Secret Six #31

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[blackruzsa]

I started laughing, then basically panicked.
OH NO, NOT HELL AGAIN.
DAMN IT, DOLL.

[autumn_lily]

I haven't kept up with what happened to the New Gods but, after they were killed - didn't they resurrected or something? And wouldn't that include Knockout?

[kamino_neko]

It was mostly Darkseid and his closest ones who got resurrected on Earth.

It's...I don't think Knockout is in Hell, even so, though. That...doesn't tend to be where the inhabitants of Apokalips go...

[misterbug]

Darkseid didn't properly die, but fell backwards through time to appear at the beginning of Final Crisis.

The other new Gods - Godfrey, Granny, Desaad - were created by Darkseid imposing his sheer force of will upon the universe, as he did in the ol' Kirby comics.

At the end of Final Crisis, the other New Gods were reborn, but they're strictly confined to the same Universe as Kamandi The Last Boy - unfortunately, neither Grant Morrison nor another author got to write the spin-off series from that, in which they become the tribal deities of the humans of Kamandi's world, not unlike the Aborigine Ancestors.

That good?

[icon_uk]

I love the "Your enemies are OUR enemies, and most of OUR enemies are dead" as a promotional tag line.

And call it a little bit of a peeve, but I'm sick of British cooking getting a bad rep, it may not be the best in the world, but the nation that gave us, amongst other things, choclate coated bacon donuts as an actual menu item and the very CONCEPT of aerosol cheese has got sod all to feel superior about.

[ian_karkull]

It takes a little getting used to, but once you do, I think british cuisine is actually quite good. I spent a month as an exchange student with an english family when I was in school and in the beginning I was like "Well, this isn't too great but I'll eat it" but after a week I was like "OMG THIS IS AWESOME I WANT TO BATHE IN THIS GRAVY!!1!"

[kamino_neko]

I'm sick of British cooking getting a bad rep, it may not be the best in the world, but the nation that gave us, amongst other things, choclate coated bacon donuts as an actual menu item and the very CONCEPT of aerosol cheese has got sod all to feel superior about.

To be fair, y'all (and by 'y'all', in this case I mean Scotland, not the rest of the country) gave us deep fried Mars bars and haggis, so perhaps this is a wash on the 'that's disgusting' part of the competition.

(However, as a Newfoundlander, and thus someone whose traditional diet is highly influenced by various British cuisines, I have to say the blandness that is the usual butt of the joke is somewhat overstated...)

[stolisomancer]

Mate, I spent a week in London once. While I was there, I went into a deli and they managed to fuck up a roast beef sandwich.

The French are arrogant, the Germans are mechanical automatons, the Swedes are tall blond manic-depressives, the British can't figure out how to cook, and the Americans are fat. National stereotypes happen for a reason.

[sherkahn]

"I'm sick of British cooking getting a bad rep, it may not be the best in the world, but the nation that gave us, amongst other things, choclate coated bacon donuts as an actual menu item and the very CONCEPT of aerosol cheese has got sod all to feel superior about."

It's tying in to the idea that fast food versions of national dishes taste cheap and disgusting.
Like Taco Hell, or the wanna-be sushi that they sell in cheap take home trays that taste like wax.

[cainofdreaming]

Well, jellied eels are kind of difficult to balance out. Those things are hard on a country's culinary budget.

[autumn_lily]

You forgot about this:
http://www.theawl.com/2010/04/the-definitive-kfc-double-down-review

[alexanderlucard]

You know what I miss most about living in England? Proper Indian and Chinese food here. A lot of people don't realize that Americanized and British cuisine of those types are actually quite different. Both on this side of the Atlantic are still tasty, but noticeably different.

We have Wagamamas and Nandos in the states now though and people are always shocked when I point out those and Au Bon Pain all started as british chains.

[darkknightjrk]

From where I'm sitting it seems like every culture and land has or is responsible for some sort of cuisine that is deemed horrifying by some other culture.

[benicio127]

Actually, I remember when I was in London, the food being quite delicious, just very expensive. We were also staying with a friend who works for the Canadian government and every morning she'd get a bag of fresh organic fruits and vegetables delivered to her door. I was so jealous!

[arilou_skiff]

"Mistress of the velveteen privates"?

[kamino_neko]

He's a Lowlie. He...he talks that way.

It says something about Apokalips (or at least Knockout, whom Scandal inherited him from) that Insignificus can expect to speak that way to his mistress and not have something cut off...

[ian_karkull]

I'm usually not a big fan of Ragdoll (the Simone-esque cutesy is kind of hit-and-miss for me) but him letting his inner badass out was great and the verbal smackdown of Scandal was a long time coming.

[tacobob]

I'm still annoyed they killed off his dad. They made such a big deal showing off how awesome he was in the Golden Age, and then brought him back, only to kill him off in some throwaway panel. Meh.

And British food is awesome, and American Beer has improved 100000% since the home brew revolution baby! Just ignore all the Budweiser/Bud Light/Miller/Soapy Water Crap and you'll do fine. :3

[sir_mikael]

Lol, that first page made me go "GHOSTBUSTERS!"

I've fallen behind on Secret Six but BAM! next trade ordered. I'll love it I'm sure.

[sir_mikael]

I also want to point out that most of Ghostbusters' foes are dead too.

[greenmask]

WHAT IS THIS MADNESS about British Cooking.

What nonsense. Everyone who thinks this is my enemy.

[lorriek]

And are most of your enemies dead?

[autumn_lily]

You know.....I don't think I ever really had authentic British food....
Can anyone whose actually had it please give me some recommendations to try? (also what kind of alcoholic beverage that best goes with it!)
I like to try new foods.

[greenmask]

Vegetarian or with meat?

[turtlefu]

From 8, then they lost Ragdoll (which is good, because he was a one-trick pony) and then lost Black Alice (why, exactly?), so they are once again... SIX
This looks fun!
If only J. Califiore wasn't one of the shittiest artists currently working in comics!

[terrykun]

Alice refused to go back to Hell.

[recognitions]

I wonder if we'll see Etrigan. Or Remiel and Duma.

[kamino_neko]

That's Etrigan in the bottom of the last page. He's the Elevator Operator to Hell.

[proteus_lives]

LOL at Deadshot's line.

As for the whole food debate, each country has it high and low points.

But Europeans can't BBQ to save their lives.

[darkknightjrk]

Yes, this is the DCU, and I'm sure that laws there are different than ours with the sheer amount of public, super-powered people and aliens that occupy the place.

BUT.

How in the hell can the Secret Six make a commercial?

[icon_uk]

Put it on the Unternet

[thanekos]

The real hell of the saltless pretzels is that they have stuffed ones cooking in the back- if only you'd ask!

But you never do, and so they throw them out every day.

[halloweenjack]

I've never been to England, but I do admire the full English breakfast, which makes the Denny's Grand Slam look like a small bowl of plain oatmeal.

[icon_uk]

A full English breakfast "fry up", is something I can thoroughly enjoy, though rarely for the sake of my waistline, and because I simply can never think of being arsed to fry food for myself in a morning when I can usually barely focus well enough to pour milk into the cereal bowl, so only when I'm staying in a hotel or the like.

My favourite breakfast remains grilled good quality sausages, scrambled eggs, and toast with good quality marmalade...

Oh great, now I've made myself hungry for a pile of sausages and it's Ash Wedensday, so it's fasting an abstinence! Grrrrr!