DC's Justice League solicits for July 2012

[sherkahn]

Newsarama has the solicits for most of the Justice League related items for July 2012.

Some stuff feel like the old DCU "telephoning it in" work, and there is this particular.... piece.... that continues to reflect the darker trend DCnU is taking.



... when I pee.

I know that we do not criticize artist outright at S_D, but my disapproval of this newest incarnation of Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, well, I hate to say it... it's like visual gonorrhea.



EARTH 2 #3
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by NICOLA SCOTT and TREVOR SCOTT
Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
1:25 B&W Variant cover by IVAN REIS
On sale JULY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• The all-new origin of ALAN SCOTT GREEN LANTERN – unlike any GL origin that's come before!
• The debut of the all-new HAWKGIRL!
• And Jay Garrick, THE FLASH, meets his first Super Hero!

That image above is the same guy who inspired Superman to be a superhero?

And here I was complaining about the lantern shaped body armor last year.... I take that back now.




THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN 311
Plotted by ROB LIEFELD
Scripted by ROB LIEFELD and MARK POULTON
Art by JOE BENNETT and ART THIBERT
Cover by ROB LIEFELD
On sale JULY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• HAWKMAN inches closer to answers about who he is and why he is being hunted!
• Introducing ST. BASTION! He’ll stop at nothing to discover the secrets of the scrolls Carter Hal revealed in issue #9!

Plotted by Rob Liefeld indeed.

Comments

[shadowpsykie]

That image above is the same guy who inspired Superman to be a superhero?

I thought Superman was Inspired by Iron Monro?

[sherkahn]

So did I until that issue where early in Supes career he talked to Alan Scott... I know it's here somewhere on S_D...

looking.

[espanolbot]

According to the Ed Brubaker storyline where he teams up with Batman, he may have kind of inspired Bruce too. As he owns a signed photograph of Alan with Bruce's dad as a kid, or something. Plus the two were actually congenial towards each other in comparison to some of Batman's post-Officer Down crossovers.

[auggie18]

I don't know, if I was a criminal, I'd definitely be afraid of a guy who was constantly screaming and on fire.

Alan Scott: AAAUUUUGH! PUT DOWN THE MONEY! AAAAUGH!

Criminal: Jesus Christ, dude! You're on fire!

Alan Scott: AAAAH! MONEY! AAAAH! DOWN! AAAH!

Criminal: Okay, jeez! Just... go to a hospital or something!

[akodo_rokku]

Yesssssss. Fresh roasted internets are on their way.

[shadowpsykie]

heehee, it would be an easy way to stop criminals.

[darkblade]

Even better he now is unable to be caught by ninjas. [/old meme]

[shanejayell]

LLLEEEFFFIIIEEELLLDDD!

*feels better*

[halloweenjack]

It's not too terribly bad, except that Katar (or whatever he's going by in the nu) apparently now has fur-covered wings.

[espanolbot]

Bah, everyone knows that if you're going to fly in the DCU it has to be On Leather Wings.

[darkknightjrk]

I know it's kind of the natural assumption to hate everything that's different from DC, but I fail to see what's so bad about Scott's new design; especially since we don't really see a whole lot besides the upper torso and the mask.

[auggie18]

I actually kinda like the costume. It seems like a neat Green Lantern take. (Wasn't exactly enamored with his old one.) Not a huge fan of his new skeleton crew, though.

[shadowpsykie]

i tend to take everything DC makes at a "wait and see" place... from what we can see of the costume i do kindalike... i hope he keeps the cape though

[sherkahn]

For me it's not so much the design, but that look on his face.

It doesn't speak to me in a manner I can feel comforting and trustworthy that my and and immortal soul won't be cast out into the depths of the underworld for fuel.

[deepspaceartist]

To be fair about his facial expression, he IS on fire. I hear that can sting a little.

[icon_uk]

Agreed. Just not seeing a lot to hate there (yet), it's a bit like his "Kingdom Come" outfit, and that's fine with me, as it differentiates it from the "usual" GL costumes, and keeps the tone better than someone called Green Lantern wearing a primarily red outfit (Sorry Alan Scott fans, even when I was 5 that one never worked for me. "I'm Green Lantern".... because of my tiny little ring that you probably can't even see in most photos... so I'll wear primarily red."

Also, we don't know WHY he's screaming, there's been a time or two when the power has proven to great for him to control, but magic green fire works for me.

[midnightvoyager]

My problem is this: I had to be told that wasn't Hal Jordan.

Can we have a LITTLE visual distinctiveness, guys? Just a little? Enough that I don't have to be told otherwise?

[darkknightjrk]

The different logo, ring, and more armor-looking shoulder-pads didn't give it away? I'm sure he'll be blond like he was Preboot too, but we really can't see that due to most of his body being enveloped in green flame.

[midnightvoyager]

Little hard to tell when he's on fire. Also, considering all the costume changes going on, I don't actually have who wears what nailed down in my head. For all I know, they decided to change his stuff at random for this artist's interpretation.

If I had familiarity to fall back on, it'd be one thing, but I don't.

[darkknightjrk]

Fair enough, apologies if I was being a little catty.

[midnightvoyager]

Nah, it's fine. I mean, I see the differences when they're pointed out to me, I just really couldn't see them on my own and come to the conclusion "This is a different man." Being able to see his hair might help clue me in, but... well, fire.

It reminds me a lot of that cover where Hal had all the rings and was doing his Mwahaha I Am Bling thing. That might have affected my perception, too.

[q99]

Huh, I don't hate that Liefeld piece.

Also- it has *ankles*. Clear and distinct.

Rob's grown.

[shadowpsykie]

yeah he has... but the faces are still always the same "I AM SOOO CONSTIPAT... Imean, ANGRY!*

[abriel]

Yep. I remember reading New Mutants comics in the 90s before they transitioned to the original X-Force and thinking that everyone constantly looked like they were in need of some Ex-Lax. The crossover with Jim Lee and whats-his-face on X-Factor at the time during the "X-Tinction Agenda" was probably the first time I can remember Cable not looking like he wasn't getting enough fiber in his diet.

[q99]

True, I could go without the face.

[sherkahn]

There's not much to the Liefeld piece. The design of the St. Bastion is so simple and basic without much detail. It's like some middle school kid is learning to draw and is inspired by Liefeld art rather than an artist of his era who has still managed to work and inspire since his debut.

[darkknightjrk]

It's an immediate step-up from the first cover he did for Hawkman, which was Carter just standing there looking constipated.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

I think I'm the only one who liked the silly disco-collared cape! It was ridiculous, but I thought it was cute and charmingly old-timey, since he was supposed to be an older dude and all.

[amaniwolf]

I'm with you!

[leikomgwtfbbq]

I like that the older heroes have more old-timey or circus-like outfits, as opposed to the newfangled armor or capes or whatever else that younger heroes wear. I think it creates a nice sense of time and character, rather than giving them all the same armor-like costumes.

[halloweenjack]

I'm with you. I mean, consider the Red Bee. (The old one, not the lady in the red armor.) Whatever else you say about his outfit, it was original.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

Oh, man, I love the Red Bee's outfit. It's endearingly goofy. GIANT POOFY SLEEVES AND STRIPEY LEGGINGS.

(Also, I had no idea that there was a second Red Bee.)

[pyrotwilight]

I'm just wondering if Alan will be a part of the Green Lantern Corps on this new E-2. Though given his ring was made sort of related to the GLC anyway it wouldn't be too far fetched that he remains an honorary GL for Earth but does the occasional GLC mission if they fell he's needed.

[pyrotwilight]

*they feel. And of course by they I mean the Guardians. Maybe in this universe they can exist and not be graysons?

[bmaryott]

Why do I look at that first image and think "Parallax!"

[eaglet_auditore]

The same reason I thought ''Power-Lax!''
ba-dum-tchssh!
I'll be going now.

To be honest, I tilted my head a little, but I don't hate the cover.

[blueprintstyles]

The Alan Scott cover kinda reminds me of the movie meteor man, you fans remember that one?

[halloweenjack]

I wish I didn't; it was a criminal misuse of James Earl Jones. (Fun fact: one of the members of the gang with the blond crewcuts was Don Cheadle, current movie War Machine.)

[silicondream]

What happened to Alan's upper lip? It's not pulled back in a snarl, it's just...kind of not there.

[icon_uk]

Upper lips are amongst the most flammable of body parts so it went first.

A little something for the Zappa fans....

[capt_satellite]

Found this song on Youtube.....a more stripped down, earlier live production of the one from Zappa's immortal JOE'S GARAGE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCivR3KImA

[deepspaceartist]

That Earth-2 cover.... It's like someone was drawinga Ghost Rider cover and changed it into Alan Scott at the last moment. I'm getting flashbacks to Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengance here.

[eyz]

I hate the fact that Alan Scott's just basically Hal Jordan...see?? This is why I preferred having the golden age heroes living in the DCU's actual post! Putting them back on an alternate world? Just an excuse to make them modern and gritty as well... :(

[star_of_airdrie]

So when you say 'it's like visual gonorrhea', I'm wondering if it's copyright infringement if I use the Alan Scott drawing in my next Pelvic Inflammatory Disease lecture...