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manofbats (manofbats) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-11-13 16:31:00

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char: atom/ray palmer, char: batman/dick grayson, char: cyborg/vic stone, char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: green lantern/hal jordan, creator: james robinson, creator: mark bagley, group: justice league of america, title: justice league of america

JLA #42 Cover Pencils

As I understand it there is currently an editorial ban on the use of the New Gods. So does this mean Dr. Impossible and whoever he's teaming up with on this cover (one of them resembles Steppenwolf) are not New Gods? I didn't read the Dr. Impossible arc of JLA, so I don't really know what his story is.

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	auggie18 2009-11-13 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	Is that a weird new Big Barda outfit? I love Big Barda. So happy she undied. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	manofbats 2009-11-13 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think that is Big Barda. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sherkahn 2009-11-13 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	from the Cosmic Rod, I think it is. Upgraded outfits. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	manofbats 2009-11-13 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	From what I've read of Dr. Impossible online, I think they are just humans using stolen New God tech. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-11-13 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	Whether it's them or not, they're pretty clearly based on Scott, Barda and Orion. They have all of the trademark characteristics (especially the aero disks, mega rod and helmet/astro harness), just slightly redesigned. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-11-13 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	Little Barda was never given a definative origin was she? She showed up around Countdown and in that Granny Goodness was recruiting humans. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-11-13 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	52, actually. Her and Power Boy explicitly went back to Apokolips when that incarnation of the TT fell apart. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-11-13 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	Buf Powerboy came back (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	manofbats 2009-11-13 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	And then he and Little Barda were killed along with the rest of the New Gods. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-11-13 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	And died with the rest of the New Gods, I'm sure. Wait, no, looks like he was killed by ~~being a member of the Teen Titans~~ Trigon, but Little Barda would've bit it with the rest of the New Gods. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-11-13 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	PowerBoy was a NewGod ??? How was this explained ? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	manofbats 2009-11-13 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	Generally anyone from Apokolips is a New God. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-11-13 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	No, I mean when was this discovered ? I thought he was maybe a super-tranny who was crushing on PeeGee ??? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-11-14 12:04 am UTC (link)
	IIRC he said it more than once himself. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	q99 2009-11-14 04:45 am UTC (link)
	The PG link was a cover story. Before he showed up, Darksied brainwashed Supergirl at one point and Superman and Batman went to rescue her. Power Boy, unseen, watched her then and got a crush. He came to Earth, got stalkery, the truth came out, etc.. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-11-14 03:39 am UTC (link)
	Just like that, really, when he and Little Barda said they were going back to Apokolips when they left the Teen Titans the first time. It was the same issue that introduced them, 52 week 21. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lanternicity 2009-11-13 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	You mean Mega Rod. I think Stargirl would be pissed if Barda took her schtick. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	da_reap 2009-11-14 02:47 am UTC (link)
	...You really think she'd say anything? To BARDA? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-11-14 04:34 am UTC (link)
	Courtney? Probably, yeah. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-11-14 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	Woo hoo! Hot hot rod-on-rod action! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	da_reap 2009-11-14 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	Didn't they play together in a Birds of Prey arc? I may have the wrong character here, but I thought she was one of the ones who found Barda mighty intimidating. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jlroberson 2009-11-14 01:42 am UTC (link)
	I'm scared of the outfit. That better not be her cleavage I'm seeing. Not that I have a problem with cleavage but this is Barda. And we don't need another stupid fanservice DC outfit on a woman. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-11-14 04:28 am UTC (link)
	I didn't really care for the plunging v-neck thing she wore in Birds of Prey, but yeah, that would be far too excessive. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-11-13 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	That looks like it's supposed to be Scott, Barda and Orion. Can't say I'm excited about the designs, but I've never been a fan of Bagley anyway. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	manofbats 2009-11-13 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	That's not Scott, that's Dr. Impossible from the start of this JLA series. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-11-13 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	Well, he's hitting their schtick pretty closely, only uglier. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	werehawk 2009-11-13 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	Another possibility (other than stolen New Gods tech - which seems kind of lame) is that Morrison set the New Gods up on one of the 52 in Final Crisis (as interpreted in a DiDio interview), so this could be them. (Reply to this) (Thread)

manofbats
2009-11-13 10:54 pm UTC (link)

Well yeah, Earth-51 was recreated as the Fifth World where the New Gods were reborn, but with the ban in place it's generally considered Grant Morrison will be in charge of their inevitable return. Also, these character designs do not match the redesigns seen in Final Crisis.

Also, the return of the New Gods is probably going to be a much bigger event since the reason they were killed off was because it was believed their status as gods and thus their importance in the DCU had dwindled. So when they do return I suspect they will be far more powerful than they were.

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	deanmachine 2009-11-16 07:13 am UTC (link)
	What ban is that? DC isn't allowed to use the 52 worlds without Morrison's ok? That would be lame. Morrison ignored the whole Death of the New Gods story anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	box_in_the_box 2009-11-13 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	AND THEY CAME FROM THE PLANET 1990S (Reply to this) (Thread)

	04nbod 2009-11-13 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	They are using the same tunnel as magog (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	manofbats 2009-11-13 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	Magog looks like that on purpose. Bagley designed these and probably patted himself on the back for being hip with it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tsunamiwombat 2009-11-14 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Thats definatly Steppenwolf on the far left, i'd know that helmet anywhere. Maybe they're the New New Gods. (Reply to this)

	foxhack 2009-11-14 02:06 am UTC (link)
	Middle guy looks like Iron Man :p (Reply to this)

	seriousfic 2009-11-14 06:45 am UTC (link)
	Is that a slender Barda? BLASPHEMY! (Reply to this)

frikfrak
2009-11-14 11:22 pm UTC (link)

hmm, that "Mr. Miracle" looks a bit like Doctor impossible and that guy who seems to be sporting a version of the astro harness and ponytail-leaking version of Orion's helmet looks more like Steppenwolf.

Is this one of those "reinventions" i hear say about?

"Orion's" new design is better than the last two version the tried to put him in, but i still think the classic look is unbeatable.

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