Chapter 16 | Page 20b: Secrets, Solos & Showdowns

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Brad Guigar

As the team hits the karaoke bar to blow off some steam, tensions rise and hidden rivalries come to light. Desdemona stirs things up by inviting management to the mix, and Count Spurlock is not ready to let go of his Bohemian Rhapsody solo. Meanwhile, Cassie and Miss Match have a heart-to-heart that’s as intense as any power ballad.

Panel 1 (Narration box):
That night, at the karaoke bar…

Miss Match (toasting Cassie with her bottle of beer:
OK… You weren’t just singing…
That was some full-on Patti-Lupone-level belting!

Panel 2 (Miss Match and Cassie standing with drinks):
Cassie: Songs are like men. It’s all about tension, tempo and timing.

Panel 3 (Miss Match putting a hand on Cassie's shoulder):
Miss Match: And trust. Cap told me how you were there for him when he needed you.

Panel 4 (Miss Match, serious):
I don’t want things to be weird between us.
Cassie: Treat him right, and we’ve got no problems.

(Cassie continues):
Treat him wrong, and, well… Ballads aren’t the only thing I’m good at belting.

(Catnip and Desi are singing passionately on stage with a mic, as the background screen shows karaoke lyrics to “I Kissed a Girl”. Others watch from tables.)

52 Web site

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Brad Guigar
DC Comics has been having a lot of fun with its 52 Web site, a site created to help readers follow 52, the comic series that will unfold this year, chronicling the aftermath of Infinite Crisis.

Check out the TV listings from the Daily Planet’s Senior Entertainment Columnist:

WGBS Announces Summer Season

Metropolis, May 17 — Last week, the series finale of “The Worst Wing” – a fictionalized version of the Luthor Administration – got its biggest ratings ever for a two-hour special where President Rex Boother pardoned himself on his way out of the Oval Office, only to be killed in an accident involving a lobbyist’s limo.

SPECIAL:
CRISIS OF INFINITE MIRTH
Comedians claiming to be from different dimensions offer their humorous looks at race, relationships and superheroes in a benefit for Star City.

SERIES PREMIERE:
LEADER OF THE BAND: SCARE TACTICS
Following last summer’s surprisingly popular reality show about the revived 1970s band Great Frog, this incarnation follows the cult-favorite “monster rock” phenomenon Scare Tactics as they look for a new lead singer. In the debut, singer Susie Kavanaugh has a voice unlike any the band has ever heard… but will being a soul-draining banshee keep her in the running, or make her the first contestant to be eliminated?

RETURNING SERIES:
I WANT A HOUSE! NO, A BIGGER HOUSE!
Master carpenter Roger Gail and country singer Alison Stevens travel the country, creating homes for people who need them. In the heartbreaking premiere, it’s a family who fled Bludhaven. Does a townhouse in Coast City offer them a second chance, or just a sad reminder of what they’ve lost?

GOOD KNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
The sitcom about King Arthur’s trusted squire (Kevin McKinley) working at a Medieval-themed restaurant in 21st-century Metropolis returns for a third season. In the premiere, Sir Tristan decides to reveal his true background to his best friend, “mead wench” Traci (Alyssa Barrett) but will she believe him? Plus, comedian Frankie Sennett makes one of his popular cameos as Tristan’s meddling Uncle Modred.

MOVIE:
THE NEW FRONTIER
Director Darwyn Cooke’s award-winning 2004 epic about superheroics during the Kennedy era makes its network-television debut. HDTV viewers can enjoy the movie with enhanced “Absolute” features.

TV MOVIE:
INTERAMERICAN
Fact-based drama follows a suburban advertising executive (Gregg Rice) who quits his job and drives across country in search of the daughter he never knew he had… because her mother was his girlfriend on a parallel Earth.