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Get ready for Justice League the College Years

I'm sure there will be a twist. It doesn't have to be that skeets is actually evil, he might be under the control of someone else or it can be something else all together. Already some possible clues being mentioned -The fact that when skeets first said "He knows" the word ballon was not the one regularly used to convey his robotic voice instead it was a normal balloon used for people. - The cover to issue two, it appears that there are three dots in a form of triangle( symbol used by Brainiac) reflecting through the blue glass of skeets.

My brother and I did the same thing. However my brother decided to check one last time before going to bed and the score was tied in the 10th. We couldn't believe it and then we saw on the net how they did it and we coudn't believe we missed it.

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Padres score 1 in the 10th but Nomar hits a two run jack to win the game

Damn crazy Oklahomans

The guy standing is Accomplished Perfect Physician of the Great Ten(Chinese Superhero group) and the other person is Ralph Dibny(w/ beard) who now has possesion of Dr. Fate's helmet. and Why are they fighting a Yeti? Who the hell knows

Solicitations for December issues of 52 52: WEEKS 31-34 Written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid Breakdowns by Keith Giffen Art by various Backup features by Waid and various Covers by J.G. Jones The story of the year continues in four more chapters of America’s only weekly super-hero adventure! WEEK 31: Art by Chris Batista & Ruy Jose. “Superman being out of the picture was the key. One of two keys, if you want to be cute about it.” Plus, The Origin of the Metal Men by Waid and Duncan Rouleau. WEEK 32: Art by Patrick Olliffe & Drew Geraci. “You wished to be with her again. Come closer, I will show you how.” Plus, The Origin of Blue Beetle by Waid and Cully Hamner. WEEK 33: Phil Jimenez & Andy Lanning illustrate a special Christmas issue featuring more on the Batwoman! “I have brought my family here today…to show to you that underneath the powers of gods long dead…we are as human as the rest of you.” Plus, The Origin of Two-Face by Waid and Mark Chiarello. WEEK 34: Art by Joe Bennett & Ruy Jose. It’s a deadly Countdown to the end of the year and the end of a life in the most heart-stopping cliffhanger yet! The New Year changes everything! 52: A year without Superman; a year without Batman; a year without Wonder Woman…but not a year without heroes. Week 31 on sale December 6 • Week 32 on sale December 13 • Week 33 on sale December 20 • Week 34 on sale December 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US Cover to 31

The creative team had talked about how Grant Morrison said something that completely changed the direction of 52 early on in the process. They finally revealed what he said he simply said: "What if Skeets is evil?" and it blew everyone's mind. They also have revealed that the 52 missing seconds(that was mentioned early in the series) is protecting something. Geoff Johns came up with what and again everything changed.

From Dave Meltzer "I don't know if this will come up on Raw or not (well, I mean, it won't on the show, but there may be media surrounding WWE doing the show or if Kane himself appears on the show), but there has been a ton of media publicity in Montreal because of a murder on Wednesday. Kimveer Gill, 25, came into a Montreal school and starting shooting everywhere. He killed one girl and wounded 20 before he was shot in the arm by police. He then shot himself in the head. It was front page news all over Canada. The wrestling connection is Gill was a big WWE fan, and he posted several photos of himself on the vampirefreaks.com web site, one of which shows him wearing a Kane mask. Apparently he had written his goal was to die in a hall of bullets. Another story noted that Gill and neighbor Mike Priest were huge wrestling fans who emulated the wrestlers they liked and noted Gill's favorite was Kane. (thanks to Frank Fonte, Andrew McMahon, Tyler McMurchy and Colin Sharpe)"

Preview of issue twenty

DC is releasing 52 action figures. Here is the first set Animal Man, Booster Gold, Supernova http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/001649824.cfm Batwoman, Isis http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/001628825.cfm

You can never trust robots Great Stuff this week Recap: Week 19, Day 1 Cleveland: Skeets breaks into Daniel Jon Carter’s apartment and goes through his mail. Daniel is behind in his bills which Skeets takes notice of “Apparently the apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree”. Daniel shows up and surprised to see Skeets pulls a shotgun on him. Daniel starts talking to Skeets and apparently Daniel was a high school football start until he hurt himself. Daniel was going to be a part of the Everyman project. Skeet’s tells Daniel that he needs his help getting back into Rip Hunter’s lab and tells him “What if I told you I could- using Booster’s DNA – bioengineer a superhero identity for you”? Week 19, Day 2 Space: Archbishop Lobo takes the Space Castaways to a planet that appears to be a galactic refugee camp. Buddy and Adam get a shower and it appears that Kory did also as she is seen putting on her boots; Kory has also been wearing Buddy’s Animal Man shirt the entire time you see her. While attending his subject’s Lobo lets it be known that they are in sector 3500. It use to be a sector of “100 complex thriving systems now a big sky fulla screamin’ headstones”. Lobo says that the three can follow him part way through his pilgrimage to the Three Golden Planets. Kory asks who put the bounty on their head and Lobo tells her that it is the same one who trashed sector 3500 and left a trail of rubble and tears but it is not who they are running from and reveals the Emerald Eye. Metropolis: Weather Wizard is flooding a bank because the bank manager took the witness stand against him. Supernova goes in and save the people inside. While SN is inside the Weather Wizard is caught by Wonder Girl. Supernova meets up with Wonder Girl on a roof top and introduces himself. Cassie is surprised that he doesn’t recognize her and asks her to respect his personal space(when she tries to remove his mask) then flies off while telling her to take care in which Cassie replies “I will Kon-El.” Week 19, Day 4 Arizona – Rip Hunter’s Lab: Skeets has added a camera to Booster’s glasses so that he can see what Daniel can see and then lets him into the lab. Daniel is looking around the lab and Skeets is surprised to see the chalk board and the wall with all of the “It’s All His Fault” writing upon it as Booster never told him any of that. Skeets notices that an arrow is pointing to him in one of the pictures of Booster and Skeets. Skeets say “He knows” (the word balloon suggested it was spoken by a person not a robot) and pulls back sealing the door to the lab. A vortex begins and Skeets programs it for 1,000,000 A.D. Skeets tells Daniel “I’m sorry it had to be this way Daniel I truly am but you’ve served your purpose. He knows”. Cool tease for next: Supernova is inside the Batcave looking at the display that has Jason Todd's robin costume Origin of Animal Man by Mark Wade and Brian Bolland. So for those that said Skeets was the problem and not Booster you appear to be correct. Also as an odd tie-in, In Green Lantern #13 out this week...finally…The Guardians are looking at an image of Superboy Prime in his cell and having the following conversation: “Brothers and Sisters shall we question Superboy-Prime”? “No not yet. He is unaware at this juncture”. “But Hank Henshaw(Cyborg Superman) was fused within the Source Wall. He explored space sector 3601. He must be found and interrogated”. “You believe Henshaw and his Manhunters discovered the path within space sector 3601”? “We built the Manhunters blind to the path. But if anyone is capable of finding it, it will most likely be a curious Earthman”. “So we have all come to the same conclusion. The need for the Green Lantern Corps has become quite clear”. “52” is spoken from all Guardians. “Now which one of us is going after Hank Henshaw”? Sector 3601 is off limits to the Green Lantern Corp and where Hal and Guy tracked down Hank Henshaw – Cyborg Superman – who had his own army of Manhunters powered by Green Lanterns thought to be killed by Hal.

Justice League of America #1 Variant cover Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Black Canary, Arsenal, Red Tornado, Black Lighting, and Vixen Book is out this week Note: Meltzer says there will be one more member introduced later, most likely Bart Allen.

In information released to comic book retailers Tuesday, Marvel has announced that issue #4 and 5 of their hugely successful Civil War series are being delayed. Civil War #4 [and all its variant cover editions], originally scheduled to be released tomorrow, is now scheduled for September 20th. Issue #5 and all its variants, originally scheduled for next month, is now scheduled for November 15th. And because of the nature of the storyline, the delays in the main series will affect the related and tie-in titles, like Civil War: Front Line. In the announcement, Marvel wrote: “Over the next few weeks, the Civil War proper title and a few of the tie in books that are closely related to the story in the main book will be shipping later than originally planned. In an attempt to accommodate the creative team of Millar and McNiven and keep the artistic integrity and high standards of the event, we will be shifting the following titles: CIVIL WAR 4 (JUN061952; $2.99) moves to 9/20 CIVIL WAR 4 TURNER VARIANT (JUN061953; $2.99) moves to 9/20 CIVIL WAR 4 TURNER SKETCH VARIANT (APR068201; $2.00) moves to 9/20 FANTASTIC FOUR 540 (JUN061961; $2.99) moves to 9/20 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 6 (JUN061955; $2.99) moves to 9/27 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 535 (JUN061938; $2.99) moves to 9/27 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 7 (JUL061956; $2.99) moves to 10/11 CIVIL WAR 5 (JUL061952; $2.99) moves to 11/15 CIVIL WAR 5 TURNER VARIANT (JUL061953; $2.99) moves to 11/15 CIVIL WAR 5 TURNER SKETCH VARIANT (JUL061954; $2.00) moves to 11/15 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 8 (JUL061957; $2.99) moves to 11/22 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 1 (JUL061988; $2.99) moves to 11/22 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 1 (Black and White) (JUL061989; $2.99) moves to 11/22 FANTASTIC FOUR 541 (JUL061965; $2.99) moves to 11/22 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 536 (JUL061941; $2.99) moves to 11/22 CIVIL WAR 6 (AUG062033; $2.99) moves to 12/20 CIVIL WAR 6 TURNER VARIANT (AUG062034; $2.99) moves to 12/20 CIVIL WAR 6 TURNER SKETCH VARIANT (AUG062035; $2.00) moves to 12/20 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 9 (AUG062036; $2.99) moves to 12/20 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 2 (AUG062066; $2.99) moves to 12/28 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 10 (AUG062037; $2.99) moves to 1/4/07 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 537 (AUG062018; $2.99) moves to 1/4/07 FANTASTIC FOUR 542 (AUG062045; $2.99) moves to 1/4/07 CIVIL WAR 7 moves to 1/17, Not yet solicited AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 538 Not yet solicited FANTASTIC FOUR 543 moves to 1/24/07, Not yet solicited NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CIVIL WAR CHECKLIST! BLACK PANTHER 23 CW December 2006 CIVIL WAR: WAR CRIMES December 2006 ONE SHOT BLACK PANTHER 24 CW January 2007 BLACK PANTHER 25 CW February 2007 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 11 February 2007 Also, starting in November some Marvel will be branded as “Casualties of War” -- similar to how they branded titles as “Spider-Man Unmasked” and “Road to Civil War”. Those titles are: MOON KNIGHT 7 In December CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER SPECIAL IRON MAN/CAPTAIN AMERICA SPECIAL MOON KNIGHT 8 In January 2007 BLADE 5 MOON KNIGHT 9 “The need for these shifts came about as the September [for November shipping product] Marvel Previews #37 was going to press and we were not able to make adjustments,” reads Marvel’s explanation to retailers. “The December Marvel Previews will reflect the changes and additions. At this point we do not anticipate further changes to the schedule. We apologize for the inconvenience but feel that this is in the best interest of the quality of the event and for retailers to continue to realize the immense sales for these books. We are announcing these shifts early enough in the hopes that retailers can adjust their buying patterns for the next few months. Also, we hope the addition of a few more key Civil War titles will make up for any lost sales that result from these moves.”

Good to see Vick and my boy Warrick Dunn get off to a great start. Hopefully the Falcons have a good season so I could at least have a reason to care about the NFL.

Maria wins !!!

Two pages from issue 19

Good issue this week, sets up a few interesting possibilities Recap: Week 18, Day 1 House of Mystery: Three members of the Croatoans – Detective Chimp, Terry and some guy I don’t recognize with a tattooed face – arrive to find Tim Trench sitting in his office wearing the helmet of Fate. Terry touches him and he turns to water. Week 18, Day 2 Kahndaq: Black Adam has a ceremony to give Charlie and Renee the “Order of the Crescent” for saving his people during his wedding. Renee does not show up because she feels guilty about shooting a child which Adam finds insulting and leaves to find her. Renee is found drunk, naked and with a woman in bed. Sorry guys but nothing is shown and are covered at their appropriate moments. Renee starts talking back to Adam which he finds further insult in and threatens to kill Renee which she says to “just do it”. Charlie calms things down by stating that Intergang is the real threat and that they need to find out why they are using kids. Black Adam agrees. Week 18, Day 3 Marseilles, France: Detective Chimp tracks down Ralph Dibny, whom is a member of the Croatoans and now has a beard, and brings the helmet of Fate with him. Ralph says that “a few weeks ago, I had a little breakdown. Got some help pulling myself together, came here to reconnect”. Ralph tells Chimp that he should call in the Shadowpact. Week 18, Day 4 Cincinnati, Ohio: Booster’s funeral which is attended by Clark Kent, Skeets, and some really minor level heroes who were more or less looking for media attention. Clark can not understand why even though Booster had a bad time at the end he was still a hero and claims to be going to write an article on it. Skeets then notices somebody on the street which he goes to. Upon scanning this person it comes up that his name is Daniel Jon Carter who resembles a certain Michael Carter. Skeets then tells Daniel to call him later concerning his future. Week 18, Day 7 Giza, Egypt: Ralph and Chimp are joined by the Shadowpact. The helmet of Fate starts talking about past magic and how Timothy Trench found the helmet and why he was turned into water. The helmet says that the opportunity falls to Ralph and warns him that the trails for such knowledge will be beyond his imagination and wants to know if Ralph is up for the sacrifice. Ralph picks up the helmet and walks away. The Shadowpact is left looking puzzled with Enchantress saying “Is it just me or does he think that the helmet was talking to him”.

Funny how that didn't stop the FSU-Miami game from being the second most watched college game in ESPN history

By Dave Meltzer Raw did a 3.6, about 10% below average

Cover to issue 19

Well according to more knowledgeable DC fans the characters are Blimp(of the Inferior Five)- big guy in green costume Yellow Peri- Blond Girl Odd Man- guy with paint and wearing a suit Mind Grabber Kid- Guy with Helmet Beefeater Honest Abe- Lincoln look-a-like (he is a new character mentioned by the 52 team)

RIP When it comes to people that do this for a living, I always think that if they were meant to die they would have died very early in their career. So I was totally caught off guard by the news. I will always remember him for his ESPN commercial, which is my favorite.

Preview for next week: Booster's funeral