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Tweak says, "What if it doesnt heat up?"

katzedecimal (katzedecimal) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-18 16:14:00

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char: captain boomerang/digger harkness, creator: john ostrander, creator: kim yale, creator: luke mcdonnell, publisher: dc comics, title: suicide squad

In ur 'hood, pwnin' ur homiez
In honour of his upcoming appearances in Blackest Night, I bring you a scene from Suicide Squad #49.

Life is rough enough as a street punk but think how much more dangerous it must be in the comic book universes. Not only do you have rival gangs, angsty drug lords, tweakin' homies, and the risk that the mark you've chosen is an out-of-uniform cop, you have the added risk that the mark you've chosen is an out-of-costume super-villain.

....Well that was anti-climactic.

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	axolotl_lan 2009-07-18 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	It's like having a wallabye in your bonnet! Just trying to talk the feets and he gets hopped by a pair of roo's with bad do's and nope.. no I am done. Old School Digger speak is hardcore nonsense I love it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	katzedecimal 2009-07-18 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	Well, five roos and I think one of them might have been Vibe from the "Justice League Detroit" days but oh yeah on the bad hair day. Bad everything day for those guys. And your Diggerspeak is frickin' hysterical XD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-19 01:58 am UTC (link)
	The trick is the gather every Aussie slang you can find and mix it all together! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	axolotl_lan 2009-07-19 04:27 am UTC (link)
	I've done that before because I am a horrible person!~ http://community.livejournal.com/piperang/profile http://community.livejournal.com/piperang/ ---> usually with the people on that comm in privatespace because to post would be... well admitting to it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	skitty_kat 2009-07-19 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	glee Thinking about it ... Diggerspeak doesn't half remind me of Kenneth Williams doing his 'Song of the Australian Outlaw'. In fact, this song here. Enjoy. ;) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-07-19 12:34 am UTC (link)
	Great moment. I'm a huge Suicide fan. The book seriously needs to be collected. (Reply to this)

	retro_nouveau 2009-07-19 01:25 am UTC (link)
	Nice to see the Captain in good form. (Reply to this)

	superfan1 2009-07-19 01:38 am UTC (link)
	Very impressive. (Reply to this)

	kingrockwell 2009-07-19 03:14 am UTC (link)
	Oh, the Oracle issues! I've been trying so hard to track these down! (Reply to this)

	tacobob 2009-07-19 06:26 am UTC (link)
	Dingos got me baby! (Reply to this)

	kusonaga 2009-07-19 09:51 am UTC (link)
	Nothing but love for the Suicide Squad. (Reply to this)

neotoma
2009-07-19 11:53 am UTC (link)

you have the added risk that the mark you've chosen is an out-of-costume super-villain.

Yeah, that's got to be a real hazard in the big cities like Metropolis and Gotham (well, maybe not Gotham... I don't think Batman's villains ever go out in civvies).

And if you live in Keystone/Central, the chance of running into a Rogue out of costume is pretty damned high...

I do love Digger's smirk in the third panel. He is totally going to enjoy pwning these idiots.

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	katzedecimal 2009-07-19 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	I love how he's so non-chalant about it. He's not even throwing the 'rangs, just casually tossing them out! Ants, meet elephant. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neotoma 2009-07-19 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	Well, the Rogues generally don't have to expel effort to take down street punks. The superhero community might consider them as jokes, but they're all formidable fighters. Didn't Cold ice a guy who attempted to stick-up the corner store where Cold was buying batteries? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

katzedecimal
2009-07-19 05:21 pm UTC (link)

Exactly! And it's how little effort they have to expend that makes them so damned scary. I really don't see why they're still considered to be jokes, because in most instances where they've fought someone other than Flash, they've won pretty easily.

Indeed he did! No fanfare about it either, he just rolled his eyes, turned around and shot the guy. That's the way to do it! Save the fanfare for later, when you drop the punk off at the copshop with a little note signed with "your friendly @%#! neighborhood Captain Cold" and decorated with sparkles! ...... .... uh, yeah...

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	madripoor_rose 2009-07-19 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	Snort, oh that is awesome! I love the bit with Len and Tarpit at the Combines game, where he makes Angie hold his beer and stomps down to help Flash 'cause he actually paid for the tickets.... The Rogues really have that 'this is OUR city' possessiveness you usually only see in the heroes, don't they? (Reply to this) (Parent)

freeman333
2009-07-20 03:17 am UTC (link)

On the other hand, it's nice how the street gangs in comics are so racially diverse. None of this "banding together with members of your culture for solidarity" nonsense for these young ne'er-do-wells; looks like they've included at least two members from most of the major racial groups there (I'm assuming that sunburnt pompadour guy is supposed to be Latino, and not Wooden Sword Ryu after forgetting his sunscreen).

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