tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post869575505203763386..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Things That Made Me Happy...Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-74140475748896276752008-06-03T13:13:00.000-05:002008-06-03T13:13:00.000-05:00Dear Anonymous First Absorascommenter,Blue Beetle ...Dear Anonymous First Absorascommenter,<BR/><BR/>Blue Beetle was *even better* in the issues leading up to and culminating in issue #25. You will do yourself a huge favor if you find the collected issues (surely in TPB by now) of the entire run on your next visit to the comic book shop.<BR/><BR/>--hzaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-18310879942011093952008-06-02T16:03:00.000-05:002008-06-02T16:03:00.000-05:00No, Jimmy Olsen is the Johnny Thunder of Earth-1.No, Jimmy Olsen is the Johnny Thunder of Earth-1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-11558653541988731452008-06-01T22:30:00.000-05:002008-06-01T22:30:00.000-05:00I finally got Legion, and understood about half yo...I finally got Legion, and understood about half your items. And loved them.<BR/><BR/>I suspect Blockade Boy too, not only for the redesign and purchase, but infiltration too.<BR/> <BR/>And I have to agree with Lyle's mixed signals too, although there is no denying his has a major crush in the alien girl.Gus Casalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09623081734326460781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-42964508428699948862008-06-01T21:20:00.000-05:002008-06-01T21:20:00.000-05:00No, he's Dwight. Michael Scott is Superman.No, he's Dwight. Michael Scott is Superman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-76175750723833161792008-06-01T20:43:00.000-05:002008-06-01T20:43:00.000-05:00Here's a thought of the day:Jimmy Olsen is the Jim...Here's a thought of the day:<BR/><BR/>Jimmy Olsen is the Jim Halpert of the DC Universe.<BR/><BR/>Discuss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-26418578256963357302008-06-01T19:00:00.000-05:002008-06-01T19:00:00.000-05:00And Libra paralleling The Hood somewhat brings som...And Libra paralleling The Hood somewhat brings some weird resemblance in Manhunter's death to Tigra's beating (a supervillain filming, the character basically with no reaction, Libra being the joiner of villains making promises in exchange of him being on top etc).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-31589820796205768622008-06-01T18:54:00.000-05:002008-06-01T18:54:00.000-05:00Fire stick = cigarette = Libra's staff= Torch of l...Fire stick = cigarette = Libra's staff<BR/><BR/>= Torch of liberty (and some interpreted Orion's message -- and burning -- to Turpin as a passing a torch in some ways) = Anthro with hands on the setting sun.<BR/><BR/>Two Green Lanters ("clouds") = Turpin + Montoya ("alleys") = mas y menos = Khamandi + Anthro = chess patterns on Darkside club = Libra + Barry? = Turpin + Orion? = two and twos etc etc<BR/><BR/>There's still the manner in which women's role are portrayed in comics overall (the iteration of prehistoric times in dr Light's scene). It's like Morrison pastiching Infinite Crisis (gloomy doomed futures, shitty use of 'relevant' in-the-news bits like toys from China and Katrina, crappy irrelevant deaths, Edens of garbage, Question jumping into garbage ferry, muk-muk as muck, "I'm in deep shit" as the overall goldXshit Morrison plays with).<BR/><BR/>It's a mess of poor storytelling (and even worse storytelling from JG Jones).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-63352753832760307262008-05-31T21:40:00.000-05:002008-05-31T21:40:00.000-05:00Ch'p was in Hal Jordan's GL training class? That's...Ch'p was in Hal Jordan's GL training class? That's hilarious! Especially when the cute little chipmunk gets to tell him "Everyone in the universe knows a Green Lantern's power ring is INEFFECTUAL against YELLOW." <BR/><BR/>I lovedargh.simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548192000865786179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-28260700741615215462008-05-31T16:00:00.000-05:002008-05-31T16:00:00.000-05:00Concerning Batman R.I.P. so far... is it me, or ar...Concerning Batman R.I.P. so far... is it me, or are they having batman reveal his identity to more and more women lately? Catwoman in Hush was okay, but got retconned pretty quickly if I remember right. but now this person he apparently just met? I need to get the rest of them and find out what this ridiculousness is.<BR/><BR/>that and I'm a sucker for anything about Thomas Wayne, for some reason.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04127099767732603189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-79907862780572562732008-05-30T22:19:00.000-05:002008-05-30T22:19:00.000-05:00I think Lyle is still sending mixed signals.I think Lyle is still sending mixed signals.Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-11524050283282878502008-05-30T19:01:00.000-05:002008-05-30T19:01:00.000-05:00If it helps, is the other kind of Indian Batman, ...If it helps, <A HREF="http://www.alanhunt.ca/images/nagraj" REL="nofollow"/> is the other kind of Indian Batman, who says things to himself like "It's time for night-patrol of Bruce Wayne alias Batman. Now I will see why this Bat Signal is given?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-78500506712344499712008-05-30T16:22:00.000-05:002008-05-30T16:22:00.000-05:00Man of Bats? Do you mean the American Indian vers...Man of Bats? Do you mean the American Indian version of Batman?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689824875959627236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-31399261361539594212008-05-30T14:15:00.000-05:002008-05-30T14:15:00.000-05:00Of course they wear what their closets tell them. ...Of course they wear what their closets tell them. They're the Legion for petes sake!<BR/><BR/>"Hmm... Some one has bought all of us new costumes and snuck into our rooms to stick them in our closets!"<BR/><BR/>"Oh, well, that was nice of them."<BR/><BR/>--MalletAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-91688555091056885292008-05-30T10:55:00.000-05:002008-05-30T10:55:00.000-05:00Well, it's been years and years since I read that ...Well, it's been years and years since I read that first Hec Hammond story; I just remember him as a wealthy guy who exposed four scientists to the evolution meteor and kept them in the basement inventing weapons for him, kind of like Electra Woman and Dyna Girl did with Prof. Heflin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89913789634492618472008-05-30T10:51:00.000-05:002008-05-30T10:51:00.000-05:00I'd tend to think 'I ching' before 'binary'And, gi...I'd tend to think 'I ching' before 'binary'<BR/><BR/>And, given just how many New Gods, Old Gods, Greek Gods, Norse Gods, Space Gods, Elder Gods, and Ancient Aztec Blood Gods have been offed in the floating ten-year continuity window, how in the world can the Lanterns think that 1011's are particularly rare at all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-59977741580268662232008-05-30T10:34:00.000-05:002008-05-30T10:34:00.000-05:00Not picky, Dale, just wrong. The man invented an ...Not picky, Dale, just wrong. The man invented an anti-gravity house, for pity's sake.<BR/><BR/>Well, Jacob, it is an opera cape he's wearing. But the story in which that Toyman appeared was one where the Toyman was heartbroken that he was omitted from a toyline of Superman foes because he wasn't scary enough, so he reinvented himself as a scary, psychotic threat to children, which is how Adam Grant died.<BR/><BR/>It was a very cool story, and the revelation that that was a robot doesn't really diminish it's impact.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-34641727952078092752008-05-30T10:13:00.000-05:002008-05-30T10:13:00.000-05:00Is it my imagination, or did Toyman dress up the b...Is it my imagination, or did Toyman dress up the bad robot as The Phantom Stranger?Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-20268161221330188732008-05-30T08:59:00.000-05:002008-05-30T08:59:00.000-05:00"Dr." Hector Hammond?As I recall the story, Hec wa..."Dr." Hector Hammond?<BR/><BR/>As I recall the story, Hec wasn't a doctor or any kind of scientist before he used the Evolution Meteor on himself. Or am I being unnecessarily nitpicky?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-5264861605003458252008-05-30T08:25:00.000-05:002008-05-30T08:25:00.000-05:00All excellent points, to be sure. The joy I felt ...All excellent points, to be sure. The joy I felt in seeing Hal get clocked was indescribable. <BR/><BR/>I also enjoyed the fact that apparently Final Crises completely ignored all of Countdown.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-11354666258563224462008-05-30T07:54:00.000-05:002008-05-30T07:54:00.000-05:00"Man of Bats" shield?!? *Sea chokes on her coffee...."Man of Bats" shield?!? *Sea chokes on her coffee.* That would be AWESOME!Sea-of-Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813600516703661200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-72083303259445206232008-05-30T07:40:00.000-05:002008-05-30T07:40:00.000-05:00I think "1011" refers to the fact that it is menti...I think "1011" refers to the fact that it is mentioned and page 10 and 11.Ragtimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763066980980022901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-63740440409511236322008-05-29T22:20:00.000-05:002008-05-29T22:20:00.000-05:00I loved "Recipes for Revenge" too -- if you lived ...I loved "Recipes for Revenge" too -- if you lived through the seventies, that font should fill you with nostalgia and horror.<BR/><BR/>I didn't start reading "Blue Beetle" until issue 25 so I'm not in a good position to judge: how does the new issue stack up to its predecessors? Is it the same feel and level of quality? Because I like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com