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Strands #674 “Look up!” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵

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I solved the 1/06/2026 New York Times Mini Crossword in 0:35! www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g...

9. ADVENTURE COMICS #247 (April 1958) “The Legion of Super-Heroes” W: Otto Binder A: Al Plastino Cover: Curt Swan

8. PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (Vol. 1) #10 (September 1977) “Tiger in a Web!” W: Bill Mantlo A: Sal Buscema (404)

Me logging in to work for the first time in 16 days. (from Calvin & Hobbes 12/13/1985)

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Strands #673 “Slapped together” 💡🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #939 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Today is the 100th anniversary of my maternal grandfather’s birth. He died when I was around 11 but before that we were pretty close. Every year on this date I post this photo of us- which is framed in my office- on Instagram.

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Strands #672 “I just know ...” 💡🔵💡🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵

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they have literally never gotten over the Obama situation room photo for the bin Laden raid

"Well, he's a dictator whose people don't actually want him in charge" is an interesting precedent for this guy to set

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Strands #671 “I've never seen that before!” 💡🔵🟡💡 🔵🔵💡🔵 🔵

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7. BATMAN & ROBIN #3 (October 2009) “Batman Reborn Part Three: Mummy Made of Nails” W: Grant Morrison A: Frank Quitely (406)

6. BATMAN & ROBIN #2 (September 2009) “Batman Reborn Part One: The Circus of Strange” W: Grant Morrison A: Frank Quitely (406)

5. BATMAN & ROBIN #1 (August 2009) “Batman Reborn Part One: Domino Effect” W: Grant Morrison A: Frank Quitely (405)

Random: By all accounts Chevy Chase is difficult to work with & generally unpleasant, so this is probably deserved, but it’s gotta sting a little that he did a movie called Three Amigos! and the other two Amigos continued being a successful comedy team for 40 years but never worked with him again.

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Strands #670 “Home is where the hearth is” 💡🔵🔵💡 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡

Connections Puzzle #936 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

4. PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (Vol. 1) #9 (August 1977) “… Like a Tiger in the Night!” W: Bill Mantlo A: Sal Buscema (404)

3. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Vol. 1) #171 (August 1977) “Photon Is Another Name For…?” W: Len Wein A: Ross Andru (403)

2. DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (June 2009) “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Part 2” W: [REDACTED] A: Andy Kubert (402)

1. BATMAN #686 (April 2009) “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Part 1” W: [REDACTED] A: Andy Kubert (401)

The amount of focus on Holly Wheeler- basically a non-character for the first four seasons- in the final season of Stranger Things is baffling. It’s like if the strike team in Return of the Jedi was Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, and this guy.

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Strands #669 “Not your average joe” 🔵🔵💡🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵

Connections Puzzle #935 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟪🟦🟦🟦 An auspicious start to the year...

This is likely the last issue I’ll read/post about in 2025. Including new issues (which I’ve really slacked off on) and physical editions, neither of which I’ve posted panels from in this ongoing thread, this puts me at around 940 individual comics read in 2025.

400. BATMAN/THE SPIRIT (January 2007) W: Jeph Loeb A: Darwyn Cooke

399. JSA ALL-STARS #7 (January 2004) “The Strange Case of Mr. Terrific and Doctor Nil” W: Michael Chabon A: Michael Lark

398. HELLBOY: THE WILD HUNT #8 (November 2009) W: Mike Mignola A: Duncan Fegredo

397. HELLBOY: THE WILD HUNT #7 (October 2009) W: Mike Mignola A: Duncan Fegredo