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manofbats (manofbats) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-11-04 20:17:00

Entry tags:

char: batman/bruce wayne, char: doc savage/clark savage jr, char: the spirit/denny colt, creator: brian azzarello, publisher: dc comics, title: first wave

First Wave

This is taken from the Source.

Not much info is given, but I assume this is an alternate Earth story where it is still the Golden Age. Doc Savage, the Spirit, and a golden age style Batman seem to be the main cast.

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	darkblade 2009-11-05 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Not much to say until we know something about the story beyind who is in it. (Reply to this)

	jelly_ace 2009-11-05 02:07 am UTC (link)
	Bat before the dickery, I suppose? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-11-05 02:34 am UTC (link)
	Wasn't Golden Age Bats at the height of his dickery though? Aside from using guns he was the one who would kick criminals into thousand foot falls into the ocean because as criminals they weren't to be treated like people. I'm bummed because I though the Crimson Avenger was going to be part of the First Wave. THAT I would read SOOOO hard. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ninjapeps 2009-11-05 02:44 am UTC (link)
	Golden Age Bats also clubbed people using other people. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-11-05 03:19 am UTC (link)
	That's not dickery. That's awesome. Only launching polar bears at the enemy is more awesome. Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque; Aquaman did that. THAT'S RIGHT! AQUAMAN IS MORE AWESOME THAN BATMAN! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	manofbats 2009-11-05 03:02 am UTC (link)
	I think there are more characters who are a part of this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-11-05 03:10 am UTC (link)
	The characters mentioned so far are Doc Savage, Spirit, Batman and The Avenger (not the Crimson Avenger, a pulp character I believe) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	arbre_rieur 2009-11-05 06:17 am UTC (link)
	Wildcat, Black Canary, and the Blackhawks as well. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jelly_ace 2009-11-05 03:16 am UTC (link)
	Ah, OK. No idea Batdickery is historic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kamino_neko 2009-11-05 03:18 am UTC (link)
	Look at the panel at the end of the original post - he snapped a guy's neck with a kick! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	manofbats 2009-11-05 03:19 am UTC (link)
	If anything he's become less of a dick over the years. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cricharddavies 2009-11-05 02:24 am UTC (link)
	Considering the author, considering he's little better than a cut-rate Frank Miller, I'm as far from "in" as possible. The fact that he seems to think that Doc Savage means "watching the poor suffer" says it all. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-11-05 02:36 am UTC (link)
	Actually it's been stated many a time that Doc Savage is this world's Superman ish figure thus why he's the biggest hero of this Earth, so he'll be very heroic and for the people, presumably. Batman on the other hand...well... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cricharddavies 2009-11-05 02:57 am UTC (link)
	Don't care. Not reading. And ordinarily, I'd kill for a Doc Savage ongoing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	manofbats 2009-11-05 03:00 am UTC (link)
	Well that was handled maturely. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darkknightjrk 2009-11-05 02:38 am UTC (link)
	...Okay, incorrect "cut-rate Frank Miller" comment aside, nothing in that preview puts Savag in the "watching the poor suffer." I think that the writing here, the Batman description aside, is just describing the world that these characters inhabit, not who these characters are. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-11-05 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I'd agree. It's misreading the blurb to think that "watching the poor suffer" refers to Doc. He funded more charities and free clinics and soup kitchens than all the other super-heroes put together. I wouldn't let that misinterpretation of a caption put me off this series. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-11-05 03:22 am UTC (link)
	cut-rate Frank Miller Could Frank Miller have produced anything like Architecture and Mortality? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	statham1986 2009-11-05 09:31 am UTC (link)
	Considering your 'cut-rate Frank Miller' comment, I'm as far from listening to you as possible. Azzarello's like the medium's Ellroy, he's absolutely fantastic when it comes to crime fiction, and whilst his Batman run was a little subdued, and his Superman garbage, I'm definitely on board. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lightbrigade 2009-11-05 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Yum, Rags Morales art! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherkahn 2009-11-05 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Indeed. Comes close to capturing a lot of the iconic feeling of the characters. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darklorelei 2009-11-05 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Dirigibles, you say? (Yes, yes, pick the most consequential thing. Look guys, the zeppelins were a major factor in a young darklorelei's love for BTAS.) (Reply to this)

	darkknightjrk 2009-11-05 02:36 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I'm so in on this too. Can't wait to purchase this. :D (Reply to this)

	kagome654 2009-11-05 03:01 am UTC (link)
	Tempting, very tempting... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	0___0 lightbrigade 2009-11-05 05:04 am UTC (link)
	You has relevant icon! My god Kyle does look tempting there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 0___0 kagome654 2009-11-05 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	And how! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	proteus_lives 2009-11-05 03:26 am UTC (link)
	Love that last scan. Golden Age Supes and Bats were FUCKING LUNATICS! We need a World's Finest mini of them. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-11-05 05:54 pm UTC (link)
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	darkblade 2009-11-05 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	EARLY Golden Age Batman and Superman were the psycho ones. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	freddylloyd 2009-11-06 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Quite so. The head honchos put the kibosh on Batman killing shortly after Robin arrived on the scene. Batman was ready to kill for only about a year of the "Golden Age." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	seriousfic 2009-11-05 04:33 am UTC (link)
	I'm not sure how well the Spirit fits into Azzarello's noirish vision. Maybe as the comic relief? He is generally a pretty happy-go-lucky character, and the last time someone played him absolutely straight was, well, the Spirit movie. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	benicio127 2009-11-05 04:41 am UTC (link)
	And we all know how well that movie turned out... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-11-05 09:15 am UTC (link)
	The interesting thing about the Spirit, though, is that, while he himself is a fairly lighthearted guy, he lives and operates in a very dark, film-noirish world. As such, I would think he'd fit in perfectly. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	benicio127 2009-11-05 04:42 am UTC (link)
	I really enjoyed both Lex Luthor: Man of Steel and the Joker GN so this sounds interesting. Then again, maybe I'm just a Brian Azzarello fan. (Reply to this)

	arilou_skiff 2009-11-05 07:11 am UTC (link)
	I love the idea, but no ensemble like this is complete without The Phantom, unfortunately I don't think my dream Batman/Phantom crossover will ever happen. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-11-05 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	It's not impossible, is it? I mean, King Features does license the character to different comics publishers (including DC in the past). Maybe Lee Falk didn't agree to crossovers, but he passed away some time ago. (Reply to this) (Parent)

psychop_rex
2009-11-05 09:21 am UTC (link)

OK, I am officially interested now. I'm a sucker for the Golden Age. Give me a world where men still wear fedoras and women sing in nightclubs wearing slinky dresses, a world where cops have Irish accents and every mob boss is based on either Cagney or Edward G. Robinson, a world with kid sidekicks and cab drivers wearing derby hats and fiendish, cackling villains - give me such a world, I say, and I am a happy camper. I'm looking forward to this.

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