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batcookies (batcookies) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-03 10:08:00

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char: congorilla/congo bill, char: doctor light/kimiyo hoshi, char: mon-el/lar gand, creator: james robinson, publisher: dc comics

My Two Robinsons

I mean... it's weird. It's like there's two James Robinsons. There's the guy that's twice now used the Justice League International (or the closest thing to it) as canon fodder to build up a villain...

And there's the Robinson that gave us Mon-El visiting heroes all over the world, honestly making them look cool.

So I'm wondering... is there anyone here that's seen him at any recent cons?

If so: has he started flipping a coin that has one side all scarred?

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	A Golden age geek moment strannik01 2009-09-03 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	Reads the last page Stormy Foster? I can't believe someone actually remembered Stormy Foster. (Reply to this)

	thandrak 2009-09-03 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	I can't believe someone remembered Stormy Foster, either. http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/g/gratdef.htm (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2009-09-03 04:07 pm UTC (link)
	I never could get the hang of Thursdays. (Reply to this)

	halloweenjack 2009-09-03 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	James Robinson is a fairly common name. Are we sure it's the same guy? (Hey, I had to try.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bluejaybirdie 2009-09-03 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	My current theory is that he has a secret evil twin... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ninjapeps 2009-09-03 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	that's a currently running theory about Geoff Johns, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-09-03 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, Adam Beechen writes a good Wonder Woman. Every writer's got his little inconsistencies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	scottyquick 2009-09-04 12:17 am UTC (link)
	When did he write Diana? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluefall
2009-09-04 12:27 am UTC (link)

He wrote a huge number of the JLU tie-in comics. Most of which were pretty damn good (if obviously written for kids and full of aesops and suchlike) in all respects - he actually wrote a worthwhile comic about Vibe - but since Diana seems to snag so many otherwise good authors she stands out to me as sort of the symbol of everything he did right. Particularly given that he managed to write her both basically as herself and in a way that was basically consistent with the totally failtastic take they had on her in the parent show, which really shouldn't have been possible.

Could have done without that weird bullshit about the Amazons getting the purple healing ray from Dr Fate, though.

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	bluejaybirdie 2009-09-04 01:05 am UTC (link)
	Well, you just blew my mind. I mean, I saw the Christmas episode of B:tBaB, and it was quite good, but something in my brain just cannot associate Beechen with good comics-writing. Weird 0_o (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluefall 2009-09-03 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Whatever happened to that Dr Light/Rising Sun romance? They were kind of sweet together, him being all cute about her kids and her being actually nice to him. (Reply to this)

	espanolbot 2009-09-03 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Yay, a Von Hammer! ^^ I wonder if his sister is that creepy woman who came onto Tim toward the end of the Bludhaven arc... (Reply to this)

	nezchan 2009-09-03 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	Weren't some of those Mon-El pages already posted? I know I've seen the Rocket Reds and Robo-Octo-Ape pages here before. (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2009-09-03 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	Supposedly, JLA: CFJ was the first project Robinson worked on after a longish absence from comics. He may have been more than a little rusty. His work on Superman (and Superman: WONK w/Rucka) is of a much more recent vintage and, IMHO, represents a return to form. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-09-03 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	It can't be that old as it has Freddie as Captain Marvel, no? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkknightjrk 2009-09-04 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Freddie became Marvel after IC, right? I seem to remember that being around '05-07, so that's two-four years. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluejaybirdie 2009-09-03 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	Tokyo is a city cursed with seemingly constant attacks by giant monsters. Ahaha. It's funny 'cause it's true! (Reply to this)

	hybrid2 2009-09-03 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	I cant belive this was writen by the same person... (Reply to this)

	johnzdrake 2009-09-03 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	MECHA KONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Reply to this)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-09-04 06:37 am UTC (link)
	So how long ago did they stop using Bwana Beast's now-embarrassing original name? (Reply to this)