tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post1057811677489518037..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: 52 new New52 QuestionsScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-35954171192566844212013-08-17T22:06:11.941-05:002013-08-17T22:06:11.941-05:001) How old is Garth. 2) Who are in the team Roy s...1) How old is Garth. 2) Who are in the team Roy speaks off in Red Hood and The Outlaws 3) Is Shayera Hol existent 4) Is Mon-El being shown somewhere currentlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-14962042338313166012012-03-08T10:16:44.089-05:002012-03-08T10:16:44.089-05:00#49. WHY WHY WHY, DC, are you recreating the head...#49. WHY WHY WHY, DC, are you recreating the headaches of 1987 (post-Crisis continuity)????????<br /><br />#50. WHY WHY WHY, DC, are you recreating the headaches of 1995 (post-Zero Hour)??????????? "Everybody's 5 years into their careers... but we're keeping more back stories than will fit in just 5 years..."<br /><br />#51. WHY WHY WHY, DC, do you insist on making your comics worthless? All that energy, and all my money, put into the Identiy Crisis to Infinite Crisis megastoryline was simply thrown away. You keep burning your fans, DC, how long will that last? (Seriously, I hesitate to buy anything from DC anymore.)<br /><br />#52. Is there ANY reason I should believe there won't be ANOTHER reboot or continuity adjustment 5 years from now?Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-68450962193080642122012-02-28T17:36:46.347-05:002012-02-28T17:36:46.347-05:00Huh. Looks like Phantom Stranger is back in Justic...Huh. Looks like Phantom Stranger is back in Justice League #6. So that question is answered.Bryan Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-17892762966510366722012-02-26T20:29:31.393-05:002012-02-26T20:29:31.393-05:00Many good questions, but I think the whole idea be...Many good questions, but I think the whole idea behind the New 52 was to dump all that continuity. There is no more shared continuity, just shared characters.beta ray stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-10535794377162394132012-02-25T01:17:00.816-05:002012-02-25T01:17:00.816-05:00RE: 41 answered! TEEN TITANS 6 states that the JLA...RE: 41 answered! TEEN TITANS 6 states that the JLA have a satellite. Again.Boosterrifichttp://www.boosterrific.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-113585253226170982012-02-24T14:59:51.686-05:002012-02-24T14:59:51.686-05:00Boosterrific: "Was Guy Gardner ever the incub...Boosterrific: "Was Guy Gardner ever the incubator of the Vuldarian race?"<br /><br />A DCUniversal reboot seems like the ideal time to undo that travesty, hopefully as part of a more comprehensive de-DeMatteis-ification of the DCU. Failing that, a <b>g'no G'nort</b> rule needs to be strictly enforced.<br />Edit: Wikipedia tells me I'm wrong to blame DeMatteis for the Vuldarian thing, but I still like the term "deDeMatteisification" too much to leave it out.<br /><br />Scipio @ 40, wielding Occam's Razor "maybe we can do without Mister Freeze,"<br /><br />Related question: If there needs to be a DC supervillain who "was" the legendary Old Man of the Mountain, Hasan ibn Sabah, (and there does), WHY should it be anybody BUT Ra's al-Ghul? He's indeterminably old, he's Persian, he usually lives on a mountain, and he has an army of assassins. Can't "Khyber" go back to the department of redundancy department?<br /><br />Belated related question: One look at The Sensei is all it takes to tell you that he was born and raised in Sinanju, North Korea, yet ever since Batman #671 Jan 2008, we've been expected to believe that he's LITERALLY the father of the very Persian looking Ra's al-Ghul, thus the grandfather of Talia, thus the great-grandfather of Damian al-Wayne, NONE OF WHOM even slightly look like him. Would this not be a good time for the "father" thing to go back to being a figure of speech?Accursed Interlopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-12640735866653863902012-02-23T18:29:25.794-05:002012-02-23T18:29:25.794-05:0031. "... but what about DC’s other main ‘acqu...31. "... but what about DC’s other main ‘acquired legacy property’: Plastic Man? You know they won’t let him go unused;"<br /><br />They didn't let Blackhawk go unused. Alas.Huck Foleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-81447492452108059012012-02-23T15:42:43.465-05:002012-02-23T15:42:43.465-05:00@Scipio: Yeah, a lot of people think Wally and Don...@Scipio: Yeah, a lot of people think Wally and Donna will show up on Earth 2. Personally, I'm pretty sure that Wally at least won't, since they mentioned Jay in the solicit for Earth 2 #1. That doesn't mean Wally isn't there, but it does mean that he's likely not the primary Flash. Or maybe Jay will be there but retired, and Wally will be primary Flash. But I don't think DC would do it.<br /><br />And as much as I like Wally, I don't want them to. I think that separating Wally from Barry changes his backstory so much as to make him a different character. Donna, well, I don't think Donna ever HAD much character except under Wolfman, and maybe some other Wonder Woman writers, such as Jimenez and Simone. But what character she did have was rooted in her history. And if you take a character's history away, are they anything more than a name and a design?<br /><br />@Steve Mitchell: Bat-protection. Batman books sold well, so DC didn't want to mess with them, and devil take the consequences of squeezing all that story into five years. I'm just saying over what DC's said about its own actions. I"m definitely not defending DC's actions.Imitorarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789589943902054909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-46382871807509978142012-02-23T15:35:07.835-05:002012-02-23T15:35:07.835-05:00So, if DC dropped Donna and Wally "because th...So, if DC dropped Donna and Wally "because they would age their mentors and be redundant," then why the heck did they keep four Robins in continuity?steve mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-11393677166805726412012-02-23T13:40:49.124-05:002012-02-23T13:40:49.124-05:00Interesting theory, Scipio. It's actually an e...Interesting theory, Scipio. It's actually an excellent idea -- set up a whole universe to handle fan service. If true, Earth 2 may become my default DC Universe, and they can keep nuDC.Bryan Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-65841209783589082442012-02-23T13:12:05.087-05:002012-02-23T13:12:05.087-05:00Glad to see you back! I was afraid something like ...Glad to see you back! I was afraid something like what you stated (actually worse!) might have happened. But this IS a most un-scipio post. Hope to see you back in full form soon! :) <br /><br />Now what handle do I use? I am too old for handles but posting my true name is, err embarrassing. :) <br /><br />the guy who asked about the bad boyfriend quote)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-22523283494563697442012-02-23T12:34:55.316-05:002012-02-23T12:34:55.316-05:00"As to Donna Troy, nothing can be said for ce..."As to Donna Troy, nothing can be said for certain. DC hasn't said she doesn't exist, but they haven't said she does. What they've said is that they don't want to use her and Wally West for the time being because they would age their mentors and be redundant."<br /><br />Ah HA! Now I think I see where they are headed...<br />we will in fact see Donna and Wally again...<br /><br />on EARTH-2, where there are the inheritors of that Earth's original Wonder Woman and Flash.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-34537582381584051072012-02-23T10:23:06.868-05:002012-02-23T10:23:06.868-05:00"It's said explicitly in the beginning of..."It's said explicitly in the beginning of either Teen Titans #3 or Teen Titans #4 that it's Bart. And that he can't remember anything from more than a few months ago, so his origin appears to be scrapped. We can't even be sure that he's still from the future."<br /><br />Per Titans #6, not only is Bart from the future (although he doesn't remember it), it appears he's a fugitive from justice from the future.<br /><br />And what happened to the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3/the Anti-Matter Universe/Wherever?steve mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-60740071673875533512012-02-23T09:12:51.226-05:002012-02-23T09:12:51.226-05:00Imitorar: "The Titans, as always, are a great...Imitorar: "The Titans, as always, are a great way of isolating the gigantic holes in DC continuity."<br /><br />A proud tradition going back to the very beginning, when for some reason Wonder Girl was able to be on the team but Superboy was not.Accursed Interlopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-18919882941151033892012-02-23T08:49:46.623-05:002012-02-23T08:49:46.623-05:00I only have one question for DC.
DID YOU LEARN NO...I only have one question for DC.<br /><br />DID YOU LEARN <b>NOTHING</b> FROM THE YEARS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FIRST CRISIS????<br /><br />Apparently not.TotalToyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458868361840649001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-35211235950056836162012-02-23T08:47:32.617-05:002012-02-23T08:47:32.617-05:00I see someone else got to mention Two-Face in Dark...I see someone else got to mention Two-Face in Dark Knight. I will add that Teen Titans #6, out this week, further clarifies Kid Flash's identity.CandidGamera :https://www.blogger.com/profile/04751863192933490300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-17399336576457151032012-02-23T08:05:04.124-05:002012-02-23T08:05:04.124-05:00Answers I am pulling out of an undisclosed locatio...Answers I am pulling out of an undisclosed location:<br /><br />1) If Babs is Jim Gordon's daughter, then crazy older brother Jim Jr can't be in continuity. Bruce Wayne was already Batmanning before Jim Jr was born, which was before Babs was born, so Bruce wouldn't be the only one with time-traveling semen. (I'm not really sure he was much in continuity before anyway; he appeared in "Year One" and Snyder's run the other year, and that's it. Easy to dismiss as an unlabeled Elseworld.)<br /><br />2) Did the Pennyworths work for the Waynes? Trick question; the New 52 version of Alfred Pennyworth is from Bizarro World, and I can prove it with the latest issue of "Nightwing":<br /><br />http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzkhig5TSC1qcuzdqo1_500.jpg<br /><br />It's not just that he's in casual clothes, which is Bizarro-Alfred to begin with. But note also that his shirt is BACKWARDS. Nonetheless, Bizarro or no, a proper gentleman speaks well and speaks clearly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-52119912874816853462012-02-23T04:05:41.677-05:002012-02-23T04:05:41.677-05:00And one I forgot.
37. Whoa, wait, is there a Wond...And one I forgot.<br /><br />37. Whoa, wait, is there a Wonder Girl? Was there ever?<br /><br />There is a character called Wonder Girl in the current Teen Titans. It's a, shall we say, altered version of Cassie Sandsmark. She has superpowers, but nobody's said anything about being a demi-goddess yet, and she's a thief who goes around the country stealing ancient artifacts. So obviously the pre-Flashpoint Cassie Sandsmark is gone, but that's how it is for all of the Johns-era Titans, except for Red Robin, who had Bat-protection.<br /><br />As to Donna Troy, nothing can be said for certain. DC hasn't said she doesn't exist, but they haven't said she does. What they've said is that they don't want to use her and Wally West for the time being because they would age their mentors and be redundant.<br /><br />And to the person above who asked if there was a New 52 Bible of some sort, Eddie Berganza said that he had a time-line worked out, that it was sitting on his desk, and that nobody outside of DC's offices would ever get to see it. Why DC wouldn't want to rework it into something publishable and release it as a new version of The History of the DC Universe, I don't know. But I doubt the time-line is very coherent anyway, given the amount of holes in what DC's shown us that can be pointed out.Imitorarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789589943902054909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-66021818355963582832012-02-23T00:49:28.932-05:002012-02-23T00:49:28.932-05:007. Can Batman’s semen time-travel?
Under Grant Mo...7. Can Batman’s semen time-travel?<br /><br />Under Grant Morrison's pen, I wouldn't be shocked if it could.<br /><br />8. Has Harvey Dent become Two-Face yet?<br /><br />As pointed out, he's in the brawl in Batman #1. He also shows up in Batman: The Dark Knight #1, so it's clearly happened. I suppose you weren't reading Dark Knight though, which is very understandable, since it's terrible.<br /><br />25. Who is Kid Flash?<br /><br />It's said explicitly in the beginning of either Teen Titans #3 or Teen Titans #4 that it's Bart. And that he can't remember anything from more than a few months ago, so his origin appears to be scrapped. We can't even be sure that he's still from the future. But I don't get using Bart either, given how mired his back-story was in early '80s Flash. The only reason not to make it Wally is that the current generation of Titans are off-model versions of Bart's generation, not Wally's.<br /><br />28. Will the Phantom Stranger turn up? Strike that. WHEN and WHERE will the Phantom Stranger turn up? Because little things like universal reboots cannot possibly affect the Phantom Stranger.<br /><br />ROFL.<br /><br />36. Is Jaime Reyes the first Blue Beetle? Was there a Ted Kord (let alone a Dan Garrett)?<br /><br />They've been very unclear about that. I think it's safe to say that Dan Garrett is gone, given how Jaime got the scarab in post-Flashpoint continuity. Or at least his history is his Fox history, not his Charlton history. Ted they've been careful not to say either way. I think Tony Bedard has said that in his mind Ted's out there somewhere, but they're focusing on Jaime for now. Which is more of a dodge than an answer, to me.<br /><br />41. Is there now—or has there ever been—a JLA headquarters?<br /><br />I would guess that there is a headquarters, and that it will show up when the JLA book moves into the present day.<br /><br />44. How did Deadman get dead again? I mean, how clumsy can you be and still be a circus aerialist?<br /><br />Well, he was shot. The first time, at least. The second time I think it was a consequence of the White Lantern. Check Brightest Day #24, it happened there. I just don't remember, and I don't have the comic on me.<br /><br />47. How could Bette Kane possibly have had a past career as Flamebird in the Teen Titans? That’s…. I just don’t see how that could happen.<br /><br />It depends on how many Teen Titans incarnations were retconned. DC I think has implied that they meant it to be all of them. Lobdell has been acting as if it was only the Johns-era Titans, and the Silver Age, Bronze Age, and New Teen Titans are still more or less in continuity. Somehow. Yeah, I don't get this either. The Titans, as always, are a great way of isolating the gigantic holes in DC continuity.Imitorarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789589943902054909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-18126222551426277342012-02-22T21:03:44.492-05:002012-02-22T21:03:44.492-05:00Are we gonna get to see a scar-faced space-hoping ...Are we gonna get to see a scar-faced space-hoping green bounty hunter named J'onn Hex?Dwayne "the canoe guy"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05434021701274164909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-78566984267999092152012-02-22T18:56:28.457-05:002012-02-22T18:56:28.457-05:00"no one at DC seemed to realize that thinning..."no one at DC seemed to realize that thinning the herd of Robins and Earth-born Green Lanterns should have been the first thing to do with the reboot"<br /><br />They're afraid to rock the boat too much or take away anyone's favorites, which is not an attitude that lends itself well to streamlining.<br /><br />It's the reason we've got silliness like Batgirl's Back But Don't Worry She Was Still Crippled And Oracle And Then She Got Better.rnrkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963004226343857757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-91664347936467023112012-02-22T17:49:25.326-05:002012-02-22T17:49:25.326-05:00I think I read "somewhere online" that ...I think I read "somewhere online" that Batman is the exception to the 5-year rule, and has been operating for quite a bit longer in secrecy. He was an urban legend at first, and only came out of hiding when the other superheroes started showing up. Which is a pretty flimsy pretext for not simply throwing out a couple of superflouos Robins, but what are you gonna do?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270291609706808920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89639265646081106702012-02-22T17:32:31.824-05:002012-02-22T17:32:31.824-05:00Wait ... so ... it was making sense BEFORE that?Wait ... so ... it was making sense BEFORE that?Accursed Interlopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-78756025340031061222012-02-22T15:16:10.696-05:002012-02-22T15:16:10.696-05:00Can anyone REALLY keep this crap straight? And why...Can anyone REALLY keep this crap straight? And why should it matter if they're going to keep changing it?<br /><br />DC stopped making sense somewhere between Crisis and the Byrne Superman ruination.Odkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-55409821429967904612012-02-22T13:32:58.483-05:002012-02-22T13:32:58.483-05:00"Speaking of Babs: is she actually Jim’s daug..."Speaking of Babs: is she actually Jim’s daughter again?"<br /> <br />Babs' narration, on re-meeting her once-absent mother, showed no sign of any of those overcomplications, so hopefully they've been streamlined away, hopefully along with the brother(s). Since Jim now seemingly doesn't know about her secret career(s), apparently a lot has changed.<br /><br />"Has Harvey Dent become Two-Face yet?"<br /><br />He was in that melee at the start of Batman #1.<br /><br />14. JJ in the JLA; <br />CandidGamera beat me to this, but yeah, Stormwatch backpedaled on that in #6, p.14<br /><br />16. Starro: "something that HAS happened or something that WILL happen?"<br /> Also: are there going to be two parallel versions of him again, that never get mentioned in the same story, a purple squirmy one and a green stiff one? <br /><br />21. Aquaman's waterballs:<br />He's teamed up with a hot redhead who can do that.<br /><br />22. "shouldn’t the Navy have some person delegated as the point of contact with Aquaman? "<br /> It sadly looks as if the Navy doesn't yet take Aquaman seriously enough to do that. Yet. They'll learn, though.<br /><br />26. "in the last five years, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, and Kyle Rayner ALL became Green Lanterns? Really, really, really FAMOUS Green Lanterns?"<br /><br />They were, maybe, off-planet when the Flashpoint reboot happened, so it affected them differently ... nah, that just opens whole new cans of worms. More like 55-gal drums of worms. Never mind.Accursed Interlopernoreply@blogger.com