Five to Pull / One to Pass -- Videocast

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"Five to Pull/One to Pass" with your host, Brad Guigar

All-right, welcome to "Five to Pull/One to Pass". This is kind of a proof of concept, so it's going to be "One to Pull/One to Pass". I just wanted to see if I could pull this off in a video format. Lucky you, now you get to look at my face.

[pointing to Evil Inc banners in the background:] This really isn't a nod to my rampant egotism; I just don't want you to see how messy my studio actually is. So without further ado, let's go to "One to Pull/One to Pass", a proof of concept.

If I were to pull one comic this week, I think it would have to be 'Justice League: Generation Lost', all-right. I stand second to nobody in my love for the 'Justice League International', written by Keith Giffen. And this one is written -- they brought Keith Giffen over. Unfortunately, DeMatteis is not going to be illustrating the book, which is sad, to be true. But at least they brought Keith across. And it looks like it's got a pretty good hook to it. Let's check out the solicit here:

"DC's new biweekly event begins here!"

Oh, it's a biweekly event! So this is going to come out every two -- ? What is, is it bi-weekly is every two weeks? Or twice a week? God, it can't be twice a week, that'd be ridiculous. So every other week, it's going to come out.

Someone is targeting the old members of the defunct Justice League International. Now, surviving members Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Fire and Ice have to figure out what unseen mastermind is threatening to destroy the entire Super Hero community!

I'm hooked! Right there, I'm done. I'm in. Every two weeks, I'll show up. (Until it sucks.)

There are no gray areas here – it’s black and white and red with blood all over for this lost generation of Super Heroes as original JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL writer Keith Giffen is joined by superstar scribe Judd Winick for a new era in excitement!

I'm in! What more do I need to say? I can zoom over to DC Collector { www.DCcollector.com } and check out a preview here, and it starts right out with Maxwell Lord. So, again, he's kind of had an unfortunate death, keeping him on the sidelines in the last year or so in the DC Universe, but I do think he is an unsung super villain. And it's going to be interesting to see him back on the stage.

I'm going to see if I can actually pull this off; if you don't see visuals, it means that I wasn't able to figure it out.

[transition to preview pages; Brad reads along]

Cop (out of frame): N.Y.P.D! FREEZE!! DO NOT MOVE!!

"MAXWELL LORD WASN'T ALWAYS A MONSTER.

"I DON'T TAKE THE USE OF THAT DESCRIPTION LIGHTLY. BUT HE IS JUST THAT. A MONSTER.

"BUT THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.

Cop 1: ON YOUR KNEES, HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD!

Cop 2: NOW, DO IT NOW!!

"HE WAS A WEALTHY BUSINESS EXECUTIVE WHO HELPED RE-FORM THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA.

"HIS METHODS WERE QUESTIONABLE, BUT HIS GOALS SEEMED BENEVOLENT. HE SOUGHT TO HELP. TO BETTER THIS WORLD.

Cop 1: NOW, DAMN IT-- DON'T MAKE US DROP YOU!

MAXWELL LORD.

Powers: Extreme Mind Control.

"BUT POWER CORRUPTS."

"USING HIS ABILITY TO CONTROL THE MINDS OF OTHERS, MAX BEGAN TO PLOT AGAINST THE WORLD. BUT A HERO DISCOVERED HIS PLANS.

"AND THAT HERO WAS LOST."

BLUE BEETLE

THE LATE TED KORD.

Cop 2: NOW! DOWN ON THE...

Cop 1: THE HELL... WHAT'S--

"MAX SEIZED CONTROL OF O.M.A.C., POSSESSED HEROES' WILLS, AND FORCED THEM TO COMMIT UNTHINKABLE ACTS.

Cop 1: I CAN'T STOP, I -- HEY RON, DON'T POINT YOUR--

Cop 2: I'M NOT DOING IT! I CAN'T--OH GOD--I'M GOING TO--NO!!

"THEN...AS THE WORLD WATCHED, AND AT THE HANDS OF ONE OF OUR OWN...HE WAS MURDERED.

KRAK

Cop (out of frame): NOOOO--!!

BLAM

BLAM

"BUT NOW, AS IMPLAUSIBLE AS IT MAY SEEM..."

12 HOURS AGO

WASHINGTON, D.C.

THE HALL OF JUSTICE

Superman: MAXWELL LORD HAS RETURNED. AND WE ARE CALLING UPON ALL OF YOU FOR HELP.

SUPERMAN

(THE MAN OF STEEL)

[Brad interjects: "Hey look, there's Plastic Man in the side -- sorry."]

News Reporter: "-- UNUSUAL ADDRESSING THE MEDIA DIRECTLY, BUT MADE CLEAR THE NEED AND THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION WHEN STATING "HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER GOT CLOSE TO DEFEATING US ALL."

News Report: --FIRST ALERTED WHEN THIS PHOTO APPEARED ON A TRAFFIC CAMERA IN SAN FRANCISCO. ANTI-TERRORIST FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE RED-FLAGGED THE IMAGE--

-- AND WAS LATER CONFIRMED AS MAXWELL LORD.

"YOU WILL NOT UNDERESTIMATE HIM."

[transition: back to Brad]

And that's where it ends. This looks good! I gotta tell you, I'm in! I'm hooked!

Now one to pass: Y'know, I'm all for vampires -- more than the next guy! (Except when they sparkle.) And, I gotta tell you, I love to see the vampires starting to make a comeback here because, I gotta tell you as a comics reader, I've been a little zombie'd out.

So, bravo for the vampires making a comeback. Here's the only problem: You're probably going to see on your shelves this week, 'How to Draw Vampires'. It's a trade paperback. They're asking $19.99; your price is $15.99 at some places.

Are you wracked by forbidden desire? says the solicit.

Do you pine away out of love for the dark children of the night, ever yearning to capture their essence but denied by lack of proper knowledge? Fear not, intrepid one, for salvation is at hand! This essential instruction manual will tell you all you need to know to bring life to your depictions of the undead, from the creepiest Nosferatu to the spookiest horror-film classics to the sparkliest of ravishing romancers. They may not reflect in a mirror, but Antarctic Press will show you how to capture them on paper!

I've got, uh -- I've got your book for you right here. It's on one sheet of paper. I got it right here. I got your book, right here. I'm gonna do it.

Here it is, right here. [holds up piece of paper; laughs] As soon as I can figure out how to line that up. [the writing on the paper comes into focus] Right there. There's your book.

"Draw people, add fangs." [tosses paper]

Ladies and gentlemen, this had been "Five to Pull/One to Pass", the videocast edition. And if this doesn't suck too badly, I might do it again next time. Until then, I'll see you next Wednesday.