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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 17h

#OnThisDay in 1957 #Signalman debuted in @dc.com #BatmanComics #112 #smallTimeCrook #PhilCobb triesToOrganizeAGang but w #noRepOfHisOwn is #nearlyLaughedOuttaGotham #seesTheImportanceOfSymbolsInModernSociety #decidesToFashionHisCrimesAroundGliphsAndSigns returns 1958 as #BlueBowman &SiggyAgain in 76

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 18h

#Peacemaker Full Nelson #LiveActionPeacemaker relevance at #DCStudios ratchets up for 2025 & #raucous #redShirt drama rips thru #TheSeasonTwoFinale landing on an obscure 2007 comic concept @dcpeacemaker.bsky.social #HBO #goesForTheFeels but mostly feels like it’s #madeForCrudePottyMouthPreTeens

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 1d

#BatmanAndRobin 25 @DC.com .. #DCKO’s gain is our loss 😞 #newArc art #closesWell but struggles to follow the grace & heart of the script in the way #JavierFernandez did

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 1d

#ActionComics 1090 .. a #lowKey #barelyThere-produced series of #21stCenturyOriginalSuperboy adventures scripted by one of #The21stCentury’s top #DCU #scribes has to be one of the nuttiest things @dc.com right now 🙃

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay in 1981 #TheElectrocutioner debuted in @dc.com #BatmanComics #331 i.e. #Buchinsky who uses an #electricallyChargedSuit #toExecuteCriminalsHeFeltUnfairlyEscapedJustice but #Batman cramped his style in #Gotham so he lit up #Manhattan with #Vigilante II & also helped out during #Crisis40

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 1d

#50YearsAgoToday #PowerGirl debuted in @dc.com #AllStarComics #58 #Earth2 #SupermansCousin #inASingleBound steps into #TheSuperSquad nee #TheJusticeSocietyOfAmerica85 via #WallyWood #RicEstrada i.e. #LittleAnnieFannyFromKrypton butWith #BenGrimm’s #haymakerAndAttitude gets 3 issue 1977 #Showcase run

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 2d

#HappyBirthday #KirkAlyn #AmericanActor #The1stLiveActionSuperman starring in the 1952 #filmSerial as #TheManOfSteel (You’ll Believe a Man Can #jumpCutToRotoscopedAnimation!) and preceded by his role in the 1948 & 1950 #Blackhawk reels

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 2d

#DCKO 1 .. a #KnockOut package .. since his #Nightwing run I noted that #JavierFernandez should be given a @dc.com #CrisisEvent to draw & his #jamPacked #AllInSaga dust-up kick-off surely delivers #SuperTeamUpComicGoodness #withABeatingHeart

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 2d

#GreenLanternCorps 9 @dc.com #StarbreakerSupremacy #finale packs an #AllPower #Pasarîn #cover & he continues to #pullNoPunches in his #pencilling throughout 💚

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 3d

#MrTerrific Year One 4 @dc.com #terrificChapter #bestYet De Landro/Lousie #artAndColors really get to shine

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 3d

#ZatannicPanic @dc.com @johnmccrea.bsky.social #Zatanna #castsASpell #sharpCavenagoBatArt #semiSabotagedByHisOwnColors #DWJohnson #RileyRossmo #Plas #bodyHorrorTreat & @andrewmaclean.bsky.social on #SwampThing aStandOut but #AmbushBug’s #raggedBowOnTheBunch #theBiggestFright forFansOfQualityComics 👹

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 3d

#60YearsAgoToday #KidPsycho debuted in @dc.com #Superboy #comics #125 #BoyInAGreenCostumeAndTurban w #psychokineticPower #fromThe30thCentury whose #ParentsWereAstronauts working w #radiation resulting in his being #bornWithAnEnlargedHead & #MentalPowers wants help joining #TheLegionOfSuperHeroes

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 4d

#AbsoluteFlash 6 @dc.com .. when the #interlude chapters are better produced than the primary series .. Robles return a big help

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 4d

#AbsoluteFlash 5 @dc.com .. a pretty fair example of exactly how #unAbsolute this #AbsoluteUniverse endeavor is as a whole #butPeopleAreStillBuyingIt😞

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 4d

#AbsoluteFlash 4 @dc.com #goodWorks #elongated aside story just feels thinly produced & another chapter that slags the finale

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 4d

#AbsoluteSuperman 11 @dc.com #AbsoluteBrainiac doing his most desperate #Desaad .. super-torture porn light show does not land the ship

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 4d

#CheetahAndCheshireRobtheJusticeLeague 2 @dc.com part 2 #teamAssembly ticks off the boxes with flash & mystery 👁️

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 4d

#HappyBirthday #JohnForte #comicArtist #penciller #midcentury stalwart drew ironically #straightForwardTakes on typical #superHeroComicsAbsurdity and #uniquelyExasperatedFaces #JimmyOlsen #LoisLane #TalesOfTheBizarroWorld #LegionOfSuperHeroes co-created #LegionOfSubstituteHeroes

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 4d

#onThisDay in 1977 #MadameXanadu debuted in @dc.com #DoorwayToNightmare #comics #1 mysterious #gothicHorror #seriesHostess later revealed to be #NimueInwudu of #ArthurianLegend #MorgaineLeFey’s #sister & #TheLadyOfTheLady also #Constantine ancestor & #formerLover of both #Merlin & #ZataraTheMagician

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 5d

#thisWeek @dc.com #ActionComics 1091 .. #TheDCU’s #1950s #mutant #ManOfTomorrow poses a problem for both #TheSuperboyOfYesteryear & his hometown of #Smallville @markwaid.bsky.social #SkylarPatridge

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 6d

#TheBroad #DowntownLA

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 6d

#TheBroad #DowntownLA

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 6d

#TheBroad #DowntownLA

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Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 6d

#OnThisDay in 1977 #Syonide debuted in @DC.com #BlackLightning #comics #6 #costumedMercenary in service to #The100 armed with an #electricBullwhip & #mindControlingSerums he kidnaps #PaulGambi to get closer to #JeffersonPierce’s #alterEgo & reveals #theTailor’s #DarkSecret as a #cliffhanger

Chuck Brouillette @chuckbrouillette.bsky.social · 6d

#WaltDisneyConcertHall #DowntownLA