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July 2nd, 2009
03:56 pm [arbre_rieur] [Link]	Irredeemable #4 The latest issue of Mark Waid's series about the world's greatest superhero becoming its greatest villain. ( Well, he did ask. ) Tags: creator: mark waid, creator: peter krause, title: irredeemable (19 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:25 pm [porringer] [Link]	Blue Beetle - The Brave and the Bold 3 Last weekend I visited my first ever comics fair. I'd visited my friendly local comic shop to buy All-Star Superman, and the friendly person at the till asked how I was getting on with Blue Beetle (since I bought 4 trades from them). I mentioned that I had the 4 trades, and some later issues, but was missing some in the middle, so was waiting for the trades. "Have you tried the comics fair?" The comics fair? Why, there's one on today, they might have the issues. What followed was less scary than I thought, but still rather disconcerting. If only because it wasn't as overwhelming as I thought, and the stallholders were so helpful. Nobody had any of the issues I was looking for :( but they did pull up issue 3 of The Brave and the Bold (featuring Blue Beetle), which reminded me why I like Blue Beetle. ( 4 pages-worth of images, illustrating the awesome ) Tags: char: batman/bruce wayne, char: blue beetle/jaime reyes, creator: george perez, creator: mark waid, publisher: dc comics, title: the brave and the bold (30 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 1st, 2009
08:58 pm [runespoor7] [Link]	Batman would call this Proof #2681 that Gotham Is Too Much For Superman To Handle Mark Waid's run on The Brave and the Bold was pretty, pretty crack that gave us some truly unforgettable team-ups. In The Brave and the Bold #16, the team-up is Superman and Catwoman, and it is awesome. The story takes place in the loose continuity of "a few years ago", so you're encouraged not to nitpick at the continuity too much and just relax and enjoy the crack. ( 7 1/3 pages ) Tags: char: catwoman/selina kyle, char: superman/clark kent, creator: mark waid, creator: scott kolins, title: the brave and the bold (79 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 25th, 2009
11:51 pm [runespoor7] [Link]	What would you give... Four scans from Underworld Unleashed, which was written in 1995. For context: Neron (satanic archvillain) is going around the DCU, attempting to strike bargains with good and bad guys alike, granting them their fondest wish in exchange for... their souls, mostly. (For the 'marriage to the love of their life and their unborn child' version, it's the third door on the right.) ( ...to erase the greatest mistake you ever made? ) Tags: char: batman/bruce wayne, char: neron, char: robin/red hood/jason todd, creator: howard porter, creator: mark waid, event: underworld unleashed, publisher: dc comics (15 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 24th, 2009
06:09 am [arbre_rieur] [Link]	There are criminal masterminds, and then there are these guys Four pages from Irredeemable #3, the latest issue of Waid's series about the Plutonian, the world's greatest superhero who became its greatest villain. ( Read more... ) Tags: creator: mark waid, title: irredeemable (9 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 13th, 2009
11:13 pm [nessa7] [Link]	One Perfect Moment: Wonder Woman ( Wonder Woman in Tower of Babel ) Tags: char: plastic man/patrick o'brian, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: mark waid, series: one perfect moment week (9 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 8th, 2009
11:35 am [demonprawn] [Link]	One Perfect Moment: Reed and Franklin Richards From Waid and Wieringo's Fantastic Four run a moment of father, son love. ( And the cats in the cradle... ) Tags: char: franklin richards, char: mr. fantastic/reed richards, creator: mark waid, series: one perfect moment week, title: fantastic four (12 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:12 am [04nbod] [Link]	One Perfect Moment :Cosmic Boy Legion Of Super-Heroes (Vol. 5) issue 9 Writer- Mark Waid Art- Georges Jeanty ( 'You're bailing. We get it. There goes the band y'know? Why stick?' ) Current Mood: impressed Tags: char: cosmic boy/rokk krinn, creator: georges jeanty, creator: mark waid, group: legion of super-heroes, series: one perfect moment week (9 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 7th, 2009
04:42 am [proteus_lives] [Link]	The Scene that Defines Reed Richards Greetings True Believers! After spending a week singing the praises of Doctor Doom, I'd thought I'd spend a moment on his most accursed foe. Reed Richards. Sometimes a story or scene or even a panel so perfectly defines a character, you kind of want to frame it. Another perfect example is the one Quicksilver X-Factor page by He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. This was posted on the Scans_Daily-That-Was. But I felt that it deserved another round. These scans are from Fantastic Four #60/489. The story is that Reed has hired a PR firm to power up the image of the FF. So this PR agent follows them around for week and gets to know them. He realizes the true heroic natures of Reed/Sue/Ben and Johnny. But everyone wonders, why did Reed hire them in the first place? Why does he care? Find out. ( Read more... ) Current Location: Outer Dark Tags: char: mr. fantastic/reed richards, creator: mark waid, creator: mike wieringo, group: fantastic four, publisher: marvel comics (39 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 22nd, 2009
11:39 pm [arbre_rieur] [Link]	The world's greatest detective is on the case Mark Waid's new series The Unknown started recently. Not to be confused with his other new series, Irredeemable, or his company's other new series, Unthinkable. I guess they're on an adjective kick. ( Seven pages' worth from The Unknown #1 ) Tags: creator: mark waid, title: the unknown (18 comments \| Leave a comment)
03:31 am [jlroberson] [Link]	Brainiac Lincoln and an Entirely New Take on Creationism Some pages by Mark Waid and Ty Templeton from the Elseworlds 80 page Giant. ( The Day the Legion Made Darkseid Cry. Like a Little Girl, He Wept. ) Current Location: Seattle Current Mood: blah Current Music: Kosheen, "Kokopelli" Tags: char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: brainiac/vril dox, char: darkseid, char: supergirl/kara zor-el, char: superman/clark kent, creator: mark waid, creator: ty templeton, genre: elseworlds, group: legion of super-heroes, publisher: dc comics (35 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 21st, 2009
10:08 am [xdoop] [Link]	Amazing Spider-Man #594 ( Images behind the cut. ) Tags: char: j. jonah jameson sr., char: may parker, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: mark waid, creator: mike mckone, publisher: marvel comics, title: amazing spider-man (60 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 15th, 2009
03:13 pm [cyberghostface] [Link]	Amazing Spider-Man for August ( Cheesecake ahoy! ) Tags: char: mary jane watson, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: adi granov, creator: barry kitson, creator: fred van lente, creator: mark waid, genre: solicitations, publisher: marvel comics, title: amazing spider-man (75 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 8th, 2009
08:36 am [queenursula] [Link]	Irredeemable #2 Following up from the last post... ( Three pages behind the cut. ) Tags: creator: mark waid, title: irredeemable (19 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 7th, 2009
10:22 pm [arbre_rieur] [Link]	Irredeemable #2: More backstory on the Plutonian Mark Waid brings up one of the chief complaints people have about the way Superman's secret identity is handled (no, not the glasses), as he provides a little more backstory on the Plutonian, the man who went from the world's greatest hero to its worst villain. ( This sort of thing goes so much more smoothly for Superman. ) Tags: creator: mark waid, title: irredeemable (69 comments \| Leave a comment)
03:49 pm [cyberghostface] [Link]	Amazing Spider-Man #593 So with Brand New Day, we've had a Brand New Kraven, a new Brand New Goblin, a Brand New Venom (sort've)...what about a Brand New Vulture? ( Scans under the cut... ) Tags: char: spider-man/peter parker, char: vulture/unknown, creator: darwyn cooke, creator: mark waid, creator: mike mckone, publisher: marvel comics, title: amazing spider-man (34 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 2nd, 2009
09:29 pm [kagome654] [Link]	How the JLA got its name (!?) I can never quite figure out if this story is in continuity or not. I suspect that it isn't, but I like it, so it's part of my own personal canon. ( It also answers 'Who is the prettiest member of the JLA?' ) Current Mood: contemplative Tags: char: aquaman/orin/arthur curry, char: black canary/dinah lance, char: flash/barry allen, char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: green lantern/hal jordan, char: martian manhunter/j'onn j'onzz, creator: barry kitson, creator: brian augustyn, creator: mark waid, publisher: dc comics, title: jla year one (32 comments \| Leave a comment)
April 2nd, 2009
12:25 pm [arbre_rieur] [Link]	Grant Morrison on typecasting and the Internet The first issue of Mark Waid's new creator-owned superhero comic, Irredeemable, came out yesterday. It's about the world's greatest superhero becoming its greatest supervillain. Anyway, it has an afterword by Grant Morrison, who, in-between praising the book, discusses how society has a strong tendency to typecast not just actors but people in general, inluding writers. ( Read more... ) Tags: creator: grant morrison, creator: mark waid, publisher: boom!, title: irredeemable (144 comments \| Leave a comment)
March 24th, 2009
11:44 pm [bluefall] [Link]	When Wondy was Awesome, part 12 (Against the Id) Well, we've seen a lot of Diana beating up her friends with our last couple arcs, so let's go back to JLA proper for a bit and watch her save all her friends instead. We're into February of 2001 here (continuity-wise, contemporary with or perhaps a little after Hiketeia, though few years shy of that story by publish date), during the Waid run of JLA v3, and the glory years of the Big Seven League. Now, despite being one of the strongest JLA writers I've read, Waid has done Diana an injustice or two in his day. (And he wrote "Fairy Tales," which I am not inclined to ever forgive him for). But by the time we get to this point in the JLA, Waid was well past his Kingdom Come foibles and hitting some very good notes with her character - such as during the "Id" arc that I bring today. In which there actually isn't much Diana, but when she is, it's damn well worth noting. ( Incidentally, I was not kidding about the 6-D text boxes. Prepare to squint. ) Next time: Diana faces down Darkseid in an OW@W interlude, with pretty, pretty Jimenez art. Tags: char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: bryan hitch, creator: mark waid, group: justice league of america, series: when wondy was awesome, series: world of wondy (82 comments \| Leave a comment)
March 8th, 2009
01:00 pm [perletwo] [Link]	The best explanation of Kory/Dick 'ship I've ever seen. A single panel from the two-page "Origin of Starfire" backup in 52 Week 41. ( Now there's a parallel that never occurred to me. ) Tags: char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, char: starfire/koriand'r, creator: joe benitez, creator: mark waid, publisher: dc comics, title: 52 (72 comments \| Leave a comment)

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