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thanekos (thanekos) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-24 23:25:00

Current music:	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9cFAdAp010
Entry tags:	creator: tony bedard, publisher: dc comics, title: r.e.b.e.l.s.

Starro the... Ares?
so, REBELS.

basically, Brainiac 2's automated space police force has been subverted by a mysterious entity, leading him to... do stuff like turn one of the current-day members of Dawnstar's people into a bootleg Wildfire.

but who did it?

slightly more autonomous members of a collective.... huh, now I just remembered Annihilation.

the little girl's a durlan, because durlans apparently love to parley while wearing nonthreatening forms, or something. and it's shooting at flying brick lady because vril dox either dying or getting a starfish accessory doesn't quite jive with their plans.

and no, astrild doesn't get unstarro'd by that.

but if " That is not my master ", then what is?

oh. okay, that works. the starfishes among the ships are what really make it, though. FEAR THIS ENTITY WHO COMMANDS A COLLECTIVE OF CONTROLLED MISCELLANEOUS ENTITIES AND HAS SPACE STARFISH!

I guess it's a WE'VE NEVER MET BRAINIAC BEFORE UNTIL NOW kinda thing, which is... I dunno, kinda cool that some dude goes about conquering the stars with space starfish. Either that, or this is a new form for him, I guess.

and so the dominators get dominated.

meanwhile...

well, so Starro is that dude. cool.

bonus: in superman/batman generations, jonathan kent cripples the ultra-humanite! but in his defense, the future ape-man was about to totally kill a young less-durable superboy and a... young, fox-costume-wearing bruce wayne. yeah.

he's a handy man with a shotgun, isn't he?

boy, the things you can do with imaginary stories.

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	batcookies 2009-06-24 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	Nope, I prefer Starro as a giant space starfish. Sorry. Making everything out there humanoid is boring as fuck. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	buttler 2009-06-25 12:46 am UTC (link)
	Seriously. Just say no to Starro the Starbarian! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ian_karkull 2009-06-25 05:25 am UTC (link)
	Word. How could one possibly think that starro needs fixing? He's like the essence of comic book perfection. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	buttler 2009-06-25 09:55 am UTC (link)
	Plus, he brings cupcakes! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tohofuhai 2009-06-25 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	MOTTO. If they needed to change him... maybe they could've instead used that Pirate Starro from the Superfriends. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	goblinthebamf 2009-06-25 12:52 am UTC (link)
	setting aside the plot issues with that splash page, it is a gorgeous image. I, for one, would gladly welcome alien overlords with such good taste. (Reply to this)

	aaron_bourque 2009-06-25 12:55 am UTC (link)
	He's got a Starro on his chest, so it won't clash with his helmet I guess. This is just Starro's "face." It better be. (Reply to this)

	pyrotwilight 2009-06-25 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Poor Rebels. You try so hard but you'll be canceled soon enough. Has Lianna shown up in this by any chance? (Reply to this)

04nbod
2009-06-25 08:21 am UTC (link)

So starro is the big starfish on the guy's chest and not the guy himself right? I thought it would be more like the Bezoar from 'Bad Eggs' in Buffy.

Also...dominators? I'm tired of the regular DCU leeching off Legion Lore. I don't want to see Starfire with the emerald eye, I don't want takron galtos in the 21st century and I don't want dominators. In return the main DCU can keep their flashes and their green lanterns.

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	buttler 2009-06-25 09:58 am UTC (link)
	The Dominators played a pretty huge part in the Invasion crossover 20 years ago, so it's not like this is a new development or anything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	04nbod 2009-06-25 10:32 am UTC (link)
	20 years can only make my anger grow!! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-06-25 12:44 pm UTC (link)
	Legion Lore had to come from SOMEwhere. And it isn't always a bad thing: Heaven's Ladder, by Mark Waid. Some alien thing is stealing planets to pilfer those worlds' ideas about heaven. Every race is a legion race. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	buttler 2009-06-25 12:52 pm UTC (link)
	And yet where, I ask you, is Starro Lad? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	buttler 2009-06-25 01:01 pm UTC (link)
	Incidentally, young Bruce Wayne cosplaying as the Flying Fox is a callback to an actual old Superboy story, "The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team" from Adventure Comics #275 (1960). (Reply to this)