Good evening owls of /co/,
Sinestro Corps Vril is here to fuck you up
>>81240814
as if Vril would take orders
>>81240901
my only regret is that Vril and Sinestro don't meet face to face
smug so thick you can cut it with a knife
>>81240901
We're approaching dangerous levels of husbando here.
>>81240957
It would be the ultimate smug-off
the faces just keep on coming in this run
>>81241049
Vril is always husbando
So since Vril died and came back in a new body shouldn't he be a Black Lantern? Or was this covered in an issue I missed?
>>81240814
Hello Storyteller.
Last issue was a total clusterfuck that ended in, well, this. It's kind of amazing, honestly.
>>81241079
what's out tomorrow?
>>81241135
he's more scary than he is dead
>>81241135
That's true, but I think that's getting ignored because reasons
Also, true, Stealth would KNOW that.
>>81241154
Omega Men
...I think that's it, this is a very tiny fifth week
I read this review of Insexts today that I think really aptly describes what the series wants to be, but I still think the series falls down at achieving it. Now I'm wondering if there's some obscure German combination word for that exact thing.
>>81241200
so is Wacky Race Land going to be SRS BZNS grimdark, or is it going to be the campy/self-aware side of WH40K/Punisher 2099?
>>81241154
Omega Men and Standoff Cap tie in
>>81240957
the smugness would be too obscene to print
>>81241226
Link, please?
>>81241135
Necron has to manually activate previously resurrected people.
>So and So of So and So... DIE
>>81241053
Gotta say, Black Lantern Stealth is nowhere near as terrifying as the real Stealth when she was alive.
>>81241170
An anon needs our help
>>81241284
>You haven't heard of mai husbando?
>>81241246
>campy/self-aware side of WH40K/Punisher 2099?
Considering who the writer is I'm assuming it will be this
and considering Didio's tastes and the fact that all the HB books are his pet project I don't think he'd go for a srs bsns grimdark take on Wacky Races
>>81241154
Aquaman with Abnett saving his ass after Bunn and editorial wrecked it
Omega Men
Oh and X-Men '92, so it'll be interesting to see how /co/ likes it
>>81241294
Aside from the whole coming back from the dead and outnumbering literally everyone thing, the Black Lanterns were largely push-overs.
>>81241246
I'm almost certain it's parody
>>81241246
>so is Wacky Race Land going to be SRS BZNS grimdark, or is it going to be the campy/self-aware side of WH40K/Punisher 2099?
It's being written by Ken Pntac, who wrote Happy Tree Friends, Sonic Boom, and Sonic Colors. This book is totally taking the piss.
>>81241284
https://peoplewhorant.wordpress.com/2016/03/27/now-tender-now-fierce-reclaiming-abjection-in-marguerite-bennetts-insexts/
I'd give you a warning about this person's ability to integrate academia and review, but it's really no worse than your typical football column in a highbrow paper.
>>81241246
It's not going to be serious, but that still doesn't mean it's going to be good.
>>81241366
>>81241380
Yeah, I thought it was going to be the lighter side of edgy, but people are recoiling from it like it's going to be hardcore. And going high moral dudgeon on Penelope Pitstop's suit.
>>81241498
Oh, that is 100% true, it has a good chance of being awful
>>81241397
oh god I'm already triggered by the (Re)Claiming in the title, it's such a particular kind of academic wordplay. Must power through.
>>81241648
>>81241581
There's something wonderful about the idea everyone in space has the same understanding of what a vampire is.
>>81241581
The requirement for Yellow Lantern recruitment bugs me. "The ability to cause great fear" seems a bit subjective. Take these two fucks here. They're not scary at all, they're kind of adorable, honestly with how dopey they've been acting.
>>81240814
hi storyteller my class let out early so im finally not as tardy to the party!
>>81241762
some of the Sinestro Corps look all cute and fuzzy on the surface
>>81241762
I thought one's own internal fears could also play into it.
>>81241581
>And going high moral dudgeon on Penelope Pitstop's suit.
This is a totally unwinnable situation. She is an archetypal girly-girl character who often lacks agency and was invented literally because they needed a girl on the team, but if you modify her you're ruining yet another female character.
Although I get there's enough, ha ha, mileage in her normal character to go wild with it on a modern take.
>>81241762
To be fair, all Lantern requirements are really vague and general. They basically boil down to "you have emotions, take this ring".
>>81241784
HI ANON
>>81241302
I helped, someone add to my post if it was retarded
>>81241883
THIS GONNA BE GOOD!
which Standoff-related thing is out tomorrow, Cap?
>>81241762
There are some YL who have a whole flipped switch thing. Yeah okay they cute, they can also really not be cute.
>>81241834
This is an amazing idea. The universe's most neurotic lantern.
>>81241853
>The ability to cause great fear... to ants
>>81241931
>This is an amazing idea. The universe's most neurotic lantern.
>>81241853
I think some Sinestro Corps rings select more based on one's minion-ability rather than intimidation.
>>81241648
What is the craziest someone has ever gone with Durlans? These guys have amazing potential for stories.
>>81242004
>[Name] of [planet]: You will make a great meatshield, welcome to the Sinestro Corps
>>81241846
>often lacks agency
Uh, have you actually watched her show? Penelope is like half-dumbass, half-badass.
And honestly, I can understand the complaints against that outfit. It just doesn't suit her character. Unless the apocalypse made her into an edgelord I guess.
>>81241915
oh shit
>>81242060
Keyword is often, not always.
>>81242070
>you already raped and killed me ONCE
>>81242060
>Unless the apocalypse made her into an edgelord I guess
I think the joke is that everyone is an edgelord
>>81242004
>>81242044
Why isn't there a minion corps?
>You have a great lack of independence, welcome to
>>81242116
we've already seen how something focused solely on minions turns out anon...
>>81242116
Who would run it? Everyone is a minion.
>>81242116
Grey Lanterns!
Meh.
>>81242166
shit, they're yellow, too
>>81242185
They would work for hire, obviously. You'd be rented out to masters across the universe.
Of course there would need to some sort of guiding intelligence. But to manage all those minions and power rings you'd need a realbraniac.
>>81242197
this is fucking great
>>81242010
Well, Reep can get pretty crazy sometimes, just kind of turning into random stuff for the hell of it.
There was also that one plot with Yera and Violet.
>>81242285
>>81242288
Has anyone ever sorted out the orange goof vs. tentacle mass default shape?
>>81242336
The execution of this as an event tie-in is pretty good, just having the black lantern shit mostly treated as just another nuisance in the midst of the real plot
>>81241915
>>81242070
>Hehe, fuck you, Dad. I'm totally better than you!
>>81242285
>HELP ME DADDY!!!
Lyrl, you little shit.
>>81242392
That's kids for you!
>>81242382
I appreciate that a lot.
>>81242370
No. They never really explain it, as far as I can tell it's just vaguely implied that the mass of tentacles is the default and the orange goof is them trying to be more friendly.
>>81242197
>In harshest glare, in deepest shade
>I'll do whatever if I get paid
>Let those who scheme and make up plans
>Hire me to guard them - Grey Lantern's Man!
>>81242519
What do I need to do to get Tom King on a multi-issue fleshing out of the Durlan species? There is a lot to work with here.
I'd never even heard of Wacky Races before these new comics but I think the new Penelope Pitstop looks kinda cool.
>>81242513
Starro sure loves that bifurcation cross swipe.
>>81242581
kek someone draw a symbol for this
>>81242373
That's sweet. In a horrifying way.
>>81242513
>>81242751
>>81242751
I see smug runs in the family
>>81242677
It's just a silhouette of a guy shrugging.
>>81242751
I think this is about as close to family bonding time as either of these two are gonna get.
>>81242820
Smug is the family lifeblood
>>81242796
Mikaal/Apollo alert!
>>81242751
Aw man what might have been
>>81242677
You niggas late.
>>81242864
dat pose
>>81242895
there's what I was thinking of!
>>81242871
Yeah cause I'm not in that thread already
>>81242930
are there Zooms, zooming?
>>81242988
;___;
>>81243057
dat sad Dox ;_;
>>81242871
Now make it canon
>>81243057
>oh, what could have been
>>81243092
Sinestro's head is fucking huge here.
>>81243092
>>81243189
DOX VULT
>>81243057
>>81243092
Is that the end of the tie-in? Bit flat.
>>81243214
A++++
>>81243215
kind of
>>81243189
>Braniac family reunion
As long as we're going full on crazy, I really hope they work Braniac 4 into this.
>>81243297
>>81243313
man, I am tired.
>>81241648
Man, I'm trying to read through it too and I'm just not seeing the things she's claiming are in the comic. Am I just stupid?
>>81243358
Busy day?
>>81243189
I wish people would bring back these teasers
>>81243384
Think you can probably also see Insexts as a game of inverting things.
>>81243416
That would require comic books to be comfortable planning that far ahead in this market.
>>81243384
>Am I just stupid?
No,just male.
>>81243189
>by Dox betrayed?
well yeah
>>81243358
>Man, I am tired.
Same. But that's probably because I've been reading all day. One of the things I love about the Tortall books is that they are genuinely gritty. These books never shy away from stuff.
>Stealth is caught in a supermassive blackhole
Sigh. I was really hoping she'd come back to life somehow. I don't think even her insane physiology can bullshit her out of this one.
>>81243358
>>81243407
up early with the dog as usual, didn't sleep well, should go to bed early tonight because he goes to the vet tomorrow at fucking early o'clock
>>81243384
I see the whole monstrous transgression stuff and feminine vengeance, that's all surface. but I've never liked Kristeva or any of the psychoanalytics, so the theory doesn't work for me at all.
>>81242895
but were talking about a minion one thou
i nominate some guy counting money
>>81243532
>>81243529
she was in New 52 Threshold, at least
>>81243523
But I'm a woman.
>>81243487
Lemire's Superboy just before the reboot did a teaser like that and only got to half of them.
>>81243532
I don't have the academic background or knowledge to reference that, but it fits with what I dislike about Insexts refusing to actually eroticize what is horrifying in it.
>>81243552
Internalized maleness, then.
>>81243550
>>81243141
It used to be that big ALL THE TIME!
>>81243550
Giffen said he was going to put the original Starfire in Threshold and I'm still sad he never got to her. Threshold was pretty bad, though.
>>81243529
Doesn't have to, a Black Lantern can reform out of a stray piece of hair. So it's entirely possible that BL Stealth wasn't the real stealth at all.
>>81243585
I'm resisting the urge to make a dirty joke here.
>>81243607
>that last panel in light of current Omega Men
>>81243487
One thing about Rebirth that makes me happy is most to all of the books have the arc name and part right in the solicit, so there's some comfort in planning ahead there
>>81243141
Does it... frighten you?
>>81241397
>We can also situate it firmly in the realm of Victorian horror – a well-explored genre, from Sleepy Hollow to Guillermo Del Toro’s latest effort, Crimson Peak (which I, frankly, have been too scared to watch.)
We're supposed to take this person seriously?
>>81243691
It's makes me glad how fuckable Sinestro is now, especially in his solo
>>81243577
So you want it to be more explicit? Or own up to its own titillation factor?
>>81243623
The alien freedom fighter Starfire?
>>81243746
>>81243729
Did you read the latest issue of JL3001?
>>81243666
:(
Also, we should read Omega Men from the top sometime. I started it and it's really interesting to see what King pulled from it, as well as pretty good.
>>81243803
I did when that page was posted, yes.
>>81243750
Yeah. He said he was going to change her name, but no one like her ever showed up.
>>81243816
I am totally game for that.
>>81243729
I will forever appreciate that Sinestro's solo opened up with him wrestling a tiger half naked
>>81243826
Stripper Sinestro was a reason to keep living
>>81243857
Thank god for that desu, remember bargain bin Rocket Raccoon, I mean, Captain K'Rot?
>>81243902
how is it that Bunn gave us exactly what we both wanted and needed on that book, and his Aquaman was such a half-baked mess?
>>81243803
I drank it in, anon
>>81243729
Sinestro and Captain Cold "coincidentally" got a lot sexier after Geoff Johns wrote them.
>>81243746
I probably won't be able to explain too well what I think lets down Insexts. A while ago people were talking about it here and some anon referred to something which was awful creepy (but artistically accomplished) Nausicaa hentai. This thing was about a million times more effective as erotic horror than Insexts because what was scary there - the bugs, the gore, the transformations, dependencies, pregnancies, etc. were all portrayed in an erotic light. The action was horrific, the setup was sexual.
I think that kind of repulsive dichotomy, or that repulsion which you can't help but connect to (in this instance because it is a violation of what you feel being human is) is something Insexts wants to achieve but doesn't do very well.
I would be in favour of it being more explicit though because I mean, who is it marketed to? What is it going to lose sails over if it were to be fully r-rated?
>>81244063
>sails
FML
>>81244060
Johns seems to be good at that and homoeroticism
>>81244016
He doesn't like Aquaman, simple as that. The whole thing was clearly forced on him, that's why writers should never, ever write characters they don't like.
>>81244063
I think I see what you're going for--for supposedly being so transgressive, the sex is presented pretty airbrushed/tame? It never quite hits that point where the brain has that guilty "want to fap" in addition to the obvious "ewww what"?
>>81244126
That's why Venditti should get off GL and stop being a dick to my poor husbando
>>81244142
>>81244118
And yet strangely very restrained when it comes to waifus. One anon suggested Dawny could be his Legion waifu (and I could believe it, she WAS in that JLA Adventures movie), but even if that were true he was never as blatant on his waifuism as, say, Bendis.
>>81244063
Mushi Mezuru Himegimi?
>>81244118
Too bad all that homoeroticism is strictly on the dudes.
>>81244178
Ciji: both cute and OH GOD WHAT
>>81244184
his husbandoism can get pretty blatant
>>81244142
Nah, because it's not like I was turned on by either of these things. I think how something grotesque is put across can really affect its impact, but I'm gonna give up on this because I don't have a clear idea how to make my argument.
>>81244184
I think it helps that he's a fan of the ENTIRE Legion as opposed to one or two of the cute girls.
>>81244184
I'd guess Mera is his waifu.
>>81244190
There was a bit of Cyclone/Stargirl, but not much, yeah.
>>81244239
It can, but I don't think it often turns into the kind of "shitting on other characters" that we see via Bendis, he just neglects.
>>81244261
Thanks for the link, anon. It's worth trying to figure out our reactions to shit.
>>81244239
Yeah, but in an industry of writers who grew up as masturbating virgins it's not very often you see blatant husbandoism, so Johns is kind of unique in that way.
>>81244186
Googling tells me yes, assuming you don't mean the short story.
>>81244063
Just judging by the article, all the "horrificness" is assumed, with a dash of gender politics on the side.
>There’s definitely comedy here, too. After Harry’s *very* messy death scene (blood and entrails everywhere) Mariah picks up the egg that is left in his husk of a body, immediately ripping it open with her teeth (because of course that’s what you do…?) to liberate the wee baby inside, remarking “Oh, my lady! He has your hair!” before moving on to, “I’ll take care of the corpse, my ladylove.” They are hilariously unperturbed by the horror and gore of it all, and maybe that’s because they’ve experienced much, much worse just, you know, being women who inhabit the world. I think that the message here is that on the scale things that are truly horrific, sexual assault and misogynistic violence > blood and guts
>>81244302
that Hakk face
>>81244302
>It can, but I don't think it often turns into the kind of "shitting on other characters" that we see via Bendis, he just neglects.
that's true, he just raises his husbandos up a little and might neglect other characters but he doesn't usually shit on anybody unnecessarilyaside from the occasional gentle and loving jabs at Batman
>>81244206
I like Ciji.
>>81244184
>One anon suggested Dawny could be his Legion waifu
I still stand by that assertion. Dawny is everywhere in his Legion stuff. Though what the other anon said about her power essentially knowing where the plot is might have something to do with it.
>>81244345
>ey are hilariously unperturbed by the horror and gore of it all, and maybe that’s because they’ve experienced much, much worse just, you know, being women who inhabit the world.
uhh... no? I'm pretty sure the act of being a Victorian woman is not generally equivalent to ripping somebody to shreds and laying eggs in his guts
>>81244345
Sometimes, a cigar is just bad writing.
>>81244360
>the occasional gentle and loving jabs at Batman
That's like saying Caesar got a bunch of friendly pats on the back from Brutus.
>>81244426
Iunno, they were pretty shitty to women in those days.
>>81244438
oh please, when has Johns ever been straight up shitty about Batman
>>81244345
See, I thought that was a kind of assumptive reading of it. I figured that they were just going for black comedy because realistic reactions to guts everywhere would've ruined the kind of story they were going for.
>>81244350
>>81244360
Batsy can take it, none of the jabs he takes can do any real harm to Batman's standing as a character
>>81244345
>and maybe that’s because they’ve experienced much, much worse just, you know, being women who inhabit the world
Or maybe it's because they're murderous insect-women and have probably done this before?
>>81244511
>>81244508
I only read the first issue, but it needs to be more over the top than it is to get into black comedy territory. It's very earnest.
>>81244519
No, because that's the first time they do anything like that in the story.
>>81244508
There barely seems to be a story in Insexts, which is another of my problems with it.
>>81244468
But did they disembowel them and lay eggs in their guts?
>>81244543
delicious Captain Comet
>>81244481
Do I really need to dump the entire folder?(I don't actually have a folder)
>>81244360
I love Geoff Johns and love Batman and I have never been annoyed at his shitting on Bruce. I've seen far worse from writers that love Batman too much.
>>81244590
how is that shitting on Batman
>>81244508
>I figured that they were just going for black comedy because realistic reactions to guts everywhere would've ruined the kind of story they were going for.
Eh, I'm kinda annoyed when a horror/slasher style story has characters respond to everything they see with sardonic detachment. Its rarely ever pulled off well.
>>81244571
KEIKAKU
>>81244647
>>81244635
DIdn't Batman get Hal back too or am I thinking of something else
>>81244694
Yes, he did later on.
>>81244710
>>81244635
Is that a serious question? The whole scene is ridiculous. Bruce acts like a petulant child despite the fact he already forgave Hal before, he tries to restrain him with a FUCKING BAT-ROPE and then gets decked accross the face (Batman, expert martial artist, is caught off-guard by some pilot who hasn't thrown a punch in years) with Guy cheering in the background, like saying "yeah! That's what you get for "one punch!"!
>>81244694
yeah a few issues into GL
>>81244744
>>81244694
And that was stupid too. Batman is a grown up man, he doesn't care about "being even".
>>81244803
>Batman
>not a manchild
>>81244799
THOSE FACES
>>81244710
WHY IS EVERYONE YELLING AT LYRL? DID HE DO SOMETHING DOUCHEY AGAIN?
>>81244590
>ONE TINY NEGATIVE THING HAPPENED TO MAH HUSBANDO!!! AH BLOO HOO HOO
Bat-fags are whiny as hell. Try being a fan of a character who isn't editorial's darling sometime. You'll fucking kill yourselves, apparently. Goddamn.
>>81244803
Then there was "Batman walks right into having Wally call him out on his dead Robins when he tries to lecture Wally about letting his kids play superhero"
>>81244817
>greentexting
>a valid way of discussing anything
>>81244749
>Bruce acts like a petulant child despite the fact he already forgave Hal before, he tries to restrain him with a FUCKING BAT-ROPE and
Bruce went back and forth multiple times on whether or not he forgave Hal (multiple times as written by JMD, even) so I don't think acting like a paranoid dick again is somehow shitting on Bruce
>then gets decked accross the face (Batman, expert martial artist, is caught off-guard by some pilot who hasn't thrown a punch in years)
Hal fucking loves punching things, just because he didn't have to punch people as the Spectre doesn't mean he forgot how. Whether Bruce should be immune to sucker punches is one thing but I don't see how it's shitting on Batman
>with Guy cheering in the background, like saying "yeah! That's what you get for "one punch!"!
that is 100% in character for Guy
It's not a particularly good scene but holy fuck people get really hung up on it
>>81244845
>>81244859
Oh, there's more, far more. How about Hal constantly bringing up the fact that Batman has no powers, or John claiming he's not scary at all in Rebirth? Or Lightning Lad constantly shitting on him?
>>81244803
It was petty, sure, as was this
still not really getting any "Geoff hates Batman!!!" vibes from any of this
>>81244866
That made Wally look like way more a dick, though.
>>81244896
this is making me think about that "they put that in there, wow" joke in Deadpool when he's regrowing his tiny hand
People forget that Parallax was influencing everyone in that mini, so pretty much every character sans the Lanterns was dickier than usual.
>>81244952
I keep meaning to make an archive of "dick jokes with strategic covering in comics"
I remember there being a good Thor one with Volstagg covering someone's eyes
>>81244952
Oh shit, it's a Despero Funko Pop!
>>81244999
There was that nice Hercules one in Avengers Academy
>>81244999
>>81244892
And then lets get to the SECOND part of why it's dumb.
Distrusting the guy who a few years back, murdered a few of his coworkers, is not being a paranoid dick. It's being mentally cognizant. "Wasn't me guys, previously unknown yellow bug mind controlled me into it."
Even given the superheroic milieu, it's a ridiculously shaky alibi.
>>81244927
>WAAAAH, SOMEONE MADE FUN OF MAH BRUCEY-POO!
Cry the fuck more. And for the record, Batman indeed isn't scary. He's a crazy rich dude in a bat costume constantly crying out for mommy and daddy. The epitome of pure terror to be sure.
Also, Lightning Lad wasn't shitting on him. The two didn't get along because Batman doesn't trust time travelers. Garth seemed to be mostly indifferent to him before he started being a douche.
>>81245027
Yeah, that's quality
There's also "Pants! Pants for Hercules!" in Spider-Island
>>81245126
>>81245146
After several days of being good at it, today I made the dog yelp a few times before I got his shot right. I feel so awful when I bungle it.
>>81245121
I'm not just talking about their team-up, when they go into the Batcave in the future he shits on Batman too. Frankly, I don't see why you think I'm this kind of huge obsessed Batman fanboy, truth is I don't really care if Johns hates him, I just find it amusing that people will deny this to their last breath, as if Johns doesn't have hang-ups of his own, like his frankly atrocious handling of supporting cast or his writing of women in general.
>>81245224
>>81244060
Thank you based Johns
>>81245243
well, he is a Dox
>>81245288
>>81244859
lyrl was the ulti douche
he was such a douche he can start a douche lantern corps, he can send his douche rings far and wide trying to find those like him of doche potential to spend their days spreading douchery through the galaxy but never surpassing his douche levels. he can become the guardian douche ascending beyond this mortal realm and going on to a world of douchenirvana where he shall spend his days contemplating douchenes.
so yes, yes he did do something douchey
>>81245288
Yeah, Starro was kind of an idiot hiring this guy.
>>81245230
frankly I don't give a shit what Johns does or doesn't do to Batman, but Batwank annoys the fuck out of me so I don't mind the ribbing
>>81245310
>>81245230
>I'm not just talking about their team-up, when they go into the Batcave in the future he shits on Batman too.
Oh, I see. You've made an error. See, Garth is a bit of a chucklefuck, if you hadn't noticed. He talks shit about a lot of people, not just Batman.
>>81245371
Remember the last time Vril was on earth, there were hilarious Eclipso shenanigans
>>81245230
Never forget that Johns overrode Kesel's intent that Superboy be a clone of Westfield because he had that ridiculous fan theory about him being a clone of Luthor.
>>81245441
>>81245378
It's about seeing the bigger picture, man. If this was just Garth shitting on Batman then sure, there's nothing weird going on, but when you consider the fact that so many other characters under Johns' pen shit on Batman, or make fun of Batman, or embarrass Batman, it's very telling.
>>81245288
>>81245310
>>81245371
And Lyrl went full on Starcream. WHAT A FUCKING SURPRISE.
>>81245446
I prefer the retcon actually.
>>81245463
>Son, I beat Lobo...
>>81245446
that was actually a good idea though
Paul Westfield is a literally who, Lex being the other daddy is much better
>>81245524
You can really lock someone up with some of those arm twists, that one looks almost like sankyo
>>81245552
Luthor was a literally who to Kon, Westfield was someone he actually had a connection to.
>>81245569
LOL
O
L
>>81245569
Chip off the ole block...huh Vril?
>>81245590
>>81245491
Well then you know what? GOOD. Batman could use a bit of beating down. Batman is a fucking cancer on DC as a whole, and anything that makes his annoying as fuck fans cry and consider slitting their own wrists is fine by me.
Can we please stop this insipid conversation now?
>>81245569
>goddamn my asshole son really is just like me
>>81245589
>Luthor was a literally who to Kon
But he wasn't.
>>81245644
>dat lyrl oh shit face
>>81245589
Lex Luthor is not a literally who to anyone, anon
>>81245569
Do you do akido, OP?
>>81245644
dem Lyrl faces
>>81245644
>a historic
>A historic
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Y
>>81245701
I'm extremely out of practice and need to get back into it and probably can barely roll now, but yes
>>81244866
That was Waid not Johns
Johns had the "you only touched me because I let you" one though
>>81245230
He's one of the few big writers who even understands that supporting cast is necessary, even if he neglects them at times.
>>81245761
Neat
>>81245761
ha ha!
thanks for reading, more tomorrow (and the day's new comics!)
>>81245661
>>81245690
Luthor was a guy he didn't like, Westfield was someone he really hated.
>>81245808
Thanks OP!
>>81245761
>Oh, Lyrl.
>>81245656
>Batman is a fucking cancer on DC
40 keks, Batman is the only reason DC can compete with Marvel at the minute.
>>81245661
>>81245690
Superboy had no idea who Lex Luthor was when he was "born" and even after that he barely knew him. Their whole connection was manufactures by Johns. I can see how the idea might seem appealing to people unfamiliar with the character's past but to those who followed him since his first appearance it was extremely annoying how Johns forced his own fan-theories on Kon.
>>81245808
Thanks for posting as always, Storyteller.
Everybody is trolling everybody else.
>>81245633
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c
>>81245808
Thanks OP
>>81245919
I've read his earliest stories, and liked them a lot, but Paul Westfield is an incredibly forgettable character.
>>81246077
Yes, but at least he had a connection to Superboy, he contributed to giving Kon his own identity. When you take that aspect of his origin and make it so he's the literal lovechild of an established hero and his archnemesis you're making him accessory to another character's story.
>>81246219
He's already an accessory to Superman's story. He's Superboy.
>>81242010
possibly the Invasion storyline that ended the original OmegaMen run and started L.E.G.I.O.N. 89
Fuckers were fuck huge spaceships and everything
>>81246465
A clone that was made to be like him, with all the angst that involves.
Johns's retcon didn't even lead to any great stories that could only be told with a Superboy-as-Luthor's-clone, it was pure self-indulgent fan-turned-pro wank, a pointless bit of additional trivia that was only good for about eight years.
>>81245808
Thanks as always OP
>>81245441
>Remember the last time Vril was on earth, there were hilarious Eclipso shenanigans
Forgetting the Omega Men miniseries where they fought Superman, Vril and his robots, and Lady Styx?
>>81247357
Opp, we missed that one. It's in the chronology. Weird art. We'll get it later.
>>81245808
Thanks OP.
