Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

Being a look back at cards from the Star Trek CCG, and what I thought of them back when they were fresh and new... in EPISODE order. They didn't take Bok from The Battle (boo!), but we did get a ...

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From "Empires of Exiles" by Joseph Greene and Martin Nodell, Green Lantern #6 (December 1942) Get in line! Alan Scott isn't particularly excited to punch this monocled villain. Low-hanging fru...

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"Why do I get all the dirty jobs?" "Typecasting?" IN THIS ONE... Dayna visits an old tutor who has created a race of humanoids. REVIEW: At the center of Animals is a romance subplot it's hard...

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On this episode of Let's Roll!, Siskoid welcomes fellow GameMaster Ian Fletcher back to the show to cover Iron Crown Enterprise's Middle-Earth Role Playing (or MERP), the first and longest-servi...

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A.J. and Siskoid continue their exploration of Big Finish's Doctor Who audios that feature other Time Lords with Farewell, Great Macedon, one of the Lost Stories, featuring the first Doctor and ...

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CAPTAIN'S LOG: The kids meet Wesley Crusher. WHY WE LIKE IT: Wil Wheaton gets to redeem himself after Picard. WHY WE DON'T: The MCU PTSD. REVIEW: So the mysterious figure who gave Murph the ...

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"ACCOMPLISHMENTS" In theaters: Promising a tell-all on just what happens after the Pope dies and a new one has to be chosen, Conclave soon starts to feel - from the way it's shot and the well...

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WHO'S THIS? Space lizards. THE FACTS: The Gordanians are a Marv Wolfman/George Perez creation and first appear in New Teen Titans #1 (November 1980), as part of Vega's many species, and ther...

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Being a look back at cards from the Star Trek CCG, and what I thought of them back when they were fresh and new... in EPISODE order. Six cards from The Battle, starting with this one... EXPANS...

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From Spider Widow and the Raven: "There Ain't Gonna Be No Santa Claus" by Frank Borth, Feature Comics #65 (February 1943) No, really, tell me, have you malls and grocery stores already put out...

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"By the time the oxygen runs out, we'll be bored as well as dead." IN THIS ONE... The crew wants a new stardrive design for Scorpio. REVIEW: Good beginning. The Seven need fuel for Scorpio an...

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Siskoid Cinema Battles is your one-stop shop for movie-related bracket fights! In this seasonal episode, Siskoid sits down with two horror experts - Lonely Hearts' Marty Léger and making his FW...

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CAPTAIN'S LOG: Zero gets a humanoid body. WHY WE LIKE IT: It's about friendship! WHY WE DON'T: Did we just lose one of the show's best designs? REVIEW: With Zero's suit in disrepair, they ca...

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"ACCOMPLISHMENTS" In theaters: No fuss, no muss, no bells and whistles on the way We Live in Time transitions between three basic eras in a couple's life - haircuts and other context clues ar...

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WHO'S THIS? A man with precious skin. THE FACTS: First appearing in Green Lantern #38 (July, 1965) by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane, Keith Kenyon is a scientist collecting gold to create weapons an...

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Being a look back at cards from the Star Trek CCG, and what I thought of them back when they were fresh and new... in EPISODE order. And Justice's last card... EXPANSION: Alternate Universe P...

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From "Your Face Is Your Fortune" by Jack Schiff, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson and George Roussos, Batman #15 (March 1943) Mort Weisinger gets drafted and gives the title over to Jack Schiff to edi...

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"If I'm wrong, you can tell me 'I told you so', provided you can speak loudly and quickly." IN THIS ONE... Tarrant and Dayna investigate a new Federation weapon that saps the will. REVIEW: Ro...

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Siskoid and Bass' coverage of DC Comics Presents continues with issue #8 (April 1979) by Steve Englehart and Murphy Anderson, starring Superman and the Swamp Thing! It's "The Sixty Deaths of Sol...

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CAPTAIN'S LOG: The kids are roped into participating in race. WHY WE LIKE IT: It looks beautiful. WHY WE DON'T: Toilet humor. REVIEW: I'm afraid this one is trying to do and be too many thin...

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"Accomplishments" In theaters: Live, from New York! It's Saturday Night! The tell-some does two things to alleviate the humdrum "this happened and then this happened" of stock biopics. One is...

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WHO'S THIS? A figure skater. THE FACTS: Captain Cold's sister, Lisa Snart, becomes a supervillain in her own right in Flash #250 (June 1977) after her lover, the Top, is killed fighting the Sc...

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Being a look back at cards from the Star Trek CCG, and what I thought of them back when they were fresh and new... in EPISODE order. Moving on to Justice's dilemmas... EXPANSION: Alternate Uni...

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From Plastic Man: "The Revenge of Chief Great Warrior" by Jack Cole, Police Comics #16 (February 1943) Jack Cole has some interesting splash pages for Plastic Man that hardly any other strip i...

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"What do you want?" "A second chance?" IN THIS ONE... The Seven try to escape Xenon Base, but there's a war of the sexes in the way. REVIEW: Uh-oh, the show is going to go through another rou...

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