"I may be old, but I can still pull it off."

Happy New Year, everyone! 2010 was an up-and-down year for most people and hopefully 2011 will be just a little bit better in the long run. (For me, I had my fair share of good and bad last year so I'm pretty cool with how it turned out - mostly.)

Based on the same name of the comic book that had a pretty decent run from 1998-2003, the new series from Cartoon Network entitled Young Justice, makes it's debut this upcoming Friday at 7:00 and along with my regular critiques of Red Robin and Batgirl, I'll be observing how this series pans out. (I will get around to posting my takes on the last 2 months of both aforementioned issues; the obvious differences between comic!YJ's Robin & Impulse as well as TV!YJ's Robin & Kid Flash were shown from the start with some similarities.) I'll also start making my opinion known on comic!Teen Titans and the new beginning that started back in October 2010 which will lead to a Red Robin/Teen Titans crossover in February. It's one I've been anticipating and waiting for as it finally reunites Tim Drake with his best friends as well as another encounter confrontation with his successor/brother/rival.

Here's to a great and productive 2011!

I went into work a little late, due to having watched my newest movie on DVD that I'd gotten from Layaway yesterday, before eating breakfast, then deciding to take a shower afterward. Despite that, I was able to get everything I needed done at work and made my way to the 2nd Dimension.

When I arrived at the aforementioned store, almost immediately, I walked to a certain area where I'd managed to purchase Teen Titans #1 and Teen Titans #5 and was floored by what I saw in its stead-all three parts of The Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day right in front of me. Inside, I was bouncing off the walls, near ecstatic by what this meant. Outside, I was calm, cool and focused.

True, the issue ended up costing me $19.43-plus tax, since the price tag was labeled $18.00-but, I believe it was well worth it, since I have been waiting months to find out how this 3-part mini-saga started. Having the last two parts to something like this doesn't mean that much if you don't have the very first part of that something, if you don't know how it began. The quote for this 3-day weekend comes from the same issue.


"We had to land in Dallas. Impulse wrecked the bathroom and the cabin depressurized." -Robin

"I just wanted to know where the water went." -Impulse, The Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #1

This will be a short entry, due to the caution of time. For the most part, my week in general has been ho-hum, with a smidgen of excitement yesterday. I'll explain about the good in a paragraph or so, then onto the bad.

Yesterday, while at Heroes and buying Gotham Central #34 and The Return of Donna Troy #3 of 4-the conclusion is scheduled to come out later this month-I came across The Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #2 and #3, so I bought them, choosing to wait until sometime next week to get Detective Comics #809. (since the issue I didn't get crosses over with Batman.) I was a bit displeased that issue #1 of The Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day wasn't there, since that is the best cover out of the three issues.

Now, onto the bad-I had plans to spend a baseball game with two of my friends, yet earlier today, I hear that one of them already has other plans, while the other doesn't know if he'll be able to go to the game, having made plans with his mother. Spending time with family is commendable to me, yet the least they both could've done was inform me before agreeing to seeing the game...! The quote for today comes from one of my two recently purchased back issues.


"They need some damned direction...They need to be taught." -Nightwing, The Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #2-Commencement

Having braved the semi-harsh, hot and humid weather following work this morning, I was rewarded-in a sense- during the afternoon at the comic book store with seeing a ton of back issues that I've wanted for quite a long while. There are too many to even try to put on a list, so I'll just list the issues I decided to pick up today, which aren't many, but that isn't what mattered:

Young Justice #30

Young Justice #50

Young Justice #1,000,000

Robin #106

I'm still amazed that I can remember the price these books cost me-$11.88, if I'm not mistaken. Tomorrow, I plan to go back and pick up some other issues I had seen but, due to a much-needed desire to get home, I wasn't able to get; both fall under the Young Justice category. The quote for this evening comes from one of my purchased back issues.


"Do leaders hug?" -Wonder Girl

"They've been known to. Just not in front of the troops." -Robin, Young Justice #50