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The Dissector #77.

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"You are ejected from the sliding chute like phlegm from and old sailor's nostril." B.A. Felton, Knights Of The Dinner Table #135.

Damn, I'm on a roll here!!!! This is the column for comics published on 05/29, but still, I have almost two more months to cover... Last column's DT! was spotted by Sully; who gains one more badge, and it was that Grace's midriff tattoos were missing. The Dissector's Picks Of The Week, short and sweet: Best Book Of The Week was New Avengers #41, just because how well Bendis is tying up the start of his New Avengers run with Secret Invasion. He has a plan... The Worst Book Of The Week was Batman: Gotham After Midnight #1, simply boring.
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"THIS IS TOO MUCH, I CAN'T CAPE WITH THIS."

TITLE: Batman: Gotham After Midnight (DC).

ISSUE: 01 of 04.

CULPRIT: Kelley Jones (artist).

DISSECTION: Well, I'm all for dramatic effects, artistic licenses, but some things go too far. Yes, we know Batman's cape is shortened or lengthened by artists for visual impact, but this is way too much:

DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars.
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"SPACESHMECES!"

TITLE: Blue Beetle V7 (DC).

ISSUE: 27.

CULPRIT: Will Pfeifer (writer) and/or Travis Lanham (letterer).

DISSECTION: Look kids! No bad Spanish! However, there's two words ("averageloser") fused together for no apparent reason.

DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar.
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"HONORARY DISSECTOR SCREW-UP.".

TITLE: The Dissector (Studio Robota).

ISSUE: 75.

CULPRIT: MaGnUs (writer).

DISSECTION: Two columns ago, I said that Snakebyte had just reached Lt. in the HDSC, but he's been Lt. Cmdr. for a long time now.

DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar. Oh, column #76 had quite a few errors that I found out and corrected after publishing it, but before anyone noticed, and before this one was published. So, nacht!
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"HE'S GOT NINE LIVES, THAT'S WHY HE DOESN'T STOP DYING."

TITLE: JSA: Classified (DC).

ISSUE: 38.

CULPRIT: Allen Passalaqua (colorist).

DISSECTION: Ted Grant's hair is colored incorrectly.

DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
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"JUSTICE DISSECTION INTERNATIONAL."

TITLE: Justice League International (DC).

ISSUE: 14.

CULPRIT: Gene D'angelo (colorist).

DISSECTION: After discarding some dissections I had for this column (sometimes they don't pass my second check, I deem them not to be dissections at all), I realized I had just nine left, so I raided my vault, and found this JLI dissection... two of them, actually, since they're from the same book. In this case, Fire's hair is colored black, when it should be green' but later it's correct.

DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars. Also, Ted Kord's hair is definitely red in this issue, instead of brown.
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"TRAITOROUS PINKO BASTARD!"

TITLE: King-Size Hulk (Marvel)

ISSUE: 01.

CULPRIT: Jeph Loeb (writer, "The Death And Life Of The Abomination" story).

DISSECTION: General Ross writes about The Abomination "Emil Blonsky was a spy, a traitor to this country." Uh, Blonsky was a Yugoslavian spy for the KGB, he didn't betray the US.

DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
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"QUOTE ME QUOTE ME!"

TITLE: Knights Of The Dinner Table (Kenzer & Co.)

ISSUE: 135.

CULPRIT: Jolly Blackburn (editor, in this case) and Bev Shideler (typo slayer).

DISSECTION: A footnote quote is repeated two pages in a row. Not really from this week, a lot older than that, but I got it that week.

DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar.
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"SHRINKAGE ISSUES"

TITLE: The Legion of Super-Heroes V5 (DC).

ISSUE: 42.

CULPRIT: Jim Shooter (writer).

DISSECTION: For the Nth time Jim. Colossal Boy's powers in this version are not growing to giant size, he is a giant who shrinks!

DISSECT-O-METER: 4 Bazzars.
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"THE U.S.UAL."

TITLE: Marvel Comics Presents V2 (Marvel).

ISSUE: 09.

CULPRIT: Rich Koslowski (writer).

DISSECTION: USAgent...

DISSECT-O-METER: 10 Bazzars.
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"TITANS, AGAIN."

TITLE: Teen Titans V3 (DC).

ISSUE: 59.

CULPRIT: Sean McKeever (writer) and/or Travis Lanham (letterer).

DISSECTION: This one is a little more tricky than the last one.

DISSECT-O-METER: 4 Bazzars.
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This time we had a very low average, 4.8 Bazzars, on eleven dissections, the lowest average since column #64's 4.1. Moments Of The Week, shall we? Just two this time, and from the same book, page, and scene! First up, the Legion gets new costumes... and everyone wants one!

Old school! The costumes are from Carmine's Custom Actionwear, when it should have been, IMHO, from Cockrum's Custom Actionwear. Second and last, something that applies to all metamorphs:

Yeah, Chameleon is nekkid! And damn, spell check found no typos in my column... weird... That's it for now, until next week, I'll be on the outlook for more dissections, because (almost) nothing escapes...

THE DISSECTOR!