You should read the latest issue of Justice League Classified for Sue's threat to them alone, Steph.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 25, 2005 6:31:00 am PST #7756 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
victor infante - Mar 25, 2005 7:21:26 am PST #7757 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Spoiled for Countdown to we've run out of names, and while I'm intrigued and suspect I'll enjoy it a lot, I can now totally see why Keith Giffen quit DC.
§ ita § - Mar 25, 2005 7:28:44 am PST #7758 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know enough about Giffen, victor. Why did he leave?
Anne W. - Mar 25, 2005 7:35:06 am PST #7759 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The Booster Gold/Blue Beetle stuff is making me very happy.
Anne W. - Mar 25, 2005 7:35:09 am PST #7760 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
victor infante - Mar 25, 2005 8:17:10 am PST #7761 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 don't know enough about Giffen, victor. Why did he leave?
Because a lot of the characters DC seems to be shredding in its current direction are the ones from his mostly-funny take on the JLA from the '80s, which he'd ressurected in "I Can't Believe It's Not the Justic League" and such. With Sue Dibny and Blue Beetle dead, that's two of the primary characters he uses. Kind of makes it hard for him to put out laugh-riot stories when all his protaganists are either dead or reeling from said deaths.
§ ita § - Mar 25, 2005 8:19:38 am PST #7762 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was that from the pages Steph linked to, Victor? Although I'm paranoid that the fact BB is all over the pages means he's going to buy it, I haven't seen it confirmed.
Steph L. - Mar 25, 2005 8:34:09 am PST #7763 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
ita, it seems likely, in the Jack-Drake-cannon-fodder way, but I haven't seen any preview pages that confirm or deny.
Jeff Mejia - Mar 26, 2005 3:44:09 pm PST #7764 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Actually, Giffen's dispute with DC seems to be overblown - here's a quote from him in an interview he did about his upcoming Defenders mini-series:
A lot of people seem to think that Giffen hates and resents DC Comics and "Identity Crisis" because of the death of Sue Dibny, who was a prominent character in his "Justice League" stories from the 1980s. This is also untrue. "There's a lot of people out there trying to make a case for me being pissed off at DC and hating 'Identity Crisis,' and being broken hearted about Sue Dibny," Giffen said. " Hey, reality check, Sue Dibny, she's not even real. No, I'm not angry over 'Identity Crisis' or anything that went on it. Do I have issues with DC? I have issues with everybody! No there are no hard feelings and as a matter of fact I read 'Identity Crisis.' It's a good read and I understand why they're doing it. I get it. I really get it."
He may just be covering his butt so he doesn't close out opportunities at one of the Big Two, but it seems that the "dispute" may be a tad overblown.
esse - Mar 27, 2005 11:57:05 am PST #7765 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
What's that great comics torrent place? I know there's a z in the title, but google is giving me no love and I can't for the life of me recall.