One Perfect Moment - Superboy and Robin
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scans_dailyThis is from the Sam Loeb memorial issue of Superman/Batman (#26)
For those unaware of the story behind this, Jeff Loeb's son Sam died of cancer at the age of 17, having fought it for three years.
Sam had been a lifelong comics fan, and before his death he'd been writing a story to submit to DC for Superman/Batman. Sadly, he never lived to see it, but after his death, his father and 25 of the top pro's in the business collaborated to write and draw the issue; Jim Lee, Joe Casey, John Cassaday, Joyce Chin, Ian Churchill, Allan Heinberg, Geoff Johns, Joe Kelly, Mike Kunkel, Pat Lee, Rob Liefeld, Paul Levitz, Jeph Loeb, Joe Madureira, Jeff Matsuda, Ed McGuinness, Brad Meltzer, Carlos Pacheco, Duncan Rouleau, Tim Sale, Richard Starkings, Michael Turner, Brian K. Vaughan, Mark Verheiden and Joss Whedon
Now, some of these are contentious figures in terms of reputation and talent perhaps, but in this instance I really don't care. Every single one fo them donated their fees and all royalties, and the proceeds from auctioning all the original art for this issue to The Sam Loeb College Scholarship Fund, and for that they have my respect and admiration.
The story is Tim, after Kon's death in "Infinite Crisis", recalling one of their more... insane cases. Superman and Batman had sent them to look for Hiro, a semi-regular in Superman/Batman, a teenage Japanese megagenius who created enormously complex gadgets and robots, and was known as Toyman. He'd vanished from his last known location (having failed to deliver a new Batmobile Batman had ordered from him), and now one knew where he'd gone
They investigate and discover that Hiro's base has been trashed.... they go inside to check things out and get separated. Tim is, as is his want, plunged into darkness and attacked by a large number of ninja's, and he only just makes it to the only door out of the place, now worried as to what the heck has happened to Kon (Who has been annoying him on this mission more than usual)
The dialogue for these pages is Joe Kelly, the art on the first page is Art Adams, on the second it's Joyce Chin.
It's sleazy, dubious in the extreme, and Kon's smug face is almost disturbing, but even so, you can sort of see his point...
Tim is less than amused...
I'm not honestly sure if the perfect moment here is the smug grin, the look of utter contempt Kon gives Tim, or the notion of "Underwater Teen Titans Twister".... get Dick, Roy and Garth to play and I could cheerfully commission that one from now until 2020!
Oh, and I wonder if either Tim or Kon ever told Cassie ALL the details about this little episode? :) (It should be noted that she's in the group of people Tim is relating this story to, but he might feel it a little untactful to go into TOO much detail!)
For those unaware of the story behind this, Jeff Loeb's son Sam died of cancer at the age of 17, having fought it for three years.
Sam had been a lifelong comics fan, and before his death he'd been writing a story to submit to DC for Superman/Batman. Sadly, he never lived to see it, but after his death, his father and 25 of the top pro's in the business collaborated to write and draw the issue; Jim Lee, Joe Casey, John Cassaday, Joyce Chin, Ian Churchill, Allan Heinberg, Geoff Johns, Joe Kelly, Mike Kunkel, Pat Lee, Rob Liefeld, Paul Levitz, Jeph Loeb, Joe Madureira, Jeff Matsuda, Ed McGuinness, Brad Meltzer, Carlos Pacheco, Duncan Rouleau, Tim Sale, Richard Starkings, Michael Turner, Brian K. Vaughan, Mark Verheiden and Joss Whedon
Now, some of these are contentious figures in terms of reputation and talent perhaps, but in this instance I really don't care. Every single one fo them donated their fees and all royalties, and the proceeds from auctioning all the original art for this issue to The Sam Loeb College Scholarship Fund, and for that they have my respect and admiration.
The story is Tim, after Kon's death in "Infinite Crisis", recalling one of their more... insane cases. Superman and Batman had sent them to look for Hiro, a semi-regular in Superman/Batman, a teenage Japanese megagenius who created enormously complex gadgets and robots, and was known as Toyman. He'd vanished from his last known location (having failed to deliver a new Batmobile Batman had ordered from him), and now one knew where he'd gone
They investigate and discover that Hiro's base has been trashed.... they go inside to check things out and get separated. Tim is, as is his want, plunged into darkness and attacked by a large number of ninja's, and he only just makes it to the only door out of the place, now worried as to what the heck has happened to Kon (Who has been annoying him on this mission more than usual)
The dialogue for these pages is Joe Kelly, the art on the first page is Art Adams, on the second it's Joyce Chin.
It's sleazy, dubious in the extreme, and Kon's smug face is almost disturbing, but even so, you can sort of see his point...
Tim is less than amused...
I'm not honestly sure if the perfect moment here is the smug grin, the look of utter contempt Kon gives Tim, or the notion of "Underwater Teen Titans Twister".... get Dick, Roy and Garth to play and I could cheerfully commission that one from now until 2020!
Oh, and I wonder if either Tim or Kon ever told Cassie ALL the details about this little episode? :) (It should be noted that she's in the group of people Tim is relating this story to, but he might feel it a little untactful to go into TOO much detail!)
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Date: 2010-07-26 07:58 pm (UTC)