Double Theme Post! Two-Face Tuesday AND 30 Days of Scans (Day 30): Favorite Villain!

[thehefner]

... And all on the day I make my glorious return! *throws confetti at own entrance*

Let's go back to where it all started: August 1942, with DETECTIVE COMICS #66.

While Bob Kane gets too much credit for everything Batman, it seems that Two-Face was entirely his creation, taking the look from this poster of Spencer Tracy's JEKYLL & HYDE film, and giving him a coin-flipping gimmick originated by George Raft in (the original, superior) SCARFACE. Bill Finger then ran with the idea, and the two introduced a startling new villain for Batman's Rogues Gallery:





It's one of the earliest examples of a complete story arc told in multiple parts from the Golden Age (a trilogy, no less!), one that cemented Two-Face from the outset as one of Batman's greatest foes, not to mention his most tragic.

And I can pretty damn well guarantee you that the saga of Harvey Kent doesn't end the way you'd expect! As an epilogue, I've included a never-reprinted, little-known postscript to the life and career of Harvey Kent!


( The original Two-Face saga (and a special epilogue from Earth-Two) behind the cut! )

30 Days of Scans Daily: Favorite Villain - Bullseye

[goggle_kid]

So through-out the current Punisher Max arc we've had this even more terrifying version of Bullseye who kills innocent families just so he try and get a better glimpse inside of Frank's head. For most of the arc the closest thing Bullseye's shown to a humanizing trait is his obvious Man-crush on Frank.

Then in issue #9 we get this confrontation between Vanessa Fisk and Bullseye.

( Then You Get The Dreams )

30 Days of Scans (Day 30): Favorite Villain

[yaseen101]

Since there were son many villains I liked, I decided to make a separate post on them.

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Angelus #5: Well, That Settles That

[stolisomancer]

A while ago, neo_prodigy posted a list of his favorite LGBT characters in comics, one of whom was Danielle Baptiste. She used to have the Witchblade; now she's the host of the Angelus. I pointed out in that thread that Dani was still in a will-they/won't-they concerning her relationship with her girlfriend Finch, so including her in the conversation seemed slightly premature.

As it turns out, he sorta called it.

( four pages from this week's Angelus #5 )

Since someone commented...

[cuntfucius]

Since someone commented on Moose and Midge not being shown together in a previous post on the "What-If" Betty/Veronica futures with Archie, I decided to post the pictures explaining it!!

Seems like they address an issue that made a lot of people feel semi-uncomfortable about their relationship.

( TEXT HERE BLAHBLAH )

*Main Post* 30 Days of Scans! Day 23: Favourite costume

[benicio127]

Soooo many to choose from...

*Starry, starry night*....

( So who's got your fave costume? )

DC Celebrates 75 years, but not everyone got invited to the party

[thebigapricot]

( Let's put it this way, they'll be no line for the ladies room )

Fusion #3

[essaybee]

As promised, here's Issue #3 of my webcomic Fusion. Despite the silly start to this issue, things do take a more serious turn as some things mentioned in Issue #1 get a bit further developed.

This issue also marks a number of formatting/style changes as the pages are now standard comic size instead of magazine size (although I did trim the margins a bit for online posting). Font sizes and gutters have been reduced, and I started playing around with greater variations in line weights this issue. Hopefully the changes will make the comic look better without being particularly jarring for readers.

Anyway, comments and criticism are ALWAYS welcome, and you folks have been VERY helpful with your feedback of the first two issues (for which all of the commenters get a big THANKS from me).

For those wanting to get caught up, you can either read the comic at http://www.drunkduck.com/Essay_Bee_Comics_Presents_Fusion/ or check out the first 2 issues here at scans_daily:

Issue #1: http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1121492.html
Issue #2: http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2328578.html


( Check out Fusion #3 here )

Green Lantern #57 preview

[sherkahn]

ComicBookResources has the preview for issue #57, as the hunt for the Predator begins, and Larfleeze and Hal Jordan continue their wacky misadventures.

3 preview pages behind the cut.

( Desire. )

Last Son of Earth

[arbre_rieur]

Superman: Last Son of Earth was an Elseworlds written by Steve Gerber. When a cataclysmic asteroid heads for Earth, Jonathan and Martha Kent rocket their biological son Clark away from the planet. The lone infant reaches the planet Krypton, where his ship's landing is discovered by the aliens Jor-El and Lara.

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30 Days of Scans: Day 22: Favorite Villain.

[halialkers]

This scan will never get old, and while this is not the first time I've posted it I figure this is perfect for a favorite villain post.

My favorite villain is Galactus, Devourer of Worlds.

( cut for size  )

Why? Because first Galactus was in a lot of ways Trope Codifier for all other Cosmic beings that came after him (and was shamelessly ripped off as Unicron and Imperiex). Unlike most villains there's no real way to fight him, he's a Lovecraftian cosmic horror that predates our Universe and unlike Cthulhu and company is alive and well in the present day. This unfortunately makes him a prime target of the Worf effect, but such is the fate of all cool and powerful characters, unfortunately. Especially in the realm of comic-bookdom.

Galactus is scarier than other villains for the same reason the Great Old Ones are scarier than demons: the most terrifying villain imaginable is one to whom humans are nothing but ants that he doesn't notice or bear real malice to. Galactus predated most of these and helped offer a new and frankly awesome kind of villain that Marvel *still* does better than DC, with the exception of the Anti-Monitor, Mageddon, and Final Crisis Darkseid.

And also because he owned Thanos. XP.

30 Days of Scans, Day 22, Favourite Villain: A Trio By Naoki Urasawa

[grazzt]

Yeah, I suppose this is sort of cheating, plus its a day late. But really, I can't pick between them. I present to you:



Johan Liebert, Friend, and Pluto (image by Roymaru on DeviantArt).


( Nine scans and spoilers, especially for Pluto. )

Read or Dream - more with Anita and her nemesis.

[kamino_neko]

Following up on this post, where we were introduced to the only real recurring villain in Read or Dream. Anita, defeated in their first encounter, swore revenge...so, let's continue the story...

( Anita: 'I have a nemesis?' )

8 pages of 24

30D Scans MeMe: Favorite Villian

[silverzeo]

Who is my favorite villian... well, let's jsut say he justifies the phrase "Who afraid fo the big bad wolf" because he is by definition the worse person that even the Joker would cringe at, and he only second to the "Inhuman Flame" so you know he a lame wad, that's right, it's Drago Wolf.




( Are you afraid of this bad wolf? )