Wonder Woman Princess of Power

Leader of the Justice League of America

and would be savior of the DCEU

After the tragedy of BVS Patty Jenkins gives us Wonder Woman,

Champion of the Themyscira

and protector of the free world. By now we've all seen the movie that was the hope to save the DCEU and we all bowed to our Amazon Princess.

Her movie was good, Pine was good, the story was good, cast was good,

visually stunning and Gal was great.

Yes...she is now my Wonder Woman too.

I'll always love you Ms Carter that's on everything but Gal has stepped into the roll and is representing Marvel-ously.

I know I know you might be saying " Hey OA1 you were the #1 opponent against casting a skinny Amazon an---" And then I saw the movie. Amazons came in all colors, shapes and sizes, skill sets you name it.

Am I still the strongest advocate of the thick and sexy? Yes I am, however in this case Gal like in her movie won the day.

I had to go thru all that to admit that even OA1 can be wrong.

(Not often but it happens)

Guys I wanted to talk about the Justice League movie.

But since I been gone for so long and locked out of my own blog spot I had to address how wonderful Gal worked out as Wonder Woman, how strong the movie was and how I now want Patty Jenkins to do all the DCUE movies or at least my revered Suicide Squad.

I'll do a quick OA1 overview of the Justice League movie

and leave you with Wonder Woman's 90's theme song. 

And forever

Long Live the Squad

Super Heroes Next Big 3

The Triumvirate

Right now is a perfect time to be into comics. The heroic cinematic universe is in full swing, the Avengers, the Justice League and of course the one and only Suicide Squad are just a few of the movies pulled directly from the comic shelf. And true believers...

This might be the new Big 3

Based on what you might ask. Here is the criteria.

1.Live action: each one of these guys has his own movie or TV series.

2. Animation: they all have appeared in an animated movie and or TV show.

If you haven't seen this...Kid your missing one of the best animated features to date.





If your an anime fan, you know this movie is the truth




If your a Blade fan this one has to go in the catalog.




3.Comic book: Multiple collected editions for all 3 heroes.

4. Console/PC: Blade stands out, he has a video game for Blade I and Blade II on Playstation, X-box and game boy. Black Panther and Cage has only appeared in Avengers games.

5.Action Figure: Black Panther (5) Blade (6) Luke Cage (1 and 1 mockery)

That's what you got to have to get nominated. 

Lycanthropy, demon possession, Soul sold to the devil, robots, aliens, monsters

Eliminated Off Top.

And honestly no other mainstream Black superheroes can match the stats of these 3 guys.

debuted nicely in Jessica Jones 

and has his own series to air on Netflix Sept.30th.

T'Challa 

owned the Winter Soldier 

in civil war and is set to 

put on for Wakanda as the 

Black Panther Feb. 2018.

The conclusion I've come to is Black Panther, Blade and Luke Cage are the new big 3 in the Superhero genre. Tell me if I'm wrong.

DC comics Big 3

Marvel comics Big 3

The New Big 3

Check Out Cantrous on youtube 

the Ostrander hotel

the Squad is Assembled

at least a first version debuted on Arrow yesterday. And I must say, It brought back a semblance of the real Ostrander Squad; international intrigue, romantic danger, lies, double crossing and of course the secret mission gone wrong ... the Suicide Squad.

I don't really like Dig em but he even fit in well with the mix and match team of criminals forced to do the bidding of the now slim and sexy Amanda Waller. Did I mention they even had the supposedly unnoticed unmarked van for a get away.

Amanda Waller

            Deadshot

Bronze Tiger

Shrapnel

I wonder is Shrapnel going to eventually look

 something like his comic version?

Layla (field leader)

and 

Diggle her side kick

and my girl even had a teaser cameo

my favorite creepy sexy therapist, Harley Quinn

The episode had all of the elements of what the Suicide Squad is. 

A few more showings like this one, 

and nothing should be able to hold the Squad back from a full fledged spin off

 series or live action.. I got to admit ... this time the CW got it right.

Long live the Squad 

Ghost Ship

the 

Manta Sub

Black Manta's personal mission command center, flying arsenal and intergalactic star fighter. The Manta Ship the Wraith (so says OA1) is Manta's equivalent to the Batmobile. The Wraith captures the imagination with it's super cool fusion of organic efficiency and technological terror;  the design is / A plus. And the perfect compliment to the scourge of the seven seas.

I remember the Manta Ship taking the Legion of Doom into outer space, traveling thru time and even going head to head with the Invisible Jet and the Batplane.

DC comics is slipping. Syndrome from the incredibles

worked the Hell out of ------ wait for it ... the manta jet.

It's time to see a whole story revolving around the Wraith. It would be cool to see a complete drawing of the Manta Sub in action and seen from different angles of torpedo laser blasting awesomeness. 

Blow up Xebel, destroy some shitty Aquaman military vehicles, deploy the Manta Men against Atlantis, wreck havoc every damn where then burst out of the water flying to a remote Island paradise to drink Mai Tais and celebrate the victories with a harem of butt naked women.

What could be better....right.?.

the Manta Jet from the Incredibles

 Manta class shuttle from some Star Trek game

And DC stupid Ass can barely get the Manta Sub half a panel ..... idiots.

the RECKONING

This is the OA1 redition of the Black Manta and his revenge against Xebel. 

The mystery of David's origin, his imprisonment in the Bermuda Triangle and his son being the new Aqualad started in Brightest Day. We have yet to find out what is exactly going on with the Black Knight of the seven seas but he is definitely kicking asses all over the DCU right now. And at the present moment he's overseeing the Tiger Cage. 

Enemies Be Ware...Here there be Monsters.

The Young Justice version of Black Manta is absolutely the toughest 

most bad ass character on the DC planets. 

What I tried to do with this guy is take what I like from the current comic book and the animated series and produce the ultimate assassin. 

I think the idea is decent but the 7 year hiatus putting pen to paper is telling.

This week me and the fellas did sort of a cross blog posting of drawings. 
Check out It's a Dan's World for some high flying Spidey action
http://www.itsadansworld.net/2014/03/sketchbook-challenge-homaging-amazing.html
King of Thessaly's and the Rom blog to come face to face with the Dire Wraiths
http://littlethingsincomics.blogspot.com/2014/03/HUMANFOOLS.html
http://romspaceknightart.blogspot.com/2014/03/fan-art-from-couple-of-mystery-artists.html

Dare to Dream

365 dayz a year

American Liberator

Yanga (Nyanga)  was the stolen Prince from the royal family of Gabon Africa. Leader of a slave rebellion during the Spanish colonial rule of Mexico. The port city of Veracruz brought slaves to Mexico. Yanga's revolt freed men, women and children from Nuestra Senora de la concepcion in 1570. From there Yanga moved his people into the rugged mountains and set up a maroon colony there. Building houses, a church and a school there on Star Mountain. for more than 30 years the multicultural colony grew and prospered, partially operating on captured goods from caravans bringing in trade to Veracruz. Yang's raiders were devastating caravan cargo's so efficiently that the word from the Spanish crown was to eliminate the colony and retake control of the territory.

Spanish troops confronted Yanga's warriors in and around 1609 near Rio Blanco. Yanga at this time was an older statesman warrior who had Francisco de la Matosa as his military field commander. Francisco and his escaped men had joined Yanga around 1600. They faced 550 Spanish troops led by Pedro Gonzalez. The maroon warriors had only 100 men with some type of firearm. The rest of the Yanguicas were fighting with machete, bow and arrows and rocks. There were severe losses on both sides. The Spaniards burned the settlement but couldn't beat or subdue Yanga's forces. The warriors of Yanga simply disappeared into the terrain that had helped them defeat the enemy for years. Yanga's warriors and people took refuge inside Citlaltepetl volcano and fought the Spanish to a stalemate.

Gaspar's plan was to pain the ranks of the Spanish so bad that it would bring the Spaniards to the negotiating table. Yanga had already sent demands to the enemy from a captured Spanish soldier. The demands were rejected. At this point Gaspar challenged the Spaniards to come and meet death. Fighting relentlessly and using the superior tactics of Yanga, the maroon bloodied the Spanish troops to such a degree that by 1618 the viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) began negotiations with Gaspar resistance.

There were 11 conditions made by Yanga before he would lay down arms against Spain. One of the concessions was the establishment of a free town of former black slaves. This was something unheard of in this time period. A town ruled by Black People, free people in a period of slavery. By 1630 the town of San Lorenzo de los Negros de Cerralve was established; later called the city of Yanga.




This monumental accomplishment is a milestone of African American history. Gaspar Yanga and his people forced a new social order in the mist of an institutional vacuum. Every year Aug.10th a carnival is held to celebrate Gaspar Yanga. The American Liberator, founder of the first free city in American history.

The inscription under Yanga's statue reads

African Black Liberator and precursor 

of the black slaves who founded the town of 

San Lorenzo de Cerralvo (now Yanga) by agreement of the viceroy of 

New Spain, Rodrigo Pacheco,

on the third day of October 1631 by order of the viceroy's pen. Village Captain Hernando of Castro Espinosa 

H. Ayuntamento Constl. 

1973-1976