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- WW’s new look would be a good costume for Donna Troy, but I’m not so sure for Diana. I wonder if it’ll just last for a particular story arc. #
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Asides From Twitter for 2010-06-30
Short review: Booster Gold #33
Credits: Written by Keith Giffen & J. M. DeMatteis, pencils by Chris Batista, inks by Rich Perrotta and Prentis Rollins, coloured by Hi-Fi, lettered by Sal Cipriano, while “assistant editor Rex Ogle and editor Mike Siglain are desperately looking for Andy Helfer’s phone number”
Synopsis: Booster takes a break from his hunt for Maxwell Lord to stop a rampaging giant called Brigadoom. The JLA’s Cyborg starts to lecture Booster about the properly damage his fight with Brigadoom caused, but Booster stops him and angrily refutes his dismissal to the JLI. Booster then an idea how he can prove Max’s existence to a skeptical world. He may be able to convince people about Max if he can find conclusive evidence from the past that Max existed – something not covered by Max’s hypnotic suggestions. Booster goes back in time to shortly after the formation of the Justice League International, but J’onn J’onzz instantly recognises that he’s a different Booster Gold. He can’t convince J’onn that he means no harm so he teleports away and then returns while J’onn isn’t looking. Booster sneaks into Max’s offices and steals a JLI induction video tape. Unfortunately the tape vanishes from Booster’s hands the moment he returns with it to the present day.
Continuity
- Booster was saved months of healing after Rip Hunter sent him to a 28th century hospital to recover from the injuries he suffered in Justice League: Generation Lost #1.
- This issue probably takes place concurrently to Justice League: Generation Lost #2 – it would be sometime after the scene where Booster talks to Batman (which is referenced by Booster in this issue), but before he returns to the New York Embassy.
- Rip Hunter still doesn’t know who Maxwell Lord is.
- A very drunk Booster was once interviewed for Maxem magazine and he unwisely claimed to have bedded Black Canary.
- Maxwell Lord was fastidiously clean (his bathroom is spotless). The cleaning was handled by maids that Booster had assumed were there for other duties. Max also recorded and catalogued every TV appearance he ever made.
Opinion: What’s nice about this issue is that we get space to look at Booster’s feelings about Max and his return. He’s been the most ardent proponent in Generation Lost for tracking Max down, but there hasn’t been room to explore that subplot yet. It’s also interesting to see Booster become proactively involved with something and not just waiting for Rip Hunter to send him on an assignment. In this issue Booster Gold is very defensive of the JLI and even of the Max from the era. His blow up while talking with Cyborg (shown above) is a good demonstration of this and you can’t quite lose the feeling that he’s speaking for Giffen and DeMatteis. They were the original writers of the JLI and they’re paired together again for this short run on Booster Gold. The humour works well and the visit back to the JLI doesn’t feel forced. The art is great, I like it that Batisia and co. are able to get real expression into their characters (particularly during the JLI flashback).
4.0
Discuss thisWho is Maxwell Lord? – Part IV: The Super Buddies
And now dear reader, we enter the strange twilight world of the Super Buddies! Whence last we encountered him, our plucky hero – to wit: Maxwell Lord IV – had been turned into a digital consciousness by the nefarious activities of the Kilg%re. Yet, Max had managed to divest himself of his overlord and the equally shadowy Arcana.
- In Part One: Background, Details, and Biography (Early Life).
- In Part Two: Taking over the JLI, Fall of the Kilg%re, Max’s telepathic talent, and Shenanigans, JLI Style.
- In Part Three: Loss of control: Superman, Heimlich & Dreamslayer, and the First Death of Maxwell Lord,
Biography (cont.)
The Super-Buddies – or- Formerly known as a good idea
Max had been absent from the Chronicles for some time when he resurfaced with a brand new enterprise. The Justice League International had been about helping people world-wide, but this time Max was going to organise a group that could help people on a neighbourhood level. His new dream was of accessible heroes who were free from corporate or political interests and were instead backed by a not for-profit organisation based in a strip mall in the New York suburbs. Max needed help to realise this dream so he rescued L-Ron, Manga Khan’s former lackey, from his dead-end burger-flipping job and set about recruiting their old JLI friends to his new cause.
Asides From Twitter for 2010-06-25
- Justice League: Generation Lost’s Judd Winick recalls the genesis of the series with Ain’t It Cool News Comics http://tinyurl.com/2fwyj6y #
Fan Film Friday: Batman: City of Scars
In terms of fan-films you can’t get much more well recognised than Bat in The Sun productions. Their new production Batman: City of Scars has just premiered on Daily Motion. It was made by the brothers Aaron Schoenke (writer, screenplay, editor, director, producer) and Sean (screenplay, composer, producer). Batman and the Joker are played by Kevin Porter and Paul Molnar who reprise their roles from the Schoenke’s Batman Legends.
The official description of the film is:
When the Joker escapes from Arkham and murders the parents of a young boy, Batman recalls the pain of losing his own parents as a child. He is pushed past his limits to the point where his focus becomes revenge on all who stand in his way, including many of Gotham’s underworld. Finally, Batman is forced to look at the psychological profile of his own mind and accept the consequences of his life to find resolve.
The result is amazing. This isn’t just another re-edit or parody, this is a full-on, high-quality 30 minute episode. I may even suggest that their Batman does a better “Batman Voice” than Christian Bale. The look of it reminds me a lot of the Batman: Arkham Asylum game.
If you liked the film you may want to take a look at their appeal for the Red Eye charity which works with inner city kids.
[Via: The Forbidden Planet and Spin Off Online]
Superman TAS: Stolen Memories
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Episode Credits
| Writer | Director | Music | Voice Director |
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| Rich Fogel | Curt Geda | Michael McCuistion | Andrea Romano |
| Main Cast | Guest Cast | ||
| Tim Daly | Superman/Clark Kent | Christopher McDonald | Jor-El |
| Dana Delany | Lois Lane | David Kaufman | Jimmy Olsen |
| Clancy Brown | Lex Luthor | Lauren Tom | Angela Chen |
| Corey Burton | Brainiac | ||
| Victor Brandt | Professor Hamilton | ||
| Townsend Coleman | Programmer | ||
| Art Director | Animation Timing Director | Storyboard | Character/Prop Design |
| Glen Murakami |
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Park Se Hyun | ||
| Series Story Editors | Series Writers | Series Directors | Producers |
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| Haven Alexander | |||
| Executive Producers | |||
| Jean MacCurdy | |||
| Theme: Shirley Walker | |||
Synopsis
Previously in Part One of “The Last Son of Krypton”: Earthquakes shake the planet Krypton as it shudders towards it doom. The quakes are dismissed by all save the scientist Jor-El and the Brainiac computer system, an artificial intelligence that maintains and guards Krypton’s computer networks. Jor-El tries to alert the ruling Council, but his efforts are frustrated by Brainiac who knows that its own survival would be endangered if the Council diverted its processors to calculate an evacuation plan. Brainiac secretly downloads its intelligence, including Krypton’s cultural history and science, into a space probe and then leaves Krypton to its fate. Jor-El only has time to save his infant son, Kal-El, in a prototype rocket ship before Krypton explodes. Kal-El’s safely arrives on Earth where, as an adult, he becomes the superhero called Superman.
Worldsfinest’s take on the Justice League
This is a pencils/photoshop piece by Worldfinest on Deviant Art. He takes the classic Justice League and renders them in an animated style that reminds me of the one used for the Legion of Superheroes cartoon.
[Via: Geek Speak]
Asides From Twitter for 2010-06-23
- DC Comics go digital – unfortunately they’ve locked themselves into Apple’s Stalinist eco-system. Hopefully a proper version will follow. #
- Although, the DC App has it’s 1st exclusive content – Justice League Generation Lost #4 a day before the comic shops http://bcool.bz/b66ULV #
- And speaking of Generation Lost #4 IGN have a 5-page preview http://bit.ly/9FNOmI #
- Ah, DC digital comics are on the PC desk top – they just hide it well. I will have to investigate. http://comics.comixology.com #
- Lets try out this DC Comics thing then… #
- … sign-up for account with comixology.com – the usual wait for confirmation e-mail… #
- Okay, confirmation e-mail arrived, logged into site. What do we see. Basic, but fast. Could do with a little gloss, but not bad. #
- DC Comics store, select Justice League: Generation Lost #4 – interesting its 2.99 while the other issues are 1.99. Onwards… #
- … standard e-commerce basket and checkout system. Enter credit card details – it’ll be a pain if I need to fill out that each time. #
- Comic appears under “My Comics” section. I’m slightly worried by the v. short terms – I’d have like more details about what they promise… #
- …will happen if their service ever vanishes. #
- Firefox stutter… loads first page, but then stalls. Let’s try Google Chrome…. #
- ah, far nicer experience. #
- I take it back — this site isn’t fast – it’s blisteringly fast. Very surprising, but welcome. #
- Image size is significantly larger than the normal web-previews, colours are crisp and bright. Page turn is fast. #
- Overall I’m quite impressed with what they’ve done so far. That said, the inferface is woefully basic and its locked into a web-browser. #
- Let me download the comic and I’ll be happy, but I don’t think I’m quite ready to trust my entire collection to the cloud just yet. #
Asides From Twitter for 2010-06-22
- Odd typo in Generation Lost #3 Checkmate’s head is named as Taleb Beni Khalid-Isr, but Isr isn’t part of his name it’s his nationality. #
- Re-reading Checkmate v2 again makes he think it’d make a great TV show. #
- Doh! Of course, it would be Captain Boomerang that got Brightest Day’ed. Boomerangs always come back! http://bit.ly/cb7ecM #
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