Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Things That Made Me Happy...
…in my comics this week. Actually, this includes comics from last week, too.
Okay, not merely Gypsy walking barefoot through downtown Detroit but… a CLOSE-UP of her feet! Rule 34, I assume.
Dale Gunn is…is…m-m-married?!?! That’s…the second biggest surprise in comics this week!
Among the many mindboggling wonders of Earth-1 is that its Detroit has a library. A functioning public library. I’m guessing that, ironically, Earth-1 Detroit is better off than ours BECAUSE it was attacked by Darkseid, which sparked government and private investment in renovation. But I like the implication being that getting attacked by Darkseid and his armies could only improve Detroit.
“Official” Justice League busin--? Oh--- I get it. Sneaky.
Aaaargh; dammit. Fine, fine, DC; the popcorn won me over.
Someone assist me to the couch! I just saw Gypsy buy SHOES.
ZOMBIE LANA.
“Cynnthia”. Oh, how I laughed and laughed…!
There are still file cabinets in the Batcave, just like in the Golden and Silver Ages.
WHY there are still file cabinets in the Batcave.
Elemental Woman brings new meaning to the term “headlights”.
Writing the Flash – who is a police scientist – as a detective title rather than a superhero one is both very smart and extremely refreshing.
I’ve never seen anyone haunt… himself. Another winner from Adventures of Superman.
So, teeny tiny brains are impermeable to telepathy, eh? Where’s Hal Jordan when you need him?
Oh, Barry, you make me laugh. Your old routine IS gorilla invasions, rogues, and jail breaks.
Okay; Prison of War can see through his mask, has a bondage relic that can create force fields, and can summon a platoon of ghost comrades to fight other supernatural threats? What an absurd and idiotic mishmash of ad hoc, thematic abilities. GOD, I love the DCU.
Isn’t that pretty much the last person you’d expect to be taking the subway?
What Swamp Thing is afraid of.
I *snicker*, I just can’t *snort*-- okay, okay I’ll say it: apparently, Superman’s in Wonder Woman’s box.
LOL, 'reversed the flow of his synpases'? Synapses do not have "flow", DC comics; who's writing this stuff... Garnder Fox, Enemy of Correct Science?!
LOL, 'reversed the flow of his synpases'? Synapses do not have "flow", DC comics; who's writing this stuff... Garnder Fox, Enemy of Correct Science?!
Putting him in “the Morgue” is like throwing a pig in the mud.
Finally, an origin for Black Adam that makes a little more sense. In a Shazam-y way, of course.
Vartox is my new favorite comedy character. I can’t say that Channel 52 is what would want DC to do with valuable page real estate in every book every month, but at least in brings a little light touch to a literary universe that seems otherwise devoid of humor (except for Element Woman).
“Hot … and melty.” Okay, Vartox, maybe you have some competition.
Speaking of which, the odd couple of Jonah Hex and Booster Gold is nearly enough to make me forget Blue&Gold.
Wow, he picked up Xanadu so fast you’d think she was Zatanna. But then again, he’s good at that sort of thing.
It would not have occurred to me (but should have) that he would be the prime suspect in Marissa’s murder. But in the New52, why would anyone suspect anyone else?
Ah, J’onn J’onnz; creepy, heartless, manipulative liar. Welcome back, J’onn.
“We can be exciting and practical.” And THAT is why I love that man.
“What gave me away…?” LMFAO, okay, more competition for Vartox.
I’m starting to warm up to The Others a bit, but I still would love to see Zeema the Breast Woman give up that magic metro card amulet she has to Arthur, who REALLY needs the ability to pop around anywhere he wants in the ocean (or elsewhere). Because if there is a power “lamer” than “talking to fish” it’s “talking to jaguars”.
Characterizing normal speed as “real time”; interesting way of thinking of it, DC.
Ibac; heh, nice reference. One I assume we’ll see again.
“You two know each other?” BWAHAHAHAHAHAHhahaa. Indeed.
Well, well, well; look who’s actually more powerful than a locomotive.
Now that is a great Superman cover.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Catwoman Henchmen
As previously mentioned, there's a Heroclix set coming out based on the 1960s' Batman television series. We don't know yet what's in the set (although it's easy to make some pretty safe bets), but there's little doubt that there'll be a Catwoman figure.
Or that it will be something outrageously sexy in its pose.
But Catwoman deserves those henchmen she used to have, with the adorable little kitty-cat hats.
And so with the artistic help of my favorite Israeli illustrator Aviv Itzcovitz, I offer you these tokens to use as henchman for her (based on the rules I mentioned here). Enjoy!
Or that it will be something outrageously sexy in its pose.
But Catwoman deserves those henchmen she used to have, with the adorable little kitty-cat hats.
And so with the artistic help of my favorite Israeli illustrator Aviv Itzcovitz, I offer you these tokens to use as henchman for her (based on the rules I mentioned here). Enjoy!
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Weird from any angle
Oh... and then there was the time that J'onn J'onnz took some pictures his for on-line profile on the hook-up site, martianmanhunt.com....
Hopelessly square or just impossibly weird? It's J'onn J'onnz, who can say...?
Hopelessly square or just impossibly weird? It's J'onn J'onnz, who can say...?
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Rock, Hal's Head, Paper.
Monday we revisited one of my favorite themes (memes?), the Eyes of Hal Jordan.
It's less well known that the "Hal Jordan's Head" phenomenon, but much creepier. Another HJ theme is that, as a function of Hal's vanity, he often winds up creating, fighting, or otherwise dealing with copies of himself.
It has been theorized that crossing the streams of these Jordanian phenomena might destroy the DCU as we know it.
Oh, wait. Hal already did that once.
Anyway, for the curious who have been searching for that ONE panel that captures all three phenomena so they can have it blown up, framed, and put in their cubicle at work to keep everyone away (Hi, SallyP!), I give you this. Ladies and gentlemen, the Ultimate Hal Jordan Panel:
It's less well known that the "Hal Jordan's Head" phenomenon, but much creepier. Another HJ theme is that, as a function of Hal's vanity, he often winds up creating, fighting, or otherwise dealing with copies of himself.
It has been theorized that crossing the streams of these Jordanian phenomena might destroy the DCU as we know it.
Oh, wait. Hal already did that once.
Anyway, for the curious who have been searching for that ONE panel that captures all three phenomena so they can have it blown up, framed, and put in their cubicle at work to keep everyone away (Hi, SallyP!), I give you this. Ladies and gentlemen, the Ultimate Hal Jordan Panel:
Labels: Hal Jordan, the Eyes of Hal Jordan
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
And so it goes...
SO much has been said and written about Hal Jordan and Arisia (as that matter was back in the day).
Including this particularly ribald panel:
But one thing that has NOT been said about it;
it's a haiku. A joint one (joined at the hips, in fact), but still a haiku. Which I have titled:
"And so it goes..."
What haiku can YOU compose about the pre-Crisis world's favorite squicky couple?
Including this particularly ribald panel:
It's okay to nickname it, Hal, a lot of guys do; but 'the club'? Really?
You have have no imagination at all, do you?
You have have no imagination at all, do you?
But one thing that has NOT been said about it;
it's a haiku. A joint one (joined at the hips, in fact), but still a haiku. Which I have titled:
"And so it goes..."
"WELCOME TO THE CLUB,
LITTLE SISTER. WELCOME TO
THE CLUB!!" "WOW. OH WOW!"
What haiku can YOU compose about the pre-Crisis world's favorite squicky couple?
Labels: Haiku, Hal Jordan
Monday, May 13, 2013
H-EYE-J
YAAH! It's the return of comics' most terrifying aspect:
THE EYES OF HAL JORDAN
Okay, fine: the EYE of Hal Jordan.
As previously established, Hal Jordan's real power isn't his power ring, or his indestructible noggin, or even his "waist down" power.
No, his real power is the terror that lies with in his creepy creepy eyes. So today we honor it with a caption contest:
WHAT IS HAL JORDAN (OR HIS EYE) THINKING?
Labels: the Eyes of Hal Jordan
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Another Vaguely Ribald Superman Panel
