With all the recent posts about hair lately, you’d think I have some sort of fetish. But no, sorry. The only fetish I have is for superheroes. Uh, wait, that came out wrong. Thanks to my buddy Diana on Twitter, I became aware of a new breed of geekdom. One that doesn’t hide on a pair of boxers. Nor skulk among those long white comic-filled boxes in the dark of night. No, this breed wears …
I hate Superman. Always have since I was a little kid. No, I’m not un-American. Heck, I’m a ridiculously obsessed Captain America fan. (Did you have a Captain America ice sculpture at your wedding? Yeah, didn’t think so.) He actually wears the flag, not just the colors. No, Superman was always just too powerful for me. Too goody goody. Too… well, boring. There are maybe a handful of actual Superman comics I love reading over …
I’ve never liked Superman. I’ve collected comic books since the 3rd Grade, and from the thousands of issues I’ve read (not to mention cartoons I watched over and over), I still found Superman just, well… Super Dull. He’s crazy powerful. Way too goody goody. And his secret identity is a total goof. Seriously, what kind of challenges can you put in his path? The Toy Man? That’s one of his big villains? It just seemed …
“It’s Awesome!!!” That’s the initial review of Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes from my 9-year-old son Jason. And I pretty much have to agree with him. The Lego video games in general are all-around incredible (the Star Wars ones actually make Episodes I-III not just tolerable, but downright entertaining). The first Lego Batman was fun, but Lego Batman 2 soars to new heights. Not only do you get to play as Batman and Robin, but …
When I was dating my wife (well, she wasn’t my wife at the time obviously), I remember that super special moment so clearly. I proudly presented her to my friends as if she were a Near Mint copy of Avengers #4. She was my trophy wife… er, trophy girlfriend. I pointed at a picture and asked her who that character was. “Nightcrawler,” she responded easily, before starting a conversation about Jean Grey turning into Dark …
