I love evil.

[shankie]

Totally spoilers for Justice League of America #1.

I have such a huge soft spot for evil versions of my favourite characters. Especially when they have totally bitchin' costumes.




Teh evil aero discs are sawblades! ::squee::

Is it bad that I laughed my ass off at that last panel there?

I never really liked the Metal Men. And they've been in worse condition before.





What's very awesome about this guy is that, even though he's been in all of three panels in this issue fully, he's very obviously the exact opposite of Scott Free. Why? He called someone "master" and Scott is very aptly named Free; wouldn't be caught dead calling anyone master.

Calling Barda "mistress", on the other hand...



I've never heard of a "hush tube" before... but this guy is just that much more badass because he has one. Also... Father Box? Huh. "Pok pok pok!"




My investigations have given me no clues about who this person is. But I love him. Dearly.

::dances around::

Also: a nifty blog entry, Mister Miracle's Mad Opera: Taking Comic Lunacy to Another Level, which pretty much sums up my feelings on Scott & Barda, and Kirby's Fourth World in general.

Comments

[damos.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I have a vague memory of a Father Box... I think Orion had one for a bit and it was slowly turning him evil.

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

Hm... Mother Box's wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Box) mentions that, that it's an Apokolyptican thing, and thus ultimately an instrument of the great and powerful Darkseid (may he rule for eternity), but not what issues it happened in... which makes me curious.

Also, that Captain Marvel had a Mother Box when Shazam was on New Genesis? Weird.

[damos.livejournal.com]

Cap Marvel had a mother box? Wow. Now they have gone too far. Batman, sure... but Cap? C'mon.

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

Apparently. It sounds to me like there's a story behind that... which may either be interesting or dumb as hell. Heh.

Batman had/has a Mother Box? The idea alone is made of awesome.

[damos.livejournal.com]

From the S/B Supergirl arc... Which has two great Bruce/Scott bits, of course. The fact that Bruce walks right over to and opens Scott's secret chamber and that, as the demon dogs attack him he says, "Scott... wherever you are... I hope you have a miracle left for me.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/damo_in_japan/pic/000f37ra/)

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

::stares agape::

How the hell did I forget about that?

Ping! Ping! Ping!

[dornbeast.livejournal.com]

It was after the Genesis event.

The Godwave temporarily screwed up the Marvel family powers, so they needed a boom tube to get the magic lightning from the Rock of Eternity to them.

...I think that was it, anyhow. It's a bit foggy in my mind, mostly because I didn't want to read that.

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

My vote is swinging more towards "dumb as hell"... heh.

[(Anonymous)]

You're partially right.

What happened is that Shazam stayed on New Genesis as one of the gods after that whole Godwave mess. They needed the Mother Boxes for him to hear them call his name and send the lightning.

[archaica.livejournal.com]

The Father Box appeared during the Orion series. Roughly from issues 10-16.

[elfcat255.livejournal.com]

he..evil is goood..especially evil in purple...now I wanna know who this Father Box is...grrr...you just poked my curiosity..gah

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

From what I've gathered? An Apokolyptian version of Mother Box, being a creation of New Genesis.

According to damo_in_japan's reckoning, it began to turn Orion evil, when he was using one after his Mother Box was destroyed; which makes sense, it being from Apokolips. So it's another instrument of Darkseid, likely his own developed technology. I haven't seen a Father Box before in my reading of Fourth World stuff, even though it is hardly comprehensive, so I'd assume not many exist.

[elfcat255.livejournal.com]

Darkseid...hmmm...always Darkseid...can't wait to see if this theory is correct...I'm crashing now..later!

[kirke-novak.livejournal.com]

Open him up?! And the slasher in me screamed: 'they gonna raaaape him!'

[kidzero.livejournal.com]

Hush tube?!? Hee.

So Clark's got a Legion flight ring again? :D

[specialagentm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. For all we know, though, Supertorso brought one back from the current Legion timeline. Option #2 is that somehow Legion v4 is still in continuity, Clark certainly saw a lot of them when they were trapped in the present-time.

Or Kon brought his back after the Titans/Legion crossover and left it in his room, and Clark took it when he packed up his stuff as Ma and Pa cried and were all Kansas-emo.

[refraction.livejournal.com]

I forgot what his name is, but I'm almost sure he's the last of the four vanishing villains talked about earlier in the book.

He's the opposite of Mr Miracle, right? So it'd make sense that he'd have a Father (not Mother) Box and a Hush (not Boom) Tube

[refraction.livejournal.com]

Doctor Impossible!

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

Yes! ::really really hopes that's actually his name::

[carneggy.livejournal.com]

From a Newsarama interview with JLA writer Metzer this week:

Q: Will we see you use the JLofA as an opportunity to introduce any new heroes of your own creation?

Meltzer: No new heroes. One new villain. Dr. Impossible is coming to kill you.

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

YES! ::celebrates::

He can come to kill me any day. XD

[skalja.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that is awesome!

[refraction.livejournal.com]

I figured..he's very much anti-Miracle Man, and they entioned some guy who was supposed to be his cousin vanishing..I wouldn't be surprised to see Plastique and Trident show up soon as well.

[thunderphoenix.livejournal.com]

If he's the opposite of Mr. Miracle, does that mean he can't escape from anything? I've got this mental image of him sitting in a bathroom stall staring at the door and asking people who walk by to help him escape this fiendish trap.

[uncanny-rman.livejournal.com]

BWA-HA-HAAAA!!

For the win!

[magpiggles.livejournal.com]

"I will find you, Miracle and I will DESTROY YOU. As soon as I manage to escape this cursed seatbelt!"

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

::laughs:: Awesome.

::will now picture him having a cheezy villain voice::

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

I am *such* a slasher at heart.

My brain immediately went to "Does this mean there's an evil version of Big Barda somewhere in a sexy outfit?"

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

::gasp:: I sure as hell hope so! XD

Man, that would be twenty kinds of awesome.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

I'm a teensy bit afraid she's subby or something, which would be no fun, even if scantily clad. I mean, if Evil Scot is Scot Slave... (oh, wait, mental images there...)

But if we get a Mistress Marvel style Barda, I will swoon.

[razorsmile.livejournal.com]

Hilarious as that would be, based on his feats here, it's more like he can get into anywhere, the same way Miracle can get out.

[thunderphoenix.livejournal.com]

You never let me have any fun. :(

[razorsmile.livejournal.com]

Fun is overrated. Welcome to the Dork Side.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

...like, into people's pants?

[razorsmile.livejournal.com]

He's the Nobilis of Rear Entry.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

And it's a stall with no lock, too.

[sui-generis.livejournal.com]

This is the only thing I've seen posted in S_D that's made me actually laugh out loud in a long time.

[deconcentrate.livejournal.com]

Looks like Morrison's Baron Bedlam didn't die after all, and got a face mask and maybe changed his name.

[razorsmile.livejournal.com]

My investigations have given me no clues about who this person is. But I love him. Dearly.

Father Box? Hush Tube? Master?

Obviously he's from the CSA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLA:_Earth_2)verse.

[turlock.livejournal.com]

I had wondered about that myself when I heard Fatherbox and Hushtube. I know in the RedDwarfVerse they had the Fatherbox but that was the whole Genderswitching thing. It was still Boomtubes though.

[sui-generis.livejournal.com]

I don't think so -- he would then be predestined to lose, following Morrison-logic.

[specialagentm.livejournal.com]

Not anymore. They changed those rules as of the last CSA crossover, and they actually had a reason -- the JLA/Avengers crossover recreated the entire Omniverse from scratch, and that was one of things changed (there was other stuff -- the CSA Power Ring being turned into an evil Jon Stewart clone, for one thing).

[razorsmile.livejournal.com]

Doesn't that apply to all villains anyway? It's like the difference between fictional stories and imaginary stories :D

[fatherartist.livejournal.com]

Maybe he's Scott's Evil Counter part from earth-2 everything is reverse with him. well except his name...

[victoria-wayne.livejournal.com]

That is one theory out there; I'm not sure, though. I'd think Darkseid would get a big kick out of grooming such a person, just to stick it to him that much more.

But it's entirely possible.