Well, honestly since she left Generation X, Emma's beena cting more like a villian than a hero anyway. Still, it's sad considering how much her character grew in that series and how Morriosn just compleltey tossed it out the window when she joined the X-men.

Uh oh.....maybe Onslaught 2.0?

Well, the Xavier thing seems like it's tied to the rumor LitG reported about the ending of House of M.

Bear in mind this is only a rumor.

[spoil]

The rumor is that Xavier and Magneto have been dead for years. Wanda's chaos magic has made it appear they are still alive. Similar to what happened with Agatha Harkness.
[/spoil]

That would certainly explain some things. But again. Right now, that is just a rumor.

[QUOTE=Kevinroc]Well, the Xavier thing seems like it's tied to the rumor LitG reported about the ending of House of M.

Bear in mind this is only a rumor.

[spoil]

The rumor is that Xavier and Magneto have been dead for years. Wanda's chaos magic has made it appear they are still alive. Similar to what happened with Agatha Harkness.
[/spoil]

That would certainly explain some things. But again. Right now, that is just a rumor.[/QUOTE]

They should have added Doom to that, too.

[QUOTE=Alan2099]I just love the mixed messages DC is sending right now.

Hal: I killed countless people!
Kilowog: It's okay. You're realy not important.

Wonder Woman: I killed a person because I had no other choice.
Batman: You're scum![/QUOTE]

Not a mixed message, a very clear message: "Batman sucks." See, the universe will forgive, but Batman won't. 'Cause he sucks"

[QUOTE=ChaosBurnFlame]So If I go to the Marvel head office and spray paint Spidey being hung agains the building, they'll make me the head Editor?[/QUOTE]

You haven't seen the cover to House of M Spiderman 3 yet, have you?

Well, neither Hal nor Diana are asking for forgiveness at that, Diana especially remaining convinced that everything she did was right. Hal going so far as to casually punch people that call him a hypocrite.

Diana in fact specifically mouthed off "I aint done no wrong." Which is what "I am not ashamed." rather means. She wasn't talking about people forgiving her like she felt she had done anything that needed to be forgiven.

[QUOTE=Magneto_X]It's awful that his son died and all, but that shouldn't give him (or anybody else) a job when a better writer could do it (like Kirkman).[/QUOTE]

I don't see where the Kirkman I like would be that good on Ultimates. Ultimates is all action movie action, whereas Kirkman is better on four color action.

I'd rather see Kirkman writing New Avengers.

Dammit, Joss, why'd you have to go and do that to Emma? Damn you!

[QUOTE=ChaosBurnFlame]The mere fact that he had Superman and Batman OWN straight on analogues of the guys in a condescending way[/QUOTE]
You did read the next issue, right? The one where the Pseudo Ultimates beat the crap out of Batman and Superman? Just asking.

CAPTAIN AMERICA v5 #9:

Yet again, they fall back on the same old tired cliche.

OK, Nick Fury and Cap are going hardcore after General Lukin, the Russian mastermind who stole the Cosmic Cube, shot the Red Skull, have been running "Bucky" (Winter Soldier), all of it. It's a full-scale airborne assault. It's a little country, somewhere up near the various 'stans, a Third World postage stamp which is technically run by some strongman but is dominated by this energy conglomerate/corporation that Lukin is now running.

Due to their not being much direct evidence against General Lukin, as well as some mysterious resistance from higher-up, Fury couldn't get sanction for his raid/invasion -- so him and Cap went in without it.

And then we see (in these scans) what the hold-up was.

Yes, yet again, the US govt is dealing with terrorists for oil. :rolleyes:

They even managed to work in the stupid 'pipeline across Afghanistan' rumor.

Do these guys /ever/ get tired of that stupid gag? Like the one parody site said -- if you're not Warren Ellis, please stop using these stupid government conspiracy plots now. (Hell, my own opinion is that even if you /are/ Ellis, you should take a break.)

Here, have a peek:

[QUOTE=Z-man]Dammit, Joss, why'd you have to go and do that to Emma? Damn you![/QUOTE]

Oh please, she's so obviously playing both sides against the middle..


The only side Emma's ever been on is Emma's side.. And fortunetly, that side is rather smitten with Scott.

[QUOTE=JeffreyWKramer]Another addition to the "heroes can't be heroic these days" rolls. Actually, two additions, depending how you look at it.

*Spoilers for ASTONISHING X-MEN #12*

In this issue, we learn that the Danger Room AI - called "Danger" now that it has been trying to kill off the X-Men for the past couple issues - has been sentient for some time, and that Professor X knew this, yet kept it enslaved. Xavier's rationale: "By the time I realized what had happened...I saw no other course. My teams needed to be protected. Mutantkind needed to be protected. Whatever the cost."

To their credit, the X-Team doesn't buy this. Wolverine points out "That @#$% sounds just a little too much like" Magneto.

Also this issue, we find out that Emma has all along been a plant in the X-Team, and is still working for Shaw and the Hellfire Club. This one doesn't bother me at all, really, because she's been about as grey a hero as possible, and I personally like her a lot more as a villain. But Charles...

Between Xavier and Magneto, Charles was the one who was supposed to be the the one taking the high ground. But, in today's comics, there is no high ground.

In fairness, there were some good points to the issue. The art was spectacular, as always. Hank got a scene in which he entirely kicked ass, Pietr called out Xavier, Kitty demonstrated her intelligence in spades and more or less saved the day. Scott also tells Emma off, but this comes off sort of like him being a whiny bitch, and taking out his anger at Xavier on her. His winning way with the ladies... at least that's consistent with depictions of the character for the past coupe decades.
[/QUOTE]

I quoted Jeff's review because, well, saves me having to type an excellent summary of events. I removed his spoiler tags because while Jeff believes in using spoiler tags even here, inside Death Spiral, I consider this thread's primary value to mankind to be to warn people away from bad comics /before/ they read them, so spoilers are our /mission/. :)

At any rate, scans of the 'Xavier as inhuman hypocrite' scene attached:

Well, I kinda still think of "Danger" as being no more sentient than the Vision, but at least the X-Men called Chuck on the carpet for what he'd done. If this had been Batman who did it, the JLA would probably have thrown a party! :)

[QUOTE=Sabrinaset]Well, I kinda still think of "Danger" as being no more sentient than the Vision, but at least the X-Men called Chuck on the carpet for what he'd done. If this had been Batman who did it, the JLA would probably have thrown a party! :)[/QUOTE]

And everyone would ignore Wonder Woman, who's sitting alone in the corner with a little noisemaker clasped between her lips, wearing a party hat, and holding a cup of punch... which Batman spit in.

You know, it occurs to me that with the exception of the 'I can't expect you to forgive what I've done', those lines of dialogue could have been spoken by Henry Bendix.

[QUOTE=Kevinroc][spoil]The rumor is that Xavier and Magneto have been dead for years. Wanda's chaos magic has made it appear they are still alive. Similar to what happened with Agatha Harkness.[/spoil]

That would certainly explain some things. But again. Right now, that is just a rumor.[/QUOTE]

Hah!

I'm sorry, I shouldn't find this stuff funny, but I mean damn...

[QUOTE=Chuckg]Let me try a semi-satirical illustration:

[i]'Behold, for I am Diana, righteous and proud! I am not afraid of the consequences of my actions! I am absolutely unashamed of what I have done!

... errr, what's that? If I bring this man to justice, he might say things that lead to some PR problems for me? Whoopsie! Better let this Checkmate agent walk, then!'[/i]

... does this help?[/QUOTE]
Point. Unless he had something serious hanging over the edge of the World at Large and/or The Amazons her most likely action would be either to hand him over or hold him where she could keep tabs on him until she could gather actual evedince.

....

Rucka, if you are out there this may be a chance to salvage this story.

HTG

[QUOTE=MatthewC][quote]
If the author had had half a brain, he'd have had Diana remember that she could simply arrest the schmuck for espionage against Themyscira, haul him back to the island, pronounce sentence upon him, and wring him dry of every Checkmate secret he had -- all entirely legally and righteously.ng a member should be grounds for conspiracy charges from here to there.[/quote]That's quite true. I wonder what the Themysciran punishment is for betrayal of trust and espionage?

Of course, reading a comic where Diana did that would make me sick to my stomach for a lot of reasons. It would fell like she was using a postion of power to punish someone for a personal betrayal. Yeah, you could make an argument about how epsionage is a real crime and all that, but it would still be Diana dragging a guy back to her island for punishment for a non-violent crime, and I don't want to read that.[/QUOTE]
Um... spying on a nation for a terrorist group a 'non-violent' crime? Look through a few statute books my friend.

HTG

[QUOTE=Peter]Hah!

"You might have DESTROYED AND RESTARTED EVERYTHING IN CREATION, but frankly you're not that important."

Bwahahahaha!

:D

Edit -- Stay turned for the next issue, where the entire Universe goes down on Hal Jordan one-at-a-time, with everybody else chanting in the background, "You're the best! You're the best! You're the best!"[/QUOTE]

BATMAN: Kilowog can growl at me all he wants but the day I kneel before Jordan is the day I die.

Various DC characters: Me first!!!

[QUOTE=Z-man]You haven't seen the cover to House of M Spiderman 3 yet, have you?[/QUOTE]Maybe if he was accidentally hung by his own webbing. Or better yet, if it snagged his ankle and the force of the etc. etc.

[QUOTE=Chuckg]You know, it occurs to me that with the exception of the 'I can't expect you to forgive what I've done', those lines of dialogue could have been spoken by Henry Bendix.[/QUOTE]

Whedon, Whedon I think I'm willing to give a little benifit of the doubt here. He's managed to keep the cast fairly in character. Including riding the fine line needed to keep Cyclops perfectly in character.

Anyway, I kinda doubt it has much to do with House of M. I think Whedon's doing his own thing in astonishing.

[QUOTE=Magneto_X]They also don't play Justice League, JL:U, Batman:TAS or Superman"TAS much, either. Adult Swim is being wierd, as well. They repeat current seasons occasionally and/or never advertise when its on and *always* don't air the last eps of the seasons (this began with the Dark Tournament). :(

It would be cool if AS got the Bubblegum Crisis series (both of them) and added more anime to their lineup. The American cartoons just aren't as good (only Futurama, Venture Bros., Robot Chicken and Family Guy are worthy).

Would be cool if they bought Ronin Warriors and Saint Seiya a.k.a Knights of the Zodiac (how long was that on the air? A month?).

They need Ultimate Muscle, too.[/QUOTE]

The Latin America branch of Cartoon Network is supposedly slated to be broadcasting Love Hina and Ranma 1/2 in their Adult Swim. But it's very doubtful they'll add them to the US lineup.

I just had a thought If DC and Marvel are more corporately controled does it show?

I think that it does, to me there is a loss of creativaty. It's like they are trying to be all cutting edge and cool but it seems lame. Which brings up something else I was having a discussion with Magneto X in the chat room and he was telling me about Disney and how they fire there writers for doing something creative. Which was strage to me however it does have a ring of truth a lot of disney's stuff seems too cute and bland to me.

So if the suits control everything perhaps that explains alot with whats going on as of late?

[QUOTE=Dee3]I just had a thought If DC and Marvel are more corporately controled does it show?

I think that it does, to me there is a loss of creativaty. It's like they are trying to be all cutting edge and cool but it seems lame. Which brings up something else I was having a discussion with Magneto X in the chat room and he was telling me about Disney and how they fire there writers for doing something creative. Which was strage to me however it does have a ring of truth a lot of disney's stuff seems too cute and bland to me.

So if the suits control everything perhaps that explains alot with whats going on as of late?[/QUOTE]

Marvel and DC right now? No. Ten years ago, yes.

DC seems to me to be writers going amuck without editorial control reigning in the bad ideas.

Marvel, Marvel might have a bit of this. But that seems to be more contained to the high profile books. Primarily the X-books. But the X-books have suffered from this for years. And, even then, we still get stuff like GLA, Runaways, the 37 books Kirkman is writing, She-Hulk and a few others.

This might interest you lot - it's a link to a fan-rewritten version of the infamous ending of Batman #644. [url]http://www.livejournal.com/users/notassuch/72552.html[/url]

Found the link on the Batman board of Geoffjohns.com, with so far only one comment - a fan who said he didn't think it was as good as what got published(!).

There are a lot more comments under the link itself, mainly positive.

What do I think? I think it's [b]better and more credible[/b] than what saw print - but that DC's PTB would never have gone for it for the following reasons:

1. It wasn't [b]SHOCKING!!![/b] enough.
2. It shifts the blame right back to Batman, which is exactly where TPTB [b]do not[/b] want it.
3. It leaves open the [b]remote[/b] possibility that Leslie might return to the Bat-books some day.

Maven

[QUOTE=Sk8maven]This might interest you lot - it's a link to a fan-rewritten version of the infamous ending of Batman #644. [url]http://www.livejournal.com/users/notassuch/72552.html[/url]

Found the link on the Batman board of Geoffjohns.com, with so far only one comment - a fan who said he didn't think it was as good as what got published(!).

There are a lot more comments under the link itself, mainly positive.

What do I think? I think it's [b]better and more credible[/b] than what saw print - but that DC's PTB would never have gone for it for the following reasons:

1. It wasn't [b]SHOCKING!!![/b] enough.
2. It shifts the blame right back to Batman, which is exactly where TPTB [b]do not[/b] want it.
3. It leaves open the [b]remote[/b] possibility that Leslie might return to the Bat-books some day.

Maven[/QUOTE]
Okay. I'm accepting that as in continuity and the other is just a Elseworlds.

[QUOTE=Alan2099]Okay. I'm accepting that as in continuity and the other is just a Elseworlds.[/QUOTE]

Hell, I'm putting most of the DCU as an elsewords and am considering ISCBINTJL as the canon.

When the fans write better stories than the pros, the writing is on the wall for the US comics "industry" (laughingly so-called) as a whole.

Maven

[QUOTE=Sk8maven]When the fans write better stories than the pros, the writing is on the wall for the US comics "industry" (laughingly so-called) as a whole.

Maven[/QUOTE]

No. No not really. First off, it's not the whole industry. Second, I lived through the early to mid ninties. A lot of this is crap, but it's *still* preferential to what was coming out then.

[QUOTE=MKTerra]Maybe if he was accidentally hung by his own webbing. Or better yet, if it snagged his ankle and the force of the etc. etc.[/QUOTE]

Actually, it's not really Spidey, it's just an effigy of him getting hanged and burned.

[QUOTE=ChaosBurnFlame]and wait... didn't they notice the Hugeass Central Battery on Oa of Hal Jordon?

Or did they Retcon THAT too?

Man, I feel really bad for Kyle...

Tried to restart the Corps a half of dozen times and each time got bitten in the ass.

Hal does it once and everything's back to the Silverage....[/QUOTE]

I hear that.

He gave up ULTIMATE POWER, and for what?

Although, really, considering his power was built on the corpses Hal left behind..

Still, it's a really noble act that says a lot about the character.

Has his character been defiled by IC, aside from mutely following allong with Wally and their story? I mean, at least he complained a bit and called them crazy...

I know he knows about the warping of Dr.Light, but I think he doesn't know about what they did to Batman and the other villians they blankslated.

Of course why Meltzer had him try and cowboy punch Deathstroke, I don't know. Cowboy Punching was Hal's thing, Kyle should have been making "barely not infringing on copyrights" constructs to fight him or something.

Maybe a giant Sailor Moon that would stomp on him Monty Python style, and afterwards, when everyone is working clean up, Dinah smacks Ollie over the head for looking up the constructs skirt, or whatever.

I've been thinking: Is this stuff not MiST-worthy? As a test run, I tried doing one for Identity Crisis, but after 3 hours and having only gotten through 7.5 pages of issue 1, I realized scans are necessary to make it a feasible endeavor. Still, it seems to me like a worthwhile endeavor. Some of the lines I came up with I quite liked.

[QUOTE=Michael Pullmann]I've been thinking: Is this stuff not MiST-worthy? As a test run, I tried doing one for Identity Crisis, but after 3 hours and having only gotten through 7.5 pages of issue 1, I realized scans are necessary to make it a feasible endeavor. Still, it seems to me like a worthwhile endeavor. Some of the lines I came up with I quite liked.[/QUOTE]


By all means, share what you have, even if not in scannage form. MSTings are always forth reading!

'K:

> Identity Crisis #1 of 7

TOM: #1, with a bullet!
MIKE: So, it’s seven issues about Kyle Rayner turning into a blotchy UV
monster?
CROW: We can only hope.

> Brad Meltzer

TOM: He melts-er in your mouth, not in your hands!
MIKE: Oy…

> Rags Morales

CROW: Hey, wouldn’t it be funny if Rags had a brother named Richard,
and they went around calling themselves Rags and Riches?
TOM: No.

> Michael Bair

MIKE: The inker didn’t like the book he was working on, but he had to
grin and Bair it.
TOM: And you give me a hard time for puns?

>Deadly Secrets! Private Hells!

TOM: And it comes with its own European adapter! Now how much would you
pay?

>The comics event of the year begins here!

CROW: So none of the other comics in 2004 contained events?
TOM: It is the Age of Bendis…

>Page 1, panel 1.
>Opal City. Thirty minutes till now.

TOM: That’s then. I don’t want to watch then, I want to watch now.

>Ralph Dibny and Lorraine Reilly.

MIKE: Who?
CROW: Elongated Man and… you got me.
TOM: DC’s superstars in action!

>Co-workers.

MIKE: Dammit, Lorraine, what does it take to get you to replace the toner?
TOM: An appearance more than once every decade, probably.

>Dr. Fate once told me, “Life is a mystery.”

MIKE: I thought it was a highway.
CROW: Or a box of chocolates.

>“Any idea what’s in it?

TOM: The refreshing taste of Limon!

>“Nope.”
>“Aren’t you curious?”

CROW: No, I’m pretty sure I like guys.

>“Of course I’m curious. White boys only come down here for drugs or
>trouble.”

CROW: Or when someone throws a perfectly good one away.

TOM: Shame.

>"Who wouldn't be curious?"
>"So any guesses?"

TOM: Nope, just Levis.

>But it isn't.

MIKE: Well, so much for the opinion of the world's greatest magician.

>Everyone knows how it ends.
CROW: D00d, 5p0il3rz!
MIKE: How the hell did you…
CROW: Trade secret, Mike.

>It's just a question of when.

TOM: I've told you time and again, I'll get all the love you've been denyin'!

>Panel 2

MIKE: And we have breasts, ladies and gentlemen.
CROW: Actually, Mike, I think that's Ralph.
TOM: Moobs. *shudder*

>In a novel, it's different.

MIKE (Brad): And I should know, because I've written bestsellers like "The Millionaire" and "The Zero Game!"
CROW: Oh, I see a zero all right…

>There, you start worrying about the main character's safety almost
immediately.

MIKE: Unless, of course, you haven't actually *seen* the main character.

>"Guns?"

>Panel 3
>"Not unless they're feeding an army."

Tom: Because… armies eat guns…
MIKE: Just smile and nod, Tom.

>Of course, it's a false worry. Nothing bad really ever happens to the
>main character in a novel.

MIKE: I think Quasimodo and Winston Smith would disagree with you there, Brad.

>Panel 4
>But if the story opens with a minor character or two—

TOM: Then you can kill 'em off to raise hype and boost sales!
CROW: Been reading ahead, have we?

>"Could still be weaponry. I heard someone had an Amazo on the black
>market."

TOM: *snickers* Yeah, you can buy them all over Chinatown.
CROW: But they all say "Anazo."

>Page 2, Panel 1

MIKE: When did Starfire get flaming boots?
TOM: No, Mike, that's Firehawk.
MIKE: Who?
CROW: Our first red shirt, if this narration's any clue.

>It's different in real life. In real life, anyone can get hurt. That's
>why I left the League.

CROW: Well, that and the court order from Wonder Woman's attorney.

>Barry. Hal. Vivien and Constance.

TOM: One of these things is not like the others…

>Too many funerals.

CROW: Oh, please. The afterlife in the DC universe has a revolving door and a coat check.

>I'm Ralph Dibny. Sometimes called the Elongated Man. I've been doing
>this for almost two decades.

TOM: What, narrating your life with relentless pretention?

>This is Firehawk. She's a puppy.

CROW: Um, Ralph, you might want to check your breeder's guide.
MIKE: Yeah, very few dogs have two legs, breasts, and fire coming out of their heads.

>I sit here for over two hours to make sure she doesn't get herself >killed.

MIKE: Ah, so Ralph shares DC editorial's disdain for C-list characters.
TOM: Hot! Sitting! Action!

>"What if it is Amazo?"

CROW: Then I wet my pants and leave you to die.

>"It's not Amazo."
>"What if it is?"

MIKE: Then I throw you at him to shut you up.

>"We call for help."
>"You don't think we could take him?"

TOM: Well, let's see, an android with all the powers of the Justice League versus a stretchy guy with a trick nose and a fifth-rate Human Torch. You're right, I like our chances.

>Panel 2
>I don't answer.
>"Ralph, you okay?"

CROW: Oh, sorry, I was narrating the obvious again.

>Whatever's in the box is for sale.

TOM: Crazy Bob's Discount Amazos! We're slashing prices!

>Panel 3
>The sellers are the skinny guys with the matching heads.

TOM: Yul Brynner and Patrick Stewart! No!

>We're waiting for their buyer.

MIKE: We're waiting for the plot.

>Page 3, panel 1
>"Ralph, what's wrong?"

CROW: Not everything elongates.

>"I thought this was fun for you…"
>"Fun? You're thinking of Plastic Man."

TOM: Hello, Dr. Freud? We found your slip.

>"For me, though… sure, mysteries are fun. Mysteries, I can laugh at."

MIKE: Especially when they're solved by those crazy kids and their dog!

>"Villains, though…"
>Panel 2
>"I don't like villains."

TOM: Hot! Scowling! Action!

>Panel 3
>"What makes you think there's a villain involved?"

MIKE: The fact that we're in a DC comic, maybe?

>"The nose."

MIKE: What, he's Toucan Sam?
TOM: Kind of, but with evil instead of sugary cereal.

>"When I met Green Arow, he told me your nose doesn't really twitch
>when there's a mystery—"
>Panel 4
>"Y—you just made that up to get more press."

CROW: Worked for Micah Wright.
TOM: Almost.

>Panel 5

TOM: Hot! Staring! Action!
MIKE: Stop that.

>Panel Six
>"Green Arrow has a bald spot. That's why he wears the hat.

CROW: Oh, snap!
MIKE: That was certainly a reaction befitting a superhero.

>Panel 7
>Page 4, Panel 1
>Smallville. Now.

CROW: Smallville. I'm still only in Smallville.

>Jonathan, Martha, and Clark Kent. Parents and son.
>"Ohh, I love this one."
>Panel 2.
>There's an article every day.

CROW (Church Lady) How conveeeenient.

>Ma never misses one. But for the first time, I don't think she focused >on me.
>"What's he like? Was he nice?"
>"Green Lantern's always nice."

MIKE: I thought he was a jerk.
TOM: That's Guy Gardner, Mike. This is Alan Scott.
MIKE: Uh-huh. Which one had Kairo as his sidekick again?
TOM: Oy…

>"Is he still handsome? He was always so handsome…"
>"Martha…"

CROW (Pa Kent): Don't mind me, just waitin' to die…

>"He was. He was handsome…"
>Panel 3

CROW: Yeesh, he's got three times the recommended daily amount of shoulder.

>"By the way, Ma—I picked this up at the Planet. I told you you didn't
>have to send a check."

TOM: For the last time, Ma, the IRS isn't headquartered in Metropolis.

>Panel 4
>She doesn't get annoyed often.

MIKE: Unlike this comic's audience.

>"That wasn't addressed to you."
>"I didn't open it."
>Panel 5

CROW: Backgrounds? We don't need no stinking backgrounds.

>"But you looked inside."
>"Clark, we're perfectly capable of paying for our own subscription."
>"It's OK, Ma—I can put you on the comp list."

MIKE: Hello, comic? Over here? Remember us, the audience?

Page 5, Panel 1

>But when she does, it reminds me of one thing…

TOM: The kryptonite cat-o-nine-tails out back in the shed.

>"I'm gonna send it in again. You can't stop me."

CROW: I can throw you into orbit.

>"Actually I think I…
>Panel 2
>"I bet Batman never does this to his parents."

TOM: Yeah. Lucky bastard.

>Panel 3

MIKE: Geez, Mom, you're a 'tard.

>Panel 4
>…There are some things more potent than Kryptonite.

CROW: Wouldn't Kryptonite make him IM—
MIKE: Go there and I'll take away your Firefly DVDs.

>"You send in your check, Ma. I'll—"

CROW: Kill you in your sleep.

>Zzttt Zzttt
>Panel 5
>Justice League Signal device. I told J'onn to only call if it was—

TOM: My turn to call at Bingo Night.

>"Oh no."

MIKE (Clark) : The plot… this scene did nothing to advance it!

>Panel 6
>"I have to go. Pa, do me a favor and lock the doors.

CROW (Pa) My feet are cold.

>Page 6, Panel 1
>Gotham City. Now. Nightwing and Starfire. Former Lovers.

TOM: The Satellite of Love. Now. Tom Servo. Tired of this device.

>Panel 2
>"I hate coming here."

CROW: Funny, I was just thinking the same thing.

>Panel 3
>But it was the first lesson Bruce taught me.

MIKE: After how to draw the Joker's gunfire, that is.

>Never forget.

TOM: I've forgotten what this comic is about.
CROW: It's about three bucks you'll never see again.

>Panel 4
>I hear the wind whistle above me. I don't even have to look up to know
>who it is.

TOM: Duh. It's the wind.

>I smell the jasmine from her hair in the breeze.
>"You shouldn't be here."

CROW: You shouldn't be in this slow, crappy comic.

>Panel 5
>"I thought you could use the company."
>"How did you find me?"

MIKE: Um, it's your mom and dad's grave, Nightwing.
TOM: You can tell he was trained by the world's greatest detective.

>Panel 6

CROW: Look sad, and maybe she'll go away.

>"We dated for all those years, Dick. I still remember how you
>celebrate your parents' anniversary.

MIKE: Sepia tones and lots of brooding, apparently.

>Bruce was wrong about one thing.

TOM: Sometimes they do find the bodies.

>Panel 7
>You don't have to do everything alone.
>"Thanks for coming, Kory. Really."

CROW: Duh, y'wanna do it?

>"Dick, it's Barbara. Turn your signaler on. We got some bad news…"

TOM: Didio wants you to wear the collar again.

>Panel 8
>"Oh, God."
>"X'Hal."

CROW (Nightwing): Yes, I just said that, thank you.

>Page 7, Panel 1
>Star City. Now.
>"Uufff!"
>Green Arrow and Green Arrow.

MIKE: Unfortunately, Green Arrow had a trivia night and couldn't make it.

>Father and Son.
>Panel 2

TOM: Peek-a-boo!

>"C'mon, kid---that's all you got left? You couldn't knock down the >Scarecrow with that punch.
>Panel 3

MIKE: Dear God, his kid's Moe Howard.
CROW (GA): Conner, I'm disowning you because of that haircut. And aren’t you supposed to be Asian?

>"That was a lucky punch."
>Panel 4
>"Actually, it was two."
>"What're you talking about? You didn't tag me twice."

TOM: Yeah, you just released me back into the wild.

>Panel 5
>"Sure he did, old man."

CROW: Says the octagenarian.

>"Rat-a-tat-tat. One right after the other. Oh, that's right, you
>couldn't see it—you were too busy falling on your keister. You should
>be proud, Ollie. Your boy's lightning."

MIKE: Wait, I though he was Green Arrow, not Black Lightning.
TOM: Just smile and nod, Mike.

You might want to start a new topic for a MST.

That's all I did, and I'm not doing any more in text-based format.

That was great Michael I look forward to the rest of it once your done. Your going to do more right?