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kingrockwell (kingrockwell) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-23 22:42:00

Entry tags:

char: atom/ray palmer, char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: black canary/dinah lance, char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: green lantern/hal jordan, char: hawkman/katar hol, char: jimmy olsen, char: penguin/oswald cobblepot, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, creator: dennis o'neil, creator: neal adams, publisher: dc comics, title: superdictionary

Oh man oh man oh man!
I just got the best book. I just got the best collection of many pages that are held together between two covers. I own many books but this is the one I'm posting about today. Come enjoy it with me.

They have other problems, too! What kind of problems, Ollie?

You forgot her birthday?! Oh, Ollie, you're horrible, but at least you're trying!
(i scanned the context for this one because it is adorable)

(see?)

What, you mean you didn't forget? So what happened?

Oh poor Ollie! You were so ashamed of losing the picture you told her you forgot? I'm so sorry! What do you make of this new development, Dinah?

You're having Jimmy Olsen make a new one? How sweet!

These guys really like giving each other presents! And Dinah sure receives 'em graciously!
(It's interesting how there's no subservience implied in that bow, just a polite way to say "hello" and acknowledge a friendship. Whether in the context of the book it's a good thing to teach kids politeness on equal planes or a disservice to teach them words without the proper connotations the word carries (like when i first learned the word "buxom" my pocket dictionary defined it as "pleasantly plump", so i took it as a polite word for a fat person and used it that way!), I can't quite decide.)

What else do you have for us, Super Dictionary?

Batman being a dick?

Check.

I can't decide if the best part of this is how goofy Hawkman looks or Atom hiding in his sandwich!
(is he spying for Batman?)

Robin will do anything for Batman...

...But he never said he'd do it happily! (sorry about the giant flea that apparently snuck in my scanner!)

I can't say anything to make this one better. It's too much on its own.

Look how much Babs isn't enjoying her own party! I bet none of those people are really her friends!
(And is it just me or is she totally a re-colored Catwoman there?)

I leave you with Jimmy Olsen and one of my favorite words.

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	kagome654 2009-05-23 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	Aw, Hal looks so dejected. I think I finally see the true origin of the Bruce/Hal conflict, Bruce openly ridicules his ideas. Poor Hal, you've taken far too many blows to the head to be a convincing idea man. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-05-23 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	you have the best icon (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kagome654 2009-05-24 09:04 am UTC (link)
	Haha, I'm certainly fond of it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-05-23 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Last scan: Take a drink. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-05-23 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	If there's a drinking game associated with the Super Dictionary than I need to know about it! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xandertarbert 2009-05-24 12:44 am UTC (link)
	Everytime Olsen gets a super power take a shot. And never see the cover where Jimmy and Superman have to fight an army of powered Jimmies. You will die. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-05-24 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Oh, well he doesn't even necessarily have a super power there, just a scuba suit and a hungry horde of skellingtons. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-05-24 01:56 am UTC (link)
	Technically it's a superdickery game/joke. Be advised that browsing their archive of covers with hard alcohol at hand may kill you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xandertarbert 2009-05-24 02:46 am UTC (link)
	Ah, I misread his dictionary with dickery. And where did you get that Kyle Katarn icon? It's amazing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cmdr_zoom
2009-05-24 05:11 am UTC (link)

I honestly don't remember anymore. I seem to recall it's sized for Jedi Outcast multiplayer, something I never really got into back when the game was new (and have no idea if anyone still plays). I saw it and grabbed it for LJ because, as you say, it's amazing.

My best guess as to what's happening there is that when you leave Kyle alone for a little while with a gun in his hand, he goes into an idle animation. With a laser sword... well, see for yourself.

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	darklorelei 2009-05-23 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	'Sandwich' is one of my all-time favorites. It's deliciously macabre. (Or I'm twisted. You decide!) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-05-23 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Oh that one is totally fantastic! I'll admit to stumbling upon it while I was flipping from "remember" to "tear", but this book gets you like that sometimes. Hawkman looks so goofy! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	"ANYTHING" peur_evol 2009-05-23 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Robin will do anything for Batman" Robin's crazy to fight Hulk. Hulk is strongest there is!!! It is not smart to fight Hulk. Fighting Hulk for Batman is insane. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: "ANYTHING" kingrockwell 2009-05-23 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	Hulk is going to crush Robin's head with that rock. He is going to smash it until it's flat. Hulk already crushed Batman. Robin fights for Batman because he has a crush on him. Robin has romantic feelings for him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	RE: Hulk peur_evol 2009-05-24 12:14 am UTC (link)
	You have copy of book I can never find... You have what I look for.... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: RE: Hulk kingrockwell 2009-05-24 12:58 am UTC (link)
	I got really lucky on Ebay. :( It just takes tenacity! If you really want it and are lucky enough, you can get it for under $30 (hell, i almost paid only $6 until another bidder strolled in at literally the very last minute)! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: "ANYTHING" xandertarbert 2009-05-24 02:50 am UTC (link)
	The Atom has a fetish. He has a kink for odd things. He finds pleasure in sandwiches. Hawkman is in for a surprise. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thebigapricot 2009-05-24 05:28 am UTC (link)
	Can I just say that the first scan was better than any/all of the marriage therapy panels in this week's craptastic issue? Nicely done, anti-Kreisberg. Oh and let's hope the kid who tore the painting was not shot by Ollie, because, GRRRR, he has angggggrrrr issues. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	skybard 2009-05-24 05:54 am UTC (link)
	I have really got to stop reading the Superdictionary posts as my own copy is on the way (ninja eBay skills here too ^.^) but...the crack just sort-of draws you in. :D (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-05-24 12:16 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, looking at random postings is just not the same as reading it from cover to cover. You get these weird little inferred storyline threads as you go, about the Batman/Robin relationship, about the Hawkmarriage, about Hal's phobias...it's just totally brain-breaky. To say nothing of the El Dragon. ;-) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	skybard 2009-05-24 05:55 am UTC (link)
	...Oops, sorry XD I meant to reply to the post, not your comment facepalm Also, Ollie totally shot the painting kid. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-05-24 08:53 am UTC (link)
	The child escaped, Ollie was broken. :( (Reply to this) (Parent)

	scottyquick 2009-05-24 04:05 pm UTC (link)
	Heh, I was like "Why is AliasJack bolding random words? Why is he putting emphasis on words in a -DAMN IT IT'S GOTTEN TO ME" Also, Carter's face is the best thing about the Sandwich one, no doubt. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-05-24 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	Dude is all like, "Awww, Sandwich, I love you so. If it just wasn't for that bitch Shayera I'd marry you. Yes, we'd run away to a tropical island, just you and me, and make little crustless finger sammiches..." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-05-24 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	aw man don't think of me as aliasjack i was fifteen when i picked that name and i'd change it in a heartbeat if i didn't think there'd be consequences (Reply to this) (Parent)

psychop_rex
2009-05-25 12:07 am UTC (link)

I think my favorite of these is the first one. "We have other problems, too." Well, no duh. FOCUS, Ollie. You can worry about whether or not Dinah will approve of your choice in pizza toppings AFTER you've put out the fire.
A close second is the 'bow' one "I bend over to thank you nicely." Wow. I don't usually have a particularly smutty mind when it comes to this sort of thing, but considering that this is coming from a beautiful blonde in leather and fishnets...

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	kingrockwell 2009-05-25 12:45 am UTC (link)
	And just fishnets from the looks of it! Either they forgot to draw the bottom part of her swimsuit thing, or her legs literally go all the way up! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-25 02:23 am UTC (link)
	It's probably the former, but still, that doesn't make her statement sound any more innocent. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lea-hazel.dreamwidth.org 2009-05-25 12:14 am UTC (link)
	And that was the last time that Batman cracked a smile. (Reply to this)

	saralakali 2009-05-25 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	(And is it just me or is she totally a re-colored Catwoman there?) You are correct. That image is from the first in a (Pre-Crisis) four-issue arc of Batman in which four villains were tried by a court of their peers to determine which one had killed Batman. In the original image, Catwoman is removing a black veil she very dramatically wore to court to indicate mourning. (Reply to this)

	Something bizarre galateus 2009-08-29 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	For some reason, Imageshack overwrote your second image with... a photo of a mural of someone saying "Remember who you are" (And, presumably, that we're all part of the great ciiircle of liiife...). They must have a crazy hosting algorithm over there. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Something bizarre kingrockwell 2009-08-29 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	Oh wow, that's really bizarre! Thanks for the heads up, I'll get right to fixing it! (Reply to this) (Parent)