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The 15 Dumbest Superhero Retcons Of All Time [Triviagasm]
io9.com - 11/18/2009
The 15 Dumbest Superhero Retcons Of All Time [Triviagasm]
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Superheroes can escape almost any trap... except for 50 years' worth of backstory that's dated, self-contradictory or gets in the way of a story. So what do you do? Reach for the retcon! Here are 15 examples of retcon fail. Comics have a grand problem of continuity. Long-lived characters have ...

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Daily Scan for 11.18.09 - McG Is Off Nemo, Whedon Writes Terminator Comic
SciFi Scanner — • That'll do, pig: Disney lets McG go from the 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Captain Nemo prequel. • io9 lists the dumbest superhero retcons of all time. Hello, Phoenix! And that's one of the less stupid ones. • SciFi Wire lists ten great scifi oddities from Google's new digital time machine. • If you've got a few grand to spare, the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles will sell you a tour guided by Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy. • A few weeks ago, Joss Whedon made a mock bid for the ...

End of the Week Starlinks
Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — ... John Scalzi on the issue of bad science in Star Trek and science eduction more generally.  Highly recommended reading, whether you agree with him or not.  And JJ Abrams about Star Trek 2. High-tech tattoos.  Cool!  Mood skin coming… A story about a Stephen King appearance and his new book. Meteor video from Utah. Here are two io9 links about superhero comic stuff.  About unfilmable stories and bad retcons. Pictures of the surface of the sun.  Cool.  No, ...

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