tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post2500343969888533591..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Per Degaton, Part 6: 1957/"Dazed But Still Intact"Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-2705853171364123672022-11-27T18:05:22.871-05:002022-11-27T18:05:22.871-05:00Based strictly on number of appearances, Alan Scot...Based strictly on number of appearances, Alan Scott's archenemy was apparently the Gambler, who went on to, in All-Star Comics #37, form the Injustice Society of the World alongside Brain Wave, the Thinker (DeVoe), Vandal Savage (meaning that Alan Scott foes made up one-third of the group), the Wizard (Zard), and, of course, Degaton (no word on Kale). The JSA had the same lineup in that issue and, again, Johnny Thunder went without his own chapter/battle.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-69185372652156148342022-11-27T09:28:46.344-05:002022-11-27T09:28:46.344-05:00" But Sportsmaster is a challenge? "
Not..." But Sportsmaster is a challenge? "<br />Not to Icicle, apparently.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-50122142256942879822022-11-26T19:46:13.029-05:002022-11-26T19:46:13.029-05:00So Green Lantern can travel in time if he feels li...So Green Lantern can travel in time if he feels like it? But Sportsmaster is a challenge? Willpower: chock full. Imagination: nada.<br /><br />- Mike LoughlinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-39186958950916248472022-11-26T15:07:31.962-05:002022-11-26T15:07:31.962-05:00I liked it better when Alan said "HERE I COME...I liked it better when Alan said "HERE I COME, FRUITY!"<br /><br />About sending the time machine into the future and then a bomb blowing it up, I'm going to give Degaton some credit for that. If the time machine were destroyed in the present, it could conceivably be repaired. If it were sent to the past and destroyed then, its debris could be unearthed. But 10,000 years in the future means there's no chance of the JSA happening upon it and using it. As it works out, they didn't even try to repair it, but even so.<br /><br />I've read other Golden Age stories and there were things that went unexplained, like how Alan could bank a ring blast off a wooden object, no editorial explanation. In that story anyway, it was up to the reader to understand the weakness and not ask questions. So it's my belief that, in that panel where Alan is making his own entrance, the purple cave wall is now-lost artistic convention that he's turned it immaterial.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-26145190260219539362022-11-26T14:12:44.154-05:002022-11-26T14:12:44.154-05:00Maybe at some point during the ten years, Johnny l...Maybe at some point during the ten years, Johnny lost the power to summon the Thunderbolt?<br /><br />Even when a story's set in the then-present, maybe the other JSAers do everything they can to avoid needing to summon the Thunderbolt because they don't trust Johnny to not pull a monkey's-paw (so to speak) and phrase the wishes badly. Even if they told him EXACTLY what to say, he might still get it wrong. It's AN explanation, anyway. :-|<br /><br />I started to compile a list of Alan Scott villains, as I did with the Atom's and Doctor Mid-Nite's, then realized there wasn't really any point because, unlike the other two, Alan Scott has plenty of non-obscure enemies, many of whom have appeared in, for lack of a better term, The Modern Era.<br /><br />I *can* report that Alan Scott encountered three time travelers, one extraterrestrial race, and two extradimensional races (the latter in the same story). At a glance, his conventional criminal enemies still outnumber his super-villain enemies, though. Even the wielder of the most powerful weapon in the universe (more or less) spent more time dealing with ordinary crime than with extraordinary crime.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-41905857324879678862022-11-26T10:30:59.994-05:002022-11-26T10:30:59.994-05:00" Wonder Woman is still impeccably attired, &..." Wonder Woman is still impeccably attired, " Well, she just has to do that spinning costume-change thing, and they're clean again. Also beard stubble ie key to the hobo look.<br /><br />Genie-danger is the narrative way to hobble the Thunderbolt. The problem arises when the situation is such that the wish is a no-brainer. "Take us to Alexander the Great at the Battle of Arbela" is pretty foolproof. Perhaps the Thunderbolt can't time travel? I don't think that's ever been stated. Other than "no killing" (which comes from the Stargirl show, but which is just implied by Golden Age morals) the only limits I know of are that Johnny only gets access to him for "an hour at a time". Whether that means "per day" I don't know. I find Jambi much easier to understand.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-79976777700222016662022-11-26T09:00:33.504-05:002022-11-26T09:00:33.504-05:00The important thing to note here is that Wonder Wo...The important thing to note here is that Wonder Woman is still impeccably attired, while the male heroes look like hoboes. <br /><br />I think I remember the Golden Age Lantern phasing through walls. Not sure what happens if he's trying to get into a cavern and runs into a root in the cave wall. Knocks himself out, I expect. <br /><br />I actually like the way the Thunderbolt is handled in the Stargirl show. Wishes have to be extremely specific and unambiguous. Failing that, the Thunderbolt is basically a flashlight that provides comic relief. Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.com