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Prep and Landing

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 It's become a tradition to post a Xmas themed post every year.  It's also become a tradition that I end up late posting these.  So in keeping with that tradition, it's February and here's this year's Xmas post.  I surveyed the TVCU Crew for what I should cover this year, and Prep and Landing is what was decided, so here we go.   1912 to Present--Santa has appeared on screen since 1912, in over a thousand films and television shows. Not all are TVCU canon. Of those that are, some are of the “real” Santa and some are just a man in the suit, but it’s a TVCU concept that anyone wearing the suit can become possessed by the Christmas Spirit, a magical tulpa like aspect of Jesus. Some of those appearances from the TVCU (or Television Crossover Multiverse) are: BABES IN TOYLAND, ROAD TO UTOPIA, SANTA AND THE FAIRY SNOW QUEEN, I LOVE LUCY, THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM, RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, THE FLINTSTONES, THUNDERBIRDS, BATMAN, MISTEROGERS, THE LION, THE WITC...

Loki, the Original Prankster

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Another late, late April Fool's post.  I previously covered other pranksters the Joker and Mxyzptlk.  But Loki was the original.  (Ironically, I haven't covered the Prankster, another Superman foe.  I don't think there's much to cover with that character crossover wise.) Please note this post is not, I repeat not, about really cool TVCU Crewsie Loki Carbis... though maybe it should be. Also, we will not be discussing Loki, the Angel of Vengeance seen in Dogma (except for in one entry below.) 1981 --  By this point in time, when Mike Nero was 13, his anger and resentment towards the treatment he received from his peers and his inability to get along with and be understood by his family had taken a terrible toll on his psyche. It was at this low point in his early life that he was approached by Rutger, a representative of the Brotherhood of Fenris, worshipers of the Norse lupine deity known as the Fenris Wolf (and none other than the progeny of Loki, the not...