Because he considered Duela Dent "too silly" for the Titans.

Hey, you can have all the Crises on Infinite Earths you want, dude, but I still have TEEN TITANS # 44-53, the short-lived 70s revival, and in it Duea Dent is VERY CLEARLY a member of the team!

Thankfully, George Perez fought for and won a scene for Duela in TT # 50, Donna's big wedding.

And fortunately, today's creators like Devin Grayson, Phil Jiminez and Geoff Johns don't consider Duela Dent "too silly".

Maybe if Wolfman could explore his sillier side, he could start writing comics that sell again. It's worth a shot anyway.

It's attitudes like Wolfman's that would have kept a LOT of fun out of the Legion.

Some of the few, non-current Titans comics that I've brought here from Indiana are my issues of #44-52. In preparation of this event, I've been looking back through my Titans comics and I have to say that Joker's Daughter/Harlequin is one of the best, most interesting characters. It's a shame that she was left by the wayside.

She was the original Donna Troy!

"She's the Joker's daughter! ...No, wait, she's TWO-FACE'S kid! ...No! She's just a nutjob! No, wait again...!"

WHO IS DUELA DENT???

Nobody whacks villains in the head with lutes anymore. Sigh.

Or traps them in super-sticky bubblegum.

MLLASH for DC EIC! More Tenzil in Legion! More Duela in Titans! More Funky Flashman EVERYWHERE!

I agree!

EDE, I'm putting you in charge of Batman. Here's what I wanna see: The Joker dead as graphically and horribly as possible ON PANEL, Harley & Duela duking it out to claim the JOKER i.d., and Batman dancing the batusi.

Show me the money!!

Now that your Drura wish has been realized, it's time to Take up the Duela cause, Lash!

PS: I love how you love the "supporting-character" girls, sweetie. Drura! Lana! Duela! Lilith!

I think I could have a lot of fun writing Batman. Finding the appropriate amount of zaniness would be a challenge.

Teeds, you're in charge of the Wonder Woman family. Make her kick ass more!!! Oh, and get Donna and Lilith back, pronto. Find some way to retcon out that silly miniseries that killed them. Get me back Hippolyta too, while you're at it. I want her back in JSA.

Dean, did you get my script proposal for HOT CHICK & SHIRTLESS DUDE SQUAD # 1? Interested? The job's yours if you want it...

Heck, Eryk, get me Dead Joker, Harley vs. Duela and dancing Batman, and you can do whatever you want, bro! Go NUTS, I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Jeepers Lash, is there anything I can write for your DC?

There's this really weird storyline in the first Batman Archives where Bats is traveling through Europe and meets a guy with no face. I don't know if that was ever revisited again, but it will be.

Wonder Tot, Wonder Tot, Wonder Tot!

I like the original Clayface better than any of the later versions.

Cobes! You're a lifesaver!! QUICK-- I need a script for FUNKY FLASHMAN FEATURING THE SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS yesterday!!

Wonder Tot? I'm TOTALLY feeling it, Teeds. Remember to make her the most ass-kicking tyke around...

Eryk, your BATMAN is gonna be HOT! I'll see if Jim Lee wants to come back for this arc...

I don't personally dislike Marv Wolfman, I guess, but I don't like that he married Donna off to that awful middle aged man with the perm. (Oh wait the awful middle aged man with the perm was Marv's Mary Sue wasn't it?)

Remember kids, Mary Sue-ing is not big or clever. Not even if you're A Big Important Comic Book Writer Who Gets Paid And Everything. And you know it really is best if you don't translate the fact that you have a crush on one of your characters by writing yourself into the story!

And why did George Perez give nearly everybody a perm anyway? It was compulsory for everyone in the Titans to have a Big Perm. Apart from Raven. Who could have done with a whack with the curlers now and again. (Great Hera! her hair was so straight it hurt!)

BTW, I hope this Titans theme isn't permanent! I like the Titans and all, but they will never have the same place in my heart that the Legion does!

**is horribly afraid that DC is going to make the LSH into some kind of Teen Titans auxillary junior partner and the Legion fangirl in me screams nooooo! the Titans are johnny come lately parvenus! The Legion was there first! The Legion is senior partner! waaah waaah waah etc. repeat to fade)**

Oh yes, and bring Donna back to life already. But that isn't Marv Wolfman's fault.

I don't usually approve of killing characters off. But my, did I cheer when they killed off the Mary Sue.

[/B]Die Terry Long! Die!!!! [B] oh he already did. Good.

Carry on.

*tee hee!* Cute post, I-Drura!

The TITANS theme here isn't permanent, by the way, just a fun diversion until the crossover comes out!

VERY good point about Terry Long-- I never knew he was Wolfman's "Mary Sue". I always disliked Terry's character-- now I'm repulsed by him.

Oh, and I guess I should state for the record that I don't dislike Wolfman PERSONALLY-- just certain of his his attitudes toward the TITANS.

Is it me, or do I feel a Wonder Tot/Lash Tot "World's Finest Junior" mini-series coming?

I'll get right on it! Should I include Mantis, Captain Comet, and the rest? Pages and pages of Kalibak vs. Grodd, with Funky giving color commentary?

I'll even have Nardo come back in time for this one!

Now I hate Terry Long even more! Bah! May he never come back to life!

Just go ape with it, Cobes-- you any villains you want! Even The Bug-Eyed Bandit! In fact, I insist on the Bug-Eyed Bandit!

Do it Geoff Johns-on-FLASH style, and make the villains all deep and interesting and stuff! But funny too. Oh, and lots of Grodd vs. Kalibak!

And don't forget Star Sapphire!

Now I need someone to revamp the entire SUPERMAN line. I'm wanting old-school Lois Lane hijinx and Jimmy Olsen in drag STAT!!

I've got so many ideas for this already, that I'm starting a thread immediately in the Bits forum!

This could be the start of a whole new "Lash's DC" era of fanfic!

AWESOME, dude!

Hmm.. I'm thinking li'l rhino might be the right choice for SUPERMAN'S DRAG QUEEN, JIMMY OLSEN editor...

I need an artist for the KRYPTO vs. ACE THE BATHOUND 1-shot...

And someone CALL GIFFEN! I want ACTION COMICS starring AMBUSH BUG ready for next summer!

Superman's Drag Queen, Jimmy Olsen...

And for GAWD'S sake, Byrne-- dust off your sense of humour (I remember She-Hulk, I know you have one) and apply it to DOOM PATROL, NOW!! And I mean, I want INTENTIONAL funny, not unintentional "Nudge's costume is funny because it sucks ass OR this dialogue is so outdated it's funny" funny!


for the record, titles I wouldn't change a bit...

FLASH & TITANS (and only a teeny bit of interference in JSA) by Johns

OUTSIDERS by Winick

HAWKMAN - the new creative team rocks!

BIRDS OF PREY - Simone & Benes rule!

And I'm willing to give those Waid & Kitson chaps a chance on LSH...

This is fun! I bet Levitz loves his job!

I'm diehard DC now that Lashkins is at the reigns!

Lashkins would you bring back any of these old DC comedic properties?:

Inferior 5, Major Bummer, 'Mazing Man, The Heckler, Angel & the Ape, Hero Hotline, Binky, and a bunch more I can't think of right now.

i think Wolfman did what Claremont did -- got a little too big for himself -- i read an interview where he recognized he should have left the Titans at least a couple years earlier than he did --HELLO, WHY WEREN'T HIS FRIENDS TELLING HIM THIS???

it's like when you're at a bar and a drunk friend wants to drive home -- YOU TAKE THE KEYS!!!

as for DUELA -- i loved her!! i have to admit those issues were my fave in the pre-wolfman/perez era -- truly great stories toppled one after the other -- i even liked Two-Face's gang of duos (whatever they were called) -- it was a great disco time

the tradgedy is that Titans creators have since relegated her to some weird limbo state: a fate only Jurgens' Titans deserve

maybe Duela could discover the Hero Dial, travel to the future and join the WorkForce? oh , that would be silly

I'd depend on Giffen to use HECKLER for backups in ACTION COMICS. Or rotate him with AMBUSH BUG as the lead, I'm cool either way. Hmmm... someone better call Tom & Mary Bierbaum.

As for the rest, I propose a series that rotates them ALL. MORE FUN COMICS will be a priority of the new DC!

And I think MAJOR BUMMER deserves another chance as its own series.

Wonder if I could talk Champagne into writing a new, more-X-Forcesque version of YOUNG HEROES IN LOVE...? OMG-- are the ALLREDs available??!!? If not, get me DARWYN COOKE pronto!!

What about Dean Lee's "Jungle King" series? I figured you'd approve that one for sure!

I'm in negotiations with Dean for HOT CHICK & SHIRTLESS DUDE SQUAD.

There WILL, however, be a whole slew of Legion minis and specials coming your way at the new DC!

Grey's tapped for the DAWNSTAR one-shot; EDE and I are finally gonna launch MATTER-EATER LAD: THE SERIES... but I need a artist & writer for LEGION CADETS!

I for one would like to have Jose Luis Garcia Lopez draw the upcoming "Laurel Gand/Power Girl Team Up" book that LardLad and I plan on submitting...

Are we going to see the debuts of Kid MLLASH, Eryk Dove Ester (Eryk Damage Ester?), and Cybalt Kid (Cybeest Kid?) anytime soon?

I actually considered changing my screen moniker to "Kid MLLASH" for the duration of this crossover madness-- it's an homage to both teams-- but decided against it.

I just changed my avatar back to Adam Strange, so I'm considering the options right now on another change...

I hope Rhino allows me to have a Funky Flashman/Lana Lang fling in SSoSV!

He won't mind!

Oh, will Funky convince Lana to don her INSECT QUEEN outfit again? If anyone could, he can.

Lash, surely you haven't forgotten to revive the YOUNG HEROES IN LOVE series, have you?

See my post above, Future! I want Allred or Cooke on the art!

Funky will definately get her back in her Insect Queen costume again! It's too bad that I plan on having Sinestro get jealous and doom the Lana/Funky relationship early! Otherwise I just wouldn't be able to explain why Sinestro and Funky don't melt the polar ice-caps and flood Earth...

Phew! Whoops, glad to see you have ALL the angles covered, Lashie! You really are the best EIC yet.

Perhaps we could make the Green Lantern family a bit less convoluted? Like turning them all into different colored Lanterns so they'd be more distinct?

Kilowag the Mother of Pearl Lantern?

Future, I'm placing GREEN LANTERN under your control.

Make me want to read the book. If you can accomplish this, you will reap great rewards!

Well, for one thing, no 'GREEN' Lantern. Much too coveted a position and everyone is vying for it these days. Hal as Forest Green Lantern. John as Dark Green Lantern. Kyle as Light Green Lantern.

Should Guy ever come back to the fold, he'll effectively be made the Chartreuse Lantern.

..and if the idea doesn't work, it wasn't me. I took orders from Marz.

Future, do you have any plans yet for Tomar-Re? If not, please include him as a major player! I might wish to borrow him for Funky's book from time to time...

Consider it done. In fact, he'd be better suited as a starring role I would think. Ideas are already cranking.

I do believe Tomar-Re is about to become DC's equivalent to Wolverine! He's so indie rock, he doesn't need to answer to a Lantern code name.

I want that red-skinned chick back.

Hmm. I might be in over my head with this branch of titles! Perhaps I'll pull a cut-and-run after the first six-issue arc that changes everything and move to the Flash family.

Because I know someone is dying for a Max Mercury mini-series. Screw time travel, he's got to get old and have super-heroic hi-jinx in his nursing home someday.

I am a really irritated that Captain Calamity apparently doesn't have a real name. So I've decided his name is Eryk. I kind of like that.

Sorry, Future... can't stop calling them "GREEN LANTERN" because of the rights being tied up and stuff with the movie and all. Dang. Sometimes this job is tough... I hate veto-ing a good idea. It isn't my fault-- blame AOL/Time Warner!

Anyone care if I put Bruce Wayne back in orange plaid? I really want to respect the roots of the character...

*choke* I understand, Lash! You're just doing your job!

Shoot! And I was just about to pitch a Kelly Green Lantern 1shot starring Jade. Oh, well!

I insist on it. Even better, put BATMAN in orange plaid!

Captain Calamity King space-rawks!

Future, Tomar Re is definately going to be another Wolverine! Just run with it...

Just cause they're all green doesn't mean you can't make other changes!

And Bruce in orange plaid is a must! Give the man some style again...

Even better!

Bring back Kathy Cane!

Hmm... I need to find an effective way to re-introduce Bat-mite!

Lash, could I put a yellow bullet in Hal Jordan's head? Pleeeeeaaaasseeee?

NO! I need Hal for "Funky Flashman and the Secret Society of Super-Villians!" He and Captain Comet are my main heroes over there! (And Martian Manhunter, uttering "Red Sands of Mars!" in EDE/Lash fashion...)

Miss T, you're Jade one-shot is still do-able! Maybe a little more TnA could help get it off the ground...

And I need you to bring in Ace the Bathound as an into for the KRYPTO Vs. ACE 1-shot.

No, you can have a cardboard cutout instead. No-one'll notice the difference

It's okay if I reboot Batman from Day One, right? I really don't want to have to be concerned with this whole sixty-plus years of continuity that I haven't really read, and shouldn't screw anything else up too badly, right?

Actually, would you be interested in writing an Elseworlds 1-shot called THE MANY DEATHS AND UTTER HUMILIATIONS OF HAL JORDAN? I wanna do something to get those H.E.A.T. guys riled up-- they're so amusing when they're all mad and stuff!

Bat-Mite is a must!

Also, Alfred saving the day should be a recurring plot device. I might even have Alfred save the world in SSoSV, without Batman or Robin even there!

Have Alfred dress up in the Bat-costume when he's saving the world though, Cobie! I'll have Jim Lee send over the new orange plaid design when it's ready!

No problem

Does it have to be Elseworlds tho?

Hmm. I'm against a reboot. But just write what you want, don't worry if something contradicts*. I'm bringing back the FUN back to comics!


*But follow THIS RULE: Dick Grayson is NIGHTWING now. I don't care what you do to Tim, as long as you notify the ROBIN editor first...

We need a new JLA line-up for this new Lash DCU. Maybe a big collabrative effort to establish who is on the team?

My suggestions:

B'Wana Beast
Zatanna
Hornblower

It's gotta be Elseworlds, SoM, sorry-- but hey... are you up for the challenge of writing the regular GREEN LANTERN series even if the AOL/TW brass insist that Hal be the star and the others be secondary?

Future wants off the book, and it could really be an interesting ride for you-- should you choose to accept it.

I say we send Kid Heavyfeathers to the past and put him in the new JLA!

If HORNBLOWER aka Mal Duncan is on in the JLA, then certainly his wife THE BUMBLEBEE is on the team too.

Nah, not with Hal as the lead. I'd happily write it with Kyle, John, Guy or G'Nort tho.

I'd favor Ch'p as a lead. Can we bring him back?

On second thought, maybe I'll revive Ch'p and make him the new Robin.

Hmmm... Gnort....

SoM, you're HIRED!

Eryk, the ROBIN writer just walked when I told him of your plans. I'll need you to take over that book too. And you're next page of MEL:TS is late!

Uh... I believe it's my co-writers turn to submit a page. And I'll get started on the new Robin series starring Ch'p right away!

Are you retconning out Ch'p's death or establishing Zombie Rodent Robin?

I think I have zombies on the brain today. Can I take all the dead heroes and create Zombie Friends?

Hmm... how was Ch'p killed originally? He was hit by a truck or something, right? Maybe that was actually a Ch'p robot or something. I'll figure it out.

Yep. Run over on the Mosaic world.

ZOMBIE FRIENDS? I like the idea. Let's see a script, matlock!

GREEN LANTERN #1
G'Nough is G'Nough
Once again, G'Nort weilds the emerald energies of the most powerful weapon in the Universe! 5 minutes later, his sector is emptied as every apparently inanimate object runs away in fear. So G'Nort heads off to look up his ol'pals on Earth. Can even the planet which is most over-represented with GLs already take the Return Of G'Nort? One Guy already has a problem with it...

Jillikers! Will being EIC of DC hinder my real dream job of co-writing MEL:TS? Apparently so!

Oh, you are SO gonna get a BIG BONUS!!!

Yes to Ace the Bat-Hound! Yes to Bat-Mite! But don't forget the fat Alfred, Aunt Harriet, Bat-Ape, Batman Jones, Batman Jr. (and Superman Jr.), and a brand new Batwoman - Kathy Kane's sister Kandi!

Also, if Hornblower/Herald and Bumblebee are in the new JLA, then you should make it very edgy and indie rock. How about if Mal downloads his brain engrams into a robotic lifeform that becomes the team's adversary. AND, Mal could even get so close to the edge that he strikes his flirty, vivacious wife and gets put on trial and sent to jail! Down the road, Bumblebee could have an out-of-character one-night stand with Arsenal (just for poops & giggles)!

I'd like to see Plastic Man, Elongated Man, Elastic Lad, and Elasti-Girl form their own superteam - maybe call them the All-Shapes Squadron?

And bring back Vext!

Jeepers, Miss Troia! It sounds like you know more about Batman than I do! Want a job as a co-writer?

Or perhaps the Pretzel Patrol? The Rubber Band?

I'd love it EDE! I'm not the best expert on Bat-continuity but I do love the quirky, weird characters from the 50s'/60s eras!

Don't forget the Batmen from Many Nations like the Legionary and Musketeer!

And, matlarrk, The Rubber Band is a great name!

Even this long-time Hal Jordan fan knows jeenyus when he reads it!

Splendid job, SoM! Green Lantern is most assuredly yours now.

I'm thinking of using some Flash ties to make a new all-femme super-hero team! Iris Allen, Linda Park West, Lois Lane (with editorial permission to borrow her from Superman titles), and others! Those female reporters we all know and love in supporting roles join together to face the terrors of editors, plagiarism, and worrying about your significant super-other. Thanks to retcons and time travel aplenty, they can all be at the same point of time!

"Titillating Typewriters!" indeed.

Don't forget to add Hannah Wells and Vicki Vale to your All-Girl News Team, Future! Maybe call them News Shoes?

Future, I want to see a script ASAP! Your all-chick-reporter super-team idea is pre-appoved! And tell the editors of those other books that I'll brook no interference on their parts!

D'uh - The NewsGIRL Legion!

Hmmm. NewsGIRL Legion does have a ring to it, though I definitley want a hokey sub-title in there. Does Editorial have any ideas to add for titles or sub-titles?

Okay, the prototype first issue!

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DC Comics's NewsGIRL Legion #1:
Price: $0.50 (the cost of a newspaper, of course)!

A big fat retcon in the history of journalism from around the early 21st century leads Hannah Wells and Marella Tao to go against their ethics to steal a time bubble and personally investigate. They plop right into the middle of a great Allen/Park reunion, only to discover that someone is trying to assassinate Iris West and change reporting history! Teaming with Linda Park and Lois Lane, whose been left behind by Superman to stop yet another crisis, the five reporters join together to predict the story of a lifetime! But what happens when Marella and Hannah discover the assassin is...*gasp*...their time-tripping editor-in-chief! The girls combat him with tape recorders, purses, and pencils in hand. Ending the threat and leaving him to be picked up by Science Police means the EiC is not happy with Marella and Hannah...both now without jobs! Lois and the others realizing they don't need super-powers to save the world like their super-husbands, they join forces in the 21st century to keep an ever vigilant watch on the news media of Earth...and one day, beyond!

Next issue: Vicki Vale joins up, the ladies report from the Super Rebuplican National Convention...of Earth, and the gals set up their martian-tech HQ (hey, why not?) within the giant sphere above the Daily Planet!

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Comments welcome. Other reporter ladies (Ms. Moon from Superboy, maybe) needed for recommendation. Variant covers are a must.

Hey, can I start up a second GL book for Kyle (and probably John) too, to go with the G'Nort 'n' Guy book?

G'Nort 'n' Guy is like the new Mork 'n' Mindy!

Future you need to have a DC vs. Marvel xover - On the marvel side, you'd have Jessica Jones, Trish Tilby, and........

Hmmmmm, yet ANOTHER reason DC space-rawks over Marvel?

If I knew anything about American sitcoms, I could respond to that

Miss T, it's all about getting Perry to argue with J. Jonah eventually in a comic book crossover!

And SoM...you're not missing much, except for lots of scary plots and Robin Williams being insane.

Let's see how sales of your GL do before we expand the line, SoM...

FUTURE!!! I love it! Gosh dang, the NEW DC kicks ASS!

Lash, the DC fans have spent years and years waiting for the moment. Don't you think it's time to introduce Zan and Jayna and GLEEK to the DCU?

Some other things I as a loyal reader would want to see:

*Flash with a big light-bulb shaped head

*an Arrowcar, Arrowcave and boxing glove arrows

*Seahorses big enough for Aquaman and Aquagirl to ride on

*Bizarro Comics!!!

*Green Lantern using more boxing gloves when fighting villains

*a Vertigo version of the Legion of Super Pets (think Cujo). It should be done all grim-n-gritty.

*Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope would be nice, but they might seem a bit dated. How about having Superman team up with Jerry Sienfeld (oh wait we've already seen that, never mind)

*For the girls we could have "The Adventures of Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman's Boyfriend"

*Have an issue of Batman where the Joker threatens to knock down Gotham City with a giant boxing glove.

*Prez! Sugar and Spike! Funny Animals!!!

All of your ideas are greenlighted, Lad Kid. Except the Joker one... he's dead and his ashes were rocketed into the sun. However, there's going to be a NEW chick Joker in town soon enough...


Hmmm... I need an editorial supervisor. I like your atttude. Want a job?

Ah, but the second title will have a very different tone, since - unlike the GnG series - it won't be humour-based and thus will reach a different audience. Ergo, sales of the one would bear little correlation in terms of buyers to sales of the other

I would love to supervise editorials for you, Lash.

More boxing gloves people!! The kids love the boxing gloves! I want a one shot featuring the Batmen of the World! And another one with the Green Arrows of different dimensions! And each title must feature talking apes at least once a year! BECAUSE I DEMANDED IT!!!!

Hmm, I hope I don't let the power go to my head.

How about talking apes with a French accent?

I plan on having Bats spend as much time in Europe as possible!

Lad Kid, Eryk, I see that my faith in you was not misplaced! Carry on!

The French-speaking apes are going to work for this evil toddler genius that I'm in the process of developing.

Hmm. I don't want another R.E.B.E.L.S. fiasco! You must do something unique with this evil toddler genius. Maybe give him a goatee.

He's going to be a monocle-wearing evil toddler genius from the European aristocracy. We'll see about the goatee.

And let's not forget the hilarious crossover where the mature ladies of the NewsGIRL Legion get suckered-in by husbands and allies into babysitting the evil brain tot.

...and the subsequent affair that results.

Hmm... what's Vicky Vale's current status, anyway?

It doesnt matter, USE her! If she's dead, throw her in a Lazarus Pit, STAT!

Vicky is as good as back, and as good as romantically involved then! Borrow her when you need her, Eryk!

I've got some giant Lois, Marella, and Iris stories to map out where they get captured by islanders...and let's not forget Jimmy Olsen's new sex-changing super-powers.

And you haven't lived until you witness the horror/confusion of...LOIS LANE RED and LOIS LANE BLUE.

I'm getting to the party late, but can I write Firestorm for MLLASH DC?

If anyone can do justice to a hero in big puffy yellow sleeves and a flaming head, I'd like to think it would be me.

Jeffy, the job is yours!

FUTURE, you are getting a HUGE raise! Your ideas for the Newsgirl Legion and Jimmy Olsen are inspired!

Long-term plans for Bruce include a stop in Africa where he meets the African goddess of love, Afro-dite.

Awesome plans, Eryk! Can we expect an Afro-dite and Bat-mite TEAM-UP down the line, then?

Lash, how many issues do you want the 'Girls Revolt' storyline to be? I'll need to borrow the whole of JLA for that one.

Eryk, you too have earned a big raise!

THE NEW DC bullet should be a head with a big round afro.

As long as it needs to be, Future.

Hmmm... the current JLA lineup includes B'Wana Beast, Bumblebee and Hornblower... are you SURE you want to use them? The Substitute Justice League is where you'll find Supes, Bats and the lot.

E-Gads, you're right, Lash! Glad to see an editor doing their job. A normal one would let me catch the flack for using the wrong team.

Teeds and I will have to sit down and talk over what Wonder Woman's role will be in the story.

Dare I spoil year two, where the Super Family Reunion...of HELL battles Iris and Linda in the kitchen?

An odd, but fascinating idea. I'll think it over.

He felt the same about poor Gnarrk.

Yet he thought AZRAEL was a good idea! Jeepers H. Tutu!

AZRAEL is too STUPID for my Titans!

All right, people. We need Crazy Quilt back as soon as possible. And I want to see the Construct back fighting the JLA quickly. We have to have giant robots! Make him a Nazi if you can!

Ok, Lash, how's this for a summer crossover? Each title finds its hero teaming up with a different member of Captain Carrot's Zoo Crew fighting to save the multiverse. Some possible team-ups:

Superman / Captain Carrot - answer the question on everyone's mind - who is stronger?

Wonder Woman / Yankee Poodle

Green Lantern / Pig Iron

??? - I can't think of any more Crew members. Someone make some up quickly!


Finally, we have got to get somebody on a new Shazam! title immediately!! And it must be SHAZAM! not Captain Marvel. And we really shouldn't focus on just Cap, CM3 (get rid of the name ASAP) and Mary. I need to see Grandpa Marvel, Hillbilly Marvel, and Fat Marvel along with that Rabbit, Hoppity or whatever. Kids love super-powered rabbits I tell ya!

The first story arc should feature the return of Dr. Sivanna in all of his egg-headed nastiness. We don't need to reintroduce the Sivanna brats, just yet. We'll save that for a later arc.

For the SHAZAM! writers, I should mention that Mr. Mind's descendant, Mr. Mind 5, may well be putting in an appearance in an upcoming arc of Matter-Eater Lad!

I demand a "Justice League Antartica" series featuring Big Sur, the Clockmaster and the Mighty Bruce!

And I think the Global Guardians are overdue for a mini-series...

Kid Chaos! I need you over there with Lad Kid-- you guys are the "think tank" behind the NEW DC!

Well there surely needs to be a new Lois Lane series.

Maybe "The Many Beastality Marriages of Lois Lane"?

Or "The Many Vaguely Offensive Race-Switcheroos of LL"?

And the "Space Cannine Patrol Agents (SPCA) featuring Prophecy Pup" is a foregone conclusion.

Something else else involving the forgotten Infinity, Inc. members would be fun too.

Kid Chaos, Lois is all yours for a new series as long as she's still available for Silver Age-hijinks in NewsGIRL Legion. She's the Superman of the team!

Hmm...there has to be some way to work Nazis into the book. An undercover, cross-time caper to WWII Germany perhaps.

Ooh. Infinity, Inc. We need someone to tackle the old-school Outsiders, too! I don't have any knowledge about them, but they always seemed fun.

Lash, can we expect a Bumblebee/Hornblower mini from you and Blacula sometime soon?

Hmm... Lois has been tapped for Future's NEWSGIRL LEGION series...

Johns is already bringing BUMBLEBEE back in Teen Titans (for real!) and I promised Geoffy I wouldn't use her, so we'll also have to pull her from JLA... *dreamy sigh* I just can't resist that Geoff Johns!

I'll do it if you'll let me have the second GL book

Can G'nort be spared for JLAntartica?

Can't you spare all of us from G'nort and just let him be gone?

I'd support anything about a French-speaking ape as long as its a *gay* French-speaking ape in love with a disembodied brain!

Ohhhh! Brainstorm!

A classic silver-age "imaginary tale" where a lesbian ape with a French accent marries the disembodied brain of Lois Lane!

Surely there's room for an endless stream of imaginary tales in the New DC?

Surely there is!

Nonsense! Stop all that anti-NEW DC talk or I'll put you in charge of the new BROTHER POWER series!

If it is silly than I'm anti. Do your worst Lash! <img border="0" alt="[Deathstroke]" title="" src="graemlins/deathstroke.gif" />

Bah! There's no place for you at the new DC. Perhaps you can get a job wherever Marv Wolfman is working now.

ATTN: Writer of the new SHAZAM series


I want back that group of villain chicks who all wore different specific colored costumes and hair and had different powers, THE RAINBOW SQUAD. Dyke 'em up a bit.

Got some news for you Lash. I AM the new DC. BWAAA-HA-HA-HA-ha-haaa!

If I'm writing the mini, of course I'll work it out with the GL writer to ensure there's no conflict

Set it all up for me, SoM, JL ANTARTICA is yours-- go wacky! BIG TIME wacky!

Kewl!

Who else was in the JLAnt? Wasn't Cluemaster a member?

I think lots of the lost characters from the Giffen JLI books deserve a place in the New DC, such as:

-The Global Guardians! I miss the Little Mermaid and her evil twin.

-Power Girl's smelly cat!

-The ambiguously gay Blue Jay!

-Kooey Kooey Kooey !

Can I get my serious GL book to go with the wacky one then?

Well, okay but there's a catch.

Per top AOL/TW brass, Green Lantern now looks just like Jack Black.

Well, I'm not sure John's fans'll like it, but orders are orders

PROBLEM: What about all of Kyle Rayner's nude in-the-bed scenes???

Egads! Doing research, half of these NewsGIRLS don't actually currently hold reporting jobs or are alive!

Well, it'll just take a few simple plot twists to bring Linda back into journalism, revive Vicki & Tana Moon (if Vicki's dead), and make Iris a more permanent 21st century figure & reporter again!

RE: Jack Black as GL, AOL/TW is just being silly. We've had multiple GLs before, we shall have them again!

What, no Legion of Super-Pets? Have we forgotten our roots?

The Super-Pets have gone VERTIGO per Lad Kid, my editorial supervisor.

Jeepers! Doesn't anyone actually know whether Vicki Vale is alive or dead?

Crap! I'm reviving her! If she's not dead, then we'll retcon in her death later!

Throw any dead reporter chicks into a Lazarus Pit!

The Vicki Vale retcon sounds good! What Bat-plans do you have in mind for her, EDE?

Lazaraus Pit it is! Hey, if it works on Vicki, maybe it'll drive the girls to revive the other deceased ladies.

I'm thinking Glorith of Baaldur would make a fun foe too, following the Legion connection with Marella and Hannah. Perhaps our second summer crossover can revolve around her? We can have Lil'Lois, Iris Infant, and Terrible Twos Tana.

Well, I'm afriad I'm going away and won't have access to a computer for the remainder of the week so I need the following projects moved forward by the time I get back.

*The aforementioned SHAZAM! book.

*"Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman's boyfriend" for the girls

*Vertigo Super Pets

*boxing gloves and talking apes (of any nationality or sexual orientation) in every comic

plus a few new ideas -

* a return of the SUPERFRIENDS concept, except using older, seldom-used characters that could use revitalizing. I'm thinking the return of Apache Chief, Black Vulcan, El Dorado, and the Samurai. These characters should appeal to the vastly underrepresented minority market. I think Marvin, Wendy and that dog with the cape should be fetured prominately so that the kids can have someone to relate to.

*a Bizarro DCU, featuring the return of the square planet where all things are done opposite of earth. I want a Yellow Lantern, Blue Kryptonite, and the Bizarro Legion.

*The return of the Substitute Heroes. Porcupine Pete, Infectious Lass, and Antennae Boy must be featured prominately.

I'm tired now, but I leave it to you good people to push these ideas to the most ludicrous extent possible.

Duela Dent was super silly and thankfully wasn't used. But she isn't as silly as Matter Eater Lad or Bouncing Boy! doh!

How 'bout calling a new Infinity, Inc. title INFINITY UNLIMITED... the title can be a time-hopping extravaganza! They can guest-star in the NEWSGIRL LEGION and then move over to their own series.

Whichever former Infinitors Geoff Johns gets tired of in JSA can form the core connecting IU to II. (Though he's pretty much using all of them, isn't he? Hmmmm...)

NEW INFINITORS= 1). zombie-Wildcat (Yolanda Montez), 2). a bisexual telepathic ape from Gorilla City, who's in love with... 3). a gender-morphing android from the far future-- or distant past-- s/he isn't sure, 4). Frostbite, from YOUNG HEROES IN LOVE... necessitating a team-up with *that* group (possibly leading to their new title?) 5). Kathy Kane, Batwoman, 6). Black Orchid, classic look, 7). a new Star-Spangled Kid... this time a hunky teen who wears a mask and a star-spangled speedo, and 8). Duel Dent, Duela's previously unrevealed twin brother.

Todd

I think Duela and Tenzil need to do a wacky, Thelma and Louise type mini-series, taking a bite outta crime on a cross-country trip and leaving behind huge lipstick stain reminders of their presence

MEEMriiiiiiies....!

Heh heh.

This thread was fun to reread!

Pretending to be EIC of DC is FUN....

Leapin Jeepers this thread is hi-larious!

Lash, it might be time for you to take over again as EiC of DC and restructure their entire line. I'll gladly sign on for some series that are sure to be hits with my usual fanbase, er, teenage girls and Alt Ids!

Just checking to see if DC stole any of our ideas.

Amazingly, they haven't...

Well, a Yellow Lantern was mentioned in one of the posts...

I am still holding out hope for Batman in orange plaid...

Hey, Lash, I know you're out there somewhere (1988 Moody Blues hit single reference intentional).

When you're EiC of DC, can I revive L.E.G.I.O.N.? I know I'd do a better job than Tony Bedard did with R.E.B.E.L.S. Volume 2.

^^On behalf of Lash, I think the appropriate response is:

In your wildest dreams.

Good one, EDE.

(And I like that song, too.)

Say, EDE, maybe Lash could put you on JSA.

That'll happen on a Tuesday afternoon.

Breathe deep...no wait, don't. This is the Titans Forum.

Still no Lash? Sigh. Why do we never get an answer, when we're knocking at the door?

If he ever comes back, he should give you the Superman gig, Cobie.

Perhaps we need some tasteful pics of shirtless Titans men to lure Lash back.

Tasteful? Have you met Lash?

I would go for all out nudity, but we ARE an all-ages board. Although we can PM him all the hot, steamy pics.

No, be all tasteful & nass. We're doing the "don't give him what he wants" thing.

HECKLER is CANCELLED FOREVER and it's LASH'S FAULT!!

Ah, as part of not giving Lash what he wants, I will send him pictures of Dan Didio in a mankini.

That image is going to make it hard to go to sleep. Thank God it doesn't matter what time I get up tomorrow.

Don't worry, I'll PM it directly. So Lash will be the only one not to sleep.

Or maybe the utter disgust will put him in a gross-induced sleep coma. Hmm. I may have to rethink that.

I am still all for liberal usage of hurling corpses into Lazarus pits to undo ill-advised comic character deaths.

Oh, where to begin? Kinetix, Kole, Star Boy and Sun Boy in that disastrous Fatal Five story, Duela Dent...