Mr. Terrific: Year One #2 An Atheist Meets God's Wrath

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[thanekos]

Can't fault using Jim Corrigan for part of the message - gotta scale that kind of thing where appropriate.

[tcampbell1000]

"It will be like acid disintegrating you from within if you don't do something about it."
"So, like, is that a PRO-jumping or an ANTI-jumping argument? Can't feel guilt if I'm past tense!"

There's nothing wrong with an It's a Wonderful Life homage on the face of it, but it's a little touch and go when you keep reminding us that the Spectre is God's wrath, not his suicide prevention hotline. Like, he's usually the guy pushing people OFF bridges, or just turning them into baywater.

I think the conflict is intentional--Spectre wouldn't normally bother with shit like this, but something in Jim Corrigan misses his old friend and sees Holt as cut from the same cloth. So Jim is the one driving the bus for most of this encounter, really. I think. This is one story where the inscrutable Spectre should be a little more scrutable.

[cainofdreaming]

Spectre is God's Wrath. That is, he's God's Wrath most of the time. Other times he's God's Handyman. Doing whatever odd job is needed.

Also Spectre could just show all the people in hell that still feel guilt, even in the past tense.

[mastermahan]

And many other times, the Spectre is God's Jobber, existing only to get his ass kicked to demonstrate how serious the threat is.

[cainofdreaming]

Also works without the -ber for some runs.

[jkcarrier]

I think it's less a nod to "It's a Wonderful Life" and more a nod to Terry Sloane's origin, which also involved him nearly jumping off a bridge (out of general ennui, in his case).

[nyadnar17]

As many problems as I have with this scene "I am not God I am God's Wrath" goes hard as fuck.