Eryk Davis Ester
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Apparently we find out if they're going to form a super-team next issue!
It seems like they've been hanging out in DC fighting Solomon Grundy like forever, though.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Apparently we find out if they're going to form a super-team next issue!
And the answer is Click Here For A Spoilerno!
I suspect that there's more to Alan's actions than what he actually says, however.
Best part of the issue: Grundy being trapped on the Moon! Nice old school nod there!
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Holy gender reversal, Batman!
At least one traditionally male Earth-2 character is now female: Click Here For A SpoilerWe get a reference to reporter Lee Travis and her cameraman James Wing
And another character has kind of switched genders: Click Here For A SpoilerApparently, Red Tornado is a female android.
From the description, I expected this issue would focus heavily upon Hawkgirl, but, other than a brief scene in which she confronts Alan and reveals a little bit of information about herself, most of the storyline focuses on the tension between Terry Sloane and Commander Khan, with Wesley Dodds signing up on Khan's side. Pretty good stuff overall, and, after dragging a bit on the Grundy stuff, the story seems like it's moving forward nicely. A really strong issue overall!
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If that character has switched genders, then it's not the one you're thinking of.
Click Here For A SpoilerMa Hunkel was the first Red Tornado and she came form Earth-2. The new Red Tornado is apparently female. I was afraid of this exact thing.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Well, that's why I said kind of.
Click Here For A SpoilerThe character is still an android, and I presume will have the powers of the second Red Tornado, so it's still based heavily upon that one. But they've made it female, which I assume is meant to reference Ma Hunkel.
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I finally figured out what the book reminds me of.
Tangent.
It was a fun line that reinterpreted the characters we all know and love. And while it was a lot of fun, eventually you want the characters you know and love back.
That's where I'm at now with this.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Well, I never really had much interest in the post-Crisis JSA, so it's at least twenty-five years since the versions of the characters I cared about were around. For now, I'm enjoying this "Elseworlds" quite a bit.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Well, that's why I said kind of.
Click Here For A SpoilerThe character is still an android, and I presume will have the powers of the second Red Tornado, so it's still based heavily upon that one. But they've made it female, which I assume is meant to reference Ma Hunkel.
Click Here For A Spoiler may be Maxine Hunkel ... Cyclone ... recent JSA member and granddaughter of Ma ... Apparently the previous version had nanobytes that gave her her powers ...
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Well, Robinson said in a recent interview that part of his strategy for reimagining the characters is to take bits from various versions of the characters. So, "Al Pratt" combines elements of the original Atom, but also Damage and Nuklon. So, I would assume they're doing something similar with the character in question and combining bits of several versions. However, Click Here For A Spoilerit looks a lot like Red Tornado II, only with curves and boobs.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Well, Robinson said in a recent interview So, "Al Pratt" combines elements of the original Atom, but also Damage and Nuklon. So, I would assume they're doing something similar with the character in question and combining bits of several versions.
That seems weird. Something for everyone characters!!!
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quote:Originally posted by rickshaw1: I finally figured out what the book reminds me of.
Tangent.
It was a fun line that reinterpreted the characters we all know and love. And while it was a lot of fun, eventually you want the characters you know and love back.
That's where I'm at now with this.
I'm on the complete opposite end. I liked the old JSA, but I like that, perhaps the most out of all the other books, Earth 2 fulfills the NEW aspect of the New 52. I mean, we pretty much got SIXTY YEARS of the JSA as older men and women to some degree. The fact that we're seeing them as younger and more vital individuals with new origins, sometimes even new concepts in this completely different world is really exciting.
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