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victor infante - Mar 22, 2005 8:59:59 am PST #7729 of 10000

To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

I knew that! But I didn't know about the McCarthy hearing element, which is a good twist and really sets up the whole new era.

Yeah, they kind of figured out that's what happened along the way, admittedly, but once they did, it stuck.

JLA: Year One did a pretty good job of establishing the old timers keeping an eye on the new kids and deciding whether or not they were interested in giving them an OK or not. Black Canary, of course, is the daughter of the original, but the rest of the JLA didn't know their predecessors at all. It also hinted that Vandal Savage had put a good deal of effort into making sure superheroes didn't get a new foothold for a few decades, but ultimately, they couldn't be kept down.

sumi - Mar 22, 2005 9:06:00 am PST #7730 of 10000

Art Crawl!!!

Bwah! There is going to be a Puppet!Angel cover for the Angel:Cursed mini.

DavidS - Mar 22, 2005 9:10:10 am PST #7731 of 10000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Another question - how many different comics are there now set among police who work in a superhero world?

'Cuz it seems like there are dozens.

Also, does it seem a little zeitgeisty that the Fantastic Four have been bubbling up to the surface in a variety of platonic shadows recently? Both the Venture Brothers and The Incredibles specifically referenced FF well before the curent movie.

DXMachina - Mar 22, 2005 9:26:32 am PST #7732 of 10000

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Another question - how many different comics are there now set among police who work in a superhero world?

Hmmm, Gotham Central and Powers, for two.

sumi - Mar 22, 2005 9:29:14 am PST #7733 of 10000

Art Crawl!!!

And they're both good. Are there others?

amych - Mar 22, 2005 9:31:32 am PST #7734 of 10000

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Top Ten

(not a current ongoing series, but it's fabulous.)

DavidS - Mar 22, 2005 9:37:42 am PST #7735 of 10000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Isn't there one in the Marvelverse? What was The Authority about?

DXMachina - Mar 22, 2005 9:40:46 am PST #7736 of 10000

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

What was The Authority about?

The Authority is a team book.

P.M. Marc - Mar 22, 2005 10:04:14 am PST #7737 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

Isn't there one in the Marvelverse? What was The Authority about?

It's also Wildstorm, which is DC.

Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 22, 2005 10:12:15 am PST #7738 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

District X is Marvel. Bishop as Pembleton, sorta.

(Although Hal's rather bad end probably had a lot to do with that.)

I think it also helped that Wally was around as Barry's kid sidekick/protege for decades before assuming the mantle, whereas Kyle Rainer was first introduced in the story that flushed Hal Jordan's characterization down the crapper. Having him take Barry's place felt very organic and a natural outgrowth of Barry's separate heroic death story. Rather than being the New Coke version of a character "fixing" something that wasn't broken in the first place. (See Dr. Fates Mk II, III, and IV for more examples...)

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