Infinite Crisis Issue Two Annotations.
Peter Svensson
Written By Peter Svensson.
There are spoilers for issue two of Infinite Crisis here. You are
warned.
The Survivors.
Written by Geoff Johns
Pencilled by Phil Jimenez
Inked by Andy Lanning, with Norm Rapmund, Marlo Alquiza and Lary
Stucker
Flashback Sequence penciled by George Perez
Flashback Sequence inked by Jerry Ordway
Colored by Jeremy Cox and Guy Major
Lettered by Nick J. Napolitano
Assistant Editor Jeanine Schaefer
Editor Eddie Berganza
Special Thanks Greg Rucka
Jim Lee Cover - Power Girl, Earth-2 Superman, Earth-2 Lois, Alex
Luthor of Earth-3.
George Perez Cover - Qward (as seen on Crisis on Infinite Earths #12,
page 17, panel one.) Uncle Sam. Captain Atom (as of the cover of his
first issue, Post-Crisis). Psycho-Pirate in shock. The Legion
Headquarters. Arion of Atlantis. Omac, from the original Jack Kirby
series. The Sword of the Atom. Oa. Martian Manhunter, having just been
teleported to Earth from Mars by Dr. Erdel.
Ralph and Sue Dibny. The rocketing away of baby Kal-L from Krypton-2.
Lyla and the Monitor. The destruction of an earth by Anti-Matter.
Deathstroke the Terminator. Power Girl and Wildfire of the Legion of
Superheroes. The rocketing away of Superman from Earth-1. The death of
the original Supergirl. The Flash of Two Earths cover image. Nightwing.
The first meeting of the Justice League and the Justice Society. Lex
Luthor of Earth-1. Johnny Quick of Earth-3. Black Condor and the Human
Bomb. Captain Marvel. The death of Barry Allen from Crisis #8. Maxwell
Lord killing the Blue Beetle. Donna Troy, in her current outfit. Dr.
Light. The rocketing of the Post-Crisis Superman from Krypton. Doomsday
beating up Superman in Superman #75 (1993, volume 2). Guy Gardner as
Green Lantern.
The hand at the Dawn of Time. Darkseid. Hal Jordan as Parallax.
Superman and Lois of Earth-2, and Superboy of Earth-Prime about to
enter into Paradise as seen in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 page 38.)
Superboy, under the influence of Lex Luthor as seen in The Insiders.
Lady Quark. Artemis as Wonder Woman. Bane breaking Batman's back.
Brother Eye. The Gentleman Ghost. Wonder Woman breaking Maxwell
Lord's nec.
Page One. Panel One. San Diego was established as the home of Animal
Man in Animal Man #1 (1988).
Current events in the DC universe, occurring in Aquaman #15 (2004) have
had a portion of San Diego sink into the Pacific Ocean, which was
redubbed Sub Diego. Obviously, the portion of town shown here (which
looks surprising like where your illustrious annotator lives in
Clairemont Mesa) was not affected.
This panel and probably most of this page are in homage to the Pixar
animated film, "The Incredibles" (2004) which had a similar scene
involving the hero Frozone trying to find his costume.
Page One. Panel Two. Ellen Baker, wife of Buddy Baker, Animal Man. The
drawing board in front of Ellen is there because she's a storyboard
artist for cartoons, a career established in Grant Morrison's
acclaimed run on Animal Man from 1988 to 1990.
On the floor is the mask of the Thanagarian known as Rokara Soh, whose
first and only appearance was in. Animal Man #6. During the Invasion
crossover, he tried to set off a bomb that would cause great
destruction on Earth as a form of art, and was stopped by Animal Man
and Hawkman.
Page One. Panel Three. The young daughter is Maxine Baker, whose first
appearance was in Animal Man # 1. The shirt she's wearing has the
insignia of Big Belly Burger, a large fast food chain in the DC
Universe, being crossed out. IE, an anti-Big Belly Burger logo. This
ties in with the vegetarianism and animal rights protests that Animal
Man was associated with.
The son is Cliff Baker, wearing a Scare Tactics T-Shirt. Scare Tactics
had their own comic from DC in the 1990s.
Adam Strange, human archeologist who also serves as the protector of
the planet Rann is a long standing member of the DC Universe, since his
introduction in the late 1950s-early
Page One. Panel Five. Buddy Baker. Animal Man. First historical
appearance in Strange Adventures #180 (1965). First modern appearance
in Animal Man #1 (1988). Animal Man has the power to absorb the powers
and abilities of all the animals on Earth, and a connection to the
Animal Kingdom.
Page Two. Panel One. A Titan Travel Sphere, previously used by the
Titans of Myth to transport others to their home, the world known as
New Cronus. Now, with their disappearance, used by Donna Troy.
Page Two. Panel Two. New Cronus. First appearance was in New Titans #50
(1990).
Page Two. Panel Five. Cyborg. Victor Stone. First appearance DC Comics
Presents #26 (1980). An athlete and genius who was transformed into a
cyborg by his scientist father after he was severely injured by one his
father's experiments gone awry. Cyborg joined the New Teen Titans
that were assembled by Raven to battle the demonic Trigon, and has been
a Titan almost non-stop since then.
Cyborg was recruited to join Donna Troy's team in Teen Titans (volume
3) #29.
Page Two-Three Spread. Cyborg. Animal Man. Starfire. Red Tornado.
Shift. Firestorm. Bumblebee. Malcolm.
Starfire. Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran. (Now destroyed.) First
appearance DC Comics Presents #26. Starfire was a princess of Tamaran,
was sold as a slave as a part of a peace brokering, gained powers to
fire starbolts and absorb solar energy after being experimented upon,
then fled to Earth where she joined the Teen Titans.
Starfire was recruited to join Donna Troy's team in Outsiders #30.
Red Tornado. First appearance Justice League of America #64 (1968). A
cyborg created by the evil doctor T.O. Morrow, who was created to
infiltrate the Justice Society but became a hero and eventually joined
the Justice League. Later we learned that he had been merged with an
air elemental known as the Tornado Tyrant. He uses the alias John Smith
as his secret identity.
Red Tornado's recruitment to Donna Troy's team looks like it will
occur in JLA issue 123.
Donna Troy. First Appearance Brave and the Bold #60 (1965) Wonder
Woman's adopted sister, an orphan rescued, trained and empowered by
the Titans of Myth, and a founding member of the Teen Titans.
Shift. When the element changing hero known as Metamorpho seemingly
died in JLA #1, a fragment of him broke off and grew into its own
entity, believing itself at first to be the true Metamorpho. This
entity joined the Outsiders and then learned the truth from the real
Metamorpho, who considers him his brother. Shift can transform himself
into any element, and has limited powers to transmute other objects.
Shift, along with Starfire was recruited in Outsiders #30.
Firestorm. Jason Rusch. First appearance Firestorm (volume 2) #1.
(2004). Jason inherited the powers of Firestorm after the original
Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond, died in Identity Crisis #4. Firestorm's
powers allow him to transform matter, release fusion blasts and fly.
Firestorm was recruited to join Donna Troy in Firestorm (volume 2) #19.
Bumblebee. Karen Beecher-Duncan. First appearance Teen Titans #45
(1976) Karen was dating Teen Titan Malcolm Duncan, and not only used
her science savvy to assist him in creating a costumed persona, but
created her own powered suit that she used as an occasional Teen Titan.
Karen is rarely active as a superhero, preferring her career as a
novelist. Her suit allows her to fly and release electrical stings.
Herald. Malcolm Duncan. First appearance Teen Titans #26 (1970).
Malcolm joined the Teen Titans during a time that under the leadership
of the enigmatic Mr. Jupiter they eschewed costumed heroics in favor of
non-superpowered activities. When the Titans returned to superheroics,
Malcolm was out of place until his girlfriend Karen helped him create a
heroic role as Herald, though his days as an active Titan were short.
Traditionally, the planet Oa, headquarters to the Green Lantern Corps
is the center of the universe, though as revealed in issue 1, that is
no longer the case.
Bumblebee and Herald were revealed as having been recruited in Teen
Titans #29.
"I hear them dying" is attributed to Air Wave, as seen on the next
panel.
Page Three Panel One. Airwave II. Harold Jordan. The son of the
original Airwave, a hero active in World War II as a member of the
All-Star Squadron, Harold inherited his father's helmet which allowed
him to transform himself into radio energy and overhear transmissions.
Harold Jordan is named after his cousin Hal, who is better known as
Green Lantern.
Airwave was recruited by Donna Troy in JSA issue 77.
Page Three Panel Two. Green Lantern Alan Scott and Jade.
Alan Scott. First Appearance All-American Comics #16 (1940) A former
engineer turned radio host, Alan Scott found a glowing green lantern,
and carved a ring out of it, which granted him mystical powers limited
only by his willpower, though wooden objects proved immune to his
powers. He was a founding member of the Justice Society of America. He
has two children, Obsidian (Todd Rice) and Jade (Jenny-Hayden)
Alan Scott was recruited by Donna Troy in JSA issue 77.
Jade. First appearance All-Star Squadron #25. (1980) Jade is the
daughter of Alan Scott that he never knew he had. Inheriting a Power
Pulse that grants her similar powers to her father, she and other
children of JSA members formed Infinity Inc after being denied JSA
membership. Infinity Inc broke up, and Jade is now currently a member
of the Outsiders.
Jade was recruited in Outsiders #30.
Page Three Panel Four. The voice in Firestorm's head is Mick, his
best friend. Firestorm's powers work by his merging with another
person, who then becomes a form of astral voice, usually portrayed as a
floating head that only he can see.
Page Three Panel Five. Supergirl. Kara Zor-El of Krypton. Historical
First Appearance in Action Comics #252 (1959). Modern first apperance
in Superman/Batman #8 (2004). The cousin of Superman, rocketed away
from Krypton as a teenager sealed in suspended animation and only
recently arrived on Earth.
"I can hear Supergirl's heartbeat" is given the same treatment as
the narration of Issue One, making it clear that it is meant to be
narrated by the Superman of Earth-2.
Page Four. Panel One. "Power Girl A Fraud" This image was first
seen in JSA Classified #4, which immediately preceeds the events on
this page.
Power Girl. Karen Starr. Kara Zor-L. First appearance All-Star Comics
#58(1976). On the parallel world of Earth-2, originally home to the
Justice Society, a symbioship from that universe's Krypton landed.
>From it was Kara, Superman's cousin who took on the secret identity
of Karen Starr, and the superhero codename of Power Girl. She took
Superman's place in the Justice Society, where she and the Huntress
(the daughter of that universe's Batman and Catwoman) became close
friends.
In the aftermath of Crisis, her origin was altered so that she was
revealed to be the granddaughter of Arion, ancient mage of Atlantis,
though the events in JSA Classified 1-4 reveal that wasn't the case.
Page Four. Panel Two. Clayface. Quite frankly, there have been almost a
dozen Clayface variants since the original was introduced in Detective
Comics #40 (1940). Though every Clayface had the power to change its
shape, I can't give you specifics on which Clayface we're seeing
here. Sorry.
The Society mentioned is Lex Luthor's army of Supervillains.
"Pee Gee" is short for Power Girl, and has been used to refer to
her for years, though usually only by friends.
Page Four. Panel Four. Psycho-Pirate II. Roger Hayden. A troubled youth
who took over the role of Psycho-Pirate from the original JSA villain,
using his gimmick of altering the emotions of others. Psycho-Pirate is
one of the few people in the DC Universe who remembers the multiverse
that existed before the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. His
extreme interest in Power Girl was revealed in JSA Classified 1-4,
where he revealed Power Girl's true origin as a denizen of a universe
that no longer exists to her.
Page Four. Panel Five. Giganta. Clayface. Mr. Atom. Shrapnel? Power
Girl.
Giganta. First modern appearance Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #125 (1997).
Doris Zeul, a rogue scientist with a hatred of Wonder Woman and the
power to grow to immense size.
Mr. Atom. Historic first appearance Captain Marvel Adventures #78
(1947) An atomic powered robot that was used by the venusian
mind-controlling worm known as Mr. Mind as a weapon against Captain
Marvel and his family.
My sources on Shrapnel, if that is indeed the villain in this page,
which I am a little doubtful of, aren't very clear. Corrections would
be appreciated.
Page Five. Panel Five. "The yellow sun welcomes me back." This is
referring to the idea that Kryptonians gain their superpowers from the
rays of Earth's yellow sun, a conceit that was introduced in the
1960s to the Superman mythos. Previously, their powers were explained
as being the result of superior evolution and the effects of Earth's
lower gravity.
Page Five. Panel Eight. Psycho-Pirate, still retaining his memories of
Earth-2 would of course know the identity of the man about to return.
Page Six. The Superman of Earth-2. Clark Kent, Kal-L of Krypton. First
appearance: Action Comics #1 (1938) Rocketed from Krypton, rescued by
the Kents, who had a career as a reporter for the Daily Star, a
newspaper he eventually became editor of. He was an honorary member of
the Justice Society, and helped out during World War II as a member of
the All-Star Squadron. And his cousin from Krypton was Power Girl.
Page Seven. Panel One. Metropolis, historically the home of Superman.
It's most famous landmark is the Daily Planet building, with the
distinctive globe on top.
The radio broadcast refers to the events shown last issue, when a group
of villains from the Society ambushed and defeated the Freedom
Fighters.
Page Seven. Panel Three. Lois Lane-Kent. Historic first appearance
Action Comics #1. (1938) Modern first appearance: Man of Steel #2.
(1986), amended in Superman: Birthright #2 (2004). Daughter of Sam
Lane, military general, Lois is a top notch Pulitzer prize winning
reporter for the Daily Planet, and the wife of Clark Kent, otherwise
known as Superman.
"Conner" refers to Conner Kent, otherwise known as Superboy.
The newspaper has the by now infamous image of Wonder Woman killing
Maxwell Lord, as originally seen in Wonder Woman #219, and was shown to
the world in The OMAC Project #6.
Page Seven. Panel Four. Perry White. Historical First Appearance
Superman #7 (1940) Modern first appearance: Man of Steel #2 (1986)
amended in Superman: Birthright #2 (2004). A tough as nails journalist
and editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet.
Page Seven. Panel Five. Once again, referring to the events of last
issue. Above Perry White's head is an image showing the Washington
Monument, with the shadowed corpses of the heroes mentioned.
To the left of Perry White is Jimmy Olsen. Historical First Appearance:
Superman #13 (1941) Modern First appearance: Man of Steel (1986)
amended in Superman: Birthright (2004). A young Daily Planet
photographer, journalist, and known as "Superman's pal."
Page Eight. Panel One. A series of Daily Planet cover pages.
"Which One" refers to the "Reign of the Superman" story arc,
when after Superman's "death" four new heroes each claiming to be
Superman appeared. Two were quickly eliminated from the running,
(Superboy and Steel), one turned out to be evil (Cyborg Superman), and
the other is a Kryptonian man/machine known as the Eradicator.
"Double Trouble" refers to the story arc when Superman, temporarily
possessing energy manipulating powers instead of his usual power set,
was split into two Superman, one red and the other blue. This turned
out to be temporary, and Superman was restored to his status quo.
"Doomsday Massacre" refers to the "Death of Superman" story, as
do the next two headlines, "Superman - Dead" and "Funeral for a
Friend." An interstellar monster named Doomsday attacked Metropolis,
defeated the Justice League and was only stopped by Superman, who
seemingly gave his life in the process. Though the question of whether
he actually died or merely had a near-death experience was kept vague,
Superman was mourned as dead for a period of time until he returned and
helped stop the Cyborg Superman, who had teamed up with Mongul as part
of a plan to conquer the Earth.
"Crisis" refers to the Crisis on Infinite Earths, though no one on
Earth remembers the "Infinite" part of it. The final battle with
the Anti-Monitor, and his Shadow Demons was a major event, as shown in
Crisis on Infinite Earths #11-12.
"Coast City Destroyed" was also part of the Death and Rebirth of
Superman. Coast City, home of Green Lantern Hal Jordan was destroyed by
the Cyborg Superman and Mongul.
Page Eight. Panel Six. Clark Kent becomes Superman. Superman,
historical first appearance Action Comics #1(1938). Modern first
appearance Man of Steel #1(1986), amended in Superman:
Birthright(2004). Kal-el of Krypton, rocketed to Earth where he was
adopted by the Kents, and later became a reporter for the Daily Planet,
and the premiere hero of Earth, Superman.
Page Eight. Panel Seven. The Skies are red, the signature of the Crisis
on Infinite Earths. To the right of Lois Lane is a newspaper cover,
which appears to be about Wonder Woman. Possibly about her first
appearance.
Page Nine. Panel One. The Society was mentioned to be headquartered in
Gotham City in their appearance in DC Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1
(2005).
Page Nine Panel Two. Psycho-Pirate, Calculator, Lex Luthor are on the
monitors. Deathstroke and Dr. Psycho are on the table.
Calculator. Noah Kutter. Formerly a minor Batman villain, Calculator
transformed himself into an information broker for the super-villain
community, and is now a key member of Lex Luthor's Society.
Deathstroke. Slade Wilson. First appearance New Teen Titans #2 (1980).
A mercenary granted superhuman reflexes and healing as part of a
government experiment, Deathstroke is one of the Teen Titans most
vicious and persistent villains, and now a key member of Lex Luthor's
Society.
Dr. Psycho. Modern first appearance: Wonder Woman (vol.2) #54. (1991).
A telepathic misogynist with psychotic tendencies, Psycho has been a
threat to Wonder Woman for years.
Lex Luthor. Historic First appearance: Action Comics #23 (1940) Modern
first appearance in Man of Steel (1986) amended in Superman: Birthright
(2004). Luthor is a mad scientist, formerly known to the world as a
billionaire philantropist, and formerly president of the United States
before his criminal actions were made public. Luthor is perhaps
Superman's greatest villain, and has since organized Earth's
supervillains into The Society.
Page Nine. Panel Four. Here is my failure as your annotator. I can
identify only one of the villains displayed here, Dr. Sivana, on the
upper right.
Dr. Sivana. Historic first appearance Whiz Comics #2 (1940) Modern
first appearance: The Power Of Shazam (1994) The mad scientist foe of
Captain Marvel, Sivana is one of the few criminal masterminds on Earth
who can give Luthor a run for his money.
Page Nine. Panel Five. On the displays: First row: Lex Luthor and
Calculator. Second Row: Dr. Sivana and Abra Kadabra. Third Row: Chain
Lightning and Goth.
Abra Kadabra. First appearance Flash 128 (1962). Abra Kadabra is a
criminal from the far distant future whose advanced technology looks
like magic to modern humans, and uses the persona of a stage magician
to commit his crimes against the Flash.
"Junior" refers to Captain Marvel Junior, otherwise known as
handicapped teenager Freddy Freeman. Historic first appearance: Whiz
Comics #25 (1941) Modern first appearance: Power of Shazam #8 (1995)
Freddy was granted powers by Captain Marvel and his sister Mary Marvel
when he was injured in a battle between them and the villainous Captain
Nazi. Freddy Freeman is in an awkward position, as the magic word he
says to gain his powers as Captain Marvel Junior are "Captain
Marvel" thus if he says his own superheroic name, he transforms back
into Freddy Freeman. Though formerly a Teen Titan for a short period of
time (where he used the name CM3 to avoid that restriction), Captain
Marvel Junior is now a member of the Outsiders.
Dr. Sivana became the head of the supervillain team known as the
Fearsome Five in recent issues of the Outsiders. The Fearsome Five,
introduced in New Teen Titans #3 (1981) have had their line-up change
over the years, but have become villains to the Outsiders in recent
years.
Chain Lightning. Amy. First appearance Power of Shazam #14 (1996) Amy
is a mentally disturbed teenager with electrical powers, who has fought
the Marvel Family (Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr.)
on several occasions.
Goth. First appearance Titans #3 (1999). A demon who allied with the
Contessa, Lex Luthor's immortal ex-wife, fought against the Titans
using alter-egos as Rock Stars to promote violence and apathy amongst
the world's teenagers.
Black Adam. Teth-Adam. Historical First appearance: Marvel Family #1
(1945). Modern first appearance Power Of Shazam Graphic Novel (1994).
Teth-Adam was the champion of the wizard Shazam in ancient Egypt, but
grew corrupt with power and was later trapped in a scarab by the
wizard. Teth-Adam has since taken over the body of Theo Adam, an
archeologist who found the scarab, and has been both villain and ally
to Captain Marvel, though his ancient sense of justice and morality
clashes with those of most modern heroes. Despite a short membership in
the Justice Society, Black Adam is now ruler of the middle eastern
nation of Khandaq and a member of Luthor's society.
Mary Marvel. Mary Bromfield. Historical first appearance Captain Marvel
Adventures #18 (1942). Modern first appearance in Power of Shazam.
(1994) Mary Batson, twin sister of Billy Batson AKA Captain Marvel, was
adopted by the Bromfield family, but later learned of her relationship
to Billy Batson and was granted the same powers he had by the wizard
Shazam.
Page Ten. Panel Three. As revealed in Villains United #6, (2005) the
Lex Luthor in charge of the Society appears to be an imposter, or
possibly an alternate Luthor. The real Luthor blackmailed a team of
supervillains into serving as his Secret Six in opposition to the
Society. Though the Secret Six have since disbanded after a major
defeat by the Society, Luthor continues to oppose his imposter.
Luthor's armor first appeared in modern continuity in Superman/Batman
#5(2003), though variants of it have appeared since Man of Steel
(1986). It's inspired by the armor that Luthor wore before Crisis on
Infinite Earths, which altered Luthor's history and origin.
Page Twelve/Thirteen Spread. Panel One. Alex Luthor of Earth-3 and
Superboy of Earth-Prime.
Alex Luthor. First appearance Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (1985). The
son of Alexei Luthor and Lois Luthor of Earth-3, he was sent away from
that universe before it was destroyed in the Crisis on Infinite Earths,
and gained cosmic powers in the process. Quickly aging to adulthood,
Alex helped the heroes defeat the Anti-Monitor, and took the Superman
and Lois of Earth-2, and the Superboy of Earth-Prime into a heavenly
place at the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths #12.
Superboy of Earth-Prime. First appearance: DC Comics Presents
#87(1985). The last son of Krypton, teleported to Earth when that
planet exploded, he was adopted by a family who named him Clark Kent
after the fictional character Superman. Little did Clark know that he
had all the powers of his favorite comic book character, but when the
Crisis on Infinite Earths destroyed Earth-Prime, where Superheroes were
supposedly just fictional, he became Superboy and participated in the
final battles of the Crisis and along with the Superman of Earth-2 and
his Lois entered a paradise.
Page Twelve/Thirteen Spread. Panel Seven. The Anti-Monitor. The main
villain of Crisis on Infinite Earths, who was defeated by Superman of
Earth-2 in the finale of Crisis on Infinite Earths #12.
Page Fourteen.
It appears that this Flashback sequence is penciled by George Perez and
inked by Jerry Ordway, though they are uncredited within the issue
itself, they are credited on the cover. And since George Perez drew the
original Crisis on Infinite Earths, it seems only right that he do
this. However, if you didn't notice the change in artists, that's
understandable. The art style of Phil Jimenez, who does the penciling
of Infinite Crisis is heavily influenced by that of George Perez.
Page Fourteen. Panels Three and Four. These images are taken from (or
at least inspired from) Green Lantern (volume 2) #40, The Origin of the
Guardians, which explained the nature of the Multiverse and the origin
of the Green Lantern Corps all in one story.
Page Fourteen. Panel Five. This image is taken from Crisis on Infinite
Earths #1, Page One, Panel Three.
Page Fourteen. Panels Seven and Eight. I can't tell exactly which
issue the design for the Earth-2 and Earth-1 takes on Superman's
rocket comes from.
Page Fifteen. Panel One. The Superman of Earth-2 fighting the Lex
Luthor of that world, a red haired criminal genius. The modern
interpretation of a bald Lex Luthor is partially due to an artist's
error, where an artist used the wrong reference in drawing Luthor, but
the bald interpretation stuck.
Page Fifteen Panel Two. The Superman of Earth-1 fighting the Lex Luthor
of Earth-1. Despite the fact that modern flashbacks of the classic
Luthor is almost always portrayed in that armor, Luthor only wore that
armor from about 1980 till 1985.
Page Fifteen Panel Three. The first meeting of the Justice Society.
Noticeably absent is Johnny Thunder, which implies that this meeting is
occurring in the beginning of All-Star Comics #3 (1940), their first
appearance as the Justice Society of America.
>From left to right: The Sandman, the Spectre, the Flash, Hawkman, Dr
Fate and Green Lantern. On the bottom row, The Atom and Hourman.
Sandman. Wes Dodds. First appearance: Adventure Comics #40 (1939) A
millionaire who compelled by prophetic dreams fought crime in a gasmask
using sleeping gas to knock out criminals.
The Spectre. First appearance: More Fun Comics #62(1940). The Divine
spirit of vengeance, tied to the ghost of earthly detective Jim
Corrigan.
The Flash. Jay Garrick. First appearance: Flash Comics #1 (1940).
College athlete turned superhero after inhaling the strange fumes of
"hard water"
Hawkman. Carter Hall. First appearance: Flash Comics #1(1940). An
archeologist who is the reincarnation of an Egyptian prince, fighting
modern (for 1940) crime using ancient weaponry. Along with wings and a
belt made of the mysterious Nth metal which allows him to fly.
Dr. Fate. Kent Nelson. First appearance: More Fun Comics #55 (1940)
Granted great sorcerous powers by the wizard Nabu, Dr. Fate used his
mystical might to protect the world from magical threats.
Green Lantern. Alan Scott. (As mentioned above.)
The Atom. Al Pratt. First appearance: All-American Comics #19 (1940) A
short college student who trained himself to have incredible strength
and fighting skill.
Hourman. Rex Tyler. First appearance: Adventure Comics #48(1940)
Inventor of the wonder drug Miraclo, which grants him superstrength,
agility and speed for one hour.
Page Fifteen Panel Four. The Justice League of America, as portrayed in
Justice League of America #21 "Crisis on Earth-One" (1963). Written
by Gardner Fox, who was the original writer of the Justice Society as
well as the Justice League.
>From left to right: Green Arrow, Batman (who wasn't wearing the
yellow outline around his Bat symbol at the time, so its appearance
here is an art glitch.) Green Lantern, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter.
Second Row: Flash, Superman, the Atom, Wonder Woman.
Green Arrow. Oliver Queen. First appearance: More Fun Comics #73
(1941). A former millionaire who learned to use a bow and arrow after
being stranded on a desert island and then became a crime fighter. He
joined the Justice League in issue #4 "Doom of the Star Diamond."
Batman. Bruce Wayne. First appearance: Detective Comics #27 (1939).
Orphaned when a criminal killed his parents, Bruce Wayne dedicated his
life to the fighting of crime, using the identity of the Batman.
Green Lantern. Hal Jordan. First appearance: Showcase #22 (1959) Test
pilot Hal Jordan was picked by a dying alien to use his power ring and
battery to protect the sector surrounding earth as a member of the
Green Lantern Corps.
Aquaman. First appearance: More Fun Comics #73 (1941) The King of
Atlantis, raised by a lighthouse owner, and possessing the power to
communicate with sealife and breathe underwater.
Martian Manhunter. J'onn J'onzz. First appearance Detective Comics
#225 (1955) A Martian teleported from his homeworld by Dr. Erdel, who
then took on the human identity of John Jones, and used his Martian
powers of shapeshifting, telepathy, invisibility, strength and flight
to fight crimes.
Flash. Barry Allen. First appearance: Showcase #4 (1956). Forensic
Scientist Barry Allen was struck by lightning and dowsed in a mixture
of chemicals, which made him the fastest man alive.
Superman. (see above.)
The Atom. Ray Palmer. First appearance: Showcase #34 (1961). A
physicist who discovered a fragment of a White Dwarf star that he used
to shrink himself into the microscopic hero known as the Atom.
Wonder Woman. Diana Prince. First appearance: All-Star Comics #8 (1941)
Princess of the Amazons, Diana won the contest that allowed her to be
sent to the outside world and to America where she fought crime as
Wonder Woman.
Page Fifteen. Panel Five. The two Flashes first met in Flash #123
(1961) in "Flash of Two Worlds". There, Barry Allen learned of the
existence of Earth-2 after accidentally vibrating through the
dimensional barrier.
Page Fifteen. Panel Six. A reprise of the cover to Justice League of
America #21, originally drawn by Mike Sekowsky.
The Justice Society members manifested in the cloud are: Hawkman (in a
different helmet that he used later in his Golden Age appearances), Dr.
Fate, Green Lantern, Black Canary, the Atom (in another costume) and
Hourman.
Black Canary. Dinah Drake. First appearance: Flash Comics #86 (1947)
Florist by day, blonde bombshell by night. (She wears a wig.) She
joined the Justice Society post World War II, with her knowledge of
judo and fishnet tights.
Page Sixteen. Panel One. Bubble One. The Crime Syndicate of Amerika
from Earth-3 (Power Ring, Johnny Quick, Ultraman, Owlman, Superwoman)
and Alexei Luthor of Earth-3.
The Crime Syndicate and Earth-3 were introduced in Justice League of
America #29 "Crisis on Earth-3" written by Gardner Fox and
illustrated by Mike Sekowsky.
Power Ring was the evil Green Lantern counterpart, with a magic ring he
received from a Buddhist Monk, Volthoom.
Johnny Quick was the evil Flash counterpart, but his origin was never
revealed.
Ultraman was from that universe's Krypton, but rather than being
weakened by Kryptonite, he was granted more powers by being exposed to
the substance.
Owlman was the evil Batman counterpart, and had superintelligence and
limited telepathic abilities.
Superwoman was the evil Wonder Woman counterpart, a renegade Amazon
with a magic lasso that could change shapes.
Page Sixteen Panel One. Bubble Two. Superboy of Earth-Prime, as
mentioned above. Earth-Prime had one other hero, known as Ultraa, who
appeared in Justice League of America #153 "Earth's First and Last
Superhero" where he realized that Earth-Prime wasn't meant to have
Superheroes and departed with the Justice League for Earth-One.
Earth-Prime was originally meant to be the "Real World" when it
first appeared in the Flash, and on several other occasions. There,
superheroes are fictional, though the Flash and Superman visited
Earth-Prime on several occasions. The conceit that it was our world was
pretty much gone by the time Crisis came in 1985, though it made for
some fun (and very silly) stories.
Page Sixteen. Panel One. Bubble Three. The Freedom Fighters of Earth-X.
Black Condor, the Ray, Miss America, Human Bomb, Uncle Sam, Phantom
Lady, Doll Man.
These heroes were originally published by Quality Comics in the 1940s,
though DC acquired the rights to their heroes in the 1970s. In Justice
League of America #107 (1973), their first appearance in DC Comics, we
learned that they were the heroes of Earth-X, where the Nazis won World
War Two. With help from the JLA and JSA, the Nazis were defeated, and
the Freedom Fighters, after spending a brief time as heroes on Earth-1
returned to Earth-X.
Roy Thomas' All-Star Squadron comics of the 1980s revealed that there
were no Superheroes native to Earth-X, that in fact the heroes of the
Freedom Fighters had emigrated from Earth-2 during World War II.
Black Condor. Richard Grey AKA Thomas Wright. First appearance: Crack
Comics #1 (1940). A man who could fly because he was raised by birds,
who then upon coming to America learned that he was the spitting image
of a Senator who had been murdered, whose identity he usurped.
The Ray. "Happy" Terril. First Appearance: Smash Comics #14 (1940)
Reporter "Happy" was caught in an electrical storm and granted
powers to absorb and release light as well as fly.
Miss America. Joan Dale. First Appearance: Military Comics #1 (1941).
Granted powers in a dream by the Spirit of America, Miss America could
transmute objects.
Human Bomb. Roy Lincoln. First Appearance: Police Comics #1 (1941).
Having drunk the secret formula of his scientist father, Roy Lincoln
had to wear a protective suit for his very touch became explosive.
Uncle Sam. The Spirit of America. First Appearance: National Comics #1
(1940) The Spirit of America, fighting to protect the land of the brave
and the home of the free.
Phantom Lady. Sandra Knight. First Appearance: Police Comics #1 (1941)
Possessing a ray that projected black-light that could blind criminals,
she fought crime in a quite revealing for the period outfit.
Doll Man. Darrel Dane. First Appearance: Feature Comics #27 (1939) A
scientist whose chemical formula granted him the power to shrink, he
fought crime.
Page Sixteen. Panel One. Bubble Four. The Marvel Family and Black Adam
of Earth-S. Originally published by Fawcett Comics in the 1940s and
very early 1950s, DC acquired the rights to their superheroes in the
1970s. They were revealed to have lived on Earth-S in Shazam! #1(1974)
Mary Marvel. Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel Jr. Black Adam.
Page Sixteen. Panel One. Bubble Five. The heroes of Earth-4. Originally
published by Fawcett comics in the 1960s, DC acquired the rights to
these heroes as a present for Dick Giordano, formerly editor of the
Charlton heroes who became editor of DC Comics.
>From left to right: The Question. Captain Atom. Sarge Steel.
Second Row: Peacekeeper. Nightshade. Blue Beetle. Judomaster.
Missing is Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt, the other Action Hero published
by Charlton in the 1960s. DC believed that they acquired the rights to
him when they purchased the characters in the 1980s, unaware that the
rights to Thunderbolt had already reverted to his creator, Pete Morisi.
DC temporarily got the rights, and used Thunderbolt for a short lived
series, but the rights have since reverted to Morisi, and now his
estate.
The Question. Vic Sage. First appearance: Blue Beetle #1 (1967). A
reporter who used a faceless mask to investigate corruption and fight
crime.
Captain Atom. Nathaniel Adam. First appearance: Space Adventures #33
(1960) US pilot who was granted nuclear powers in an accident.
Sarge Steel. First appearance: Sarge Steel #1(1964). A detective with a
hand made of steel.
Peacemaker. Christopher Smith. A man who loves peace so much, he'll
fight for it. No powers.
Nightshade. Eve Eden. First appearance: Captain Atom #82 (1966) The
daughter of a US senator and an otherdimensional princess with powers
over darkness.
Blue Beetle II. Ted Kord. First appearance: Captain Atom #83(1966)
Student and protégé of the first Blue Beetle, Daniel Garrett, who
used a mystical scarab that allowed him to fly and fire blasts of
energy. After the death of Daniel Garrett, he trained himself
physically and invented gadgets that he used to carry on the name of
Blue Beetle.
Judomaster. Rip Jagger. First appearance: Special War Series #4 (1965).
Having learned Judo during WWII from expatriate Japanese who opposed
their countries aggression, he fought crime with sidekick Tiger, a
Japanese orphan.
Page Sixteen. Panel Two. The birth of the Anti-Monitor, as seen in
Crisis #7 "Beyond the Silent Night."
Page Sixteen. Panel Five. An alternate view of the image seen in Crisis
#10 "Death at the Dawn of Time" Page 20, panel three. Earths heroes
from across the ages
Clockwise from upper left: Kole, Lady Quark, Firehawk, Superboy of
Earth-Prime, Tempest (Joshua Clay), Pariah?, Lightning Lad, Ultra Boy,
Blok, Halo, Lightning Lass, Cyborg, Hawkman of Earth-2, Hourman, Alex
Luthor of Earth-3, Captain Marvel Jr., Ray, Wonder Woman of Earth-1,
Sun Boy, Superman of Earth-1, Superman of Earth-2, Wildfire, Dr. Light,
Captain Atom.
Kole. First appearance: New Teen Titans (volume 2) #9 (1985) Teen Titan
with the power to create crystal.
Lady Quark. First appearance: Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (1985) Last
survivor of Earth-6 with nuclear powers.
Firehawk. Lorraine Reilly. First Appearance: Fury of Firestorm #17
(1983). Daughter of a US senator granted powers similar to those of
Firestorm.
Tempest. Joshua Clay. First appearance: Showcase #94 (1977). A mutant
with powers to emit blasts from his hands, and a member of the New Doom
Patrol.
Pariah. (Name is either Mossa, or Kell, or maybe both.) First
appearance: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1. After his attempt to
duplicate Krona's experiment and see the creation of the universe
resulted in the Anti-Monitor destroying his universe, the scientist
responsible was granted immortality by the Monitor, and was drawn to
the destruction of universe after universe.
Lightning Lad. Garth Ranzz. First appearance: Adventure Comics
#247(1958). A founding member of the 30th century Legion of Superheroes
with powers to emit lightning.
Ultra Boy. Jo Nah. First appearance: Superboy #98 (1962). Granted
powers equal to those of Superboy, but can only use one at a time.
Member of the Legion of Superheroes.
Blok. First appearance: Superboy and the Legion of Superheroes #253. A
sentient rock creature and member of the Legion.
Halo. Violet Harper/Gabrielle Doe. First appearance: Brave and the Bold
#200. (1983) After being killed by an assassin, Violet Harper was
revived by alien energies that took residence in her body and granted
her light-based powers.
Lightning Lass. Ayla Ranzz. First appearance: Adventure Comics
#308(1963). Sister of Lightning Lad, who also has electrical powers,
and is a Legionnaire.
Hawkman of Earth-1. As seen above. (Though technically his appearance
here is at odds with his fate seen in Crisis #10, where he was
critically injured. It is possible that this is a Hawkman taken from an
earlier time period for this mission which would explain what appears
to be an error.)
Sun Boy. Dirk Morgna. First appearance: Action Comics #276(1961) A
Legionnaire with the power to emit solar energies.
Wildfire. Drake Burroughs. First appearance: Superboy #195. An energy
being with powers to emit energies of all kinds, contained in a special
suit. Also a Legionnaire.
Dr. Light II. Kimiyo Hoshi. First appearance: Crisis on Infinite Earths
#4. A Japanese astrologist granted powers over light by the Monitor to
fight in the Crisis.
Page Sixteen. Panel Six. Reprising the image found in Crisis on
Infinite Earths #12, page 37, panel 3. The final destruction of the
Anti-Monitor at the hands of the Superman of Earth-2.
Page Seventeen. Panels two through six. Reprising the end of Crisis on
Infinite Earths #12, page 38.
Page Seventeen. Panel Eight. The images shown come from comics from
1986 to 1990. From top to bottom. Roughly. The formation of the new
Justice League (Mr. Miracle. Captain Marvel. Dr. Light II. Martian
Manhunter, Batman, Dr. Fate, Blue Beetle, Black Canary, Guy Gardner) in
the aftermath of the Legends crossover. Wally West, having taken over
the role of the Flash. The appearance of the new Post-crisis Wonder
Woman (1987)
Clockwise from that point: Wonder Woman. The rocket that sent Kal-El
from dying Krypton, as seen in Man of Steel #1 (1986). Superman.
Booster Gold, the first hero to be introduced Post-Crisis on Infinite
Earths. The new Hawkman from the Hawkworld miniseries. Troia, formerly
Wonder Girl.
Mr. Miracle. Scott Free. First appearance in Mr. Miracle #1 (1971). The
son of the Highfather of New Genesis, a New God, and the best escape
artist ever.
Guy Gardner. Green Lantern. First appearance: Green Lantern (vol. 2)
#59. A gym teacher who was chosen to be the substitute Green Lantern of
Earth, but suffered brain damage after his first time out filling in
for Hal Jordan went terribly wrong. He recovered during the events of
Crisis, now with a cocky attitude and no class.
The New Hawkman. Katar Hol of Thanagar. First appearance: Hawkworld #1.
Hawkworld gave us a radical reinterpretation of the Hawkman concept,
taking the idea of Katar Hol, space cop from Thanagar in a new
direction, and introduced him as if a new character that had never been
seen before into the DC Universe.
Wonder Woman. First Post-Crisis appearance: Wonder Woman #1 (volume 2,
1987) Post-Crisis, Wonder Woman's origin was heavily revised, and she
was reintroduced as if she'd never been seen before in the DC
Universe.
Booster Gold. Michael Carter. First appearance: Booster Gold #1
(1986). A former football star from the future who after his career was
ended by gambling went back in time to the present, setting himself up
as a superhero with various items stolen from the Space Museum that he
used to become a celebrity superhero.
Troia. In the aftermath of Crisis, when Wonder Woman's origin was
revised, Wonder Girl's got revised as well, where instead of being
rescued by Wonder Woman from a burning building, she was rescued by
Rhea, Queen of the Titans of Myth. The costume seen here was given to
her when she learned of her new origin in New Titans #55 (1990).
Page Eighteen. Panel One. Batman holding the dead body of Jason Todd.
(Batman #429, 1989). Superman being killed by Doomsday (Superman #75,
1993). Batman having his back broken by Bane. (Batman: Knightfall 1993)
Diana confronted by Artemis, the new Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman 94,
1994) Hal Jordan, formerly Green Lantern now the power mad Parallax.
(Green Lantern #48, volume 3)
Bane. First appearance: Batman: Venegeance of Bane #1 (1993) Raised in
a prison, and using the super-steroid known as Venom, Bane began a plot
to defeat Batman, eventually breaking his back.
Artemis. First appearance: Wonder Woman 90 (1994, volume 2). Not the
Greek Goddess, but an Amazon from the Bana-Mighdall tribe named after
her. When Queen Hippolyta was told by the Amazon's oracle of the
death of Wonder Woman, she rigged the contest so that Diana would lose.
Artemis won the contest, and was killed by the White Magician while
carrying the title and honor of Wonder Woman. (She later got better.)
Page Eighteen. Panel Two. Clockwise from the top: The funeral of Sue
Dibny (spelled without an E, never mind what the ribbon on the flowers
says) from Identity Crisis #1, (2003). The death of Maxwell Lord from
Wonder Woman #219 (2005). Superboy's betrayal of the Teen Titans from
Teen Titans #24. (2005, volume 3). Maxwell Lord's murder of the Blue
Beetle from Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 (2005).
Crying at the top panel is Ralph Dibny, formerly the Elongated Man. His
wife Sue was killed in Identity Crisis #1.
Page Eighteen. Panel Five. In the background is the image of Black Adam
beating up Uncle Sam from Infinite Crisis #1.
Page Nineteen. Panel Six. The Metal Men are confronted by OMACs. The
Metal Men, whose first appearances are in Showcase #37 (1962) are a
series of robots made by Dr. Will Magnus, each consisting of a
different element, with a different personality. Gold, Lead, Tin,
Mercury, Iron, and Platinum.
It's worth noting that though Gold was permanently killed in the 1990
Metal Men miniseries, his appearance here, and the absence of Dr.
Magnus as a metal man composed of "Veridium" does seem to indicate
that the events of that series (which revealed that they weren't
really robots but humans trapped in robot bodies by an experiment of
Magnus gone horribly wrong) have been rendered non-canonical.
Page Twenty. Panel Five. The return of Booster Gold. Booster was last
seen in The OMAC Project #6, where having lost too many friends in the
conflicts leading up to Crisis, he decided to return to his future.
Presumably, he then looked up historical data about the current Crisis,
and returned to the present with another incarnation of Skeets, the
security robot from the museum where he hijacked the time travel device
and objects he used as Booster Gold.
Page Twenty. Panel Seven. The images Skeets is displaying are: Mary
Marvel, Fire, Guy Gardner, and Metamorpho.
Fire. Beatriz DaCosta. First appearance: DC Comics Presents #46(1982).
A former model, secret agent, and member of the Global Guardians as
Green Fury, Fire became a member of the Justice League International
with her powers of flight and control over, you guessed it, fire.
Metamorpho. Rex Mason. First appearance: Brave and the Bold #57 (1964)
Soldier of fortune Rex Mason was transformed by exposure to the Orb of
Ra in an ancient temple, and became an element man able to turn himself
into any element found in the human body.
Page Twenty. Panel Eight. The Blue Beetle's magic scarab was believed
to be destroyed on multiple occasions, though it most recently was in
the possession of the Wizard Shazam when he was killed, and the Rock of
Eternity was destroyed. In Day of Vengeance #6, we saw that the scarab
landed in El Paso, Texas.
Page Twenty-One. Panel Two. King, of the Royal Flush Gang. First
appearance: Justice League of America #43 (1966). The Royal Flush Gang
were a criminal group outfitted by Amos Fortune, based on Playing
Cards.
Kite-Man is a joke of a Batman villain, being based on Charlie Brown
from the Peanuts comic strip.
Page Twenty-One. Panel Three. The Joker and King.
Scarecrow. Jonathan Crane. First appearance: World's Finest Comics #3
(1941) A psychologist who uses special gases to cause fear in others. A
Batman villain.
Penguin. Oswald Cobblepot. First appearance: Detective Comics #58
(1941) Obsessed with birds and umbrellas, a criminal mastermind despite
his short stature. One of Batman's villains.
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Criminals based off of the characters from
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Also amongst the sillier of
Batman's foes.
The head at the bottom implies that the rest of the Royal Flush Gang
seen here are the robotic duplicates of the original Royal Flush Gang,
constructed by Green Lantern foe Hector Hammond. King appears to be the
original though.
Page Twenty-one. Panel Seven. Joker used his joy buzzer to kill King.
Page Twenty-two. Panel Seven. Clockwise from upper left: The Symbioship
that took Power Girl to Earth. Power Girl. Power Girl flying off in the
distance. Karen Starr, Clark Kent and Lois Kent enjoying Christmas.
Lois and Karen embracing. Lois, Karen and Clark having just exited a
movie theatre playing "Star Wars" Power Girl flying past the Daily
Star building. An issue of the Daily Star with Power Girl and Superman
on it. Superman and Power Girl chasing after the Toyman. What looks
like Power Girl punching the Toyman. The mountain Fortress of Superman.
Power Girl. Power Girl and Superman opening the fortress doors with a
giant key. Power Girl and Superman approaching the key. Allura and
Zor-L with their daughter Kara. The destruction of Krypton. Power Girl.
This is the first time I've seen Superman of Earth-2 portrayed as
having a key to his fort just like his Earth-1 counterpart.
Page Twenty-Four. Panel One. The Batcave, Batman's headquarters in a
cave beneath Wayne Manor. On the left is the Black Box surveillance
unit that Batman salvaged from the Watchtower in the previous issue.
Page Twenty-Four. Panel Four. Alfred Pennyworth. First historical
appearance: Batman #16 (1943) First modern appearance: Batman #401
(1986). Bruce Wayne's butler who has raised him since his parents
were murdered by criminals.
Page Twenty-Five. Panel One. The communication image of Brother Eye, a
spy satellite created by Batman gone rogue, as introduced in DC
Countdown to Infinite Crisis, and The OMAC Project. (Both 2005).
Page Twenty-Five. Panel Four. O.M.A.C, standing for Omni Mind and
Community, as opposed to One Man Army Corps, or a host of other
acronyms that have been tossed around in association with this series.
Page Twenty-Five. Panel Five. The disabling of the OMACs occurred in
The OMAC Project #6.
Page Twenty-Six/Twenty-seven Spread. The heroine in yellow to the left
of Wonder Woman is Helena Kosmatos, otherwise known as Fury. First
appearance: Secret Origins #12 (volume 2, 1987) Granted powers by the
Furies of Greek Mythology during World War II, Helena was both a member
of the Young All-Stars, and of the All-Star Squadron in general. She
had a daughter, Lyta, who was adopted by JSA associate Miss America and
took on the name Fury as well. (She's the Post-Crisis replacement for
Earth-2 Wonder Woman.)
Paradise Island, otherwise known as Themyscira is the home of the
Amazons, women reincarnated after suffering violent deaths at the hands
of men.
Page Twenty-Eight. Panel Three. Carissa is one of the chief healers
amongst the Amazons.
Page Twenty-Eight. Panel Four. Artemis, in her role as Minister of
Defense of the Amazon Nation.
Page Twenty-Nine. Panel Seven. Spectre attacking Princess Amethyst of
Gemworld. Princess Amethyst. Two unknown individuals. Guy Gardner and
the Green Lantern Corps. One member of the Green Lantern Corps. Blue
Devil. The Shadowpact. Batman. Brother Eye's Symbol.
Princess Amethyst. Amy Winston. First appearance: Legion of
Super-Heroes #298(1983). Amy believed herself to a human girl but was a
princess destined to rule the magical realm known as Gemworld, where
she had an adult body. She was blinded during the Crisis, but her
mystic might allows her to live normally. She has since abandoned her
life on Earth to live on Gemworld fulltime.
The Shadowpact was founded in Day of Vengeance, consisting of Blue
Devil, Ragman, Enchantress, Nightshade, Detective Chimp, and
Nightmaster.
Blue Devil. Daniel Cassidy. First appearance: Fury of Firestorm #24
(1984). A stunt man who was mystically sealed into his costume by a
demon, and has since become a devil hunter and a former Justice League
member.
Detective Chimp. First appearance: Rex the Wonder Dog #4 (1953) Bobo, a
normal chimpanzee drank of the fountain of youth and gained immortality
and the ability to communicate with all animals, including humans. He
became a detective.
Nightmaster. Jim Rook. First appearance: Showcase #82 (1969) A former
musician who spent time in a mystical dimension where he became a
warrior.
Enchantress. June Moone. First appearance: Strange Adventures #187
(1966) June gained magical powers which she used to fight evil. Having
gone through several periods of mental instability where she became a
villain, she has returned to the side of good. Mostly.
Ragman. Rory Regan. First appearance: Ragman #1 (1976) Possessing a
cloak made of patches, each one a soul of a person in need of
redemption, Ragman possesses great strength, and the ability to absorb
those wicked souls into the fabric of his cloak.
Page Thirty. Panel Four. Dr. Mid-nite and Wildcat. Jay Garrick. Fury,
Wonder Woman of Earth-2, and a kanga in the background. The JSA
(clockwise from Hawkman: Flash, Green Lantern, Starman, Dr. Fate, Atom,
Superman, Wildcat). Dr.Fate and Hawkman. The marriage of Superman and
Lois Lane. The Huntress at the grave of Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne's
Gravestone. The Huntress. Adult Robin fighting a criminal.
End of Issue Two.
Corrections are very much requested. Thanks.
Hand-of-Omega
Peter Svensson wrote:
> Infinite Crisis Issue Two Annotations
> Written By Peter Svensson.
Alan Scott. First Appearance All-American Comics #16 (1940) A former
> engineer turned radio host, Alan Scott found a glowing green lantern,
> and carved a ring out of it, which granted him mystical powers limited
> only by his willpower, though wooden objects proved immune to his
> powers. He was a founding member of the Justice Society of America. He
> has two children, Obsidian (Todd Rice) and Jade (Jenny-Hayden)
What's happened to Obsidian, anyway? I haven't seen him around in a
while...
>
> Page Four. Panel Two. Clayface. Quite frankly, there have been almost a
> dozen Clayface variants since the original was introduced in Detective
> Comics #40 (1940). Though every Clayface had the power to change its
> shape, I can't give you specifics on which Clayface we're seeing
> here. Sorry.
I'm unclear on the specifics, but seemingly there is a veritable plague
of Clayfaces running around in the Battitles, so this could be one of
them...Anyone know more?
>
> Page Four. Panel Four. Psycho-Pirate II. Roger Hayden. A troubled youth
> who took over the role of Psycho-Pirate from the original JSA villain,
> using his gimmick of altering the emotions of others. Psycho-Pirate is
> one of the few people in the DC Universe who remembers the multiverse
> that existed before the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. His
> extreme interest in Power Girl was revealed in JSA Classified 1-4,
> where he revealed Power Girl's true origin as a denizen of a universe
> that no longer exists to her.
>
Has he been seen since the ending of the original Crisis?
> Page Five. Panel Eight. Psycho-Pirate, still retaining his memories of
> Earth-2 would of course know the identity of the man about to return.
So why doesn't he tell Luthor that?
>
> Page Eight. Panel Seven. The Skies are red, the signature of the Crisis
> on Infinite Earths.
Nice touch!
> Page Nine. Panel One. The Society was mentioned to be headquartered in
> Gotham City in their appearance in DC Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1
> (2005).
Yeah, *that's* real smart, Luthor...^^
> Goth. First appearance Titans #3 (1999). A demon who allied with the
> Contessa, Lex Luthor's immortal ex-wife,
Wait, stop right there. What, now? This is the mother of Lena, right?
Speaking of whom, what ever happened to her?
> Earth-Prime was originally meant to be the "Real World" when it
> first appeared in the Flash, and on several other occasions. There,
> superheroes are fictional, though the Flash and Superman visited
> Earth-Prime on several occasions. The conceit that it was our world was
> pretty much gone by the time Crisis came in 1985, though it made for
> some fun (and very silly) stories.
Really, I'd no idea it appeared before the Superboy story. What was its
first appearance?
> Miss America. Joan Dale. First Appearance: Military Comics #1 (1941).
> Granted powers in a dream by the Spirit of America, Miss America could
> transmute objects.
>
> Uncle Sam. The Spirit of America. First Appearance: National Comics #1
> (1940) The Spirit of America, fighting to protect the land of the brave
> and the home of the free.
>
So Uncle Sam gave Miss America her powers? Just being sure...
> Pariah. (Name is either Mossa, or Kell, or maybe both.) First
> appearance: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1. After his attempt to
> duplicate Krona's experiment and see the creation of the universe
> resulted in the Anti-Monitor destroying his universe, the scientist
> responsible was granted immortality by the Monitor, and was drawn to
> the destruction of universe after universe.
>
Seemingly killed by one of the Luthors in the conclusion to Villains
United...
> Guy Gardner. Green Lantern. First appearance: Green Lantern (vol. 2)
> #59. A gym teacher who was chosen to be the substitute Green Lantern of
> Earth, but suffered brain damage after his first time out filling in
> for Hal Jordan went terribly wrong. He recovered during the events of
> Crisis, now with a cocky attitude and no class.
>
So, his obnoxiousness was because of a brain injury all along?? Man,
now I feel bad...
> Page Twenty-one. Panel Seven. Joker used his joy buzzer to kill King.
>
No annotation on the Joker?
> Paradise Island, otherwise known as Themyscira is the home of the
> Amazons, women reincarnated after suffering violent deaths at the hands
> of men.
>
And *once again* under siege and about to be destroyed...~_~
> End of Issue Two.
>
> Corrections are very much requested. Thanks.
Thanks for the effort! There's a lot here that I didn't know...
Dex
Mark J. Reed
"Peter Svensson" <sun1...@hotmail.com> writes:
>Page Sixteen. Panel One. Bubble Three. The Freedom Fighters of Earth-X.
Trivia: the X in "Earth-X" is meant to evoke the Nazi swastika; it was
originally going to be Earth-<swastika>, but besides being hard to
pronounce, the idea was vetoed by Julius Schwarz.
>Black Condor. Richard Grey AKA Thomas Wright. First appearance: Crack
>Comics #1 (1940). A man who could fly because he was raised by birds,
You're kidding, right? He can fly because he was raised by birds? Wow.
That's lame even among tossed-off Golden Age origins. :)
>Page Sixteen. Panel One. Bubble Five. The heroes of Earth-4. Originally
>published by Fawcett comics in the 1960s,
Charlton, not Fawcett. Which you know, since you got it right later.
Just pointing out the typo.
>Captain Atom. Nathaniel Adam. First appearance: Space Adventures #33
>(1960) US pilot who was granted nuclear powers in an accident.
In Space Adventures #33 he wasn't a pilot, just a maintenance man who got stuck
on a rocket as it was launching.
>Judomaster. Rip Jagger. First appearance: Special War Series #4 (1965).
>Having learned Judo during WWII from expatriate Japanese who opposed
>their countries aggression, he fought crime with sidekick Tiger, a
>Japanese orphan.
And his adventures were all set around WWII. So his appearance beside the
modern-day Charlton heroes is anachronistic unless the scene depicted is from
the Crisis itself.
>Kole. First appearance: New Teen Titans (volume 2) #9 (1985) Teen Titan
>with the power to create crystal.
Real Name: Kole Weathers.
>Daughter of a US senator granted powers similar to those of
>Firestorm.
Really? Her appearance is similar, but does she have the transmuting
powers? I thought she just had more traditional fire powers.
>Tempest. Joshua Clay. First appearance: Showcase #94 (1977). A mutant
>with powers to emit blasts from his hands, and a member of the New Doom
>Patrol.
Not to be confused with the Tempest who used to be Aqualad . . .
>Lightning Lass. Ayla Ranzz. First appearance: Adventure Comics
>#308(1963). Sister of Lightning Lad, who also has electrical powers,
>and is a Legionnaire.
Is that her first appearance *as* Lightning Lass, or was she Light Lass
then? I don't remember the chronological order of her power changes.
>Troia. In the aftermath of Crisis, when Wonder Woman's origin was
>revised, Wonder Girl's got revised as well, where instead of being
>rescued by Wonder Woman from a burning building, she was rescued by
>Rhea, Queen of the Titans of Myth. The costume seen here was given to
>her when she learned of her new origin in New Titans #55 (1990).
Her origin was arguably revised again in the recent Return of Donna Troy
mini.
>Page Twenty-One. Panel Three. The Joker and King.
Did I miss a citation of the Joker somewhere above?
Michael S. Schiffer
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>...
>>Black Condor. Richard Grey AKA Thomas Wright. First appearance:
>>Crack Comics #1 (1940). A man who could fly because he was
>>raised by birds,
> You're kidding, right? He can fly because he was raised by
> birds? Wow. That's lame even among tossed-off Golden Age
> origins. :)
I can't remember where it was first described as "a triumph of
environment over heredity". But between that and his happening to be
the identical double of the murdered Senator he ran across, one is
tempted to suspect that it was called Crack Comics because that's
what the writer was smoking at the time. :-)
Mike
--
Michael S. Schiffer, LHN, FCS
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Peter Svensson
> What's happened to Obsidian, anyway? I haven't seen him around in a
> while...
Obsidian has been rehabilitating since the end of JSA: Princes of
Darkness where he lost his powers but regained his sanity.
> Has he been seen since the ending of the original Crisis?
He appeared in Grant Morrison's run on Animal Man in a story that
served as a sequel to Crisis, and apparently vanished from the DC
Universe. His continuity has since become incredibly murky since
Morrison then retconned a good chunk of his run out of continuity in
his final issue. He appeared in an Underworld Unleashed tie-in,
revamped by Neron with no mention of the Animal Man plot. He most
recently appeared in JSA Classified #1-4, with powers reminiscent of
those he gained in Animal Man, but without the knowledge that he's a
fictional character that he had in that series.
> So why doesn't he tell Luthor that?
I think the reason is because it's not a secure line and Luthor doesn't
want others to know about Earth-2. JSA Classified #4 implies that
Society Luthor is aware of the Multiverse, but doesn't want the other
villains to know.
> Wait, stop right there. What, now? This is the mother of Lena, right?
> Speaking of whom, what ever happened to her?
She was nuked shortly after Lex became President. She's may or may not
be dead, since she's supposedly immortal, but hasn't been seen since
Lex became President back in 2000.
> Really, I'd no idea it appeared before the Superboy story. What was its
> first appearance?
Flash #179 (1968) Flash ended up in the real world, met DC Editor
Julius Schwartz and built a cosmic treadmill which he then used to
return to Earth-1. The Cosmic Treadmill was stored in Schwartz's closet
and used by Elliot S! Maggin and Cary Bates to travel to Earths One and
Two, where they gained superpowers in what is probably the worst
JLA/JSA crossover ever.
> So Uncle Sam gave Miss America her powers? Just being sure...
Well... I'm unsure. I don't know Miss America's Pre-Crisis origin,
which is what I'd prefer to list in this annotation. I'm going from
what little I've gathered of her Post-Crisis origin which tied her to
Project M and extrapolated backwards. I'm pretty sure I got that really
wrong. I annotated this in a 5 hour stretch, and I know there's errors
galore here, but I wanted to make it as complete as I could.
> > Page Twenty-one. Panel Seven. Joker used his joy buzzer to kill King.
> >
> No annotation on the Joker?
My bad!
Joker. First Appearance Batman #1 (1940) A criminal lunatic obsessed
with Batman, who uses jokes, gags and clown paraphernalia as part of
his deranged crime. Batman's main villain.
Peter Svensson
Peter Svensson
> What's happened to Obsidian, anyway? I haven't seen him around in a
> while...
Obsidian has been rehabilitating since the end of JSA: Princes of
Darkness where he lost his powers but regained his sanity.
> Has he been seen since the ending of the original Crisis?
He appeared in Grant Morrison's run on Animal Man in a story that
served as a sequel to Crisis, and apparently vanished from the DC
Universe. His continuity has since become incredibly murky since
Morrison then retconned a good chunk of his run out of continuity in
his final issue. He appeared in an Underworld Unleashed tie-in,
revamped by Neron with no mention of the Animal Man plot. He most
recently appeared in JSA Classified #1-4, with powers reminiscent of
those he gained in Animal Man, but without the knowledge that he's a
fictional character that he had in that series.
> So why doesn't he tell Luthor that?
I think the reason is because it's not a secure line and Luthor doesn't
want others to know about Earth-2. JSA Classified #4 implies that
Society Luthor is aware of the Multiverse, but doesn't want the other
villains to know.
> Wait, stop right there. What, now? This is the mother of Lena, right?
> Speaking of whom, what ever happened to her?
She was nuked shortly after Lex became President. She's may or may not
be dead, since she's supposedly immortal, but hasn't been seen since
Lex became President back in 2000.
> Really, I'd no idea it appeared before the Superboy story. What was its
> first appearance?
Flash #179 (1968) Flash ended up in the real world, met DC Editor
Julius Schwartz and built a cosmic treadmill which he then used to
return to Earth-1. The Cosmic Treadmill was stored in Schwartz's closet
and used by Elliot S! Maggin and Cary Bates to travel to Earths One and
Two, where they gained superpowers in what is probably the worst
JLA/JSA crossover ever.
> So Uncle Sam gave Miss America her powers? Just being sure...
Well... I'm unsure. I don't know Miss America's Pre-Crisis origin,
which is what I'd prefer to list in this annotation. I'm going from
what little I've gathered of her Post-Crisis origin which tied her to
Project M and extrapolated backwards. I'm pretty sure I got that really
wrong. I annotated this in a 5 hour stretch, and I know there's errors
galore here, but I wanted to make it as complete as I could.
> > Page Twenty-one. Panel Seven. Joker used his joy buzzer to kill King.
> >
> No annotation on the Joker?
My bad!
bllbickel
Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
> >Lightning Lass. Ayla Ranzz. First appearance: Adventure Comics
> >#308(1963). Sister of Lightning Lad, who also has electrical powers,
> >and is a Legionnaire.
>
> Is that her first appearance *as* Lightning Lass, or was she Light Lass
> then? I don't remember the chronological order of her power changes.
IIRC, she first appeared when Lightning Lad was dead, pretending to be
him. When her identity was revealed (and she now called herself
Lightning Lass, of course), this was the first anybody had heard that L
Lad ever had a sister. Her change of power came about after her brother
returned to life, ad it sure was convenient that it just happened to
have required only a minor change in her name.
Of course this is all pre-retcon. For all I know, Light Lass now comes
from a planet of sentient light bulbs.
Bill Bickel
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Clem Clambake
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Clem Clambake
>Page Twenty-one. Panel Seven. Joker used his joy buzzer to kill King.
Isn't King immortal?
MG
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Written By Peter Svensson.
There are spoilers for issue two of Infinite Crisis here. You are
warned.
Page Three Panel One. Airwave II. Harold Jordan. The son of the
original Airwave, a hero active in World War II as a member of the
All-Star Squadron, Harold inherited his father's helmet which allowed
him to transform himself into radio energy and overhear transmissions.
Harold Jordan is named after his cousin Hal, who is better known as
Green Lantern.
Airwave was recruited by Donna Troy in JSA issue 77.
NEW Airwave II - first appearance Green Lantern #100. 1978
Page Four. Panel Five. Giganta. Clayface. Mr. Atom. Shrapnel? Power
Girl.
My sources on Shrapnel, if that is indeed the villain in this page,
which I am a little doubtful of, aren't very clear. Corrections would
be appreciated.
NEW That isn't Shrapnel - Shrapnel is a bunch of scrap metal in humanoid
form. I want to say his name is something like Bloodsport.
Page Nine. Panel Four. Here is my failure as your annotator. I can
identify only one of the villains displayed here, Dr. Sivana, on the
upper right.
NEW Psycho-Pirate is in the left corner. Bottom right looks like it could
be Colonel Computron (1st appearance - The Flash #304 1981).
Right side, middle row 1st screen - looks like it is possibly the Bug Eyed
Bandit (who died in the first Crisis).
Fire. Beatriz DaCosta. First appearance: DC Comics Presents #46(1982).
A former model, secret agent, and member of the Global Guardians as
Green Fury, Fire became a member of the Justice League International
with her powers of flight and control over, you guessed it, fire.
NEW Fire first appeared in Super Friends #25 (1979). DC Comics Presents
might be her first "in DCU continuity" appearance. (Although at least one
Super Friends story was mentioned in DCU continuity.)
Kite-Man is a joke of a Batman villain, being based on Charlie Brown
from the Peanuts comic strip.
NEW Not exactly. Kite-Man's 1st appearance was in Batman #133 (1960). The
Charlie Brown aspect was added on 26 years later in Hawkman #4 by Tony
Isabella.
Tim Turnip
wrote:
>Infinite Crisis Issue Two Annotations
>Written By Peter Svensson.
>
>There are spoilers for issue two of Infinite Crisis here. You are
>warned.
>
>Page Twenty-Six/Twenty-seven Spread. The heroine in yellow to the left
>of Wonder Woman is Helena Kosmatos, otherwise known as Fury. First
>appearance: Secret Origins #12 (volume 2, 1987) Granted powers by the
>Furies of Greek Mythology during World War II, Helena was both a member
>of the Young All-Stars, and of the All-Star Squadron in general. She
>had a daughter, Lyta, who was adopted by JSA associate Miss America and
>took on the name Fury as well. (She's the Post-Crisis replacement for
>Earth-2 Wonder Woman.)
So do we know how Helena K. ended up here and active? Last I saw, she
was an old lady in an English nursing home (Sandman #62). Is this
something that's been going on in Rucka's Wonder Woman?
crapg...@gmail.com
Bug & Byte
Colonel Computron
Peter Svensson
> So do we know how Helena K. ended up here and active? Last I saw, she
> was an old lady in an English nursing home (Sandman #62). Is this
> something that's been going on in Rucka's Wonder Woman?
It happened in a Priest Wonder Woman fill in a few years back. She got
her powers back, and was invigorated, though she's still not mentally
all there. This was before Jimenez's run. So 1999ish. Oddly enough,
Helena has not met up with her daughter yet, even though both are alive
in the DCU again. Which is sad.
And I want to thank everyone here for their corrections. I am still
amazed though, that the collected RACDU appears to have been stumped by
some of the references in Infinite Crisis.
Peter Svensson
gandrw...@gmail.com
When Roy Thomas retold the origin, he threw in a convenient "glowing
nearby meteor" to give an added variable.
Michael S. Schiffer
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>
> Michael S. Schiffer wrote:
>> Mark J. Reed <mr...@thereeds.org> wrote in
>> news:Dkzcf.7302$AS6....@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:
>...
>> > You're kidding, right? He can fly because he was raised by
>> > birds? Wow. That's lame even among tossed-off Golden Age
>> > origins. :)
>> I can't remember where it was first described as "a triumph of
>> environment over heredity". But between that and his happening
>> to be the identical double of the murdered Senator he ran
>> across, one is tempted to suspect that it was called Crack
>> Comics because that's what the writer was smoking at the time.
>> :-)
> When Roy Thomas retold the origin, he threw in a convenient
> "glowing nearby meteor" to give an added variable.
That's the coward's way out. I think the story should have had BC
recounting his origin to a bunch of other powered heroes and then
*daring* them to suggest that his was any less likely than theirs.
"Yeah, you'd think jumping off a cliff would have killed me. Of
course, you'd think falling into a vat of powerful acid, being
struck full-on by lightning next to a case of volatile chemicals, or
being strapped to an atomic bomb would kill someone too. I guess
some of us are just born lucky, huh?"
MG
<crapg...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> some of the villains on the monitors
>
> Bug & Byte
Ah, that's who those two were. I incorrectly thought he was the Bug Eyed
Bandit.
> Colonel Computron
Cool, I did get this one right.
Snapper Carr
> from the Peanuts comic strip.
I question the basis for this observation. Kite-Man first appeared in
Batman 133, 1960. Not a first-rate villain, by any stretch, but I
don't think there was a Charlie Brown connection when he first
appeared.
Tony
Mark J. Reed wrote:
> Some corrections and some questions below.
> >Firestorm.
>
> Really? Her appearance is similar, but does she have the transmuting
> powers? I thought she just had more traditional fire powers.
--nope, her powers are quite a bit like Firestorm's. Issue 8 of COIE
had her transmuting the tattered remains of her costume into a new one.
Tony
Mike
"Snapper Carr" <carrd...@aol.com> wrote in message
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His real name is Charles Brown. Make of that what you will...
;)
Daibhid Ceanaideach
Yes, but was he given that name when he first appeared?
Calling Tony or Loren...
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
Hooray, Hooray, it's a wonderful day
For I have found my cow!
-"Where's My Cow?" (original version)
Marcos
>> from the Peanuts comic strip.
>I question the basis for this observation. Kite-Man first appeared in
>Batman 133, 1960.
Which proves what, exactly? Charlie Brown had been around for a decade
by then.
MG
"Daibhid Ceanaideach" <daibhidc...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:Xns970BA86D...@130.133.1.4...
> Also Sprach Mike:
>
> >
> > "Snapper Carr" <carrd...@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:1131680481.5...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com..
> > .
> >>> Kite-Man is a joke of a Batman villain, being based on
> >>> Charlie Brown from the Peanuts comic strip.
> >>
> >> I question the basis for this observation. Kite-Man first
> >> appeared in Batman 133, 1960. Not a first-rate villain,
> >> by any stretch, but I don't think there was a Charlie
> >> Brown connection when he first appeared.
> >
> > His real name is Charles Brown. Make of that what you
> > will... ;)
>
> Yes, but was he given that name when he first appeared?
>
> Calling Tony or Loren...
No, Tony named Kite-Man Charles Brown 26 years after his debut. Hawkman
Vol. 2 #4.
Desscribe
>seen here are the robotic duplicates of the original Royal Flush Gang,
>constructed by Green Lantern foe Hector Hammond. King appears to be the
>original though.
Actually, Ace has long been a robot (though there was a Titans
storyline some time ago with a human Ace). While the severed head we
see is that of the robotic Ace, I would assume that the other bodies
are the human RFG.
Incidentally, didn't that Titans story reveal that the Invasion had
activated King's metagene, making him more-or-less immortal? (My
memory's vague on that point.) Maybe he'll be back...
Erich
Carl Fink
> --nope, her powers are quite a bit like Firestorm's. Issue 8 of COIE
> had her transmuting the tattered remains of her costume into a new one.
Acknowledged later to be a mistake. Marv Wolfman didn't know the character
well.
--
Carl Fink ca...@fink.to
If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be.
-Bruce Tognazzini
Carl Fink
> him. When her identity was revealed (and she now called herself
> Lightning Lass, of course), this was the first anybody had heard that L
> Lad ever had a sister. Her change of power came about after her brother
> returned to life, ad it sure was convenient that it just happened to
> have required only a minor change in her name.
Well, it wasn't an accident. Dream Girl used "Naltorian super-science" to
artificially change her powers.
It was decades before another writer (Levitz) finally followed up on this by
having her use her scientific knowledge again.
Carl Fink
> There are spoilers for issue two of Infinite Crisis here. You are
> warned.
> "I hear them dying" is attributed to Air Wave, as seen on the next
> panel.
And a reference to Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first Star Wars movie.
> Uncle Sam. The Spirit of America. First Appearance: National Comics #1
> (1940) The Spirit of America, fighting to protect the land of the brave
> and the home of the free.
Note that Uncle Sam died/was transformed in Ostrander's SPECTRE, but all
other writers are apparently ignoring that.
> Dr. Light II. Kimiyo Hoshi. First appearance: Crisis on Infinite Earths
> #4. A Japanese astrologist granted powers over light by the Monitor to
> fight in the Crisis.
ASTROLOGIST? I think not. Dr. Hoshi is an ASTRONOMER, a scientist, not a
charlatan.
> Page Twenty. Panel Five. The return of Booster Gold. Booster was last
> seen in The OMAC Project #6, where having lost too many friends in the
> conflicts leading up to Crisis, he decided to return to his future.
> Presumably, he then looked up historical data about the current Crisis,
> and returned to the present with another incarnation of Skeets, the
> security robot from the museum where he hijacked the time travel device
> and objects he used as Booster Gold.
[snip]
> Page Twenty. Panel Eight. The Blue Beetle's magic scarab was believed
> to be destroyed on multiple occasions, though it most recently was in
> the possession of the Wizard Shazam when he was killed, and the Rock of
> Eternity was destroyed. In Day of Vengeance #6, we saw that the scarab
> landed in El Paso, Texas.
It seems that Booster's first move is to resurrect his friend, Ted Kord,
which one must admit is a worthy goal.
Mike
"Marcos" <mark...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Which is what "based on" means.
Mark J. Reed
Yes. Read the thread again; I think you and I are in violent agreement. :)
The OP wrote: "Kite-man is ... based on Charlie Brown."
Someone Else replied: "I question the basis for this observation. Kite-Man
first appeared in ... 1960."
Now, I read that and inferred that the reference to 1960 was meant to somehow
establish Someone Else's point that Kite-Man wasn't, in fact, based on Charlie
Brown, presumably because Charlie Brown wasn't around yet. So I replied,
pointing out that he was, in fact, not only around but already a well-known
character of long standing in 1960.
Eminence
wrote:
>On 2005-11-10, Peter Svensson <sun1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There are spoilers for issue two of Infinite Crisis here. You are
>> warned.
>
>> "I hear them dying" is attributed to Air Wave, as seen on the next
>> panel.
>
>And a reference to Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first Star Wars movie.
Are you sure it's not a reference to Mr. Spock in the TOS Star Trek
episode "The Immunity Syndrome"? ;-)
Eminence
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John M. Gamble
Desscribe <dessc...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>Incidentally, didn't that Titans story reveal that the Invasion had
>activated King's metagene, making him more-or-less immortal? (My
>memory's vague on that point.) Maybe he'll be back...
>
According to postings made when Kingdom Come was running, yes (King
and Vandal Savage were in the same meeting room, and the annotater
pointed out that that was appropriate, since they were both
immortals).
--
-john
February 28 1997: Last day libraries could order catalogue cards
from the Library of Congress.