More Superhero Sadface in 2006!

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Brad Meltzer, an author of thriller novels, has signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics for work to be published next year. Mr. Meltzer was the writer of "Identity Crisis," a seven-part comic-book mystery that forced the DC Comics superheroes to question themselves over their part in a vengeful murder. The series was one of last year's best-selling titles

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 7 November 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Please note:

IDENTITY CRISIS = lots of sadface

ARCHER'S QUEST = very little sadface

More of the latter, please!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 7 November 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Just Imagine Identity Crisis drawn by Phil Hester!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 7 November 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

I was reading some of the Giffen/Bierbaums Legion last night, and I got really fucked up because the narration wasn't colour-coded like it was in Identity Crisis, and I'm like, "Why is Mordru all of a sudden so concerned about Rond Vidar?"
And then I realized, oh, Mordru isn't.
P.S. The first year of Five-Year-Gap Legion is on par with the first year of Wally West Flash.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 7 November 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

No way.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 7 November 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

No way what?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 7 November 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

Jose?

― Dan (Grasping At Straws) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 7 November 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

The first year of Five-Year-Gap Legion is on par with the first year of Wally West Flash.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 7 November 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

OH YEAH.
Come on, the Universe is destroyed and rebuilt TWICE, without any big whoop on the main plotlines. Great character work, Giffen's best pencilling, cosmic dystopia w/o pissing all over the previous fun-fun teen LOSH, Brin Londo, Brainiac 5's mullet (the beginning of the Mullet Era of DC Comics?), great villains, tons of special bonus stuff that actually adds to the story.
Then the Legion reforms and they go after the Khunds and blah-blah-blah.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 7 November 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)

No, see, that wasn't meant to be an incredulous stfu "no way." It was totally an awe-struck gosh-I-hope "no way".

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 7 November 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Oh, okay.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 7 November 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

Plus, Matter-Eater Lad as a lawyer!

― carson dial (carson dial), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 03:53 (twenty years ago)

then he should be called matter-eater lawyer!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 04:10 (twenty years ago)

The Matter-Eater Lawyer/Senator issue is awesome. Possibly the greatest comic book ever.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

Er, possibly the greatest comic book ever with a Sept. 1989 cover date.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

Oh, hell no! That honor definitely goes to Doom Patrol #26, AKA the first part of the first "Brotherhood of Dada" story, with the first Simon Bisley DP cover and that splash page of Mr. Nobody saying "Groovy." in his swinging bachelor pad. That issue of Legion isn't even fit to lick DP #26's indica, dammit!

― Chris F. (servoret), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

WHOSE FACE WILL BE SADDEST OF ALL?
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― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:08 (twenty years ago)

Do you see the way they cleverly hid Flash's belt so that we can't tell which Flash it is? DO YOU SEE?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:11 (twenty years ago)

Also, fuckaduck, if that's what Green Arrow's going to wear, then FUCK HIM.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:13 (twenty years ago)

> WHOSE FACE WILL BE SADDEST OF ALL?

The readers, Huk. The readers.

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:28 (twenty years ago)

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― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:33 (twenty years ago)

my face is sad whenever i see phil hester has drawn another comic

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:30 (twenty years ago)

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― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:34 (twenty years ago)

Hey, it's the Manhattan Guardian! I hope he doesn't catch the sadface plague.

― Vic Fluro (Vic Fluro), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:43 (twenty years ago)

What's wrong with Phil Hester?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:45 (twenty years ago)

Who is the bloke standing next to Red Tornado who appears to be wearing fishnets?

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 5 January 2006 10:35 (twenty years ago)

i think that's zatanna's leg you're seeing there

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 5 January 2006 10:38 (twenty years ago)

Pete it's Crimson Crossdresser.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 10:41 (twenty years ago)

Animal Man! He's alive!!

― Mark C (Markco), Thursday, 5 January 2006 11:38 (twenty years ago)

HE'S CURRENTLY IN SPACE WITH FIRESTORM.

(They've just rescued some Thanagarian godlike bird thing that was stolen by some people trying to destabilise a planet that doesn't exist any more - which is kind of retarded when you think about it. Just be grateful you weren't the one paying to read it.)

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 5 January 2006 11:48 (twenty years ago)

Okay, its not his leg but still, who is he?

Also, key missing playa: Martin The Manhunter.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 5 January 2006 13:04 (twenty years ago)

perhaps he is the one holding the envelopes in his human form. or else they coloured him in wrong...

― Mark C (Markco), Thursday, 5 January 2006 13:50 (twenty years ago)

Or maybe in the OYL he goes undercover as Green Arrow's fugly new costume!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

Is the green Arrow hood new? It is surely better than the jaunty feathered bavarian style hat

― Mark C (Markco), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:01 (twenty years ago)

It looks like it's a combination of the Mike Grell urban grit anti-Seattle-rain number (the hood) and the Neal Adams BOFFO JASS CAT gear (no sleeves).
I guess he's probably wearing the hood because he wants to not draw too much attention to the fact THAT HE'S ALSO THE MAYOR OF STAR CITY.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Here's the full, uncropped version: http://edbenes.zip.net/images/JLACapadupla_color2.jpg

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:03 (twenty years ago)

Wait, where's Manhattan Guardian?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:12 (twenty years ago)

Behind Hawkman

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

Okay, from that lineup surely the best bet would be (from left to right)
Bloke on the far left you can't work out
Bloke between Fire and Firehawk I can't work out
Firehawk
Jerico!
Bloke next to Tempest I can't work out
Vixen
The Question
and nice (but dull) Dr Light.

A line up like that gives you every possible storytelling combination and will reinvigorate the DC universe.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

Jericho??????

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:16 (twenty years ago)

Isn't that whose standing next to Cyborg? Or has my obscurometer broken?

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:17 (twenty years ago)

Bloke on the far left you can't work out - you mean the dude in the shadows?
Bloke between Fire and Firehawk I can't work out - that's Arsenal (ex-Speedy)
Bloke next to Tempest I can't work out - Seems to be Karate Kid (from Legion of Superheros)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:18 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't Jericho white? And also evil? And currently dead?

― Dan (Barely Remembered Teen Titan Plots) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

xpost...YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW BLACK LIGHTNING???

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_(comics)

― Dan (Thank You, Wikipedia) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

I think there's a chance that Jericho is/was posessing Deathstroke the Terminator.

xpost

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

Grrr.
Actual link

― Dan (No Thank You, ILX HTML Parser) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:25 (twenty years ago)

THough it must be said, if ever there was a superhero DESIGNED for the SADFACE, it's Jericho.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:25 (twenty years ago)

Idiot Pete. Of course it Black Lightning. Take him out the team, cos he's too interesting. Ditto with Arsenal (thogh boring, boring baby crisis was always a fall back story). Karate Kid though - oh yes!

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:40 (twenty years ago)

you need an a-lister to lead the team

AQUAMAN!!!

― Mark C (Markco), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Hold on, the DC Universe seems to be full of lamers.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

"seems"

― David R.-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)

"scarequote copyright"

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:36 (twenty years ago)

"fair use" etx.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:54 (twenty years ago)

It feels very "yes, we realise that JLU is a great cartoon", this cover.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 6 January 2006 00:37 (twenty years ago)

I like the way the Flash is poised to beat seven kinds of crap out of the announcer if he doesn't make the list.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 6 January 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

The JLU comic beats seven kinds of crap over every other team book in the "normal" DCU.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 6 January 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

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