Swamp Thing versus Despero, coming soon.
Okay, you Swampheads…keep an eye out for Justice League Unlimited #1, the new series debuting today at a good comic shop near you, or even mine. Specifically, I’m talking about variant cover “D” with art by Howard Porter:
…where our favorite muck-encrusted mockery of a man is hanging out:
You can also find our floral friend on variant cover “E” by Ed Benes, off to the side there apparently making room for less-important characters:
A closer look:
So, can we expect a Swamp Thing-focused Justice League adventure in this book in the near future? One can hope!
And let’s take a look at one more of your questions:
Wayne sez
“Mike. What are the odds tthat this was the original concept for THE THREE JOKERS?”
Wayne is referring to the pic I used as the header for the initial questions post, which I’ll reproduce here at slightly smaller size:
…and Three Jokers, for those who haven’t heard, was an intended out-of-contintuity story resolving an in-continuity mystery that was later Chip Zdarsky tried to make part of regular continuity in a one-off panel but I’m pretty sure everyone’s just trying to move past the whole thing. Anyway, it proposed that there literally three different people as The Joker, which is dumb and by extension makes Batman seem dumb as well.
Wayne was just being silly, which is fine, but it reminded me of some entries from the Bobby London’s 1986-1992 run on the Popeye comic strip. Specifically, instances where there were multiple versions of the same character.
Well, this one doesn’t really count, I guess, as we see Popeye being reverted into versions of himself from previous years, which I thought was a nice image:
But the storyline I specifically wanted to note was the one where Bluto returns to bedevil Popeye, this time with an army of multiple versions of Brutus:
Okay, I’m gonna let Mark Evanier explain why Brutus replaced Bluto for a time in the comics an’ such. But here you go, Wayne, Bobby London’s dozen-ish Brutuses laugh mockingly at the stinginess of only Three Jokers.
I’m a little more forgiving and thought Three Jokers was…okay as an Elseworlds tale.
The real stupidity was when the Mobius Chair told Bruce there were three Jokers, why didn’t he immediately ask the chair “What do mean by that?”
Daniel T: I was joking with Mike there, but I have the trade of BOOSTER GOLD: 52 PICK-UP. There is an arc where Booster goes back in time to stop Joker from shooting Barbara Gordon. And each of the three times it is a different Joker. KILLING JOKE Joker replaces the Old Joker in T3J. It’s a bizarre piece because at the end of the arc, Batman tells Booster why he puts up with him and throws a bunch of photos on the floor of the Batcave–I mean it is really a d!ck scene–and Booster picks up the photos and we see the three different versions. Oh, and Booster got his ass kicked each time by henchmen.
Geoff Johns wrote that arc in 2009.So it took him a decade to follow through. I would never have noticed if Batman hadn’t thrown the photos of his Polaroid Land camera at Booster.
So from this point I’ve just been considering every new Batman title as some f#ck-up by Booster Gold. A decent Elseworlds would be some bad guy dying and having a replacement, like they did with Jack-in-The-Box (a hero) in ASTRO CITY.
The only one I trust with the Mobius Chair is Grant Morrison. Cheers!
I don’t know much about the Mignola-thology, but it sure looks like a Swampy-style plant elemental is going to be a primary part of the new world-post-Hellboy story out today.
Why is the Justice League’s new HQ the arena thingee that transported the Marvel heroes to the Secret Wars?
Despero–but not serious…
Why do all of the blond-haired superdudes have beards…I mean, I know it is standard for Green Arrow and sometimes standard for Aquaman, but Alan Scott Green Lantern as well–after 80 plus years of being clean cut…?
Why does Supergirl’s new costume look like a Carol Danvers Captain Marvel costume?
Why don’t they restore Black Canary and Power Girl and Starfire’s original costumes–which are so much better looking than what they are wearing now? Ditto for Doctor Fate and Black Lightning.
Why don’t they restore Green Arrow’s classic Neal Adams-designed costume and Donna Troy /O. G. Wonder Girl’s classic Nick Cardy-designed costume? Those are by far the best look for both characters!
Why does th latest Flash costume look so bad?
Oh well, at least they got Zatanna right!
My question is: why the American flag?
As long as we’re talking about Despero, I’ve always liked him. I didn’t encounter him until the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League America series, where he was absolutely terrifying. Good stuff.
Also, I’m glad Firestorm’s back on the League. He’s overdue for a revival.
I would have bought the Porter JLU 1 cover, but it was one entire dollar more than the regular cover. I refuse to reward DC for their practice of putting variant covers on cardstock and charging more for the comic. Sorry, Swampy!
@Sean Mageean: while I don’t have a strong opinion about most costumes, the Nick Cardy Wonder Girl outfit has never been matched by any of Donna Troy’s subsequent looks. I think simpler designs usually work best for super-hero costumes, and that one always looks good.