The Liberty File

This has to be my favourite Elseworlds. Well, it's at a tie with Gotham by Gaslight. Including all sequels, of course. Here, here, and here I posted scans of The Liberty File and The Unholy Three.

But not more than a snippet of this scene between Bruce Wayne, secret agent of the US government, and J'onn, puppet of Hitler. A little hands-on enlightenment.

( Listen to me! )

I just have to say that I love Bat costumes made to be from other eras. And the look on Bruce's face, but mostly the costume.



Have I mentioned how awesome J'onn is recently? XD

( And then, the aftermath of the war... )

Oh J'onn.

He goes on to become "a real public darling" according to Bruce, helping NASA construct a base on the moon.

From Mars, With Love

This little series-within-a-series is coming out all weird. I think because it is weird. Heh.

From Mars, With Love

DCAU, J'onn/Wally, I'm gonna go with PG-13. At least for the moment.

Batman takes responsibility for the mission to rescue J'onn... but Flash isn't willing to wait.

( The Rock, Part Two: If Wishes Were Dragons... )

This week in the Flash...

From this very week! So there are like... spoilers and stuff.

Sorry, I'm just so tickled about Wally being back I had to do it sometime, right?

First, JLA-Hitman #1, the first issue of a two-issue short set back during the 'good old days' of JLA. Kinda like most of JLA: Confidential which is most of why I love that series so much. So.

During the earliest issues of JLA especially, Flash was played as the 'old hand' at superheroing; Batman describes him as being one of the longest of them in a mask, regardless of age. It wasn't very often he was played quite so straight as I've seen here. Seriously.

He's like Mr. Spock only... bitchy.



More sciencey than Barry ever really got. It being the Silver Age, but still.

( What did you just say to me? )

Next! Okay, so this is actually last week AND this week; Countdown #33 & #32.

Flash snatches Piper and Trickster out of Batman's clutches and into his significantly more pissed off hands. It's telling about how the Rogues Gallery has become something... different. Or is it?

( Mindwipe! )

It's all very grim and dark.

And then Countdown #32 rolled around and... well, I actually really enjoyed it.

Really.

( Especially Barda punching a mummy. )

And speaking of iffy? I was pretty iffy about where The Flash relaunch has been going. Mark Waid and all. About his kids and about Linda becoming suddenly not a reporter but a super-scientist. Were they afraid of making her too much like Lois or something?

She's been a reporter since day 1 of her being in Flash comics. Maybe I'm just a traditionalist, but still... it's a leap.

I'm still iffy about Linda's transformation; but I love their kids. From The Flash #323.

( And when their daddy comes to save the day... )

Seriously, must she always be wearing a lab coat? ::cough:: Anyway. Yeah.

It's different, but it's more like it, if you know what I mean.

Not that any of this makes up for the wedding issue this week. C'mon DC. It had such a promising start.