I admit, after reading the pages, I went back up and relooked at the cover with a sense of closing doom. I hope I'm making up the goggles in the guy's silhouette. And, you know, there's no assurance (is there?) that the guy's dead, right?
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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§ ita § - Mar 22, 2005 7:22:31 am PST #7694 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Mar 22, 2005 7:37:20 am PST #7695 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'll second Tom's recommendation of Ed the Happy Clown. One of the most demented and yet haunting comics ever.
I'd rather not see Blue Beetle, Nightwing or Atom killed. What's with all the killing? Can't they tell a nice story about catching burglars with a few witty bon mots and jumplines? A little super speed, some snazzy puns, a catch phrase battle cry in splash page sized font...what's wrong with that?
Besides death has been thoroughly devalued by now as a narrative trope. If they can bring back Jason after 9,000 panels of the empty suit in the glass case, then they're just minutes away from jerking Barry Allen back into this timeline.
Tom Scola - Mar 22, 2005 7:40:18 am PST #7696 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
If they can bring back Jason ..., then they're just minutes away from jerking Barry Allen back into this timeline.
Uhm.... [link]
Frankenbuddha - Mar 22, 2005 7:40:52 am PST #7697 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Besides death has been thoroughly devalued by now as a narrative trope. If they can bring back Jason after 9,000 panels of the empty suit in the glass case, then they're just minutes away from jerking Barry Allen back into this timeline.
Ah, hell if they
bring back Larry the lobster Jason then I wouldn't put it past them to bring back Sue Dibny at some point.
DavidS - Mar 22, 2005 7:47:30 am PST #7698 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Uhm...
Mmmmhmmm. Okay, I'm glad to see my cyncism wasn't wasted. It is such a narrative circle jerk. And lordy, the diminishing returns.
signed,
Still Thinks It Was Cheap-Ass Shit To Bring Angel Back
Tom Scola - Mar 22, 2005 7:49:18 am PST #7699 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
OK, to be fair, the Barry Allen thing was a cheat. It was really the Counter-Flash posing as Barry.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2005 7:51:14 am PST #7700 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And lordy, the diminishing returns.
How do you know if you didn't read it?
Still Thinks It Was Cheap-Ass Shit To Bring Angel Back
Same with Buffy?
DavidS - Mar 22, 2005 7:51:35 am PST #7701 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is the Counter-Flash different from Dr. Zoom?
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 22, 2005 7:52:02 am PST #7702 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
David, it wasn't really Barry Allen that they brought back in that story. Still dead .
P.M. Marc - Mar 22, 2005 7:52:30 am PST #7703 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
David is amusingly outing himself as to how far behind the comics times he is...
I loved that Barry-not-Barry storyline, though. Waid-era Flash was the shit.