tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post400830308017631822..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: All Will Be WellScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-49728476653601173342021-06-09T08:55:46.012-05:002021-06-09T08:55:46.012-05:00Poor Aztek. The Lex-Luthor backed Justice League s...Poor Aztek. The Lex-Luthor backed Justice League stooge was such a dunce that he failed to save his love interest from his first supervillain. If they kept going in that direction - well-meaning, heavily backed, highly trained hero who was still hopelessly incompetent, an anti-Batman who always loses and betrays his team without trying or even knowing it - it could've made for some great post-modern reading. Nathan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477802465452451455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-21627206231920864242021-06-07T20:06:18.940-05:002021-06-07T20:06:18.940-05:00Not to me.Not to me.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-30804772023516653112021-06-07T19:24:52.031-05:002021-06-07T19:24:52.031-05:00How is Tommy Elliot gone? He's still relevant,...How is Tommy Elliot gone? He's still relevant, even in DC Rebirth...alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-7540510357470668122021-06-05T13:37:25.235-05:002021-06-05T13:37:25.235-05:00Ah, yes; that's exactly what it is, since that...Ah, yes; that's exactly what it is, since that particular Kirby monstrosity is contemporaneous with the Man-Bat/Ten-Eyed Man battle.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-68226624185182303552021-06-05T12:45:15.347-05:002021-06-05T12:45:15.347-05:00Or possibly a reference to Jack Kirby's "...Or possibly a reference to Jack Kirby's "Dingbats of Danger Street."Steve Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-35130042944842691432021-06-05T01:26:07.344-05:002021-06-05T01:26:07.344-05:00I assume the "free plug" was a reference...I assume the "free plug" was a reference to "All in the Family," though why he phrased it that way is anyone's guess. That said, Robbins's ear for dialogue was almost as tinny as Roy Thomas's, though he compounded the crime by being such a crappy comic book artist.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-21890992821104938152021-06-04T20:28:58.136-05:002021-06-04T20:28:58.136-05:00I'd take it all back for 3 panels of the Krypt...I'd take it all back for 3 panels of the Kryptonian Thought Beast. 21st century DC, for all it's faux retro-nostalgia, seems to be dead set on forgetting all the stuff I like* alongside your list of things I'm indifferent about.<br /><br />*Except Nubia. Nubia is one of those characters that just WORKS for me on a soul-deep level and I did see a Nubia OGN the other day. <br /><br /><br />MarkAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956940483406724174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-52439769832947900022021-06-04T16:05:00.307-05:002021-06-04T16:05:00.307-05:00They always seem so proud of themselves when they ...They always seem so proud of themselves when they come up with "Amazons, but from the Amazon" again, too. But like they say, if you don't like DC continuity, wait a few issues.<br /><br />Garbage Man and Tanga are the only two that I don't remember seeing, which is weird, given how few comics I've <i>actually</i> read since, like, 1992 or so.<br /><br />The Ten-Eyed Man deserves his own series, though. At least in theory, he's an extremely serious character (soldier blinded in the line of duty saving his team) who was mutilated with the absolute silliest gimmick in the DCU. That dynamic seems like it should at least be able to carry a few issues.John Chttps://john.colagioia.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-18241900746218985062021-06-04T14:20:57.033-05:002021-06-04T14:20:57.033-05:00Except Bendis. Bendis will be churning out lifeles...Except Bendis. Bendis will be churning out lifeless and pedestrian storylines until the sun goes nova. Will no one rid me of this turbulent scribbler?<br /><br />Aztek, good Lord. Easily the most convoluted origin ever, and if you held a gun to my head I couldn't tell you what his powers were. Some sort of wings appear and he flies and ... there, I just ran dry. Triumph was ... magnetic, I think? Like Dr. Polaris without the Las Vegas showgirl headgear? <br /><br />But yes, I've read comics long enough to know that nothing lasts, and that's actually quite comforting. No matter what idiocy gets printed, another will come along and undo it all. That's a feature, not a bug.Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-58946689065669045732021-06-04T13:51:52.580-05:002021-06-04T13:51:52.580-05:00"Try, without laughing, to imagine Wally West..."Try, without laughing, to imagine Wally West saying "All will be well.""<br /><br />Oh that's easy: "My name is Wally West, and all will be well". It's just like 1996 all over again!<br /><br />I still think the best way to fix Wally is to set him up in the American Southwest and give him wide open spaces and a new supporting cast. Quit giving him Barry's hand-me-downs (city, costume, even girlfriend's occupation). Give Barry the Midwest, make Jay a Canadian (he's almost wearing an RCMP uniform anyway so make him RCMP-adjacent), and -- this would be the most controversial thing -- Detroit would be Central City while Windsor would be Keystone City.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com