scans_daily: Ghosts in Batman & the Outsiders v2 #05 (May '08)

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@ 2009-11-23 12:35 am UTC

Entry tags:

char: elongated man/ralph dibny, char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: sue dibny, creator: chuck dixon, creator: julian lopez, title: batman and the outsiders

Ghosts in Batman & the Outsiders v2 #05 (May '08)

Filling a request from

busterella.

This guy has the most perfect drop evar on The Batman.

When suddenly dun dun dun

I'm not sure I can adequately explain the plot, but here's the essentials: Bats has sent a strike team made up of Green Arrow, Batgirl, Katana, Geo-Force and Metamorpho overseas to stop the launch of a rocket filled with unknown but probably genocidal payload. As will usually happen in BatO, the mission turns into a hairball. But...

At least one rocket launches as Metamorpho tries to stop it. Ollie thinks Rex has been killed (though I'm not sure that's even possible.)

And then - nothing. You'd think this revelation would be earthshaking, but the Dibnys don't show up again until the War in Hell mini.

As best I can tell this is not already on here. I think it was probably posted new before the Great Disaster on LJ; either that or it was left untagged to avoid spoilers. I'm going to tag it appropriately, though.

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	no subject darkblade 2009-11-23 06:07 am UTC (link)
	Do we have to refer to the shutting down of the LJ comm as the Great Disaster? I'd prefer to save that term as an insulting short hand for Countdown. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 9 comments) (Show 9 comments)

	no subject darkblade 2009-11-23 06:09 am UTC (link)
	Also I want to know why these Ghosts didn't go through the same problems as Deadman with their Black Lantern corpses. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject jaybee3 2009-11-23 03:30 pm UTC (link)
	Really. Considering Deadman had a significant part in the BN: Batman mini and considering the role of the Black Lantern Dibnys in the main series, one would have thought Johns would have at least registered the point that the Dibnys souls are still out there while this is all going on. But he hasn't. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject foxhack 2009-11-23 06:21 am UTC (link)
	We don't refer to Countdown as "The Great Disaster" because there's no such thing as Countdown. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject dalf 2009-11-23 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Countdown"? Is that some kind of powerdrink? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject nezchan 2009-11-24 01:17 am UTC (link)
	MORE CRAPPY COMICS THAN YOUR LONGBOX HAS ROOM FOR! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject thokstar 2009-11-23 04:16 pm UTC (link)
	No, there is a Countdown (obligatory shiver). It just that whenever anybody mentions Countdown (obligatory shiver) they're forced to shiver in response. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject perletwo 2009-11-23 03:15 pm UTC (link)
	I think I'm the only one that uses the term really, and I only started because of the two things happening more or less concurrently. Besides, that Other Thing did give us this: (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject jaybee3 2009-11-23 03:27 pm UTC (link)
	My eyes! My eyes! It burns! And as funny as this moment was, it is both sad (from Mary Marvel's characterization POV) and hideously drawn (like most of Countdown). (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject sianmink 2009-11-23 05:55 pm UTC (link)
	But Kyle was finally being useful! (as a bludgeoning device) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject blakeyrat 2009-11-23 06:33 am UTC (link)
	Maybe the commandos in the second scan would do better if they wore pants. Or maybe that's just an unfortunate color choice... (Reply to this)

	no subject rhythmbandit 2009-11-23 06:36 am UTC (link)
	I love the Dibnys. And I approve of villains in white suits. But how is that sword staying on Katana's back? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject jcbaggee 2009-11-23 03:44 pm UTC (link)
	I think there's a strap, but the artist couldn't be bothered drawing it properly all the way to the sword. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject tsunamiwombat 2009-11-23 06:57 am UTC (link)
	Whoever those two crazies with guns are, I love them. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject sir_mikael 2009-11-23 01:57 pm UTC (link)
	I'm thinkin the crazies are the Dibny's temporarily taking over mercenary bodies. The mercenaries may or may not be crazy in "real life" bu since I have no clue who they are I can't say. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject perletwo 2009-11-23 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	The villain complex was in fact crawling with mercenary types, including one "where does the machine begin and the man end" cyborg, the strike team had to get through to reach White Suited Badguy. But unless "Gunhawk" is an actual name, no, we've no clue who they are. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject koschei 2009-11-26 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	Except that they have his & hers visors. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject kd_the_movie 2009-11-23 07:23 am UTC (link)
	The situation with the Dibneys is kind of bullshit. Sue's death rocks the entire DCU with Identity Crisis, yet Ralph's was abit under the radar and hardly mentioned PLUS their new status as Ghosts hasn't even been acknowledged by the mainstream DCU yet. It's a classic case of valueing the event (identity crisis) over the characters. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject cf105 2009-11-23 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	My fanon is that post final crisis Scott and Barda grabbed them for some couples scrabble to break in the new fifth world (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject nezchan 2009-11-24 01:19 am UTC (link)
	Okay, a Ralph & Sue/Scott & Barda team-up mini would be the most awesome thing ever with a side of pie. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject theanswer 2009-11-23 12:55 pm UTC (link)
	Ralph should have a legacy teen taking up his name in Teen Titans. Get rid of that Bombshell gal and bring on an Elongated Kid or something. Or bring back Offspring. <_< I love guys who can straych. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject foxhack 2009-11-23 02:39 pm UTC (link)
	Someone's already taking up their name, sorta: Tracy Thirteen, who was retconned into being adopted by the Dibnys, even though nobody ever saw her in their previous adventures. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject theanswer 2009-11-23 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	Well that's not the same thing really. o_o (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject foxhack 2009-11-23 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	... And yet that's going to be the best we'll ever see. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject theanswer 2009-11-23 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	I doubt that. D: We'll get a new Elongated Person sooner or later. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject tacobob 2009-11-23 02:12 pm UTC (link)
	Looks like Cyclops (From The X-Men) had another garage sale and made some $$ off his old glasses. They seem to show up in all sorts of comics. (Reply to this)

	no subject comicoz 2009-11-23 03:21 pm UTC (link)
	Yay, the ghost detectives! (Reply to this)

	no subject lieut_kettch 2009-11-23 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	I wonder if, just for variety's sake, Ralph sometimes jumps into the gal's body and Sue jumps into the guy's. (Reply to this)

	no subject busterella 2009-11-23 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for filling my request! :) Oh man. It's Sue. And Ralph. And they're together. And they're snarky. And Flirty. And not angsting. And shenanigans. It's beautiful. DC please STOP FUCKING WITH THEM and give me more of this instead plzthnx. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject cmdr_zoom 2009-11-24 02:03 am UTC (link)
	This. There is no part of this that is not awesome. MORE OF THIS. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject espanolbot 2009-11-23 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, Ollie hit on Sue? Well, isn't the first time he's attempted to get into a married woman's pants, I guess. (Reply to this)

	no subject gamerguy 2009-11-23 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	I would so buy 'Ralph and Sue: Ghost Detectives'. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject nezchan 2009-11-24 01:21 am UTC (link)
	I have no money (poor college student) and I'd set aside money for that. Just for the sheer OMGAWESOME of it all. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject ashez2ashes 2009-11-24 01:23 am UTC (link)
	Could Sue and Ralph possess their Black Lantern bodies? That'd be amusingly ironic. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject busterella 2009-11-24 01:25 am UTC (link)
	Deadman couldn't possess his, so probably not, sadly. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject psychopathicus_rex 2009-11-25 06:11 am UTC (link)
	So we have no idea who 'Gunhawk' and his partner really are, right? This is a shame. 'Cause they're still awesome, even if they were possessed at the time. The Dibnys have infected their souls with cool! (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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chrysicat
2009-11-28 06:57 am UTC (link)

I know it's been days, but...
believe it or not, Gunhawk was a pre-existing character created in 1994 ('Tec #674). Judging by the matching visor, the woman is the second Gunbunny (the first changed her name and gimmick and became Pistolera before being killed off in Secret Six ongoing, issue #2)...unless it's just that all the mercs have that type of visor, of course...

...and while I'll admit I've actually seen Gunhawk before, at least even I had to use Wiki to figure out his first appearance and his identity (Liam Hawkleigh)?

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	no subject psychopathicus_rex 2009-11-28 08:46 am UTC (link)
	Gunhawk and Gunbunny? ... ... Awesome. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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