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From: afo@pucc-k (sefton)
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Subject: This weeks goodies (spoilers) and kiddie companions..
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Date: Sat, 4-Aug-84 14:09:33 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  4 14:09:33 1984
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Opening the bag....

LSH:  Well, Karate Kid bites the big one. Lightning Lass returns, and we get
      some really nice fight scenes (I can't wait to see if they clean up
      some of the blood for the comics code people. I still have the copy of
      the Superboy/LSH where they think that Karate Kid is the traitor, and
      it turns out Nemesis Kid is the one.  Never did like Nemesis Kid.
      A nice scene where Duo Damsel/Triplicate Girl gets weirded out by 
      Computo.	The strange thing is, is that she seems to get more and more
      upset about him as time goes by.	The scene where she 'comes back' after
      being nailed by Computo (a loooooong time ago) she really didn't seem
      too miffed...ah character development.
      
TLSH: OOPS! That wasn't Lyle Norg after all, just another one of those 
      inter-dimensional demons that just seem to keep popping up.  Nice
      short story for the other feature, though.  When is the ETA on when
      I don't have to keep buying two of the mags, anyway?
      
TNTT: Oh my, won't the comics code have a good time with this one.  Maybe
      as long as it's at least one alien in the bed (and you have to agree,
      that with Raven in her current mode, she would definitely be classified
      as 'alien'), you don't have to worry. Interesting artwork, and it doesn't      look like the story will be dragged out.
      
All
S S:  Wasn't this depressing...'Real American' looks like a fun guy.  I hope
      That he doesn't turn out to be a Nazi 'dupe' though.  That would be the
      easy way out.  The idea of 'Well, first we'll take care of the Nazis,
      and then we'll take care of you ' did have its supporters. That is
      what is really depressing.  Look into the letters for an explanation
      for 'Green Lantern' as a name.....
      
DNA:  Yep, Rainbow's powers are going straight to you-know-where, and we find
      *why* you should never dump your experiments down the sink...
      Really, though, I hope that the Rainbow problem gets resolved pretty
      quickly, it's bad enough with Sham moping about.
      
DW:   This magazine is *not* getting any better.  I think (for me,anyway)
      that the main problem with this magazine is that it is definitely
      aimed at a younger age group. Now, given the facts that 1. Dr Who
      fans in this country as a whole tend to be in their twenties to thirties
      2. The magazine costs $1.50 and 3. You have to buy it in a direct sales
      store (or from what I have seen you have to buy it there), I would 
      think that the demographics point away from kiddie stories.  Then 
      again, Marvel is making large amounts of cash on this, so it probably
      doesn't bother them.  There is also a rehashed set of drawings on
      the back which are just nasty.  Jon Pertwee doesn't even remotely
      resemble that drawing!!
      
The Dr Who book also brings out another pet peeve I have about mainstream
comics.  The #$%$&)(0"#$ kiddie companion.  I don't mean one like Cap'n
Quick (thats a good integration of a child into a comic story), but ditsy
little cretins whose only function is to get themselves into trouble.
I mean, if you had some wonderous super-power, would you want some sniveling
little creature around you? Getting into your way? Creating trouble wherever
he/she goes?  Yechh...	

I didn't like the kiddie side-kicks when I was a child, either.  I thought
they were 'stupid'.  I still think they are 'stupid'.

What do you think?

Laurie
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