Bloodshot volume 1 issues 0-6

Bloodshot volume 1 issues 0-6

This series came out when Valiant was at their peak of popularity. And IIRC issue 1 of Bloodshot came out the same day as the infamous Superman Volume 2 issue 75 AKA the Death of Superman issue. Bloodshot is the story of a former mafia hitman who is sold out and given to a Asian tech firm as a guinna pig. They fill his blood of nanites,little robots that can fix almost anything and allow him to control any electronic device. Well Bloodshot is rescued early on and goes on a quest to find out his past. Seems he remembers almost nothing of his previous life. You can tell that at first this was Valiant's attempt for a Punisher style hero. But quickly it changes into something else. Issue 0 came out way after these 6 issues and it does a good job giving you some of Bloodshot's story from before he became a one man killing machine.Issue 4 has him teaming up with Gilard aka the Enternal Warrior. They team up take on one of the many mafia families. An uneasy truce is reached and Gilad gets Bloodshot a job working for a British group that kinda reminds me of the group Micheal Knight worked for on Knight Rider.Issue 6 has a great cover of Bloodshot falling outta a place through the air. And at one time this issue was super hot. Cause it was the first appearance of Colin King who was Ninjak. And for a very short while Ninjak was a super hot hero. Thankfully all these issues should be easy to find for a buck an issue if no cheaper. This group of Bloodshot issues gets a B+.

Curse of the Weird #2

Curse of the Weird issue 2

Published back in the comic glut of 94,this 4 issue mini series was over looked by most of the comic fans. This is a series that reprinted "weird" tales from Marvel's Atlas era books. You get 5 stories. The first "The Ghost of Grismore Castle" has amazing artwork from the comic genius Steve Ditko. Kinda a normal ghost story,but it is elevated from an average story to a great story by art. Ditko has an energy and aura around his artwork that I can't really describe. Up next is "Bat's Tales' written by Stan Lee and pencils and inks by Russ Heath Jr. Passable vampire story with a predictable ending. "Innocent Bystander" is third,with pencils and inks by Dick Briefer. Never heard of Dick before but his artwork is a little below average for the time period. The story is like a 3rd rate "Crime Suspense Story". "The Unsolid Man" pencils and inks by the great Joe Orlando.Besides the art this one is not worth reading. And it isn't as good as Orlando's great stuff with EC. Wrapping up the comic is "No Sign of Life" written by Stan Lee and pencils and inks by Steve Ditko. Very cute Sci Fi story that doesn't over stay it's welcome. And beside the usual pages of ads,we get a few pages giving us some background on the stories,writers and artists that worked on this issue. I found this issue along with the following 2 at Coast Con last year. Got them outta the cheap bin and just the 2 stories with Ditko artwork are worth 10 times what I paid for them.

Pg 13 vs Spike/Mikey from ECW

I wonder if this is what inspired the Rock to create the People's Elbow?

Micheal PS Hayes VS some jobber from AWF
This is from the short lived AWF. Which from what I can dig up was syndicated into at least 4/5ths of the country. Also seems like that lots of areas it aired at like 2am on Sunday Morning. I can remember coming home from either a party or a night at the bar and turning this on. It was fun you had 1 hour of AWF then WCW Worldwide.  I wonder if a young Dwayne Johnson saw this match and modernized Haye's finisher?

The "lost" great tag team of the 90's.

Never given their due. I am guessing cause they spent most of their time in Memphis and the USWA. This was one of the best tag teams of the whole decade of the 90;s. They had a match in ECW  vs Little Spike Dudley and Mikey Whipwreck that I will try to post soon,.

WCW bash at the beach 1997 lucha libre 6 man tag

Remember when you usually got a fun lucha libre match at most WCW ppvs?

FCBD 2011

Since there is no comic shops really near me. The past few years I have drove down to 3 Alarm Comics in Biloxi Mississippi. Last year I made two trips to the comic shop on FCBD. One early in the morning ,and then later that day. On the second trip I took my 8 year old cousin Jared. He has started getting into comics so I do whatever I can to encourge him to read them. Well today we decided to get to the shop right after they opened. I was expecting what had happened last year. IE the shop having in 4 artists and at first there being a limit of 2 free comics per customer. Well we showed up about 10 minutes after the store had opened and it was super crowded. Seems the owner had brought in 8 artists. The only one I knew was Mitch Byrd. Who is from the area and seems that most people if they have heard of him ,remember his run on Guy Gardner Warrior comic. Well Jared wanted to look around so we spent about 20 minutes looking at action figures and wall books. Saw some good wall books at decent prices. But really nothing I want. Also saw some good figures again at good prices. But I really don't have much room to display action figures. Well Jared found the newest issue of Sonic the Hedgehog. So he picked that up and then walked over to the rack that had all the free comics on it. I then went off looking for some of the trades I wanted. Found the shelf with the various Showcase presents trades. Nice selection and I picked up Jonah Hex,Shazam,and House of Mystery volumes 1 and 2. All of them for a decent amount off cover. So I started looking for the shelf with all the Marvel Essentials. Looked all over ,then finally saw it was right behind some of the artists. So I kinda reached around and grabbed Essential X-men volumes 4-7. Gotta say I haven't read this era of X-men in over 20 years and I am really enjoying them. Well by this time the store is super crowded,and well I don't handle crowds too well. So I quickly found Walking Dead Volume 10 and then made my way to the free comic rack. Saw Jared had put back the issue of Sonic. So I asked him why. "Why pay 3 bucks when they have one that is free?" Can't really argue with his logic. One strange thing,I had went the night before with him and his lil brother to see Thor and both of them loved the movie. So when I saw the FCBD Captain American/Thor issue I figured Jared would be all over it like a fat chick loves steak'ums. He showed no interest in it,but did pick up Atomic Robo,Silver Scorpion,and the James Patterson Wizards and something book. I ended up getting one of every issue they still had in stock. By this time I am already starting to shake,and knew I had to get out of there quick. So I walked over to the register,and was surprised there wasn't a line. Guy rang up my trades and I got a nice discount. So far all I have read was the 2000 AD FCBD edition. And it was a nice way to introduce people to the various stories that run in 2000 AD, Over all it was a fun day and I will be back next year.

Serial Mom

Serial Mom by John Waters

Made in the mid 90's this was one of the more high profile and mainstream films to come from the mind of John Waters. It stars Kathleen Turner as the Serial Mom of the film title. Sam Waterson as her husband. Matthew Lillard as her horror movie loving son. And Ricki Lake as her boy crazy collectible selling daughter. Film starts off almost like a modern color version of Leave it to Beaver. But once her husband heads off to work and the kids are off to school the cracks in Ms Turner's facade start to show. Seems she loves to call one of the neighbor women and scream all kinds of obscenity's at her. Well after this she is off to the high school for a PTA meeting with her son's math teacher. The teacher tells her that Lillard is a deviant who is obsessed with horror movies. This pisses off Serial Mom and she catches the teacher in the parking lot and runs him over multiple times with her car. She heads off and gets the car washed before heading home to start cooking dinner for her family. The next morning the cops show up at her house to question her. Seems there was a witness who saw a blue station wagon run over the teacher. And Serial Mom is the only parent who was at school that day that has a blue station wagon. She answers the police's questions. And tries to help her daughter get over being stood up by the boy who was suppose to drive her to the flea market today. We head off to the flea market. And we see the aforementioned boy there with a super cute Traci Lords on his arm. Serial Mom sees this and follows him into the bathroom. Then runs him through with a fireplace poker. Well again there is a witness,but the cops don't believe him. Well the movie goes on with Serial Mom going after anyone that she believes is doing wrong to her family. And the family begins to suspect that their beloved matriarch is a killer. This film is a fun dark comedy that is a satire of the media circus that surrounds most high profile murder cases. The cast is all very good at their roles. And this has a decent amount of gore mixed with some very very black humor. I have enjoyed this film since the first time I saw it back when it hit VHS. Serial Mom earns a B+.

Major League Wrestling 04/23/2011 aired on Fox 40 outta Jackson Mississippi

Major League Wrestling 04/23/2011




This seems to be a replacement for the Mississippi Championship Wrestling show.



We start off with random clips and a rap song playing. And I am pretty sure I see Teddy Hart. Then we go to the sponsors.



First match- Rick Santell VS The Graduate Jason James from Southern Allstar Wrestling



We start off with Jason cutting a promo,then goto Rick doing the same.We goto the ring and the match has started. It seems Santell has recently had surgery. The announcer mentions that last time he saw Santell that Katie Vick was also there. Fast match that ends when Santell catches Jason James with the Rick Kick.



2nd match- Amien Rios vs Jonathan Davis from CWA pro wrestling



Rios is out first and seems to be the heel. Davis comes out and looks a little like Jay Lethal. Davis gets a hammerlock but Rios reverses it. Davis takes Rios to the mat. Davis comes off the ropes does a cartwheel then a armdrag. Jonathan goes running and dives between the top and middle rope and nails Rios.The action goes to outside the ring and Rios hits Davis with some stiff shots. He throws Davis back in the ring and keeps working him over. Amien hits a neckbreaker and goes for the pin. But only gets a 2 count. The announcer keeps referring to Davis as a midget,comparing him to Gary Coleman. Davis goes to the top rope and does a back flip ending with his ass hitting Rios in the head. Both men are down and the ref starts the 10 count. They get up and start exchanging chops.Rios gets the pin by using the ropes. And the crowd is mega pissed.



3rd match-DKE vs The Scarboni Bros from Showtime Allstar Wrestling



This is a SAW tag team championship match. Seems that Reno Riggens is on commentary.DKE are the champs. DKE is made up of Derrick King and JT Star. We start off with King in the ring with Handsome Vinny Scarboni. They lock up and Vinny gets a headlock. He throws King off the ropes and takes King down with a shoulder block. Vinny scoopslams King and goes for a pin. But only gets a 2 count.King manages to tag JT. JT gets an atomic drop from Vinny. Vinny hits a very stiff clothesline on JT Star. The Scarboni brothers double team Derrick King. But JT hits a second rope kneedrop and gets the momentum back. JT throws Vinny outside the ring and him and DKE's valent double team him. And we goto commerical. We come back and Derrick King has Sonny Scarboni in the corner. King tags JT back in and Sonny makes a comeback. King cheap shots Sonny and starts to claw Sonny's eyes. King and Sonny knock heads in the corner and both hit the mat. Both guys manage to tag their partners. Vinny cleans house and drops the elbow on JT. He goes for the pin but Derrick King breaks up the pin. JT and King hit their finisher on Sonny Scarboni and get the pin.



4th match-Ernie Ladd vs Brickhouse Brown from NWA



This is a Vault Classic match. Starts off with Ladd in complete control. But Rufus R Brown comes out and distracts Ladd so that Brickhouse can take advantage. Ladd gets control again and wails on Brown. Brown hits 2 sweet dropkicks. And Brown goes for the pin. But of course Ladd kicks out. Ladd hits a stiff chop that drops Brickhouse to the mat.It seems that Gary Hart has made his way to ringside. Ladd keeps on working over Brickhouse. Brickhouse gets up on the top rope and hits a very nice crossbody block on Ladd. Brickhouse follows this with 2 good dropkicks. Rufus gets up on the apron and distracts Ladd. This allows Brickhouse to hit a dropkick to the back of Ernie's head. And Brickhouse gets the 3 count.



5th match Azrieal vs Human Tornado from Maryland Championship Wrestling



This is both guys debut matches in MCW.Tornado seems to be the crowd favorite. This is from the Shane Shamrock Cup 7. Which means it is from a few years ago cause IIRC Human Tornado retired at least 2 years ago. Tornado challenges Azrieal to a test of strength. But Azrieal is way to short to reach Tornado's hand. They lock up. Azrieal gets sent to the corner and Tornado hits him with a monkeyflip. Azrieal goes outside the ring to recover and Tornado hits a sweet plancha. Both guys brawl outside the ring. Till Human Tornado gets back inside the ring. Azrieal hits some chops. And then nails Tornado with a dropkick,and a stiff kick to the back of Tornado's head. Azrieal takes control,and goes for the pin. But only gets a 2 count. Tornado climbs the ropes and hits Azrieal in the chest with a dropkick. Human Tornado starts chopping Azrieal. And then hits a standing moonsault. But Azriel kicks out at 2. Human Tornado goes for a tornado DDT. But Azrieal blocks it. Azrieal goes to the top rope and hits a amazing frogsplash. But Tornado kicks out at 2. Tornado does a split and kicks Azrieal square in the nuts. This allows him to get the 3 count. Great match.



5th match-Brandy Alexander vs Malia Hosaka from World League Wrestling Joined in progress



This is a World League Wrestling Ladies Championship match.Malia works Brandy's leg. But Brandy manages to get back up. Malia hits a sunset flip and gets a 2 count. Brandy gets back up and places Malia in a Boston Crab. Hosaka reverses it and rolls up Brandy for a 2 count. Brandy hits some knife edge thrusts. But Hosaka makes a comeback. Brandy climbs to the top rope. Hosaka catches Brandy and slams her off the top rope. Followed by 2 karate kicks and a spinkick. Hosaka throws Brandy into the ropes and hits another spinkick. Hosaka goes for a big splash but Brandy gets her knees up in time to block it. Hosaka hits Brandy with a frankensteiner for the pin.



6th match-Jay Lethal vs Jerrelle Clark from NWA Wildside



OK we seems to be getting two different sets of commentators. Which makes it hard to make out what is being said. Jay runs the ropes and Clark catches him with a hiptoss.Back and forth match. With neither guy getting a major advantage. Lots of armdrags from Clark. Lethal goes outside the ring to recover. And once he gets back in he hits Clark with a backbreaker. But Clark kicks out at 2. Lethal hits a huge dropkick. And then a back suplex. Lethal goes up to the top rope and hits a very Benoit like flying headbutt. Clark recovers and hits Lethal with a pumphandle slam. Lethal gets out at the 2 count and nails Jerrelle with a dragon suplex. And gets the 3 count.



And that is the end of the show. Was really good. 6 matches with really only the woman's match being kinda crappy. Now I enjoyed Mississippi Championship Wrestling,but this show is 5 times better. Hopefully it will actually air every week and last a long time.

The Lost by Jack Ketchum

The Lost by Jack Ketchum


My rating: 5 of 5 stars





SPOILERS AHEAD BEWARE






This was the first novel I read from Mr Ketchum. I had heard about Jack Ketchum for a few years. And got lucky and found a copy of this novel at the local used bookstore. Ray Pie and a two friends are out in the woods drinking beer and getting high. But Ray is a disturbed young man,he is a total sociopath. He sees two girls that he assumes are lesbians. So He takes his rifle and shoots and kills them.We fast forward a few years. And Ray is still up to his criminal ways. He works and lives at the motel his mother owns. And he seems to get every girl he wants. But the new maid at the motel wants nothing to do with him and this drives Ray crazy. He gets over this,or so we assume,and starts dating a new girl in town. And one night in he tells the new girl about him killing the two girls in the woods. This causes her to want nothing to do with Ray. That pushes Ray over the edge and he goes on a rampage.
This is a great novel that really shows why Ketchum gets so much praise. He gets us into the mind of Ray Pie. And the ending is a orgy of violence that tops most other well known horror authors.