SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #6, DC Comics, December 1991One last adventure on Dinosaur Island as Dinosaur Week++ wraps up, and it's Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove's chapter of "Blackout", a short story arc in which Superman and the villainous, immortal Mr. Z get amnesia while Metropolis suffers from a power outage. Would Dinosaur Island be one of the worst places to lose one's memory?
Short answer: Yes.Escaping from a rampaging horde of "dinosaurs-formerly-known-as-brontosaurs", Superman flies the two of them out of there and into the waiting beak of a pteradon. Because if there's one thing to remember about Dinosaur Island, it's that the fauna gives no quarter. They've been raised on G.I. rations after all. Food that fights back.
Next, a diplodocus steps on them, and it's a while before they can get out of there.
I wasn't aware of an indigenous population of D. Island, but the way Bogdanove draws curvaceous women is distracting me from any kind of research. In the proud tradition pioneered by such luminaries as Raquel Welsh, prehistoric men barely rise above apes, but prehistoric women are real babes.Let us interrupt this blog to bring you Superman wrestling a triceratops.
Ok, now that that's out of the way, back to the native peoples of Dinosaur Island. In particular, their mating rituals:
Oh Clark, even with amnesia, you are one straight arrow. It's all a prelude to a wedding, of course... but wait! What about Lois Lane!?! His one true love and current fiancée?Well, just this one time, because you've been so nice throughout the last fortnight, I'll let you skip ahead to the end of Blackout (in Superman v.2 #62):
Yes, it's the very reverse of Superman II's memory-sapping kiss. I guess it goes both ways.
FANTASTIC FOUR #345, Marvel Comics, October 1990
THROOBOOOAUM!
SSKAKKRAKKKKKK!
FWOOAUSH! sssssssss-BHOORAOOM!
Only some of the sound effects in this comic. Can you tell? It's a Walt Simonson original. And with a tagline like "Prehistory's Favorite Comic Magazine" right on top, it was a classic before anyone ever read past the cover.
It's all part of a crazy time travel story that included communist steam mecha and Mjolnir-powered vehicles. The final(?) destination is a thinly veiled homage to Dinosaur Island, complete with stranded army men. And due to unknown circumstances, the entire FF is made powerless as soon as they land there in their "time sled". So what do the Fantastic Four do when they're out of powers and faced with an islandful of dinosaurs? Would you believe... shoot them?
Reed Richards - pragmatist. He's not the only one exhibiting surprising behavior either. As the former Thing and former She-Thing prepare to "retire for the night", Sue completely misses the point.
I guess she can't tell with those two without the usual accompanying sound of ice cubes rattling in a glass. A comparison so bad, it makes this triceratops gag:
Even though the FF are powerless, I love how they still use the same kind of tactics they would at full power. For Reed, that means running around in his underwear, drawing the 'tops away from the camp.
Reed Richards - chippendale. The Human Torch may not be able to "flame on", but that doesn't mean he can't... well, read it for yourself.
As for Sue, she's all about throwing stuff invisibly.
Thankfully, Ben Grimm has a Thing suit that's still in working order, so he can still bring the hurt.
Dinosaurs really are lizards, aren't they?
FIGHT OVER! REVIEW EQUALLY OVER!
While you wait for today's Dinosaur Review, let me ask you: The Suicide Squad is cool regardless, but...
Yeah, that's what I thought.
The War That Time Forgot... it's supposed to have military hardware and dinosaurs...Yeah... 
Two great tastes that go together in varied combinations.
Silly G.I., you can't kill a dinosaur with a torpedo!
The gang's all here...
...to wish you Happy Extension to Dinosaur Week.Yes, it's going to go on until Good Friday. That's what makes it so good.
Superman, disguised as a robot, keeping Jimmy , disguised as a bush, from taking clear pictures of dinosaurs...
Superman: Keeping the truth from us since 1938.
Krakoa the Living Dinosaur Island:
Sorry Darwyn Cooke, the Amalgam Universe was there first.That's gotta hurt.
Before Tyrant, Bissette worked on...
From Son of Ambush Bug #5... It's not your grandpa's Ambush Bug!
From the day man met 'saur, it had to be war.
Hot and true. Like all Siskoid's facts about the great thunder lizards.
Wow, I just realized this was my 1000th post!
Some innuendo to start off the week:
Sometimes, I think Kanigher did it on purpose.
SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #6, DC Comics, December 1991
Short answer: Yes.
Next, a diplodocus steps on them, and it's a while before they can get out of there.
I wasn't aware of an indigenous population of D. Island, but the way Bogdanove draws curvaceous women is distracting me from any kind of research. In the proud tradition pioneered by such luminaries as Raquel Welsh, prehistoric men barely rise above apes, but prehistoric women are real babes.
Ok, now that that's out of the way, back to the native peoples of Dinosaur Island. In particular, their mating rituals:
Oh Clark, even with amnesia, you are one straight arrow. It's all a prelude to a wedding, of course... but wait! What about Lois Lane!?! His one true love and current fiancée?
Yes, it's the very reverse of Superman II's memory-sapping kiss. I guess it goes both ways.
