commandos based off of the comics I’ve read (nearly all of CC as a named group), who is this team? How have they changed over the years? Who's the cast in the show?

Image announcing the TV show The Creature Commandos. - left to right Rick Flag Sr., Nina Mazursky (Creature from the Black Lagoon), Dr. Phosphorus, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Jake (GI Robot), and Weasel

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

as someone who really likes morisson’s frankenstein i actually think this is incredibly funny and will enjoy hating this man

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

BREAKING: Girl who read every comic about the creature commandos in preparation for the james gunn adaptation is shocked when it has nothing to do with the comics

The Poster for Creature Commandos (2024)

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

One moment did stick out to me. About losing people. Ow. Yeah. This world has been scary lately. I feel like I have to learn to be ready for this, and I've lost people before. but it seems like it's about to be on a new level.

Jim Hammond and Steve Rogers are at a bar. Jim refering to how shaken everyone in The Ultimates was after they lost Tony says "They're not used to losing people. They aren't ready for it"
Steve says "Then we'll have to get them ready"
Jim says "I wish we didn't"
Steves expression is resolute as if ready to give a motivational speech but he simply says "me too."

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Ultimates 7 #NCBD My one Marvel book lol. I don’t really have much to say other than this series continues to be really great and it's nice to sort of slow down after last issue. I'm only vaguely aware of Jim Hammond so I liked getting a moment with him, or this version at least

The cover for Ultimates 7 by Camp, Figeri, and Blee

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Absolute Superman 2 #NCBD Themes of AI here are depressingly funny. I think even tho the first issue had a really strong set up for many ideas, this issue is where the rubber meets the pavement. Aaron builds the ideas as we learn more about this Kal and Lois. The panel composition is *chefs kiss*

The Cover for Absolute Superman 2 by Aaron, Sandoval, Arreola

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Poison Ivy 28 #NCBD Wilson continues to set up future plot threads for the year. It might be jarring that Ivy doesn’t want to take advantage of a pop-up army but I think the fact that she doesn’t want to be used and she wants to be able to live her own life for a bit makes sense. /1

The cover for Poison Ivy 28 by Wilson Takara and Prianto

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This is from the preview and its just the first page if you’re worried about spoilers, but what an AMAZING first page. It's cool but it also really fits the character and it's paralled later very effectively. This run is going to be fantastic I feel it now.

Cass reading her opponents movements before a fight starts
"My name is Cassandra Cain and I am no oracle. I do not tell the future. I know the past. I see the now. Faces. Movements. Patterns. Nerves. Intentions. Mistakes. My sight is my prophecy, and my fists are my medium. I simply read the cards laid out before me.

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Batgirl 2 #NCBD Cassandra Cain my beloved. Oh my god this was amazing. I think all the little things I couldn’t quite vibe with in #1 clicked this issue, I am ALL IN. The art, the writing, hell even the structure. And the moment at the end is heartbreaking.

The Cover of Batgirl 2 by Brombal, Miyazawa, and Spicer

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

One thing I want to really call out is how cool the lettering is for this book. @claytoncowles.bsky.social did an amazing job this issue, (but he always does tbh). y'all should go buy this issue for real

Barda looks in shock at something and says monster, before letting out a cry that is no contained by a speech bubble and the texted contains multiple layers for to show off how intense the speech is.
Art by Sami Basri, Vicente Cifuentes, and Adriano Lucas
Letters by Clayton Cowles

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Birds of Prey 16 #NCBD BOP remains a really fun title – it’s been kinda refreshing seeing Cass undercover, I really like how Thompson’s been writing her. The mystery is revealed and while it’s basically in line with what I expected, Thompson does a great job balancing characterization and action.

The Cover of Birds of Prey 16 by Thompson, Basri, Cifuentes, and Lucas

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

JSA 2 #NCBD There’s a lot happening in this book with very little explanation. Ironically I think this is also what gave me trouble with John’s JSA run. I like the JSA but it always feels like I’m missing years of context for everything no matter what

The Cover of JSA 2 by Lemire Olortegui and Guerrero

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

can we talk about how aside from being one of the all time greats who made batman, green arrow, and the question who he is, denny o’neil is also just a very funny man

Have you grown to hate the word "relevance?"
Yeah, it's not my favorite word anymore.
Seven years ago you said, "Beginning writers in comic books should not try to be creative, they should be commercial."
Yeah, I probably said that.

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I think Disney should make a musical adaptation of Maleficent and then adapt that to film so we have a film version of a musical of a film retelling the story of a movie in a way that’s a inspired by a musical (Wicked) that is based on a book that is fan fiction to a movie based on a book

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

when it comes to Wonder Woman 2017 I like thinking about Carol Strickland having to hold herself back from screaming at the movie when the twist is revealed

From Carol A Strickland's review of Wonder Woman 2017:
Action sequences, action sequences, falling in love scene, (tastefully) falling into bed scene, action sequences… and that nice bit between Steve and Dr. Poison at the ball, very nuanced. All excellent stuff. Red herring… By this time, it was a little obvious that Prof. Lupin was Ares. Sword utilized and then destroyed. Big reveal:

Diana is a god.

NO!!!! I almost stood up and screamed some four-letter words at the screen.

DIANA IS NOT A GOD!!! That goes against every shred of how her character has been constructed. DIANA DOES NOT HAVE A FATHER!!!

DAMNED PATRIARCHY GOT TO WONDER WOMAN!!!!

No, no, an infinity of times NO!!!!!

I pretty much withdrew into myself at this point. The movie paled despite its attempts to amaze me with SFX. I mean, the movie HAD ME GOING and then they pulled the rug out from under me AND hit me on the head with a heavy skillet. No respect for me as a viewer or fan. No respect for Wonder Woman.

Damned, damned patriarchy.

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

FOR REAL. And Wonder Woman 2017's use of Etta is so dissapointing. I'm glad she appeared, but she needed far more attention and to be legitimized, but instead we got the knock-off howling commandos and her as a joke. That movie really just needed to be way closer to Legend of Wonder Woman tbh.

Frog Legend of Wonder Woman, Illustrated by Ray Dillon - Etta Candy and the Holliday Girls

The cover of The Legend of Wonder Woman by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Wonder Woman Earth One is a... well it's an interesting book. Many Controversial Elements. One element that really worked for me was Etta and the Holliday Girls. Etta is Bold. Proud. Funny. Takes no one's shit. And the Girls, they show Diana's impact and embody the change she brings to the world.

Wonder Woman Earth One - Etta Candy, as illustrated by Yanick Paquette

Wonder Woman Earth One - The Holliday Girls, as illustrated by Yanick Paquette

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Cass likes Comics @casscomics.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

i learned a bunch on accident when i read the first few chapters of this

The Cover of Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

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