{"id":1725,"date":"2009-08-26T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2009-08-26T01:10:13","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T05:10:13","slug":"super-powers-25th-anniversary-crossover-was-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/26\/super-powers-25th-anniversary-crossover-was-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Powers 25th Anniversary Crossover Was a Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Crisis on Earth Blog\" src=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/images\/crisis_logo2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In case you missed it yesterday, there was <a title=\"Super Powers 25th Anniversary Crossover\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/08\/25\/super-powers-25th-anniversary\/\">an awesome crossover between fourteen different blogs celebrating the 25th anniversary of Kenner&#8217;s Super Powers Collection<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, it was so well received that other blogs joined in!\u00a0 Check these sites out:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Michael over at <a title=\"The Legion Omnicom\" href=\"http:\/\/adventure247.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/super-powers-collection-25th.html\">The Legion Omnicom<\/a> jumped in with both feet and did his own entry into the crossover on the Super Powers Tyr figure!<\/li>\n<li>Rick was kind enough to promote the crossover on his blogs, <a title=\"Mail it to Team-Up\" href=\"http:\/\/mailittoteamup.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/crisis-on-earth-blog-super-powers-25th.html\">Mail it to Team-Up<\/a> and <a title=\"Plastic Man Platitudes\" href=\"http:\/\/plasticmanplatitudes.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/crisis-on-earth-blog-super-powers-25th.html\">Plastic Man Platitudes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Bubba Shelby gave us a shout-out over at his outstanding toy blog, <a title=\"Toyriffic\" href=\"http:\/\/toyriffic.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/crisis-on-earth-blog-super-powers-25th.html\">Toyriffic<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, Matt over at <a title=\"No Cure for Comics\" href=\"http:\/\/nocureforcomics.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/super-powers-anniversary-crisis-on.html\" class=\"broken_link\">No Cure for Comics<\/a> discussed the crossover and even included a Super Powers TV commercial!\u00a0 Matt moderates the fantastic <a title=\"Comic Blog Elite\" href=\"http:\/\/comicblogelite.com\/\">Comic Blog Elite toplist<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the bloggers involved have plans to make further posts celebrating the Super Powers Collection.\u00a0 So keep visiting these blogs and others for additional posts: <a title=\"Aquaman blog\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\">The Aquaman Shrine<\/a>, <a title=\"Crimson Lightning\" href=\"http:\/\/thefastestmanalive.blogspot.com\/\">Crimson Lightning<\/a>, <a title=\"Bat-Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bat-blog.com\/\">Bat-Blog<\/a>, and <a title=\"...nurgh...\" href=\"http:\/\/nurgh.blogspot.com\/\">&#8230;nurgh&#8230;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m still reeling from all the great information put forth by everyone involved in the crossover.\u00a0 Below is the list of all the blogs involved in the crossover.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t checked them all out, I strongly encourage you to.\u00a0 There is some great commentary, neat collectibles, and some funny stuff.\u00a0 Well worth your time.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Rob (the blogger who inspired most of us to start our own superhero blogs) rolls out the pomp and circumstance for the King of the Seven Seas over at <a title=\"The Aquaman Shrine\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/crisis-on-earth-blog-super-powers-25th.html\"><strong>The Aquaman Shrine<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Frank investigates J&#8217;onn J&#8217;onzz, the Manhunter from Mars, at <a title=\"Idol Head of Diabolu\" href=\"http:\/\/idol-head.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/crisis-on-earth-blog-super-powers-25th.html\"><strong>Idol-Head of Diabolu.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tommy applies his detective skills to the Batman universe of characters over at the <a title=\"Bat-Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bat-blog.com\"><strong>Bat-Blog<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Clowny Princess brings us a different view at her blog dedicated to the Clown Prince of Crime, <a title=\"Love Dat Joker\" href=\"http:\/\/lovedatjoker.livejournal.com\/42525.html\"><strong>Love Dat Joker<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kelson types the fastest blog alive and covers the Flash over at <a title=\"Speed Force\" href=\"http:\/\/speedforce.org\/2009\/08\/super-powers-25th\/\"><strong>Speed Force<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Running side-by-side with Kelson is Dixon&#8217;s Flash blog over at <a title=\"Crimson Lightning blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thefastestmanalive.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/crisis-on-earth-blog-super-powers-25th.html\"><strong>Crimson Lighting<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Frank explores the figures and mini-comics that might have been for <a title=\"Justice League Detroit\" href=\"http:\/\/justiceleaguedetroit.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/coleccion-super-amigos-liga-de-la.html\"><strong>Justice League Detroit<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Luke provides the rundown on the winged wonder, Hawkman, over at the cleverly named blog <a title=\"Being Carter Hall\" href=\"http:\/\/beingcarterhall.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/crisis-on-earth-blog-super-powers.html\"><strong>Being Carter Hall<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Doug puts a new spin on the adventures of Red Tornado over at his Doom Patrol blog, <a title=\"My Greatest Adventure 80\" href=\"http:\/\/mygreatestadventure80.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/happy-super-powers-day.html\"><strong>My Greatest Adventure 80<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Adama keeps Green Arrow&#8217;s aim true over at <a title=\"Dispatches from the Arrowcave\" href=\"http:\/\/thearrowcave.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/crisis-on-earth-blog-crossover.html\"><strong>Dispatches from the Arrow Cave<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Michael provides up, up and away coverage of Superman over at the <strong><a title=\"Fortress of Baileytude\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fortressofbaileytude.com\/?p=871\" class=\"broken_link\">Fortress of Baileytude<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Frank tackles as many Super Powers mini-comics today as humanly possible over at his blog called <strong><a title=\"... nurgh ...\" href=\"http:\/\/nurgh.blogspot.com\/\">&#8230; nurgh &#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Finally, I tackled Firestorm&#8217;s Super Powers antics over at my other blog, <strong><a title=\"Firestorm Fan\" href=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/2009\/08\/25\/super-powers-25th-anniversary\/\">Firestorm Fan<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My thanks to everyone involved in the crossover and to anyone who enjoyed reading 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