Comic Book Coping
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It's too hard to keep focused on character, team, or franchise, so I'm just going to focus on the joy of superhero comics Right now I'm most enjoying Rom (Marvel/IDW/Skybound), Transformers (IDW/Skybound), and the Energon Universe in general
Kranix. Transformers Studio Series
This was the peak era of my 80s robot obsession I had Ver-bot. It was a huge rip off Kronoform was awesome I saw Gardian in the toy store ONE TIME. I was completely obsessed with trying to get it. Alas
Battle Armor Dad@battlearmordad.bsky.social · yesterday1984 JCPenney Catalog
This version of the Wraiths look like they should be the villains in a kids PSA cartoon about the importance of brushing your teeth Rom #26 - December 1981
I don't know what this is from, but it would probably make a pretty good Dire Wraith figure
Amazon failed me yet again, but it's still Skybound Transformers day, dangit!
That's two of the Cable figures I owned!
Battle Armor Dad@battlearmordad.bsky.social · 3d agoX-Men X-Force 1993 ToyBiz Catalog
Have you noticed actual discipline involves *not* showing rage when you feel it? Have you noticed that giving into rage and violence is the prelude to indiscipline? And you’re telling me that hitting your kids disciplines them, instead of teaching them to resort to violence? You don’t know shit
When I hear someone spanks their kids, I think they’re a sick fuck who can’t process their emotions & convinces themselves that harming someone who trusts them unconditionally & can’t fight back is performing an act of discipline. The most disciplined people I know were nurtured; the least were hit.
Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · 3d agoAdam Jentleson of Searchlight Institute recommended in his Ezra Klein interview today that Democrats embrace spanking children as a "a very powerful signal" that connects with voters "on a values basis." I didn't think I could dislike the man any more than I already did, but lo!
I now have a second favorite Spaceknight 🏳️🌈 Rom #25 - December 1981
Day 313 of a year of toy pics - with his DIRE Tech fully integrated into Cobra forces, Crystal Ball follows rumors to an ancient crypt in search of otherworldly powers to further his ambitions. #JoeVember2026 day 9 is Supernatural! #ToyPhotography #GIJoe #ARAH #YoJoe
Happy birthday to writer Bill Mantlo. As most know, Bill suffered an accident that has forced him to live in nursing facilities since 1992. His daughter says he loves when she reads him letters and notes from fans. You can send him letters at: Bill Mantlo 486 Broadway #235 Monticello, NY 12701
If you would like to send Bill Mantlo a letter, his daughter reads them every time she visits. Please only send letters or art, not money or gifts. He has everything he needs and limited space. Bill Mantlo 486 Broadway #235 Monticello, NY 12701
I get big VINCENT from the Black Hole energy from Cosmos and I love that about him My Marvel Legends Rom needs a sidekick
Comic Book Coping@comicsarelife.bsky.social · 4d agoI think I kind of need this Cosmos figure I have a lot of affection for that second wave of G1 minibots, and Cosmos is delightfully weird
I think I kind of need this Cosmos figure I have a lot of affection for that second wave of G1 minibots, and Cosmos is delightfully weird
Happy 75th birthday to Bill Mantlo! There would likely be no Rom fandom without him. Despite the grievous brain injury he suffered in a hit -and-run in 1992, his daughter says he's well cared for.
![[Creator bio from ROM #5:]
HE WRITES THE SPACEKNIGHT: BILL MANTLO
When Mighty Marvel decided to devote a magazine to the adventures of ROM, SPACEKNIGHT. Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter turned to the scripter perhaps best known for his handling of "off-beat" concepts. That man was Boisterous Bill Mantlo, scribe supreme of Marvel's MICRONAUTS, HOWARD THE DUCK, and THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
Bill is 28 years old, a native New Yorker and a Marvelite since that day in 1963 when he plunked down his 12¢ for a copy of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4, It was that mag and others, like the FANTASTIC FOUR and the original X-MEN, that sparked Bill's interest in graphic art and carried him through New York's High School of Art & Design and the Cooper Union School of Art. It was there that Bill met Kittenish Karen Mantlo, one-time Marvel letterer and now a professional photojournalist. They have a son, Adam, who thinks his Dad's the next Stan Lee.
Bill got his start in Marvel's Production Department, as assistant to the late John Verpoorten. Learning the mechanics of the comics medium, he then began freelancing. first as a colorist, and then as the writer of THE SONS OF THE TIGER; FRANKENSTEIN; MORBIUS, THE LIVING VAMPIRE; MARVEL TEAM-UP; IRON MAN; SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN... and practically every other title ever published by the House of Ideas. Besides his current crop of blockbuster best sellers, 1980 will also find Bill hard at work on a variety of special projects including the MARVEL OLYMPIC TREASURIES, an issue of MARVEL PREVIEW, the RAMPAGING HULK magazine, a few WHAT IF?s and this summer's INCREDIBLE HULK, MICRONAUTS and ROM ANNUALS.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:akr6pqj2dpi4kqiszw6ochvk/bafkreigpjwhn2npbuyqk37lzhhozgpthjc3jcxtkmmdb6363jf3gbxzqdi)
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I wanted to go for more of a "flat on your back, shooting in desperation" vibe with the second photo, but my dog was pulling on her leash and I was losing sunlight fast so I couldn't really commit to it
Comic Book Coping@comicsarelife.bsky.social · 5d agoA massive amount of Wraithrot explodes from the ground beneath Rom, enveloping him grasping, ripping tendrils of foul corruption! Rom drives it away with his Neutralizer, though he left badly wounded
For context, these IDW issues are proving hard to find. Since they lost the Hasbro license the issues and trades can't be reprinted and they aren't available digitally anymore I think I've tracked down the few IDW Rom issues in the greater Pittsburgh area
Comic Book Coping@comicsarelife.bsky.social · 5d agoI found a copy of Rom vs Transformers #1 in the wild yesterday I would have preferred the B cover with a tiny Rom fighting a giant Starscream and a wave of Dire Wraiths, but needs must
I found a copy of Rom vs Transformers #1 in the wild yesterday I would have preferred the B cover with a tiny Rom fighting a giant Starscream and a wave of Dire Wraiths, but needs must
Help me out here Transformers fans I'm putting together a small collection of figures to represent the IDW or Skybound Hasbro universes, starting with Marvel Legends Rom I need a TF who would be about Rom's size in robot mode AND whose alt mode would be proportionate
