Page by page, panel by panel annotations of DC Comics' summer events and crossovers
Ah, casual sexism in the 1960s, from Justice League of America #66.
Where else would you see one of the most powerful and iconic female heroes reduced to a home organising shrew complete with apron and feather duster?
As an aside, what the hell is a “psonic computer“?
There I was yesterday, catching up on the blogs I follow, when I saw this post over at Dale’s blog. Long time readers might recognise Dale as being the most prolific commenter here, and also supplied the script for Boy Wonders Part 2. He has a good thing going with skits using action figures but the latest one I linked to . . . * sigh * . . . he’s using a Lego character, and I had to respond . . .
Power Girl’s right – Hal is an idiot.
Hope you like it, Dale!
This is a genuine ad from 1977 where DC were touting stories “featuring the mightiest heroes of our time!”
I’ve blurred the list of names and the cover of the comic.
Before you click the read more link below, take a guess at which five heroes (because of course they’re all men, this was the 70s after all) will star in this comic. I’ll give you a clue – Superman wasn’t one of them.
Have your guesses ready . . .
Continue reading “Who Were The Mightiest DC Heroes In 1977?”
Here’s some good news: Green Lantern will be joining the Earth One collection of books next year.
I have all three Superman titles and both Batman books, along with the Teen Titans (volume 1 – volume 2 is on order) and the Wonder Woman book (though that one’s still on my ever growing too read pile) so I’m looking forward to a new take on GL.
I have to admit to a little disappointment, though, that it’s Hal Jordan in the starring role. One of the strengths of the GL stories is the sheer number of characters – any of the main GLs of Earth aside from Jordan (John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz, Jessica Cruz, even Alan Scott) could have just as easily played the lead.
But Jordan is Green Lantern in the same way that Barry Allen is the Flash; other characters will come along but they’ll always cycle back to those, I suppose.
Mind you, the set-up sounds promising. In this version, Jordan is an . . .
astronaut for Ferris Galactic, and all of the Green Lantern Corps have been murdered by the Manhunters – and its up to him to re-start the group.
Ferris Galactic? Sounds like any future/alien tech of Earth One is a lot more accessible than in the main DCU.
Crisis on Earth-Prime 