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MixMaster in the hiz-ouse! Okay, so I decided not to go to the comic shop this weekend because it is a light week. For shame! (and next week is actually worse than this week -- those bastards! I guess that is what happens when Ultimates 2 and All Star Batman and Robin ship in the same week.) Anyway, it gives me a chance to catch up on the two short boxes of back issues I have to read. Up first is GIJoe Special Missions Manhattan. I've been enjoying these and the Declassifieds (GIJoe, Scarlett, Dreadnoks) after dropping GIJoe when it re-launched as America's Elite, which just sounds plain stupid -- everyone knows it is 'A Real American Hero' (Yo Joe!) After that I'll probably tap into the stack of Star Wars Tales I picked up on sale a few weeks ago. Those are always some nice light fun reading.

Oh yeah, and I saw Spider-Man 3 last night. Can't say I'm a huge fan. I would put it down there with X-Men The Last Stand which I didn't like very much. I'm a bit of a comic purist, so there were just too many stupid changes from the original comics that bugged the hell out of me. I did like Gwen Stacy though. Even though her character wasn't used right and should have been in the first movie (and died), I think the actress (Bryce Dallas Howard) did a great job.