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sherkahn (sherkahn) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-05 08:45:00

Current location:	awaiting breakfast at the beach
Current mood:	jubilant
Current music:	the sound of surf and seagulls
Entry tags:	char: catman/thomas blake, char: deadshot/floyd lawton, char: ragdoll/peter merkel jr., char: scandal savage, creator: gail simone

More same-sex and freaky-sex action
Whoa, it's getting warm in here already, today, and I haven't had my morning coffee, or hot shower.
Now I need a cold one.... shower that is.

From Newsarama, previews for Secret Six #8

**edit**

Per recommendations, I forgot to mention SPOILERS AHOY!!!, so I am moving the image under the cut.
That is all.

I'll leave out some pages should great spoilers need to be added

Deadshot, you lucky dog.

You all KNOW who those dog collars are for, yes?

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statham1986
2009-04-05 11:19 am UTC (link)

One of the better previews I've read in a while, to be honest. I'm thrilled by the fact that, in the unfortunate absence of Nicola Scott, they have got a penciller who is nearly as good.

Anyway, this is great stuff, and I like the idea of what seems to be a 'downtime' issue after seven issues chockfull of nuttiness. With Scandal's party-stripper reappearing, however, does anyone think that Simone might have something planned beyond this one-off appearance? The idea that she reminds Scandal that much of Knockout might not just be a red herring - Given the state of the New Gods is a little all over the shop now (are they those homeless people still, or did we get some sort of a development on that during FC?), I wouldn't be surprised if Knockout's spirit was somehow hidden inside the girl.

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	suzene 2009-04-05 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	Oh please, oh please, oh please... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

statham1986
2009-04-06 03:31 am UTC (link)

Hey, if I'm right on this one, feel free to quote me when it's finally revealed, but Simone has kinda played this game before, with the mystery Batgirl in Birds of Prey, before we learned it was Charlie.

Given Didio's said no to using the Multiverse for a while, and hasn't shown much interest in the New Gods, beyond anything Morrison has planned, I really hope it is Knockout, but I doubt it. That said, Simone is one of DC's better writers, and could probably twist Didio's arm if she wanted to.

I would love it to be Knockout, frankly. But then, would she be a member of the Six? Their numbers are full, after all..

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bluefall
2009-04-06 01:04 pm UTC (link)

The Secret Six seldom actually has six people. It's kind of a running gag. And at least "seven" also starts with an "s," unlike "five." ^^

The thing with Kay seems a lot more definitive than the Batgirl tease, though. The clues are better. Consider: the first we hear of any of it is with the scene where we first meet Liana. Scandal has some kind of weird fugue where she perceives this random stripper-for-hire as her actual girlfriend; fugue!Knockout says "I might be a drunken delusion, or maybe, I'm actually Kay speaking through this woman because I'm a Goddamn New God and I spit in the face of death."

Second clue was the waiter in Jeanette's place: a total stranger who leaned down and warned Scandal of the impending attack in intimate terms, and then a moment later seemed like a completely different person who had no knowledge whatsoever of that warning.

With most other characters this would be meaningless, but that leads us to the third clue: this is all happening relatively concurrent with FINAL CRISIS, wherein Darkseid and his Apolalyptian ilk were bouncing around and possessing human bodies after their prior forms were taken out by the New God killer.

Knockout being one of said ilk, slain in the same way... it would not be especially difficult to believe that she simply chose not to be part of Darkseid's nonsense or recorporate with the rest of the New Gods at the end of FC, and instead is staying by her lover's side. My assumption is that Liana is an entirely third party, but Kay may be hitching a ride with her at the moment and subtly influencing her, or have left some influence on her when she was in control before (provided that was a legit possession).

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statham1986
2009-04-06 01:26 pm UTC (link)

I was under the impression the Secret Six did always have six members, actually. When we lost Parademon and Cheshire, we got Knockout and the Mad Hatter, and when we lost the Hatter, we got Harley Quinn. When Quinn left and Knockout died, we got Bane and Jeanette, so to me, it always seems a fairly solid six.

Not that I'm contesting that we shouldn't have Knockout back and it be a Secret Seven, of course. And, with everything you've pointed out, which is fairly subtle, but at the same time very promising, I don't think we even need cross our fingers to make sure we get her back.

As it is, I'm actually quite glad Morrison apparently decided Kay wasn't worth messing with, given she'd been handled better by Simone than the other New Gods have by him.

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	icon_uk 2009-04-05 11:21 am UTC (link)
	A "fruitasmic rainbow of condoms"? Why do I suudenly feel as if s_d has been a VERY bad influence on Gail? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	daningram 2009-04-05 11:34 am UTC (link)
	I honestly think you've switched the cause and effect there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	superfixated 2009-04-05 12:05 pm UTC (link)
	Exactly what I was thinking. :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	parsimonia 2009-04-05 11:28 am UTC (link)
	Oh how I love this comic. (Reply to this)

retro_nouveau
2009-04-05 11:48 am UTC (link)

A few crates of red wine? That's someone else's idea of a good time, they should hang out.

I have a guilty fondness for the surprise stolen kiss.

I'm still mad at Lawton for breaking up an OTP that I was starting to form during Countdown...

You all KNOW who those dog collars are for, yes?

I fail, I can't guess why she would need twelve...? So weak! I'll have to add this to the pull list.

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	bluejaybirdie 2009-04-05 12:44 pm UTC (link)
	Ms. Simone, you never fail to make me smile. I love Scandel's completely shocked look when she gets picked up and surprise-kissed! This issue gave me a little more than I needed to know about Ragdoll's sex life though...ew. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	midnightvoyager.livejournal.com 2009-04-06 09:52 am UTC (link)
	Well, we already knew Ragdoll has no peen... I wonder why- No, not going there, nope. (puts a different-colored condom on each finger and wiggles them at you!) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gargoylekitty 2009-04-05 12:52 pm UTC (link)
	Arg, why can't my brain be right and it really be Monday so it'll be one day closer to Wednesday?! Can't wait to read this. (Reply to this)

	frikfrak 2009-04-05 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	I can't make my voice unsqueal, I love you gail!!! (Reply to this)

	xlineartx 2009-04-05 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	I love Secret Six so much. Oh I cannot wait to read this issue! (Reply to this)

	suzene 2009-04-05 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	OMG, the look on Scandal's face is going to be worth the cover price. (Reply to this)

	ashtoreth 2009-04-05 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	I do not know who the dog collars are for, no. Not really that fond of Jeannette either, but...Lawton...shooting her in the gut was probably not the best plan if you wanted to let her down easy. And I blame Trekkies for creating slash which subsequently created us, myself. (Reply to this)

	scottyquick 2009-04-05 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	Who *ARE* the dog collars for? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	statham1986 2009-04-06 03:34 am UTC (link)
	Given Scandal's measuring technique, I'd have to say poor old Lawton is the lucky guy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ex_menagerie993 2009-04-05 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	See? Mature yet fun! DC, this can be done more often! Honest! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-04-06 11:15 am UTC (link)
	Motto. I'm sold. Thanks, Gail! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	longhairedlady 2009-04-06 05:36 am UTC (link)
	The "double date" title page is just a thing of beauty. Go Secret Six! (Reply to this)

	sistermagpie 2009-04-06 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	You know how people always said "But S_D got me to buy comics I never would have thought to buy?" It's because of stuff like this! (Reply to this)

	shanejayell 2009-04-06 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	LOL MAN am I looking forward to this issue. When is it out? (Reply to this)

	neuhallidae 2009-04-08 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Ragdoll's "Me, me, I'll go!" eagersquee sold me. I must get this. (Reply to this)

ex_agata254
2009-11-27 12:17 pm UTC (link)

Who could imagine more fun one can get paying just $2.99???!!!! This is the cheapest fun ever invented, something that really ROCKS!
Have you ever thought that the Secret Six is the most underrated comic out today? You know, I would be really glad to be a kind of octopus-man to enjoy reading eight copies at a time, I don't even mention how many sex toys I could hold! I can be a real sex-factory :D

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