The origin of the Pocket Universe

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Action Comics #591.

The Legion of Super-heroes were inspired to form by stories of Superman’s adventures as a boy, but Post-Crisis Superman didn’t adopt a costumed identity until adulthood... Is it any wonder why the Legion was totally rebooted after Zero Hour?

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Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Canada seems to have re-elected it's incumbent Prime Minister, perhaps helped by a bizarre post from POTUS 47, suggesting that everyone vote for him and make Canada the 51st State, which went about as well as you might imagine.

"The Well" was another cracking Doctor Who episode, amping up the creepy tension at every opportunity, a superb performance from Rose Ayling-Ellis and anything else would be a spoiler so I'll keep quiet.

Andor Season 2 launched with a three episode drop which seems... excessive perhaps, but appears to have been well received. I've still to finish season 1 (though I will) so I can't judge.

In my "Working my way down through the extensive piles of books I accumulate" I've finally hit the "Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Thief" collection and am LOVING it. I know I've read a few over the years, but not his first adventure, and how can you NOT immediately warm to a gentleman rogue who steals only from the wealthy, does no violence, and is introduced in the first three pages as the man who "one night, after breaking into Baron Schormann's, had gone away empty handed, leaving his visiting card, with these words added in pencil  I shall return when your things are genuine." ?

And in the world of vaguely unsettling... all right, VERY unsettling adverts, may I present the new offerings from Scotland's soft drink Irn-Bru - for their limited run "Nessie Nectar" and "Unicorn Tears". If you choose to watch them, that's on you!

Tim Drake: Origins- Part 5

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Writer: Marv Wolfman

Pencils: Jim Aparo

Inks: Mike DeCarlo

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Batman #442.

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Web of Spider-Man #3

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Writer: Louise Simonson

Pencils: Greg LaRocque

Inks: Jim Mooney

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The Vulture isn’t happy with the gang of losers ripping off his gimmick.

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Two-Face #5

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Wonder Woman #157

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X-Factor #40

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Writer: Louise Simonson

Pencils: Rob Liefeld

Inks: Al Milgrom

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Nanny and the Orphan-Maker are out to get the Inferno babies.

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Getting Red in the Two-Face

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So, doing my nightly reading, and I just finished Cyberghostface's post of Two-Face #5 here: https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/11276879.html

From there, I moved on to my last one for the night, Iamrman's Tim Drake: Origins - Part 5 post, here: https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/11275826.html

And I was reminded that Two-Face's scarred side wasn't always red -- it used to be green. And it got me to wondering what prompted the change. Was it because of how he looked in Batman Forever? Seems kind of strange to me that movie, of all things (much as I love it) would be such an influence-- especially on the comics.

That brought to mind another question: When did it change in the comics? And was there an in-universe reason? This isn't like a Robin getting older or Batman updating his gear, this is part of the guy's flesh.

And finally, do we know why it was green before? That look even carried over into the Timmiverse, albeit maybe a little bluer there. My guess would be the Comics Code Authority thought it looked too gory if it was red, but that's just a theory.