May 13th, 2010 by Brian | 1 Comment
I expect we are going to get a nice battle between Zod and Clark in the finale tomorrow, so William and I thought it would be nice to spotlight a few memorable battles between the foes over the years. These stories take place in the comics, I think it would be somewhat insulting to rehash the fight between the two from Superman II. I’m pretty sure everyone who visits this site has seen that movie and that representation of Zod is pretty clear. With that being said lets get into the minutia of multiple universes, artificial life forms, and MURDER!
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February 11th, 2010 by Brian | 4 Comments
This installment of the SF has been a tough one for me to tackle. There were so many characters mentioned in Absolute Justice that I had to take a step back and figure out what to do about all of them. Simply because I do not have the time necessary to spotlight them all, I will focus on the three main JSA characters that were in the episode. I will however place numerous links in the SF to point you in the direction of the characters that I do not write in depth about. Hopefully that will suffice and allow you to find out more about the JSA and Icicle.
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February 5th, 2010 by Brian | 3 Comments
Well here we are with a new episode and a new character to discover their origin and backstory that was the basis for Vortigan on Smallville. The show only gave us snippets of what this character was all about, and I wish we could have seen a flashback scene or two explaining more about him. But at any rate lets see where the Smallville writers got their basis for Vortigan.
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January 12th, 2010 by Brian | 8 Comments
I thought it might be fun to quickly spotlight a few characters of interest during the hiatus until “Disciple”. Here are some notable characters from film, TV, and comics. These are exclusive to everyone’s favorite villain Lex Luthor, or in Smallville’s case people connected to his legacy since he’s DEAD. He is dead right?
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December 4th, 2009 by Brian | 6 Comments
Here we are again with a SHoE File of epic proportions. General Zod has been a character in the DC Universe for a very long time dating back to the the early 1960’s. While he wasn’t used very much in the beginning, Zod has become one of Superman’s most formidable adversaries over the years and as of late even an ally in the comics. The character and look of Zod is most defined by Superman I & II. Those movies are really what gave Zod the exposure to make him a mainstream character. His famous line “Kneel before Zod” has definitely become a part of pop culture. Smallville has had a few different incarnations of Zod inorevious seasons, but season 9 has given us the corporeal form of the character on the show. Let’s get into this character and see what his history is.
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November 19th, 2009 by Brian | 10 Comments
In a very highly anticipated episode, The WonderTwins Zan and Jayna come to Smallville and judging by the responses they were very well received. The only consistent complaint there they were not in the episode enough, which I agree with. Although I don’t know what I would have cut to make room for more WT scenes. The characters of Zan & Jayna are known mostly in pop-culture because of their role on The All-New Super Friends Hour which debuted on tv September of 1977. The cartoon show took on many different names over the years, but the formula for the show was essentially the same. The Justice League fights bad guys. (Remember this was the late 70’s and early 80’s , not the most complex of story lines)
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November 10th, 2009 by Brian | 5 Comments
This SHoE File is going to end up as more of a scrapbook of Jor-El than a history. Jor-El has been around almost as long as Superman has, and while you would think he has a long rich history, his character has always been more of a ghost for guidance than an actual character on screen or on panel. There have been some instances with regard to Superman’s continuity where Jor-El has been a pivotal character, often through time travel or dream sequences. Lets take a look at the many different incarnations and representations of Jor-El since 1939.
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November 3rd, 2009 by Brian | 8 Comments
This week we are back with a look at Green Arrow’s sidekick Speedy. Unlike last week, this character has a long rich history that involves both a male and female taking on the name of Speedy. I really enjoyed learning more about this character and I think there are some storylines that I am interested in because of it. Speedy is a character we can really sink our teeth into, and is a prime example how art imitates life, and how comics are used for addressing various social issues that still ring true even today.
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October 29th, 2009 by Brian | 5 Comments
The character of Roulette has now been successfully brought to the Smallville Universe, and while her presence was definitely significant on Smallville, her history in the DC Universe has been spotty at best. She has appeared very sporadically since the golden age and there has been more than one character to use the name of Roulette. Most of the sources I use for compiling the “SHoE Files” had very unspecific information regarding her origin. You will find numerous links to help in case there are those of you who are unclear about some of the characters important to her history.
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October 19th, 2009 by Brian | 13 Comments
Here with another installment of the SHoE Files, we are going to take a historical look at The Toyman. Hopefully you have watched “Echo” by now and nothing that I might say should spoil you. Up until this episode, Winslow’s only beef has been with Oliver since he had never even met Clark. So sit back, get your scroll wheel ready, and lets set the WABAC machine to September 1943….
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