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zechs27 (zechs27) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-08 01:31:00

Entry tags:

char: flash/jay garrick, char: the shade/richard swift, creator: james robinson, publisher: dc comics, title: cry for justice

Cry for Shade Again
Cry for Justice #4.

Is it just me or does Richard look different than usual? Not in the suit but in face.

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	akodo_rokku 2009-10-08 07:09 am UTC (link)
	Okay, I'll admit: the coffee joke was easy, and predictable, but I still chuckled. (Reply to this)

	xammax 2009-10-08 07:12 am UTC (link)
	I am so torn on this mini. Sometimes the characterization is good... other times, not so much. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-10-08 08:49 am UTC (link)
	>_< They TRIED to offer an explanation..Prometheus is twisting them around! I'm a bit tired of 'and then it turned out Hal was possessed again'. Though yeah, at that point in the story I was going 'guess that fragment of Parallax in your battery is getting to you, hunh?' (Reply to this) (Parent)

That's Jay and Joan?
(Anonymous)
2009-10-08 10:26 am UTC (link)

Okay, fairly new Flash fan here and I've not seen Jay in action since before Bart became The Flash for a year. Bearing that in mind...
Can someone explain why The Garricks seem to be getting decades YOUNGER? I mean, they used to say Jay's age was slowed due to his meta gene, but unless he's got a good hair dye job going for him and the better half...plus plastic surgery....um...wtf?

Is this supposed to be taking place when Wally was just a gleam in Rudolph's eye?

Signed, Confused as Heck

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Re: That's Jay and Joan?

jaybee3
2009-10-08 07:28 pm UTC (link)

They're suffering from the Kent syndrome. When Smallville was at its height, the Kents were suddenly in their late 40s and had blonde hair with only a touch of grey but with Smallville waning (and John Schneider gone from the show) the Kents went back to 60 or 70-somethings. It's all up to Editorial to set the look or the artist (if Editorial is asleep on the job). Jay should look like he's in his 50s at least (greying but in good shape) while Joan should be in her 70s or 80s.

The fact that the remaining JSA members (particularly Ma Hunkle, Alan and Molly and Jay and Joan) are tied to the WWII era makes it relatively easy to guess their age (and hard to de-age them without the use of magic). Jay looks like Ray Palmer here and that really shouldn't be.

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	snosten 2009-10-08 10:34 am UTC (link)
	"Is it just me or does Richard look different than usual? Not in the suit but in face." he looks way older than the last shade post. isn't he not supposed to age? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	snosten 2009-10-08 10:44 am UTC (link)
	btw could somebody post richard being friends with charles dickens? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sherkahn 2009-10-08 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	He may be immortal, but even immortals age. And if something may be disrupting his magic, he may get affected to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neotoma 2009-10-08 07:43 pm UTC (link)
	Except that it's part of his backstory that the Shade doesn't age. He looks just like he did when he got his shadow-powers, and just like he will in a 1000 years when Starboy encounters him. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thandrak 2009-10-08 11:38 am UTC (link)
	That's an odd look for Jay. Skintight shirt? Way more muscular than usual, too. (Reply to this)

catbirdseat
2009-10-08 01:03 pm UTC (link)

Yay! Shade and Jay <3 I've sort of desperately waited for them to meet again (and actually talk to each other and not just attend the same funerals).

But sideburns? Okay, Shade is a Victorian, but he's never had facial hair before. And I wish artists would be consistent in how old they portray him. But other than that, I kind of love the art, especially in the last panel. The way Shade's standing there with his hands behind his back and smirking and just telegraphing supressed glee - "The world is ending but I'm having coffee with the Flash!"

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	autumn_lily 2009-10-08 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	The Shade = Jay Garrick's own personal fanboy... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dustbunny105 2009-10-08 01:15 pm UTC (link)
	I know that clothes in comics often look painted on, but something about the art makes Jay's shirt look especially weird for it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nezchan 2009-10-08 01:27 pm UTC (link)
	His pants don't look much better, but at least the yellow/red of his shirt/body paint distracts from that a bit. Until you actually think about it. I wonder if it's the fact that he's the only one in body paint, while everyone else in the scene is wearing normal clothes in a realistic setting? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-10-08 01:29 pm UTC (link)
	Painted on . Wait til you see the cover for Spiderwoman #2. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foxhack 2009-10-08 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	Shade looks at least twenty years older, and Jay looks like he's in his mid-thirties. Nice art, but THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEIR USUAL SELVES, DAMMIT (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-10-08 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	The Shade is now a werewolf. Who knew? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	crinosg 2009-10-08 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, he's rocking the Boris Karloff look a little too much there. ...Or maybe not enough. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	zechs27 2009-10-08 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	Wait a tec. Jay visited M'ggan before he came back. Maybe it's her? (Reply to this)