Elseworlds with Lex Luthor as the world's biggest record executive

[superfangirl1]

Elseworlds 80-Page Giant.

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[pyrotwilight]

And that was where the greatest metal group ever was born consisting of Doomsday, Lobo and ...Gorgon?

[strikeslip]

I would watch Darkseid Music Television ALL THE TIME.

[icon_uk]

I'm not sure you'd have a choice.

[aaron_bourque]

Lex's relationship with teen-angst balladeer Bruce Wayne of the Pennyworths fueled the rumors.

. . . . I guess it was bound to happen. I just had the "You Know You've Been On Scans_Daily Too Long When . . ." moment.

[arilou_skiff]

It's never just you.

[ninjapeps]

...

I must find this.

[sherkahn]

"Alternative lifestyle folkies?"

Harley and Ivy?

You don't say....

[auggie18]

I'm glad someone else picked up on that. It's so adorable!

[elita_5]

I can believe that "Martin Hunter" could be in make up, maybe.

But is Doomsday supposed to be too? Or is this a universe where aliens come to Earth to become rock stars?

[kamino_neko]

But is Doomsday supposed to be too? Or is this a universe where aliens come to Earth to become rock stars?

Yes.

[silverzeo]

... WHY? Why make music based comics when you can't hear the music!

[aaron_bourque]

Because punk is nothing but death and crime and the rage of a beast.

[thanekos]

Ra's was the narrator for his own Thriller.

Ra's

[capt_satellite]

Hmmmmm......anyone else think Doctor Orpheus owes Ra's a little licensing fee?

[feyandstrange]

Elsewhere in this universe, scrappy rival Max Lord put together "League International", an engineered super-Euro-group picked from auditions and fated to a string of one-hit wonders and mediocre pop hits. Various members - notably Booster Gold - attempted to go solo on the strength of their brief success, and mostly failed within a single album. A few managed to succeed in niche foreign markets, but none of the League ever broke the Top Ten after their breakup.

Lord has recently resurfaced as a profit-making power in the digital and internet music, having purchased the rights to Bruce Wayne's experimental OMAC Project and transformed the pioneering distribution technology into an online music empire.

[thokstar]

Of course, League International has made a big comeback recently, with a long running musical that was turned into a movie.

[kamino_neko]

Y'know, I really have to hand it to the artist...they really made Clark look like John Lennon while still having him look like Clark Kent....

[baihu]

He actually sort of looks like Metroman from Megamind (at the end with the beard)

[brandiweed.livejournal.com]

Thank you, superfangirl1!

Doesn't "The Pennyworths" sound like a shoegaze band? (At the very least, it would've been funny to see Bruce with emo fringe instead of a Goth look.)

Also, the writers could've really run with making Lex like Phil Spector, though I suppose that would've turned into some serious funny aneurysm business eventually.

And I keep wondering how you'd play with current superheroes and music trends. (I had a horrible, horrible idea about Damien Wayne.)

[kamino_neko]

Doesn't "The Pennyworths" sound like a shoegaze band?

No, that'd be the Pennyloafers. >_>

(Honestly, I have no freaking clue what shoegaze is, but I couldn't resist that joke.)

[nezchan]

Bruce Wayne and Don Kanonji need to get together.


BWA-HA-HA!

[icon_uk]

I rather guitily love the idea of the Teen Titans (Though why the woman refers to them in Spanish when their album covers don't is a little odd) being the superheroic equivalent of Menudo!

Los Teen Titanos

[karmakaze]

I guess they had alternate covers for different markets?

[greenmask]

It lost me when they made not-Bowie MUSCULAR.

Weeiiiiiirrrrrd.

[bradygirl_12]

Diana's Tie Me Down/Tell The Truth Tour? Awesome! ;)

[karunya]

Imagining some middle-manager with rock pretensions coming into the nursing home to sing All Stars and Blackhawks songs to the inmates. I felt a genuine thrill.

As for the rest: pop singers with actual muscle tone? Why yes.

[valtyr]

teen angst balladeer

This is hilarious from soup to nuts.

Also, Diana's tour is DMT sponsored?

[grazzt]

While I'm sure Harley and Ivy are supposed to be the Indigo Girls, Harley still looks a lot like Annie Lennox to me.

[darkblade]

Ra's is an odd choice for Michael Jackson.

[tohofuhai]

I think its great that Doomsdays all about the fans.

\m/

[autumn_lily]

"Teen angst balladeer Bruce Wayne"


BWAHAHAHAHA!!

[octavius-rodens.livejournal.com]

Dethklok should totally crossover with this universe. It would be awesome. And metal.

[proteus_lives]

This, this by god!

[lonewolf23k]

Y'know, I can only imagine the look of true frustration on this Lex Luthor's face when Downloads start eating into his profit margin.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

He'd probably create some sort of subliminal tracks under the music which prevents the person from actively "hearing" it, unless they heard the ring of the cash register. Sort of a Pavlov's Dog kind of reflex.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Thanks, I needed this.

I didn't know I needed this, but I think I feel better having seen it.

What a fantastic concept...

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

[proteus_lives]

This is pure gold.