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zechs27 (zechs27) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-27 13:18:00

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char: riddler/edward nigma, creator: guillem march, creator: scott lobdell, publisher: dc comics

Gotham Sirens #3
The first three pages from Gotham Sirens #3.

My thoughts on that first page when I first read this:

NO!!!!!!!! HOW COULD THEY DO IT!? HOW!? DAMN YOU DC! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!! I SHOULDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO FLIP THROUGH the..

GENIUS! EDWARD NYGMA LIVES! Damn Lobdell you fooled me! I should have seen the obvious trap, but fell for it hook, line, and sinker. But did he fool you too when you read this? :P I have to say, I really really loved this issue even if it was techincally a fill-in. Even more so I dare say this was probably one of my fav tales involving Eddie period. GET THIS ISSUE!!

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	pi216 2009-08-27 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	You know, I'm glad he's not dead, but I'm not glad he's drawn that way alive. He looks like he's trying to channel the Joker from the animated Brave and the Bold, and not in a good way. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nagaoka 2009-08-27 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	Glad I'm not the only one who thought that. He's supposed to be a non-villain now, right? That hasn't changed? That gave me a heart attack though! Thank goodness it was just a trick. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	zechs27 2009-08-27 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	Only looks like that for the first six pages. The rest are in his mask and hat. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	brandiweed.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	Golden Age Riddler kinda looked like that, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Detective140.JPG (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-08-27 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	I'll never get over how darned lucky the TV show was to cast Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, his resemblence to the original comic book appearance was uncanny (and his hyper-manic performance extraordinary) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	autolychus2 2009-08-27 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Unfortunately, John Astin (who I loved in other roles) also played the Riddler in the show. Didn't shave the mustache, either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-08-27 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think I ever actually saw that episode, so I can pretend it doesn't exist. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanekos 2009-08-28 12:06 am UTC (link)
	Internet's a wonderful thing... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-08-27 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	I thought he looked like Ra's Al Ghul myself. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	retro_nouveau 2009-08-27 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	No more Dini? :( (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zechs27 2009-08-27 07:03 pm UTC (link)
	Fill in, not the first time he's done this. It happened a ton of times on Tec remember. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	parsimonia 2009-08-27 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	All images from new comics must be placed beneath the LJ-cut. (I realize that the gag is that the Riddler isn't dead, but that panel still counts as a spoiler.) Please edit your post so that spoiler-y images or information is beneath the cut. Thanks! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zechs27 2009-08-27 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	Nuts, I thought I could get away with the single word bubble. Oh well still got the clicking thing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	akodo_rokku 2009-08-27 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	I agree -- buy this issue! It was a fantastic Riddler story. "By the way, it's killing me not to ask you, 'Why is this man smiling?'" Lobdell has a pretty damn good handle on Eddie. (Reply to this)

	kingrockwell 2009-08-27 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	Guillem March's faces continue to baffle me. (Reply to this)

	benicio127 2009-08-27 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	I dunno. I mean this ish threw me. I was expecting the girls and got Eddie. And while I enjoyed Eddie's interaction with Dick/Bats, I would have liked to see a better continuation with the girls. Also March's art. Ugh. There's a panel where that Conundrum chick looks like a female Joker. Just.... ugh. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zechs27 2009-08-27 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Well wasn't this ish supposed to be Harley and Hush? Instead we got this. Perhaps Dini's issue got delaid so DC did this instead. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	stig 2009-08-27 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, good - Dini out of the way, now my man Eddie can appear to be a competent professional rather than a malicious Lionel Hutz. If only someone who didn't consider him their personal punching bag could get their hands on him for a longer span of time. Slott did a pretty good job with the DCAU comc version once; is he still a Marvel exclusive? (Reply to this)

	janegray 2009-08-27 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	Eddie, don't ever scare me like that again D: (Reply to this)

	nymphgalatea 2009-08-27 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	I think this Scott Lobdell guy needs to take over writing duties, because it's very clear that what the Sirens title needs is lots of Eddie Nigma being sarcastic at Ivy, and him & Catwoman being all pissy at each other. This issue was just killer, so much better than the first two issues. (Reply to this)

	flipbeter 2009-08-27 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	I admit. I was fooled, but the issue made up for it. And say what you will, but I like the art and especially the coloring and nom nom Riddler. (Reply to this)

	lonewolf23k 2009-08-27 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	I loved every page of this storyline. Eddie Nygma rocks. (Reply to this)

	jacobmb 2009-08-27 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	I was fooled. This issue reminds me how much I like Lobdell's writing. Where the hell has he been? Eddie was unbearably cool and I even liked Dick as Batman, and that is no small feat. He should do a Riddler mini series. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	caeliluminar 2009-08-28 03:18 am UTC (link)
	Has he ever written Riddler before? Because this was totally my favourite Riddler in the DCU. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	daso 2009-08-27 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	This issue was so much better than the two previous ones that Dini wrote. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chipsnopotatoes 2009-08-28 01:26 am UTC (link)
	so agree. so agree. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mcity 2009-08-28 04:50 am UTC (link)
	It fooled me, riefly, but I wondered why, in death, Eddie was throwin' up the horns. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nezchan 2009-08-28 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	He died headbangin', like a man should! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-08-28 06:05 am UTC (link)
	Well, I wasn't fooled - but then again, my initial reaction was 'of COURSE he isn't dead - this is some sort of a mock-up body that Eddie has cooked up to get the Bat off his tracks'. I didn't think that he might be doing his best dead body imitation, for the benefit of no one in particular. So maybe I WAS fooled - but I was right. Partly. (Reply to this)

	angelophile 2009-08-28 01:55 pm UTC (link)
	WHY ISN'T SCOTT LOBDELL EMPLOYED MORE OFTEN? ARGGHHH! (Reply to this)

kamino_neko
2009-09-22 08:20 pm UTC (link)

I wasn't fooled - though I was surprised he was revealed as alive right away. I was expecting most/all of the issue to be spent with everyone believing he was dead, then he'd pop up, having been working on something in the background, and the rest of the issue/all of the next issue would show us what he was doing.

That would have been interesting, but this got us an awesome Riddler issue and a good laugh.

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