{"id":1062,"date":"2009-01-23T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2009\/01\/23\/friday-flash-fiction-spoiler-warnings\/"},"modified":"2009-01-23T22:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T06:02:00","slug":"friday-flash-fiction-spoiler-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2009\/01\/23\/friday-flash-fiction-spoiler-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Flash Fiction: “Spoiler Warnings”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read “Spoiler Warnings”<\/a> at 512 Words or Fewer<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I was really into comic books in middle school and high school. Once a week, my mother would drive me out to Galaxy Comics on 190th Street, and I’d spend most of my $20 allowance on DC books–Green Lantern, Justice League (the inimitable Giffen\/DeMatteis run), Star Trek<\/span> (I still have fond memories of the Barr\/Sutton\/Villagran Mirror Universe arc), and more.<\/p>\n

I remember following all four Superman titles, which DC had scheduled so there would be a new issue out every week and plenty of crossover storylines. I was never into Batman, but I picked up Wonder Woman for a while after I saw George Perez’s art in Crisis on Infinite Earths<\/span>. My parents probably have lots of bagged-and-boarded back issues in their garage somewhere.<\/p>\n

When I went away to college, I drifted away from the comics scene. Too many other things going on, I didn’t know where the local shops were, and I didn’t have an easy way to get there. I found that I didn’t really miss it that much.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t until 2004, when we ran the Justice Unlimited<\/a> Game, that I got back into comics. Doing research for a superhero-themed puzzle hunt was a great excuse for me to catch up with changes in the DC Universe (the new Green Lantern is who?<\/span>) and pick up some TPB collections of Ultimate X-Men. I also found out that the Mountain View public library stocks tons of comics–go check out the shelves by the Teen Zone, or upstairs for the “mature” titles (read: indie titles).<\/p>\n

I’ll never be as enthusiastic as my teenaged self was about comics, but at least now I can pop over to Wikipedia or any number of other web sites to find out what the hell is going on with the latest Interminable Crisis<\/span> or Marvel Zombie Monkeys<\/span>. My tastes have also matured somewhat–I really dug Y: The Last Man<\/span>, I loved Queen and Country<\/span>, and D and I both enjoy Fables<\/span>.<\/p>\n

But I still have a soft spot for superheroes.<\/p>\n

~CKL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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