tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post6554047622322713801..comments2024-03-22T21:30:12.908-04:00Comments on Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!!: Manic Memorial Day--Neal Adams Didn't Get The Memo!!snellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-17529058654841726762016-05-30T21:40:51.922-04:002016-05-30T21:40:51.922-04:00Brian--the context of the story (Superman had also...Brian--the context of the story (Superman had also fought Kalibak, and talked with him, over the past couple of issues) makes it clear that Kal-El knows that Kalibak is an intelligent being. He's just being wildly out of character.<br /><br />Smurf--there's a reason that Adams is known for his art and not his writing...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-38042235020343247952016-05-30T21:33:07.677-04:002016-05-30T21:33:07.677-04:00I don't know about you, but to me all the dial...I don't know about you, but to me all the dialogue, especially in the final panel, sounds like Google-translated Japanese. "You make our existence ugly with your presence. All your base are belong to us."Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-32281449277150721022016-05-30T17:35:18.682-04:002016-05-30T17:35:18.682-04:00I'm amused by the "He has brains?" c...I'm amused by the "He has brains?" comment. It seems that Superman's usual compunction against lethal force is relaxed against organic constructs like parademons – since he doesn't consider them true life (rather a sort of biological machine) or at least not sentient life that can be reasoned with. I wonder, as such (without further context), whether this is meant to presume that he sees Kalibak here – as another bestial entity from Apokalips – as another such creature, until Orion (who has more experience with and far more knowledge and context about his own half-brother) arrives and effectively reveals that Kalibak is actually another full sentient (albeit quite alien) being.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058171030261812885noreply@blogger.com