#perry robot and monster

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I think i missed lore in this fandom...

[lyril]

old fan banners from the robot and monster deviantart group!

bonus (for all the starving perry fans out there):

[oh-my-mint]

robot and monster is GO

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More doodles for an unsuccessful 3D Nickelodeon show that’s actually really funny but NO ONE knows about.

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romantic ship image I drew based on me and friend's subway tier list convo (tier list under read more)

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Just finished this, it’s cheer leader Robot! The blinking light factory was challenged again to another polo match, and since Robot is too small for polo Gart made him be a cheerleader instead to embarrass him. Jokes on Gart though because Robot ended up actually having a great time and embraced it!

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I'd unironically buy this if it were real it's so good!!!

As a side note, I love your shading ♡

laughed over the vision of a 2 part charm of perry separating his head and body.well im not making it real but i wanted to draw him in agony anyways

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Perry Polls

A poll tournament to find the best alternate version of Perry the Platypus. AUs, disguises, transformations, Perry-themed objects, guys who just have a similar name...

Full searchable list of Perrys can be found under the cut.

Dr Lloyd Wexler Lawn Gnome Platypus Plumber Temp Banjo-playing platypus Evil scientist Nemesis Toy Poor little regular platypus Perry the Platyborg Perry the Platyborg

Reformed Platyborg

Reformed Platyborg

Pretendy the Practice-pus

Underwear

Bobble-head Perry the Platypus

Platyp-inator

The Amazing Perry

Chez Platypus

Parade balloon

Perrytronic 3000

Platy-posterior

Candace (Mom suit)

Platypult

Trojan Platypus

Perry the Toolbox

Perry the Tool-a-Rack

Fabulous

Mechanical platypus suit

Candace in Perry's Body

Perry In Candace's Body

Ferb Suit

Lawrence Robot

Evil Platypus Clones

Platypus Monster

Igor

Parts Dealer

Adventure Hat

A kid in a sheet

Dog

Magpie

Bianca Dijon Hologram

Director Dipthong Hologram

Footabll player Hologram

Lulu Jones Hologram

Egyptian

Explorer

Swordfighter

Domestic

Act Your Age

Age-accellerated

Future

Bad Future

Baby

Bartholomew

Sweary the Swan

Lost in Danville

Carl

Misperceived Monotreme

Doof n Puss

The Platypus and his girlfriend

Harry the Contractor

Pinky the Chihuahua

Cavenpuss

Parry Gripp

Fedora

Fedora

Astronaut Helmet

Carmen Miranda Fruit Hat

Cowboy Hat

Devil horns hat

Firefighter Hat

Irish

Rastacap

Rasta-Warthogapus

Perry the Mustachioed Tool Spokespus

Ten Gallon Hat

1914

Fez

Totally Tools Pirate

Welding mask

Jerry the Platypus

Larry the Platypus

Platy-proliferator-inator

Terry the Platypus

Inaction Figure

Atomic Super Platypus

Secret Agent

The Mad Marauding Marsupial of Death

Butler

De-Volitionator

Dancing

Dehydrated

Just a top

Just a bottom

Kinderlumper

Ugly

Mindless Animal

Deformed Turquoise Man

Steven the Platypus

A metaphor

Superhero

Ducky Momo

Parable the Dragonpus

Giant Dragonpus

Cave Platypus

Bird

Fly

Triceratops

Big Brain

Dino Bird

Bunka da Bunkaquan

Castaway

Master Perry

Master Perry

Norm

Collared

Mobile Mammal

Opera Singer

Latin Chacha-gram

Gorilla Hologram

Live Action

Baseball Cap

Real platypi under UV light

Dipper

Perry the Rebelpus

Bearded

Tissue box

Baljeet's Decoy

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Phineas and Ferb Episode Bracket! Season 2, Part 1 Results + Part 2

Hey, y'all! Sorry for posting these results late. Guess who couldn't sleep last night and accidentally slept in? But anyways, the last form got 36 responses, so let's get into it. The contenders for the next round are...

The Lake Nose Monster, with 52.8% (19) of the votes!

Tip of the Day, with 91.7% (33) of the votes!

Backyard Aquarium and Day of the Living Gelatin are tied at 50% (18) of the votes each!

Don't Even Blink, with 55.6% (20) of the votes!

Chez Platypus, with 63.9% (23) of the votes!

The Chronicles of Meap, with 66.7% (24) of the votes!

Thaddeus and Thor, with 61.1% (22) of the votes!

Another tie between Let's Take a Quiz and At the Car Wash!

Oh, There You Are, Perry with 80.6% (29) of the votes!

Hide and Seek, with 75% (27) of the votes!

Vanessassary Roughness, with 58.3% (21) of the votes!

Spa Day, with 55.6% (20) of the votes!

Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo, with 52.8% (19) of the votes!

Isabella and the Temple of Sap, with 58.3% (21) of the votes!

Cheer Up Candace, with 52.8% (19) of the votes!

Finding Mary McGuffin, with 72.2% (26) of the votes!

Nerdy Dancin', with 72.2% (26) of the votes!

What Do It Do?, with 56.8% (21) of the votes!

Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation!, with 67.6% (25) of the votes!

I Was a Middle Aged Robot, with 73% (27) of the votes!

Undercover Carl, with 89.2% (33) of the votes!

Invasion of the Ferb Snatchers, with 67.6% (25) of the votes!

Ain't No Kiddie Ride, with 67.6% (25) of the votes!

The Lizard Whisperer, with 54.1% (20) of the votes!

Robot Rodeo, with 51.4% (19) of the votes!

She's the Mayor, with 59.5% (22) of the votes!

Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!, with 86.5% (32) of the votes!

Nerds of a Feather, with 51.4% (19) of the votes!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!, with 78.4% (29) of the votes!

The Doof Side of the Moon, with 91.9% (34) of the votes!

(I can't attach any more images, so these last two results won't have charts.)

Brain Drain, with 54.1% (20) of the votes!

Rollercoaster: The Musical!, with 83.8% (31) of the votes!

Thanks to everyone who voted! You might have noticed that a few matchups were tied. We will be running those matchups again in the next round. Here is the form for Part 2. Happy voting and I'll see you in about 24 hours!

[lyril]

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Once Upon a Lamp - list of characters

In honor of Once Upon a Studio turning one year old

EXT. THE STEVE JOBS BUILDING - EARLY EVENING

Feature films

Toy Story (Toys)

Woody

Buzz Lightyear

Jessie

Mr. Potato Head

Slinky Dog

Rex

Hamm

Bo Peep

Mrs. Potato Head

Aliens

Bullseye

Mr. Pricklepants

Dolly

Trixie

Buttercup

Chuckles

Stinky Pete

Barbie

Ken

Lots-o-Huggin’ Bear

Big Baby

Twitch

Stretch

Chunk

Sparks

Chatter Telephone

Bookworm

Peas-in-a-Pod

Forky

Giggle McDimples

Ducky

Bunny

Duke Caboom

Gabby Gabby

The Dummies

Billy, Goat, and Gruff

Toy Story (Human side)

Andy Davis

Mrs. Davis

Molly Davis

Sid Phillips

Hannah Phillips

Bonnie Anderson

Bonnie’s Mom

Bonnie’s Dad

Buster

Scud

A Bug’s Life

Flik

Hopper

Princess Atta

Princess Dot

The Queen

Molt

Slim

Heimlich

Francis

Manny

Gypsy

Rosie

Tuck

Roll

P.T. Flea

Dim

Mr. Soil

Dr. Flora

Thorny

Cornelius

Thumper

Aphie

Monsters, Inc.

James P. Sullivan

Mike Wazowski

Boo

Celia Mae

Randall Boggs

Henry J. Waternoose

Johnny Worthington

Scott “Squishy” Squibbles

Don Carlton

Terri and Terry Perry

Art

Tylor Tuskman

Val Little

Fritz

Katherine “Cutter” Sterns

Duncan P. Anderson

Roz

Yeti

Jeff Fungus

Banana Bread

Roger Rogers

Suzy “Sunny” Sunshine

Finding Nemo

Marlin

Dory

Nemo

Hank

The Incredibles

Bob Parr

Helen Parr

Violet Parr

Dashiell Parr

Jack-Jack Parr

Lucius Best

Edna Mode (E)

Buddy Pine

Winston Deavor

Evelyn Deavor

Mirage

Rick Dicker

Voyd

Cars

Lightning McQueen

Tow Mater

Cruz Ramirez

Ratatouille

Remy

Alfredo Linguini

Chef Skinner

Colette Tatou

Django

Emile

Anton Ego

WALL-E

WALL-E

EVE

Captain B. McCrea

John

Mary

M-O

GO-4

The Reject Robots

Hal the Cockroach

Up

Carl Fredricksen

Russell

Dug

Charles Muntz

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Kevin

Kevin’s Babies

Brave

Merida

Elinor

Fergus

Hamish

Hupert

Harris

Fergus’ Dogs

Angus

The Witch

Maudie

Lord MacGuffin

Lord Macintosh

Lord Dingwall

Young MacGuffin

Young Macintosh

Wee Dingwall

The Witch’s Crow

Conan the Clan Dingwall Hunk

Inside Out (Mindscape)

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Fear

Disgust

Anxiety

Envy

Ennui

Embarrassment

Nostalgia

Paula Persimmon

Xeni

Jean Dewberry

Janelle Johnson

Teen Riley

Rainbow Unicorn

Melatonin

Inside Out (Humans)

Riley Andersen

Jill Andersen

Bill Andersen

Grace Hsieh

Bree Young

Valentina Ortiz

Dani

Ally

Sofia

Nour

Coach Roberts

The Good Dinosaur

Arlo

Spot

Henry

Ida

Buck

Libby

Nash

Ramsey

Butch

Thunderclap

Downpour

Coldfront

Frostbite

Windgust

Bubbha

Lurleane

Pervis

Earl

Forrest Woodbush

Fury

Destructor

Dream Crusher

Debbie

Coco (Land of the Living)

Miguel Rivera

Dante

Abuelita Elena Rivera

Enrique Rivera (Papá)

Luisa Rivera (Mamá)

Tío Berto Rivera

Tía Carmen Rivera

Tía Gloria Rivera

Abuelito Franco Rivera

Abel Rivera

Rosa Rivera

Socorro Rivera

Benny Rivera

Manny Rivera

Coco (Land of the Dead)

Papá Héctor Rivera

Ernesto de la Cruz

Mamá Imelda Rivera

Pepita

Mamá Coco Rivera

Papá Julio Rivera

Tía Rosita Rivera

Tía Victoria Rivera

Tío Óscar Rivera

Tío Felipe Rivera

Onward

Ian Lightfoot

Barley Lightfoot

Laurel Lightfoot

Corey

Colt Bronco

Blazey

Soul (Living World)

Joe Gardener

Libba Gardener

Dez

Dorothea Williams

Curley Baker

Miho Akage

Connie

Melba

Lulu

Soul (The Great Before)

22

Moonwind

Terry

Counselor Jerry A

Counselor Jerry B

Luca

Luca Paguro

Alberto Scorfano

Giulia Marcovaldo

Ercole Visconti

Massimo Marcovaldo

Daniela Paguro

Lorenzo Paguro

Grandma Libera Paguro

Ciccio

Guido

Machiavelli

Turning Red

Meilin Lee

Ming Lee

Miriam Mendelsohn

Abby Park

Priya Mangal

Tyler Nguyen-Baker

Jin Lee

Grandma Wu Lee

Auntie Chen

Lily

Helen

Auntie Ping

Mr. Gao

4*Town

Lightyear

Izzy Hawthorne

Sox

Mo Morrison

Darby Steel

Commander Cal Burnside

Alisha Hawthorne

Kiko Hawthorne

Elemental

Ember Lumen

Wade Ripple

Bernie Lumen

Cinder Lumen

Gale Cumulus

Fern Grouchwood

Clod

Brook Ripple

Harold Ripple

Alan Ripple

Lake Ripple

Eddy Ripple

Marco Ripple

Polo Ripple

Ghibli

Elio

Elio Solis

Ambassador Questa

Ambassador Grigon

Olga Solis

Glordon

OOOOO

Ambassador Helix

Ambassador Tegman

Ambassador Turais

Hoppers

Mabel

King George

Short films

The Adventures of André and Wally B.

André

Wally B.

Luxo Jr.

Luxo Jr.

Luxo Sr.

Red’s Dream

Lumpy

Red

Tin Toy

Tinny

Gumbo

Flip ‘n Beth

Ace

Clocky

Spot

Zoo Train

Chrome Dome

Rallye Guy

Fire Hydrant

Helicopter Sheep

Toypot

Frodo

Bouncy

Eben’s Car

Les

RenderMan

Knick Knack

Knick

Sunny Miami

Sunny Florida

Sunny Egypt

Sunny Jamaica

Sunny Palm Springs

Sunny Israel

Surf Death Valley

Sunny Atlantis

Geri’s Game

Geri

For the Birds

Bluebird Flock

Gawky Bird

Boundin’

Jackalope

Lamb

One Man Band

Bass

Treble

Tippy

Lifted

Stu

Mr. B

Presto

Presto DiGiotagione

Alec Azam

Partly Cloudy

Gus

Peck

Day & Night

Day

Night

La Luna

Bambino

Papà

Nonno

The Blue Umbrella

Blue

Red

Lava

Uku

Lele

Sanjay’s Super Team

Sanjay

Sanjay’s Father

Hanuman

Durga

Vishnu

Piper

Piper

Lou

Lou

J.J.

Bao

Mom

Son

Dad

Cindy

SparkShorts

Purl

Purl

Lacy

Office Bros.

Office Ladies

Kitbull

Kitbull

Dog

Smash and Grab

Smash

Grab

Float

Father

Son

Wind

Ellis

Ellis’ Grandma

Burrow

Rabbit

Badger Landlord

The Rabbit’s Neighbors

Loop

Renee

Marcus

Out

Greg

Jim

Manuel

Greg’s Parents

Gigi

Nona

Nona

Renee

Twenty-Something

Gia

Nicole

Self

Self

TV shows

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Commander Nebula

Mira Nova

XR

Booster Sinclair Munchapper

Warp Darkmatter

Gravitina

N0S-4-A2

XL

Win or Lose

Coach Dan

Laurie

Rochelle

Kai

Yuwen

Tom

Taylor

Borna

Hannah

Other

THX

Tex

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MOVIES + MUSICALS

10 things i hate about you ⋆ american psycho ⋆ another country ⋆ before sunrise ⋆ bridget jones's diary ⋆ brokeback mountain ⋆ but i'm a cheerleader ⋆ chicago ⋆ dead poets society ⋆ diary of a wimpy kid trilogy ⋆ electric dreams ⋆ fight club ⋆ flushed away ⋆ ghost ⋆ good will hunting ⋆ hamilton ⋆ james bond (daniel craig) ⋆ kamikaze girls ⋆ legally blonde ⋆ like minds ⋆ maurice ⋆ mean girls ⋆ much ado about nothing (1993) ⋆ my best friend is a vampire ⋆ picnic at hanging rock ⋆ ride the cyclone ⋆ robots (2005) ⋆ saw franchise ⋆ scott pilgrim vs the world ⋆ se7en ⋆ spirited away ⋆ swing kids (1993) ⋆ the aristocats ⋆ the lego batman + ninjago movies ⋆ the truman show ⋆ the wild robot

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abba ⋆ and one ⋆ backstreet boys ⋆ bambi baker ⋆ big time rush ⋆ blur ⋆ bôa ⋆ drive45 ⋆ depeche mode ⋆ duran duran ⋆ franz ferdinand ⋆ gjon's tears ⋆ jack off jill ⋆ jack stauber ⋆ joker out ⋆ kate bush ⋆ kikuo ⋆ lps ⋆ marina ⋆ massive attack ⋆ miss construction ⋆ muse ⋆ she wants revenge ⋆ tears for fears ⋆ tommy february6 ⋆ white rose movement ⋆ yeule

TV + YT

alien stage ⋆ alpharad ⋆ artiswitch ⋆ azumanga daioh ⋆ bna ⋆ captain laserhawk ⋆ danger mouse ⋆ danny gonzalez ⋆ eurovision ⋆ froggycrossing ⋆ good omens ⋆ hannibal nbc ⋆ house md ⋆ isaacwhy ⋆ jaymoji ⋆ jerma985 ⋆ let's game it out ⋆ madoka magica ⋆ my little pony ⋆ octoboy ⋆ ouran high school host club ⋆ persona 4 the animation ⋆ rtgame ⋆ saiki k ⋆ scott pilgrim takes off ⋆ serial experiments lain ⋆ severance ⋆ sinjin drowning ⋆ the group

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Action Comics #703 (September 1994)

The final Zero Hour crossover! Superman visits an alternate timeline where he did what babies would normally do if put on a rocket and sent to another planet! You know, die.

We start with Metropolis being attacked by a version of Starro the Conqueror who's visiting from a timeline where he defeated the Justice League of America during their first appearance. Superman takes the giant starfish monster down within a couple of pages, making the JLA look like chumps since it took them a whole issue to do the same thing (or not do it, in this case).

After that, Clark Kent stops by the Daily Planet's temporary offices (since their actual offices got blown up by missiles) to check in on the gang, and everything seems pretty normal... until Perry White disappears in front of everyone. Clark realizes old people are getting Marty McFly'd because the time crisis is erasing the decades they were born in. And who else does he know who's pretty old...?

(I'm not sure if Pa should feel insulted or flattered.)

Superman flies faster than he's ever flown to Smallville (is this the start of that trope?), but once he gets there, reality shifts around him again, and instead of Ma and Pa Kent, he meets... Ma and Pa Kent, but young. He's now in a world where time moves slower and it's still the '40s, which, on the upside, means he's got more time to save his Ma and Pa. The Young Kents think this circus strongman must be a goon sent by someone they refer to as "the doc" and decide to chain him up. Normally, this wouldn't be much of a problem for Superman -- if the metal box where Past Pa keeps his chains didn't happen to also contain some kryptonite. How did it get there? Past Ma helpfully explains while her son from another reality agonizes.

In this timeline, the Kents were on a weekend trip to Kansas when the Kryptonian rocket landed in their farm, so by the time they got to it, poor baby Kal-El had passed away. Oh, and some heartless bastard had stolen the rocket and left the baby lying there. But hey, at least the Kents got some neat glowing rock out of it!

That heartless bastard was Dr. Emmett Vale, the alien-hating scientist who would go on to create Metallo in Superman's timeline. The Kents leave Superman chained up next to the kryptonite as they go visit Vale with a shotgun to make him pay for sending garishly-dressed thugs their way, plus the baby murder and stuff. Superman is too weak to move away from the kryptonite, but not too weak to melt the wheels of Pa Kent's truck with his eyes, causing the metal box with the kryptonite to slam shut (thank Rao most metal boxes in this timeline are also lined with lead, for some reason).

Meanwhile, the Kents have already been captured by Vale's goons. Vale, who is terribly concerned about an alien invasion, says he used the technology from the Kryptonian rocket to build a machine to cross to a neighboring dimension and steal some of the "awesome weapons" there, which he plans to use against those hated aliens. In fact, he hates the aliens so much that he has no regrets about leaving a tiny one to die. Unfortunately for him, a bigger alien overhears that.

Vale activates his dimension-crossing machine, which causes the Old Kents to start materializing in the portal as they sync with this timeline, meaning they're once again a few seconds away from getting Marty McFly'd. While Superman worries about that, Vale activates some '40s-style robots and sends them after him, but Superman isn't terribly intimidated. (He did just fight a much scarier killer robot a couple of months ago.)

Superman destroys two of the robots, but the resulting electric shock (plus some lingering kryptonite poisoning) leaves him stunned. Past Pa actually saves Superman from the last robot using his trusty shotgun, while Past Ma saves herself from Vale using her nails.

With the Young Kents safe, Superman uses the portal to try to bring the Old ones into this reality to buy them more time. When he's about to do that, he finds himself transported into the timestream by Linear Lady Liri Lee, who tells him it's time to go back to the Zero Hour series and fight "the true cause of this chronal chaos." Superman curses her for dooming his parents, but then she shows him that the Young Kents' timeline is disappearing anyway. Superman agrees to rejoin the crossover just to kick its mystery villain's butt (of course, if you've read ZH #1, you know it already happened the other way).

Meanwhile, in Metropolis, Lois Lane reports on the latest breaking news story: the end of time. She watches from a rooftop as a wave of entropy swallows Metropolis, and only interrupts her narration at the very end, to say...

And then: four pages of nothing (which was a running theme in several DC comics this month). TO BE CONCLUDED IN ZERO HOUR!

Plotline-Watch:

At the start, Clark tells Lois he took some time to check in on Metropolis since he and the other heroes had "stopped the chronal deterioration in the future" in Zero Hour #2, meaning this must take place between that issue and #1. The only problem is that Liri Lee and Matthew Ryder had been left in stasis by Extant in ZH #4 and were only freed by Superman and others in #1... but I guess that's not a massive continuity screwup given that she's a time traveling character and all. Hell, it could even be 2025 Post-Zero Hour, Post-Infinite Crisis, Post-New 52, Post-whatever Liri visiting this old timeline.

Jimmy Olsen wearing shirts for '90s bands was a staple of this era, but they've never been quite as... revealing as the NIN one he decided to wear to the office in this issue. Is he trying to impress Lucy Lane now that she's an alt-rocker girl (or grrrl)? Did a time fluke make him switch clothes with a much shorter Jimmy from another timeline? Or did he realize the world is ending and said "screw it, I'll dress like I always wanted to dress"? I think it might have been the shock of seeing Jimmy wearing that what made Perry White drop out of reality, not the entropy wave.

Previous appearances had depicted Dr. Vale as a kooky scientist, while this one shows him as more of a rich mob-boss type character. It's possible he lost his fortune, henchmen, and weight as he grew older and more paranoid about aliens, or this is just one of the differences between the timelines (another one being that Superman's rocket landed in the '40s, which means this Kal-El would have been in his fifties by 1994).

This issue would be greatly improved by one small change: instead of a shotgun, Young Pa should have been carrying around his shovel (you know, the shovel from The Man of Steel #6 and Adventures #500) and that's what he uses to save Superman from the robot at the end. You messed up, Michelinie.

Shout Outs-Watch:

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And now, more about this issue's most important topics (including, yes, Jimmy's fashion choices) from the great Don Sparrow:

Art-Watch (by @donsparrow):

We start with the cover, and it’s a perfect representation of the Zero Hour storyline—bright white entropy erasing away reality.  There’s something about the way Superman’s arm is stretched out slightly to the side that makes it look like he’s just waving “ahhhh, nuts to you” to the outstretched arms of Lois Lane.  One small, but interesting detail is that even the trade dress “Superman in Action Comics” is brightening as it’s erased by the white wave. 

Inside the issue we get great, pitched action as the story opens, with helicopter military gunner firing on Starro the Conqueror.

A few pages later, Clark and Lois are tastefully dressed, but I wish I could say the same for Jimmy.  I get that they want him to seem modern, which is why they stick him with a then-current Nine Inch Nails shirt, but why it’s a sleeveless belly shirt is a mystery to me.  Jimmy’s look also showcases a common problem in superhero storytelling—everyone is a mesomorph!  I’m sure Jimmy is in fit condition, but here he’s shown with a bodybuilder physique to rival even Superman’s.

The image of a determined Superman soaring to check on his parents (who, being older than Perry White, already should have disappeared) is a good one, though it begs the question of what his plan is—he couldn’t seem to do anything to stop Perry disappearing, how will his parents be any different?

[Max: Had it been established that the Kents are older than Perry? Superman says otherwise in this issue. The hair does make Perry look younger; I bet it would be the other way around if Pa wore a toupée.]

Moving along, the shot of a thoughtful Superman in shadow is a great drawing. 

As we’re introduced to Emmett Vale, he looks like Al Capone by way of Winston Churchill.  By the time the robots show up, the wheels are really off this story. [Max: I like the '40s-style look of the robots, but I also can't help thinking Bogdanove would have had a lot more fun with these guys than Guice did.]

Vanishing Point always has a distinctive look, which I’m guessing was hard to pull off in this era of four-colour colouring.  Finally, Lois’ expression of blank terror is appropriate as the wave of destruction erases reality.  Having the final few pages totally blank is pretty nervy, and definitely has a disquieting effect, though in this specific issue, it also feels like we were shortchanged a little on story. [Max: I checked and we still got 22 pages of story... but no lettercol, which I always enjoy reading in these backissues. So yeah, shortchanged.]

SPEEDING BULLETS:

A cute shoutout to the artist ho drew the very first appearance of Starro (and the Justice League), Mike Sekowsky, as one of the soldiers bears that surname.

Wait, what is Lois eating?  It kinda looks like an ice cream treat, but the white stars on blue looks like paper?  What is that thing? [Max: Yeah, that always bugged me. Why is she biting the paper?! Is this her "it's the end of the world, gonna do what I want" moment?]

We are definitely in the Lois and Clark era, as comic book Perry is saddled with TV Perry’s catch phrase “Great Shades of Elvis” as he disappears into nothingness. [Max: Maybe this is actually Lois and Clark timeline Perry, and no one noticed.]

It’s telling to me that in a crisis of this magnitude, Superman seems to choose his parents over Lois.  Unless he thought they were in more immediate danger than the younger Lois.  Still, her getting wiped from reality all alone is pretty sad to see.

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