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kingrockwell (kingrockwell) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-02 02:53:00

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char: animal man/buddy baker, creator: chris batista, creator: gerry conway, publisher: dc comics, title: animal man

The best Green Lantern?

So I picked up this one a week late, and my feelings toward it are still pretty neutral to negative, but I'm a sucker and it comes out on a light week so I'll prolly see it the whole way through. There was one really neat bit, the most fantastic Green Lantern ever.

Yes, no, maybe so?

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	darklorelei 2009-07-02 07:06 am UTC (link)
	Ah, literal Space Whales. Fabulous. (Reply to this)

	statham1986 2009-07-02 07:06 am UTC (link)
	I can't wait for the people who come lumbering in with the 'OMG I CAN'T BLEEVE TEHY REPLACD KYLE WITH A WHALE' thing as part of the continued 'Kyle is screwed over' BS. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sailorlibra 2009-07-03 03:13 am UTC (link)
	Nah, the whale makes a much cooler replacement for Kyle than Hal does. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-03 06:49 am UTC (link)
	Only if it starts wearing a crabmask. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jlroberson 2009-07-02 07:07 am UTC (link)
	When did a whale become a GL? Not that it isn't incredibly cool. Now give me Robo-Octo-Sinestro-Ape. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-07-02 07:08 am UTC (link)
	This story is set about 20 years in the future. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-07-02 07:24 am UTC (link)
	I love how every post about this mini has to remind everyone of this somewhere. If I post any of #3 later this month I'll make sure that reminder's in the actual post! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thormonger 2009-07-02 07:11 am UTC (link)
	That's a new look for Hal. Too many different rings in the War of Lights? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-03 06:50 am UTC (link)
	It was the only thing more liberal than the Captain Planet thing for him to evolve into. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xandertarbert 2009-07-02 07:42 am UTC (link)
	insert vague Star Trek joke (Reply to this) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-07-02 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	Ever since freshly-resurrected Spock mind-melded with him in his underwear, oooooROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuoooo knew that he had another destiny... in the stars! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	arbre_rieur 2009-07-02 07:51 am UTC (link)
	It's been done before, hasn't it? Wasn't there a whale GL in that story where Kyle Rayner wakes up in the future as a member of a new Corp? (At the time, the Corp was extinct.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-07-02 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	I'd love to see scans of that! Any Whale Lantern is a good Whale Lantern. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	20thcenturyvole 2009-07-02 08:01 am UTC (link)
	You know, there's a crack about a falling bowl of petunias to be made here... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ulf_boehnke 2009-07-02 09:24 am UTC (link)
	It's infinitely improbable that a bowl of petunias will ever become a Green Lantern. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	20thcenturyvole 2009-07-02 09:30 am UTC (link)
	Hah, and I only just noticed the distinctly bowl-shaped lump of vegetation he caught Animal Man with. :D (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-07-02 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	Douglas Adams references make me so happy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thokstar 2009-07-02 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	Agrajag is clearly a Red Lantern. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	pyrotwilight 2009-07-02 08:10 am UTC (link)
	Psshaw. We have a living planet, nothing gets nuttier than that. Even a living city pales to Mogo. (Reply to this)

	sianmink 2009-07-02 08:40 am UTC (link)
	This makes gratuitous ass-shots a little more difficult. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherkahn 2009-07-02 12:36 pm UTC (link)
	But not impossible. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-07-02 09:50 am UTC (link)
	I love Space Whale Lantern! He and Ruffles The Rage Kitty should have their own series. RUFFLES IS A LASER-HAIRBALL-SPEWING QUIVERING BALL OF RAGE! SPACE-WHALE IS A FRIENDLY AND POETIC-SPEAKING GREEN LANTERN! TOGETHER, THEY'RE SPACE COPS, AND THEY FIGHT CRIME! (sorry for the capslock of awesome) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-07-02 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	I would like to subscribe to that newsletter, please. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-07-03 09:38 am UTC (link)
	No, for serious, somebody needs to draw this. Right now! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-07-03 06:38 am UTC (link)
	Together, they're red-green. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-07-07 02:30 am UTC (link)
	And they're colorblind on crime? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lieut_kettch 2009-07-02 11:00 am UTC (link)
	I wonder if he's assigned to Rimbor's sector. (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-07-02 11:25 am UTC (link)
	I bet there were several Japanese fishing fleets that shat bricks the day THIS fellow got the power ring. Probably coincidental but it reminds me of a line in the Grant Moprrison self-insertion issue of Animal Man where he ponders; "Humans, who weep real tears over fictional aliens like ET, but allow genuine alien intelligences on Earth, like whales, to be turned into soap" (Reply to this)

	xammax 2009-07-02 03:22 pm UTC (link)
	That guy already commented... but you know it was Kyle who was shafted for this. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-07-02 03:37 pm UTC (link)
	Nah, remember the GLC Origins and Omens, how Guy was sloshing through all that ominous black paint? ...All I'm saying is :( (Reply to this) (Parent)

	parsimonia 2009-07-02 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	I still don't give a crap about Animal Man, but even I have to admit that SPACE WHALE GREEN LANTERN is pretty fucking awesome. I totally want to be a space whale when I grow up. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-07-02 06:29 pm UTC (link)
	I'm mostly only picking this up out of lingering interest from his old Vertigo series (people go on and on about Morrison's run, but come on Delano's is where it's at!) and it hasn't been rewarding me much for it. I'll prolly keep buying it because I'm a chump. :( (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

parsimonia
2009-07-02 06:37 pm UTC (link)

I'm probably being unfair to Animal Man, because I've never read any of his series, but when I first heard about it my reaction was "there are so many other characters who deserve an ongoing more than Animal Man!" =P

I'll prolly keep buying it because I'm a chump. :(

Don't feel bad. I bought all three issues of the recent Oracle and Batgirl mini-series, and they were pretty damn awful. At least this has a SPACE WHALE. =)

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kingrockwell
2009-07-02 06:58 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, but the solicits promise that what we have to look forward to is a mid-life crisis affair with Starfire. :/
Interestingly enough, if this were an ongoing instead of a mini, I'd probably have already dropped it! The only other thing I get that week is 'Tec (well, and Wednesday Comics starting this month), so I have a little extra pocket change to spend on dumb minis that aren't really going anywhere.

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	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-07-02 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, but the solicits promise that what we have to look forward to is a mid-life crisis affair with Starfire. Are you fucking shitting me? D:< UGH. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kingrockwell
2009-07-03 04:10 am UTC (link)

Oh, if only I could be joking. :(

THE LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN #4
Written by Gerry Conway
Art by Chris Batista & Dave Meikis
Cover by Brian Bolland
Regrets...he’s had a few! Buddy Baker can’t bear to live with the regret that comes of his infidelity with Starfire...but Prismatik and Bloodrage will be happy to take the burden of life off his hands! They’ve launched a full-on assault against the League of Titans’ headquarters, and Buddy and Starfire are the only heroes who stand in their way!
On sale August 26 • 4 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US"

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	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-07-03 09:36 am UTC (link)
	headdesk (Reply to this) (Parent)

parsimonia
2009-07-03 01:58 am UTC (link)

Yeah, but the solicits promise that what we have to look forward to is a mid-life crisis affair with Starfire. :/

Wait, it was Animal Man's family that Starfire was staying with at one point, wasn't it? And his son tried to take a picture of her while she was sleeping? Yeah, that's awkward.

Interestingly enough, if this were an ongoing instead of a mini, I'd probably have already dropped it!

I think it makes a certain amount of sense. If you know there's only so many issues of a series that you have mixed feelings about, it's not as hard on your wallet or your sanity to stick with it until the end.

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	kingrockwell 2009-07-03 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Well, thinking back I guess he did hang out with Starfire (and Adam Strange) a lot during 52, so I suppose it isn't without precedent, but to be honest I'd only read the Vic/Renee bits of that until I finally bought the first trade yesterday. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-07-03 04:28 am UTC (link)
	Well, I'm basing that recollection from memory of scans posted to the old comm, but yes, I think it was during 52 (and possibly Countdown?). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-03 03:56 am UTC (link)
	All right, so - why, exactly, is Buddy not latching on to the nearest bird's powers to allow him to fly to safety? And yes, whale GL is pretty damn awesome. Next I want an octopus, please, with one ring for each tentacle. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-07-03 04:03 am UTC (link)
	Buddy's seemingly losing his powers due to contrivance. Later in the issue, he discovers that they've reverted to his early levels (only work with animals in proximity) when he does start flying with nearby birds. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-03 07:16 am UTC (link)
	Ah, OK. I hope this isn't a permanent change. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-07-03 01:38 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it's set twenty years in the future, so it's canon-status is dubious. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	comicoz 2009-07-05 06:20 am UTC (link)
	Thanks for posting this!! There's a ton of interesting Lantern stuff in this issue. Made me wonder how much of it they plan to keep in the War of Light. (Reply to this)