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Speaking of, I'm pretty sure I haven't discussed the new JLA with you guys, so I haven't commented on the team's exceedingly bizarre roster. Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Sim Baz Green Lantern, Star Girl, Vibe, Katana, Catwoman and Steve Trevor (that's who the dude with the body armor, is, I think, she's he's the JLA's liaison to A.R.G.U.S.)? That's such a bizarre assortment that I'm actually genuinely interested in reading about them, although David Finch's art certainly doesn't hurt. Of the group, the only one that really strikes me as off is Catwoman, but I'm sure plenty of you guys can give me reasons why a cat-themed thief with a heart of gold might join an elite team of superheroes to save the world (or how she would be useful to said team). I just hope writer Geoff Johns has a better plan for these guys than he had for Justice League. Over a year in and it still feels like some kind of introductory comic I ordered off a back of a cereal box. (Via Comic Book Resources)
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Oh boy. I can't wait to see my home state represented. I assume it will be a picture of Martian Manhunter faking polite interest as the locals bore him to tears with long stories about their genealogy scrapbook and deny him coffee.
It's just not the JLA without the big three, no matter how low they draw Catwoman's zipper.
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I like J'onn on the front. He's all, "FUCK SUPERMAN. I had to hang out with friggin' Stormwatch for a year. I've earned this position! And I ain't wearin' blue jeans, either!!"
I'm from Staten Island, NY. I'm figuring that my state will have a NYC-based cover, and it'll probably be Sandy-related. Or maybe everybody jumps off the top of the Empire State Building. That's not an insult . . . most of the team can fly, and they can carry those who don't.
The big mystery that's easily solved: why Stargirl is on the JLA, when her roots would be on Earth-2. She's based on Geoff Johns' sister, who was killed in a plane hijacking. I couldn't begrudge Johns bringing her in a potential flagship book, even as he whips his dick around, knocking shit off the shelves. I'm guessing that any cosmic rod will be found in Earth-2.
I am going to guess ours will have a 52 member riding on the back of a space shuttle. Wearing Mickey Mouse ears pointing at are state Capital Laughing!
http://www.coyoteblog.com/photos/uncategorized/capital_2.jpg
Man we are the penis of the United States. -__-
If the Vermont cover doesn't feature pot smoking prominently, I will be sorely disappointed.
@doctor_mindbender Heh.
I listen to Raw Dog' XM's main comedy station. I think any New England state could have the JLA ice fishing with a cranky Bob Marley, a Maine-based comedian. That is his name . . . he's listened on the readout as "Comedian Bob Marley."
Massachusetts: Simon Baz wins the trust of white Red Sox fans by torturing Bobby Valentine with ring constructs.
Well I can't wait to see my home state's cover. Vibe being car jacked with Star Girl passed out in an ally and everyone else unemployed will be awesome. Just need some prostitutes.......Oh! I figured out what they needed Catwoman for.
Well, Catwoman can pick locks… but Green Lantern could blow the door open or J’onn could phase through the door.
She's good with a whip... but I doubt that'd do much against Darkseid or even Starro.
Ah… she’s got boobs… but so does every other super heroine…
Oh, I know, depending on the artist she can contort her body into non-Euclidian geometric shapes thereby causing bad guys to freeze in horror at the otherworldly, near Eldritch reminder of a thousand faceless terrors that should not be.
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The Arizona one features Martian Manhunter arrested for being an illegal alien..............
Wait, is Catwoman a good girl these days? I don't keep up with comics that much, but I've wondered if she was eventually going to become a good girl, or continue to flip flop from one side to the other.
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I think we can safely predict...
1. Roster change within 6 issues.
2. "Art assist" after 3 issues, with fill-in artist after 6 issues to deal with Finch's perpetual lateness.
3. Annoying "all the superheroes fight" crossover by issue 12.
I am not a big DC fan, but I'd love to see what they're doing for my home state of New Hampshire. Green Arrow riding a purple finch and waving a banner that says Live Free Or Die? I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
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Catwoman's job is to drive up and shoot the villain with an anti-materiel cannon when an issue's plot drags out too long.
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It's so bizarre that I actually think it's interesting. While there are a lot of second-stringers and <MyVoiceNationItalics>Steve Trevor<end>, I can't help but say my interest is piqued.
That said, I had to wiki Simon Baz and I don't get the whole gun thing. It's very DC to have an interesting idea and then dump some stupid on top of it. Couple that with Geoff Johns and it makes me want to run. Hey, that gives me an idea...
Simon's got a gun
Simon's got a gun
I'm looking for a pun
'Cause Simon's got a gun
Why does he need one, man?
He's got that magic ring on his hand.
He can make anything he thinks of, from a machine gun to a BFG
Why on Earth (or Oa) would he want such primitive technology?
Simon's got a gun
Simon's got a gun
Set my brain on stun
The stupid's just begun
There's probably a reason there
But one that makes sense? Not a prayer.
How can you write about Green Lanterns and make such power into a cliche
Perhaps they want to counter protests
By appealing to the interests of open carry guys and the NRA
Simon's got a gun
Well, I've had my fun
Now I've gotta run
The next GL's a nun
SImon's got a gun
DC's number one
For ideas that are not quite done
Simon's got a gun.
@gagagalvatron I suspect he carries a gun because he has a busted ring.
Does Baz even HAVE a lantern, for that matter?
So will the Oregon variant cover have the JL inside a coffee shop while it's pouring out?
52 variant covers? Did you learn anything from the 90s?#WhatsNextIssue0or1/2WithGlowInTheDarkLimitedEditionCover#I'mLookingAtYouMaxx
As an aside, since I'm indifferent to most DC activities at best, you're from Kentucky Rob?! I never would have guessed in a million years, (mostly because why would I, I never thought about it one way or another), but it just stuck me that for the several audio blogs you've posted, I've never actually heard you speak. Kentucky. Huh. I think that's neat. You Roboteers that HAVE heard those audio clips, does Rob sound like a souther gentleman or a good ol' boy or just a regular dude? I'm going with a Southern Gentleman Foghorn Nerdhorn, ah say, ah say a good ol' South'n Gentleman, boy! I think that's because of the mint julep remark. So good.
I think it's obvious that Catwoman's only there because she heard Vibe was going to be on the team.
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Also, on the variant covers thing - when it's like this, with the totally ridiculous number of alternate covers, it's funny enough to work (Gen 13's 13 variants was the same thing back in the day).
The only people really driven nuts by this type of thing are completionists and speculators, and fuck both constituencies.
Yep. Back in the day, I got all 13 of the Gen 13 covers (it took me a while to hunt them all down too. I think I finally completed them at the Chicago ComiCon). I also got all of the X-Men covers. On the plus side, as Cons were different back then, I got them all autographed.
Except for the autographs, when I look back at it, I just shake my head at it. My Collector's OCD was really bad back then.
@Big.Jim.Slade The X-Men one wasn't even that bad, since the "real" issue had all four covers on it anyway.
@step5555 Buying all 5 of those issues (I think they were double-sized issues with the bigger price tag) plus the new Wizard magazine pretty much used up my entire comic book budget for that month.
@step5555 You're totally right. The Real issue was awesome with the 4-cover gatefold. The fact that I still had the need to buy the other 4 issues when I already had the real one is what makes me shake my head.
@step5555 Hahahaha that was what I was thinking too. There's some DC completionist out there reading this and pulling out his/her hair and shriek/laughing in hysterical insanity. So glad I'm not that guy. My bank account thanks me too.
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I'd imagine they're mostly going to use Catwoman as "girl Batman"...since they're using Green Arrow as their actual Batman.
Well, Catwoman was a JLA member for about a minute in the Morrison run, so it's not unprecedented.
And whereas Rob is liking this for the Finch art, that's what's going to keep me away. I mean, what the hell is going on with GA's left arm?
And I wish DC would just give up all hope of modernizing J'onn's costume and go back to the classic look. It's goofy, but that's the point - he's FROM MARS. He's not self-conscious.
