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Minmaxing II: Max Probably Knows a Few Cokeheads--JLA INCARNATIONS #6, MARTIAN MANHUNTER #33

Thu, 14 May 2026 02:54:18 GMT

Posted by: tcampbell1000

Part 95b of 105.

When I started looking into this, I believed Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 was the first story to suggest Max was a straight-up bad guy, even after his ordeal with the sentient computer. This is not true. His last appearance in JLA, in 1996, is at least ambiguous…

And two John Ostrander stories in 2000 and 2001 also tinkered with Max’s moral alignment, one much more blatantly than the other. ( Maybe Ostrander was angling to get Max onto the next Suicide Squad? )

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Amazing Spider-Man/Venom: Death Spiral - Body Count #1

Wed, 13 May 2026 17:54:23 GMT

Posted by: cyberghostface

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The Fury of Firestorm #2: The Origin Of Firestorm

Wed, 13 May 2026 17:24:02 GMT

Posted by: superfangirl1

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Knull #5

Wed, 13 May 2026 16:47:48 GMT

Posted by: cyberghostface

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Absolute Batman #19-20

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:28:01 GMT

Posted by: cyberghostface

"It’s the Absolute Universe - we do a fan vote to kill off everyone but Jason Todd." -- Scott Snyder

Warning for suicide

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Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

Tue, 12 May 2026 11:01:12 GMT

Posted by: icon_uk

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.

Whilst the US deals with... everything going on like the Voting Rights Act being gutted and a possible $60M grift on mobile phones

Meanwhile, not to be outdone, the UK Government is dealing with major losses in last weeks local Council Elections (and Scottish and Welsh Assembly elections) by fracturing over whether the Prime Minister (admittedly a thoroughly unpopular one) should react by stepping down. Because that ALWAYS works, just ask the Tories.

On the plus side, the Scottish Assembly had two openly trans Members voted in, including, with delightful irony, one in Edinburgh who represents the constituency JK Rowling lives in.

I caught up with "Madame Web" on Netflix before it disappears at the end of the month. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I honestly found it quite enjoyable, if rather clichéd and a bit camp (not always a negative). Whilst it did have the air of a TV pilot given a movie budget, it's a shame we'll likely never get to see any of these Spider-Women again... :(

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What If...? #34: The image is one thing and the human being is another.It very hard to live up too

Tue, 12 May 2026 03:28:24 GMT

Posted by: superfangirl1

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Minmaxing: JLQ #8, Selected JLAs

Tue, 12 May 2026 02:46:43 GMT

Posted by: tcampbell1000

Part 95a of 105.

Max Lord, as Giffen and DeMatteis conceived him, was a challenging character to work with. They relished that challenge, but their successors often treated him as a problem to minimize or avoid. “Rich manipulator with a heart of gold but moments of egomania and Machiavellianism” can be a tricky balance to strike. ( It’s worth trying, though. I watched every episode of 2017-2021 DUCKTALES, but noped out on SUCCESSION halfway through the first episode. )

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Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: War Cry

Mon, 11 May 2026 17:51:01 GMT

Posted by: brerrabbit

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Lukewarm II: Glaciation (JLA #110-111, ’TIS THE SEASON TO BE FREEZIN’)

Mon, 11 May 2026 05:42:47 GMT

Posted by: tcampbell1000

Part 94b of 105. Warning for NSFW content that looks wilder than it is.

Last time out, we saw the mid-Nineties WLW affair that wasn’t, in the final, waning days of the title once known as Justice League International. Short version:

🔥 🧊 = ⚢?
🔥 🧊 = 💜⚢💜??!!
🔥 🧊 = ⚢ 👅🌮💦?!?!?!
… ❌!!!
🤪 🤪 🤪 🤪 🤪

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If Destruction Be Our Lot... #1

Sun, 10 May 2026 18:51:56 GMT

Posted by: shakalooloo

Only 4 pages, so no room for the Talkie Toaster analogue, but here are the adventures of a robot Abraham Lincoln in a post-human world. Fear of a Bot Planet walked so that this comic could run.

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Hot + Cold = Lukewarm: JLA #99-104

Sun, 10 May 2026 06:14:41 GMT

Posted by: tcampbell1000

Part 94a of 105. Warning for cringe, awful relationships, and NSFW content that looks wilder than it is.

With these next two posts, we reach the end of the Justice League’s “international era,” the meteoric, controversial period that began with the loss of the “Detroit League” and ended with Grant Morrison and Howard Porter’s JLA #1. That era struggled along for four years and change after Giffen and DeMatteis left, never coming close to its glory days. ( Or even its General Glory days. )

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Justice League Antifa II: The Antifantasy (JLA #74-77)

Sat, 09 May 2026 01:21:00 GMT

Posted by: tcampbell1000

Part 93b of 105. Warning for arguable cultural insensitivity, more savage fascism, and savage slavery. (But no Vandal Savage.)

When we last left our intrepid heroes, a fascist version of the Bronze Age JLA had taken over its reality, which was bleeding into “ours.” And the late-1993 JLA was getting its asses kicked. Hard. It’s all presented in Jurgens’ usual straightforward way, which gives the evil a chilling banality.

The Atom shows back up on the League’s doorstep in JLA #73-74, but before he can once again tell any current Leaguers that they’re a bunch of losers, he collapses. ( So now this team has Ray PALMER and THE Ray in it at the same time. I’m sure THAT won’t get confusing. )

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NS: New 'Avant-Garde' edition of 'The Killing Joke' available for $17,409(!)

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:14:35 GMT

Posted by: cyberghostface

Argent Comics is releasing a fine art presentation of 'The Killing Joke' at the small price of $17,409. Only 47 copies are being made. The publisher is touting it as "the world’s first giclée-printed comic book" and it comes in a deluxe camera case.

Even if I could afford such a thing I can't imagine even flipping through a $17k book. In my opinion the camera case is overkill as well, a nice fancy traycase would have been just as effective.

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Justice League Antifa: JLA #72-#73* (JLI 93a*/105)

Fri, 08 May 2026 04:25:48 GMT

Posted by: tcampbell1000

Warning for horrific brutality, torture, fascism, slavery.

*Also, length. This update ran so long that I’m splitting it into two installments, even though that mucks up my numbering and scheduling a little. The second installment will run tomorrow!

Dan Jurgens, like John Byrne, is a neo-traditionalist: his work shows strong Silver Age influences but is splashy and of its time. Most of it boasts a direct simplicity, a sort of purity. Which is why the “Destiny’s Hand” arc is a shock: it lets him indulge those influences…but also shows a subversive streak well out of his usual register.

( He doesn’t have a character say, ‘‘Those armbands are stupid! WE ALL KNOW SUPES IS COMING BACK!,’’ but that’s the vibe. )

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Dead by Daylight: The Hillbilly #1

Thu, 07 May 2026 15:03:04 GMT

Posted by: cyberghostface

NSFW for gore

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Daredevil #2

Thu, 07 May 2026 05:11:58 GMT

Posted by: mastermahan

Two NYC policemen are investigating the lair of a eyeball-collecting serial killer...

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Superdickery 1993: Die Mad About It (JLA #63-71/JLI 92)

Thu, 07 May 2026 03:50:43 GMT

Posted by: tcampbell1000

Considering how he seemed to regard Max Lord’s Justice League, one might expect Superman to hallucinate this in his last few minutes of life:

ICE: Whoa, I can’t believe you won, Superman! Doomsday seemed like he was too much even for you!
SUPERMAN: I…(haff)…I did what I had to, Ice…it’s only what any COMPETENT superhero would have done…
GUY: Yeah, it’s almost as rocksauce as how I woulda done it!
ICE: Here, let me ice your wounds. Your body clearly needs… 💖 lots of attention 💖 …
MAXIMA: A magnificent demonstration of f#ckability, Kryptonian. [shoves aside Ice, who flies through the air and falls into a dumpster] Now, we bang.
‘‘BLOODWYND’’: I am also impressed. Or am I? I refuse to tell you anything about myself. I am…me. That is all you need to know!
BOOSTER: Hold still while I get a victory selfie with you, Supes!
SUPERMAN: Ack…(choke)…
FIRE: Oh, me next! My new costume’ll really pop if we get Doomsday’s bloody corpse in the background!
BLUE BEETLE: Hope you don’t mind, I just sold the rights to Doomsday’s body as the site of a new casino!
SUPERMAN: I…I can’t take it anymore…kkkkkkk…kk.
BLUE BEETLE: …Supes?
( GUY: Wow. What a wuss! )

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Batman #9 Wanted: Dead Or Alive

Thu, 07 May 2026 03:06:58 GMT

Posted by: superfangirl1

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The Walking Dead Deluxe #135

Thu, 07 May 2026 02:42:31 GMT

Posted by: cyberghostface

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Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:02:59 GMT

Posted by: superfangirl1

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Amazing Spider-Man #28

Wed, 06 May 2026 11:49:08 GMT

Posted by: cyberghostface

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Lois And Clark Dinner Date Doesn't Go So Well

Tue, 05 May 2026 21:39:44 GMT

Posted by: superfangirl1

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Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

Tue, 05 May 2026 07:54:46 GMT

Posted by: icon_uk

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.

Banksy admitted that a new work in London is indeed his. Not always a fan of his work, but this one "Blinded by the Flag" is pretty nifty, if not exactly subtle.

What I have to assume is the end of Season 1 of "Maul: Shadow Lord" happened, as there's a lot of setup for a Season 2. The mother, father and several uncles and aunts of a sabre duel happened, with six characters involved, which must have been quite the challenge for the animators speciailisng in spinning, flipping and hacking. Yet again, I find myself wishing they would be a little more specific about dates in these spin-offs as I was surprised that one character was apparently having their first meeting with... another significant character (as they had no idea who they were)

Finally caught up with "Project Hail Mary", loved it.

Oh, and a note that parts of the UK have Local and General elections this week so we actively encourage you to exercise your vote and make sure you have your say in civil matters.

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Guy Gardner Spiritual Leader Pope

Mon, 04 May 2026 21:58:52 GMT

Posted by: superfangirl1

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