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Of all the books I have ever, in my life, picked up on a whim, the Capt B and MI-13 series was the one I'm most happy with. It was the good kind of insane. I mean, a fleet of interplanetary spaceships lead by Dracula burning up on reentry because they've had their invitation to Earth revoked is the kind of so-ridiculous-it's-brilliant stuff you can only do with comics.
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davidspackage posted:The guy with the rainbows was Sync(h?), who could take on the powers of mutants near him. Mondo was the barely-used Hawaiian guy who could absorb things. I liked when Chamber got mad at Synch for being able to fly with his powers.
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Endless Mike posted:I liked when Chamber got mad at Synch for being able to fly with his powers. Yeah synch was often better with people's powers than they themselves were. He was like the overachiever in high school who's in like five clubs and on the football team. I liked him a lot and I wish they'd done more with the Synch/Jubilee relationship.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Of all the books I have ever, in my life, picked up on a whim, the Capt B and MI-13 series was the one I'm most happy with. Just to the British Isles, but only because the heroes tricked Dracula into destroying a decoy for the skull of Quincey Morris.
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purple death ray posted:Yeah synch was often better with people's powers than they themselves were. He was like the overachiever in high school who's in like five clubs and on the football team. I liked him a lot and I wish they'd done more with the Synch/Jubilee relationship. I used to have the comic that was mentioned earlier with them in the same panel, both using Jubilee's powers. I remember it actually being pretty cool, but I can't find it.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:52
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 Oh, Jimmy.
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hiddenriverninja posted:
He's watching Batman Vs Superman
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Mar 28, 2017 18:35
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The story, featuring Jimmy's mercenary quest for power, is even more bonkers. Kings are shaken and killers wail.   The tears mix together to create a nuclear bomb. 
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Mar 28, 2017 18:48
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Every time I see an insane Silver or Bronze-age cover, I'm immediately interested in the story. And then if those stories get outlined they're just as amazing and bonkers as I hoped they would be. No wonder they stuck with that formula for so long.
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Holy poo poo Jimmy turning a hot dog into diamonds is amazing. But why not the bun?
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Mar 28, 2017 18:54
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Holy poo poo Jimmy turning a hot dog into diamonds is amazing. But why not the bun? His strange power transmutes hot dog into diamond, and bun into hot dog. It just moves things up one level.
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Mar 28, 2017 18:59
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But can it turn a hot dog into a sandwich?
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ImpAtom posted:But can it turn a hot dog into a sandwich? Jimmy isnt insane enough to try.
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Mar 28, 2017 19:34
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:The story, featuring Jimmy's mercenary quest for power, is even more bonkers. Kings are shaken and killers wail. okay, I admit it, I cringed at Jimmy just loving tearing a page out of that apparently ancient tome. You're the reason we need supervised reading rooms, Olsen.
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Mar 28, 2017 19:43
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Selachian posted:okay, I admit it, I cringed at Jimmy just loving tearing a page out of that apparently ancient tome. You're the reason we need supervised reading rooms, Olsen. Watching that dude in Hannibal eat an original work of art was more ghastly than all the murders.
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It's specifically stated that it was the single legible page. Still incredibly dickery. Super-dickery, in fact.  Jimmy Olsen #115 (one of the classic Superdickery covers) BravestOfTheLamps fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Mar 28, 2017 |
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Mar 28, 2017 20:12
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Ok, what hosed up lesson was Jimmy supposed to learn from that?
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"Get better friends".
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Mar 28, 2017 20:44
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"Even unpowered sidekicks are better than Aquaman"
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Mar 28, 2017 20:59
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I like that Supermans test is basically up to random chance,
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The universe is cruel and unfeeling. Remorseless in it's unmitigated capriciousness. Who would know that better than a man whose homeworld was destroyed, stranding him on a distant world to become a god amongst the locals? It only makes sense that his test reflect that harsh reality.
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Mar 28, 2017 21:58
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:"Get better friends". I'm assuming this lesson applies to Aquaman as well.
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Soonmot posted:It's also because of of Jubilee's defining characteristics is her unrelenting optimism. She's not going to sulk and get broody because she's a vampire, being a vampire is loving awesome! Wow, even without the sparkles, it really is just like Twilight as explained by SMG.
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I would actually be interested in reading SMG's take on Twilight.
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Selachian posted:okay, I admit it, I cringed at Jimmy just loving tearing a page out of that apparently ancient tome. You're the reason we need supervised reading rooms, Olsen. I wouldn't be the one to tell him, check out how cut he is in that last panel.
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SilverSupernova posted:I'm assuming this lesson applies to Aquaman as well. don't you mean applied?
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Mar 29, 2017 09:16
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Another thought about Jimmy's "tear potion" -- if you wanted to be really efficient about it, wouldn't the Joker's tears let you check off two items on the list at once? 
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Mar 29, 2017 15:38
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He only counts for one when he appears in the story.
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Mar 29, 2017 15:49
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I thought it was actually three now?
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:The story, featuring Jimmy's mercenary quest for power, is even more bonkers. Kings are shaken and killers wail. "But how did the man famous for seeing the future know what was going to happen in the future?...Of course!...he could see the future!!"
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Mar 29, 2017 18:25
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Dillbag posted:I thought it was actually three now?
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darthbob88 posted:Last I heard he was just the Clown Prince of Crime, not a full king. Or has that changed? I think he means there's three Jokers now. Or something like that I haven't actually read Rebirth to know what they're doing.
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Mar 29, 2017 19:19
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joker is a clown who kills people.
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Mar 29, 2017 19:21
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:joker is a clown who kills people.
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Mar 29, 2017 19:27
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:The story, featuring Jimmy's mercenary quest for power, is even more bonkers. Kings are shaken and killers wail.
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Mar 29, 2017 20:24
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No, no, no. He's a scary clown.
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So a regular clown then.
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darthbob88 posted:Last I heard he was just the Clown Prince of Crime, not a full king. Or has that changed? I think he's the Clown Prince of Crime in the Machiavellian sense. ...wait, I have an elseworlds/AU idea.
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He told Aquaman back in the 90s that he was king of all land on Earth. Actually, he said he was king of the Earth, but Aqua corrected him when he pointed out that the see takes up far more space on the planet than the land, making him the king. Regardless, he believed him.
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