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Polter-Cow - Oct 07, 2004 1:50:35 pm PDT #6134 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Well, I've definitely presumed it's been an airborne contagion...but you know, is it not harmful to those with two X chromosomes, or is it only harmful to those with a Y chromosome? Any Klinefelter's people alive?

As for the immunity, I checked the panels to make sure, and Yorick starts getting sick the instant he takes his mask off, which pretty much confirms the airborne contagion theory. Now, I've missed a few back issues, but I don't know how the male astronauts who landed fared, and I do remember a male baby being born a few issues back. You'd think the baby would have died as soon as it left the womb. And it's possible it did, a second after "It's a boy!" was announced. Vaughn's got some wiggle room. I'm not sure what the ring's been doing, then, since it also protected the monkey. It could be magic, which wouldn't surprise me too much considering they're on the run from relic hunters. It felt like something supernatural or magic was going to come into play eventually.

What I loved was how it went down: Yorick's first fleeting thought when all the men died was that the ring had protected him. It was a great callback, and so amazingly done in a way that lets the situation dawn on the reader. A chilling scene.


sumi - Oct 07, 2004 1:56:10 pm PDT #6135 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!

P-C -- There are two different stories in Detective Comics. The main story is the War Games installment and the secondary story is the Riddler/Ivy story.

One of the things about the TT/Legion special that makes me happy is that after reading it, I feel no inclination to start reading Legion regularly. What a relief.


Polter-Cow - Oct 07, 2004 2:05:48 pm PDT #6136 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

the secondary story is the Riddler/Ivy story.

Okay, yeah, I saw that. I don't read it.


victor infante - Oct 08, 2004 5:17:50 am PDT #6137 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

Sumi, Poison Ivy's real name is Pamela Isley.


victor infante - Oct 08, 2004 5:23:00 am PDT #6138 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

What I want to know about TT/Legion is Did the Legion's timeline get erased? Is the new Legion's future an alternate future? And if it's the real future, do Bart's mom and cousin still exist? Alterante futures make my head hurt.


DXMachina - Oct 08, 2004 5:50:22 am PDT #6139 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Victor, it sure looks that way. It's getting pretty tiresome. It looks like they want to go the serious teen angst route. The only good thing I see so far is that Sun Boy seems to exist in this reality.

The Titans/Legion book is a mess. It's sort of like one of the old DC/Marvel crossovers. The Titans, except for Bart, are completely out of place, and it doesn't really fit recent Legion canon, either. At least they got the correct spelling for M'onel's name this issue.


askye - Oct 08, 2004 6:28:58 am PDT #6140 of 10000
Thrive to spite them

I was completely confused by the last pages in Teen Titans, when there was a future city and stuff about genes. Well, more confused than I was for the rest of the issue.

I also picked up the current issue of WW, after I missed it last week. I have to go back and read the previous issue because I kind of missed some things, but WW kicked ass and there was a joke about Everybody Loves Raymond that amused me.


Steph L. - Oct 08, 2004 6:31:21 am PDT #6141 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I was completely confused by the last pages in Teen Titans, when there was a future city and stuff about genes. Well, more confused than I was for the rest of the issue.

I think when the Titans came from the 31st century back to the 21st century, they didn't go far enough, and they "landed" in, roughly, the year 2014. If I read it right.


DXMachina - Oct 08, 2004 6:43:24 am PDT #6142 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I was completely confused by the last pages in Teen Titans, when there was a future city and stuff about genes. Well, more confused than I was for the rest of the issue.

Those pages are the Legion reboot. The kid who got slapped by his dad looks to be Lyle Norg, aka Invisible Kid. When he jumps, he puts on a Legion flight ring and flies off with the rest of the new AU version of the Legion. Meanwhile, as Teppy said, the Titans seem to have wound up in 2014.


Steph L. - Oct 08, 2004 6:46:26 am PDT #6143 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Oh, oops. I was reading askye's post as if she meant the last pages of where the Teen Titans-specific story ends, which is NOT the end of the issue -- the last pages are, like DX said, Legion-related stuff.