Sumi, I've not seen JLU, but from what I've seen, the guy without a face is the Question, a sort of Vigilante type with a very Randian world view. And while I'm not sure which version of Supergirl they're using, most versions have indeed spent time living with the Kents (as Superboy does now.) It's sort of "Super" initiation thing. "You can join the society of superpeople, but first you must prove you vcan survive ... the very nice old people!

Sumi, the Jason Todd reference was on the blackboard that BB whipped out when he was spouting off his theories.

And I haven't read much of the previous runs of Teen Titans, so I don't know if Red X was in them. But I know the current comics haven't gone that way.

And in JLU, I have no idea who faceless dude is. And I don't know if Supergirl lives with the Kents.

The clone looks a hell a lot like Powergirl

sumi, metatext answer: The Question was Steve Ditko's whackaloon liberterian (not in the Victor way) vigilante character. Rorschach in Watchmen is somewhat based on him.

Heh. The boy band thing is cracking me up.

Thanks everyone.

Okay, I totally didn't understand JLU. I got the clone thing, and....that's about it. Me dumb. Me so d-u-m.

That was interesting.

I'm glad that Ollie was back this week.

Just nasty, and jerks me right out of the text.

Yeah, seriously. I'd never really understood what you meant by bad art taking you out of the text until that cartoony shit.

Once I got over the "who is this BATGIRL???" issue

See, I accidentally spoiled myself for that, and I guess it's kind of nice not having to worry about that. I'm waiting for the identity to be revealed so I can become unspoiled.

I'd just binged on 40-odd issues of Cassandra Cain

I just finished reading "The Mark of Cain," and while I found it somewhat hard to follow (I'm not sure how much of the backstory I'm assumed to know, because I couldn't really figure out what I was supposed to be learning), it took me until the last page to realize I was being introduced to Cassandra Cain. This'll be cool, since I'm finally reading something totally new that has important ramifications afterward (Cass being the current Batgirl and all).

Dude, I *love* NML.

I'm loving parts of it (the first volume was really good, generally, and there are some good stories in the second volume (I especially love Alfred's anecdote about Bruce's dad)), but there are some clunkers. The Mr. Freeze issue is ridiculously dumb.

Okay, back to reading. Oh, few questions to see answers to when I return: Did Commissioner Gordon know Babs was Batgirl? And who's Lock-Up? And why, since Penguin is such a cool major player in NML, is he being so underused in War Games ?

(Oh Christ. Dick just said to Tim, "You're not too big to spank." You people have sullied my mind. And who's Azrael?)

who's Azrael

Mini bio shamelessly stolen from DCU Guide for Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley). (Who is so totally in my mental marshmallow squad.)

It was only when his father died that Jean-Paul discovered that he had been the avenging angel of St Dumas, the agent of a strange religious sect. He also discovered that the mantle passed automatically to him, and was initiated into the Order of St. Dumas. However, aided by Batman, he resisted his mental programming and became a more moral vigilante. For a time he filled in Batman's shows, to disastruous effect as he had not yet shaken off the Order's programming, but he continues to try and make up for this, helping out his former mentor when he can.