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superfan1 (superfan1) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-11 21:35:00

Current mood:	determined
Entry tags:	char: flamebird/thara ak-var, char: nightwing/lor-zod/chris kent, creator: eddy barrows, creator: greg rucka, title: action comics

Action Comics #875
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	(Anonymous) 2009-03-11 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	J. Jonah Jameson is on Zod's hitlist? Heavy. (Reply to this)

	bluejaybirdie 2009-03-11 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	Chris! D: But now I'm confused. He's beaten and in chains, but also older and Nightwing? And who's Flamebird? I don't recognize her. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cissie_king 2009-03-11 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, fine... so it's Chris. But why was Chris talking about TTK then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	magus_69 2009-03-12 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Because Dan DiDio hates ~~you~~ us. (Reply to this) (Parent)

icon_uk
2009-03-12 04:58 am UTC (link)

He's not a "normal" Kryptonian as he was born in the Phantom Zone, so it's quite possible he got a modified power set as a result of that, perhaps as a result of whatever reason his aging accelareted.

Then again, Kon only got TTK because of his Kryptonian genes, so it's possible that NOT all Kryptonians would get EXACTLY the same powers on Earth, TTK might be a power a significant proportion of Kryptonians would have developed if they'd come to Earth.

Or if you're querying using Kon's acronym, maybe Tim, Clark or Lois mentioned that Kon always called his power that (when explaining that Kon and Kal's powers were different) and it stuck in his mind.

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	cissie_king 2009-03-12 12:11 pm UTC (link)
	MANURE. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-12 01:29 pm UTC (link)
	Charming (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-03-12 01:31 am UTC (link)
	I think the imagery of him beaten and in chains is meant to be along the lines of holograms, like when Superman talks to the images of his father in the Fortress. (Reply to this) (Parent)

long_silence
2009-03-11 10:04 pm UTC (link)

I was hoping for Kon, but Chris is cool too. Plus we know that Kon will be back during Blackest Night anyways, so we get both. Do we need two Nightwing tags now? A char: nightwing/chris kent and a char: nightwing/dick grayson? Because Dick should be getting the cowl soon (though we all know that won't last forever)

And Thara/Flamebird is that girl from New Krypton right? Kara's friend who was in charge of security?

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kenn_el
2009-03-11 10:59 pm UTC (link)

I assume this takes Thara out of the running for 'Superwoman' then. The artist confused me, mostly because Thara looked as if she had incredibly short hair in previous installments, and in this there's a long braid. Plus, previously NW had been depicted with black hair, and her with brown, while FB had long blondish hair. I know hair color isn't always consistent, but when you're planting clues as to identity, you should at least make the clues match the reveal. At least the series got that out of the way quickly.

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kamino_neko
2009-03-12 04:03 am UTC (link)

This is why the character tags shouldn't be cape/civilian

There are at least 6 different possible Nightwing tags (Clark Kent, Van-Zee, Dick Grayson, Kara Zor-L, Jason Todd, Chris Kent) and 5 Flamebird (Jimmy Olsen, Ak-Var, Betty Kane, Kara Zor-El, Thara Ak-Var) several of whom (Clark, Dick, both Karas, and Jason) have other cape names*, and several others (Jimmy, Chris, Thara) have non-costumed identities, which are likely to come up. And all of whom could easily be of interest in their time as Nightwing (if only for the 'trainwreck' aspect).

One Nightwing tag to cover all 6, and each of them having an individual tag under their civilian names, would work far better.

* Jay's potential tag under the current format is insane: 'char: Robin II/Red Hood II/Nightwing V/Red Robin II/Jason Todd'.

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	ravenjade 2009-03-11 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	Chris looks adorable but.. but.. I was looking foreward to him being in the same age bracket as Damian/Lian/Cynn/etc. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kenn_el 2009-03-11 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	It's the DCU. Lian could be a grandmother next month. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	uadlika.livejournal.com 2009-03-13 10:02 am UTC (link)
	Please..in the name of all that is sweet and fluffy, NO. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-03-11 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	Those who thought "...they do nothing!" after the first panel, raise your hand. This isn't even a motto thing, because I already know I'm not the only one. --LBD "Nytetrayn" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	long_silence 2009-03-11 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	-raises hand- (Reply to this) (Parent)

	autumn_lily 2009-03-11 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	Also raises hand. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kijikun 2009-03-11 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Raises hand (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ulf_boehnke 2009-03-12 02:06 am UTC (link)
	hands your raise (Reply to this) (Parent)

	pi216 2009-03-12 08:29 am UTC (link)
	I found myself wishing they'd actually riffed on it, with a '... they do less than optimally!' or something. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tanetris 2009-03-12 11:13 am UTC (link)
	hand (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-03-12 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	hand (Reply to this) (Parent)

	serena_took 2009-03-12 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	raises hand (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-03-11 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	I can't tell if Chris has gotten older or if it is just the artist. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-03-11 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Several artists have been drawing Nightwing as being a teenager, or a young adult. Chris must've gotten MUCH older somehow. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2009-03-12 01:35 am UTC (link)

Given they managed to use the excuse of the dodgy time in the Phantom Zone to explain Zod and Ursa actually conceiving Chris (because otherwise, they never age) - then the dodgy time in the Phantom Zone is probably the reason he's older. Given Zod made the effort to destroy the Zone (and presumably contain whatever was inside it that he was so afraid of), that could've made the time problems even more screwy.

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	sistermagpie 2009-03-12 09:23 am UTC (link)
	So Chris is the son of those people? I don't know very much about the Super-family and have been trying to figure out Chris for a while now! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2009-03-12 01:29 pm UTC (link)

Yeah. During the much-delayed 'Last Sons' arc that Johns kicked off his run on Action with, Zod sends Supes into the Phantom Zone at one point, but not before declaring something along the lines of 'Kal-El is not the last son of Krypton - MY son is,' in direct reference to Chris. Before that, Clark and Lois had adopted him as their own, only for him to disappear into the Phantom Zone along with Zod and Ursa at the story's end.

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	sistermagpie 2009-03-12 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	pyrotwilight 2009-03-12 09:39 am UTC (link)
	So Azrael er Az-Rel is on the hit list? Poor Azraels. (Reply to this)

uadlika.livejournal.com
2009-03-12 10:00 am UTC (link)

You just don't want to show off the polka dot boxers you've got going there, do ya Chris?

Also: Yay Chris!
Boo rapid aging. It'd be cooler if Chris was still 10 or 11 or however old he was when we saw him last.

Out of curiosity, I have the Superman: Last Son trade paperback, but are there any other stories with Chris? I seem to recall one that was posted in ye olden days but for the life of me can't remember.

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	(Anonymous) 2009-03-12 01:36 pm UTC (link)
	Busiek did a bunch of stories with Chris involved, although I couldn't tell you what trades they're in. Oddly enough, though, it's difficult to decide where these stories fit in during the timeline of Last Sons, given that takes place across a day or two, I think, and it implies that all these stories that Busiek wrote with Chris were somewhere inbetween. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xdoop 2009-03-12 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kent_(comics)#Continuity_discrepancy (Reply to this) (Parent)

	unknownscribler 2009-03-12 02:33 pm UTC (link)
	Sigh. Zod's still a villain. Lame. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	xdoop 2009-03-12 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not crazy about their portrayal here, but Zod was shown as willing to kill Christopher in "Last Son." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	drsevarius 2009-03-12 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	... Thanks a lot for spoiling the issue for me. Because of you I knew Chris was in the issue before I could read it, and I guessed he was Nightwing as well. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	scottyquick 2009-03-12 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	I realized my other post came out sounding like I was against you. I'm not, I agree with you. Poor choice of words for the cut text. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	superfan1 2009-03-12 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	Well I was in a hurry and wanted to have something flasy as a title that mention chris in the issue,since he got suck back into the phantom zone sorry. Is that a werewolf vs unicorn in your icon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	scottyquick 2009-03-12 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	Most definitely! They are having an epic duel. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-03-12 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	So okay, Nightwing is Chris as an awkward teenager. That's cool. Who's Flamebird, Thara?!What happened to her long orange hair.....and I thought Thara had a butch 90's kinda Jubilee haircut, did they just retcon her hair to a bun?! Also...where are their cool ass retro costumes.....those suits they got on are waaaay boring lol! Or are those only used to be on Earth? (Reply to this)

	moneyless_jew 2009-03-16 12:59 am UTC (link)
	Oh, lord, now Chris is fair s_d/d_s game. I am so behind - I am stuck back in the Brainiac arc. Gotta catch up. (Reply to this)