Inaugural Post

Hello, Internet. This is the inaugural entry of APLOMB. Off the top of my head, I can only recall ever reading one first entry of a blog before, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to put here, or if there's some customary introductory procedure or what.

I've been a fan of superheroes since at least as far back as when I saw the pilot episode of the 90's X-Men cartoon, and possibly even before that. This blog will contain whatever random ruminations on superhero comics I feel like putting to words, as well as whatever else I feel like writing about. It's name comes from the origin of Marvel's Whizzer, who obtained super-speed from an emergency transfusion of mongoose blood. If you didn't already figure that out, then this blog might just not be for you. Lots of fans cite the Whizzer's backstory as the nadir of ridiculous superpower origins, but when I first read about it as a kid, I didn't see anything wrong with it. This says one of two things:

1. It's actually no more silly than most superhero origins, and fans only think it's ridiculous because they learn about an obscure guy like the Whizzer at an older age than when they meet folks like the Hulk or Spider-Man.
2. I was a very, very stupid kid.

I'm not sure which of the two is the case.

Well, that's it for introductions. I'm not very computer-savvy, so I'm still learning my way around this whole blog template thing. More to come later today, I think.