I haven't had a chance to find a new comic shop since I moved. So, does anyone know if Blue Beetle is really, truly dead? Or if there's been any good Booster angst over the death?

Jumping around:

• Quite enjoyed "Day of Vengeance," actually. Good to see something come of Jean Loring, and I have mad love for Detective Chimp. Also liked the "transformed" Phantom Stranger, if only because it's the sort of thing the Spectre used to do all the time. Like the new look for Blue Devil, too.

• And as to Anne's question, it certainly appears Ted Kord is really, really dead, but the Scarab is floating around out there, so either he'll come back as a super-powered Beetle, like the original, or there will be a new one. Also, Booster and Wonder Woman are currently searching for Ted, and Batman's just figured out Ted's dead, so I imagine we'll see some Booster ennui soon enough.

Astounishing question: Whose fist is that by Wolverine's head when he's taken down? A blue, gloved, fist. Apart from a Firefly ref (and okay, even or especially then) it doesn't make sense. I went back and looked at the Danger Rommie's fist, and it's clearly metal and articulated. I think I missed more than that, though, because I don't see how everyone's equally dead. Dude. Wolverine.

ita the danger room seemed to have to ability to morph it's shape. There was another panel where it was doing a Stretch Armstrong reach with one arm. Also I suspect none of them are dead like a dead thing, though Kitty and Peter look pretty thoroughly kebabed.

It occurs to me that Xavier is able to make psychic contact with the danger room, and had a hand in designing and programming it. I'm not entirely convinced that anything we saw happening in that fight was going on outside its mind .

I can see morphing for functionality, but what would the point be of that change?

what would the point be of that change?

Payback in kind?

Payback in kind of what? Why would Wolverine get gloved treatment, and there was no non-functional morphing for any of the other kills?

Payback in kind of what?

Wait, I thought you were talking about the panel where Wolverine gets a blue fist with claws through the chin? I just thought since he'd been skewering the danger room with his claws for years, it decided to give Logan the same treatment.

Did I misunderstand which panel you were looking at?

It was the final panel showing Wolvie, and the blue gloved fist was near his head and him lying prone. In the panel you're talking about is the fist gloved? Because the avatar's fist is always blue. If it's gloved there, at least it's consistent, even though I think it's pointless.