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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Lots of reporters among both the heroes and their significant others. Terrible pay, brutal hours, tenuous job security but crucial to a functional society when done right

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Mostly the existing album, except Flash looks distorted behind the glass. In the foreground, Mirror Master says “Now you’ve got more than sad puppies to sing about”

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Blue Beetle (Ted reaching for his BB gun)

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Birdees (Oracle, Black Canary, Huntress)

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Tomax and Xamot from GI Joe are the Ssssmashing Pumpkins

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Zatanna: Tuesday Night Magic Club

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“I believe that you are the devil himself!” he cried. Holmes smiled at the compliment. 😈 (from The Adventure of the Devil's Foot)

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Interesting. Gives me strong vibes of Shade, the Changing Man. But this cover came first. Looks like Steve was working through an idea

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Do you mean the 1897 novel by Bran Stoker? Or a print adaptation of the 1992 movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula?

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Somebody watched Frankenstein Unbound

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pretty sure a live-action Lobo previously appeared on the TV series Krypton

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

From Hulk to Superboy, what was the weird “pocket universe” obsession that ran through comics from the mid-80s to mid-90s?

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Except Tom Cruise was 11 when it came out. Probably too young to be a lawyer

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Just read Save Our Souls by Matthew Pearl, which recounts the Wandering Minstrel shipwreck and the struggle of its crew to survive. Mostly adults, but otherwise echoed Lord of the Flies in many respects

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Did a double take because I initially thought you were James Gunn

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Makes me wish that the same named singer appeared in those movies. Then both Michael McDonalds could be killed by both Michael Myers. Make it happen!

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Should’ve snuck the JLA’s Fire into the pic just to see if anyone would notice

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Have you read this new Emily Brontë biography? Great sense of place. Lutz does an admirable job of illustrating the time period with her research. And of course, a biography of any one of the Brontë sisters is bound to be a biography of them all to a certain extent.

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Uncle Tom’s Cabin…written in Maine while Harriet’s husband was employed at Bowdoin College

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Ah. Even so, does that mean the first wave of action figures or are you willing to accept later designs (see Cobra Commander images)? What about the original 12” dolls from the 1960s? Is there a place for them? Or only the 3 3/4” action figures from the 1980s?

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

For a second, I thought that was Kevin Costner in For Love of the Game. But then I remembered, no, Costner was a pitcher

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Is it a direct adaptation of the Errol Flynn movie or did the artist just use the movie for inspiration?

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

An Alfred movie based on the Golden Age backup stories that portrayed him as a bumbling wannabe detective. I’d watch it!

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Not to be forgotten, there’s also the fully dramatized audio series “Moriarty: The Devil’s Game” starring Dominic Monaghan. Other than all of those examples, a Moriarty-centric story is definitely a “new spin.”

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Wow. All this time, I thought Fatman was a bizarre outlier. Turns out, his power was part of the Silver Age zeitgeist

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Compare it to the last issue of Starman where Jack retires to raise his son. Not saying Scott should have retired. But editorial could have given him a better option.

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

To Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Michael Culver and all the actors who made the leap from Baker Street to a galaxy far, far away… May the Fourth be with you!

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Who can lay claim to the catch phrase “The game’s afoot?” If your answer is Sherlock Holmes, you’re right! And if your answer is Shakespeare, you’re also right! Today being Shakespeare’s birthday, it’s as good a time as any to celebrate the rhetorical bond between the two literary icons.

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The movie “Young Sherlock Holmes” contends that its hero developed the world’s first viable flying machine. Of course, that distinction actually belongs to brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright. Wilbur was born on this day in 1867.

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

DC also has a Grim Ghost. Although I understand his name started out as Gay Ghost until the societal connotations around his descriptor changed

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Today’s special: Eggs Benedict. Happy Easter!

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Still waiting for my last snow pile to melt here in Maine before I need to think about mowing

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Similarly, I'd love to visit any place connected to Doyle in the northeastern US where I live. The Adirondack cabin where he stayed in 1894 is gone, but I took a pic of the view. The current caretaker extinguished my hopes that a guest book with his signature might still exist

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I know Woman of Tomorrow is the anointed title that inspired the forthcoming movie. But if it were up to me, I would have gone with Being Super. I thought it was terrific but I rarely hear any mention of it

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

There are cool rides…and then there are COOL rides

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Happy 95th birthday to William Shatner, best known for playing Stapleton in the 1972 adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. #StarTrek #CaptainKirk

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Captain Basil @rathbone2pick.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

We’re getting the extra arms, aren’t we? THAT never happened to Tobey Maguire

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