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New Mutants Lethal Legion #5 - "Vampire Heist II" (2023)
written by Carlie Jane Anders
art by Enid Balam, Elisabetta D'Amico, & Matt Milla
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From New Mutants Lethal Legion #005, “Vampire Heist II”
Art by Enid Balám, Elisabetta D’Amico and Matt Milla
Written by Charlie Jane Anders
#new mutants lethal legion#escapade#shela sexton#cerebella#martha johansson#skullbuster#cylla markham#count nefaria#luchino nefaria#moonstone#karla sofen#unicorn#milos masaryk#scout#gabby kinney#beatrice#wolfsbane#rahne sinclair#galura#elle diwa#morgan red#hibbert#mirage#dani moonstar#karma#xuân cao mạnh#volga belle#marvel#comics#marvel comics
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-- Iron Man: Unconquered is the Unicorn
I do not see any difference here.
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Cover of the Day:
Iron Man #58 (May, 1973)
Art by Rich Buckler, Frank Giacoia, & Dave Hunt
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Iron Man is attacked and beaten up by Unicorn, the supervillain with a cheesy name.
- Iron Man v1 #4, 1968
#Iron Man#Tony Stark#anthony stark#Avengers#The Avengers#Unicorn#The Unicorn#Milos Masaryk#blasted#beaten#villain gloating#trapped#slammed#tackled#Dude in Distress
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Arthur Adams Trading Card Collection - Series 1 (1989)
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Czech Republic Legislative Election October 2021
Czech Republic Legislative Election October 2021
Czech Republic Elections October 2021 – Euronews
The Czech Republic 2021 legislative election will be held October 8 and 9. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies will be elected, and the “leader of the resulting government will become the Prime Minister”.
I learned about the election a few days after arriving in Prague. I was in a cell phone store buying a SIM card and noticed that the…
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#Agrofert Holding Company#Andrej Babiš Czech Prime Minister#ANO Party Czech Republic#Benjamin Roll#Bratislava Slovakia#Brno’s Masaryk University#Christian and Democratic Union Czechoslovak People&039;s Party (KDU-ČSL)#Civic Democratic Party (ODS)#Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Czech Republic#Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)#Czech 2021 Elections#Czech Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic#Czech Christian Democrats (KDU-ČSL)#Czech Civic Forum#Czech Dawn of Direct Democracy Parliamentary Group#Czech Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) Party#Czech Mayors and Independents (STAN) Liberal Party#Czech Pirate Party (Pirates)#Czech President Milos Zeman Social Democratic Party ČSSD#Czech Republic 2021 Legislative Election#Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSS#Czechoslovak Hussite Church#European United Left#Euroscepticism#Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic (SsČR)#Green Party (SZ)#Ivan Bartoš Czech Pirate Party#Jan Hamáček#Karel Schwarzenberg#Manesuv Bridge and Czech Parliament Building
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We really have hit a real dark patch of B-List villain fights lately...
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Today on my journey through comic book history, I read Tales of Suspense #56, from August, 1964. This story is significant, because I can only assume someone bet Stan Lee that he couldn’t come up with a lamer super-villain than Paste-Pot-Pete, and Stan Lee said “EXCELSIOR!” and created…The Unicorn! Oh that’s right. The Unicorn. Milos Masaryk was given a powered harness and helmet designed by the late, original Crimson Dynamo. The primary benefit of the uniform is that it fires a might power-beam…from his forehead.
Ok. But…why tho? Seriously, why would anyone build this? They essentially mounted an energy canon on the wearer’s head. Why not put it on the arm like every other power suit design? For that matter, it was built by Crimson Dynamo, why not just build more Crimson Dynamo suits?
So they give this guy his head-cannon, and he comes to America and starts destroying Stark’s factories, because Milos is Russian and so he hates Stark. Iron man finds out and defeats him. Why yes, that was a very short synopsis. Seriously though, there was very little to this story. Stark was throwing an emo tantrum at the beginning because he’s still stuck in his chest plate since they can’t remove the shrapnel and the reactor is keeping him alive, but other than that, it really was a pretty straight-forward story. Bad guy gets an energy cannon – on his head – bad guy comes to America, Iron Man fights bad guy, Iron Man wins.
You can read this and other classic Iron Man tales in:
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man - Volume 2 or get the Kindle version!
Essential Iron Man, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials)
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22) CD Deadpool - Classic, tom 6.
Franklin Richards
Loki
Thor
Jake Olson
Justice
Siryn (Theresa Cassidy)
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Skeeter (Mary MacPherran)
Unicorn (Milos Masaryk)
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New Mutants: Lethal Legion #3 - "Old Wounds, Old Weapons" (2023)
written by Charlie Jane Anders
art by Enid Balam, Elisabetta D'Amico, & Matt Milla
#cerebella#escapade#unicorne#martha johansson#marvel#shela sexton#milos masaryk#wednesday spoilers#spoilers#comic spoilers
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From New Mutants Lethal Legion #004, “When I Was a Lad”
Art by Enid Balám, Elisabetta D’Amico and Matt Milla
Written by Charlie Jane Anders
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Cover of the Day:
Iron Man #4 (August, 1968)
Art by Johnny Craig
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Media Landscape Brief
Like most western countries, the Czech Republic is home to a diverse media landscape. This landscape features both public and private television and radio stations, as well as a high concentration of digital and print news.There are four nationwide daily print newspapers , a circuit of regional papers, and two major tabloids. The major commercial TV stations are TV NOVA and TV Prima, which are available nationwide. In the public sector, Czech Television operates several national and regional stations, and news from television regularly attracts about 30% of the Czech audience, and radio attracts about 23%.
Out of the 10.4 million people who live in the Czech Republic, about 9.4 million have access to broadband internet. Within this group, 91% said that they used the internet in order to access news, followed by 81% using television, 35% using radio, and 34% regularly reading print.
Overall, social media users represent a good amount of the Czech population. While the number of users has decreased in recent years, the current percent of the population which uses Facebook sits at about 46%. Twitter users represent 11% of the population, and Youtube about 6%. Social media, however, is not used as a typical source of news. According to Karlicek, Tomek, Hasprova, and Zamazalova (2012), social networks are used more to disseminate soft news, such as celebrity gossip and pop culture.
Despite having such a diverse and wide use of media, a 2017 study conducted with Masaryk University found that roughly two thirds of the Czech population reported a distrust in the media. The reasons for this distrust will be discussed below.
Interference and Threats to Journalistic Freedom
In 2018, Reporters Without Borders ranked the Czech Republic number 34 of 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index. While this is a relatively good standing comparatively - for reference the United States is currently ranked at 45 - since 2015 this ranking has been on a downward trend. At its highest in the years 2014 and 2015, the Czech Republic was ranked number 13 on this index. As can be seen, in the past few years this ranking has dropped dramatically.
There are two main reasons for this decline: the first being the increased concentration of elite and political ownership of media, and the second being the increased occurrence of threats to journalists, most often made by the populist Czech President Milos Zeman.
Before 2008, Czech private media was largely owned by international interests, however, after the 2008 financial crisis local billionaire businessmen began to buy out these interests and gain control. Since then, the trend for wealthy elites to buy media conglomerates has expanded. The most notable of these instances is that of Andrej Babis, who bought out the MAFRA media group in 2013. MAFRA publishes two of the major dailies which circulate in the Cech Republic, in addition to its leading news website. Coincidentally or not, this is the same year in which Babis entered into the Czech political scene as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister. Now, Babis serves as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.
Babis has since acquired one of the countries largest privately owned radio stations as well.
While Babis may be the most powerful, he is not the only elite billionaire or politician to have purchased media outlets in the Czech Republic. Examples include Zdenek Bakala, the country’s tenth richest man, Daniel Kretinskey, the fith richest, and Marek Dospiva, the ninth richest. Together, these men own multiple publishing houses, periodicals, tabloids, and the majority of the major Czech daily newspapers, leading to a media landscape which is dominated by conservative oligarchs.
In total, according to Vojtechovska (2017, p. 101), 33% of current Czech newspaper ownership belongs to politicians, 59% to wealthy industrialists, and only 8% to pure media groups/interests.
As a result of the current state of media ownership in the Czech Republic, it is not uncommon for journalists to prefer to censor themselves than to oppose the country’s current political leadership. For those outlets which are either directly owned or influenced by current political leadership and elite oligarchs, criticism of the current state of the nation is nonexistent. In addition, with Andrej Babis as head of government and his ANO party the second most powerful in the Czech Republic, journalists must worry about the threat of legislation which could curb their power if they do not conform with the current governments demands.
Lastly, it should be noted that on multiple occasions these billionaire owners have themselves been quoted claiming the invincibility which their ownership precludes them, such as when Marek Dospiva said “I won’t beat around the bush. The fact that we own these media ensures that it will be harder for anyone to attack us”.
In regards to President Milos Zeman, part of the president’s populist platform has required him to categorize journalists in with his depiction of “the elite”. It is not uncommon for the president to publicly abuse and berate journalists, often employing brash and vulgar language in order to demonize and undermine the media. He has, for example, referred to journalists as “prostitutes” and “excrement”. At the same time, the president has not been afraid to suggest that the media should be “liquidated”. In one notable incident at a press conference in October 2018, President Zeman brandished a mock assault rifle with the Czech words “for journalists” written on it.
As can be seen, the freedom of press within the Czech Republic is under siege, and the country will continue facing a rapid decline if things should continue in this way.
The Primary News Outlets for Populist Leaders in the Czech Republic
As mentioned, populist prime minister Andrej Babis owns two of the nations largest daily newspapers, its leading news website, and one of the most popular radio stations through his recent acquisition of media conglomerates such as MAFRA. These outlets include Lidové Noviny, Mlada Fronta Dnes, iDnes.cz,and Radio Impuls, respectively. Hence, these are the primary outlets from which favorable news regarding Babis and the Czech government are distributed.
A substantial portion of Czech news is reported through television, with there being two major commercial television stations, TV Prima and TV NOVA. The reporting content of TV NOVA, which is owned by an American company, is determined by Martin Svehlak, a man who is known to support and have contacts with Andrej Babis. Likewise, TV Prima is favorable towards President Milos Zeman, and has been accused of manipulating news reports to appear favorable.
In terms of public television outlets, there is less manipulation of news, yet still pressure to report on some things and not on others. Those outlets which have provided negative reporting on the current political landscape often find themselves facing very low ratings.
Social media is not a large part of political leaders communication with the public. Out of the 3.5 million Czech who use Facebook, only 115,000 follow President Zeman on Facebook, while his existence on Twitter is almost minuscule. Prime Minister Babis shows a slightly higher engagement with social networks, with about 150,000 Facebook followers and 372,000 Twitter followers.
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Marvel Beginnings - Series 2 (2012)
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New dawn or swan song? Czech communists eye slice of power after…
PRAGUE (Reuters) – When the United States, Britain and France bombed Syria earlier this month, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis showed support for his Western partners one day before rowing back the next.
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest rally opposing the attendance of President Milos Zeman at the Communist party’s congress in Nymburk, Czech Republic, April 21, 2018. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File photo
The military strike turned from “inevitable” to an act described as changing nothing after Babis was rebuked by the far-left Communist party, showing the fine line the billionaire businessman is walking as he tries to form a government.
Babis is aiming for a pro-Western administration but political fragmentation in October’s election means he needs the pro-Russian Communist party to either support it or abstain, ending the party’s pariah status since communism fell in 1989.
The Communists and President Milos Zeman will push Babis — whose ANO party is pro-EU and pro-NATO — toward a softer tone on Moscow, but he is not expected to move far despite the fall of his first minority cabinet in a confidence vote in January.
Shunned by most parties over charges of fraud in a 2 million euro EU subsidy case he says is a plot, Babis is now negotiating a coalition with the center-left Social Democrats that would also lean on Communist votes.
The Communists’ limited role, with no cabinet seats, would not bring the kind of changes to core policies that have sparked conflict between the EU and Hungary and Poland, but would still anger many Czechs who suffered under their rule.
The current Communist rank and file, with average age well over 70, are nostalgic about life behind the Iron Curtain, and the party pledges to fight global capitalism and leave NATO.
“Security threats do not come from the east, security is under threat from those who commit aggressive attacks against sovereign countries in violation of international law as the United States, Britain and France have done in Syria,” party leader Vojtech Filip said at a party congress on April 21.
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest rally opposing the attendance of President Milos Zeman at the Communist party’s congress in Nymburk, Czech Republic, April 21, 2018. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File photo
FOREIGN POLICY
The Communists would like to end EU sanctions on Russia and follow Moscow’s line on Ukraine: party officials have traveled to separatist-controlled Donbass and Crimea.
They oppose Czech participation in military missions lacking UN approval — which means any opposed by Russia as permanent UN Security Council member.
The Czechs have hundreds of troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, a number Babis’s cabinet aims to boost this year by several hundred. The Czechs also plan to help protect NATO airspace in the Baltic.
“We have an elevated sensitivity to any pressure for escalation of tensions toward the post-Soviet region, we would have to react very strongly to anything like that,” Communist member of parliament Richard Dolejs told Reuters.
The Communists also criticized Babis’s government for handing a suspected Russian hacker in March to the United States, and for expelling Russian diplomats after the attack on a former Russian spy in Britain.
FALLING SUPPORT
It is unclear what concessions the Communists would secure from the two coalition parties, but their influence will be limited by their waning popularity. They scored their worst post-Communist election result, 7.8 percent, in October, bleeding half of their votes to the far-right and to Babis.
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“They have become very pragmatic over the last two decades,” said Lubomir Kopecek, political science professor at the Masaryk University.
“The request to leave NATO does not appear in the talks…A large part of the party’s elite wants to experience some recognition at the end of their political careers.”
A senior source from one of the negotiating parties said the Communists would be satisfied with positions in administration and state-owned firms. In foreign policy, the government could seek support elsewhere in parliament.
Dolejs said the party wanted to have a say on issues such as social benefits.
“Tolerating the government will raise our legitimacy. We see a chance to show our voters…that we can get at least a bird in the hand.”
MORE TROUBLE ELSEWHERE?
Involving the Communists is not a sudden turnaround. They have been part of regional governments and former party members, who include Babis himself, have held prominent jobs.
For the center-right, the party remains a no-go. “Andrej Babis is fulfilling his dream at too high a cost,” Petr Fiala, leader of the Civic Democrats, said in a post last week.
But elsewhere views are finely balanced. A Median agency survey last month showed 45 percent of Czechs could accept a Communist-backed government, while another 41 percent reject it.
Thousands protested in March after Zdenek Ondracek, a Communist lawmaker who had been in a police unit that beat up pro-democracy protesters in the 1980s, was elected to lead a police inspection oversight body. Babis withdrew his support and Ondracek resigned.
Within the Social Democrats, there is more debate about the risks of joining Babis, due to his legal problems and visions of streamlining political decision-making, than the Communists.
And Social Democrat leader Jan Hamacek said on Saturday he was more worried about the rising far-right, anti-Islam, anti-NATO and anti-EU party SPD, which won 10.6 percent of the vote.
Reporting by Jan Lopatka; additional reporting by Robert Muller; editing by Philippa Fletcher
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