The Question #12, O'Neill era
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riddler13Back at the golden old days of 2010, kingrockwell started a delicious series of posts about everyone's (?) favourite faceless vigilante. While reading those posts, I remembered how much I absolutely LOVED the O'Neil days back when I was a wee little lad. So I waited with eager anticipation for each and every post of that series, especially when he started to tackle the 80's incarnation of Vic Sage, a.k.a. The Question.
I don't really know what happened to our good poster, and I'm not sure if he chose to discontinue his series. However, I'll just assume they both took a temporary hiatus and, to keep the love for Vic Sage flowing (nothing personal, Renée!), I'm going to post two issues from the O'Neil run that can kind of stand-alone and will not, I hope, hamperkingrockwell's original idea of making longer posts with overarching themes.
( Sorry about the images' layout. Still getting the hang of it )
That wraps up the first issue I wanted to post about O'Neil's The Question. Not one of the strongest, but nevertheless an interesting and intriguing story. That's more than I can say about the next one, in which O'Neil manages to combine my two favourite characters and come out with a disappointing result. I'll try to post it this week.
Meanwhile, give me your thoughts on this one, ok?
kingrockwell started a delicious series of posts about everyone's (?) favourite faceless vigilante. While reading those posts, I remembered how much I absolutely LOVED the O'Neil days back when I was a wee little lad. So I waited with eager anticipation for each and every post of that series, especially when he started to tackle the 80's incarnation of Vic Sage, a.k.a. The Question.I don't really know what happened to our good poster, and I'm not sure if he chose to discontinue his series. However, I'll just assume they both took a temporary hiatus and, to keep the love for Vic Sage flowing (nothing personal, Renée!), I'm going to post two issues from the O'Neil run that can kind of stand-alone and will not, I hope, hamper
kingrockwell's original idea of making longer posts with overarching themes.( Sorry about the images' layout. Still getting the hang of it )
That wraps up the first issue I wanted to post about O'Neil's The Question. Not one of the strongest, but nevertheless an interesting and intriguing story. That's more than I can say about the next one, in which O'Neil manages to combine my two favourite characters and come out with a disappointing result. I'll try to post it this week.
Meanwhile, give me your thoughts on this one, ok?
Two-Face Tuesday! An exhaustive, long-overdue look at the infuating waste that is "Face the Face"
May. 24th, 2011 12:03 pmthehefnerThis is a big one. Grab a snack.
I've been putting off reviewing Batman: Face the Face for five years now. Every time I started, my criticisms melted down into curses and incoherent ranting, until my computer screen became obscured by rabid spittle. Okay, it wasn't THAT bad, but still.
In some ways, it's actually an ideal introductory trade paperback to get into Batman. Like Hush, it's a murder mystery that also serves as a tour of Gotham's inhabitants, and it was immediately followed by Grant Morrison and Paul Dini's runs. Unfortunately, it's also deeply frustrating, especially if you're a fan of Harvey Dent.
This was the first story to use the character in the three years since Hush, since Loeb supposedly had plans for Harvey hich kept him in limbo until those plans would reach fruition. They never did, and I think folks at DC wanted their precious status quo back in place. I also understand that Two-Face is Dan DiDio's favorite villain, which may have been a factor. In any case, Face the Face is one of the most significant Two-Face stories in canon, and also one of the most painfully frustrating. After five years, I finally have the words to explain just why.
( The lost year of Gotham's Unknown Protector, Harvey Dent )
Batman: Face the Face can be purchased here if you wish to read the story in full, including the Tim Drake subplot, several other Rogues doing their Rogue things, and the entire issue dedicated to Harvey and Two-Face's discussion. As mentioned above, it also serves as a gateway to the comics which are coming out today, leading directly to Dini's Detective Comics and Morrison's Batman.
I've been putting off reviewing Batman: Face the Face for five years now. Every time I started, my criticisms melted down into curses and incoherent ranting, until my computer screen became obscured by rabid spittle. Okay, it wasn't THAT bad, but still.
In some ways, it's actually an ideal introductory trade paperback to get into Batman. Like Hush, it's a murder mystery that also serves as a tour of Gotham's inhabitants, and it was immediately followed by Grant Morrison and Paul Dini's runs. Unfortunately, it's also deeply frustrating, especially if you're a fan of Harvey Dent.
This was the first story to use the character in the three years since Hush, since Loeb supposedly had plans for Harvey hich kept him in limbo until those plans would reach fruition. They never did, and I think folks at DC wanted their precious status quo back in place. I also understand that Two-Face is Dan DiDio's favorite villain, which may have been a factor. In any case, Face the Face is one of the most significant Two-Face stories in canon, and also one of the most painfully frustrating. After five years, I finally have the words to explain just why.
( The lost year of Gotham's Unknown Protector, Harvey Dent )
Batman: Face the Face can be purchased here if you wish to read the story in full, including the Tim Drake subplot, several other Rogues doing their Rogue things, and the entire issue dedicated to Harvey and Two-Face's discussion. As mentioned above, it also serves as a gateway to the comics which are coming out today, leading directly to Dini's Detective Comics and Morrison's Batman.
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- char: alfred pennyworth,
- char: azrael/jean paul valley,
- char: batman/bruce wayne,
- char: batwoman/kate kane,
- char: great white shark/warren white,
- char: harvey bullock,
- char: jim gordon,
- char: kgbeast/anatoli knyazev,
- char: killer moth/drury walker,
- char: mad hatter/jervis tetch,
- char: magpie/margaret pye,
- char: orca/grace balin,
- char: question/renee montoya,
- char: question/vic sage,
- char: robin/red robin/tim drake,
- char: tally man,
- char: two-face/harvey dent,
- char: ventriloquist/arnold wesker,
- creator: andy clarke,
- creator: barry kitson,
- creator: dennis o'neil,
- creator: don kramer,
- creator: greg rucka,
- creator: leonard kirk
icon_ukWhilst ambling around www.theartistschoice.com, I came across some interesting design sketches by Joe Prado, which I thought you might enjoy
( Some possible outfits for Cassie )
And some fun Black Lantern design sheets
( Well... as much fun as corpses ever can be )
( Legality scans )
( Some possible outfits for Cassie )
And some fun Black Lantern design sheets
( Well... as much fun as corpses ever can be )
( Legality scans )
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- char: aqualad/tempest/garth,
- char: crimson fox/constance d'aramis,
- char: edmund dorrance/king snake,
- char: impulse/kid flash/bart allen,
- char: kole weathers,
- char: question/vic sage,
- char: shrike,
- char: superman/clark kent,
- char: vibe/paco ramone,
- char: wonder girl/cassie sandsmark,
- char: wonder girl/troia/donna troy,
- char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira,
- creator: george perez,
- creator: joe prado,
- creator: nick cardy,
- event: blackest night
kingrockwellWelcome back to ![[community profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
scans_daily's 30 Days of Winter celebration! Sorry for dropping the ball yesterday, I guess it ended up being a lesser-known day (bum-duhm-CHING), but today we'll be discussing Street-level Heroes.
You all know them, the crimefighters, the detectives, the typically (though not always!) non-powered types. They usually do their heroing on a smaller, more personal scale, keeping an eye out for your everyday crimes, and sometimes things a little bigger than that.
My favorites?
( As if it's a surprise to anyone at all anymore... )
So who are your favorite street-levelers?
And make sure to stay tuned tomorrow, when we'll be discussing Last Stands!
As always, you can find our full schedule here, so you won't miss a day! even when we do! /o\
scans_daily's 30 Days of Winter celebration! Sorry for dropping the ball yesterday, I guess it ended up being a lesser-known day (bum-duhm-CHING), but today we'll be discussing Street-level Heroes.You all know them, the crimefighters, the detectives, the typically (though not always!) non-powered types. They usually do their heroing on a smaller, more personal scale, keeping an eye out for your everyday crimes, and sometimes things a little bigger than that.
My favorites?
( As if it's a surprise to anyone at all anymore... )
So who are your favorite street-levelers?
And make sure to stay tuned tomorrow, when we'll be discussing Last Stands!
As always, you can find our full schedule here, so you won't miss a day! even when we do! /o\
kingrockwell
So, I made up this collage for my Tumblr and I figured I'd share it with all of you, s_d!
( 25 perfect moments of faceless humor, starring the Questions )
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- char: question/renee montoya,
- char: question/vic sage,
- creator: bill wray,
- creator: cully hamner,
- creator: darick robertson,
- creator: dennis o'neil,
- creator: denys cowan,
- creator: doug blaustein,
- creator: drew johnson,
- creator: ed hannigan,
- creator: eduardo barreto,
- creator: greg rucka,
- creator: joe bennett,
- creator: len wein,
- creator: mike baron,
- creator: mike grell,
- creator: paris cullins,
- creator: rick burchett,
- creator: rick magyar,
- creator: rick veitch,
- creator: roger robinson,
- creator: scott beatty,
- creator: shea anton pensa,
- creator: tommy lee edwards,
- creator: vince giarrano,
- publisher: dc comics,
- series: one perfect moment,
- title: 52,
- title: azrael,
- title: batman the brave and the bold,
- title: batman/huntress cry for blood,
- title: blue beetle,
- title: detective comics,
- title: gotham knights,
- title: the question
Two-Face(less) Tuesday! Rucka's first DC work: When Vic met Helena, and when Renee met Harvey!
May. 10th, 2010 11:10 pmthehefnerCrime novelist Greg Rucka's first two DC comic stories kicked off a journey that he'd follow all the way up to his recent, lamented departure from the company. Everything from NO MAN'S LAND, HUNTRESS: CRY FOR BLOOD, 52, CHECKMATE, THE QUESTION, and BATWOMAN, it all stems from these two stories where a pair of Gotham's toughest heroines reluctantly team up with face-related men: one with no face at all, and the other with two too many.
"Two Down," which appeared in Spring 1999's BATMAN CHRONICLES #16, is credited by the first-page blurb as the story where "Rucka first proved his mettle in comics," although the previous issue--Winter 98's BATMAN CRONICLES#15--published Rucka's "An Answer in the Rubble." Maybe the second one was published first, but either way, they make a fascinating pairing. Particularly now, twelve years later, as we know how these pairings fell apart... and how the remnants of the two became one themselves.
( Kick-ass women and the face-themed men who love them, behind the cut )
I'm considering doing a series of NO MAN'S LAND posts focusing on Renee and Harvey, interspersed with pages from Rucka's own novelization of NML, which I think is largely an improvement over the comics themselves. I dunno how interested anyone would be in scans of just words, but I personally find the comparisons damn fascinating, nerd that I am. Hopefully some of you will too.
Suggested tags:
char: two-face/harvey dent
char: question/renee montoya
char: question/vic sage
char: huntress/helena bertinelli
creator: greg rucka
creator: roger cruz
creator: jason pearson
"Two Down," which appeared in Spring 1999's BATMAN CHRONICLES #16, is credited by the first-page blurb as the story where "Rucka first proved his mettle in comics," although the previous issue--Winter 98's BATMAN CRONICLES#15--published Rucka's "An Answer in the Rubble." Maybe the second one was published first, but either way, they make a fascinating pairing. Particularly now, twelve years later, as we know how these pairings fell apart... and how the remnants of the two became one themselves.
( Kick-ass women and the face-themed men who love them, behind the cut )
I'm considering doing a series of NO MAN'S LAND posts focusing on Renee and Harvey, interspersed with pages from Rucka's own novelization of NML, which I think is largely an improvement over the comics themselves. I dunno how interested anyone would be in scans of just words, but I personally find the comparisons damn fascinating, nerd that I am. Hopefully some of you will too.
Suggested tags:
char: two-face/harvey dent
char: question/renee montoya
char: question/vic sage
char: huntress/helena bertinelli
creator: greg rucka
creator: roger cruz
creator: jason pearson
Those who teach, can...
May. 1st, 2010 02:56 pmdigicomFans of comics love to argue who is the best/fastest/toughest character. Among DC Martial Artists, Cassandra Cain, Lady Shiva, or Batman often get the nod. But there's one fellow who sometimes gets missed, even though he's been around since the early 70's:
Part of it is understandable, as he disappeared from comics after his short-lived series (based on a novel by Denny O'Neill & Jim Berry) was canceled, but 23 years ago, Denny re-invented him as the archetypal martial arts master, that guy who isn't as flashy as some, but is the best person to learn from.
( Class is now in session )
It's because these scenes (among others) were so cool that I didn't care for the Dixon revamp. I do have a pet theory that "Richie" is a different fellow entirely, but this might not be the place for that. :)
(Scans from Birds of Prey #87, Batman Chronicles #5, Cry For Blood #3, and 52 #27.)
Part of it is understandable, as he disappeared from comics after his short-lived series (based on a novel by Denny O'Neill & Jim Berry) was canceled, but 23 years ago, Denny re-invented him as the archetypal martial arts master, that guy who isn't as flashy as some, but is the best person to learn from.
( Class is now in session )
It's because these scenes (among others) were so cool that I didn't care for the Dixon revamp. I do have a pet theory that "Richie" is a different fellow entirely, but this might not be the place for that. :)
(Scans from Birds of Prey #87, Batman Chronicles #5, Cry For Blood #3, and 52 #27.)
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- char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon,
- char: huntress/helena bertinelli,
- char: question/renee montoya,
- char: question/vic sage,
- char: richard dragon,
- creator: brian stelfreeze,
- creator: dennis o'neil,
- creator: denys cowan,
- creator: greg rucka,
- creator: john ostrander,
- creator: keith giffen,
- creator: kim yale,
- creator: rick burchett,
- creator: shawn moll,
- publisher: dc comics,
- title: 52,
- title: batman chronicles,
- title: batman/huntress cry for blood,
- title: the question
A question of butt shots
Mar. 7th, 2010 10:08 pmkingrockwellI went through my Question posts and collected some panels for Gratuitous Butt Shot Week.
( Take a gander! )
( Take a gander! )
kingrockwell
Intermission: "Al Kufr" - The Infidel
So I'm kinda fallen off the horse on this series trying to figure out the best way to approach Question #15, so in order to get myself back in the hang of things, I'm gonna try posting a few individual shorts, mainly non-continuity.
( Today, it nets you a story from Solo #5, Darwyn Cooke's issue. )
We'll, uh, see what we post next when it comes to that. It'll either (finally) be Q #15, or maybe Vic's bit in DK2.
DC loves me, gives me a birthday present
Feb. 3rd, 2010 05:54 pmkingrockwell
I guess DC heard that my birthday is Friday, because they delayed Question #37 for this week (you can tell because it still has last week's DC Nation).
( Four pages under the cut )
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Question #37 cover!
Dec. 24th, 2009 01:25 amkingrockwellSo, my store was naughty and didn't save Blackest Night #6 for next week. I don't really feel comfortable posting anything from the story while no one else can pick it up, but there was something in the back I couldn't resist, among the cover gallery for next month's one-shots.
( Black Lantern Vic: My prediction versus the reality )
( Black Lantern Vic: My prediction versus the reality )
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thanekos.insanejournal.comSometimes, they're cool, like the gun he designed to kill Swamp Thing.
Sometimes, they're terrible, like the kryptonite cage he cleverly disguised to " [capture] Superboy through his sheer dumbness! "
Sometimes, they're just plain WTF, like the jetpack he built out of a fast food place's kitchen.
( And sometimes, as in Rick Veitch's Question.. )
Sometimes, they're terrible, like the kryptonite cage he cleverly disguised to " [capture] Superboy through his sheer dumbness! "
Sometimes, they're just plain WTF, like the jetpack he built out of a fast food place's kitchen.
( And sometimes, as in Rick Veitch's Question.. )
kingrockwell
O'Neil: Vic the Seeker (pt 5)
I've worn myself out doing little dances over the announcement for Question #37, so I figured I'd celebrate another way, especially since it's been a month and a half since my last post in this series.
We're going through Question v1 #'s 13 & 14 today, a two-parter that runs Vic's endurance, conviction, martial training and detective skills through the gauntlet as he takes on a elite special forces unit gone rogue. I was originally going to put #15 in this post as well, but after re-reading it I'm still not quite sure of my take on it, and it's subject matter is heavy enough that it should be analyzed on its own.
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thanekos.insanejournal.com(yeah, Doctor Alchemy's a Flash villain. Not all of his villains are original to the series, but they fight Beetle nonetheless.)
so, after the Incendiary Man's vanishing (complete with a "We found no body in the fire", leaving him open to a return, which he apparently pulls off as a kill-people-with-fire-for-hire guy at a time down the road), it's time for one of the several foreshadowings laid out over the past two issues to pay off.
( Foreshadowings like this one, from Blue Beetle #2... )
so, after the Incendiary Man's vanishing (complete with a "We found no body in the fire", leaving him open to a return, which he apparently pulls off as a kill-people-with-fire-for-hire guy at a time down the road), it's time for one of the several foreshadowings laid out over the past two issues to pay off.
( Foreshadowings like this one, from Blue Beetle #2... )
kingrockwellA Martial Arts Week special!
O'Neil: Vic the Seeker (pt 4)
The Great Fables Crossover! (sorry Vertigo fans, not that one)
In 1988, Denny O'Neil set off to tell a great martial arts epic, and close the book on the O-Sensei, the old master introduced in Kung-Fu Fighter, responsible for teaching Richard Dragon, Bronze Tiger and Lady Shiva. While I prolly should've held this one off until after I'd posted the arc from Question v1 16-18, where Vic and Ollie first met, well, who's fault was it starting Martial Arts Week now?
But though this crossover takes place in titles starring Batman, Green Arrow and The Question,
O'Neil: Vic the Seeker (pt 4)
The Great Fables Crossover! (sorry Vertigo fans, not that one)
In 1988, Denny O'Neil set off to tell a great martial arts epic, and close the book on the O-Sensei, the old master introduced in Kung-Fu Fighter, responsible for teaching Richard Dragon, Bronze Tiger and Lady Shiva. While I prolly should've held this one off until after I'd posted the arc from Question v1 16-18, where Vic and Ollie first met, well, who's fault was it starting Martial Arts Week now?
But though this crossover takes place in titles starring Batman, Green Arrow and The Question,
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- char: batman/bruce wayne,
- char: green arrow/oliver queen,
- char: lady shiva/sandra woosan,
- char: question/vic sage,
- char: richard dragon,
- char: tot/aristotle rodor,
- creator: dennis o'neil,
- creator: denys cowan,
- creator: klaus janson,
- creator: rick magyar,
- creator: tom artis,
- creator: tony dezuniga,
- publisher: dc comics,
- series: it's not about the answers,
- series: martial arts week,
- theme: crossovers,
- title: detective comics,
- title: green arrow,
- title: the question
kingrockwell
O'Neil: Vic the Seeker (pt 3)
Tot's Reckoning
There comes a time in every title's life where the supporting characters must take center-stage and play the largest role in a story-arc's major plot while the star runs around around looking silly and ineffectual.
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