Tramadol….

Philadelphia ephedra lawyers. Ephedra diet pills. Ephedra pills. Ephedra liquid gel products….

What, exactly, I couldn’t say.

speaking of weird: this cracktastic piece of whoa just goes here.

I didn’t want to move for fear I’d trip on the machine parts, so I started to put a toe out gingerly, feeling the ground. At that moment something seized me about the neck and lifted me off my feet, holding me by the neck. I could not breathe; I could not see; and I felt an enormous pressure in my head and around my neck. I tried calling Richard’s name, but he didn’t reply… Just as I started to kick at the ‘thing’ and panic, I awoke with a start, wide awake.

Needless to say, I did not sleep well after that! I think that was the first time something like that has happened to me that I remember. D’OH!

FYI, Richard, no fault of yours cuz you weren’t there. I guess you were removed from that reality at that moment. WEIRDNESS.

What is going on today?!?

Bastards.

I thought Ghost Rider looked cool too, but I thought motorcycles were a bit silly and still do. I also quite liked Iron Fist cuz martial arts are cool and that dude was HAWT! I thought the do-rag with the ’scarf’ bit attached was dead stupid, but I’m no artist. I think it was there to show action, just as capes were used for the same effect.

Don’t remember much of the Legion cuz I wasn’t a fanboy of any particular mag or character. I like variety, then and now, and have the attention span of a distracted fly. That said, I remember liking Element Lad too, and also Starfire and Cyborg (that guy is a ROBOT, dad, can I please get it?!?). I thought Beast Boy had cool powers, but found him annoying.

I could go on, but I’m just too tired this morning…

Loved Robin. As long as we’re in the Titans, Speedy could be kind of sexy. And I also thought Changeling/Beast Boy was really cute, but reading him as an adult, he was damned annoying.

Loved Red Tornado. Other Leagures? Phantom Stranger was THE BEST. But he only appeared like 3 times. Liked Green Lantern’s power ring (he once disguised his ring as a pair of sunglasses and I was always trying to hold my sunglasses in that position so that it would turn into a power ring. I also liked the idea of Firestorm, even though I hated his puffy sleeves.

Legionnaires? Loved Braniac 5. Liked Mon-el (even with his puffy sleeves — I think it was his hair that did it for me. I know, weird.). Ultra Boy was Razzle. Element Lad was so spiritual and “girly”so I loved him. And even though he had no face, I really liked Wildfire.

And though I didn’t “love” him, there was something about Superman. I certainly bought more of his comics than Batman, who I just didn’t get at the time. I liked Batman better when he was with someone else, and not just by himself.

And let’s not forget Captain Marvel, Jr. and Jimmy Olsen.

Well, that was more than I thought it would be.

Well, they don’t really, but if they did, I would answer “I started reading Marvel Comics.”

Yes, as a kid, I loved DC. I didn’t like Marvel. I tried to. I bought an issue of the Avengers. But it had Jack Kirby’s artwork in it and I thought he made people fat and blocky (as an adult I understand the admiration for his talent but as a kid, who wanted fat super-heroes?) I bought an issue of the Marvel Team Up with Spider-Man and Ghost Rider, mainly because Ghost Rider looked really cool. I bought the Thor Mego Doll, but spent most of my time playing with his hair.

And I hated where they placed their ads in the comic. Disrupted the story too much.

But as an adult, I found out Mojo read mainly Marvel as a kid, and I thought “Well, if someone as smart as Mojo liked it, it has to have some merit.”

And I started reading Marvel.

I bet he wishes I never started. Our comic book bill would be cut by half.