Super-Vixens: Darthartheen

Another  awesome “one-shot” character by John Byrne,  Darthartheen was one of the descendents of OA who knew how to handle a power ring just as well as Hal Jordan himself!

 Featured in the Green Lantern special GANTHET’S TALE, (drawn by Byrne and written by science fiction writer Larry Niven), Darthatheen’s multi-dimensional persona made her stand out among Lantern’s opponents, and the open-ended revenge theme leads one to think Niven and Byren were planning on expanding her character in some future tale.

 Throughout the tale, facets of her complex personality are hinted at- after savagely battling with the girl, Hal is surprised to find she actually cares about the fate of  an advesary she may have been able to save. When she is confronted with the death of her beloved father, she swears revenge, and we think we’re getting set up for an awesome cosmic showdown between Hal and Darthatheen…

 But, it was not to be, and to this date, GREEN LANTERN: GANTHET’S TALE is the sole appearance of the tough but thoughtful woman warrior, at least as far as I know! If anyone has any information about this young lady, PLEASE drop me a line!

Wait, Did I say YOUNG lady? As Hal noted himself, though the gal might LOOK like a pretty young lady, Darthatheen is in fact, hundreds of years old!

Darthartheen

Green Lantern: Ganthet’s Tale

By Larry Niven and John Byrne

Selma Blair "Kill Me Later"

Have a friend who's crazy about Selma Blair and told me I MUST watch her horror/thriller movie "Kill Me Later", and burned me a copy...

Good Movie, and I must say, Selma Blair DOES looks quite smoldering in this one…

Not that many people out there look so sultry taking a drag on a cigarette…!

Peanuts / Calvin and Hobbes Deja Vu!

I've always loved Peanuts comics as far back as I can remember- For some reason I always identified with poor Good Ol' Charlie Brown! I remember spending  all my allowance on those paperback books (the ones that were condensed versions of the "real" collections like "Thompson's In Trouble, Charlie Brown") and spending entire weekends just sitting around reading them!

  Years later, the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes came out- I immediately fell in love with the strip, because it gave me that same feeling I had when I used to read Peanuts, and it wasn't just the fact that Linus and Calvin dressed the same! Calvin's world of make-believe and the way Watterson strung several strips to tell a greater story all had the feeling and warmth of the old Schulz strips!

  Reading Calvin and Hobbes, every once in a while I would get a strange feeling of Deja Vu, like I'd read something like it before in a Peanuts strip. It got to the point that I went back and dug out some of my old Charlie Brown books, and was quite surprised how many of the Calvin and Hobbes strips echoed the Peanuts ones!

For those like me who always had that sense of deja vu,I thought I'd line some of them side-by-side so you can understand better what I'm talking about!

"Killing the Pumpkin"

Both Linus and Hobbes get squeamish watching a Pumpkin meet its demise

"When You Wish Upon A Star"

Both Sally and Calvin expect instant rewards from Starwishing.

"The "Penitent Sinner" Shtick"

False regret doesn't work for either Linus OR Calvin!

"If I could, I'd flee from School"

Sally and Calvin both dream of tickets out of Elementary School.

"I'd rather dance that perform my part in the School Play"

Linus and Calvin both try to soft-shoe their way out of reciting.

"Pursued by Inanimate Object!"

Both Lucy and Calvin are being chased by things brought to life,

in Lucy's case her brother's Blanket, and Calvin's is his bike!

"I Opt out of this Sled Ride"

Both Snoopy and Hobbes wisely step-off a dangerous sled ride.

"Homework? What Homework?"

Both Charlie Brown and Calvin procrastinate all week on doing their homework.

Both don't learn their lessons.

Peanuts is copyright United Features Syndicate Inc

Calvin and Hobbes copyright Universal Press Syndicate

These pics uploaded for entertainment purposes only...please don't sue my ass!