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Writer: Bill Mantlo

Pencils: Sal Buscema

Inks: Sal Buscema

Rom crashes Brandy’s wedding.

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Writer: Alan Grant

Pencils: Norm Breyfogle

Inks: Steve Mitchell

Batman #457.

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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

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Writers: Dennis O’Neil and Jim Berry

Pencils: Jim Starlin and Charles Weiss

Inks: Al Milgrom

Richard and Ben must save O-Sensei's goddaughter from a kidnapping plot.

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Writer: Dennis O’Neil

Pencils: Denys Cowan

Inks: Rick Magyar

The Question wakes up in a strange man’s bed.

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Your Muse: Bix Caleen
Muse wanted: Cassian Andor
Community: PSL or

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Fandom: Andor
Canon or AU: Either
Medium: Live Action
Contact via: PM, please

Let's do some pre-canon, canon, or post-canon/au stuff. I watched Andor (and loved it) and have a mighty big need.

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Writer: Chris Claremont

Pencils: Bob McLeod

Inks: Bob McLeod and Tom Palmer

The New Mutants meet Lila Cheney, the galaxy's biggest rock star.

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Writer: Jack Kirby

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Mike Royer

Orion mooches off yet another poor human.

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Writer: Jack Kirby

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Mike Royer

When Scott met Barda.

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Writer: Gerry Conway

Pencils: Luke McDonnell

Inks: Bill Wray

The Justice League move back in to their old headquarters in Happy Harbour. Thankfully, Snapper Carr is nowhere to be seen.

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I've talked a few times in the past how even though DC won't officially acknowledge it various creators have interpreted the Joker as being LGBT and how he's since become a pride symbol in some circles. More recently trans filmmaker Vera Drew came out with a parody called 'The People's Joker' which reimagines the Joker as a trans woman. It's not just a parody of the Todd Phillips film; there's a lot of comic pastiches throughout the film including an animated segment done in the style of 'The Dark Knight Returns'.

I'm not going to give it an in-depth review but it was a lot better than I thought it would be... while I respected the idea the trailers made it look like a YouTube fan video/adult swim bit that wouldn't work for an entire feature film. In reality there's a lot going on with the film; a lot of it is an autobiography of Vera Drew's experiences coming out as trans through the lens of the Joker (I.E. her mother's attempt at conversion therapy is depicted as being a trip to Arkham Asylum).

One thing that came to mind was how much a story worked with the Joker and how it might not have with, say, Spider-Man or Batman. I guess in addition to the queer readings to the character he's just become such a universal archetype that he lends himself to so many different interpretations.

If you're interested the film is available to stream on Mubi.

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