tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post3614066507203723057..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Solving the Merlyn MysteryScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-74850813987208232482017-06-10T16:21:15.659-05:002017-06-10T16:21:15.659-05:00oh and Merlyn's son Lancylot would be an exper...oh and Merlyn's son Lancylot would be an expert in crossbows, or I dunno kung-fuRomSpacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-70990300693568440312017-06-10T16:19:12.857-05:002017-06-10T16:19:12.857-05:00it would be like Bob's Burgers: J'onzz...it would be like Bob's Burgers: J'onzz's C'ones<br />fear of fire rooted in fear that his ice cream might melt<br />I guess his pet would be Proty 3RomSpacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-36687644442980194182017-06-08T20:30:35.152-05:002017-06-08T20:30:35.152-05:00"Owns ice-cream shoppe, makes ice cream cones..."Owns ice-cream shoppe, makes ice cream cones"<br /><br />THAT made me laugh.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-82442935952195031392017-06-03T00:04:54.091-05:002017-06-03T00:04:54.091-05:00That is great all around. Except shapeshifting is ...That is great all around. Except shapeshifting is already J'onn's only power. His strength and invisibility is from shapeshifting. JLA:RockOfAges showed J'onn can shapeshift his brain to figure out Joker's mental maze. Therefore I think even Martian telepathy is from mental shapeshifting.<br /><br />Also its possible all Martian city structures are camouflaged like M'Gann's ship in Young Justice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09091695261320790605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-54050566156855988672017-06-03T00:04:07.110-05:002017-06-03T00:04:07.110-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09091695261320790605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-60775048986939394072017-06-01T16:51:45.724-05:002017-06-01T16:51:45.724-05:00Merlyn had a son! The Evil Lancylot!
How to do ...Merlyn had a son! The Evil Lancylot!<br /><br /><br />How to do Martian manhunter: <br />he's green when he's with his hero buddies<br />but sometimes he's black <br />and sometimes he's white<br />J'onn himself as M'gann, a few days each month.<br />His pet: chameleon boy.<br />He's from Mars 1,000 years ago! <br />Mars had visited Atlantis.<br />Earth had visited Mars, Vandal Savage re-cast as J'onn J'onzz' arch-enemy, killed T'omm, M'riah<br />Despero, J'onn's brother, not dead after all<br />Heat/Fire just cause him to lose shape, often in hilarious social situation<br />Mars may be a dead red planet TODAY, mystery, did they hide in 31st century?<br />Starro killed the Martian race? <br />Love interest, Element Woman<br />Best pal Rex Mason Metamorpho<br />Chased Vandal Savage into future, stranded here in our present<br />Only power is shape-shift.<br />Owns ice-cream shoppe, makes ice cream cones<br /><br />Spaceknight Romnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-33019494762307013802017-06-01T07:23:07.000-05:002017-06-01T07:23:07.000-05:00In hindsight, "Queen" was a rather odd c...In hindsight, "Queen" was a rather odd choice for a surname back then. I wonder what the story was there.cybridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-53489498208790903992017-05-31T17:28:49.931-05:002017-05-31T17:28:49.931-05:00Was that just an example of your point or did the ...Was that just an example of your point or did the JLA actually want to place a team in Gotham? Who in the JLA could have been THAT ticked off at someone else in the JLA? Geez, just send 'em to the Suicide Squad while you're at it, at least they wouldn't have to talk to Batman every day...<br /><br />The Justice SOCIETY of America (formed, of course, long before LBJ's "Great Society") was from an era where it was at least marginally more common to refer to private clubs as "societies," so there's that, anyway.cybridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-55496374431166328942017-05-31T13:44:25.858-05:002017-05-31T13:44:25.858-05:00"For whatever it's worth, DC went with a ..."For whatever it's worth, DC went with a justice "League" because baseball was popular then."<br /><br />Given how the word league operates, I think it would be interesting to see the Justice League not as a team itself, but rather the organized collection of multiple crimefighting teams across the country (including groups like the Titans and Outsiders), cooperating with each other but based out of different cities (something like how the Fifty State Initiative in Marvel was supposed to work). It even makes Batman's family of crimefighters more logical then – he refuses to let the League place a team in Gotham because he argues that his various sidekicks and allies already have that role covered.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058171030261812885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-76458257353024053912017-05-31T12:17:27.863-05:002017-05-31T12:17:27.863-05:00Arthur King vs. Oliver Queen. That has the stink ...Arthur King vs. Oliver Queen. That has the stink of Bronze Age wit all over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-28277039888296285632017-05-31T11:31:40.596-05:002017-05-31T11:31:40.596-05:00Shrug. Pretty easy to get "Merlyn" from ...Shrug. Pretty easy to get "Merlyn" from "Arthur King." Because who's got even more power than King Arthur than...Merlyn the Wizard?<br /><br />So maybe it's like in his mind he was already the very best of the best as Arthur King and now as Merlyn he's EVEN BETTER than that. :-)<br /><br />Just think how much ego it takes just to wear a beard without a mustache in the first place...cybridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-32016240269833016752017-05-31T07:49:09.128-05:002017-05-31T07:49:09.128-05:00Regardless of what Wikipedia says (probably it hew...Regardless of what Wikipedia says (probably it hews toward retcons as canon), Merlyn's real name was "Arthur King".Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-48384544218721687522017-05-31T01:01:55.175-05:002017-05-31T01:01:55.175-05:00For whatever it's worth, DC went with a justic...For whatever it's worth, DC went with a justice "League" because baseball was popular then.<br /><br />Speaking of Marvel, though, they've got a tech genius over there known as The Wizard; nobody thinks he's actually a sorcerer, but his technological marvels caused quite a buzz for a while. (Then Reed Richards came along and started making unstable molecules and such, and just like that The Wizard was out on his ass in the public eye. So he turned to crime.)<br /><br />If I had to make an archer named "Merlyn" from scratch, I'd probably go the tech genius route: Green Arrow's got plastic cat arrows, but Merlyn's arrows can do really nutty stuff -- to the point where, if you don't know what to look for, you may not even realize that archery played a role. (If anything, the trick would be to come up with crimes where archery wouldn't just be getting in the way -- like maybe there would be a heist where the only way into the room would be a high window with iron bars.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-3698899393161446542017-05-30T20:17:25.324-05:002017-05-30T20:17:25.324-05:00"Why name a dark archer after a...medieval wi..."Why name a dark archer after a...medieval wizard?"<br /><br />Uh...why not? Maybe he just thought it sounded cool.<br /><br />That's how the Avengers picked their name, y'know, because the Wasp thought it sounded cool (or at least "dramatic"), it's right there on the last page of the story in Avengers #1 (1963). The very method that countless people in real-life use to name their bands, clubs, corporations, et cetera, in keeping with Stan Lee's initial basic concept of making super-heroes behave more "realistically" (comparatively speaking, anyway). In contrast, "Justice League of America"? A "league"? AMERICA'S "league"? How pretentious and/or jingoistic can you get? Well, yes, quite a bit more, actually, but...<br /><br />Anyway, per Wikipedia (so, you know...), "Merlyn" is the character's actual last name, which would mean it's not a codename at all. Just as is the case with Batroc the Leaper, who despite using his real name as his codename WEARS A MASK. Why? Because he thinks it looks cool. Whether or not it DOES look cool is beside the point. ;-)<br /><br /><br />cybridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-5158650354763138712017-05-29T17:29:15.290-05:002017-05-29T17:29:15.290-05:00They already created the perfect foil for GA: Bull...They already created the perfect foil for GA: Bullseye, aka Leapo the Clown.<br /><br />Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-78758154391850505642017-05-28T22:16:55.563-05:002017-05-28T22:16:55.563-05:00"Certainly more appropriate than fighting the..."Certainly more appropriate than fighting the Flash, seeing as the natural and obvious counterpart to a speedster is a talking gorilla."<br /><br />Indeed. Why don't more people realize this? Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-60493727560226998852017-05-28T06:31:23.414-05:002017-05-28T06:31:23.414-05:00Green Arrow vs. Jorg?
https://www.youtube.com/wat...Green Arrow vs. Jorg?<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQB5It2AZasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-33640753655525725772017-05-26T10:27:25.251-05:002017-05-26T10:27:25.251-05:00"I always thought Captain Boomerang should be..."I always thought Captain Boomerang should be GA's archenemy. Ranged, archaic weapons, frequently involving gimmick versions. Boomer would be a whole lot less ludicrously overmatched against Arrow than he is against the Flash. Plus, they both wear goofy hats -- or at least they did. That's one thing that the CW's Arrow got right -- they brought Boomerang right in there as an enemy."<br /><br />That's a very good call; Captain Boomerang would be a much better thematic fit against Green Arrow. And his boomerangs would have the edge of not being limited to straight line attacks the way arrows are.<br /><br />Certainly more appropriate than fighting the Flash, seeing as the natural and obvious counterpart to a speedster is a talking gorilla.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-11226765143522317112017-05-26T10:15:42.658-05:002017-05-26T10:15:42.658-05:00Wow. I had no idea that Merlin/Merlyn dated back t...Wow. I had no idea that Merlin/Merlyn dated back to the '40s. Too bad Marshall Rogers wasn't available to fix Merlyn's look he did for Deadshot's. I know Male Supervillain-Pattern Widow's Peakness is a thing that happens in comics, but that look is Dr. Druid-ugly. Also, how does he run with those quivers all over his legs?<br /> <br />Green Arrow's Rogues Gallery has never been great, but he always does better with other heros' ridiculous cast-offs. I liked that Smallville made the Toyman a GA villain. Clock King makes more sense for Ollie, and I'm down with the Killer Moth and Captain Boomerang suggestions. Heck, give him the Monocle, Prankster, Cluemaster, Sportsmaster, Kite-Man, Javelin, Slipknot, The Fisherman, Bloodsport, The Mad Mod, The Duke of Oil, The Body Doubles, and Punch & Jewelee while you're at it. You could have J'Onn guest-star for the Human Flying Fish story. "Green Arrow vs. The Bad Guys We Don't Like to Talk About!" I'd read every issue.<br /> <br />- Mike LoughlinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-5287900043470376712017-05-25T15:48:51.617-05:002017-05-25T15:48:51.617-05:00I think the "crime school" concept also ...I think the "crime school" concept also offers a veiled warning to the kids -- stay in legit school and learn a proper trade or you'll have to go to crime school. It's also a bit of inversion on the concept of "reform school" -- where bad kids learn to be good. I'm overthinking. <br /><br />I always thought Captain Boomerang should be GA's archenemy. Ranged, archaic weapons, frequently involving gimmick versions. Boomer would be a whole lot less ludicrously overmatched against Arrow than he is against the Flash. Plus, they both wear goofy hats -- or at least they did. That's one thing that the CW's Arrow got right -- they brought Boomerang right in there as an enemy. Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-17647869504973626042017-05-25T14:42:50.691-05:002017-05-25T14:42:50.691-05:00I get the allure of a crime school; it's the c...I get the allure of a crime school; it's the contrast between the mundane legitimacy of school and the violent illegality of crime. Plus it would make sense that criminals learn how to do crime right.<br /><br />Speaking of contrasts, Green Arrow needs not an evil doppelganger, but a contrasting villain -- still would be range weapon vs range weapon, but contrasting weapons. Maybe Deadshot would have been a good Green Arrow archenemy, in that he would require Green Arrow to be at his best trick-shooting to get the edge on him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com