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Yeah, I'm pretty sure he was in Damage's own series. Actually, I think its more complicated than that, but hell if I can remember...
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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He's also the Atom's kin or somesuch. But it was some kind of genetic engineering deal, IIRC. I'm actually surprised he wasn't brought into the JSA since he's a "legacy hero".
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Damage's parents were Al Pratt aka Atom I and his wife Mary Pratt.
Damage's foster parents (John and Katherine Emerson) were the brother and sister-in-law of Dr. Neal Emerson aka Doctor Polaris. So, they're not related on the genetic level, only by circumstance.
Damage was experimented on by Vandal Savage. He took genetic material from of a number of people. The list I found is: Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, Ted Grant, Carter Hall, Shiera Hall, Rex Tyler, Dinah Lance, Charles McNider, Ted Knight, Johnny Chambers, Libby Lawrence, Barry Allen, Arthur Curry, Dinah Laurel Lance, Hal Jordan, Ray Palmer and J'onn J'onzz. So he's kind of related to all of them in a way.
Oh, and, yes, Grant's adoptive father did abuse him.
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Well, I can see that delving into Damage's back story *might* have been a bit of an albatross-- but Grant facing Dr. Polaris instead of the Human Bomb taking out the villain would've been a nice nod.
Then again, maybe it shows Damage's switching of 'family' from his abusive 'parents' (who were corporate shills anyway, weren't they?) to the FREEDOM FIGHTERS.
And though I hate to lose the Human Bomb, better him than Grant.
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I agree, Mystery Lad. Besides, Human Bomb's been around for 60 years. He had a good run but it's not quite so bad as youngsters like the Black Condor and the Phantom Lady getting killed.
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From: Newburgh, NY | Registered: May 2004
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Phantom Lady in particular never really got a chance. Her debut was pretty recent, wasn't it? Glad that Ray and Damage at least will live to fight another day - those two have lots of untapped potential.
quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: Phantom Lady in particular never really got a chance. Her debut was pretty recent, wasn't it?
This Phantom Lady has been around at least since the early 1990s. I remember her appearing in the Will Payton Starman series. Of course the original goes back to 1941 or so.
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I've re-read IC #1 over and over and I'm still not sure what I think of it.
Jimenez and Lanning's art is faultless -- the double-page spread of the villains attacking is particularly impressive.
Johns does everything right on a technical level, keeping the story moving and the action exploding, without neglecting the characters themselves.
But just where is this story headed? If it wipes out the post-COIE versions of the big three, then that's fine with me. If it goes too far and turns back the clock to the pre-COIE universe, then I'll be annoyed. And if, in the end, it's just an excuse to kill off a lot of characters and shock readers, then I'll be angry and probably won't be reading a lot of DC six months from now.
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One last thing I almost forgot: when I saw the Bat-Signal being projected onto the Spectre's chest, I thought they might be foreshadowing that Bruce Wayne is going to become the Spectre's next host. I might be completely wrong, I have no idea what's happened to the Spectre since GL: Rebirth, but I just thought I'd share that anyway.
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