Comic Doodles 2.0

Photo courtesy DC Comics      With the trailer for James Wan's Aquaman set to debut at San Diego Comic-Con, I decided to return to a time before Aquaman had blockbuster visual effects and Jason Momoa's epic facial hair -- a faraway time known as 2006.      The Superman origin series Smallville was changing the face of superhero television, and its creators Al Gough and Miles Millar were thinking about possibilities for other DC Comics adaptations. After the successful introduction of Aquaman in season 5, they decided to give him his own series. The show wouldn't be a spinoff of Smallville, but it would have a similar style. (I'll probably do another post about why this series never got off the ground.)      The CW rejected the pilot, but Warner Bros. eventually released the single episode on iTunes. So, I forked over $1.99 and watched this thing. And boy, do I have some thoughts. (I'm gonna spoil the whole thing, so if you plan on watching it free of spoilers

Photo courtesy IGN      In a viral Instagram post , Tom "The Spoiler King" Holland just revealed the logo and title for the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming , which appears to be called Spider-Man: Far From Home . And in true MCU superfan fashion, we have questions. (It's also the royal "we" in this case. I'm literally the only person writing this blog.) 1. Is the title even real?      The title sounds a bit on the nose, and given the MCU's habit of using clever working titles for its movies (such as Group Hug , the working title for Avengers ) this might just be a way for Marvel Studios to troll spoiler-hungry news outlets. I mean, just look at the logo! A Photoshop-savvy artist could just as easily make that, complete with the Spidey mask for an O.      Then again, the title of Spider-Man: Homecoming is a pun in and of itself; it's a nod to the fact that Peter would once again be in high school, and also possibly a way to commemorate the

Photo courtesy Bustle       One of the best things to come out of the Thor franchise (and one of the most talked about absences in Infinity War ) was Korg, the talking pile of rocks with a penchant for rock-paper-scissors jokes and starting revolutions. But why was he so obsessed with starting a revolution? As per usual, I'm gonna overanalyze the heck out of the MCU and come to a shocking conclusion: it's because his father was brutally murdered while trying to start a revolution of his own. And Thor is the one who killed him.       In the third Thor movie, Korg explains how he became a gladiator, explaining, "I tried to start a revolution, but didn't print enough pamphlets so hardly anyone turned up. Except for my mum and her boyfriend, who I hate. As punishment, I was forced to be in here and become a gladiator." But Korg (or at least, the MCU version) doesn't seem like the type to start a coup; in the movie, he's quite kind and... well... meek.

     Like any Marvel fan with too much time on their hands, I was rewatching Black Panther when I noticed the interesting Wakandan text in the background of many of the scenes. Now, translation keys for the Wakandan alphabet were available online even around the time the main trailer was released, but when I tried translating one of the signs, I just got "HIJKL." Which spells nothing. Absolutely nothing.      But this time, I decided to give it another go. I started with the writing on the shoes Shuri built for T'Challa, and what I found was pretty interesting. Check out my video below:      So please, join me in the hunt for more translation Easter eggs in Black Panther ! I used this key someone posted on Imgur, which came from an official behind-the-scenes booklet Brisk Tea released. Happy hunting, and Wakanda Forever.