tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post3998708871841653556..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Warning JJScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-6581366977410715452008-06-17T14:32:00.000-05:002008-06-17T14:32:00.000-05:00Poor J'onn.I assume that (in some half-assed way--...Poor J'onn.<BR/><BR/>I assume that (in some half-assed way-- see the transition from Death of the New Gods to Final Crisis) the end of Salvation Run is supposed to set up Libra's capture of J'onn before killing him. Of course, I don't know why J'onn would survive <I>Luthor setting fire to the whole planet</I> but not the subsequent firey pointy stick, but there you go.<BR/><BR/>So that means that J'onn's capture in Salvation Run # 5 (?) is what set up his death.<BR/><BR/>a) I wonder whether we'll see Catwoman feeling guilty about that.<BR/><BR/>b) That also means that J'onn's apparent inability to remember roughly 2/3 of his powers in that scene is what ended up gettin ghim killed. Invisibility and intangibility are useful defensive skills-- but only if the writers let you use them!Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-86490368033893362392008-06-16T14:28:00.000-05:002008-06-16T14:28:00.000-05:00J'J' still around or will be in the future; the fa...J'J' still around or will be in the future; the far, far future.<BR/><BR/>After all, wasn't he in one of the DC One Million books, done under the auspices of... Grant Morrison?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-25791015602420419632008-06-16T13:38:00.000-05:002008-06-16T13:38:00.000-05:00Is J'Onn still dead, or has DC retconned that yet?...<I>Is J'Onn still dead, or has DC retconned that yet?</I><BR/><BR/>::checking watch:: Not yet...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1955098539938851992008-06-14T09:15:00.000-05:002008-06-14T09:15:00.000-05:00Yeah. People flying around in business suits and ...Yeah. People flying around in business suits and stiff poses with evil grins; it really is just like that, you know!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-59031448883023142002008-06-14T08:38:00.000-05:002008-06-14T08:38:00.000-05:00I have to amdit that the Johns/Didio/Morrison pane...I have to amdit that the Johns/Didio/Morrison panel just cracks me up every time I reread it. THAT is how I now picture the offices at DC.<BR/><BR/>Poor J'onn. Poor poor J'onn.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-66043785858764301582008-06-14T05:58:00.000-05:002008-06-14T05:58:00.000-05:00"Does invisible Martian Manhunter look different t..."Does invisible Martian Manhunter look different than invisible John Jones does?"<BR/><BR/>To the reader he does. Transquartomuralistic address is one of the Manhunter's powers.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-82575754881830167612008-06-14T01:26:00.000-05:002008-06-14T01:26:00.000-05:00Ragtime, that picture was probably from when John ...Ragtime, that picture was probably from when John Jones couldn't access his Martian powers while in human form.<BR/><BR/>Best Shot: "Dan Didio, Geoff Johns, and Grant Morrison are going to kill you, believe me."Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-8451414996870358452008-06-14T00:47:00.000-05:002008-06-14T00:47:00.000-05:00Is J'Onn still dead, or has DC retconned that yet?...Is J'Onn still dead, or has DC retconned that yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-85642343875010498562008-06-13T14:49:00.000-05:002008-06-13T14:49:00.000-05:00"Straight men don't borrow "sprigs" of flowers."LO..."Straight men don't borrow "sprigs" of flowers."<BR/><BR/>LOL!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-3576283393009394772008-06-13T14:31:00.000-05:002008-06-13T14:31:00.000-05:00You know, his death was anti-climatic for me when ...You know, his death was anti-climatic for me when I read it. But the last two panels you posted actually made it kind of sad for me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-77597866082964019712008-06-13T14:27:00.000-05:002008-06-13T14:27:00.000-05:00Thank god you posted the "comedy" panel after the ...Thank god you posted the "comedy" panel after the really scary DiDio/Johns/Morrison one. That one gave me the chills...Gus Casalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09623081734326460781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-81400921224556362262008-06-13T14:12:00.000-05:002008-06-13T14:12:00.000-05:00Straight men don't borrow "sprigs" of flowers.Straight men don't borrow "sprigs" of flowers.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292660489483104009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-34951945122652524902008-06-13T13:46:00.000-05:002008-06-13T13:46:00.000-05:00I don't understand the first panel. Does invisibl...I don't understand the first panel. Does invisible Martian Manhunter look different than invisible John Jones does?Ragtimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763066980980022901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-27423100965862445682008-06-13T13:07:00.000-05:002008-06-13T13:07:00.000-05:00Totaltoyz is absolutely correct. Given the emphasi...Totaltoyz is absolutely correct. Given the emphasis on wordplay, however, I would suggest that he is Zeppo to the league's Harpo, Chico, Groucho and (occasionally) Gummo. At the best of JLI, MM had the kind of wounded, crumbling dignity that only the best straight-men (Ted Knight and Jason Bateman come to mind) can project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-329733223341264292008-06-13T11:50:00.000-05:002008-06-13T11:50:00.000-05:00Oh, yeah, I forgot; you were pretty much the strai...<I>Oh, yeah, I forgot; you were pretty much the straight-man, weren't you?</I><BR/><BR/>Like I've said before, in a League full of Stooges, J'Onn was Vernon Dent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89436539598166728842008-06-13T11:41:00.000-05:002008-06-13T11:41:00.000-05:00Run, J'onn...run like the wind!Run, J'onn...run like the wind!SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.com