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I remember that episode. IIRC Batman, Robin, & Batgirl had to make minor but precise movement to break free without injury.
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My big complaint: The collection of ##1-6 will be released with a fantastic Perez cover. So what't the deal? The buyer of the regular comic gets the dumb "faces" cover, but he who waits gets the good stuff - I'm disappointed...
The Legionnaires look way better on this cover!
From: Bamberg, Germany | Registered: Feb 2007
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Read it last night... heh. It was fun, just like this entire B&B series has been. I think Waid and Perez are really enjoying this ride and it shows.
As for the continuity whositz and whatsitz... I've given up trying to keep it straight.
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The Challengers of the Unknown being outside the Book of Destiny. Those are the old school challengers. I loved the ones after them (before Chaykin's version).
Speaking of Destiny...I know he's Sandman's sibling but I just keep getting a Time Trapper vibe.
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quote:Originally posted by Ultra Jorge: The Challengers of the Unknown being outside the Book of Destiny. Those are the old school challengers. I loved the ones after them (before Chaykin's version).
I'm not a huge Challs fan, nor was I keen on the idea of people being outside the book, but it worked. Waid suprised me, in a good way for once.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Tromium: From the DC Nation panel, and relevant to this thread.
quote: "Batman's now met two different versions of the Legion of Super-Heroes, is he going to start putting the pieces together?" asked a fan. Geoff Johns confirmed, yes.
Dead Dream Girl was probably a clue.
Ok, good ... thanks. I've been scouring this board looking for someone who had an explanation posted for Bats not mentioning this. Better be a good story they've got planned for next year. They're sure building it up to be.
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quote:Originally posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN: just got finished reading Brave and the Bold #5 and caught this really cool scene of Triplicate girl having been placed in the "Siamese Human Knot" by Batman
You know he had too much fun doing that to Lu.
I was moderately irritated that Batman's fight with Karate Kid did not lead to, e.g., Batman being unconscious before he could blink--at least with the Lightning Saga fight there was the excuse that Val was mind-controlled and all. But c'est Batman.
From: Columbus, Ohio | Registered: Jan 2004
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I really liked the final issue of this arc. It felt epic in scope and they really captured a sense of drama and urgency to the heroes' bleak situation. One of my recent complaints about many books lately has been the thinness of the plots, but the last issue had tons of stuff going on. My interest in this storyline had waned during the middle, but they wrapped it up very very nicely.
I also liked the Green Lantern/ Supergirl interaction here a lot more than the "older man trying not to notice the teenybopper who's too young for him" dynamic from before.
Oh, and does the word "Megistus" mean anything to anyone???
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
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Now did anybody notice that #6 was done by a different inker - and the art look even better in this issue?
Really liked it a lot, even though hardly any Legionnaires were to be seen. I don't know anything about the Challengers of the Unknown (what powers do they have, where did they come from), so it was rather like Deus ex machina for me in the end. But still, the whole story was enjoyable. It had a certain 80s style flair to it - inconsequential stories that entertain...
From: Bamberg, Germany | Registered: Feb 2007
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The Challengers of the Unknown didn't have any powers, per se. They were just the best at what they did. Rocky was a boxer, Ace was a pilot (I think), Prof was a scientist and I think Red was a daredevil of some kind (stuntman, or just some kind of risk taker).
Anyhoo, the four men were in a plane crash that should have killed them, but they somehow survived, and have been living on borrowed time ever since. In later years, they were joined by a girl named June.
Their series back in the early 80s featured art by none other than Keith Giffen.
They've gone through some changes over the years, and I think some kind of reboots as well.
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