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From the days of Dark Horse I could never imagine buying an Aliens comic book, Hickman and Ribic is reason enough for me to buy an Aliens comic book. Also announced today was Jason Aaron, Paul Davidson, and Alex Lins on an eight issue Namor series. I don't know if I'm completely sold on it yet but I am intrigued.

Welp that was a pretty fitting way for the season to end with the way things have gone this year. Should at least be an interesting offseason for the Warriors.

I kinda don't get the point of an Ultimate line from DC considering how many times they've hard/soft rebooted things in recent history, unless they're do something drastically different like the current Ultimate line.

I'm afraid of what will happen if we ever get a Dijack/McIntyre feud, I don't think the internet could handle it.

I honestly was expecting Tama to come in and join up with AJ Styles, especially with the Jacob Fatu coming in talk. I think he's a good fit for the WWE but it'll be interesting to see him work without being able to build (most) everything around the Gunstun.

Axiom and McDonagh had a fun little match on Speed with a nice creative finish. I will have to remember that they pin the Speed post on the WWE Twitter page to make it easier for me to find it in future weeks.

One thing that baffles me is why the only initial promotional art you use to promote a new series is a cover by an artist that isn't the interior artist? I'm not saying that the interior artist needs to do the cover but it would be nice to provide something to give people an idea what the actual art will look like.

I think Rachel's hound marks are basically just her most distinctive visual aspect for her as a character and as a result a lot of artists gravitate toward them. As a result they come, they go, sometimes they're explained in story, other times they're not. She was drawn both with them int the Krakoa-era and sometimes without. You can always go with the Claremont No-Prize answer that they're always there but she uses her telepathy to cause people to not see them.

It was a fun and enjoyable Raw for me. It really flowed well for me which isn't something that's always the case. It was a nice surprise to see Ilja and Roxanne get feature matches tonight. Did feel like both of them were emoting a little bit more than usual as if to give the audience an idea of who they are. Was nice to see that Cole even dropped that Ilja was the last person to pin Gunther prior to Sami. Thought they did a good job of continuing storylines with Candice's heel turn/Indi's hesitance, Liv wanting revenge, R-Truth thinking that he's still in Judgment Day, and Gable's IC quest. Not a whole lot of new ground was broken but I don't think they really needed to, plus it's kinda not that surprising with both the impending draft and the quick turnaround for Backlash. Jey winning the 4-way seemed to be the logical pick and CM Punk costing Drew the match also seemed pretty predictable but it was still fun getting to it. With the short build and how over Jey is, he seems like a good first challenger for Priest. Tonight's production note: I liked the one continuous shot of Dom/Rhea talking going into Liv attacking Rhea into Dom telling the camera to get out of there which led to the camera going out to ringside for a match. I look forward to Gable finally snapping after losing to Sami.

Marvel dropped taglines for three more post-Krakoa series: "The world is broken, and Forge knows how to fix it..." X-Force. "Life, fire, power, possibility! One woman, alone in the cosmos... Jean Grey is..." Phoenix "Five mutants alone in the big city. Welcome back to the real world..." NYX All for July 2024 launches. Looks like more details, which probably will include creative teams, coming later this week.

If you're a social media star and Logan Paul invites you to a WWE event, just say no.

Last June. HHH gave him a belt which is the "Undisputed Universal" title, at which point he stopped carrying the two belts. This came around the same time all the top-tier champions got new belts and Raw got the World Heavyweight Championship as their main belt.

While probably lacking any blow away matches, this felt like one of the best overall recent NXT events. I'm fine with Wolf Dogs retaining if simply because they're so much fun in and out of the ring together and the only reason to end their reign would be Bron's Smackdown status. (Which I don't think is *that* big of a deal with Smackdown being taped on Fridays and NXT on Tuesday. Dom was doing Raw and NXT for a while.) The NA triple threat match was probably the best Briggs has looked as a single competitor so far. While a good portion of the match ended up just being Dijak/Briggs, Oba looked good with all the stuff he did. The Death Valley Driver by Dijak to Briggs off of Oba's shoulders was a pretty insane feet of strength. I do have to wonder if it might be time to just call Dijak up to the main roster. The six women's match was a good feature for all those involved. Seems like we still have a future Jayce/Thea match in our future. Also looked like there might be a heel turn in the future for Fallon with her seemingly not super thrilled with Thea getting the win both after the match and in the digital exclusive interview. Honestly wasn't crazy about the Roxy/Lyra match. For whatever reason it just feels like they don't have that much in-ring chemistry together. I assume we're getting closer to Lyra snapping on Tatum. Ilja really seems to be getting to that Gunther level where he can work so many great but different style matches against so many opponents. Saying that this was probably Tony D's best singles match is probably not saying that much but I like where this program has left him after the kinda fluffy tag title reign. For it being their first match together and where Trick is as a wrestler, I thought the main event was good. If they want to run it back again, I think they left a lot of places where they can go. If they move Melo to the main roster, I think they left Trick in a good place to move into a program with someone else.

At least I don't feel silly anymore for constantly wondering, "So are they just going ignore the friction between Santos and Andrade at the Royal Rumble?"

The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle estate files lawsuits if you use a Sherlock Holmes that is nice because they say it infringes on stories that are currently not in the public domain.

Feel like there's a lack of love for WWF Raw, Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game, and In Your House which also might be why WWF Warzone felt so amazing at the time. Underrated feature of In Your House was that you could stick it in a CD player and listen to all the theme songs.

I had remembered it was a money thing but looking into it, it's basically Bendis went to DC right when Hickman's contract was up and Marvel basically went to him, "What would it take for you to stay?" Hickman basically says there is an alternate reality where instead of doing X-Men, he ends up doing New Gods and LoSH.

I have no doubt that Hickman has a Legion pitch sitting around if he ever ends up at DC.

So all is forgiven for G.O.D.S. not living up to the hype machine?

I love Evil Roxanne that is going pick apart and tap out her opponents but I do wonder how much of her turn is filling the void left by Cora Jade's injury.

So I finished Deus Ex: The Conspiracy(the PS2 port of Deus Ex) and have to say it was a fun little game. I really liked the storyline, choices, and the feeling like you could do anything at any time. It is a game that undoubtedly is probably better experienced on the PC but they did a pretty good job of simplifying things for the PS2. Probably the only big complaints I had were that the skill/augmentation system felt a little useless at times, the lead-up to the ending(s) being a bit anti-climatic, and the load times between sections being a bit annoying if you got lost or had to back track. There's part of me that wants to try another playthrough but I think I'd be more inclined to do it with the PC version than the PS2.

Also I know that creators do get digital royalties off of Marvel Unlimited but I would imagine they would be pretty small.

Taking apart and cleaning my PS3 controller ended up taking a whole lot longer than previously expected but boy do I have a great understanding of the PS3 controller now. I feel like I need to start hording controllers for 10-15 years in the future when suddenly I find myself needing them.

Nothing good happens in sports played this early.

The Instagram video that actually took the time to explain why Logan Paul wasn't removed from the Chamber after his elimination was such a nice touch.