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Over at DC, Renee Montoya (formerly the Question, a GCPD detective, and a PI) is a recovering alcoholic. That is, if she even exists anymore. So is Hal Jordan, who did jail time for a DUI.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Over at DC, Renee Montoya (formerly the Question, a GCPD detective, and a PI) is a recovering alcoholic. That is, if she even exists anymore. She exists again in the new Detective Comics with robo-Batman. They sort of imply that she has just been out of Gotham since the reboot because she already had a history with Bullock and the GCPD.
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Mar 20, 2016 19:17
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Ultraman is hooked on snorting kryptonite 
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Mar 20, 2016 19:57
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Gavok posted:Flash Thompson, which worked into how being Venom means being drunk on power a lot of the time. I love Remender Subtexts, which are so bold and overt that they become the text itself and additional subtexts build colonies inside.
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Mar 20, 2016 20:08
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Captain Britain was an abusive alcoholic for awhile.
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Mar 20, 2016 20:55
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Captain Britain was an abusive alcoholic for awhile. So was banshee and Siren
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Mar 20, 2016 20:56
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bobkatt013 posted:So was banshee and Siren I wish we had an emoticon with a guy in a balaclava shedding a single tear in front of a Tricolour.
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Mar 20, 2016 21:09
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Speedy, AKA Arsenal AKA Red Arrow had a pretty good Heroin habit going on for a while Jay Garrick on Flash has an addiction to Velocity, a drug that increases speedsters' speed. Not sure if it ever came up in the comics. Snowflame is an obscure DC villain who is literally powered by cocaine, so that's kind of an addiction Earth One Harvey Bullock develops a drinking habit, which might be full blown alcoholism by now. Alternate universe though so kind of up in the air
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Mar 21, 2016 04:14
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Batman was addicted to Venom once.
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Mar 21, 2016 04:17
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Eli Bradley was high on MGH for the first part of Young Avengers. Beast was mainlining Sublime for a few decades over in Bad X-Men Future #762-339Q Batman had a brief Venom addiction (predating Bane's appearance).
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Mar 21, 2016 05:07
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Miraclo became addictive at some point, and the Tyler's had to stop Hourmanning, until American culture no longer found it problematic to depict superheroes popping pills for superpowers.
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Mar 21, 2016 05:24
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Black Knight's had some heavy handed drug metaphors with his cursed sword.Doctor Spaceman posted:Batman was addicted to Venom once. I surprisingly could not find a picture of Venom making out with Batman to post in reply here.
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Mar 21, 2016 05:49
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The current Ultraman is addicted to Kryptonite. Edit: what about heroes who are addicted to being a hero? Rhyno fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Mar 21, 2016 |
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Mar 21, 2016 05:51
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Lurdiak posted:I surprisingly could not find a picture of Venom making out with Batman to post in reply here. "We wish we knew how to quit you!" "I'm sure I could figure it out if you gave me enough prep time."
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Mar 21, 2016 06:29
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Rhyno posted:The current Ultraman is addicted to Kryptonite. A case could be made for most of them.
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Mar 21, 2016 08:21
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Rhyno posted:Edit: what about heroes who are addicted to being a hero? Mr. Incredible.
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Mar 21, 2016 10:43
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Chaos Hippy posted:A case could be made for most of them. That showed up in Busiek's Iron Man run (right after Heroes Return), when it's demonstrated that just using the Iron Man armour is killing Tony because something something powerlines are evil something, but he still Iron Man-s it up, and the internal monologue is quite explicit about it being a different form of the same addictive issues he has with booze. He goes on to develop an armour that's actually safe to wear; the prototype shows up in a Fantastic Four crossover (drawn by Alan Davis in the same weirdly shiny style as all of Claremont's Fantastic Four, marring what was actually a fun design). The final version sticks around for a few stories then turns sentient and tries to kill him.
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Mar 21, 2016 12:49
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CzarChasm posted:Speedy, AKA Arsenal AKA Red Arrow had a pretty good Heroin habit going on for a while
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Mar 21, 2016 13:32
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DigitalRaven posted:He goes on to develop an armour that's actually safe to wear; the prototype shows up in a Fantastic Four crossover (drawn by Alan Davis in the same weirdly shiny style as all of Claremont's Fantastic Four, marring what was actually a fun design). The final version sticks around for a few stories then turns sentient and tries to kill him. Salvador Larocca, surely?
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Mar 21, 2016 13:59
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Wheat Loaf posted:Salvador Larocca, surely?  yeah, it was Larocca. Where did I get Davis from?Sean Chen did his best with the design in the second part of the story, but the weird half-gold section on the inside of the leg & feet remains awful. These are the best scans I can find to show what I mean.  
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Mar 21, 2016 17:01
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DigitalRaven posted:
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Mar 21, 2016 17:26
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It's not Big Two – nor is it a great book – but Dark Horse's Buzzkill miniseries is about a superhero whose powers manifest under the influence of psychoactive drugs. As you might imagine, the main character has some substance abuse issues as a result.
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Mar 21, 2016 18:50
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I have a bit of affection for the sort of "glossy magazine" design a lot of Marvel covers went for in the Heroes Return era.
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Mar 21, 2016 20:49
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DigitalRaven posted:That showed up in Busiek's Iron Man run (right after Heroes Return), when it's demonstrated that just using the Iron Man armour is killing Tony because something something powerlines are evil something, but he still Iron Man-s it up, and the internal monologue is quite explicit about it being a different form of the same addictive issues he has with booze. I was especially thinking of Spider-Man as a good (probably accidental) addiction allegory. He's tried to quit several times, but keeps on going back to it because he just can't say no, even though it keeps ruining his life and will probably eventually kill him. See also: Daredevil.
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Mar 21, 2016 20:57
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ayy bss Has Metamorpho ever had a team-up adventure with one or more of the Metal Men? If not, well, poop, why not? It seems like an obvious pairing.
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Mar 21, 2016 21:47
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Squizzle posted:ayy bss http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Brave_and_the_Bold_Vol_1_66
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Mar 21, 2016 21:48
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Wheat Loaf posted:I have a bit of affection for the sort of "glossy magazine" design a lot of Marvel covers went for in the Heroes Return era. I like the way Sean Chen did it (he's the artist on that cover, and for much of Busiek's Iron Man), but Larocca's Fantastic Four goes too far for my tastes. All his characters look like someone polished a stress-ball; they're really shiny but you could squeeze them and they'd just deform. Chaos Hippy posted:I was especially thinking of Spider-Man as a good (probably accidental) addiction allegory. He's tried to quit several times, but keeps on going back to it because he just can't say no, even though it keeps ruining his life and will probably eventually kill him. Oh good point on Spider-Man. Thinking about it, that comes up during the Clone Saga of all stories, when Peter and MJ have moved on to let Ben be Spider-Man, only he keeps putting the goddamn costume on and ignoring his pregnant wife. Surprisingly for MJ, she does not take it particularly well.
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Mar 21, 2016 23:03
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Newspaper Spider-Man always has things turned up to batshit, so one story arc has Peter decide to accompany his wife on holiday to get out of town while Sabretooth is running around after him, and just to make sure nobody figures out that Peter Parker is really Spider-Man, he leaves his costume at home. All well and good. Then he passes a burning building while walking around aimlessly and decides he has to help, so he breaks into a costume store and 'borrows' an angel costume to wear while rescuing all the people. He gets given a reward for his good deed so when he returns the angel costume he uses his reward money to buy a Spider-Man costume.
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Mar 21, 2016 23:43
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Ghostlight posted:Newspaper Spider-Man always has things turned up to batshit, so one story arc has Peter decide to accompany his wife on holiday to get out of town while Sabretooth is running around after him, and just to make sure nobody figures out that Peter Parker is really Spider-Man, he leaves his costume at home. All well and good. Then he passes a burning building while walking around aimlessly and decides he has to help, so he breaks into a costume store and 'borrows' an angel costume to wear while rescuing all the people. He gets given a reward for his good deed so when he returns the angel costume he uses his reward money to buy a Spider-Man costume. Pete's not too proud to pay for a costume when he needs it. 
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Mar 22, 2016 00:08
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So he packed his web shooters but not his suit.
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Mar 22, 2016 01:17
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Is anyone still counting drug-fueled heroes? The main guy in Vertigo's "Jacked" gets temporary superstrength from a pill; plot's based heavily on him using the pills and reflecting on his actions as a relief from his midlife crisis. More fun than it sounds, I promise.
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Mar 22, 2016 04:20
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prefect posted:Pete's not too proud to pay for a costume when he needs it. Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1. A random purchase from a newsstand spinner rack when I was a kid that turned out to be awe-inspiring, surprisingly dark, and served as a necessary lead-in to Amazing Spider-Man #289, where they finally revealed the Hobgoblin's identity.
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Mar 22, 2016 04:40
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1. A random purchase from a newsstand spinner rack when I was a kid that turned out to be awe-inspiring, surprisingly dark, and served as a necessary lead-in to Amazing Spider-Man #289, where they finally revealed the Hobgoblin's identity. Spider-man killed a person with his fists!
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Mar 22, 2016 05:02
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bobkatt013 posted:Spider-man killed a person with his fists! To be fair, she was totally asking for it. She was suicidal, and dove head first into a punch meant for Wolverine
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Mar 22, 2016 05:12
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That story had Ned Leeds murdered and revealed to be the hobgoblin right? People then realized it was bull as how could he have been murdered that way if he was the hobgoblin?
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Mar 22, 2016 05:19
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bobkatt013 posted:That story had Ned Leeds murdered and revealed to be the hobgoblin right? People then realized it was bull as how could he have been murdered that way if he was the hobgoblin? I think so? I think it was going to be someone else, who was completely obviously Hobgoblin. Then, because people guessed it way before the reveal, they turned around and said "Oh look, it was Ned all along. You guessed wrong. Don't you look dumb." Pretty sure it was retconned back to the other guy before too long.
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Mar 22, 2016 05:32
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CzarChasm posted:I think so? I think it was going to be someone else, who was completely obviously Hobgoblin. Then, because people guessed it way before the reveal, they turned around and said "Oh look, it was Ned all along. You guessed wrong. Don't you look dumb." I thought it was more stern left without telling people who it was going to be and they went gently caress it its Ned.
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Mar 22, 2016 05:34
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They had to make it Ned because while they were trying to drop clues for who it might be (while not actually knowing who it was due to Stern being gone) they accidentally made it so it couldn't possibly be anyone but Ned. Then later it got retconned so that Ned Leeds was hypnotized to think he was the Hobgoblin(???) and Roderick Kingsley was the original all along.
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Mar 22, 2016 05:36
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bobkatt013 posted:That story had Ned Leeds murdered and revealed to be the hobgoblin right? People then realized it was bull as how could he have been murdered that way if he was the hobgoblin? Spider-Man/Wolverine only had Leeds's murder; the revelation that he was the Hobgoblin came in the main books shortly after.
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bobkatt013 posted:I thought it was more stern left without telling people who it was going to be and they went gently caress it its Ned. Stern's original plan was to keep the mystery up for one issue longer than it took to reveal Osborn as the original Green Goblin. When he left before that could happen, he told DeFalco that Hobgoblin was going to be Roderick Kingsley, but DeFalco wasn't keen and decided Leeds would be a better choice.
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