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THORmonger (thormonger) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-08 10:07:00

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char: deadman/boston brand, creator: peter j. tomasi, event: blackest night, group: black lantern corps, title: blackest night batman

A little insight into the Black Lanterns?

Blackest Night: Batman #1 comes out on Wednesday, and I thought this was of particular interest.

Deadman hears the voice of the black ring calling to him. Or rather, to his body, one Boston Brand. He tries to possess his own body, only to find out he can't.

So it appears that the Black Lanterns do have their memories, but not their souls. There could be some very interesting ramifications to this, considering the Dibnys' souls are running around as ghosts, and the Halls tend to be reincarnated with great regularity.

IGN has the rest of the preview here.

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sistermagpie
2009-08-08 08:30 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, it's funny to think that Damian's kind of the only one who really doesn't have a background in mourning. The only person he's lost is Bruce, which is a loss, but not a loss like the parents of the others. Dick will take good care of them.

I wonder if Batman dressed them in some special non-disintegrating clothing at some point.

And him not wanting to wrap his cape around them was a great moment. Makes me think I'll like the way Tomasi writes him.

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runespoor7
2009-08-08 08:52 pm UTC (link)

I'm holding to the belief that since Bruce is already dead and thus the unofficial rule of 'to be Robin you need to have lost a parent', DC won't feel the need to fridge Talia as well (especially since, y'know, she's only his mother, and that's way less important than his father, right?).

I wonder if Batman dressed them in some special non-disintegrating clothing at some point.

This? Is creepy enough to fit in with canon. Except that I think he'd have had Alfred do it, because I don't think Bruce would stand to look at his parents' corpses.

Other writers adding to Damian's characterization is of the good in my book. Now, if only he wasn't wearing Tim's OYL cape...

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	kingrockwell 2009-08-09 03:40 am UTC (link)
	I've been looking forward to this mini to see Tomasi: a) Writing Dick again b) Putting his own spin on Damian Tomasi is good with family books, which is why I like GLC, and with dead parents coming back as zombies and Tim joining in on the BL: Batman #2 cover, there's no way family's getting out of this mini. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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