POEMS ABOUT COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS

VOLUME II

JUAN MANUEL PEREZ

With art by WILLIAM CARLISLE

WITHIN THE FUNNY COLORED PAGES

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All artwork has previously appeared in The Peo-ple’s Comic Book Newsletter, Jazmaonline.com, and Fan Fever and is sole property of William Carlisle © 2006.

Poems in this selection have appeared in:

Claypool Comics (2001) Defender Of The Comic Book Faith (2006) Hollywood Eclectern (2000) The Wild Blue Cat (2000-2004) The People’s Comic Book Newsletter (2002-2005) Comic Book Poetry Quarterly (2006)

Some poems were publicly read at poetry venues in La Pryor, Uvalde, San Antonio and Austin, Tex-as in 2006.

All poems were written in Tennessee and Texas.

All comic book characters are property of their respective publishers: PCBN/JazmaOnline.com, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Harris/Warren Pub-lishing, Claypool Comics, Quality, Dell/Western Publishing.

Within The Funny Colored Pages Copyright © 2006 by Juan Manuel Perez First Printing: August 2006, 200 copies

Dead Red Moon Publishing PO Box 70 La Pryor, Texas 78872

“DRMP” logo created by Wil-liam Carlisle © 2006.

For extra copies or your comments, please write to the address above.

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This book is dedicated to the memory of

Jeff Scott Clifford PROTON MAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Poetry by Juan Perez Proton Man 4 Be Still O Night: A Superhero’s Prayer 6 Comic Book Love Affair 9 Comic Books 10 Dark Red Rose 12 Drakulonion Kiss 14 Elastic 16 I’ll Be Your Superman 16 Little Lulu 18 One Zero Zero 19 Superheroes Don’t Always Win 20

Art by William Carlisle Proton Man 5 Red Thunder 7 Batman & Vampirella 8 Jeff Scott Clifford’s Proton Man 10 BC Jazma 11 Jazma-Man (I) 12 Vampirella 13 Vampirella Sketch 14 Legendary Dark Silhouette 15 Superhero 16 Superman 17 Jazma-Man (II) 18 Legendary Dark Silhouette & Jazma-Man 18 Paul Dale Roberts as Jazma-Man (I) 19 Paul Dale Roberts as Jazma Man (II) 19 Daredevil 21

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Proton Man

to Jeff Scott Clifford

The Proton Man He does what he can

To save the world Make us understand

The spirit within

His very own essence Should be the spirit that all

Would hope to dispense

To labor till victory Creed of the Proton Man

To live history indeed Baring greatness, his brand

Because…

The Proton Man

He’ll do what he can Dare save you from evil

Or foe, fellow man

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Be Still O Night: A Superhero’s Prayer

Be still O night May I sleep well

Who knows better What rest I need to fight

Never leave my side, never I’m afraid for tomorrow

The fear of waking Heaven knows

The reality of tomorrow O night fill my heart with strength

Fill this empty cup Be still O night

Let me enjoy this sleep Let me fly upon the sky

And take back The ages that elude me O night in all its glory

Help this unnatural soul Don’t let life end this story

A life so loud Needs a sleep that is so quiet

Be still O night Give me more time

To regain my strength That which helps me To hold on, to fight

Be still O night Let this not be the last

For we are given so much evil Supreme justice must not fail

Amen

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Comic Book Love Affair

Thunder and lighting Paranoia across the sky

I shall pay dearly This nasty habit won’t die

‘Ama decia,

“It’s all wrong!” So, she burned them all

That which to me belonged

She use to say I was obsessed Mujer cristiana

thought I was possessed

Tears of anger For what I love Madre querida,

what were you thinking of?

Now I am grown I have learned to forgive

But I am also married Will history be relived?

I love her a lot…

But I love them too They call to me

O my mind is a zoo

This comic book affair Consumes most of me

O this faithful sin It won’t let me be

I hope she understands… I hope they all understand

Never, ever, come between A comic book and her man

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Comic Books Life is as Comical as it is sad. Comics presents extraOrdinary life in Magical lands of Imaginative worlds in fantastiC universes But in reality they alsO help us read Or understand life as we Know it here on earth. So pick one up!

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Dark Red Rose My dark red rose Sweet and so infectious How can one deny Your deep dark affection? For three decades you’ve ruled The blood red stained streets Through it all you remain So beautiful you keep Enchanting crimson thing How can you be as such? My dark red rose I’ve loved you so much Your black wings take you to flight Who could ever understand? Victims of imagination For a vampire and a man

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Drakulonion Kiss for Jill Nicolini O so many times I have selfishly wished The touch of the serene A sweet Drakulonion kiss But not just any kiss One profound and everlasting From the only one I want Vampirella, the enchanting My alien vampire goddess Ruler of my imagination Your presence is sublime Upon your feet fall many nations My world is your playground Only you know the reason I merely wish a kiss As my sanity commits treason

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Elastic You’re so plastic You’re so darn elastic What can you not be? Who can you not see? This gift, this power Can’t be held by the highest tower Could evil ever understand The powers of the Plastic Man? I’ll Be Your Superman Ten million maniacs Attempting your front door I’ll be there to stop them Even if there are more I’ll be your hero To save you from all of them I am your father I’ll be your Superman

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Little Lulu Little Lulu, Little Lulu Who can ever compare? Little Lulu, Little Lulu Who would even dare? Such a darling little girl Such a cute little smile Such a bright and witty mind You make laughter last a while Thank you, Little Lulu Thank you so very much Thank you, Little Lulu None will ever be as such

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One Zero Zero Lady of darkness So deliciously supreme Mistress of the macabre My dear horror queen To you, my love Again I write Fear not my lady You’re still out of sight Celebrating one zero zero With no sign of age My beautiful female hero You get better page by page You saved my Saturday nights Back when I was a teen Your enchantment still strong today Better than I’ve ever seen

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Superheroes Don’t Always Win

Flying high Buzzards in the air

Something foul Not smelling fair

Evil mongers On the way

Pay the price Very soon today

Superheroes

Watch your back Evil doers

On the attack

Not all the good guys Always win Mostly gains By evil’s kin

Sinister friend At your door

Knock out count You’re on the floor

No cape, no sun No suit of steel Nothing helps

The pain is real

Our hero finally Gets the upper hand

The hero wins Safe is the land

No fairy tale

No cheering crowd Just healing wounds And feeling proud

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ABOUT THE POET

Juan Manuel Perez RED THUNDER

A native of La Pryor, Texas, and son to second generation Mexican-Americans, he is also a former Navy/Marine Medic and currently a high school history teacher. Juan served in the First Gulf War (1991) earning the title of combat medic and extending his expertise to civilians in Florida in 1992 during the Hurricane Andrew Relief operation. He enjoys reading and writ-ing prose and poetry about Mexican culture, history, horror, science fiction, and his beloved comic books. He is also the author of BENEATH THE

TIGHTS (2006) and the COMIC BOOK POETRY QUARTERLY DIGEST (2006). The author is also a member of the San Antonio Poets Association and the Science Fiction Poetry Association.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

William Carlisle BC JAZMA

I began to create my own comic book newsletter publication called FAN FEVER in late 2004. I also draw many super-heroes; my art gallery is posted at: www.jazmaonline.com. I am married to a wonderful wife, Stephanie, and we have a daughter, Holly. We live in Me-thuen Massachusetts.