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Tweak says, "Normal Tuesday night for Shia"

superfan1 (superfan1) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-22 00:12:00

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char: flamebird/thara ak-var, char: lar gand/mon-el, char: lois lane, char: nightwing/lor-zod/chris kent, creator: fernando dagnino, creator: greg rucka, creator: raúl fernandez, title: action comics

Action Comics #879
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	phoenixmessiah 2009-07-22 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Um does Louis normally not wear anything underneath trench coats? The cleavage kinda takes me out of that last panel because it hints of further nudity that isn't covered by anything else underneath that coat. Otherwise, I like the art a lot, is it by Kano? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sinisterlink 2009-07-22 06:04 am UTC (link)
	Mon-el's face on the last panel makes it even worse. He has this, "How odd, she doesn't seem to be wearing anything under that coat" look on his face. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barnesarama 2009-07-22 06:43 am UTC (link)
	Or "How odd, she doesn't appear to be wearing anything under her clothes." X-Ray vision ftw. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Truth Justice and the American Eagle way! icon_uk 2009-07-22 07:08 am UTC (link)
	Sam has... views on such things (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Truth Justice and the American Eagle way! taggerung301 2009-07-22 12:33 pm UTC (link)
	you just made my day (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Truth Justice and the American Eagle way! icon_uk 2009-07-22 12:36 pm UTC (link)
	The Muppets ALWAYS make my day! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Truth Justice and the American Eagle way! sistermagpie 2009-07-22 01:33 pm UTC (link)
	That made my morning. I don't know what's better: the speech or the furtive exit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Truth Justice and the American Eagle way!

icon_uk
2009-07-22 04:27 pm UTC (link)

It always surprises me how many people these days don't know the Muppets properly.

I suppose it's my age, but "The Muppet Show" was one of the formative influences throughout my growing up, and I can still quote numerous sketches (More than I can say, something like Monty Python), and know the words to a worryingly large number of the songs they used.

I thoroughly recommend Scooter's rather touching "Six String Orchestra" for encouragement when things seem tough and Gonzo's brilliant "Jamboree" if I feel the need for a quick burst of nutty positivity at short notice.

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	Re: Truth Justice and the American Eagle way! sistermagpie 2009-07-22 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	It's been so long since I've seen these sketches--but some of them are still half-floating around in my brain. I need to check them out on YouTube again. Watching them always takes me back to conversations in the cloak room in grade school--for some reason I remember a lot of "Did you see the Muppet Show last night?" conversations taking place there! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	runespoor7 2009-07-22 06:15 am UTC (link)
	It looks like it could be a dress to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	I agree. superfan1 2009-07-22 06:34 am UTC (link)
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	aaron_bourque 2009-07-22 06:49 am UTC (link)
	She is always prepared for when her husband comes home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-07-22 11:41 am UTC (link)
	You need to prepare for Superman? She's a pretty great wife. He can ogle her from wherever he is ALL DAY, but she still makes the effort. That's sweet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bariman1987 2009-07-23 04:55 am UTC (link)
	Lois also has a few sets of lead-lined lingerie (with padding of course) for "special" occassions. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	superfan1 2009-07-23 05:08 am UTC (link)
	Well clark did mention, he made a visit to her in the recent supergirl comic. ;) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	magus_69 2009-07-22 06:16 am UTC (link)
	That last bit bothers me. So, Sam Lane is thorough enough to get a body with metal in all the right places, but doesn't bother with the right number of teeth? (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2009-07-22 06:42 am UTC (link)

Y'know, given the sheer number of faked deaths in your average comic book universe, I wonder if there isn't some Metropolis netgeek running a website like PhotoshopDisasters, only for faux corpses (EPIC TOOTHFAIL, LOL). Of course, that only works if you imagine a fairly large underground of people dedicated to providing fake corpses to select individuals, but it seems clear that there's a high demand for such things. Probably a growth industry.

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	daningram 2009-07-22 11:04 am UTC (link)
	To be fair, one is more likely to remember an operation that set bone then exactly how many teeth they had up to a certain point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kamino_neko 2009-07-22 11:29 am UTC (link)
	Yeah...removing wisdom teeth is a fairly routine operation - easy to not think to ask if the corpse still has his. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-07-22 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	Especially if he had his wisdom teeth out when he was 6. You remember anything from when you were six? And Sam Lane is in his 60s? That's a long time for memory to stretch. Plus . . . . dental records and medical records aren't always the same thing. Lane may have checked his own medical records for certainty, but missed or failed to remember his dental records. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bariman1987 2009-07-22 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	Actually, Sam had his wisdom teeth out with Lois was six. She likely remembers it well, since it would be one of the few times Sam would ever be "lying down on the job," so to speak. (Reply to this) (Parent)

icon_uk
2009-07-22 11:10 am UTC (link)

Interesting, I wonder if this might again suggest that NOT all Kryptonians develop the same powers under a yellow sun (We've never had a large enough sample to compare before), what with Chris having tactile telekinesis and now Flamebird apparently being pyrokinetic.

The old Phantom Zone series pre-Crisis introduced a magnificently terrifying pair of villains from the PZ, Az-Rel and Nadria who were a sort of nihilistic, sociopathic, Bonnie and Clyde pair. He was pyrokinetic and she was telekinetic even before they went into the Zone.

Their casual, almost disinterested trail of destruction on anyone they meet ("Convulse" "Burn") made them different from most and their loveless relationship was somehow DEEPLY creepy.

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	kamino_neko 2009-07-22 11:34 am UTC (link)
	I suspect Nightwing and Flamebird's altered powers have more to do with their connections to their legendary namesakes. For Thara, it seems pretty definite - the Religious Caste clearly saw SOMETHING interesting in her. For Chris, the nature of the Phantom Zone and Fort Roz has definitely altered his physiology, so... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluefall
2009-07-22 03:33 pm UTC (link)

I don't think much of anything is required to explain TTK at this point. Attempts at producing artificial kryptonians always result in telekinesis, and the standing explanation that this is because kryptonian invulnerability is actually an unconscious, brainstem-level telekinetic field has yet to be contradicted that I'm aware of. Thus a kryptonian with TK of any kind isn't any different than a badass normal Batman/Shiva type slowing down or stopping her own heartbeat.

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	jlbarnett 2009-07-22 11:42 am UTC (link)
	I think Az-Rel and Nadira was the names of the characters they were after. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	oath5 2009-07-22 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	So why did Flamebird and Nightwing ditch their AMAZINGLY DESIGNED costumes for these ugly battlesuits? I really really don't like them. Also did Thara turn into that flaming thing? Pretty rad. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-07-22 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, this is Daily Scans. -Anything- turning into a "flaming thing" is pretty rad. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-07-22 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	Agreed, I liked their first outfits. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	silverzeo 2009-07-22 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	Did they explain how the USA government got their hands on those orcs guys, or why they thought they could remotely useful against Kryptonians? (Reply to this)

	dreadedlurker 2009-07-22 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, who's the dude with the Ross Geller hair in the little red suit? I can't ever keep up with Superman comics.... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bariman1987 2009-07-23 04:56 am UTC (link)
	That's Superman's Pal, Mon-El. You know, the guy that gets stuck in the Phantom Zone for a thousand years, eventually joining the Legion of Superheroes. (Reply to this) (Parent)