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Tweak says, "SWITCH PLACES!"

domino_blue (domino_blue) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-06 17:51:00

Current location:	Virginia
Current mood:	calm
Current music:	OCR Remix
Entry tags:	char: starman/jack knight, char: starman/ted knight, creator: james robinson, creator: tony harris

Starman:what's that on your shirt?
This is one of my favorite scenes from Starman, it's not a particular fan favorite like the grand finale or maybe the talks with David, but still this is one my favorite scenes in it because to me this really defines the relationship between both men,Ted and Jack Knight and shows how Jack will grow as a character through out the series.

This is the turning point in the relationship for Ted and Jack because for most of the beginning Jack could be a bit of a snot when it came to what and who his Dad was a superhero, the fact that Jack is now a superhero contrasts him to his father but it also points out how similar they are. Before this Jack killed the son of the mist in battle and the guilt from the event becomes a minor theme throughout. I also like this scene because in comics you typically see people wear shirts that have a hero or a villain on them, but in their own universes wouldn't that be like putting say Charles Manson on a shirt? I mean the Joker is real in the DC universe imagine what it must be like for the victims to see that face on a t-shirt.

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	chocochuy 2009-08-06 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	Is that an evil Raggedy Andy on Starman's shirt? Its image does remind me of Brother Power somehow (Reply to this) (Thread)

icon_uk
2009-08-06 10:18 pm UTC (link)

It's the original Rag Doll, an old Golden Age Flash and JSA villain.

He was originally a triple-jointed thief, but in Robinson's Starman series, he was shown as having gotten older and dropped out of thievery, but had a talent for appealing to the disenfranchised and ended up forming a personality cult which threatened Opal City. He was faced down by Alan Scott, Ted Knight and Jay Garrick, and threatened to find their families and kill him. They attacked him and he was believed dead for many years. He IS now dead.

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	ashtoreth 2009-08-08 04:23 am UTC (link)
	I saw him alive in JSA at some point...laughed about getting his son blamed for his actions. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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