On the October 3 broadcast of The War Room, Jim Quinn and Rose Tennent hosted Philip J. Berg to discuss his lawsuit, which baselessly alleges that Sen. Barack Obama is not a natural-born U.S. citizen. During the interview, Quinn, Tennent, and Berg each repeated the discredited charge that Obama has not released an authentic birth certificate establishing that he was born in the United States, and therefore could be ineligible to run for president.

Quinn introduced the segment by asserting that Berg "wants a copy of Obama's citizenship papers and also his birth certificate -- which is a question that's been floating out there." Later, after Berg claimed that Obama has "not produced that birth certificate," Tennent asked Berg: "[C]an't we, as citizens of this country -- people who are voting for the next president of the United States of America -- can we not expect to have an original or a copy of the original birth certificate of someone who is running for that position?" After the interview ended, Quinn stated, "It looks like [Obama] may not be an American citizen, and it looks like nobody cares."

In fact, in addition to posting a copy of Obama's birth certificate on the campaign website, the Obama campaign reportedly provided the original document to FactCheck.org, whose staff reported in an August 21 article that they "have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate" and wrote that it "meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship." Even the right-wing website WorldNetDaily reported in an August 23 article that a "WND investigation into Obama's birth certificate utilizing forgery experts also found the document to be authentic," as Media Matters for America has documented.

During the interview, Berg also asserted that "evidence" indicates that "Barack Obama, even though he states he was born in Hawaii ... was born in Kenya," and added: "It appears right now he might be an illegal alien, not only not be qualified to be president, but not even qualified to be a United States senator from Illinois." Tennent responded: "Now you said there was also -- I think once you had talked about inconsistencies in terms of the accounts of his birth. There were reports that he was born at two separate hospitals -- one in Honolulu, one in Kenya. I actually did not know that this was a serious accusation, quite frankly. Not on your behalf -- but when I heard this, I would read something on the Internet, or on blogs, and I wasn't really sure that this was serious. So, seriously, you have concerns about there being inconsistent reports of where he was born."

Talkers Magazine lists Quinn & Rose on its "Heavy Hundred" list, which it describes as a list of the "100 most important radio talk show hosts in America." According to the show's website, it airs on 18 radio stations and XM Satellite Radio. Sen. John McCain was a guest on the August 28 edition of the program.

From the October 3 edition of Clear Channel's The War Room with Quinn & Rose:

QUINN: All right, yesterday, with no lack of enthusiasm, I managed to present to you what appeared to be, for all intents and purposes, a judgment from the court of the Honorable R. Barclay Surrick on a lawsuit that we told you about a long time ago. Haven't really -- and I said yesterday, I don't put a lot of confidence in this stuff, because this is the kind stuff that we hope would turn out but generally doesn't. But any -- it would appear from this judgment by the -- from this court that the DNC and Barack Hussein Obama had lost -- not an appeal but a motion -- to dismiss the complaint from a Philip J. Berg, Esq., who wants a copy of Obama's citizenship papers and also his birth certificate -- which is a question that's been floating out there. And this was posted along with the actual lawsuit, all 34 pages of it, on a Web page -- I believe it was Juris.org or something. Anyway, it turns out now that this may not, as a matter of fact, I don't think it is true. Phillip Berg is on the phone with us this morning, and let's go to the phone and welcome him to the show. Phillip, good morning.

BERG: Good morning.

QUINN: Welcome to the show.

BERG: Thank you very much. The lawsuit is pending. The order that was circulating yesterday was wrong. We have not received an order yet. We're waiting patiently. There's presently an order to a motion to dismiss, which was followed by a joint motion -- which is interesting -- by Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee, to dismiss the case. You normally get 14 days to respond. We were advised by the judge's chambers that they wanted a response in five days. We complied and filed this past Monday, so we're waiting for a response on the motion.

To back up for your listeners, I sued Barack Obama because he does not meet the qualifications to be president under our U.S. Constitution, and there's nothing more important than enforcing our Constitution, and the people watching the debate last night, they were talking all the time about the Constitution. Well, the Constitution says you must be a natural-born citizen. And it's our evidence that Barack Obama, even though he states he was born in Hawaii, is that he was born in Kenya. But even if he was born in Hawaii, he lost his citizenship thereafter when his mother divorced then remarried a Lolo Soetoro from Indonesia. Indonesia at that time was at war. In his book, Barack Obama says, "My stepfather went back to Indonesia before I did, and when I went there, I immediately went to school."

To be in school in Indonesia, you had to have been either adopted by his stepfather, or he had to be acknowledged by his stepfather. And if he was, he became a citizen of Indonesia, and then after that he would have had to go through immigration to come back into our country, which it appears he did not. It appears right now he might be an illegal alien, not only not be qualified to be president, but not even qualified to be a United States senator from Illinois.

TENNENT: Now you said there was also -- I think once you had talked about inconsistencies in terms of the accounts of his birth. There were reports that he was born at two separate hospitals -- one in Honolulu, one in Kenya. I actually did not know that this was a serious accusation, quite frankly. Not on your behalf -- but when I heard this, I would read something on the Internet, or on blogs, and I wasn't really sure that this was serious. So, seriously, you have concerns about there being inconsistent reports of where he was born.

BERG: Absolutely. Actually, there's three different hospitals. His paternal grandmother -- his father's mother -- who's still living in Kenya, is going around telling everyone, "I can't wait to have my son -- I mean my grandson -- who I witnessed being born here in a hospital in Kenya, become president of the United States." In an interview two years ago, Barack Obama's half-sister, Maya, M-A-Y-A, stated he was born at one hospital in Honolulu, and at the same time Barack Obama said, "No, I was born at another hospital in Honolulu." The problem is, when you lie, you have stories all over the place. When you tell the truth, you're very consistent. And this has been on the Internet for a good year.

And what's very important to know is June of 2008 -- several months ago - the Barack Obama campaign put up on their campaign website a certification of live birth -- not a birth certificate - a certification of live birth indicating that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. Our experts have determined that that document has been altered -- it's a forgery. And recently, I think, they even took it off of their website, since my lawsuit's pending. The thing is, if I was Barack Obama, and this was false, about five weeks ago, when I filed the suit on August 21, Barack Obama or a spokesperson should of came out and said -- they didn't have to acknowledge me -- should have said, "Some lawyer filed a lawsuit -- he's got 24 hours to take down this lawsuit, or we're gonna sue him for millions of dollars for defamation. And, by the way, here's our birth - here's Barack Obama's birth certificate. They have not produced that birth certificate, and I believe they cannot produce it. So, we're waiting patiently now --

ROSE: And they haven't sued you, either.

[...]

QUINN: Now, you're a Hillary supporter, and you're a Democrat. So that just so everybody knows, this is not some right-wing wacko like me.

BERG: Yeah, just for everyone, I was a committee person 31 years, chairman of the Democratic Party of Montgomery County, member Democratic state committee for eight years, and I ran on the Democratic ticket for governor and U.S. Senate. And, you know, I just - and also, some people come back and say I'm a racist. I happen to be Jewish, but I happen to also be a paid-up life member of the NAACP.

TENNENT: Well, they always do that.

QUINN: Yeah, well, don't even listen to that stuff.

TENNENT: Mr. Berg, though, can you really expect - I mean, can't we, as citizens of this country -- people who are voting for the next president of the United States of America -- can we not expect to have an original or a copy of the original birth certificate of someone who is running for that position?

BERG: Absolutely. And I think that should be -- the law should be amended to make sure. Well, first off, the candidate says he duly qualified. Therefore, you know, I think Barack Obama is in danger here of -- on many, many criminal charges. But I think it's mandatory that we find this out before the election on all candidates in the future. But, you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to run for president but he says --

TENNENT: He can't.

BERG: -- but he says, "Amend the Constitution." Barack Obama says, "Well, I'm running anyhow, I don't care about the law." Well if you don't care about our Constitution, I'm concerned what you would be cared about. Our website, if I can mention it, is Obamacrimes.com. And believe it or not, now, in five -- less than, well, today would be five weeks -- we have 19 -- over 19 million hits on our website.

[...]

TENNENT: But what can we expect? What do you expect from the courts right now? What are you - what, realistically, are you expecting?

BERG: Well, realistically, I'm hoping that the court says, "Phil Berg has standing, and therefore Barack Obama must produce these documents." Because, if not, we're heading towards a constitutional crisis. Let's say he gets elected, then we find out - the case moves along - then we find out, and he takes office, and he'll say, "Too bad, I'm not getting out." You'd have to impeach him. Well, you'd never impeach him with a Democratic Congress, and this country would be in turmoil. I mean, I think it's incumbent upon the national media - any of your callers who knows anyone; the national media's probably listening to your show right now -- to ask him the question, "Produce your birth certificate."

TENNENT: They won't do it. It's not gonna happen

QUINN: Phillip, hold on. I've got more questions about this. We're gonna take a break. We'll be right back, OK?

BERG: Sure.

QUINN: All right, Phillip Berg. We'll be right back. Quinn and Rose - America's morning show.

[...]

QUINN: I know I sound like one of these people that call the Bush presidency the "Bush regime," but I'm looking at this and I'm thinking, "This is the Students for a Democratic Society, this is the Weathermen. They've been here all along. And they finally found their conveyor belt, and they brought him to the fore." And it looks like he may not be an American citizen, and it looks like nobody cares -- which is even more exciting.

TENNENT: More amazing. You know -- and that really just goes to the mainstream media. I mean, talking to Phillip Berg even off the air, he is just so furious with media right now - completely furious -- and he has every right to be, and so do we as citizens.

QUINN: They've done nothing.

TENNENT: They have done nothing. And even if Sarah Palin were suspect -- if this was a possibility in her background, they would have been all over it.

Jason Rogenes turns packing packing material into glowing obelisks at Manuf®actured: The conspicuous transformation of everyday objects via BBG.

Artist Jason Rogenes first found his raw material while living in the commerce-driven, big-box store, strip mall environment of Los Angeles where polystyrene was inexpensive and easily procured. In this abundant byproduct of consumer culture, originally designed to protect packaged electronics and other products, he saw the potential for material transformation. For Manuf®actured, he has created a floating, glowing site-specific installation in the museum’s two story main gallery flanked by a wall construction of polystyrene and cardboard. a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/10/packing_material_looks_li.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890" /Read more/a | a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/10/packing_material_looks_li.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890" / Permalink/a | a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/10/packing_material_looks_li.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890#comments" /Comments/a | a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/arts/?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890" /Read more articles in Arts/a | a href="http://digg.com/submit?url=blog.makezine.com%2Farchive%2F2008%2F10%2Fpacking_material_looks_li.htmltitle=Packing%20material%20looks%20like%20a%20giant%20alien%20spaceshipbodytext=%20Jason%20Rogenes%20turns%20packing%20packing%20material%20into%20glowing%20obelisks%20at%20Manuf%C2%AEactured%3A%20The%20conspicuous%20transformation%20of%20everyday%20objects%20via%20BBG.%20Artist%20Jason%20Rogenes%20first%20found%20his%20raw%20material%20while%20living%20in%20the%20commerce-driven%2C%20big-box%20store%2C%20strip%20mall%20envirotopic=tech_news" /Digg this!/a

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http://www.ktownchronicles.com Growing up in Los Angeles as Korean-American, Tae has seen rough times, but he has always had the legacy of the Hwarang as an anchor and foundation to see him through. But not all of the young Korean-Americans have had this foundation to see them through the challenges of growing up in an alien culture. Tae at one point begins to associate with a young, misled and unruly street punk named Ed-K. In Korean Culture, only men of the same age can be friends. Otherwise, the older of the two assumes the title and responsibility as Hyung (Big Brother). The only exception is if the younger man challenges and defeats the older in a fight to submission. Ed-K, unwilling to yield to Tae and acknowledge him as his big brother, challenges him to a fight to gain his respect and earn the title of Hyung. Ed-K loses the fight and therefore yields to Tae. Tae accepts the title of 'Big Brother'. Tae thinks that in order to be of greater service to his people and not bring shame to his father and his legacy, he must cut his ties with the family and Hwa Rang Do. His ultimate goal is to lead Ed-K to this right path. But in doing so, he finds himself being drawn by Ed-K into a dark world where consequences are an afterthought, and life is lived by the moment. Tae must now risk losing everything, including his life or abandon his honor and commitment to Ed-K, so that he may live. World wide release of Hyung is October 11, 2008. Film also features Mickey Rourke as Jack, Tae's old friend.

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Pas trop de news, c'est le moment de continuer à vous informer d'un projet terminé et sortie il y a quelques mois. Il s'agit d'une suite non officielle du célèbre jeu PC nommé Zak Mc Kracken: the Alien Mindbenders réalisé en 1988. Tout comme Broken Sword 2.5, il s'agit d'un projet de fans pour les fans et encore une fois réalisé par des allemands (décidément très très motivés, surtout que d'autres projet tout aussi alléchants les uns que les autres sont en cours!). Une petite vidéo est disponible ici En résumé: c'est beau, ca marche bien et c'est fun pour ceux qui ont connu le jeu original. Disponible en allemand et bientôt en anglais (si des gens veulent le traduire en français, vous pouvez en faire la demande à l'équipe), vous pouvez dès à présent le télécharger sur le site officiel.

Kode9 & the spaceape - Curious/Portal (2006) MP3 | 320 Kbps | 22 MB Genre : dubstep Featuring one of Spaceape's most direct verbal performances yet, 'Curious' opens in the wind tunnel - laced by the lush vocals of new recruit to the Hyperdub Kru, Ms. Haptic - and refrains with the infectiously ambivalent chorus "Maybe we will save you... Maybe we will kill you". Rushed along by its bustling hi-hats, 'Curious' drops into Hyperdub's customary wall of sub. While both tracks feature Kode9's distinctively offkey combination of melodica and synth, and an equally upfront vocal, 'Portal' swerves into another orbit altogether with deranged, alien synths skewing an accelerated, rollin' half-step groove, as Spaceape flows from outer to inner space. A wake up call to dub zombies everywhere.

Maturity always seemed an alien concept to Oasis. The brothers Gallagher may have worshiped music made before their birth but there was no respect to their love: they stormed the rock & roll kingdom with no regard for anyone outside themselves, a narcissism that made perfect sense when they were young punks, as youth wears rebellion well, but the group’s trump card was how their snottiness was leveled by their foundation in classic pop. This delicate balance was thrown out of whack after phenomenal success of 1995’s (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, when the group sunk into a pit of excess that they couldn’t completely escape for almost a full decade. When Oasis did begin to re-emerge on 2005’s Don’t Believe the Truth they sounded like journeymen, purveyors of no-frills rock & roll. All this makes the wallop of 2008’s Dig Out Your Soul all the more bracing. Colorful and dense where Don’t Believe the Truth was straightforward, Dig Out Your Soul finds Oasis reconnecting to the churning psychedelic undercurrents in their music, sounds that derive equally from mid-period Beatles and early Verve. This is heavy, murky music, as dense, brutal and loud as Oasis has ever been, building upon the swagger of Don’t Believe and containing not a hint of the hazy drift of their late ’90s records: it’s what Be Here Now would have sounded like without the blizzard of cocaine and electronica paranoia.

Dig Out Your Soul doesn’t have much arrogance, either, as Oasis’ strut has mellowed into an off-hand confidence, just like how Noel Gallagher’s hero worship has turned into a distinct signature of his own, as his Beatlesque songs sound like nobody else’s, not even the Beatles. His only real rival at this thick, surging pop is his brother Liam, who has proven a sturdy, if not especially flashy songwriter with a knack for candied Lennonesque ballads like “I’m Outta Time.” To appreciate what Liam does, turn to Gem Archer’s “To Be Where There’s Life” and Andy Bell’s “The Nature of Reality,” which are enjoyable enough Oasis-by-numbers, but Liam’s numbers resonate, getting stronger with repeated plays, as the best Oasis songs always do.

But, as it always does, Oasis belongs to Noel Gallagher, who pens six of the 11 songs on Dig Out Your Soul, almost every one of them possessing the same sense of inevitability that marked his best early work. Best among these are the titanic stomp of “Waiting for the Rapture” and the quicksilver kaleidoscope of “The Shock of the Lightning,” a pair of songs that rank among his best, but the grinding blues-psych of “Bag It Up” and gently cascading “The Turning” aren’t far behind, either. These have the large, enveloping melodies so characteristic of this work and what impresses is that he can still make music that sounds not written, but unearthed. These six tunes are Noel’s strongest since Morning Glory – so strong it’s hard not to wish he wrote the whole LP himself – but what’s striking about Dig Out Your Soul is how its relentless onslaught of sound proves as enduring as the tunes. This is the sound of a mature yet restless rock band: all the brawn comes from the guitars, all the snarl comes from Liam Gallagher’s vocals, who no longer sounds like a young punk but an aged, battered brawler who wears his scars proudly, which is a sentiment that can apply to the band itself. They’re now survivors, filling out the vintage threads they’ve always worn with muscle and unapologetic style.

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Author: CeilingNinja Keywords: let's play zak mckraken and the alien mindbenders Added: October 6, 2008

Two words: “KA” and “ZAR”! Who doesn’t love Kevin Plunder?

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Ka-Zar #14. “Revolution” by Mark Waid (writer), Andy Kubert (penciler), Jesse Delperdang (inker), Todd Klein (letterer), and Joe Rosas (colorist). “Ka-Zar the Savage” by Christopher Priest (writer), Kenny Martinez (penciler), Anibal Rodriguez (inker), Dave Sharpe (letterer), and Chris Sotomayor (colorist). Published by Marvel, June 1998.

As much as I appreciated the recaps Marvel put in the beginning of their comics back in the late Nineties, I have to admit they’re a bit daunting if you were a brand new reader. I’m used to the silliness of comics, but let’s take a look at how Marvel recaps what has come before this, the final Waid/Kubert issue of Ka-Zar:

Following the destruction of the Savage Land’s Terraformer, Shanna absorbed the alien machine’s power, making her the sole source of sustenance for the hidden jungle. Ka-Zar enlisted the aid of the High Evolutionary, thinking he might be able to help Shanna through her transformation to “goddess” and back to normal again.

However, the High Evolutionary became fascinated by Shanna’s evolution. As he’s helped her learn to control her newfound powers, the two have grown close, leaving Ka-Zar out in the cold. The Evolutionary plans to use his extensive technological means to create a new Earth in a pocket dimension, offering Shanna the chance to become its “mother earth.”

Growing ever more distrustful of the Evolutionary’s intentions with Shanna, Ka-Zar ransacked the scientist’s subterranean lab in hopes of finding something to aid him in his inevitable battle to win back Shanna. Not really sure of what he was looking for, Ka-Zar stole the Evolutionary’s sample of Isotope E.

When the Evolutionary arrogantly infused Matthew with a small portion of Shanna’s power, Ka-Zar attacked him. Unfazed, the Evolutionary told him he couldn’t come with Shanna and him to the new world unless he agreed to take a back seat to his relationship with Shanna. Faced with this ultimatum, Ka-Zar finally realized how desperate his situation is, bringing us to the present …

Phew! I mean, it’s certainly handy, and allows us to pick up this book fully aware of what’s going on (Matthew is Ka-Zar and Shanna’s son, by the way), but someone who has never read a comic before might chuckle. Even if you accept the prehistoric jungle in Antarctica, you might trip up over the “Terraformer” and the “new Earth in a pocket dimension” or even the High Evolutionary himself. But let’s say you get past that. Now you’re up to speed! So what goes on in the issue itself?

You know the story is complicated when the first page shows Ka-Zar and Zabu (his friend the sabretooth) contemplating Isotope E and Waid recaps again! We get eight narrative panels, as Ka-Zar tells us that the H. E. has stolen his wife and son, “thrust” them “up the evolutionary ladder” and linked them “to an extra-dimensional force that fills them with godlike power.” We also learn that Isotope E is a “radioactive genebomb that could, if unwrapped, catapult [him] to Shanna’s level … and beyond.” How? How dare you ask! It’s a comic book, man! Ka-Zar has to decide if he will use Isotope E to fight back. Meanwhile, H. E. has “modified” some Savage Land creatures, and they’re building the Terraformer anew. H. E. tells Shanna that Ka-Zar rejected his invitation to join them in the pocket dimension, but we’re fairly certain he’s lying. He’s wearing purple armor - of course he’s lying! We see Ka-Zar talking to various humanoid creatures in panels dropped in between the H. E.’s conversation with Shanna. H. E. then shows Shanna what the Terraformer does: it creates the MATTER MATRIX (you must say this with suitable portentousness), which will take them to the new Earth and the next evolutionary step. They will become “beings of sublime energy,” and will be “recreated” on a distant world, where Shanna will “be at one with the land, the sea, the sky!” Shanna is suddenly hesitant, because while the power H. E. is offering is “intoxicating,” she doesn’t want to lose her humanity. As H. E. explains that this is no longer her world, Ka-Zar shows up. Shanna runs to him, but H. E.’s modified creatures block her path. He tries to explain how much he needs her, but Ka-Zar interrupts and gives him one more chance to give up. H. E., foolishly, asks him if he has “anything to fear from a bunch of angry savages,” and Kubert gives us a bad-ass splash page with Ka-Zar saying “Yes” and the Savage Land forces arrayed behind him. What’s the bad-assest thing about it? Kevin’s hair:

The Savage Landers attack en masse, but Shanna gets dragged away by H. E.’s creatures before Ka-Zar can get to her. Shanna realizes that her new powers addled her mind, and now she really wants to stay with him. It’s probably the hair! Ka-Zar claims that H. E.’s belief that they’re all just “dumb brutes” will be his downfall. He hops on a pteranodon and attacks H. E., but our villain “modifies” a dragonfly so it’s huge, and he hops on for an aerial battle! As they fight, H. E. starts to admire Ka-Zar, but our hero knows it’s only a matter of time before he’s defeated. At that moment, Zabu brings him a package, and when he opens it, it’s Isotope E! Damn, that’s cold! H. E. freaks out, because it will make Ka-Zar as evolved as he is. I guess. Ka-Zar says he’ll “crack” the box open and “spread Isotope E to the four winds,” which will evolve everyone on Earth to H. E.’s level. Given that that seems to be H. E.’s modus operandi, what’s the big deal? For some reason, H. E. caves, saying he’ll let Shanna and Matthew leave if only Ka-Zar gives him the isotope back. Before Ka-Zar can, however, his steed bucks him and he drops like a stone. H. E. catches the isotope, and Shanna tries to soften the soil to break Ka-Zar’s fall. But it’s not enough!

So we reach the true crux of the issue. H. E., wracked with guilt, offers to “evolve” Ka-Zar somehow so he can survive. Shanna is having none of this:

She wants to save Ka-Zar using that weird native medicine, like “naja root” and “bark from the Haruka tree.” H. E. wants to use fancy “powers,” but Shanna has come to realize that “there’s no greater sin than tampering with the natural order.” She wants to save him as a human being, because that’s what he would want. If Ka-Zar had cancer, Shanna would probably want to save him by leeching him and chanting over his body! She demands that H. E. transfer her power back to the Terraformer, so he does, reluctantly. She also tells the Savage Landers that they should accept Ka-Zar as their king once more when he wakes up. Screw those democratic reforms! Three panels later, Ka-Zar wakes up. This cracks me up, even though I know it’s unrealistic because it’s a silly fantasy comic. He fell from a height of … let’s say 1000 feet. It certainly looks that high, if not more. He landed on the ground, and although Shanna used her powers to break his fall, he himself says it won’t be enough. Shanna puts her crude poultices on both cheeks, his nipples (?), and his upper arm. This somehow cures the broken back he must certainly have, even if he’s not dead. Yeah, okay. Let’s not think about it too much!

So Ka-Zar feels no effects from falling from the height of the Empire State Building, and that impresses the High Evolutionary. He says he believed Ka-Zar was a “thuggish brute,” but now he respects him. He has lost much this day, but “at least [he] has gained a new insight into the capability of humans …” Well, good for him. Ka-Zar then narrates that H. E. returned to his lab “and was never heard from again.” Oh, please. He’s a Marvel character! Of course he’ll be back! In an odd twist, H. E. takes off his mask and is revealed to be an ape. WTF? Now, this wouldn’t bother a first-time reader, because they’ve already suspended their disbelief so much already, but when did H. E. become simian? He wasn’t always that way, was he? Is Waid fooling with us, and this isn’t the real High Evolutionary? Wouldn’t that be just like Waid? Wikipedia doesn’t help me, by the way. It mentions his appearance in this issue, but doesn’t address his appearance. What’s going on????

Anyway, the final two pages are wrap-up, as Ka-Zar narrates that things got back to normal, even though Shanna suddenly was unable to raise plants. Oh well. The story ends with Ka-Zar heading off with Zabu to do some manly hunting. But wait! There’s more. The new creative team offers us a story behind this one, and all we have to do is flip the issue over!

Priest and Martinez give us a fairly simplistic story, as Priest is just setting up his run. Ka-Zar is on a subway, in between two dudes pointing guns at each other. He tries to take them out, and as he does, a gun goes off right next to his ear and some woman maces him. He takes out the bad guys, but can’t understand what anyone is saying for some reason, plus he’s blind and deaf from the gunshot and the mace (so how can he even hear what the other people are saying?). Then a cop shows up, but Ka-Zar decides he’s a bad guy too, because he has a gun. Zabu shows up after someone pulls the emergency brake, and the two of them escape with the woman who maced Ka-Zar. Odd.

Then we’re in the Savage Land, where Shanna and Matthew are communing with nature. After her experience with the High Evolutionary, Shanna can no longer feel nature, and she’s upset. Suddenly Ka-Zar wakes up in New York, but he blacks out quickly and we’re back in a flashback. Shanna tells Ka-Zar he needs to go to New York while she and their son go on a pilgrimage. Of course, there’s a bad guy watching her, and he has nefarious plans! Meanwhile, Ka-Zar wakes up in New York in the mace woman’s apartment. He’s still blind and deaf yet able to hear voices, which still make no sense to him. The newspapers and television are all abuzz about the wild man of the subway, and how there’s a manhunt on for him. Man, that can’t be good. But we’ll have to find out all about it next issue!

This is a fascinating example of how a comic book tries to draw in new readers. I’ve noted before how good Marvel was at this sort of thing back in the mid- to late-’90s, before, presumably, printing costs got too high and they cut things to the bone. A first-time comic book reader picking this up would, most likely, chuckle at the goofiness of the recap, but at least they would go into the story knowing what’s going on. And the issue itself is a fairly straightforward showdown, and once you get past the silliness, it’s the story of a woman who loves a man. How sweet! Even without the recap in the beginning, we get enough to the basics to follow along - the plot, ultimately, doesn’t really matter that much, because all we know is that the High Evolutionary is a misguided but not evil dude who wants to do the right thing but doesn’t know how and Ka-Zar is the hero and that Shanna will eventually come to her senses. Waid and Kubert do a good job with the adventure, and even if the love story is a bit simplistic, it’s a nice summation of their relationship and sets up the rest of the book well.

Marvel even does something nice and gives the new creative team part of the book, so if you were buying the comic for Waid and Kubert, you could see what’s in store for you after they leave. The biggest problem with the new story is the art, which is not very good. Kubert has always been a bit bombastic, but his work is stellar compared to Martinez, who shows the worst excesses of Nineties art with none of the pizzazz. Priest’s story isn’t bad, but is a bit nonsensical. He’s deaf but he can hear people talking to him? And he can hear them, but not understand them? He’s still blind from the mace after many hours? I’ve been tear-gassed, and a friend of mine, who was also gassed, got some in his eye. His contact lens melted, but he was able to see after a few minutes. So what kind of powerful mace did that woman spray in Ka-Zar’s face? It’s an interesting direction to take, and although the art isn’t very good, it has a good hook. There’s nothing to keep you from picking up the next issue unless you’re just not interested in a Priest/Martinez book because you love Waid/Kubert so much. If you’re interested in Ka-Zar, this works fairly well.

It probably works because Ka-Zar isn’t that big a player in the Marvel Universe. Therefore, it’s easy to get into his back story and get caught up. Based on what I read of the second story, I wouldn’t have bought the next issue, but it wouldn’t be because I had no idea what was going on. At least there’s that!