I've been re-reading through Identity Crisis and it's pretty much the last time i've heard anything about the Elongated Man. Does anybody know what happened to him?

In my previous blog entry, I made assumptions about the upcoming Young Justice cartoon series.  But as more information came to light during comic-con, it's clear that I was wrong. But hey, life goes on.  So here's some updates. 

1.)  okay, first of all, the series is not canon, it's multiverse. So there's a legit reason for the different line-up 
 
2.)  Robin is Dick Grayson, not Tim Drake D: (who originally lead the team in the comic book). Good news for DG fans, bad news for TD ones ):  bbut everybody wins because hey, there's a new DC cartoon coming out soon. 
 
3.)  Naturally, if Dick Grayson is Robin, then Wally West is Kid Flash. Not Bart Allen (D: whyyyyy?) but like i said before, it's not canon. It's multiverse. 
 
4.)  The new Aqualad? He's the son of villain Black Manta (nope, not token at all) and he's unique because he's being introduced into comics for the first time too, sometime in the  Brightest Day storyline. 
 
Changes aside, I'm still looking forward to this series. 
 
Here's some updated info: 

   You know how some times when you buy a comic, and the art is a little weird or the writing is sub-par and you kind of wish you hadn't bought it yet can still read it and be happy anyway? Well, Batman: The Widening Gyre #6 is a little worse than that. 
     
    When this comic came out I heard a lot of bitching about on different sites, Comics Alliance even went as far to call it "  the worst of the worst  ".  I thought this was an over-exaggeration, comic fans nitpick all the time, just looking for anything out of the norm for a character and then blasting it. And then I bought the book to actually see what everybody was so flustered about: 
 
Batman had a "BLADDER SPASM" 

 
That's right. The Dark Knight. The Caped Crusader, peed in his pants. According to Kevin Smith at least.  Here's the proof:    

Yep. He pisses himself and then tells other  vigilantes about it. To be fair, he's telling this guy Baphomet about his first night as Batman (the dinner-fire scene from Batman: Year One) and how he apparently was also suprised when he set a dining room on fire. Oh, but that's not the only thing he tells some new, random person he knows nothing about. He also reveals his identity, introduces him to Silver St.Cloud who is his fiance at the time, and even shows him where the Batcave is. Cause y'know, Batman totally trusts people like that. 
  
So some more of this issue has Batman and his fiance being all lovey-dovey and stuff:

(for some reason Bruce tthinks she's a robot?) 
 
After they make up; we learn that Silver refers to Bruce as "DeeDee". You might say "that doesen't make any sense', but luckily Silver explains:

That's right, this classy individual has a nickname for Bruce based on the number of orgasms they had.  
 
And the gross part is, she's saying this to Alfred. Alfred . Who is like a parent to Bruce. Yeah, ew.
 
So, getting back to this wonderful story; we again see that Baphomet guy again, but guess what? He's not really a vigilante, he's a villain! Oh Snap! 
Naturally this is a Batman book, so you can't trust anybody. Especially ramdom guys in weird masks.  
 
But wait, there's more! To add insult to injury, not only is this guy a villain, he's a murderous one. And guess who he kills? Yep, Silver St.Cloud. Now Batman is alone, has his identity compromised, and telling embarassing stories to random guys.

  
Thank you Kevin Smith, thank you very much.

   
This is a year of epic awesomeness for comic-book movies. First there was Iron Man 2 which came out in May was amazing and worth the wait. Jonah Hex comes out on the 18th, and while maybe not as popular, still looks good to me. The release I'm really looking forward to is Under The Red Hood, which is a DVD animated movie from DC comics on July 27th. And finally there's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, out on August 13. 
 
I'll go see Jonah Hex, but I'm not sure what to expect. But hey, in the trailer, his horse has a machine gun type attatchment. Who wouldn't want to see that. Plus, it's a western which is great in itself, and it's a lesser known DC comics character getting a chance in the spotlight. Hopefully the movie won't be all about Jonah Hex and Megan Fox's characters relationship. I hope they at least show the story of how Hex's face got scarred. And if the previews are correct, the entire movie will be about wild-west bad guys screaming "HEX" all the time.( just kidding) 
 
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, or SPVTW as I call it, is going to be sweet! The tagline says it all: "An epic of epic epicness". Starring Micheal Cera, whic adds one more epic to the whole thing in my opinion. This movie is about this dude who has to defeat his girlfriends 7 evil ex-boyfriends. This was one of my favorite books because of the art style, and to see the movie interpretation is cool. SPVTW is basically an awesomesauce (my friend Gabby's term, not mine)  mix of rock music, retro video games, comics, and anime. There is so much to love about the entire series, that I can't describe it in one entry! The books are hilarious so let's hope the movie is up to standards. 
 
Yes! a Robin finally got their own movie. The newest DC DVD is about my boy JToddz (Jason Todd), who was killed by the Joker (see: A Death in the Family) and came back to life, this time as the Red Hood. Red Hood is like Batman, except he's a gun/knife enthusiast who doesn't mind killing a few MF's. It's an awesome story because it's the one time you get to see Batman fail, and then have to deal with one of his kids going all evil and stuff. This is the release I'm looking forward to the most though, because ny friend Will is actually having a party for it. ( yes, my friends and I are total nerds :D)
  
Yeah, so you know what I'll be watching this summer.

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  Since hearing news of the Young Justice animated series in February, I've been waiting for to see viewers reaction to a new series, both people who know of the comic-book series, and people who don't know about it. This show really has the potential to have as much success as Teen Titans, Justice League, or even any of the Batman cartoons. It's good to know that DC is catching back up with Marvel when it comes to cartoon series, since DC's last effort was The Batman, while Marvel currently has Iron Man, Fantastic Four, and X-men. This series should be pretty cool though. 
  
  
  
• The main character line-up so far is:
  
• Robin( of course)
  
• Superboy (wearing cargo pants!)
  
• Kid Flash(no, sadly not Impulse)
  
• Artemis( instead of Arrowette, apparently)
  
• Miss Martian( ? that's different, but interesting)
  
• Aqualad( ??? that's very different, i don't think that's Garth)
  
• It's nice to see that they are sticking with the three original characters from the group, but it's also cool to see a variation in the rest of the characters. Robin's still short like on Teen Titans, but he's probably Tim Drake or people would get the show confused with Teen Titans. Miss Martian is supposedly replacing Wondergirl due to some legal issues relating to any of the "Wonder" characters. I'm going to assume that's Bart Allen since he's currently Kid Flash in canon anyway, and that's probably Cissie but in a different costume as well. The only character i'm not sure about is Aqualad, I hope this is a completely new character, and not just turning Garth into the token african-american character. That would be weird enough, but to make it weirder he has blonde hair.
  

  
Well, I can't wait to watch the first episode to see how this all turns out. Especially, y'know: the blonde Aqualad and the non-Arrowette archer character.

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  see more info here:   

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/04/21/young-justice-animated-series-officially-announced/

sitting next to crazy people in computer class, waiting for Superman to come and save me, or at least for Thor to smack somebody with Mjolnir!