Guess how many times Obama appears?: There’s certainly a lot to quibble with in this Washington Post list of The Top 10 Black Superheroes of All-Time, from some of the inclusion to some of the phrasing, but it’s always interesting to see this sort of thing from a mainstream media outlet. Unfortunately, only three of the ten currently star in a their own ongoing series, although Luke Cage, John Stewart and Black Lightning are certainly getting a lot more panel time now then they were, say, five to ten years ago.

Does DC need its own Incredible Hercules or Captain Britain?: As a fan of both of those Marvel series, I say yes. The always interesting Johnny Bacardi recently had an interesting post in which he took a closer look at his pull-list and was quite surprised to see how much of it Marvel makes up these days in relation to how much DC does. In the process, he raises the issue of the tone of the DCU vs. the Marvel Universe, and how even though they share a lot of doom and gloom and general negative direction, the latter seems to make more room for humor. DC does try superhero humor books here and there, of course, although mostly in out-of-continuity stuff, but I can’t think of anything that approaches Incredible Herc or Captain Britain in terms of being consistently funny and still part of the shared universe. Secret Six and Booster Gold probably come closest, but the former’s sense of humor is itself very dark, and the latter is somewhat removed from the DCU by it’s “greatest hero the world will never know” time travel premise. Anyway, Bacardi’s post is well worth a look…and a think.

I give up, what if?: I’ve been greatly enjoying Tim O’Neil’s series of posts on the nature of alternate realities and story-scapes among the two big superhero comics publishers, and the way each company’s approach differs. It starts here. And continues here, digresses somewhat here, then moves on here. Crises on multiple and infinite Earths, What If…?, Roy Thomas, Wonder Girl, Hawkman, Heroes Reborn, demon-fighting angel-powered Punisher, Ultimate Spider-Man, the Mephisto reboot, the various meanings of continuity and the difference between it and consistency and the welcome introduction of the word “milieu” into the discussion are all covered. I love stuff like this.

Are you there, Joe Quesada? It’s me, Caleb: If so, man, you have to give Cathy Leamy a big sack of coins with a dollar sign painted on the front  and then run this as a two-page splash—or a five-page fold-out—in the middle of an issue of Amazing Spider-Man. And while I’m telling you what you should do, why don’t you give Kevin Church a call, a job and some money too, huh?

This is how tall Wolverine should be in the movies if they wanted to stay true to the comics, right?: I vote Cruz Beckham for the next Wolverine movie.

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