Infinite Crisis - The Aftermath

[stevelabny]

It sounds like it was written by a 12 year old trying to sound edgy.

Cuz it was written by Judd Winick. Who writes two things: Politics, badly. And out of place preaching about gay rights, badly.

OYL GA is bad, possibly only topped by Outsiders, also by Winnick, which is completely unreadable.

 

[stevelabny]

Oh, and I forgot the other thing I despised about the end of Crisis.

Wonder Woman telling Batman "It's not worth it" is fine if you insist on "redeeming" her, but the two of them not checking the rubble for Alexander was silly.

And then Alex showing up alive in Gotham just to be taken out by the Joker was just an embarassingly bad cop-out. The heroes can't stop the villains, so we're gonna let them all take care of each other? And then Superboy-Prime is just handed off to the Lanterns (because, historically, they do a GREAT job of keeping people locked up.)

It's absolutely MIND-BOGGLING that they really did opt for NONE of the good guys to be killers or less forgiving, but they then broke every bad guy in the DCU out of prison again. How exactly do those two things go together?

 

[warlord]

So because Superman doesn't have powers anymore he mysteriously lost 10 strands of DNA?

 

[Filby]

Eh, I liked it. Only thing that really bugged me was Kal-L going down so quickly.

One thing that hasn't come up in this thread but about which I've heard a lot of people complain elsewhere -- I'm glad they let Superboy-Prime live. Not because I particularly like him as a character, but because it seemed fitting. Earth's heroes showed him mercy when he deserved none whatsoever, thus proving him totally wrong about all the bile he was spitting about them being too dark and violent. Meanwhile, as the curtain closes, he's carved a bloody "S"-symbol into his own flesh and is spouting hackneyed threatening curses: the very "Image" (heh heh) of the psychotic wannabe "heroes" he so hates.

I found the irony quite delicious.

 

[Klaus]

Hmm? Actually, he's never called that since that is (or was) the Wizard's name. The only place he's referred to in that fashion is on covers and in advertising because of that damn copyright thing.

Now, if nothing else, this solves Freddy's big problem of what to call himself, if he's now able to go as 'Captain Marvel'. If that's Freddy in the red-and-gold.

I was speaking precisely of the covers, and non-fan talk. Like a site giving news about the 'Shazam movie'. So, if I'm correct, he IS Shazam. I also think Freddy graduated and Mary is still there.

Bart has been aged two years, so he's now 18 (Wally turned 20 in one of his first issues as Flash -- the Titans gave him a party and Nightwing mentioned him not being a 'teen' anymore).

 

[horacethegrey]

One thing that hasn't come up in this thread but about which I've heard a lot of people complain elsewhere -- I'm glad they let Superboy-Prime live. Not because I particularly like him as a character, but because it seemed fitting. Earth's heroes showed him mercy when he deserved none whatsoever, thus proving him totally wrong about all the bile he was spitting about them being too dark and violent. Meanwhile, as the curtain closes, he's carved a bloody "S"-symbol into his own flesh and is spouting hackneyed threatening curses: the very "Image" (heh heh) of the psychotic wannabe "heroes" he so hates.

I found the irony quite delicious.

I too also liked the fact that they let him live, it gives the DC Universe a potentially interesting villain to toy with in the future.

 

[Klaus]

So because Superman doesn't have powers anymore he mysteriously lost 10 strands of DNA?

No. But for some reason, his cells are actively refusing to absorb solar energy (all he managed to do was get a tan when Doctor Light and The Ray tried to supercharge him).

At any rate, if he does get Lois pregnant, I'd say that the baby won't start absorb solar energy until it is born, making it a safe pregnancy for Lois. It'd take 6 or 7 years for the baby to show the first signs of invulnerability (as per Man of Steel), 10 to 12 for superstrength and 17 to 18 years to manifest flight (the last power to appear). And, being half-human, one can assume that the baby would be much weaker than Superman, but possibly immune to kryptonite and not as vulnerable to magic (Supes' two weaknesses).

 

[Kesh]

No. But for some reason, his cells are actively refusing to absorb solar energy (all he managed to do was get a tan when Doctor Light and The Ray tried to supercharge him).

At any rate, if he does get Lois pregnant, I'd say that the baby won't start absorb solar energy until it is born, making it a safe pregnancy for Lois. It'd take 6 or 7 years for the baby to show the first signs of invulnerability (as per Man of Steel), 10 to 12 for superstrength and 17 to 18 years to manifest flight (the last power to appear). And, being half-human, one can assume that the baby would be much weaker than Superman, but possibly immune to kryptonite and not as vulnerable to magic (Supes' two weaknesses).

Thus, setting up the next generation for a new Superboy, and a new Superman!

 

[fanboy2000]

And, being half-human, one can assume that the baby would be much weaker than Superman, but possibly immune to kryptonite and not as vulnerable to magic (Supes' two weaknesses).

Kryptonite is still harmful to humans, it gave Lex Luthor cancer, for example. However, it takes a longer exposure time, so you may still be right in that it doesn't have the immediate effect it has on Superman.

 

[Piratecat]

Folks probably already know this, but it's fun seeing our own JonRog writing the new Blue Beetle.