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sherkahn (sherkahn) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-11-12 16:34:00

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event: blackest night, group: jsa

Blackest Night: February Previews
I know this image is meant to be all scary and whatnot, but this is scans_daily, where we find the "so wrong" in everything. Sure enough, Blackest Night offers some unwanted innuendo.

IGN has the previews.
One stuck out in particular.

One images from the preview.

BLACKEST NIGHT: JSA #3

On sale February 24 - 3 of 3 - 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by James Robinson - Art and cover by Eddy Barrows & Nei Ruffino -Variant cover by Gene Ha

The bloodthirsty combat in Manhattan reaches its stunning conclusion here! Earth-2 Superman returns to prove that the true legacy of the Justice Society of America is death. Can our heroes rise up to defeat their dead mentors, role models and villains? And can even the third- smartest man in the world, Mr. Terrific, devise a way to destroy them - or will Manhattan and the world perish under Nekron's might?

Translating the above, this is what happens when the hero of the 40's and 50's sees some interracial action going on.
Now, is that milk or ..... ?

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	thokstar 2009-11-13 12:46 am UTC (link)
	I present to you to the happiest words one can see. Kreisberg isn't writing the Green Arrow/Black Canary Blackest Night tie-in. (I actually know enough about JT Krul to expect him to be better than Kreisberg.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	uadlika 2009-11-13 12:47 am UTC (link)
	who will be the black lantern in that issue? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thokstar 2009-11-13 12:51 am UTC (link)
	It's top secret. Given recent events, Everyman, Brick, or Big Game I would be good candidates. (Yes, I know they're claiming Everyman isn't dead in recent issues. I'm assuming that a clone of Everyman.) Alternatively, there's possibly some remnants of Ollie's original body out there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-11-13 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Ahahaha. The Everyman corps FTW. That said, if they pulled off the "Original Body" thing in Doom Patrol, they could pull it off with Ollie too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	grimmbear 2009-11-13 12:59 am UTC (link)
	The body Ollie occupies is NOt the original he had right? I'll bet it's the dead Ollie body. Just like they used Robot Man's dead human corpse. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jcbaggee 2009-11-13 05:47 am UTC (link)
	It kinda is. Hal Jordan as Spectre pulled what was left of it together and reformed his body. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	deepspaceartist 2009-11-13 01:05 am UTC (link)
	Ollie's body is a good one, but I'd say that both Ollie and Dinah's parents are strong contenders. They're all dead, after all. At the very least, Dinah Drake Lance (Black Canary 1) is likely. They do seem to target dead heroes and villains first. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kamino_neko 2009-11-13 01:14 am UTC (link)
	I don't really get the feeling Ollie was that close to his parents. Dinah, however, was, so her parents are a good choice. Dinah the Elder could really play the BL game to the hilt, since Dinah took her code name. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepspaceartist 2009-11-13 01:30 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, Ollie's parents died when he was young, and unlike Bruce and Dick I don't think he witnessed it. But I would imagine he would at least have some sort of reaction to his parents becoming BLs. Probably more than his own corpse, since Ollie never angsted about his new body the way Robotman did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kamino_neko 2009-11-13 01:34 am UTC (link)
	Oh, no doubt they could get a reaction, I just don't think it'd be strong enough for the Black Lanterns to bother. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepspaceartist 2009-11-13 01:48 am UTC (link)
	Well, if they want an emotional reaction, I would think the best choice would be along the lines of Joanna Pierce, and other people whose deaths Ollie regrets and feels responible for. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kamino_neko 2009-11-13 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Oh, now THAT is a good idea. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sherkahn 2009-11-13 02:22 am UTC (link)
	What about the one guy that Ollie killed? Play up the guilt. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepspaceartist 2009-11-13 02:54 am UTC (link)
	Which guy do you mean? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dcanacek 2009-11-13 03:17 am UTC (link)
	You mean the guy he killed in the Longbow Hunters? That'd be interesting, Black Canary is freaking out because its the guy who strung her up and the Current Oliver Queen will be wondering who this guy is and why he's saying "You killed me". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kamino_neko 2009-11-13 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Didn't he get all his memories back at the end of Quiver? He would certainly have been told about it, at any rate... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jcbaggee 2009-11-13 05:48 am UTC (link)
	Ollie's got all his memories back, yeah. I think there's even been a few moments where Ollie is talking about his past that show him remembering events from Longbow Hunters. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	red_xera 2009-11-13 06:42 am UTC (link)
	I second this. I enjoyed reading The Longbow Hunters and think that would be really interesting. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-11-13 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	They show up in Blackest Night #4 fighting Dinah Drake, so that one seems likely. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	manofbats 2009-11-13 12:47 am UTC (link)
	Classy of DC to choose Black History month to prominently display one of their black heroes beaten and bloodied on a cover. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	colonel_green 2009-11-13 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Oh puh-leeze. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-11-13 12:55 am UTC (link)
	Like 90% of all comic books? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	perletwo 2009-11-13 01:59 am UTC (link)
	The one who, as of last issue of JSA, was supposedly dead!dead!dead!, I might add. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	04nbod 2009-11-13 10:11 am UTC (link)
	There is also a white girl bloodied and battered on the same cover. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thanekos 2009-11-13 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	also, a dimensionally displaced spaceman's corpse has been disinterred. for shame. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foxhack 2009-11-13 12:50 am UTC (link)
	Why is Kal-L's head so... empty? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-11-13 12:54 am UTC (link)
	I'm fairly certain that it's a result of Blackest Night: Superman. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	manofbats 2009-11-13 01:05 am UTC (link)
	His first ring was destroyed or driven away. So the body probably decomposed further or suffered some damage when the second/original ring came by to reanimate him again. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	deepspaceartist 2009-11-13 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Power Girl has been fighting back before the scene on the cover, and Kal-L hasn't regenerated yet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-11-13 01:09 am UTC (link)
	I've seen that regeneration is pretty damn quick, so this seemed ... not normal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepspaceartist 2009-11-13 01:35 am UTC (link)
	It looks to me like it's been freeze breathed and struck. Since Kal's hand is on PG's throat, I figured maybe he did that to stop the breath and the damage just occured, possibly by Mr. Terrific. But that's probably too much analysis for a cover. He's probably like that because the artist thought it would look good. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	yaseen101 2009-11-13 01:52 am UTC (link)
	I'm wondering, why didn't they put Robinson on JSA after Johns left? He is a much better fit than Willingham. (Reply to this)

	jlroberson 2009-11-13 02:41 am UTC (link)
	Well...they're done with the hearts, right? So he moved on. (Reply to this)

	3goodtimes 2009-11-13 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Weee zombie jizz! (Reply to this)

	milleniumrex 2009-11-13 03:58 am UTC (link)
	Black...Lantern...Superboy? Oh, DC isn't even TRYING to pretend these deaths are going to stick, are they? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	interrobamf 2009-11-13 06:26 am UTC (link)
	Superboy was revived in the future. His corpse is still a corpse in the present. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreamreaver 2009-11-13 07:46 am UTC (link)
	I was actually thinking of Super~~brat~~boy-Prime... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-11-13 04:23 am UTC (link)
	BL Superboy is totally going to be Superboy Prime. (Reply to this)

	pyrotwilight 2009-11-13 05:10 am UTC (link)
	insert joke about nothing being able to get past her _____ let alone reach Powergirls heart (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dustbunny105 2009-11-13 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	snerk I'm suddenly reminded of that scene in Naruto where Kabuto tries to shut down Tsunade's lungs. (Reply to this) (Parent)

ian_karkull
2009-11-13 01:55 pm UTC (link)

The hell...? Half of the covers are blacked out. I thought we had gotten over this stupid, attention grabbing, retailer screwing nonsense after Marvel did those "classified" solicits after Civil War.
Please people, you're not fooling anybody.

Ironically, the one cover that actually does spoil a running storyline is not blacked out.
Marketing: Run by a bunch of chimps with Downs Syndrome since 1968.

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	kingrockwell 2009-11-13 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	Would that be all the covers with Mr. Terrific on them (hurray!) or is there something else I'm missing (because i haven't actually looked at the rest yet)? (Reply to this) (Parent)