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axolotl_lan (axolotl_lan) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-14 18:21:00

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char: black canary/dinah lance, char: flash/jay garrick, char: wildcat/ted grant, title: justice society of america

Sharing is Love and So is JSA
I've been mulling over getting JSA for quite some time. JSA 'Darkness Falls' was proof that hesitation was silliness on my part. In the featured scans from the graphic novel there is subtext, Awesome Dinah, Wildcat on the phone with Selina and Jay being just wonderful!
Possible NSFW if Wildcat in a bathtub or towel counts as such for your place of employment.

Added point is this is not even close to 1/4 of the awesome to be found in this graphic novel, so very worth it!

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	neotoma 2009-07-14 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	I love this run of JSA. They're getting into their stride with the legacy heroes being mentored by the Old Guys, but the series isn't overwhelmed with too many characters for the writers to keep track of. And the art is so very pretty here. (Reply to this) (Thread)

axolotl_lan
2009-07-14 11:13 pm UTC (link)

I was really liking this some of the people were unfamiliar but like Atom Smasher - ADORED HIS HUGE CUTENESS! I wanted to do all him but it was so involved and would have needed so many scans and finer image editing.

Also the art was very fun even if every now and then there was a cringeworthy 'curse I wish they had modern colouring on this' because there was stuff like that swirly rainbow that was a bit loud and look we are using modern but old modern computer colouring stuff.

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	smarmyimp 2009-07-14 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	I'm kinda curious why the superfoam for cracked ribs and bleeding hasn't been made standard issue in every single utility belt of everyone vaguely connected to the Bat-family. (And it's not like Mid-Nite would really have any say in the matter, as "Wow, the design was good enough Batman stole it" attests!) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	axolotl_lan 2009-07-14 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	Who says the batfamily didn't steal it and put it on their belts... it might be difficult to supply and frequently forgotten about some batbelt incarnations are crazy loaded with stuff that rarely gets used. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smarmyimp 2009-07-14 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Well, just the fact that you routinely see them bandaged up rather than squirting on this stuff, but good point I s'pose. (Reply to this) (Parent)

magus_69
2009-07-14 11:36 pm UTC (link)

Short answer: Alfred Forbids It.

Longer answer: If the Batclan could just use a magic foam for this sort of thing, most of them (ie. BRUCE!) would learn to disregard their physical condition even more than they already do. They are confronted with a second opinion of their physical health every time Alfred gives them the post-mission once-over, and he knows how to make sure that they at least think about it. The foam would take away from that, and it could conceivably cover up the symptoms of greater damage. Therefore, Alfred decided that it would be best if the foam stayed with a fully qualified, highly gifted physician and out of the hands of an exceedingly stubborn individual who knows better than to excessively jeopardize his health but does so anyway.

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	smarmyimp 2009-07-14 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	Now see, there's an answer that reaches down to my deep inner nerd and touches it in inappropriate but exciting ways. Well done! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kamino_neko 2009-07-15 12:03 am UTC (link)
	Forget the batfamily. Why hasn't Pieter taken out a patent and got it supplied to every EMT, paramedic, military field medic, sport doctor, etc. It'd help keep his clinics funded, as well as making all of the above's jobs easier. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smarmyimp 2009-07-15 12:06 am UTC (link)
	Ssssssshhhh, you're not supposed to ask questions like that. It makes superheroes look like total dicks. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thandrak 2009-07-15 12:14 am UTC (link)
	Who says he hasn't? I could swear I've seen something like it pop up a few places. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thanekos 2009-07-15 12:56 am UTC (link)
	same reason why, apparently, will magnus can build a device that can fully simulate the functions of the inner ear (how hartley rathaway got not deaf) and yet not be selling that shit. (I mean, if it's expensive to build, you'd think he'dve atleast filed a patent or something.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kamino_neko
2009-07-15 02:20 am UTC (link)

That stuff really bugs me...while I don't mind Reed Richards is Useless on a grand scale, little things like this won't shift the world excessively away from the real world...

DC's been better about this lately - we've been seeing signs of use of smaller bits of supertech showing up, in medicine and communications, at least, though these two particular (small) examples haven't, that I've seen. Marvel may have, as well, but I don't read much Marvel.

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	broblawsky 2009-07-15 03:08 am UTC (link)
	Cochlear implants actually exist in the real world - they're just expensive. They cost USD 45000 to 105000, generally, including the surgery. I assume Will Magnus' more sophisticated device is even more expensive. The Pied Piper's parents were wealthy, but most people couldn't afford something like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

katzedecimal
2009-07-15 03:27 am UTC (link)

Also Hartley's implants attach directly into his brain, highly risky (and they did this to a child...) They're more like Jaimie Sommers' bionics than like an IRL cochlear implant, really. It was stated that Hartley's parents spent millions on giving him hearing, so yeah, not likely to be a mass market item. Additionally, they were probably an experiment, and given how Hartley apparently went O/C and mental (to onlookers), the good doctor may have decided that going from full deaf to super-hearing was more than the human brain could handle.

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axolotl_lan
2009-07-15 03:23 am UTC (link)

Will Magnus is mentally unstable and in 52 it seems to indicate he has to be in his well off the meds state to 'invent' sooo odds are no one wants a Will Magnus Patent except supervillains because everyone wants something built by the unstable fellow that goes right into the person's brain amplifying sounds to extraordinary levels far beyond that of a regular person. We don't know if Hartley was a fluke or not either, one success doesn't equal medically viable.

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	volksjager 2009-07-15 12:56 am UTC (link)
	This was such a cool run on the book. Before Marvel family in festation ect. I can't wait to see the new issue with Bill Willingham !! (Reply to this)

	masterofmidgets 2009-07-15 01:10 am UTC (link)
	All I can think, after that last page, is that Jay bears a very strong resemblance to my Grandpa Chuck (and I'm pretty sure if my grandfather had superpowers, that is exactly the kind of costume he would design). It makes me inclined to think well of him :D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	axolotl_lan 2009-07-15 01:41 am UTC (link)
	Jay does feel like a grandfatherly fun guy in the book and I love his jeans and tincanhat. His grinning smile at taking on a New God is fun! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	katzedecimal 2009-07-15 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Wow, Metron's..... packin' o.O ~~...wouldn't mind catching him with his literal pants down.~~ I like how Dinah mentions visions of Ollie and Alan immediately concludes "nightmares." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	comicoz 2009-07-15 02:15 am UTC (link)
	He is happy to see them, isn't he? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lieut_kettch 2009-07-15 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Mortals with the sheer brass balls to defy a New God get him hot. Too bad it was stolen, or else he'd offer Jay a free "Mobius Chair Ride." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluefall 2009-07-15 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	I like how Dinah mentions visions of Ollie and Alan immediately concludes "nightmares." Her uncles know what's good for her. (I still can't get over the subtext of Ted wanting "to meet this hunk of genius" of Dinah's that is Oracle.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lurkslikefox 2009-07-15 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	Dinah and Ollie together is surely the nighmare of any right thinking person. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	comicoz 2009-07-15 02:16 am UTC (link)
	I really love the current Dr MidNite, but I'm happy he stays in the background. I didn't enjoy his solo series like I expected to. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	axolotl_lan 2009-07-15 03:09 am UTC (link)
	I would almost rather see him in a partnered mini-series. I enjoyed him teaming with Jaime and Jaime's mom. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-07-15 09:50 am UTC (link)
	How about Dr. MidNite and Red Robin -- their costumes even match. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	axolotl_lan 2009-07-17 12:50 am UTC (link)
	I could get behind that teamup... giggles (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lightbrigade 2009-07-15 03:34 am UTC (link)
	Possible NSFW if Wildcat in a bathtub or towel counts as such for your place of employment I read this as 'place of enjoyment' and thought, god yes. Yes it does. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	axolotl_lan 2009-07-15 04:25 am UTC (link)
	Hee there were more scenes but this artist was very well aware of exactly how much to show and where to put the rubber ducky, sound effect, shadow, towel. Also - last scene of him there after beating up the injustice league with a broken arm... he is picking his teeth with the corpse of one of them. THAT is hardcore! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lightbrigade 2009-07-15 04:28 am UTC (link)
	this artist was very well aware of exactly how much to show Agreed, agreed. It's the reason why I was absolutely ded from squeeing when I bought the book XD he is picking his teeth with the corpse of one of them. THAT is hardcore! This is Wildcat! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	axolotl_lan 2009-07-15 05:02 am UTC (link)
	He tickles my old man fantasies... every now and then I am in love with men way too darn old for me... he's my only fictional one because just so casual about yeah, I chopped the druid dude to bits and am picking my teeth with him what about it! annnd training Dinah amongst other awesome things. BTAB Wildcat gets to be head of the outsiders! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	red_cyclone 2009-07-15 08:17 am UTC (link)
	So did I, and motto, I couldn't say why I'm attracted to Wildcat, but oh I am. (Reply to this) (Parent)