Added by AirDave817 on Oct. 10, 2008
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If you had superpowers, would you go public or have a secret identity?
Hrmmm. If I had superpowers, would I go public or have a secret identity?
Wow, good question.
I work in radio and I don't use my real name. So, I would probably be
Ralph Dibney. Or maybe
Booster Gold. I would probably maintain a public identity, because I would be performing a public service; and have an agent to control how I could make a little extra cash from appearances and endorsements. Yeah, definitely
Booster Gold. Definitely.
Added by AirDave817 on Oct. 8, 2008
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If the Marvel & DC Universes became one, who would be on which team?
This would be
so cool. It
could be cool
I know that Busiek and Perez just did something like this and this was done awhile back in the Amalgam Universe - but I could see
The Avengers and the
Justice League as a single team;
The Invaders and the
Justice Society as a single team, all part of the
All-Star Squadron; and the classic
Teen Titans and original
X-Men merged. I could probably see
Arthur Curry as
Namor's ward or sidekick as a
ferinstance.
Can you just see
Jay Garrick,
Alan Scott and
Carter Hall along with
Steve Rogers,
Jim Hammond and
Namor? Imagine the origin of the JSA, where President Roosevelt gathers
The Green Lantern and
The Flash with
The Human Torch. The Spectre summons
The Sub-Mariner (and if I have my timeline right
Union Jack? Or would he be part of the '41 wave with Cap and Wonder Woman
) along with the other heroes.
The American Super-Soldier program produces
Captain America - and later - what? Maybe
Commander Steel. The only question is - is this a world with or without Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow and Speedy and maybe Aquaman. I could see keeping Steve Rogers and Carter Hall part of the Golden-Age. As liasons between the
JSA-Invaders and
Justice League-Avengers team.
I could see the
Titans and the
X-Men together because of that whole Loren Jupiter riff thing the
Titans did to try to be cool and relevent like the
X-Men. The New Teen Titans did the same thing in '80 to be like the
Newer Uncanny X-Men... Then, just picture a wave of Infinity Inc. added to their roster.
The Fastest Man Alive, with...
The Brightest Light
...and The Brightest Flame
...and The Hottest Hot-Head
The Canadian Berserker
I almost forgot, that if we are talking one world and maybe a consistent history, we would maybe need Logan along with Namor.
Added by AirDave817 on Oct. 6, 2008
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Would you give up the use of your legs to have Professor X's powers?
I KNOW what you're thinking...
I'd probably end up overweight, but of course I would. A
mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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Are you a fan of the big event/crossover stories?
The 800lb Gorilla
Am I a fan of the big event/crossover stories.
Not really.
I came late to the classic JSA - JLA crossovers. The first one I picked up was the death of Mr. Terrific. Pretty good story, but just a little incomplete. George Perez on the new Secret Society of Super-Villains was awesome. The All-Star Squadron story was pretty good. Kind of a bummer that Crisis on Infinite earths pretty much killed the concept of an event crossover.
I picked up Legends was was disappointing.
I picked up The Death of Superman for the novelty of it. But, since COIE, just about every event crossover has been less about the story, or fallen short of expectations. I'd rather have one single issue that tells a really good story, than twleve or more that are supposed to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle to make up the story - usually they don't.
While George Perez and Jim Lee brought some great art to Inifinite Crisis, it was disappointing. I just don't like Superboy-Prime. I never will. More disappointing was the series of event crossovers all in a row. Identity Crisis, Inifinite Crisis, 52, Countdown, Final Crisis.
I'm a Batman fan. But since ban broke Bruce's back or the Earthquake I haven't been back to Gotham. I won't until there's a really good series of individual stories. Alex Ross covers won't make me pick up Batman R.I.P.
James Robinson managed to take Starman to all different places across the galaxy and time and space on his quest for Will Payton. That was a cool story. I haven't really found anything that good since.
Added by AirDave817 on Oct. 3, 2008
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Bless me,
G-Man, for I have
sinned. It has been far too long since my last post.
My job keeps me pretty busy during the summer, and if I schedule vacation, then I'm doing more to cover the gap while I'm gone...and then I have to play catch-up when I get back. I'm
still in the middle of re-reading my
Starman collection, tracking down the third trade paperback - I'm
working up to the omnibus. What's missing from my collection is the crossover with
Sandman Mystery Theatre. (feel free to pass along any tips on tracking them down) I went through a short financial bind and had to stop picking up
Starman for a time - I call it
temporary insanity. I came back a few issues later and determined not to drop the book ever again. I didn't, and enjoyed the rest of the 80 issues.
Guardian of Opal City
There was a time when all I was reading was
Starman,
The Batman Adventures (in one form or another) and
Ultimate Spider-Man. Partly that was all I could afford, and partly nothing else really appealed to me. I couldn't see getting wrapped up in something that would branch out into
multiple parts or other titles. I'm still pretty worn out from
events.
Times have changed.
Starman wrapped with issue 80, and now, some
Kingdom Come version is a member of the JSA. I thought that whole thing got wrapped up a few years ago with
Mark Waid's
The Kingdom and
Gog special on
New Year's Evil. Maybe not. The whole
Kingdom Come approach going on in JSA doesn't appeal to me. Didn't impress me back then, doesn't now. Sorry. Maybe I'll grab the trade.
The Batman Strikes just wrapped with issue 50,
The Demon visiting Gotham on Halloween.
The Demons Three and
The Riddler were along for the ride. I wasn't all that keen on the re-imagining of The Batman and his rogues for a younger audience, but I was a fan of Christopher Jones and Terry Beatty, so I gave it a try. I especially disliked the re-imagining of
The Riddler as Goth
, but, now it's done
.
Ultimate Spider-Man - - the best book you can read!
That just leaves me with Ultimate Spider-Man. I've still got Green Lantern, The Brave and The Bold, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, Marvel Superheroes and Trinity on my pull list - but for how long? I was hoping that B & B would have legs, but we'll see. I'm really hoping that Johns picks things up in Green Lantern - six issues on Hal's Secret Origin in flashback? After building up and opening the door to a whole spectrum of Lanterns?
I've been a DC guy for a long time. Since Paul Levitz was on Legion of Super-Heroes in the '70's. I just look at what DC is offering now, and I don't see anything worth picking up and reading, aside from Green Lantern and The Brave and The Bold. I haven't read Batman or 'tective since around the time Bane broke Bruce's back. Okay, I picked up Prodigal, but as good as it was it was still basically a gimmick. Batman R.I.P. does nothing for me. I may pick up Dini's 'tective stories in the trade...
Even as much as I like Kurt Busiek - his astro city stuff is GREAT! - and Trinity is the best weekly I've read so far, but still it's a weekly and it's a limited series. 52 issues and out.
So, even though I'm headin' up to the MN State Fairgrounds tomorrow to fill my Starman sketchbook - I'm going to be looking for Gordon Purcell for a Ted Knight Starman sketch, Adam Hughes for a Stargirl sketch, and Tom Nguyen for a Phantom Lady sketch - plus autographs from Doug Mahnke, Christopher Jones and Terry Beatty, I'll be going as an emerging Marvel Zombie.
Hey, I've seen Iron Man almost a dozen times - before buying the DVD! Hail Jon Favreau.