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Tweak says, "DA NA NA NA BATMAN!"

espanolbot (espanolbot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-28 22:51:00

Entry tags:

char: flash/jay garrick, char: stargirl/courtney whitmore, char: the shade/richard swift, creator: geoff johns, publisher: dc comics, title: jsa

As Requested: What the Shade was doing during Infinite Crisis
AKA what was probably his last speaking role.

Okay, essentually the story surrounds Stargirl's relationship with her father, and how she kind of ignored her stepfather, who was a nice guy and would join her in supeheroism, for her biological dad, who walked out on her and her mum.

While Alexander Luthor and SBP mess about at the North Pole, the multiversal disturbances cause damage in Opal City,

It's probably a sad thing to note, but the Shade may be the main superhero in Opal City now, what with Jack Knight retiring, and the Dibnys, Black Condor, the Phantom Lady all being dead... Oh yeah, there's the new Starman and Bobo, I forgot about them. :)

The action then pans across to the JSA, where Courtney is helping out.

Up next: how the Shade met Courtney and Billy Batson.

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	jarodrussell 2009-09-28 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	It's funny because she's heart broken! Ha, ha, ha! sigh The first half of this book was actually pretty good. It was, quite possibly, the only real back story we've ever gotten for Stargirl. It took almost ten years, but, hey, Geoff had about a thousand characters he needed to introduce since 1998. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aulayan 2009-09-28 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	Uhm, Geoff wrote Courtney's solo title wayyyy back when until it was canned. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jarodrussell
2009-09-28 11:11 pm UTC (link)

Yes, but the only thing we knew about her history before that was (a) she was from Beverly Hills (b) her grandmother gave her a locket, (c) she may have been a gymnast back in Beverly Hills (can never remember if that's stated or just me trying to explain away her skills). Compare that to Cyclone's introduction: she's going to college, she's a drama major, she's a fan of Stargirl, she was abducted as a kid and injected with nanites, Wicked is her favorite play, etc.

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	bluefall 2009-09-29 12:26 am UTC (link)
	she's a fan of Stargirl Is that what they're calling it these days? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-09-28 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	I wish he got another mini series. I always liked Opal city. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tacobob 2009-09-29 01:15 am UTC (link)
	Shame we never got the Starman live action series. It could have been good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-09-29 02:47 am UTC (link)
	What-waht-wot ?1? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tacobob
2009-09-29 03:19 am UTC (link)

I remember hearing for abit that they were going to do a Starman show to go along with Smallville..But they made that horrible "Birds Of Prey" show instead and when that bombed they dropped the Starman idea..Wikipedia:

"There was a TV series planned based on Jack's adventures from the creators of Smallville and Birds of Prey. Both Jack and his father would have featured, it would have been set in Opal City and would have apparently aimed to follow the comics as closely as possible. However, in 2003, after the failure of Birds of Prey, the series was described as 'indefinitely on hold' and there is presently no sign that it will ever be produced."

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	comicoz 2009-09-29 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	If only that 1980's JLA live action series made it. It was awesome in a bottle. Available from your local torrent, possibly. I just love the fat flash so much. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	damar148 2009-09-28 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	'Damnit, I'm not trying to save you people!' Wish more villains were like that. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-09-28 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	Technically he's only a villain outside of Opal. :) Plus he did promise Jack Knight to look after the place after he left. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ninjapeps 2009-09-28 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	I saw the promise as a formality since I don't think there's anyone, Knight family included, that loves the Opal more than the Shade. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	He's like the Greg House of super-people. :) box_in_the_box 2009-09-28 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	He winds up saving people's lives in spite of the fact that he genuinely hates the shit out of them, simply because it serves his own ends - for House, it's his puzzles, and for the Shade, it's his city. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-09-28 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	Poor Courtney. (Reply to this)

	zechs27 2009-09-28 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for posting this Espanol. :) And it wasn't his last speaking role. He just had a full two page cameo in the latest issue of Cry for Justice, and I'm guessing he'll appear in the next issue as well. The book turns to actual good the moment his brief one page scene in the book. And didn't Robinson say there's going to be another Shade mini in the works? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-09-28 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	He was in Cry for Justice!? :D Hm, could you post the pages, or would that put it over the post limit do you think? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zechs27 2009-09-28 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	Let me go check the Cry for Justice for that issue that was posted here. There was a ton of Prometheus stuff I recall which halted me from doing so. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	zechs27 2009-09-28 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	Just checked. Six pages where posted from the issue. Three of the actual issue and three with the afterword with Robinson on Prometheus. So does that give me one page to post it? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-09-28 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	I think so yeah, though I'm not sure if the afterward counts or not as it's technically not part of the story... You could post a page and then ask if you could post the other one I guess. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	werehawk 2009-09-29 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	What issue was this from? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-09-29 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	The last JSA issue before the OYL jump, though I can't remember the exact number, sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	werehawk 2009-09-29 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	Based on comic database, I think it was 81 even though its not listed as Infinite Crisis and 82 is (Reply to this) (Parent)