Super intelligence was a staple among Superman's power set in old pre-crisis days. He was as much an inventor as he was a pugilist.
It's one of the reasons why I always objected to the characterization of Superman as a lunkhead, popularized by Frank Miller. Granted, pre-crisis Superman was OP, but that's not the reason why super intelligence went away. It was done primarily to make Batman look better by comparison.
I remember Kurt Busiek tried to bring it back in his late 00's run on the character, but if he's just barely proficient at high school level chemistry, I guess it didn't stick.
I liked the way he was portrayed in his own animated series, back in the day:
Especially at the beginning, it wasn't that hard to catch him by surprise with something new, something outside his experience. But if you try the same trick on him again, or three times? He'll have figured out a counter for it, and will hand you your ass.
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I liked the way he was portrayed in his own animated series, back in the day:
Especially at the beginning, it wasn't that hard to catch him by surprise with something new, something outside his experience. But if you try the same trick on him again, or three times? He'll have figured out a counter for it, and will hand you your ass.
It's a shame he got downgraded to a dummy in the Justice League cartoon.
Anyone who portrays Superman as a moron has clearly forgotten he's meant to be an investigative journalist, someone who does tons of reading and detective work.
Apparently that school teacher story from Superman: Heroes was written by Fraction, not Bendis.
Which just means they should have Bendis only do 1 Super Book (since he can't seem to keep both great at the same time) and give the other to Fraction.
I opted to do a mix between heroes and villains given the overall mercurial alliances of the Greek gods. Also because the idea of Ares being anyone other than Ares was unthinkable.
This is actually the exact motif Grant Morrison used for his expanded JLA lineup in 1998.
Zeus was Superman (he had electric powers at the time, long story)
Hera was Hippolyta (she was filling in for her daughter at the time, long story)
Hades was Batman
Apollo was Kyle Rayner
Hermes was Wally West
Poseidon was Aquaman
Chiron was Martian Manhunter
Ares was Orion
Hestia was Big Barda
Dionysus was Plastic Man
Cupid was Zauriel (an angel character Morrison created when editorial wouldn't let him use Hawkman)
Hephaestus was Steel
Athena was Oracle
Artemis was Huntress
By no coincidence, the first villain they fought named himself after the titan Prometheus.
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I am loving green lanterns new ways to use the ring.
Devolving and shrink rays
This is the Morrison I want
The only one of those I never made sense of was Big Barda as Hestia, maybe I'm not aware of some part of Hestia's duties, but the main things I always remember is goddess of the hearth, never married. But I guess after 12 other gods, Morrison was going "fuck it, Hestia it is."
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She's also a fire goddess and a goddess of sacrifice (I mean, they're all gods of sacrifice, but because sacrifices are burned, she's technically involved with all of them and a small offering is frequently made to Hestia before you make an offering to any other god).
Which still doesn't give you a lot, and she's not involved in heroic narratives in the same way that the other Olympians are. I ended up just running with the fire thing, because my other ideas were like, Martha Kent or something.
I kind of like what they're doing with Ivy in the Harley Quinn show.
She's been a loner for most of her life, only really enjoying the company of plants, but she made friends with Harley in Arkham and is opening up more to the idea of friends and human relationships, but is super scared of being ditched.
I am loving green lanterns new ways to use the ring.
Devolving and shrink rays
This is the Morrison I want
Liam Sharp confirmed on Twitter that Season 2 is being cutdown from 12 issues to 8 due to orders from on high. Most people think it's because of 5G, which would put the 5G launch at around September.
I'm worried it means we won't get the Antimatter War story they teased at the end of Season 1. It's a shame, because I think that story looks super hype.
I kind of like what they're doing with Ivy in the Harley Quinn show.
She's been a loner for most of her life, only really enjoying the company of plants, but she made friends with Harley in Arkham and is opening up more to the idea of friends and human relationships, but is super scared of being ditched.
Also she doesn't do the super villain robbing banks shit, she only into what we would call "eco-terrorism". Sure she still breaks the law but she has like principles.
I kind of like what they're doing with Ivy in the Harley Quinn show.
She's been a loner for most of her life, only really enjoying the company of plants, but she made friends with Harley in Arkham and is opening up more to the idea of friends and human relationships, but is super scared of being ditched.
Also she doesn't do the super villain robbing banks shit, she only into what we would call "eco-terrorism". Sure she still breaks the law but she has like principles.
They've gotten at least three good jokes out of that distinction.
fingers crossed that batman book leads to the babydoll and croc ongoing the world has been clamoring for
The premise should be Hardac leading a team of villains created for the series who never made the transition into the comics, including Baby Doll, Red Claw, Sewer King, Doctor Dorian, Boss Biggis, Farmer Brown, and the Ninja.
fingers crossed that batman book leads to the babydoll and croc ongoing the world has been clamoring for
The premise should be Hardac leading a team of villains created for the series who never made the transition into the comics, including Baby Doll, Red Claw, Sewer King, Doctor Dorian, Boss Biggis, Farmer Brown, and the Ninja.
Can we bring in Penguin's pet vulture from the highly regarded "I've Got Batman in my Basement"?
fingers crossed that batman book leads to the babydoll and croc ongoing the world has been clamoring for
The premise should be Hardac leading a team of villains created for the series who never made the transition into the comics, including Baby Doll, Red Claw, Sewer King, Doctor Dorian, Boss Biggis, Farmer Brown, and the Ninja.
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i just want baby doll and croc having adventures and raising an eggbaby from batman beyond
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DC has announced the roll-out to 5G, a series of extra sized one shots covering the distinct eras of the DCU
Generation One: The Age of Mystery
Generation Two: The Age of the Metahuman
Generation Three: The Age of Crisis
Generation Four: The Age of Rebirth
Generation Five: The Age of Tomorrow
The first is out in May. The One-Shots will be written by Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Jurgens, Andy Schmidt, Robert Venditti, and Joshua Williamson and art from Doug Mahnke, Bryan Hitch, Mikel Janín, Ivan Reis, David Marquez, and more.
Andy Schmidt is referred to as the "lead scripter" so it sounds like the writers might just be, like, plotting ideas.
Honestly this is a very unexciting way to build up to a big revamp. The only writer out of that brain trust that I actually like more than "eh, he's fine" is Bendis. And Andy Schmidt is an editor and has only written a handful of things in the past 2 decades so his being the "lead scripter" is...very weird.
Plus the combo of no women or PoC on the writing staff and just the idea of HERE ARE 5 GIANT ONE SHOTS TO EXPLAIN CONTINUITY I am really not feeling it.
So with Robert Pattinson as the new Batman, can we refer to him as
The Batman that Sparkles?
The shame is that the Joker is probably the best villain to hit Batman with a glitter bomb so we can have that joke, but Joker should absolutely not be in this.
So with Robert Pattinson as the new Batman, can we refer to him as
The Batman that Sparkles?
The shame is that the Joker is probably the best villain to hit Batman with a glitter bomb so we can have that joke, but Joker should absolutely not be in this.
You could easily achieve the same effect with a broken skylight
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It has always bothered me that he looks nothing like the Joker, or even a clown for that matter.
I wish they had just stolen the Clown Batman design from DC Special Series #27. It's always been a favorite of mine.
Man, I hope that teacher doesn’t have a twin brother that’s a reverend.
It's one of the reasons why I always objected to the characterization of Superman as a lunkhead, popularized by Frank Miller. Granted, pre-crisis Superman was OP, but that's not the reason why super intelligence went away. It was done primarily to make Batman look better by comparison.
I remember Kurt Busiek tried to bring it back in his late 00's run on the character, but if he's just barely proficient at high school level chemistry, I guess it didn't stick.
But he isn't an idiot, he is just good at other stuff like writing and history versus The Sciences
I like how his intelligence was portrayed in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
He isn't a super genius in any real way but he is very knowledgeable about a vast many topics.
He's basically a trivia champ.
But then, I've never bought into this modern idea that Justice League members need to be "balanced", like they're choosable classes in a video game.
Especially at the beginning, it wasn't that hard to catch him by surprise with something new, something outside his experience. But if you try the same trick on him again, or three times? He'll have figured out a counter for it, and will hand you your ass.
It's a shame he got downgraded to a dummy in the Justice League cartoon.
Which just means they should have Bendis only do 1 Super Book (since he can't seem to keep both great at the same time) and give the other to Fraction.
This is actually the exact motif Grant Morrison used for his expanded JLA lineup in 1998.
Zeus was Superman (he had electric powers at the time, long story)
Hera was Hippolyta (she was filling in for her daughter at the time, long story)
Hades was Batman
Apollo was Kyle Rayner
Hermes was Wally West
Poseidon was Aquaman
Chiron was Martian Manhunter
Ares was Orion
Hestia was Big Barda
Dionysus was Plastic Man
Cupid was Zauriel (an angel character Morrison created when editorial wouldn't let him use Hawkman)
Hephaestus was Steel
Athena was Oracle
Artemis was Huntress
By no coincidence, the first villain they fought named himself after the titan Prometheus.
Devolving and shrink rays
This is the Morrison I want
Which still doesn't give you a lot, and she's not involved in heroic narratives in the same way that the other Olympians are. I ended up just running with the fire thing, because my other ideas were like, Martha Kent or something.
Thanks I hate it
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DC keeps fuckin dancing around it and showing them as VERY CLOSE and IMPORTANT TO EACH OTHER but never actually doing the damn thing
The mini could have ended with a big dramatic kiss saying they would see each other again
But nope
Peck on the forehead
But DC seems determined to keep fucking with it.
Hell, relationship stuff aside I wish they’d figure out a goddamn direction for Ivy herself and stick with it.
My Let's Play Channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UC2go70QLfwGq-hW4nvUqmog
She's been a loner for most of her life, only really enjoying the company of plants, but she made friends with Harley in Arkham and is opening up more to the idea of friends and human relationships, but is super scared of being ditched.
Coran Attack!
Liam Sharp confirmed on Twitter that Season 2 is being cutdown from 12 issues to 8 due to orders from on high. Most people think it's because of 5G, which would put the 5G launch at around September.
I'm worried it means we won't get the Antimatter War story they teased at the end of Season 1. It's a shame, because I think that story looks super hype.
Also she doesn't do the super villain robbing banks shit, she only into what we would call "eco-terrorism". Sure she still breaks the law but she has like principles.
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They've gotten at least three good jokes out of that distinction.
The premise should be Hardac leading a team of villains created for the series who never made the transition into the comics, including Baby Doll, Red Claw, Sewer King, Doctor Dorian, Boss Biggis, Farmer Brown, and the Ninja.
Can we bring in Penguin's pet vulture from the highly regarded "I've Got Batman in my Basement"?
Coran Attack!
no
i just want baby doll and croc having adventures and raising an eggbaby from batman beyond
That is a neat design choice.
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But I'm suspecting most versions of Batman are not for me any more
Generation One: The Age of Mystery
Generation Two: The Age of the Metahuman
Generation Three: The Age of Crisis
Generation Four: The Age of Rebirth
Generation Five: The Age of Tomorrow
The first is out in May. The One-Shots will be written by Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Jurgens, Andy Schmidt, Robert Venditti, and Joshua Williamson and art from Doug Mahnke, Bryan Hitch, Mikel Janín, Ivan Reis, David Marquez, and more.
Andy Schmidt is referred to as the "lead scripter" so it sounds like the writers might just be, like, plotting ideas.
Honestly this is a very unexciting way to build up to a big revamp. The only writer out of that brain trust that I actually like more than "eh, he's fine" is Bendis. And Andy Schmidt is an editor and has only written a handful of things in the past 2 decades so his being the "lead scripter" is...very weird.
Plus the combo of no women or PoC on the writing staff and just the idea of HERE ARE 5 GIANT ONE SHOTS TO EXPLAIN CONTINUITY I am really not feeling it.
The shame is that the Joker is probably the best villain to hit Batman with a glitter bomb so we can have that joke, but Joker should absolutely not be in this.
You could easily achieve the same effect with a broken skylight
"Wait... it's ... are you a bat-gun? Is that what this is? Why don't you use guns? Wait you don't like guns?"
It feels like one of those personalized license plates that you can tell is very specific but is also too obscure to actually interpret.