Met Brainiac through cartoons, so when the Super Powers robot came along, I thought it was another "toyetic" revision like the Parademons. I have a little nostalgia for full-robot, especially the ship, but I'm overall Team Green. Silver Age pink/white/black with pants and modern gewgaws for me.

My introduction and main point of reference to the base song.

Oppenheimer was at least an hour too long, with obvious hamfisted conclusions, and barely any characterization. They're both basic as hell, but Barbie was the tougher nut to crack. Don't forsee revisiting either.

Downloading and queuing up.

The question is always "are they knowingly this stupidly evil, or is it just brainwashing?" But "I personally should have more power over women and children" skews nefarious.

Sometime around then, Sears has been accused of basically ignoring scripts and doing whatever would sell pages in the aftermarket instead. Judging from how unreadable those books became, it tracks.