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Dr. Hurt posted:Animal Man #26. For context, Animal Man has had his family viciously killed and has been on a cosmic odyssey through continuity nightmares, time, and even limbo to try to find their true killer. It turns out the person responsible is none other than the writer himself. After a bit of conversation and a forced fight, Grant has this to say. Got you.
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Man, that whole run is so good. Though in my typical fashion, probably my favorite thing is something tiny, inconsequential, and unnoticed by everyone else. That being G. Mo using Dumb Bunny to make a joke whose punchline he wouldn't make until decades later in Seven Soldiers.
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Yup. In Animal Man 25, Buddy ends up in Comic Book Character Limbo, where obscure characters people have forgotten about or have their stories retconned out of existence hang out, hoping to be brought back into continuity. There's a lot of name-dropping in the issue that is fun if you're a DC nerd. Also, Buddy's main guides end up being the Inferior Five, a group of losers who each have their own superpower offsetting their major setbacks. One of them is Dumb Bunny, who's basically a ditzy playboy bunny type with super strength. The group is hopeful that they'll have their day back in the sun soon: Jump ahead 16 years to Bulleteer #3, a mini series inside the mini series Seven Soldiers of Justice. It's a really interesting and subversive title, critically examining the way female characters are treated in superhero comics, while hiding behind exactly the sort of cheesecake art that is part of the problem. Also we have a hero who doesn't want to be a superhero, but can do little else after a freak accident gives her invulnerable steel skin and super strength. In this issue, she has gotten a job as a bodyguard at a d-list superhero convention. Naturally the sexy supers on display get far more attention. While discussing how gross this is with a newfound friend, this happens: 
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Choco1980 posted:Yup. In Animal Man 25, Buddy ends up in Comic Book Character Limbo, where obscure characters people have forgotten about or have their stories retconned out of existence hang out, hoping to be brought back into continuity. There's a lot of name-dropping in the issue that is fun if you're a DC nerd. Also, Buddy's main guides end up being the Inferior Five, a group of losers who each have their own superpower offsetting their major setbacks. One of them is Dumb Bunny, who's basically a ditzy playboy bunny type with super strength. The group is hopeful that they'll have their day back in the sun soon: I rather preferred how she was portrayed in Foglio's Angel and the Ape mini, to be honest.
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Parahexavoctal posted:I rather preferred how she was portrayed in Foglio's Angel and the Ape mini, to be honest. That comic also had the best sideburns and bell-bottom pants in the business!
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When he dropped her at the mansion to join the NEW X-MEN cast he said she was his sister.
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Mar 12, 2017 01:00
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Family relations are fluid and ever-changing in comic books. The sooner you accept this, the happier you'll be.
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Rhyno posted:When he dropped her at the mansion to join the NEW X-MEN cast he said she was his sister. I feel like Kyle and Yost really wanted the fraternal/big brother thing, and everyone since has gone the father/daughter route, leading to the movie just straight up having her literally be that.
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Rhyno posted:When he dropped her at the mansion to join the NEW X-MEN cast he said she was his sister.  "She's my daughter and my sister, bub!"
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Gavok posted:
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Gaz-L posted:I feel like Kyle and Yost really wanted the fraternal/big brother thing, and everyone since has gone the father/daughter route, leading to the movie just straight up having her literally be that. Well, half and half really. She's a clone in the "in vitro pregnancy" way, not the "grown in a vat" way. But it's close enough as far as the movie is concerned.
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Wolverine is so frequently painted as an Old Man that a teenage girl being his daughter rather than his sister just is a more natural character relationship between the two.
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The guy is like 150 ain't he? That's pretty fuckin old
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Choco1980 posted:Well, half and half really. She's a clone in the "in vitro pregnancy" way, not the "grown in a vat" way. So.... his daughter.
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Lurdiak posted:So.... his daughter. and his clone. Both work was my point.
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this thread's most divisive panel, now voiced
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Impressions aren't half bad.
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Senior Woodchuck posted:Impressions aren't half bad. 
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Adventures of Superman 500 Posting because of it coming up in the movie thread. Superman is dead, Pa just had a heart attack and is on death's doorstep, and in limbo/purgatory/astral plane/whatever, they find each other and Pa has to convince Superman it's not his time to go.     Still one of my favorite moments in all comics. Never fails to make me misty eyed.
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Oh man, I haven't read that in years. My favourite part has always been smacking Not-Jor-El with a shovel, because it's a callback to the earliest post-Crisis issues of Man of Steel, which reestablished Clark's origins in the new continuity and basically defined his look and supporting cast through the 90s.
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Comics Alliance shut down at the beginning of April, and Comics Beat put up a page from Daytripper by Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon at the end of their article:
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hiddenriverninja posted:Comics Alliance shut down at the beginning of April, and Comics Beat put up a page from Daytripper by Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon at the end of their article: Just a reminder that Daytripper is an amazing book and everyone should read it.
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hiddenriverninja posted:Comics Alliance shut down at the beginning of April, and Comics Beat put up a page from Daytripper by Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon at the end of their article: Ah man Comic alliance shut down? I hope Chris Sims finds another place, I love his articles.
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Yeah, a bad ending can derail lots of stories. Oh well!
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Onmi posted:
And then batman promptly proves himself right.
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Superman's package is now modelled on Henry Cavill's.
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Why is Bats investigating a cereal box? Wait, don't tell me, he's using his detective skills to solve the kids puzzles on the back!
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Choco1980 posted:Why is Bats investigating a cereal box? He's actually wondering what Superboy has been eating because something is messing with his powers which is still pretty funny
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Trying to figure out why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch, duh
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Who's the girl?
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W.T. Fits posted:Who's the girl? There are no girls on that page. The woman is Lois.
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haitfais posted:There are no girls on that page. The woman is Lois. Didn't recognize her in that art style. Also, said art style makes her look like she's 15 or 16 years old, hence my confusion.
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Don't forget, Batman doesn't eat pie.
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No wonder none of his relationships last very long.
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Squidster posted:Rockslide and Anole were the best. a touching moment from an otherwise comedy gold character
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