Bloodlines: Best Event Ever pt. 2! - Justice League International Annual #4 (1993)

Back for more?  Me too!  Continuing the 'acknowledgement' of DC's 1993 Annuals x-over BLOODLINES, in this episode I'll be taking a look at Justice League International Annual #4!

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Check out some images from the issue below, previous I'm the Guns on iTunes, and more coverage of Bloodlines: Best Event Ever at these fine sites:

Between the Pages:
http://betweenthepagesblog.typepad.com/

Coffee & Comics Blog:
http://coffeecomicsreading.blogspot.com

DC Bloodlines Podcast:
http://dcbloodlines.blogspot.com/

Relatively Geeky Network:
http://relativelygeekypodcast.blogspot.com/

Resurrections - An Adam Warlock/Thanos Podcast:
http://resurrectionsadamwarlock.tumblr.com

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Lionheart about to get 'Whack-A-Moled'

2 page gag, 1-upping the scare factor

Good sequence showing what Lionheart can do

Put in the customary Bloodlines attack position

Hooked by the House Ad: Elongated Man: Europe '92 (Jan.-Apr. 1992)

I'm the Gun is back with a new Hooked by the House Ad!  In this episode, I'll be taking a look at Elongated Man: Europe '92 a really fun series by the team of Gerard Jones, Mike Parobeck & Ty Templeton!

Spinning out of the JLI titles at the tail end of the Giffen/DeMatteis run, this series provides a kind of bridge between Justice League eras, and I consider it a real early 90s DC gem!

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If you read this series, liked this series or hated it, please let me know!  Comments are welcome below, or email me at imthegun@gmail.com.  Previous episodes are available here or on iTunes.

Thanks for listening - Arrivederci!

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Shanna Showcase 14: Marvel Comics Presents #s 74-77 (Apr.-May 1991)

This episode of I'm the Gun finishes up my recap coverage of Shanna's longest adventure to date, the 10 part serial 'The Bush of Ghosts' which ran through the anthology title Marvel Comics Presents.

This time out, I'll be covering chapters 7-10, which finds Shanna in final confrontation with would-be master of African magic, Sir Guy Cross-Wallace.  This is a great Shanna story, one of her best, and it's criminal that it hasn't been collected (though that might have disqualified it for I'm the Gun treatment)!

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Africa crumbles & bleeds

The wedding get-up is a little ridiculous

The most graceful dive I've ever seen depicted in comics

Complementary juju rituals

This odd coloring choice doesn't reproduce very well

Shanna's panther power kicks in

Shanna Showcase 13: Marvel Comics Presents #s 70-73 (Feb.-Mar. 1991)

Some pretty horrific imagery in this episode of Shanna Showcase, courtesy of Gerard Jones & Paul Gulacy.  Ants crawling all over faces and barbecued reporter were plot points in chapters 3-6 of a 10-part Shanna The She-Devil serial running through Marvel Comics Presents 25 years ago.

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Shanna's organic alarm system

Shanna holds her own, Akulia chokes a chicken & Vincent Price makes a call

What turns her on?

My skin crawls just looking at this image

What could possibly go with barbecued reporter? Animal blood, of course

Shanna Showcase 12: Ka-Zar: Guns of the Savage Land (1990) & Marvel Comics Presents #s 68-69 (1991)

In this episode of Shanna Showcase, I'll be having a very brief look at the She-Devil's appearance in the graphic novel, Ka-Zar: Guns of the Savage Land. Then, I'll be recapping the 1st two chapters of a Shanna solo serial running through the anthology title, Marvel Comics Presents! This is a really great Shanna story that deserves another look, and I'm happy to oblige!

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Please feel free to leave feedback in a comment below (and check out some images from the discussed issues there, as well!) or email me at imthegun@gmail.com.

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A difficult scene to read - Shanna eventually gets through to the big lunk

He's bull-something

You can almost hear the John Williams score

Pair of rhinos gorgeously illustrated by Gulacy & Martin

Another zoo killing - another call to adventure

Sir Guy's juju

Shanna stalks her prey - uncharacteristically, with a gun

Happy 75th, Green Lantern: Green Lantern (1990) #19 (Dec. 1991)

In lieu of a Shanna synopsisication this week, I wanted to sneak in a small tribute Green Lantern as part of the celebration of GL Alan Scott's 75th Anniversary!

I've chosen to celebrate GL's 75th by looking back at his 50th in Green Lantern #19 (Dec. 1991) - a story starring not one but 4 of Earth's Emerald Gladiators!

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Please search for the hatch tag #GL75th on your social media platform of choice to check out other great content celebrating this milestone!

A trio of visitations

Barney from Hell! Yalan Gur, ancient Green Lantern of Sector 2814

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