That same trick cracked me up when Claremont first introduced the Shi'ar and their blatant Star Trek ripoff crew was approaching the planet. A horrorstruck Not!Uhura informed Not!Kirk that Earth had repulsed Galactus five times in its immediate planetary history and they all raced to cloak the ship and flee out of the solar system while wetting themselves.
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 29, 2004 2:30:42 pm PST #6702 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Polter-Cow - Nov 29, 2004 6:30:38 pm PST #6703 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Murderer? and Fugitive are a really good examination of Batman and Bruce Wayne: which one is the true identity, and which is the mask? It makes me think of Peter Parker, and how he really doesn't have that issue. Much of his character involves juggling his two roles, so it's very clear he is Peter first and Spidey second. And then I think of Superman, and how he can't really ever not be Superman, even when he's Clark. But I don't think of the Supes persona as being very dark and/or complex, so again, it's not much of an issue.
What do you guys think? Superheroes and their identities. Discuss. Compare and contrast.
Holli - Nov 29, 2004 7:11:45 pm PST #6704 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I think Clark thinks of himself as Clark, even when he's off being super; for Bruce, it takes an effort to actually be Bruce Wayne. His default state is the Bat.
esse - Nov 30, 2004 1:17:42 am PST #6705 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I don't think Longshot showed up in any issues of Wolverine, SA.
Okay. I guess I can google for one-shots or something.
I think Clark thinks of himself as Clark, even when he's off being super
I agree--and while some of my characterisation for Clark comes from Smallville, I do have the distinct feeling of him being Clark, where the glasses aren't the disguise--the cape is.
Steph L. - Nov 30, 2004 4:09:48 am PST #6706 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Granted, Kon's word isn't gospel,* but in one of the first few Teen Titans issues, he (Kon) says that Clark thinks of himself as Clark, and that Superman is the disguise.
*(But then again, there's no reason to assume him to be unreliable, particularly in this area.)
ION, the new comics list claims that Outsiders #18 is out tomorrow.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2004 4:43:55 am PST #6707 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
SA, unless Wolverine bets on a pair of twos twice, Uncanny X-Men 245 is the issue your roommate needs.
Sometime later the quartet of X-Men return to their base in Australia laughing that Wolverine bluffed the alien with a pair of twos.
esse - Nov 30, 2004 4:44:26 am PST #6708 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Oh, wow, ita. Thank you. You're phenomenal.
sumi - Nov 30, 2004 4:52:23 am PST #6709 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Yes -- Outsiders #18 and DC 801 (I think).
amych - Nov 30, 2004 4:55:10 am PST #6710 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yes -- Outsiders #18 and DC 801 (I think).
Yep. Those (and the first GL: Rebirth, if my shop get in any copies of the new printing) are pretty much my list for the week.
sumi - Nov 30, 2004 4:57:53 am PST #6711 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I think that they're supposed to have GL: Rebirth 1 & 2 today.