Event Leviathan #2

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Comments

[aperturedreams]

Where is Bendis getting this bizarre Plastic Man detective personality from? He mentioned Elongated Man elsewhere, so I know he doesn't have them confused...

[phantomfo]

Part of Plas' shtick is that he's been able to use his experience and connections as a former criminal as a detective. He was even part of the FBI for a while pre-Crisis.

[aperturedreams]

Well, you learn something new everyday...

[starwolf_oakley]

"Jason is doing this because Roy died" isnt too bad. I just can't tell from these pages what Jason is supposed to have done.

[dcbanacek]

IF I'm reading this right, they think Jason is Leviathan.

[cyberghostface]

Yeah he's their prime suspect (although it's likely a red herring).

[shakalooloo]

Since when was Lois' father a 'great superspy'? Isn't he a military man?

[silverhammerman]

I don't hate this. It's probably too early in the event for Jason Todd to be anything more than a pawn, but I've always thought that he makes more sense and is more compelling as a character when he's actually in conflict with Batman and other superheroes. Jason being Batman's pet murderer is always a weird look, but if he's not an extremist he ceases to be interesting, so at some point something's gotta give.

[shadowpsykie]

hmmmm what if it's Batwoman? the red color scheme... the batman like tech... it fits with her father's MO....


I am TIRED of all this shit being pit on Jason though...

[caivu]

Leviathan doesn't sound or act at all like her, though. Motive doesn't make sense. She doesn't have the resources for it (nor does Jason, for that matter). And she wouldn't be dumb enough to use any of her own colors for something like this.

[scorntx]

Really doubt DC would approve of turning their most prominent lesbian superhero into a supervillain.
... well, I say "really doubt".
"Fervently hope they wouldn't" might be more accurate.

(And they did do a "oooh, Batwoman might turn eeeevil" story in Detective Comics not but two years ago.)

[janegray]

Why are Jason and Bruce so civil with each other here? Last time they met, Bruce beat the everloving shit out of Jason, so much so that Roy had to take Jason away in his arms.

Well. I at least like that Jason is all like "seriously, you guys? Seriously? Each and everyone of you here believes this bull? Not a single dissenting voice? Aww what the fuck, here I go then."

[kurenai_tenka]

Lol right? And Bruce's 'I'm sorry I couldn't have been there for you": no, you could've been, if you hadn't been too busy banishing him from Gotham at the time.

[deh_tommy]

Actually, I think the last time they met was a fairly civil talking to from Batman to inform Jason that (a)Dick's lost his memories, and (b)Roy Harper is dead.

[icon_uk]

This is another event I wish I cared about.

But I've seen this "Introduce new big bad and establish EEEEEVIL credentials by having them effortlessly taking out competition with improbably ease" too often (The Hood's offscreen murder of the entire long established Zodiac Cartel, just to pull a random example from the ether) too many times.

And Jason someone I have a hard time seeing im being able to coordinate the take down of massive organisations like Argus, Spyral, Task Force X and the rest (has he ever worked with a team larger than two other people? And in anything like a covert capacity?) is just... "Why would anyone think that of him?"

[coldfury]

Oh God, now you've done it. Bendis is going to turn Jason into the new Hood to spite us all, and every year he's going to get increasingly dumb pushes as the new big hot villain.

[mastermahan]

Jason needed to confirm which of Lois Lane's fathers Batman was talking about. He didn't notice half-a-dozen people crouching behind a ledge. He's not a mastermind.

[kurenai_tenka]

The Jason assumption seems to be entirely on the basis of some Bat tech at the crime scene. Which.... for a start, that is a lot of people using that stuff at this point, and for second, Steve already mentioned ARGUS being very up to date with Batman's tech in the previous issue. So there's more people. And that's before even mentioning anyone that might have just picked something up when Bruce is lobbing it around everywhere.

[caivu]

Bat tech being around seems like way too obvious of a false lead for it being an actual Batfamily member. All of them are way too smart to just leave clear evidence like that, especially if they're supposed to be conducting such a sophisticated, pinpoint-accurate plan otherwise.

[zachbeacon]

I did enjoy the "what if LOIS is Leviathan?" bit.

I know they really want to push the "Lois Lane is the most dangerous person in the world" thing on us but she is uniquely positioned to really fuck up the superhero community.

I mean, look at the damage Jean Loring did and she's unstable and sloppy. Lois regularly outwits criminal masterminds.

[icon_uk]

Didn't Lois' recently expose the Haven program, regardless of the damage it would do to the heroes?

I'd have thought she was distinctly persona non grata in the hero world right about now.

[jaxjyls]

Ok, I'm all in for turning Jason into a villain again but I just can't really buy him being secret mastermind

[lordultimus]

Don't mind me, I'm just enjoying the schadenfreude of DC fans having to deal with a Bendis plot.

[cyberghostface]

The reaction to his DC has work has been fairly ambivalent/optimistic but carry on I guess.

[zachbeacon]

On a related note:

Bendis has said he's a "big fan of Plastic Man"

Hawkeye still hasn't recovered from all that "love" Bendis gave him.

Poor Eel.

Then again, Maybe PM is the new Hood ... er ... I mean "Leviathan"