The Weekly AGGROgator

Call me Freddie Mercury because another one bites the dust!

Let’s kill off this week with another check in on the random internets and see what comes up.

… Since Sean warned us about all of those Doomsday Devices being spread around the former Soviet block, it’s only fair that the Onion (that bastion of nothing but real news) warn the supervillains that their arctic lairs are … well, doomed! The global warming problem has left iceberg after iceberg melted revealing the hidden headquarters and frozen fortresses for all the world to see. If you’re is still hidden, I’d suggest calling a Realtor right quick.

… If you happen to be one of those unfortunate many who have their hideouts uncovered by global warming, maybe you should consider retiring? Lord know you wont be getting healthcare unless you’re on Medicaid anyway. Just make sure you don’t end up like these heroes who are also past their prime.

… Even if someone did make a Batman: Arkham Asylum skin based on Bruce from The Dark Knight Returns, I’m not going to tell him he’s past his prime. I’d prefer not to get a boot to my (glass) jaw, thank you very much.

… I’m not even going to attempt writing a segue for this link, I’m just not nearly talented enough. Suffice it to say that this archetype times table could be the coolest mashup of math and comics since Unstable Molecules.

… And in a final little link to this week’s chain, we have a fair amount of character archetypes popping up in this retrospective of Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage. Was it an under appreciated saga of virility and cunning startegy or was it simply an icon of the gluttonous 90s that was nothing more than an excuse to cram as many “grim n’ gritty” characters into one storyline as possible?

So there ya’ be. Enjoy your weekend and here’s to my having my house all to myself next week!

(On a totally unrelated note, if I disappear for the next seven days or so it’s totally because I’m doing research for a thrilling expose’. Yeah.)