An Imaginary Thread: What If We Talked Elseworlds And Stuff?

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Mr Wind Up Bird: Jan 23, 2004; i'm a goddamn coward
but then again so are you

muscles like this? posted:

The biggest problem with Elseworlds comics in general was too often they ended up with things basically turning out like they usually do. Do anything they want with Kal-El or Bruce Wayne and by the end of the story they end up as Superman and Batman.

That's probably why I like the vampire Batman series the best. There is no happy ending to it where Batman just is Batman as a vampire (except for the first one, which is the worst.)

That's why my favorite Elseworlds is the Teen Titans: Scissor Paper Stone story Adam Warren did. The basic story is that in the distant future there's a giant unstoppable threat approaching humanity and a witch with the power to make any kind of belief structure "true" takes it on herself to try and stop it. In an inspired moment, she decides that since superheroes always win, why not try to emulate one of the ancient teams? She's kind of like Raven after all. So she collects a teenage girl who, after he body was horribly burned in a fire, has her mind put into a military android, a corpse that has it's nervous system possessed an energy alien, and her boyfriend with Batman's brain. With her rough Teen Titans in place they go and fight the good fight and save the day but only after countless destruction and her boyfriend/Batman has to sacrifice himself.

It's full of Adam Warren manga fight scenes and dialog and is just generally a joy to look at and read. But my favorite part is the last few panels.

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 17:20

Mr Wind Up Bird: Jan 23, 2004; i'm a goddamn coward
but then again so are you

What was really weird about Scissors Paper Stone was when they showed up in one of the Teen Titans cartoon shorts.

This came out last year. The book came out in 1997. It has never once been mentioned a single time in any book or context between these two appearances and maybe a tiny handful of people in the entire world would have ever made the connection.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2013 04:49

Mr Wind Up Bird: Jan 23, 2004; i'm a goddamn coward
but then again so are you

Gavok posted:

Injustice and Batman '66, I guess.

I'm still waiting for more non-TV villains to show up in that series. So far we've gotten Dr. Harleen Quinzel and Joker wearing the Red Hood helmet, but that's it.

You mean, like, not even from the cartoon? Were Clock King and Mad Hatter on the Adam West show?

# ¿ Nov 26, 2013 17:11

Mr Wind Up Bird: Jan 23, 2004; i'm a goddamn coward
but then again so are you

Servoret posted:

Yes.

I hope that they are saving Chandell for an annual. Liberace is probably the most obvious choice for a 60s Batman villain but also one I had never considered before.

# ¿ Nov 27, 2013 00:48

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