tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post9086879878891643509..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Green Lantern Filmation!Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-10440068961886217122011-11-21T10:28:13.554-05:002011-11-21T10:28:13.554-05:00It was in a comic too; I remember the image of the...It was in a comic too; I remember the image of the big protoplasmic blobby thing burning away.<br /><br />If memory serves, the research into creating artificial life also yielded a cure for kryptonite poisoning ... also destroyed in the fire.<br /><br />Elliot Maggin (curiously without an ess-factorial) also gave us a story where Tomar-Re almost saved Krypton from destruction, and here it is:<br /><br />http://superman.nu/tales2/greatestGL/?page=1<br /><br />My favorite part is how the Guardians identify Lara as an "astronaut" ... on a planet that famously didn't have a space program. I think that's the Guardians' polite way of saying, "she has no marketable skills".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-65252312561294026872011-11-21T03:00:16.501-05:002011-11-21T03:00:16.501-05:00Thanks for the reply. :-)
AFAIK he's also the...Thanks for the reply. :-)<br /><br />AFAIK he's also the guy who came up with "the real reason" pre-Crisis Luthor hated Superman so much; when Superboy inadvertently destroyed Teen Luthor's lab, he killed Luthor's then-greatest achievement: an artificial life-form that Luthor loved like a child. So there's that, anyway.<br /><br />At least, that was in one of Maggin's novels, don't know if it was ever mentioned in the comic books.ronaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-10958017407116897682011-11-20T14:36:51.277-05:002011-11-20T14:36:51.277-05:00The man responsible for the crapfest that is Bronz...The man responsible for the crapfest that is Bronze Age Superman?<br /><br />The man who wrote <i>Starwinds Howl</i>?<br /><br />The "S!" is pretty much the <b>only</b> thing I don't hold against him.<br /><br />Actually, he did some amazing stuff: the man who wrote "Luthor, You're Driving Me Sane!' can't be all bad, after all.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-70306474833910336662011-11-19T18:21:00.928-05:002011-11-19T18:21:00.928-05:00Just curious, why the disrespect for Elliot S! Mag...Just curious, why the disrespect for Elliot S! Maggin (re the "bluffing" commentary)? Is it just the exclamation-point-after-the-middle-initial thing, or something more?ronaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-15547275057806845872011-11-19T14:25:38.592-05:002011-11-19T14:25:38.592-05:00That's what I get for trusting the INTERNET.
...That's what I get for trusting the INTERNET.<br /><br />I blame The Construct.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-4798117532052619832011-11-19T00:42:16.962-05:002011-11-19T00:42:16.962-05:00Ummm...it wasn't Elliot S! Maggin. He wasn'...Ummm...it wasn't Elliot S! Maggin. He wasn't working at DC in 1966. It was Mort Weisinger ( or as Lou Scheimer says he called himself when telling the story, 'Superman Weisinger.')Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-26833641667901783472011-11-18T07:34:50.797-05:002011-11-18T07:34:50.797-05:00Tad!!!!! WAIT for it !!!!Tad!!!!! WAIT for it !!!!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-11720275021919247822011-11-17T17:01:53.480-05:002011-11-17T17:01:53.480-05:00SPOILER ALERT (I watched the long version):
She s...SPOILER ALERT (I watched the long version):<br /><br />She shot him with an OWL! That's like the best thing I've ever seen. Take that, Grant Morrison and Brian Johns and your puny world-devouring monstrosities. Shoot somebody down with an owl to the back of the head, that's what I'M talking about.tadhttp://tadwilliams.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-37140675512502732062011-11-17T14:11:50.303-05:002011-11-17T14:11:50.303-05:00Did Kairo steal that helmet from Speed Racer? You ...Did Kairo steal that helmet from Speed Racer? You can't trust a damn Venusian.Bryan Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-65748517836302414332011-11-17T10:35:17.305-05:002011-11-17T10:35:17.305-05:00Perhaps Hal IS drunk...on power.
Will power, tha...Perhaps Hal IS drunk...on power. <br /><br />Will power, that is! <br /><br />Bwa-ha-ha!<br /><br /><br />But yeah, his buddy is in trouble and Hal reacts like it's just another day-trip to the hardware store. Or liquor store, from the sounds of it. Love old cartoons.CobraMisfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076556754472094027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-29075572993512393622011-11-16T16:42:02.390-05:002011-11-16T16:42:02.390-05:00This...is MAGNIFICENT! Oh Hal, you're a sorry...This...is MAGNIFICENT! Oh Hal, you're a sorry dumbass, but still, I love you so. And here I thought Kyle was the only one who changed into being a Green Lantern right in front of people.<br /><br />And thank you for the Megamind bit. I've only watched it thirty times or so.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.com