tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post3865577123706287516..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Publishing House of MysteriesScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-62437028824421849782022-12-04T19:25:18.314-05:002022-12-04T19:25:18.314-05:00Speaking of Suicide Squad, does "who's th...Speaking of Suicide Squad, does "who's throwing the pies" qualify as a mystery? :-)<br /><br />BTW, Scipio, I recently came across an image from World's Finest #172 (1967) that I'm reasonably sure you'll find interesting. :-)<br /><br />https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-izGnBoYxPhg/VG1UUS3MlBI/AAAAAAAA1qE/74h4x15JHpc/s1600/img070.jpg<br />cybridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-57615854126660342302022-12-04T11:55:52.696-05:002022-12-04T11:55:52.696-05:00I agree with you. I agree with you. Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-78118474975284139962022-12-04T11:39:11.771-05:002022-12-04T11:39:11.771-05:00I think, "Why couldn't the writers have a...I think, <b>"Why couldn't the writers have allowed me the blessing of dying in a fire as an infant instead of marrying Terry Long?"</b> would have been a more compelling mystery.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-79800752525067502202022-12-04T11:35:18.872-05:002022-12-04T11:35:18.872-05:00"whatever it is Speed Saunders does"
It..."whatever it is Speed Saunders does"<br /><br />It's the Biggest Mystery of Them All.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89537684686271609392022-12-04T10:22:08.452-05:002022-12-04T10:22:08.452-05:00I didn't explain myself clearly. I wasn't ...I didn't explain myself clearly. I wasn't referring to the ongoing dumpster fire that is the character of Wonder Girl. <br /><br />I was referring specifically to the story, Who Is Donna Troy? presented in Teen Titans (I think maybe an annual -- seems like it was oversized). Donna goes to Dick Grayson, one of the world's foremost detectives, for his help in discovering why she was abandoned in a burning building. She wants to clear it up before her wedding. He then does so. <br /><br />The story was notable to me in that it's one of the few or even only times I've ever seen actual detective work depicted in comics. Probably inaccurately, but the attempt was made. Mostly "detection" is portrayed as flashes of insight rather than forensic investigation (or whatever it is Speed Saunders does). <br /><br />It was less notable in its outcome, which was, to me, meh. Donna didn't gain much, if anything, from the investigation. I suppose I'm too harsh on the story, since I do recall it as an example of detective work in DC Comics.Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-86021220962412951632022-12-03T15:59:55.293-05:002022-12-03T15:59:55.293-05:00“Who is ‘Duchess?’”
The Ostrander/ Yale/ McDonnel...“Who is ‘Duchess?’”<br /><br />The Ostrander/ Yale/ McDonnell/ et al Suicide Squad is one of my favorite comics ever. Early in the run, a super-strong woman with amnesia showed up. She was nicknamed, “Duchess.” Suicide Squad head honcho Amanda Waller knew there was something fishy about her. In time, her identity became apparent, but not her reasons for staying with the team. Waller saw her as a useful tool, and decided to keep her on the squad. When “Duchess’s” plans came to fruition, the team paid the price for Waller’s decision…<br /><br />- Mike LoughlinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-4843245016665268972022-12-03T12:26:31.806-05:002022-12-03T12:26:31.806-05:00Well, I didn't intend to wander down the warre...Well, I didn't intend to wander down the warren of Donna Troy's origin, which isn't a mystery, but an unresolved plothole. SHe was a writer/editor error. When they created the Teen Titans, nobody realized that "Wonder Girl" wasn't a separate character from Wonder Woman. That may seem incredible to us NOW, but it was a very different world then. The simplest solution has always been to GO with that: she's young WW from another earth, stuck on this one. Why that simple solution has never been tried is beyond me.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-60380837443635463372022-12-03T11:08:57.495-05:002022-12-03T11:08:57.495-05:00" that way madness lies"
Impressive ref..." that way madness lies"<br /><br />Impressive reference.<br /><br />Someone should make a list of all of Geoff's Unfinished Symphonies and present them on the internet. Maybe he'll take the hint and finish some of them. I think Geoff Johns was put on this Earth to drive Roy Thomas crazy.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-2783190864329084142022-12-03T10:38:49.380-05:002022-12-03T10:38:49.380-05:00Your homework assignments are tough.
I don't...Your homework assignments are tough. <br /><br />I don't know if I can call it a favorite but Zatanna's search for Zatara ran on for a while. I did find it interesting that it ran as a crossover -- back then DC did more standalone stories. <br /><br />More recently, I don't think Geoff Johns has ever explained the version of Crimson Avenger he created. *Checks Wikipedia* Well, if that's to be believed all of the information about her is from fans, not Johns. <br /><br />There's also Who is Donna Troy? But perhaps that stone is best left unturned. Nameless orphan rescued by Wonder Woman works better than the "solved" mystery did. I'm completely uncertain about her current canonical origin. I suppose I could try to figure it out, but I suspect that way madness lies.Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-9832803898100621042022-12-03T09:41:51.443-05:002022-12-03T09:41:51.443-05:00"HJF1" See? This is where that helps."HJF1" See? This is where that helps.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-26450856149632203002022-12-03T08:39:40.459-05:002022-12-03T08:39:40.459-05:00I remember when the LSH "Great Darkness"...I remember when the LSH "Great Darkness" Saga first came out; the bad guy's identity was a mystery. I don't know how well-concealed the identity would be these days, because Darkseid has been given such oversized exposure. But back then, Darkseid existed mostly in a rarely-visited corner of the DC Universe, and Levitz and Giffen were careful to draw things just off-model enough that you wouldn't say "hey, that's a Boom Tube". I was proud of my teenaged self for guessing it was probably that "Darkseid" guy whom I'd seen once or twice.<br /><br />Speaking of comics available at the local E-Z shop in the early 1980s ...<br /><br />"Nekron, refugee from a blacklight poster. Who even READ that first story?!"<br /><br />a-HEM.<br /><br />- HJF1<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com