I'm just trying to imagine what in the hell would make it the best page EVAR.
Given the wrong-headedness DC have been exhibiting lately, it will be a reveal that Barry Allen is alive.
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Frankenbuddha - Sep 22, 2005 8:00:16 am PDT #8767 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2005 8:07:46 am PDT #8768 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Quote from Mark Waid on the tenor of the universe post-Crisis:
The good new is, and I guarantee you this, when we’re on the other side of the CRISIS, those days [of dark super-heroes] are GONE. Just gone. We’re sick to death of heroes who are not heroes, we’re sick to death of darkness. Not that there’s no room, not that Batman should act like Adam West, but that won’t be the overall feeling. After all this stuff, after everything shakes down, we’re done with heroes being dicks. No more we screwed each other and now we must pay the consequences. No, we’re super-heroes and that’s what we do. Batman’s broken. Through no ONE person’s fault, but he’s a dick now. And we’ve been told we can fix that.
Hmm. I hope they don't fix it too much.
amych - Sep 22, 2005 8:10:44 am PDT #8769 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So they don't actually WANT fangirls. Always kinda suspected as much.
Steph L. - Sep 22, 2005 8:13:23 am PDT #8770 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Well, truth be told, I'd prefer it if Batman were somewhat less of a dick. Not, like, "Let's get those evildoers, chum!", but less of an I-will-destroy-the-psyches-of-everyone-who-crosses- my-path-but-especially-my-"team"-when-I'm-actually acknowledging-that-I-have-a-team.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2005 8:14:47 am PDT #8771 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I kinda like the dickishness. Now, there are times where I think it bleeds into stupidity (like War Games), but the whole destroying-the-souls-of-all-he-touches has a certain charm.
Not a very sustainable one, I admit.
Steph L. - Sep 22, 2005 8:19:22 am PDT #8772 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I mean, honestly, I just want Batman to hug Dick, because I'm actually tired of Dick's bottomless cavern of need for Batman's approval.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2005 8:22:58 am PDT #8773 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And my bias is that I love how Cass thinks (nay, knows) this is an upgrade from her previous paternal figure, and probably figures everyone elses' diamond shoes are too tight.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 22, 2005 8:43:05 am PDT #8774 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
No, he read it in some interview with a VP at DC.
Psycho Pirate brings forth an infinite number of previously unseen characters from the Pre-Crisis multiverse that can be made into collectible action figures !
DavidS - Sep 22, 2005 8:50:00 am PDT #8775 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't even know what the other contenders are for greatest comics page ever.
Maybe the famous Spider-Man where he's trapped under all the junk and finally gets free. Or Ben Grimm getting turned back into the Thing by Reed against his will to fight Dr. Doom. Of course, that's just superhero comics.
What are the famous pages?
Tom Scola - Sep 22, 2005 8:58:04 am PDT #8776 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My favorite comic book page ever is from "The Death of Speedy" in L&R.