Month: July 2002

New rumor floating around is that the BBC is considering reviving “Doctor Who” with Anthony Stewart Head as the traveling Time Lord.

My understanding is that this rumor, while enthusiastic and certainly food for thought, is also not true. So why am I repeating it here? Well, I figure that maybe it’s like “Beetlejuice.” If you same it enough times, maybe it’ll just spontaneously happen. Now personally, I liked Paul McGann in the role, but I think Tony Head would be even better in it. McGann captured the man of action aspect, but not the scholarly manner of the Doctor, and I think Head could encompass both.

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So the word is out on what’s coming up for SUPERGIRL. If you head over to Comicon.com, you’ll read all about the return of–maybe–Kara Zor-El in the 75th issue of SUPERGIRL.

Bottom line is, I believe that there are still potential readers for the series out there who aren’t even giving it a try because it’s not the Silver Age cousin of Superman (you remember…the one who could never sustain a series). And I figured, Y’know, let’s embark on a development that will pull in even those readers. And let’s play off a cover that is one of the most instantly recognizable cover images that DC has ever produced, so much so that a statue was produced and sold of the moment. Although in reviewing that sequence as I prepped the issue, I was struck by the fact that Kara’s ship was crumbled upon landing. Shouldn’t it have been “invulnerable?”

At any rate, the seeds for the storyline actually start being sown with issue #73, so be on the lookout for it. And if you’re not reading the book and want to start, for heaven’s sake tell your retailer.

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Ðámņ. I found a dozen more “Captain Marvel” letters, just when I thought I’d finished them all up. I’d misfiled them. Since it’s my fault, I’ll stick the extra postage on. Rats. Ah well.

People are actually receiving the previews (which means .34 cents was enough postage, thank heavens) and the response seems pretty positive. Over in the Warren Ellis Forum, a fellow named Isaac Sher got his and posted a really nice write-up about it in the Comics News Section. I’d post a direct link to the message, but I’m not clever enough to figure out how to do it. Don’t bother trying to post a follow up response, though, if you do happen to find it: Warren made a point of shutting down the topic before anyone could reply, instructing the poster to find another forum to discuss “Captain Marvel” in. Not sure why, but it’s his forum and his call, so once again…ah well.

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