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Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Dacap posted:

Isn't it kinda trivializing the near apocalypse of the world and almost total genocide of France by referring to it as "that Nazi thing"? I guess this mean we get a magic undoing at the end of Fear Itself.

I hope I'm not spoiling anyone by this point, but Fear Itself killed essentially the entirety of loving Paris. In gruesome fashion, yet. If you didn't see a magic Reset button coming once you realized that, then DC has desensitized you to massive body counts or something.

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Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Yeah, I think kind of a major thing was that there wasn't a Planetary version of Wayne/Batman. That's why that last form Bruce turned into as the reality shift hit it's peak was essentially Planetary Batman-- to show us "this is what he'd look like, and who he'd be, if there was one". And then he vanished.

Black was just some poor sod.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Colon V posted:

Touching, but... couldn't they just adopt? :psyduck: Was having superpowers important for the child's survival or something?

You misunderstood. Finesse is Taskmaster's daughter and, like him, she developed serious problems with her memory. Think Alzheimer's.

Cabbit fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Feb 8, 2012

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Holy poo poo, Mole Man's pretty bad rear end.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Opopanax posted:

That's a fair point, but I'd say the crap was more prevalent and mainstream then.

The entirety of DC begs to differ.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

I don't think there aren't any posters on the top of page two. It looks like they're standing in front of a window on in the first panel, at sundown.

I imagine the sun might be familiar. :v:

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Dark_Tzitzimine posted:

After years of being at odds Jason and Bruce they finaly fix their differences and Jason is welcomed back on the batfamily :unsmith:

Is there any explanation why Todd's fine in the first page and is wearing some sort of face blanket in the next?

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

SynthOrange posted:

I'm with her on that last panel.

How do you mean?

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

He's taken to wearing a helmet and some more hefty body armor lately.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Malachite_Dragon posted:

Superman was raised on a farm in Kansas. I don't think he'd be much one to judge dialects.

If there's one thing bible belt farmers stereotypically are, it's tolerant!

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

ImpAtom posted:

That coyote is going to die so hard.

Shut up shut up shut up. Amadeus Cho is going to swoop in and save it, and they're going to fly off to have magical science-adventures in the ruins of Asgard.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

That's a pretty hosed-up choice in the first place, and I'm actually surprised they just about said as much.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Hopefully involving Bullock wearing the green scalemail panties.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

CzarChasm posted:

Let's let them go ahead and not gently caress up the Carol Ms. Marvel movie. If they can do that, then it's open season on Kamalah Ms. Marvel. Though personally, I think I'd rather see her get in on the Netflix action and get a series. It's not realistic, but a man can dream.

I don't think her power set really lends itself well to TV like, say, Luke Cage or Daredevil.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

I was convinced there had to be more, but it really was only Synch, Skin, and Mondo (who somehow managed to turn evil twice, because clones).

Not that Jono, Paige, Jubilee, and Penance/M/Penance/whatever had a great time of it between then and now.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

W.T. Fits posted:

I don't dislike it, but it just feels strange to see one of Batman's enemies to show genuine empathy for him.

I'm hardly an authority on Batman's history but Hatter's always seemed to skew on the deluded and/or unwell side of the rogue's gallery, rather than the overtly malicious. Misguided empathy doesn't seem unusual.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Making a guy staunch his own gutshot seems like kind of a dick move.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Evil Mastermind posted:

No, it's a crossover with C.O.P.S.



drat, Dr. Gero's hit the skids pretty hard.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

drrockso20 posted:

That was really good

Also like the callback to the Elmer Fudd special

I missed that entirely, what was the callback?

Edit: Oh, poo poo, at the very beginning.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

That's not at all what I thought that book was. Guess I need to go pick it up.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Dick Trauma posted:

Back when I worked at an ad agency that was staffed mostly by people of color I was asked for suggestions about things that were an important part of America's white culture and the only thing I could come up with was Cool Whip and bowling.

For future reference, the answer is "not having to think about what constitutes white culture, because you're so constantly inundated with it that it's like trying to pick your favorite drop of water from a fire hose on full blast".

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Breetai posted:

...so what did the kid say?

Ironically, the same thing Nick Fury told Thor.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

I never expected the Hanna-Barbara comics to end up so weird and wonderful.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

I feel compelled to point out he's also one of the best wrestlers performing today, maybe one of the best of all time, and just recently had a match that was rated 7 out of 5 by the only real authority of note in the industry (against one of the other candidates for best wrestler in the world).

Kenny Omega is great.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Push El Burrito posted:

Sami Zayn was kept out of the Saudi Arabia show because he has a foundation to help victims of the Syrian war. Much like most businesses, the owner is a poo poo bird but the employees aren't always.

And then Sami showed up on Raw a few weeks later to be part of a real lovely segment where he paraded around dudes in dresses and passed them off as another wrestler's sisters. The dude is probably a shitbird as well.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

biracial bear for uncut posted:

I know somebody says this every year, but 2018 is the loving worst.

2018 is the year I stopped lying to myself and accepted the fact that I'm transgender, lost 40 pounds, and found joy and direction in my life that I couldn't ever conceive of before; I feel like I actually have a future for the first time in my life. It's honestly been the best year of my life, even with all the garbage going on in the world.

I don't say that to diminish all of the poo poo happening, or to invalidate or refute the suffering of others for whom the year has been less kind-- just to remind y'all that there is joy and there is progress and there is happiness even in this shitshow, and that's what you have to hold on to and focus on.

I'm tired as gently caress and maybe (probably) this post is less clear in writing than it was in my head, but the point is don't let the bastards grind you down.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Moto42 posted:

2018 is the year I got fired from work and was told I'm to poor to qualify for unemployment.
2018 is the year I got my rear end into gear self-taught myself the basics of web development.
2018 (maybe early 2019) is the year I start my new career, for the first time ever doing something I feel is worthwhile and rewarding.

This is great to see, because this is the trajectory I'm on, sans the whole having been employed in the first place part. You're inspiring.

quote:

[edit] gently caress that horrified poo poo.
All y'all's stories: 2018 didn't beat us. It really is the year we starting pulling it together and great things happened.

:unsmith:

Archyduke posted:

Congratulations, that's awesome. I'm so stoked for you (and for Mikl) and it's really wonderful to see other people in the same early stages of this journey feeling similarly.

It's still catches me off guard how much happier I am, just from the act knowing and accepting myself. I'm stoked for whatever comes next. :)

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Skwirl posted:

Spider-Man doesn't actually trick people that often, he usually succeeds through sheer determination. There's definitely stories where he's tricked someone, but it's not his M.O.

I think it's less about tricking and more about outsmarting, which Pete does quite a bit of.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Lurdiak posted:

How do you know he's nasally.

It is the universal tone of pedantic whining.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

TwoPair posted:

Avengers 34: Captain America is at the end of time being told (by 3 different versions of Kang the Conqueror) that if he wants to save the world he has to let Tony Stark and the Illuminati carry out their plans and blow up alternate earths.





I love that last zinger so much

This kind of encapsulates why I don't really like Cap. For as much of a compassionate dude as he is, even at his supposed best, the dude really is just "I have the power to do what I want and gently caress the consequences or bigger picture" kind of power fantasy. This is some rugged individualism kind of bullshit that only gets a pass because it's Captain America and we know the story will turn out that he was in the right, because he's Captain America.

Like, obviously superhero comics are not exactly the place to go if you're not fond of great man theory, but god drat if it's not the entirety of Steve Rogers whole rear end.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Cassa posted:

As opposed to the people saying that they're so smart they know there's no way beyond murdering whole planets.

Those people are also assholes. I'm talking about Captain America.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

ImpAtom posted:

I don't really agree with that. It's a power fantasy but the power fantasy is being able to stand up for your beliefs even in the face of people arguing they are implausible/unrealistic/childish. Yes, this can be twisted into horrible beliefs, but that compassion is at the center of why it works. It isn't 'great man' theory, it's the idea that you don't have to bend or compromise on what is right in favor of what is easy.

Saying that people should bend and compromise on atrocities because they are 'necessary' ignores that very often they're not. They're just easier. This is true in reality as well as in superhero fiction and trying to disguise doing something abhorrent under 'it's the only option' is a way more loving damaging viewpoint to espouse because it's one people regularly and frequently use to justify utterly awful things. There's really never a 24-style "I have to torture this person to REVEAL THE BOMB" scenario and giving additional weight to that does nobody any good considering it gets literal Supreme Court judges citing it .

"I have to do this awful thing, it's the only choice" is also a power fantasy. It's a power fantasy for people who want a justified excuse to do something terrible and feel like it was the right choice. Yet actual decisions are a lot more complex then that and the central key to most "I have to do this awful thing" things in both fiction and history isn't that it is the only choice. It's just the only choice that benefits the person making that choice.

Again, I'm not talking about the other dudes and their "we must do this awful thing because it is necessary" crap; that is also garbage, but it's garbage everyone knows is garbage, so quite frankly I'm less concerned with it. Cap, specifically, irks me with his spiel because it comes off like prioritization or triage is some sort of "lesser of two evils" poo poo, and that he's justified in this because he's Captain America, Marvel's conscience-- like it's some kind of noble goal that he's not thinking about where and how he could do the most effective good.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

gently caress it, maybe it's just me. Cap irks me from top to bottom, not the least of which being by draped in a flag, it's entirely possible I'm reading too much into it.

Edit: That's a lovely snipe. Here's my favorite page that Grant Morrison has ever done, which I think qualifies as touching because it never fails to put a smile on my face:

Cabbit fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Jun 15, 2019

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Infinitum posted:

The best thing about those panels is that the guy mentions Comic Con, which means Comic Con exists in universe, which means some nerd has probably made a slutty version of basically something they really shouldn't have made a slutty version of.

Most likely a villain.

I've decided it would be slutty Norman Osborn.

Norman Osporn. C'mon, it's right there.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

I'm digging the wood mohawk.

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Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

TwoPair posted:

Green Arrow 80th Anniversary Special: Here's the setup:



Ollie then gets attacked by a bunch of villains, then after beating them several heroes, which leads him to think it's all just a trick in his head... until an arrow cuts his arm.





That the same guy who drew Quiver, or an amazing facsimile? Either way, whoever it is please draw Green Arrow forever.

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