The LoEB: Ninjas Attack!

August 31, 2012 | Poe

This week’s assignment for The League:

 Who would you take in an 80′s character fantasy draft? Your team’s goal will be to defeat a shady conglomerate of Russian businessmen and their team of hired ninjas. It’s go time.

I skipped most of the obvious candidates for this assignment. He-Man, Snake Eyes, the Thundercats – any of these guys could eat a bunch of ninjas for breakfast, so there didn’t seem to be much fun in that. Instead, I decided to put together a sort of heist group using talented but not necessarily super-powered cartoon characters from the 1980s. (more…)

Poe’s Review > Sir Laser-Lot (Masters of the Universe Classics, Mattel)

August 30, 2012 | Poe

Sir Laser Lot is the latest addition to the Masters of the Universe 30th Anniversary subscription. The character was created and designed by comic book writer Geoff Johns, who successfully revamped DC’s Green Lantern line of comics earlier in the decade and is currently shaping the development of the New 52. I once interviewed Johns for PGPoA, which you can read here. Sir Laser-Lot has also played a role in the new comics produced separately by Mattel (as minicomics packaged with toys) and DC’s MOTU comic.

Like the Mighty Spector, Sir Laser-Lot was controversial when revealed. Why? Let’s find out. (more…)

LoEB: Poe’s Ideal Saturday Morning Schedule

August 28, 2012 | Poe

I’ve recently joined Coolandcollected.com‘s “League of Extraordinary Bloggers.” The idea is that once a week there’s a topic, and you write up a post on that topic. You don’t have to participate every week, but seeing as how I suggested this particular topic I figured I should. It was actually last week’s topic and somehow I completely missed it. (more…)