tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post158219432680635759..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Sinestro Corps, the Early YearsScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-72536178554394035652011-11-23T12:07:16.053-05:002011-11-23T12:07:16.053-05:00Thanks so much for your article, very effective pi...Thanks so much for your article, very effective piece of writing.<br /><a href="http://www.recipesforporkchops.org" rel="nofollow">recipes for pork chops</a> | <a href="http://www.avoidtheline.org" rel="nofollow">Avoid the line</a> | <a href="http://www.weathersanfrancisco.net" rel="nofollow">weather San Francisco</a>Myronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-43215652630047448372009-01-21T19:01:00.000-05:002009-01-21T19:01:00.000-05:00Ha, now there's a Seventies flashback (which is OK...Ha, now there's a Seventies flashback (which is OK, so long as it doesn't make me think of Evil Kari Limbo).Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-51813001891648228602009-01-21T09:27:00.000-05:002009-01-21T09:27:00.000-05:00Most of those songs don't hold up to a dramatic re...Most of those songs don't hold up to a dramatic reading, do they? I can just see one of the Sapphires removing an enemy's protective field in deep space, while declaring: "Love is like oxygen. If you get too much, you get too high. Not enough...and you're going to die."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-42426591407215935622009-01-20T20:42:00.000-05:002009-01-20T20:42:00.000-05:00Nice one - those Star Sapphire birds were quoting ...Nice one - those Star Sapphire birds were quoting songs, weren't they? Love is all around, Love is a battlefield . . . they're full of it.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-65208343646562613562009-01-20T12:21:00.000-05:002009-01-20T12:21:00.000-05:00And, of course, we all know the oath of the Violet...And, of course, we all know the oath of the Violet Lanterns, aka the Star Sapphires.<BR/><BR/><I>Love, exciting and new<BR/>Come aboard, we're expecting you<BR/>Love, life's sweetest reward<BR/>Let it flow, it floats back to you<BR/>Love won't hurt anymore<BR/>It's an open smile on a friendly shore</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89474379773699881852009-01-19T22:04:00.000-05:002009-01-19T22:04:00.000-05:00Wow, life (and defeating renegade Lanterns) was so...Wow, life (and defeating renegade Lanterns) was so much simpler back then! And your evil oath is so much better!Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10456342758833055976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-11437768450948873982009-01-19T21:07:00.000-05:002009-01-19T21:07:00.000-05:00Funny; I'd have thought the oath of the Red Lanter...Funny; I'd have thought the oath of the Red Lanterns would be <B>"RAAARGH!!!"</B> Or words to that effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-84261404040351793762009-01-19T18:30:00.000-05:002009-01-19T18:30:00.000-05:00Excellent find, sir! And the oaths haven't gotten ...Excellent find, sir! And the oaths haven't gotten any better: http://dangermart.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-crisis-rage-of-red-lanterns.htmlMartin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-44728893422890005162009-01-19T12:20:00.000-05:002009-01-19T12:20:00.000-05:00ROFLMAO!! You're so right; if someone's glove were...ROFLMAO!! You're so right; if someone's glove were miscolored in one panel in a story published in 1946, Roy Thomas would do at least a 68-page story in an Annual explaining why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-13255049212335812782009-01-19T09:52:00.000-05:002009-01-19T09:52:00.000-05:00No, he has to write a four-issue miniseries on the...No, he has to write a four-issue miniseries on the topic first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-27977850672613532032009-01-19T09:17:00.000-05:002009-01-19T09:17:00.000-05:00Mr Gloatypants wins this year's coveted Roy Thomas...Mr Gloatypants wins this year's coveted Roy Thomas Explanation Award.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-65358024465757467842009-01-19T00:28:00.000-05:002009-01-19T00:28:00.000-05:00Thanks, Ray; it's not easy to rhyme "simpering"......Thanks, Ray; it's not easy to rhyme "simpering"...Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-74768655321101703352009-01-18T23:38:00.000-05:002009-01-18T23:38:00.000-05:00"How could someone be reincarnated as a machine bu..."How could someone be reincarnated as a machine built before their death?"<BR/><BR/>Ha! Long-time M.M.T.C. scholars saw through THAT little motherly deception in a 1964 heartbeat! Even as munchkins we knew, WE KNEW, that there was no such thing as a dashboard radio in a 1928 any car, so obviously it was an aftermarket add-on, manufactured AFTER mommy's demise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-79814195291613637832009-01-18T15:04:00.000-05:002009-01-18T15:04:00.000-05:00I liked the Gilbert Sinistro Oath.I liked the Gilbert Sinistro Oath.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10216973941059771829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-51844921993055592962009-01-18T12:42:00.000-05:002009-01-18T12:42:00.000-05:00Not only is Sinestro a Master of Malevolence, he's...Not only is Sinestro a Master of Malevolence, he's an AROUSED Master of Malevolence! Not to mention Hal and Alan as simpering Justice Lovers!<BR/><BR/>Modern writers just don't seem to come up with scintillating dialogue like that any more. But the bowling for Sinestro's does look like fun.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-69712670979169701852009-01-18T00:18:00.000-05:002009-01-18T00:18:00.000-05:00"Did Alan Scott's thought "They just can't get the..."Did Alan Scott's thought "They just can't get the force into their beams that Hal and I get into ours" strike anyone in a bi-entendric fashion? "<BR/><BR/>Yes.<BR/><BR/>"Or have I just been reading the Absorbascon too long?"<BR/><BR/>Not possible.Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226145896576592193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-22137646458350601342009-01-17T22:42:00.000-05:002009-01-17T22:42:00.000-05:00One thing I never understood about My Mother The C...One thing I never understood about <I>My Mother The Car</I> (okay, two things, counting why anyone would put it on the air in the first place): the car was a 1928 Porter (and constantly sought after by avaricious car collector Avery Schreiber). How could someone be reincarnated as a machine built before their death?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-28633072613192495952009-01-17T15:43:00.000-05:002009-01-17T15:43:00.000-05:00"Did Alan Scott's thought "They just can't get the..."Did Alan Scott's thought "They just can't get the force into their beams that Hal and I get into ours" strike anyone in a bi-entendric fashion? "<BR/><BR/>Yes.<BR/><BR/>"Or have I just been reading the Absorbascon too long?"<BR/><BR/>No.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-73804797569626584312009-01-17T15:05:00.000-05:002009-01-17T15:05:00.000-05:00She was reincarnated as the car, and spoke to him ...She was reincarnated as the car, and spoke to him through the radio. Mostly to nag him about this, that, or the other thing. (The inspiration, loosely, for the "Love-Tester Grandpa" sketch on The Simpsons.<BR/><BR/>Did Alan Scott's thought "They just can't get the force into their beams that Hal and I get into ours" strike anyone in a bi-entendric fashion? Or have I just been reading the Absorbascon too long?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-63030587552441143182009-01-17T14:41:00.000-05:002009-01-17T14:41:00.000-05:00Somedays, it feels like the current crop of writer...Somedays, it feels like the current crop of writers spends their time finding single panels like these and plotting how to turn them into drawn out trade paperback stories to sell us.Jason Langloishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507550527211520786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-85674484421200543542009-01-17T12:45:00.000-05:002009-01-17T12:45:00.000-05:00The title of the story is bad enough, but it comes...The title of the story is bad enough, but it comes from a crappy TV show called MY MOTHER, THE CAR about some guy's mother who is reincarnated as his car's insides, or something. Might have been Jerry Van Dyke in the lead, but I can't look it up, because then all the voices would return.Wayne Allen Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.com