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Who are Gog and Magog? – Part I: Background
The character of Magog began as a parody of Rob Liefeld’s Cable in the pages of Kingdom Come and was the most significant character in that series that didn’t already have a parallel in the normal DC Universe. A version eventually made its way into the normal DC Universe, but he never really escaped the [...]
The White Lantern: Maxwell Lord and Magog
This post grew out of a section for the annotations of Justice League: Generation Lost #7 which became too long. I’ll post it here as it’ll be of more general interest – the rest of the annotations will appear shortly. The White Lantern The White Lantern comes from deep into Geoff Johns’ post-Parallax Green Lantern [...]
Who is Maxwell Lord? – Part V: Checkmate
Maxwell Lord had been one of the world’s foremost power brokers. A man who had been entertained by governments, empires, and businesses. Whatever Max wanted to happen happened. His crowning achievement was the formation of the Justice League International, but that – like all Leagues – eventually fell. Max then became embroiled in the affairs [...]
Who 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 [...]
Who is Maxwell Lord? – Part III: The Fall
This is the third part of our profile of Maxwell Lord 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. Biography (cont.) Loss of control: Heimlich, Dreamslayer, and Superman Max’s tenure as the administrator of the Justice [...]
Who is Maxwell Lord? – Part II: The JLI
In the first part of this profile of Maxwell Lord we discussed Maxwell Lord’s publishing history and started his biography. We saw how he made a Faustian bargain with an alien computer system. Now we turn our attention to the golden age of the Justice League International. In Part One: Background, Details, and Biography (Early [...]
Who is Maxwell Lord? – Part I: Origin
Maxwell Lord began life as the amoral power broker responsible for the creation of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’s Justice League International. However, each subsequent appearance has seen his motivations and morals shift until he is today the villain behind Justice League: Generation Lost.
Recent JLA timeline (a work in progress, updated)
This is my first attempt at a timeline of recent JLA related events. There are spoilers involved if you enlarge it. [Click the image to enlarge it] The inspiration for this was a random note on Twitter saying somebody was confused as to the reading order of the JLA books and how events aligned against [...]
The Graduates – Part V: Cyborg
When the Justice League reformed four Graduates moved up from the Titans. So far we’ve examined the recent history of Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, and Starfire. That last of the four Graduates is Cyborg. Cyborg Victor Stone was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez for The New Teen Titans. He first previewed in DC [...]
The Graduates – Part IV: Starfire
We continue with this short series of profiles of the new Graduates, the quartet of characters who have joined the Justice League from the Titans. So far we’ve covered Dick Grayson and Donna Troy, Starfire is next. Starfire Starfire previewed in DC Comics Present #25 (Oct 1980), before making her first real appearance in The [...]
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