Month: November 2013

  • Tommy Troy’s All Grown Up

    Tommy Troy starts out as a Captain Marvel riff, a kid gifted by a mentor with strange powers. Eventually, they jump to him being an adult. A lawyer, no less. Complete with secretary. What? Surely you don’t expect him to pack for himself? And no, the “master” is not meant sarcastically.

  • Try Not To Think About This

    Tommy Troy is The Fly. Gifted a magic amulet by an inter-dimensional fly-man (yes, really), he was originally a child who could turn into an adult, then later an adult who became super-powered. His abilities? Vague insect powers. What kind of powers?   That’s not how honey is made. For those who know how honey…

  • Metal Men: Generations

    My daughter is doing a science project on “Scientific Inaccuracies In The Silver Age Metal Men Series” (gee, wonder who she takes after). I was explaining the dynamic to her, as she only knows them from Batman: The Brave & The Bold. “So they’re these intelligent, human-like robots that all feel emotion. Except they all…