NoScans: Oogon Bat – the unknown precurson of superheores

[leahandillyana]

When asked about the first superhero, the most legitimate answer will be the Scarlet Pimpernel. Emma de Orci’s early 20th century character established the basics of masked vigilancy: having a secret identity unconnected with your public persona, characteristic costume obscuring your identity, doing good deeds in a way that would be impossible to do officially etc. When it comes to the origin of super powered heroes, the distinction is less clear, but most would point to late 30s American comics. However, there’s a character that predated them by many years, a character almost completely unknown outside of Japan.

( Read more... )

The Impossible Enemy

[cyberghostface]

( Page under the cut… )

Wolverine #18: "Auction of Secrets"

[alliterator]

"I've always felt that Wolverine was a close cousin to me. That as a hairy, smelly, grumpy, flannel-clad, cigar-chomping, whiskey-swilling loner who lives in the frozen north, it's never been hard to occupy his imaginative space. Despite the fact that I lean towards the shadows in my work, I'm also a dad. I will play pretty ponies with my daughter. And I will spend hours every day driving my kids to dance and theatre. And I will shed the occasional poisonous tear when they do something that makes me proud. I guess that's my way of saying that Logan and I have a spiritual connection."
-- Benjamin Percy
( Read more... )

Four Horsemen #2: War

[history79]

( Read more... )

[NoScans] What You Can Do, Now, Instead Of Reading/Arguing About "X-Men Green"

[numeronone]

Just throwing in my two cents. Do not expect to have a debate with me on this one, because you will not. As an IRL environmental activist, and feeling frustrated about recent...discourse...I just wanted to get this off my chest.

Stories like "X-Men Green" are not only bad, they are a distraction - a "Greenwash" - and worse, a very obvious gateway into Ecofascism.

( Read more )

The Flash #774: Dream Big

[superboyprime]

"To a degree, it is a throwback comic book, like the kind that I grew up with, having powers and going on adventures. It's not going to be maudlin nor particularly dark. It's going to be fun and exciting and Doctor Who-y." - Jeremy Adams

( Read more... )