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Post by ultron69 on Oct 29, 2012 14:36:57 GMT -5
Thanks, Ignore Me!. I won't ignore you!
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Post by Ignore Me! on Oct 30, 2012 9:39:53 GMT -5
No,no. Go about your normal business. IGNORE ME!
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Post by drew on Oct 30, 2012 12:32:37 GMT -5
Just speculation, but since they basically refer to GA as "the hood" what if another hood showed up? A Red Hood? A bit of a leap, but the Red Hood does work with Roy Harper in the current comics, so maybe Roy will show up as the show's Red Hood, inspired by the Green one? See, if they'd just called it Green Arrow in the first place it wouldn't have to be so complicated...
I was thinking if the did somehow put together a live action Legion show, and the main cast was cut to ten Legionnaires, with frequent guest stars, who would your core Legion be? I'd go with the founding three, Chameleon, Brainiac 5, Ultra Boy, Apparition, Gates, Ferro, and XS.
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Post by Marvel Boy on Nov 12, 2012 22:56:08 GMT -5
Heck, they're not even calling him 'Hood'. It's 'The Man In the Hood'! Guess there's no Lois Lane at any Starling City newspaper to name him.
As for the Legion show, hoping not to blow the show's budget, I'd pick the Founders, Brainy, Duo Damsel, Phantom Girl, Ultra Boy, Sun Boy, Timber Wolf, and either Colossal Boy or Shrinking Violet. I would include Cham but pulling off a convincing shape-shifter every week could stretch the budget too far.
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Post by drew on Nov 18, 2012 7:01:44 GMT -5
Thing is, the name thing could be so easily fixed! They don't need to rename the show (although they should) just have some newspaper refer to him as Green Arrow and only use it in the show. Naming aside, Green Arrow is a pretty great show. I liked seeing their take on the Royal Flush Gang. I'm also glad they are trying to make GA branch out in the types of crimes he considers worth his attention, courtesy of Diggle. BTW, I was worried when Ollie took him as a partner, because having the minority sidekick is something I'd have hoped we were done with, but so far they are doing a good job of keeping their relationship equal. Something I'd like is if one of these corrupt business men hired the League of Assassins to take out GA. I'd love to see Hook, the Black Spider, Cheshire, Lady Shiva, whomever they can reasonably pull off. Another interesting idea would be having the League brainwash Diggle and give him the identity of Bronze Tiger. I'd prefer Ben Turner of course, but that would be an interesting conflict. The Riddler they probably can't touch, but they could easily have a similiar character called Enigma or even the Calculator or Rag Doll. Count Vertigo seems like a must, and how cool would Vandal Savage be? I was worried about them wasting the name Merlyn on a supporting character, but who's to say Tommy doesn't have an older brother? Or what if his father is the assassin Merlyn and that is how the family amassed their wealth? Since YJ and GL are on hiatus it's nice to have a solid comic show to look forward to every week.
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Post by Marvel Boy on Dec 14, 2012 22:56:38 GMT -5
CN confirms that YJ and Green Lantern will return Jan. 5th.
Although judging by the episode solicits, they are picking up from where they left off instead of re-airing the seasons from the beginning.
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Post by ultron69 on Dec 17, 2012 9:49:08 GMT -5
Yahoo! I'm just glad to have them back.
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Post by drew on Dec 18, 2012 17:24:55 GMT -5
Guys, time to refresh your memories! Lets see, Aqualad is a double agent and has infiltrated the light, Artemis is widely belived dead but isn't and several members of the JLA are being pursued for war crimes under the influence of Vandal Savage. Impulse is secretly hiding his true purpose, Conner is locked in at sixteen or so, the original Roy has a weaponized limb courtesy of Lex Luthor... did I miss any thing? Where's Captain Marvel when you need him?
As a by note, apparently on the show CW doesn't want to call Green Arrow, they will be introducing Roy Harper, though in what capacity I don't know. They could call him Spee- oh nope, they used that as a throwaway gag, so it seems he might just be called Red Arrow, nice and simple. Still a solid show, I liked the brief appearances of Deathstroke almost as much as the *spoiler* elder Merlin being called well, Merlin as a black suited archer.
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Post by ultron69 on Dec 20, 2012 9:08:44 GMT -5
Drew, you must have a realy good memory or something.
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Post by Marvel Boy on Dec 20, 2012 23:47:17 GMT -5
Don't forget that Mount Justice has been blown up and that various teens (including Miss Martian's amphibious boyfriend whose name I can't recall at the moment) have been kidnapped by the Light for possible alien examination.
Those solicits also confirm that is indeed the Anti-Monitor on the GL cartoon. Definitely want to see more now.
I also liked the Queen family dinner with guests where Ollie makes the comment that the Hood needs a better nickname; the elder Merlin suggests 'Green Arrow' to which Ollie quickly shoots down as being lame. ;D
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Post by drew on Dec 21, 2012 4:25:54 GMT -5
Her boyfriend is Lagoon Boy, a comic relief character during the "shudder" Erik Larsen run on Aquaman. I did forget about Mt. Justice. I hate these long breaks, but at least it gives me an excuse to re-watch the show. Does anyone else feel Aquaman on YJ is kind of bland? I mean, yeah, he's regal and everything but he's just kind of boring. I always thought of Aquaman as more like a viking or barbarian, at least to us surface dwellers. Remember, he generally doesn't want to be king, and his own people tried to kill him as an infant because they were afraid of him. That probably doesn't make for a very refined person. Or maybe Batman B&B's Aquaman was so much fun it's not a fair comparison. I'm wondering what they are going to do with original Roy? Will he stay as Red Arrow? Maybe he'll just retire. I'm dying to see Arsenal, though. I'm also curious to see how the live action GA will incorporate Roy. BTW, apparently the guy on the island working with Deathstroke is supposed to be Eddie Fyers, a government agent who became Ollie's friend and Connor's mentor in the comics. That was pretty neat. Merlin is right, the Hood is stupid. As for GL, man, Alan Scott would be a great opposite personality wise to Hal's attitude, maybe the stodgy old guy versus the hot shot new guy. Or if John Stewart if he was quiet, careful, thought ahead-kind of of guy-the opposite of Hal. So he teaches Hal to think ahead but Hal teaches him it's ok to take a risk now and again. I didn't care for John in JLU, he was overused and still felt flat.
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Post by drew on Dec 28, 2012 14:03:37 GMT -5
Hey guys, apparently the episodes airing on the fifth will be Steam Lantern and the YJ episode featuring the Black Beetle, which kind of serves as a refresher but a lot of us have already seen, so... I still think Ted Kord is the Black Beetle in any case.
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Post by Marvel Boy on Jan 13, 2013 12:40:00 GMT -5
As for the Jan 5th episode of YJ, finally get to see Black Beetle and he kicks mucho butt. He looks powerful enough to take on the whole Justice League, let alone all the kids.
Don't know if it's Ted at the controls, but at least we know Kord Industries had the Blue Scarab so Ted is involved somehow.
Good to see the kids rescued, spotted Static Shock and Apache Chief.
Miss Martian learns the truth behind Aqualad's deception though it's unclear if Kal is left a mental vegetable by her mind-probe. At some point, I think someone is gonna backhand Dick for this mad scheme and the rising costs of it.
As for GL, interesting, I thought for sure he'd end up near Qward. Instead we get Steam Lantern which wasn't too bad. Although how Hal eventually saved that world.......whoa. Impressive.
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Post by ultron69 on Jan 14, 2013 8:46:34 GMT -5
The episodes the past 2 weeks have been all new to me, so I'm happy.
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Post by ultron69 on Jan 14, 2013 15:29:34 GMT -5
Steam Lantern was good, though I preferred Blue Hope. I like seeing more Lanterns, and the blue elephant guy was cool. The Manhunter thing is good, but I am looking forward to more Anti-Monitor stuff.
For Young Justice, now I know what Impulse knows about the future - the Blue Beetle being responsible for a Reach apocalypse. I'm not sure why he is not telling anybody other than Jaime, though. That seems fishy to me. I'm finding the Reach a bit annoying, I can't wait until they get uncovered. I don't understand why earthling (including GGG) would trust them more than they trust the Justice League. That's what I call the Marvel approach to comics - having John Q. Public fear, despise, and distrust the superheroes who are saving their butts. Nice appearance by Despero in "Cornered", but an even better appearance by L-Ron! I wonder how Superman would have fared against Despero, who was having no problem with Captain Marvel.
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Post by drew on Jan 15, 2013 13:38:15 GMT -5
Apparently in the comics the Black Beetle is a friend of Jaime's but YJ could very easily go its own way. As adept as the Black Beetle is, it seems like someone with experience, possibly Ted. I obviously noticed Static, but completely missed Apache Chief. The most interesting sub-plot to me is Megans brutal mental tactics. Remember, J'onn can/could read the Krolotean's minds,but not without damaging them. Megan goes ahead and apparently lobotomizes them, and is not as cautious or respectful as should be in general with her abilities. This is why Connor broke it off with her. Kalduron may be in a vegetative state now, or it could be some sort of ruse, like when Artemis "died" just part of a larger plan.
Steam lantern was amusing, especially the Alan Scott reference. Blue hope was okay, seeing the blue power battery fire up was pretty cool, but I'm so tired of Hal/Kilowog/Guy thrashing a few every episode. The sub plot about Aya and Razor was okay, but we've seen this before with Red Tornado and Vision, and I didn't like it when Pinocchio did it, so I'm just whelmed. Still good though.
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Post by ultron69 on Jan 20, 2013 12:00:02 GMT -5
GL - I liked the episode, but when I saw the title was "Prisoners of Sinestro" I was expecting something totally different. Maybe Sinestro will be the big foe in season 3. Sinestro was pretty cool in this one, though.
YJ - Aqualad is in big trouble, once Simon probes his mind. Uh oh!
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Post by Marvel Boy on Jan 21, 2013 20:15:57 GMT -5
The Blue Lanterns are so cool, really my favorite of the 'new' Corps. Really don't see how the Blue Battery super-charged the Manhunters; are they powered by the green will energy?
Really glad to see Razor back, picking up the sub-plot with his relationship with Aia. Sinestro was cool as well AND ruthless. Also liked that most of the action happened aboard the ship, everyone confined, paranoia takes over, who is who, it was fun to watch.
As for YJ, kinda bummed that Despero never talked. But I'm more irritated over Shazam's appearance. He was basically Despero's punching bag, offering little resistance. I'm sure that if it was Superman, he would have gotten in some quality hits on Despero. Poor ol' Cap, ever the red-headed step-child to Superman.
First Mount Justice, now the Hall of the Justice. Headquarters are being wrecked with ease here lately.
Alpha Squad's day at the farm, now that was a cool episode. Liked Roy's outlook towards all things Luthor and his willingness to bend orders, Jaime's fears over his scarab, Green Beetle is interesting, want to see a fight between Sportsmaster and Deathstroke even more now, and oh yeah, Psimon being brought in to help Aqualad recover.
Yeah, this is getting a lot more interesting now......
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Post by ultron69 on Jan 23, 2013 9:07:24 GMT -5
Marvel Boy, you're right about Shazam vis-à-vis Superman. You're right, Green Beetle was interesting, and I had forgotten to mention Deathstroke. It was cool seeing him. If there's a fight between them, my money's on Deathstroke.
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Post by drew on Jan 23, 2013 14:33:04 GMT -5
I was excited to see the Green Beetle, it's an interesting idea and the shapeshifting martian abilities are a pretty good excuse as to why the scarab couldn't lock onto the host body. I suspect something deeper, perhaps J'onns evil twin? I'm interested in the Reach, but I'm waiting for the Light/Lex/Vandal Savage to shut them down. It was cool to see Ray Palmer, and wasn't the attending doc addressed Dr. Cross, a.k.a Dr. Midnight? I'd love to see a JSA episode with Sandman, Hourman, and maybe a re-formation of the JSA. The Captain Marvel thing go ton my nerves. First, as I understand it, Despero was a schemer. Somehow he turned into a pink Hulk or Mogul with mental powers. There is exactly zero that is interesting about him. (If I'm wrong, please enlighten me, anybody.) A few years ago Black Adam kicked around the entire DCU. CM has the exact same abilities and can easily fight Superman to a standstill, given his edge in magic. So why does CM resort to the lightning trick?
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Post by Marvel Boy on Jan 24, 2013 15:45:05 GMT -5
I was excited to see the Green Beetle, it's an interesting idea and the shapeshifting martian abilities are a pretty good excuse as to why the scarab couldn't lock onto the host body. I suspect something deeper, perhaps J'onns evil twin? I'm interested in the Reach, but I'm waiting for the Light/Lex/Vandal Savage to shut them down. It was cool to see Ray Palmer, and wasn't the attending doc addressed Dr. Cross, a.k.a Dr. Midnight? I'd love to see a JSA episode with Sandman, Hourman, and maybe a re-formation of the JSA. The Captain Marvel thing go ton my nerves. First, as I understand it, Despero was a schemer. Somehow he turned into a pink Hulk or Mogul with mental powers. There is exactly zero that is interesting about him. (If I'm wrong, please enlighten me, anybody.) A few years ago Black Adam kicked around the entire DCU. CM has the exact same abilities and can easily fight Superman to a standstill, given his edge in magic. So why does CM resort to the lightning trick? Yeah, I took that to be Dr. Midnite as well. I think he's made an appearance or two before this but I've never seen him in costume. Jay Garrick was in the Flash Bloodlines episode and we've seen Dr. Fate so I have to assume other JSA members are around as well. It would be great to see Hourman too. Despero changed, I believe, Post-Crisis. My favorite appearance was circa Justice League America #38-39. He arrives on Earth and basically tears through the entire League, murdering a few members, and ends up burning the Earth all of which ends up a mental illusion by Martian Manhunter in order to get him to leave. Here in this episode though, he was more like a mindless Hulk creature albeit with his mental powers intact. As for Cap.....*sigh*. Without descending into my usual rant over this subject, yes, Cap should be the equal of Superman. In fact, Elliot S! Maggin once wrote the best explanation for his powers in that the Power of Zeus augments and amplifies his other abilities. The problem is the whole acquiring of the character from Fawcett via their lawsuit settlement and that Cap is usually shown as being even more of a Boy Scout than Superman. Superman is the premiere character and thus is always given preference in any meeting of the two. As for the lightning trick, to my knowledge, the first use of that was in Waid and Ross' Kingdom Come where he used it against Superman (unlike the episode, Cap was fast enough to move outta the way and let the lightning hit Superman full on) Later writers picked it up and used it as basically a last-resort measure. (Yes, it was even used in the JLU episode where Cap and Superman fought) I don't like it, it's not acknowledging the capabilities of the character, and in a way, it's lazy writing. Black Adam has the exact same abilities and look at what he is capable of doing. Capt. Marvel is capable of the same thing. (Sorry, Shazam is one of my all-time favorite characters and sometimes it annoys me how DC treats the character whether it be comics, cartoons, or whatever medium)
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Post by drew on Jan 25, 2013 4:12:57 GMT -5
I'll have to look up the Maggin explanation. His stuff is usually a lot of fun. I thought KC was the first use of the lightning trick, but I wasn't sure. Keep in mind in KC Superman was described as being at the peak of his invulnerability, having soaked up yellow sun radiation for about 50-60 years. So a rusty, mind controlled Captain Marvel can fight a supercharged man of steel to a standstill? But in modern times he's portrayed as a second bannana? I guess being top dog means close fights get handed to you by decision. BTW, apparently the lightning trick is how any conflict is handeled between Cap and Supes now. Wow, that is super lazy. Never mind the fact that Daxamites and any martian can pound the stuffing out of Kal, but they have common everyday weaknesses. CM has none of those liabilities, but somehow can't even hold his own unless he summons lightning.
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Post by drew on Jan 25, 2013 12:08:33 GMT -5
Marvel Boy, I'd love to hear said rant. Looking for precedent for the lightning trick, I came across some site that took polls: basically the CM fans cited magic as giving Billy the edge while Superman fans lamely go with "fluctuations" namely in Superman's power levels, vulnerability to magic, etc. I'm not saying Marvel would crush Superman; that's boring for everyone. I do think Marvel has an edge though. Alot of the arguements against CM were essentially "well, he's just a little kid, so of course an adult Clark could just pummel him." Factor in the Wisdom of Solomon and that advantage kind of disappears. I say pretty much the same thing with Thor. First, all other explanations aside that were concocted to not offend religious types, Thor is a Norse god, he's magic. Some people want to say the Aesir are super advanced aliens or something, and if they want to say that, fine. Sort of like the"prince of Thunder" vs. "God of Thunder" intro to EMH. So let's say Thor is just a very tough alien like Lobo or Gladiator. Even so, tough aliens kick around Superman all the time. So let's say Thor isn't magic; he has no inherent edge in that area. Even vs. Superman's superior abilities, Thor is a thousands of years old viking warrior, competing against a very powerful farmboy. I'd give the hard won victory to Thor. Inevitably someone brings up the JLA/Avengers crossover event from what? ten years ago where Superman wielded Mjolnir briefly. A crossover, especially of that magnitude is essentially fan service. Like when the Amalgam crossover had Aquaman beat Namor, or Wolverine beat Lobo. Why would Captain America and Batman fight anyway? Supes picked up Mjolnir and Cap's shield because it would look cool. Superman as an icon is cool if a little boring: he's an ideal, he's perfection. The only person really allowed to "beat" Superman is Batman. I like Superman, but Captain Marvel is severely underrated. I liked a jsa issue a few years back when Black Adam from ancient Egypt meets CM (before they were enemies) and learns that he is merely a boy, but controls god-like power with restraint and is impressed.
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Post by ultron69 on Jan 25, 2013 17:07:01 GMT -5
I missed the Dr Midnight appearance. Good catch, gents. I'd certainly like to see a JSA appearance, but I doubt it will happen. As far as Superman vs. Captain Marvel, I agree that CM should be able to at least battle Supes to a standstill, but Supes and Bats are DC's holy cows and The Powers That Be won't let another hero (especially a Fawcett or Marvel hero) beat them. However, I did discover a site with Captain Marvel's top 5 battles. Sure, Kingdom Come is on there, but look at battle #3, ALL-STAR SQUADRON #36 from 1984. A decisive victory for Captain Marvel. So, it can occasionally happen. Here's the link: hero-envy.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-top-5-greatest-battles-of-captain.htmlAlso, I thought that Captain Marvel had used his magic lightning vs Supes in the Bronze Age, and I was right...sorta. The link below has what I was looking for. JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #137 from 1976 is the issue I was thinking of. He did use his lightning against Superman, but it was more to break him free of a spell than to actually defeat him. You will also notice on that webpage there have been 15 Superman vs Captain Marvel fights and almost all have been "draws". No surprise, since these sorts of hero vs hero battles are usually cop-outs. hero-envy.blogspot.com/2011/05/superman-vs-captain-marvel.html
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Post by drew on Jan 26, 2013 14:08:45 GMT -5
Very true about many super hero fights ending in draws. Still every once in a while a writer slips by a "are you serious?" moment, like Spider-Man beating Firelord or something. So then when Spider-Man is on the ropes against, say Doc Ock, it seems like he should just annihilate him. The curve has been wrecked. I'm not saying everybody in the DCU should be able to whup Superman, but here are some DC heroes I think should at least be able to give Superman a decent fight. J'onn J'onz, obviously, except for that pesky fire weakness, Mon-el or really any Daxamite, especially if they've taken the lead-proof serum, Captain Atom, any GL but especially Alan Scott, Geo- Force, possibly the Atom, the Ray, Damage, possibly Atom Smasher, any Flash with the possible exception of Jay Garrick, Supernova, maybe Metamorpho and Firestorm (who actually beat most of the Justice League in a matter of seconds.) I left out godly/magic types, because it's hard to define what they can actually do.
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Post by ultron69 on Jan 27, 2013 9:02:28 GMT -5
GL - I liked the episode. So how did the Anti-Monitor get control of all of the Manhunters? I know some here don't care for the Razor-Aya romance, but I still thought it was sorta sad when she "died".
YJ - I don't trust the Green Beetle. I find it suspicious the way he kindly offered his thoughts to Miss Martian so she wouldn't have to probe him too deeply, and he heart obviously wasn't in it, so she probably didn't do a very thorough job, anyway. I do wonder why, in the previous episode, Bart didn't want Jaime to tell the others of his being responsible for the Reach apocalypse.
Drew, yeah, I remember Spidey beating Firelord. That was a shocker to say the least. I guess the answer to any vs. question is "whoever the writer wants to win". Didn't the Black Panther beat the Silver Surfer a few years ago? I love T'Challa, but that's ridiculous. Why do you think Alan Scott would give Supes more trouble than the other GL's? I agree with some of your choices, but I don't see the Atom, Flash, of some of those others really being able to hurt Supes. Certainly, the Daxamits and probably Green Lanterns, though, in addition to Captain Marvel, of course.
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Post by Marvel Boy on Jan 27, 2013 12:10:59 GMT -5
Portrayed correctly, Shazam should be, at least, the equal of Superman. The strength of Hercules matches Superman's strength. The Wisdom of Solomon is akin to Solomon whispering in Billy's ear. Ergo, that whole 'He's a kid, he doesn't have that much experience" is hogwash because the Wisdom is there to guide him if need be. The Stamina of Atlas means Cap may not have any endurance limits whereas Superman has been shown to 'run' out of solar energy.
Power of Zeus is the ambigious ability. It may be how he is able to tap magical sources, how he is able to perceive and handle magical threats, but like I mentioned before, Maggin suggested it may boost the other abilities. I have to dig up the actual issue and read it again (After Shazam's '70s title ended, the character moved to World's Finest where he was written by Maggin with art by the great Don Newton)
Courage of Achilles means he goes where others fear to tread. And the Speed of Mercury, sorry, that means he is at least as fast as the Flash. In fact, he has to exceed the speed of light to reach the Rock of Eternity. (Why he didn't use this ability in the fight with Despero is beyond me)
But because he is sometimes seen as the ultimate Superman clone, he is given second-tier status at DC. Also, the whimsical nature of his Golden Age stories, a tone that often follows the character, doesn't fit in well with the gritty style of DC. Jerry Ordway's Power of Shazam series was the best they've ever done in fitting Shazam into the proper DCU.
Johns, on the other hand, took a darker turn with the characters. That may work for Black Adam (which I did like) but I didn't like the corruption of Mary Marvel nor the promotion of Junior to Capt. The all-ages title Billy Batson and the Power of Shazam was much better and truer to the Golden Age feel.
For the record, I haven't read the new Shazam series appearing in Justice League. I'm afraid over what I may find. I don't like the character re-design either.
Cool list of battles though. All-Star Squadron #36-37 were great issues done by Roy Thomas.
Atom could hurt Superman from his inside if he is able to penetrate his skin. Alan Scott could hurt Superman because his ring is powered by magic. And of course Batman can hurt Superman because Batman can hurt Every Single Person in the DCU. (*sigh* another rant for another day)
I haven't watched this week's episode yet (don't mind the spoilers) but if this is the end of Aia, I'm going to be as pissed as Razor.
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Post by ultron69 on Jan 27, 2013 12:28:23 GMT -5
I don't see how Atom could hurt Superman, even if he could get inside him, since Supes is invulerable. Unless Atom has some kryptonite on him. Good point about Alan Scott, but wasn't that retconned so that his power essentially came from the same source as the Guardians' rings. You're right about Batman. He "can beat anybody with sufficient prep time". Oh brother. I get the feeling Marvel is trying to make the Black Panther into Marvel's version of Batman, with the being able to beat anybody despite not having superpowers thing, as well as essentially betraying his fellow superheroes. Sorry about the spoilers!! I will be more careful in the future.
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Post by drew on Jan 28, 2013 4:43:20 GMT -5
Bear in mind, I really meant my list were guys who could pose a threat to Superman. Admittedly, some of the info I'm going off of has probably been changed by now... anyway, I figured Ray Palmer, besides being able to shrink down into virtually nothing would be smart enough to figure out a way to poison or disable Supes from inside. It used to be people or things he shrank exploded after an hour, so imagine a small kryptonite bomb inserted into Superman's body while he's distracted.. Alan Scott because he has decades of experience with his ring, which was carved from the mystic Starheart (unless they changed it) so that gives him an edge, Metamorpho can become any element or compound he chooses, and if Metallo can punch out Supes I figure Metamorpho has a decent shot. The Ray controls light, so presumably he could leech all yellow sunlight out of Kal or use red solar radiation to weaken him, Damage and Atom-Smasher are a bit tougher, but if their nearest supervillian equivalents Atomic Skull and Giganta can slap around Superman, I'd think they could do the same. Supernova has a white dwarf belt, a phantom zone projector, and time travel abilities, that's hard to beat,etc Point being, it should be okay for Cap to be on par with Superman, if not more powerful, since the DCU has quite a few guys who could possibly best the man of steel.
I also hated the evil Mary Marvel and CMJ becoming the new Cap. It just felt wrong. I have checked out a few parts of "The curse of Shazam!" back up, and while it's not great, it's not as bad as it could be. Essentially the wizard is randomly pulling people into the Rock of Eternity to find a pure hearted champion to wield his power, but is having no luck. Sivana is tracking the phenomena trying to get to the rock. Billy is a pretty rotten kid but there is still some good in him, etcetera. So instead of being good, he has to learn to be unselfish and caring. The Ordway stuff is much better.
I had never heard of T'Challa beating the Silver Surfer. That's insane. T'Challa seems like he is now one of those "pet project characters" where they keep inflating everything he can do until it's wildly inconsistent with the character's history. Wolverine used to be the worst character for this, but for the past few years it's been Luke Cage and Spider-woman courtesy of Bendis, who also feels the need to cram Spider-man and Wolverine into every book he writes. From what I've noticed, all of T'challa's wonderous new powers are based on vibranium, which now can do apparently whatever the writer wants.
As for GL, the first time I saw the Manhunters stirring I figured Cyborg Superman was behind it. The series is in a comfortable little rut right now, and is a little too predictable for my tastes. Still a beautiful show and wonderfully voiced, but if you can pretty much guess where each episode is going within 5 minutes you need to shake it up a little. Does anyone else the mini segments so goofy? With maybe 1-2 exceptions they are stupid mini gags. Couldn't we see Hawkman or Azrael or Deadshot or something in a serious light?
Onto YJ, the green beetle is starting to give off a creepy vibe, but honestly I'm ready for the Reach storyline to finish. I'd love to see a standalone episode with say the Phantom Stranger or Swamp thing (with a background shot of John Constantine of course) or how about an elseworld episode narrated by the Spectre? Maybe instead of taking a long hiatus on the main storyarc they could throw a couple of one shot episodes in there.
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Post by ultron69 on Jan 28, 2013 7:31:04 GMT -5
I think T'Challa beat the Silver Surfer maybe about 5 years ago. I remember reading something about it on some message boards but wasn't collecting new Marvels at the time so I can't say that I saw it myself.
Are you referring to the DC shorts? Yeah, I don't care for most of them. They are more weird than entertaining for the most part.
For YJ, I agere. I'd like to see some stand alone, or maybe two part episodes. These alien invasion things drag on way too long, and I'm a bit sick of GGG et al. bashing earth's superheroes. It sounds like you're in the mood for some supernatural DC, Drew. I've never read an issue of Swamp Thing (except in an Alan Moore TPB) or Constantine, but I do like the Spectre and Phantom Stranger, so it would be cool if they made an appearance, so they're so powerful it might be best if they remain aloof and mysterious. Actually, I would't mind seeing the Question.
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