Thursday, May 28, 2009

Things That Made Me Happy...

in my comics this week.


  • That in Metropolis guards discuss existentialism.
  • Leland McCauley? Really? That's... very strange. But just a coincidence, I'm sure.
  • Batman teams up with the Haunted Tank.
  • Hal Jordan, disarmed.
  • That Vixen, Firestorm, and Green Lantern were the ones to confront Hardware.
  • "Seems like twenty years ago but it really wasn't." Heh.
  • I have a feeling we should recognize some of those people at the party, looking at us. Do you?
  • The truth about Tom.
  • Sinestro, on love.
  • The Shield, and Static, on the big screens.
  • Thank you for remembering what Vicki Vale originally was: a photojournalist who suspected Batman's secret identity. And a scantily-clad sexpot.
  • Kung pow!
  • The Queen of Fables' favorite drink.
  • "Luciphage". Nice.
  • I trust you, Todd!
  • The Shield still lives in D.C.
  • Why Mon-El's powers keep winking out, which is perfectly consistent with why Superman was never able to cure lead poisoning.
  • Leslie's bodyguard.
  • Now, there's the missing member of the original Justice Society!
  • Batman, on book burning.
  • Yes, Courtney; Albert is dense. How could you not have noticed?
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18 comments:

  1. SallyP5/28/2009 3:19 PM

    Gah! I had better run to the store and get my books!

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  2. snell5/28/2009 9:29 PM

    "Leland McCauley? Really? That's... very strange. But just a coincidence, I'm sure."I thought so, too, during the Azrael mini.

    Could just be a distant ancestor...

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  3. steve mitchell5/28/2009 10:09 PM

    Where did the Shield show up?

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  4. Scipio5/29/2009 5:04 AM

    Wonder Woman.

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  5. steve mitchell5/29/2009 7:22 AM

    Thanks, Scipio. I didn't realize DC was going to debut the Shield before the Red Circle series.

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  6. elbichoemboscado5/29/2009 8:54 AM

    ¿Hal Jordan, disarmed?

    BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA

    Hilarious, man, hilarious...

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  7. Diamondrock5/29/2009 9:07 AM

    Kung? Kung? I know Ordway can't do anything about a character made in the 1970's, but "Kung" isn't a Japanese name. You can't even say "Kung" in Japanese.

    *sigh*

    Other than that, a pretty good week!

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  8. rich5/29/2009 1:48 PM

    I missed the book with the "lucifage" thing. What is that, exactly? A creature that eats fallen angels?

    In a similar theme, verification word: haysum. Some kind of agricultural math term?

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  9. Scipio5/29/2009 3:08 PM

    JLA.

    "Luciphage" means 'light-eater".

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  10. TotalToyz5/29/2009 3:20 PM

    Yes, I read that issue. Shadow Thief referred to Starbreaker thusly.

    I don't understand how Dwayne McDuffie, who consistently wrote such great JLA cartoons, can consistently write such bad JLA comic books. Sure, I enjoyed some of the one-liners; but if I wanted to watch Friends I would. I want to read the Justice League, and this isn't even close.

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  11. SallyP5/29/2009 3:53 PM

    Oh Hal. Why do these sorts of things keep happening to you?

    On the other hand, it WAS awfully nice to have Todd around, although we didn't really get to "see" him. I love Ted, but really, you and Alan need to have a little faith there. And yes, Albert IS dense.

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  12. steve mitchell5/29/2009 7:05 PM

    Todd in Justice Society, and Todd in Manhunter, seem to be two different people. Very inconsistent characterization between the two titles.

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  13. Anonymous5/29/2009 11:41 PM

    Could DC be laying some groundwork between the shadow-zone of JLA, the Obsidian-observed ghost-zone of JSA and the coming Blackest Night?

    Plus the "closing" of the Phantom Zone in Superman?

    What's it mean? An anti-"bleed" idea?

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  14. Kathy5/30/2009 3:08 PM

    I know! I know! Leland McCauley is really Vandal Savage, so of course he couldn't really die from a bullet to the head, and shows up as a future version of himself in the 30th century. Or, wait! wait! Dead 20th century Leland becomes a Black Lantern and is shoved into a pocket universe and whisked to the 30th century by the Time Trapper and. . . .

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  15. Anonymous5/30/2009 4:28 PM

    The Shield also appeared in "Green Arrow" / "Black Canary". (Uh, was that this week or last? Either way, it was this week for me.)

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  16. Hal Shipman6/01/2009 12:39 AM

    The Shield was also shown on a monitor in the background in yet another book this week. Let's see ... oh, here it is - Superman 688. Along with the rest of the Red Circle guys and the Milesone folk. It's a full court press on integrating these characters, it seems.

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  17. Ariel6/02/2009 1:14 PM

    To be fair to Di, I wouldn't mind Tom being my racehorse either.

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