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porringer (porringer) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-07 17:40:00

Entry tags:

char: big barda/barda free, char: blue beetle/ted kord, char: booster gold/michael jon carter, char: mr. miracle/scott free, creator: j.m. dematteis, creator: len wein, creator: sean phillips, title: mr. miracle

Mr Miracle - really as awesome as you all said
So, without you guys at s_d I never would have heard of Blue Beetle, or Booster Gold, or Mr Miracle, or Big Barda. I never would have been at my first ever comics' fair, looking through boxes. I wouldn't have looked at the section labelled Mr Miracle and I would have missed

HOLY SHIT, YOU GUYS! THE MOTHER LODE!

50p each! I was very restrained and only bought 8 issues.

First, big version of the cover so you can bask in its awesomeness.

:D There are 22 pages of story, so I have shown 7 and a third pages-worth below. It was seriously hard to cut some stuff out.

Scott and Barda have settled in a little town. Scott is running a repair shop, Barda is working with small children:

and both are keeping the Superheroing under wraps. So naturally...

All goes about as well as you'd expect.

Ted thinks quickly, and soon Scott is just explaining how affordable these actors were. Barda is as delighted as Scott by this turn of events. I love the dynamic between them.

In a cracky subplot that I haven't uploaded, robot clones have been trying to deal with their endless drive to destroy the Justice League. They just wanted a quiet life, left alone, but the sight of Blue Beetle in his Bug has set them off. One of them sets out to see what's up.

They're trying sooooo hard to have a normal life. Booster and Ted do some fighting :)

And that's kind of it for that issue, bar a dramatic 'oh noes' final image as all the other clone robots descend.

Until I read these, I thought people shipping Ted and Booster were just wearing slash-goggles. I'd assumed that it was one of those things where you could find evidence if you wanted, and have fun doing so, but it wasn't really written that way. Reading these, Ted and Booster just seemed to be written as a couple. A good, realistic couple, like Scott and Barda. It's... just... there.

In the next issue (8) they defeat the robots with awesome fighting, then Scott reprograms them. To be the Beatles. Which Barda completely doesn't get.

We then get some lovely moments with our two couples.

:D Not shown, because it's kind of depressing, is Barda sat on the floor after the neighbours have left, almost crying because she wanted a normal life for just 5 minutes :(

After everyone else has left, Barda and Scott get a bit of together time. But not much. I <3 Scott's right sock. One of the things that's so lovely in this book, apart from the writing, is the attention to detail in the art.

Aaaaand then Oberon and ~~Max Lord~~ Funky Flashman show up to announce that they've booked Scott on a World Tour. He is not amused.

I've enjoyed these books so much, even down to the letter's pages :) Why aren't more comics like this?

And because of these, I went out and bought 52 Pick-Up. To my surprise, I nearly cried ;_; And then, at the end, I was so pleased and want it to stick so badly that now I'm scared to buy and read any more. I was going to buy Booster Gold #21 for the Blue Beetle back-up, but now I'm scared to in case when I read the main feature Ted isn't there :(

(Admins: we seem to have two Booster Gold tags, one for Michael Carter and one for Michael Jon Carter)

(Also, inks on the first by Pablo Marcos, on the second by Bruce Patterson. We don't seem to have tags for them. Do we need them?)

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requiem2adream
2009-07-07 07:33 pm UTC (link)

Oh Barda *hearts her* I love how she's clearly the Alpha partner in her relationship and that Scott is totally a-okay with it and not worried about his masculinity being in someway threatened, as shown by her carrying him up the stairs over her shoulder and him being very clearly delighted by it - just look at that grin on his face! XD

Also, Barda running a nursery reminds me of her playing Pokemon with Sin in BoP. So. Totally. Awesome. She would have made a great mother.

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	sandoz_iscariot 2009-07-07 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, that "Put me down, you beast! :D" page is adorable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	porringer 2009-07-07 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	The faces! And his sock! :D I love it so much, and I love that other people do too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	starz_n_stripes 2009-07-07 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	Is it just me, or is one of the panels blacked out? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	porringer 2009-07-07 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	I blacked-out part of one of my scans to keep under the page limit. With those two blacked-out panels, it would have been 7 and two thirds pages :P (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	starz_n_stripes 2009-07-07 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	Ah good call. I got caught up in reading so I didn't even notice the page count. (Reply to this) (Parent)

masterofmidgets
2009-07-07 08:28 pm UTC (link)

Things About This I Love:

1. The fact that Booster on the cover totally thinks he's starring in a porn film.

2. Booster and Ted's wonderfully hideous civilian clothes. (WTF TED'S SHIRT)

3. That Booster actually had to stop and think to remember his real name.

4. SCOTT/BARDA YAY. I love the idea of them having hot, bed-breaking married-couple sex ~~with Scott handcuffed to the bed~~.

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	toasty_fresh 2009-07-07 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	3. That Booster actually had to stop and think to remember his real name. This! Oh, Booster, you doofus . . . (Reply to this) (Parent)

	porringer 2009-07-07 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, first time I read this I didn't know his real name and assumed he was making one up, since 'Booster' would have been a bit conspicuous. I didn't really know much about him at all before last week :P This is now extra good! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darklorelei 2009-07-08 04:02 am UTC (link)
	Re: #2 People say that Ted has no powers. They are wrong. Ted's true power is picking out PRECISELY the worst outfit possible. I kind of want them to retcon his character to be colorblind or something. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofmidgets 2009-07-08 04:13 am UTC (link)
	I think the thing I love most about Ted's newsboy caps, bizarrely-patterned sweaters, and high-zippered boots is that he spends a ridiculous amount of money on them. Which means he is under the horribly mistaken impression that he is STYLISH AND SUAVE. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darklorelei 2009-07-08 06:13 am UTC (link)
	It cost $100! It MUST be cool! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kabukiokami 2009-07-07 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	Are those robots supposed to be the Beatles? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	porringer 2009-07-07 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	They are. They started out as clone/robot-copies of some evil professor, and destroying them didn't really work, so Scott reprogrammed them. To be the Beatles. Scott only knows why this was the logical conclusion. This led to everyone except Barda making bad references to lyrics :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kabukiokami 2009-07-07 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, yes, I see that in your post now. I got swept away by the awesomeness and the whole explanation was read, but didn't absorb into the grey matter. The strangeness Barda puts up with, first robot Beatles, then 4th of July weenie roasts. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dcanacek 2009-07-07 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	It wasn't Maxwell Lord with Oberon, it was Funky Flashman. I always felt that Gnort's visit to the Free household was funnier. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	porringer 2009-07-07 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, I think I was thrown by MaxiMan appearing in the next issue :P Thanks. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bean_montag 2009-07-07 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	I also would not have known about the awesome hotness of Barda and Scott without Scans_Daily. Looove the last page! She even carries him to answer the door. lol (Reply to this)

	kingrockwell 2009-07-08 12:50 am UTC (link)
	I've always loved these two! I might have to track down this series, I wish it were in trade. Though it's bugging me how Scott's hair is black here. (Reply to this)

	lieut_kettch 2009-07-08 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Thank you thank you thank you for these scans! Scott and Barda being cute! Practically canon Boostle! And Robo-clone Beatles! I wonder if the Robo-clone Beatles are still around. I'd like to see them encounter Marvel's Skrull Beatles. (Reply to this)

	superfan1 2009-07-08 05:33 am UTC (link)
	Lot of love for Scott and Barda marriage. Also booster gold and blue beetle being adorably zany. (Reply to this)

	thebigapricot 2009-07-08 10:49 am UTC (link)
	In the back of the JLI issue I posted from there was an ad for this series. I am definitely going to try and find it now. So cute. I wish they would bring Scott and Barda back. But not as Black Lanterns, please. (Reply to this)