Speeding in Ahead of the Podcast

Hey everyone, Rob here with some quick previews into the upcoming podcast! Our second episode, due to hit the interwebz on April 4th, is based on the DC Comics character The Flash, my personal favourite superhero! In honour of the Scarlet Speedster, I'll be making some blog posts in the weeks leading up to the release, detailing various aspecs of The Flash that didn't make the cut into our podcast!

So here's the first preview for everyone!

All superheroes draw their powers from somewhere. Superman is powered by the yellow Sun, the X-Men have mutated genes, our boy The Flash draws his powers from an extradimensional, mystical energy known as THE SPEED FORCE!

The Speed Force is vaguely defined throughout the pages of The Flash, new discoveries are added continuously and no one knows the true nature of the all powerful force. One thing we do know is that The Speed Force is an energy that powers most speedsters in the DC Universe, though ret-conned several times, as most things in comics are, this fact has stayed the same.

The Speed Force serves as more than just fuel to keep The Flash on his feet. If a speedster runs too fast, pushes himself too hard, goes into Terminal Velocity, he'll be absorbed into The Speed Force, and will be gone forever (until the universe decides it needs them again ... or if you're Wally West, who can never truely be killed).

It has also been recently discovered that Barry Allen, the second Flash, and greatest man to bear the name, powers The Speed Force. When the bolt of lightning struck that rack of chemicals, dousing Barry in the electrically charged substance, not only did it give him superspeed, but it created The Speed Force. Every step that Barry Allen runs generates Speed Force, which is then used to power all the speedsters, past, present, and future. Heavy.

Well that's enough rambling for me today. If you want to take another look into The Speed Force, I suggest taking a look at this webpage:
http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/speedforce.html
It has great information on The Speed Force as well as anything else related to The Flash.

Also, just cause I like the article, check out The Top 10 Deaths of The Flash. It shows the ten longest times The Flash has stayed dead.

See you in a few days with more Flashy info.
Rob

POSTER FOR EPISODE 2: THE FLASH

Hey there, Believing Truthers! I'm going to keep this short and sweet! Here's the poster for episode 2: THE FLASH!


http://imgur.com/zKHfB

Stay tuned for Episode 2, coming out on April 4th!

IRON MAN: SCRAP METAL

Welcome again to TONY STARK'S LIQUOR CABINET: THE BLOG! This time around we are presenting SCRAP METAL, a post of outtakes and extras from IRON MANGOES. Since we had a 10 minute time-limit on the podcast, there was a lot of stuff that got cut out! So, come take a look at a few more Iron Man villains, costumes and whatever else we can think up!

The top 3 alternate Iron Man suits was originally going to be the Top 5, so here are a few more that us here at Tony Stark's Liquor Cabinet really dig!

IRON PUNISHER

From What If? No. 29
What if Red Skull controlled the USA? In this issue, Frank Castle is a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and wears an Iron Man suit modified to bear his skull insignia. Castle becomes a founding member of The Avengers and takes on Red Skull.

IRON SORCERER SUPREME

From What If? Vol 2 No. 113
Tony Stark drunkenly and severely damages Stephen Strange's hands, preventing Strange from becoming the Sorcerer Supreme. In his lead, though, Stark goes through the motions of Strange's origin story. Along with his intellect and sorcery, he creates a mystical armour to battle Dormammu. This version of Stark is from Earth-9810.

If you're thirsting for more cool Iron Man alternate suits, then I highly suggest picking up Iron Man by Design! This collection contains all the different variant covers Marvel produced promoting the release of Iron Man 2. The Iron Men are all imagined in different eras, art styles, times, etc. and provides some really interesting ideas and artwork! Here are a few of my particular favorite covers!

This is Automotive Era Iron Man, where he is re-imagined and influenced by the automobiles from the Big 3 (GM, Ford, Chrysler) during the 1950's.

http://imgur.com/uIncV

Another particular favorite of mine, PINBALL IRON MAN!

http://imgur.com/iIIVl

A villain that I wanted to mention in the podcast was DR. DOOM.

But, since he is originally a Fantastic Four villain, I wanted to showcase original Iron Man villains instead. Not to say that Iron Man did not go steel-toe-to-toe with the Metal Maniac. In fact, the two tangled in a pretty intense story-arc, travelling BACK IN TIME to Medieval Camelot!

Titled "DOOMQUEST", it was a two-issue Iron Man story-arc, it pitted the two as equals on many levels: intelligence, wealth and HEAVY METAL! The metalheads are thrown back in time to Camelot by a rogue crony. Iron Man co-exists with King Arthur while Dr Doom mingles with Morgan Le Fay. Eventually, Both Stark and Doom realize that the only way back home is to call a truce and use what they have available to create a rudimentary time-machine to return them to their present.

That's about for the SCRAP METAL left over from Iron Mangoes. Stay tuned as we cross the fence over to DC Comics and their superhero, The Flash!