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Tweak says, "I've had everyone in here."

perletwo (perletwo) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-16 22:12:00

Entry tags:

char: batman/bruce wayne, char: black canary/dinah lance, char: blue beetle/ted kord, char: captain marvel/billy batson, char: martian manhunter/j'onn j'onzz, char: mr. miracle/scott free, creator: al gordon, creator: j.m. dematteis, creator: keith giffen, creator: kevin maguire, group: justice league of america, in-joke: one punch, publisher: dc comics, title: justice league international

Batman/Green Lantern SHOWDOWN!
Long ago (back on Apr. 17 in fact) scannertastic requested scans of the epic confrontation between Batman and Green Lantern. I just realized those pages are in the JLI trade I just got a week or two ago, and it's the perfect chance to try out the scan function on my new(ish) all-in-one. Soooo, from Justice League International #5, Sept. 1987, 3 pages plus preview image.

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	thokstar 2009-05-16 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	I believe I speak for everybody when I ask for you to fix your cut. I also speak for everybody when I say "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-05-16 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	FIXED. gaaaah I hate div class. Thaaaaat's pretty much the scene I bought the trade for :-) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sailorlibra 2009-05-16 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Dinah's reaction is always the best part. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thokstar 2009-05-16 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	Either that or Ted tossing away Guy's ring (page 2, panel 2.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jcbaggee 2009-05-16 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	I never noticed that before, and now I'll never not notice it again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-05-16 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, but it's a detail essential to the plot! Y'see, if it wasn't for Ted tossing the ring, Guy would never have gone rooting around inside the kitchen cabinet, and... ummm... wackiness would not have ensued, yes, that's the way to put it! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	janegray 2009-05-17 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Speaking of that, I've always wanted to see their reaction to Guy going nice all of a sudden. But that has never been posted :( (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluefall 2009-05-16 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	I have a special fondness for Beetle actually lifting his goggles to wipe tears away as well. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	just_mrasaki 2009-05-16 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	I love Captain Marvel and Booster's "Ohhhhhh no you didn't" looks. hahaha! And, for a second I thought Batman had pegged him with one of those Joker-like fist-punchy doo-hickey guns. (Vague enough? Yes.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sistermagpie 2009-05-17 01:28 pm UTC (link)
	Me too! Seemed to add something. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-05-16 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	THAT Black Canary get up is so bad it makes my eyes bleed... (Reply to this)

	nagaoka 2009-05-16 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	From what I've heard they just leave Guy there on the ground for several issues after until he wakes up. I just loved this as a homage in Batman Brave and the Bold. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-05-16 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	He wakes up in #7, so call it an issue and a half. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sherkahn 2009-05-17 10:22 am UTC (link)
	Anyone have a scan of that "wake up"? Guy having his fragile reality shattered by a painful reminder he isn't alpha dog? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darklorelei 2009-05-17 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	It's not really that exciting. A panel of wrath, and then he goes looking for his ring and then more head-trauma. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	spannertastic.livejournal.com 2009-05-16 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	oh awesome, i figured this'd gotten forgotten about! cheers! i have to say though, i forgot how horrible black canary's outfit is in this. ee. isn't there some later-on scene elsewhere where hal knocks batman out in reference to this? or something? i think i remember it from the old scans_daily... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherkahn 2009-05-17 10:37 am UTC (link)
	Yes, emerald rebirth or whatever, Batman wants Hal and the GL's to stop and Hal decks him. Guy feels justified that a GL got back at Bats, but Batman was already getting back up. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	vignettelante 2009-05-16 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Scott thinks in the third person? Using his stage name? Oh well. Also, Batman doesn't seem to have much respect for the wisdom of Solomon. (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-05-16 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	I never really liked that panel. I never liked how you didn't see the punch connect, and that weird shadow thing its doing. (Reply to this) (Thread)

sherkahn
2009-05-17 10:34 am UTC (link)

That's pricely the point. That's why Mister Miracle commented on Batman being efficient. It wasn't a wind up haymaker, nor a round house or upper cut. It's one of those "so fast no one saw the punch while my hands were on my hips and returned to my hips like a gunslinger/ Muhammad Ali phantom punch/super secret bat-jitsu technique" blows. Guy had the wind up and was already starting to swing when he got knocked-the-f-out. He didn't even see it coming.

And it sends a crystal clear message to Guy. "I can take you apart with ease anytime I want to and you couldn't do a thing to stop me."

Someone please tell me Beetle and Booster took pics of him on the floor with timestamps and other silly things you do to your drunk friends who couldn't hold their liquor.

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	bluefall 2009-05-17 11:04 am UTC (link)
	Well, in one of the only moments in JLA #0 worth the paper it's printed on, we find out Dinah took a picture and faxed it to Diana. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	seawolf10 2009-05-17 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, please post that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-05-17 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	It's just the one page. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	runespoor7 2009-05-17 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	I love the implicit admission that Bruce hides Ollie's arrows. And that comparison makes me think Clark must have indulged at some point too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mysteryfan 2009-05-17 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	Oh my god I love the Trinity so much that I think I have something in my eye right now. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-17 01:54 am UTC (link)
	That is such a great moment. Months worth of lead-up to what looked like it was going to lead into a battle royale, and BONK! It's over. Also, the panel itself is a masterful use of minimalism. Guy's face, Batman's fist. Batman's fist, Guy's face. Face, meet fist. Fist, meet face. That's all you need, really. (Reply to this)

	One. Punch. jlroberson 2009-05-17 04:29 am UTC (link)
	And this is why: (1) Giffen/deMatteis/Maguire will never be topped, and (2) I consider THIS to be the in-character version of the DCU, so there. Nyah. (Reply to this)

	skitty_kat 2009-05-17 05:51 am UTC (link)
	Prejudice against gingers - the last acceptable form of racism. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-05-17 08:30 am UTC (link)
	I think it's just light brown. No freckles, and Guy can go out in daylight, and I THINK there was at least one story that proved he has a soul, so nah, couldn't be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-05-17 11:05 am UTC (link)
	Hee hee, well played. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	silicone_soul 2009-05-18 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	It's a hard and cruel world out there for us, isn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mysteryfan 2009-05-17 09:33 am UTC (link)
	Heh. "I'd sooner turn it over to Captain Marvel." "Hey!" Fun post! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lookingforsigns 2009-05-17 10:17 am UTC (link)
	The whole backhanded insulting of Captain Marvel was almost as hilarious as the punch. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-05-17 10:32 am UTC (link)
	Agreed! And Captain Marvel still tries to give Batman a talking to. (Reply to this) (Parent)