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In the first Avengers Annual (1967), Fury said tha...

2012-05-27T18:26:48.766-04:00

In the first Avengers Annual (1967), Fury said that S.H.I.E.L.D. was "an American combo, not a blamed international police force!" (But the acronym was for Supreme Headquarters, INTERNATIONAL Espionage, LAW-ENFORCEMENT Division.) In Daredevil in the early 1980's, the Black Widow referred to it as a United Nations agency. So Marvel has tried to have it both ways, depending on whichever was politically correct at the time.

I did notice that ad, not sure what it says about ...

2012-05-27T12:27:59.911-04:00

I did notice that ad, not sure what it says about me.

I'll have a Ha-Ha Happy meal, please.

That's a lot of fun, I dimly recall the show f...

2012-05-27T12:18:44.717-04:00

That's a lot of fun, I dimly recall the show from when I was a nipper (mind, everything's dim with me).

I...I...I am a loss for words.

2012-05-25T16:52:13.612-04:00

I...I...I am a loss for words.

Gary just blew my mind. If someone doesn't do ...

2012-05-25T13:48:41.004-04:00

Gary just blew my mind. If someone doesn't do a Jungle Justice League, there is no god.

Personally, I like Rulah's daring fashion choice of going with the giraffe pattern instead of the rather pedestrian tiger motif.

I think Garaujo1 has a good point. The Detroit Le...

2012-05-24T12:33:21.459-04:00

I think Garaujo1 has a good point. The Detroit League was headed up by Aquaman, whereas the Cooky Quartet had Captain America. Heck, even McDuffie points that out :)

And poor Zatanna with her lobster-hat, that only Perez could make work, didn't help.

No, you're almost certainly right that timing played a lot into it, too.

Take it and run,

I had to leave some for the audience participation...

2012-05-24T08:39:55.765-04:00

I had to leave some for the audience participation segment of the show...

No It Store joke?

2012-05-24T08:13:18.543-04:00

No It Store joke?

Can you imagine the crossover? Crisis in Infinite ...

2012-05-23T12:55:30.003-04:00

Can you imagine the crossover? Crisis in Infinite Jungles, anyone?

I adore both covers!

2012-05-22T16:04:10.203-04:00

I adore both covers!

On the defensive, on the offensive. Nice!

2012-05-22T08:40:33.412-04:00

On the defensive, on the offensive. Nice!

"The drunk tank"? Please tell me they...

2012-05-21T21:43:37.869-04:00

"The drunk tank"? Please tell me they're not bringing Emerald Dawn back into continuity...

FYI, Johns didn't write in Hal's dad's...

2012-05-21T11:45:40.509-04:00

FYI, Johns didn't write in Hal's dad's death. That was way pre-Johns.

Also, yet another inconsistency: Lois, Clark, and Jimmy are actually friends in the Superman books, but in JL she totally snubs Clark for a group lunch invite? In the Supes books, she knows Clark enough to actually ask him to pick up her sister from the airport, and Jimmy actually crashes at Clark's apartment.

Does Johns have former editors' heads mounted on his walls as trophies or something? Seems like nobody's got the balls to edit him.

Thanks for pointing out that JLD was more than Vib...

2012-05-21T09:06:29.322-04:00

Thanks for pointing out that JLD was more than Vibe, Gypsy, Steel and Vixen.

But even if it had been, it'd still have been AWESOME!

And of course, there was also lovely Sue Dibny and studmuffin Dale Gunn.

Funny you bring this is up as I am in the midst of...

2012-05-21T09:05:54.481-04:00

Funny you bring this is up as I am in the midst of an Avengers reread from the beginning.

1) I think the positive response to CKQ exists because it happened near the beginning of the run when there was a greater sense of anything could happen, but it's also when the book really developed a personality

2) I wonder if the JLD would have been better received if Batman and the Outsiders hadn't been created almost a year earlier. If you are going to invest in a team with lesser known and new heroes, might as well go with the team starring Batman.

Garaujo1

I hope Charles was able to sleep again once that w...

2012-05-21T09:01:53.416-04:00

I hope Charles was able to sleep again once that was sorted.

@chiasaur11: Well apparently "showing you th...

2012-05-21T03:56:16.848-04:00

@chiasaur11:

Well apparently "showing you the last thing you wanna see" is the New52 Slogan... Sigh...

McDuffie's "big-gunless" JLA group w...

2012-05-20T20:37:37.859-04:00

McDuffie's "big-gunless" JLA group wasn't exactly weak, either.

http://stars-and-garters.blogspot.com/2011/02/dwayne-mcduffie-kooky-quartet-and-what.html

Wait. Kent picked last for basketball? And resenti...

2012-05-20T15:41:23.784-04:00

Wait. Kent picked last for basketball? And resenting it?

Past continuity, he's either been Mr. Star Player (until he finds out that he has an unfair edge and stops immediately), or, you know, Superboy. (and therefore chuckling to himself about how the guys would flip their lids if they knew puny Clark Kent was the teen of tomorrow!)

It makes no sense. None! Clark Kent has been shown to have one of the best childhoods ever. Most loving and saintly parents alive, good dog, vast abilities beyond the ken of mere mortals. Call me crazy, but he's the last guy on the planet I want to see throwing a pity party.

He's mentioned his dead mom since FP, don'...

2012-05-20T15:15:25.771-04:00

He's mentioned his dead mom since FP, don't worry.

Souls of Azarath! Bruce Wayne's memories are c...

2012-05-19T15:36:15.300-04:00

Souls of Azarath! Bruce Wayne's memories are coloured with Raven's tears!

Next issue: The Justice League all get tattoos, you know, like the dudes from Lord of the Rings. They're like brothers, man.

I'm not sure about Barry. That was the doing o...

2012-05-19T09:32:27.494-04:00

I'm not sure about Barry. That was the doing of Zoom, and Barry was trying to undo that when he caused Flashpoint. I don't believe his parent have been mentioned at all in the nu52, so I'm not sure of their rebooted status.

The only reason to read JL is for its train wreck ...

2012-05-19T08:59:02.548-04:00

The only reason to read JL is for its train wreck qualities. How long will we keep doing this to ourselves.

Well if Justice League can't be entertaining, the blogs that talk about Justice League HAVE to be.

Speaking as a last-picked, frequently bullied person with a most HATED color (purple) and a dead beat dad, please Mr. Johns, I don't want to relate to my heroes this way. It's enough that they lost their parents (because Johns wrote that into Barry and Hal, right?)

As much as I adore Guy Gardner...and I DO...I real...

2012-05-18T15:51:06.239-04:00

As much as I adore Guy Gardner...and I DO...I really can't blame Ray for his little prank.

Ray SHOULD be around somewhere!

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I think Garaujo1 has a good point. The Detroit Le...

I had to leave some for the audience participation...

No It Store joke?

Can you imagine the crossover? Crisis in Infinite ...

I adore both covers!

On the defensive, on the offensive. Nice!

"The drunk tank"? Please tell me they...

FYI, Johns didn't write in Hal's dad's...

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