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Tim, I finally got a Wii! I got it on Friday. It’s the most amazing thing ever! Sadly I didn’t even read half of the comics that I bought last week. The Wii sure eats up time. Even more sad; I’ll be picking up Marvel Ultimate Alliance when I pick up this week’s comics, which means I’ll be even less productive.

I’m not all about the Wii (I’m sorry, I just don’t get it at all) but I am excited for you when it comes to Ultimate Alliance. It is so much damn fun that I think it very well might change your entire worldview.

Overstatement?

From me?

Never.

And for anyone interested in playing “compare Mathan and Tim’s weeks” I have spent most of mine getting a client checked into acute psych for suicidal ideation. So mine’s been busy too.

Links

Broken Dial is fun to read.

Beyond the Threshold is great to read.

The DVD Lounge is a treat to read.

Inside Fights is exciting to read.

Machine Gun Funk features theMost Ridiculous Item of the Week every Friday.

Moodspins has new writers.

Not a True Ending is a surefire read for me now.

Popcorn Junkies is amazing to read.

Primetime Pulse is 24 crazy!

Retro Grading reminds me of games I can now download on my nifty Wii.

Tailgate Crashers is remarkable to read.

Also check our our DC Boards where we debate Supernova’s identity, ponder the Suicide Squad and relive Zero Hour?

Tim, are you linking this week?

I’m linking Newsarama because it nicely dives into the whole “Ideas from Grant Morrison” question about The All New Atom that we got last week.

Linking a rival site? Yeah, I go the extra mile for the fans.

What I Read Last Week

X-Factor #15 – Not my favorite issue. It had some good moments, but it just didn’t blow me away. The concept was solid, but I didn’t connect with the execution.

Checkmate #10 – Pretty good payoff. I appreciate how deep undercover the agent went. But the art was great and story worked, even with the Shadowpact.

Supergirl & the Legion of Super-Heroes #26 – Wow. I way dug the explanation of Mekt and his role. The Dominator’s plan was uber creepy. Just a really good issue that turned the tension up a notch.

100 Bullets #80 – Wow. We knew Dizzy was going to be made, but the aftermath of last issue was great. The stuff with Vic and Branch was heavy. And I almost feel bad for Benito. I love this book.

52 Week Thirty-Eight – Man, I do not envy Black Adam.

Loved the island stuff, felt the Question stuff dragged on about a month too long….at least.

Brandon R. wears the black hat

Weirdly enough the new animated Iron Man movie got me thinking of this and how a lot of Marvels heroes don’t really have a great set of villains when they are alone…the teams have some great villains but even the great heroes fall short.

To me, a hero needs great villains and they need a archrival to really have lasting power…Think about it, as cool as Bats is, if he didn’t have the varied and strange villains he does I don’t think he would be half as cool.

So which heroes do y’all think have the greatest rogues and which heroes need an overhaul villain wise and if they don’t have an archrival who would make a great one for said heroes???

I’m not the biggest Marvel guy in the world, but I’ll agree with you on the notion there aren’t too many iconic villains over there. Some of the most memorable Fantastic Four foes aren’t quite foes (Silver Surfer, Namor). I’d be hard pressed to name an impressive Wolverine foe who’s not Sabretooth. Beyond Spider-Man I really can’t think of any Marvel characters whose rogues gallery is that great.

I’ll also agree that a hero needs a good rogues gallery to be great, but I think that Batman and Spider-Man would be doing just fine without their nemesises nemesi costumed guys doing bad things. I mean, both of those guys are visually striking and have a pinch of an “everyman” quality to them in that, if the circumstances were similar perhaps any reader could have become such heroes. But their foes make them that much better.

But to answer your question here are some DCU guys who I think have solid rogues galleries;


The Flash – Barry Allen had the quintessential group of bad guys. Wally West inherited them. But the fact that the Rogues survived their goofy gimmicky Silver Age origins to become one of the most loved villainous groups is a testament to their greatness.


Batman – Bats has the most widely well known bunch of crooks in his stable. Thanks to his trips into other mediums (television, film) Batman’s foes are so identifiable their more widely well known than some heroes.


Hal Jordan – No, wait. Hear me out. Sure some of his rogues might not have aged too well (Black Hand, Sonar, Goldface) but he also tangled with Major Disaster, Dr. Polaris, Sinestro, Eclipso, Star Sapphire and Tattooed Man. And when you add Mongul and the Cyborg, you’ve got to admit the guy’s got a decent bunch of foes.

Here are some guys who I think have a decent cast of rogues that just aren’t utilized properly.


Superman – This guy’s got some decent foes (Lex, Brainiac, Bizarro) but he’s really just too powerful for them to be genuine threats. So he’s got good characters, but they just aren’t threats.


Nightwing – For a guy who’s had a solo title for ten years his foes haven’t really be utilized much. And when you think about his time as Robin and in the Teen Titans he’s amassed quite a few bit of people who hold grudges against him, it’s just sad that we don’t see it.


Kyle Rayner – Most of his rogues were lame. But I loved Effigy and Nero. Even Ohm probably had potential. It’s just that most of his foes were one and done, which made them less than effective

And now for the characters who really need some worthwhile rogues.


Aquaman – I love the character, but the fact that even I don’t have a favorite Aquaman villain should speak volumes about the lack of depth in that area.


Hawkman – For a guy who’s been around forever he’s pretty light in the foe area. Perhaps this is why he can’t maintain a title.


Gunfire – C’mon! This guy needs some bloody rogues. I’m willing to bet that no readers can even name five of Gunfire’s rogues. And that is a shame.

A damn shame!

Tim, who do you think needs more rogues and who’s got enough?


I actually have to say that I think Iron Man’s rogues gallery is underestimated. They aren’t always well used (but then again, neither were Flash’s) but there is a wide array of very cool villains that Mr. Stark (and sometimes Jim Rhodes) has faced off with over the years.


Captain America, on the other hand, has a pretty weak set of baddies. Red Skull is awesome, Crossbones is visually neat, Hate Monger is under utilized, and then… Batroc? Serpent Society? Not so hot. There are components there though that someone (maybe Brubaker since he’s alreadyy there) could capitalize on.

And lest we dump on Marvel too much, let me point out that that universe is home to the greatest villain of all time…DR. DOOM! At the end of the day, nobody gets close.


On the DC side of things, Martian Manhunter has been around almost as long as any JLA member and has approximately…zero villains. That’s just depressing.


However, the one I’d focus on would be… Green Arrow. I can’t help but think a lot of the pieces are out there (Onomatopoeia, Shado, Merlyn, Drakon, Brick) but they need to be tied together and supplemented with some new ones as well. Actually, there are signs that that is happening. Considering that 3 of the ones I pointed out are fairly recent introductions, there are signs that things are on the upswing.

Of course, arguably, Green Arrow does not need an extensive gallery. But I’d like to see it be a little thicker at least.

Soak1313 likes to focus on the negative

How about a top 10 or 5 or whatever you think necessary of the most evil things a villain has done in the DCU. What do you think they would be?

Wow, I’ve really got to get into an evil frame of mind to compile this list. It’s kind of tough. Well, first off, this is just stuff that I can think of off the top of my head. It’s also stuff that strikes me as “evil.” Feel free to drop me a line if you disagree.

Oh, and they’re in no particular order.


JokerThe Killing Joke is really a two-fer. Not only does he paralyze and brutalize Barbara Gordon, but he does it to break Jim Gordon.

Joker – Killing Jason Todd was heavy business. Not only did he make it personal, but he also double crossed Jason’s mom. And there’s nothing more evil than a double-crosser.

I’d also nominate Joker’s actions at the end of No Man’s Land when he snagged a bunch of babies, tossed one in the air and then shot Sarah Gordon after she caught it. Kidnapping, baby tossing, AND murdering the wife of someone who’s daughter you already crippled? SO EVIL.


Black Mask – Torture is way evil. He tortured Stephanie Brown. What more needs to be said? Well, ok, he’s also got that whole history of feeding people eyeballs.

His torture of Stephanie was brutal, but how he treated Catwoman’s sister and brother-in-law is wildly more evil.


Dr. Light – Rape is a vile act. And the retcon in Identity Crisis that saw Dr. Light raping Sue Dibny was about as evil as they come.


Major Force – This guy killed Kyle Rayner’s girlfriend and stuffed her in an appliance. And he wasn’t even acting on his own behalf. He was just doing a job. Making it personal and keeping it impersonal at the same time. Evil!!!!!!!!


Professor Zoom – The original Reverse Flash killed Iris West as a way to get ba ck at Barry Allen. Furthermore he tried to kill Barry’s second fiancé on their wedding day. That’s pretty evil in my book.


Lex Luthor – In Superman #9 Lex tells a waitress that if she leaves her husband and comes to Metropolis with him he’ll give her a million dollars. He gives her five minutes to mull it over. And when she goes to give him the answer he’s left. How evil is that?


The Mist/Nash – Conceiving a child with Jack Knight, out of spite. Making a baby out of spite? It’s hard to be more evil that that.

Tim, can you come up with some truly evil acts that have transpired in the DCU?

Wow…you snagged some good ones. What can I offer?


Parallax – Yeah, yeah, yeah. None of it counts, none of the GLs are dead, Zero Hour wasn’t so bad (see later). Whatever. Fact is, they were dead. Parallax smashed his way across the universe, cutting off people’s hands, leaving them for dead, wiping out all those blue fellas, and, worst of all, killing his mentor Kilowog. He may be back and nice now, but the guy was awfully evil back in the day.


Mongul/Cyborg – They wiped out an entire city to build a new WarWorld on Earth. Plus, Cyborg spent months fooling the populace into thinking that he was a Superman returned from the dead. Genocide AND identity theft? Not cool. Evil, really.


Per Degaton – Some quick time travel moves cancelled it out, but Per’s soldiers murdered Stargirl’s entire family in front of her. Including the baby. Infanticide? Do I even need to tell you what that is?


Sally Sonic – She steals Bulleteer’s husband (and least in an emotional sense) and more or less puts in motion the events that lead to his death and Bulleteer’s conversion. Then, she played liked she was Bulleteer’s friend for a bit and lived with her as a roommate. Finally, she damn near killed poor Bullet. Is there any end to this lady’s evil-ness?

Brandon R. likes to see everybody get a chance…to destroy the planet!

Which villain in DCU do you think there should be a crossover centered around? Perhaps one that has not had one already and how would you play it? We had Hal Jordan (Parallax), Darkseid, Anti-Montior, and even Luthor in the current goings-on…Is there anyone left you could see as a major villain big enough to take on the DCU?

I’ll be honest; my first instinct was to go for Eclipso. I loved The Darkness Within so I’d love to see a sequel. But you wanted me to try someone who hadn’t been the antagonist of a major event, so I’ll try again.

Given that Monarch as returned to DCU I’d say that maybe the story should surround him. But even though technically Captain Atom has never been the lead villain of a huge even, Monarch has so I’ll try someone else.

This time I wanted to do Superboy-Prime, but I remember that the Prime-ster played a role in Infinite Crisis which kind of makes him ineligible for what I’m trying to do.

But I guess if I had to do an event it’d start with Argus teaming up with the Outsiders, but it’d be from Argus’ perspective. We’d “hear” how much Argus wishes he was a player again and how much he longs to be in the big leagues.

From there we’d see spread out and see how those various characters interact with the rest of the DCU, all form their perspective. But then one at a time, random heroes would start behaving strangely, out of character. We’d see Damage exploring his powers to disastrous results. Later we’d see Mr. Terrific perusing files on known super heroes. We’d also see Hourman picking a fight with Deathstroke.

Eventually we’d find out (from Gunfire) that all of the strange behavior was the result of Count Viper, who was looking for the perfect body to possess in his quest for longevity. Basically it was Count Viper trying to play “Six Degrees of the DCU” and trying out various bodies to find the one that suits his needs. It may not sound action packed, but it’d include tons of fights and face offs, as Viper would want to see what every character was capable of.

Who are you building your event around Tim?

Has Kobra ever commanded a DCU spanning event book? If not, here’s his (and his cultists’ chance). Take a look at his trial in JSA to see what he can command on a small scale. Now put it on the global scale.

Across the globe, random acts of terrorism, corporate sabotage, and bizarre bursts of violence are occurring with alarming frequency. As more and more events pile up and no pattern can be detected, the nations of the world are increasingly gripped by panic. Paranoia overrules rationality and countries begin to destroy themselves from the inside out. The world is literally at its wits end. And still there is no one to blame, no one to fight.

The heroes are doing their best, but all they are is essentially crowd control. They are putting out small fires while the inferno rages out of control. After helping to quell yet another near riot, Obsidian, on a hunch, follows one the participants. Eventually, the man leads him smack dab into the answer to everyone’s question. Who’s responsible? Kobra is.

Sadly, Obsidian realizes too late that the some in the hideout neutralizes his powers. The next issue features Obsidian negotiating the twists and turns of Kobra’s lair while avoiding detection so he can escape and warn the others.

Then, it is off to the races as Obsidian escapes and Kobra steps up his timetable for bringing the world to an end. When all is said and done, the world will be shaken and the name of Kobra will once again inspire terror everywhere.

However, if Kobra has already been used, how about the widely underutilized Society of Supervillains. Think “Acts of Vengeance” or “The Last Avengers Story” (the beginning of it, anyway) done DC style. Lots of sneak acts, lots of unexpected battles, lots and lots of crazy villain action.

Aaron supports the idea of Zero Hour War Memorial

How about a Zero Hour body count? I read that the JSA was hit the hardest, but I’m curious if you’ve got a list of names who died during that mini. Is 12 years too late for cards of condolence for their families?

I don’t have the comics in my immediate possession, but I’d done a bit of a search and saying that “the JSA was hit the hardest” is kind of misleading. It’s more like the JSA was hit the only-est. The Golden Age Atom, Dr. Mid-Nite and Hourman all died (though Hourman was removed from his moment of death and replaced by his future android successor.)

Oh yeah the Time Trapper also died. But that was it. At least according to what I could find.

Of course that’s not counting all of the billions of people who died when Hal Jordan was tinkering with recreating the universe.

So basically that’s four people who died, give or take a dozen billion.

Tim how do you feel about Zero Hour?

Eh. I know a few people who hold it in very high esteem but, for me, it never rang my bell. I liked a lot of the zero books (especially the GL ones, Robin’s, and the Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight “Viewpoint” issue) but the event itself…not so much.

Part of the problem might’ve been that I was not the DC-phile then that I am today. If Zero Hour came out tomorrow and I knew the players like I know them now, I could find myself more emotionally invested. However, first impressions being as they are, I can only recall really connecting with a few things:

1.) Parallax’s reveal
2.) Green Arrow taking out his old friend
and
3.) The JSA’s last stand.

As for the rest…a blur of indifference.

Juan Francisco Gutierrez Santiago

Who are in your opinion the 10 most powerful villains in the DC? I mean guys that by themselves can destroy the Universe if that was their intention (and John Byrne doesn’t count). Be wild about this: If a villain is not physically strong but can use his mind to develop a plan to wipe out the galaxy, count him in. My picks would be Neron, Darkseid and Superboy Prime.

Somewhere John Byrne is crying as a result of your jab. I hope you’re happy.

Yeah, dude…not cool.


Ares – This dude is a god. Plus he’s the god of war. And he’s even got a planet named after him (well his Roman counterpart at least). So I’m saying that this guy could instigate something that could destroy the universe. Probably.


Eclipso – Eclipso only real weakness is sunlight. So it might be difficult to destroy the universe with such a weakness, but I think Eclipso could do it. He spreads like a virus and everyone would fall prey to him. He could easily put himself in a position to wipe out the universe, even if it’s one planet at a time.


Lord Satanus – I’m only including this guy because you had Neron on the list. I think that Neron has too many limitations with his powers to make him viable as a worldwide threat, much less a universal one. Lord Satanus is a similar demon, but with fewer limitations.


Mister Mxyzptlk – This imp can reshape reality, so what’s to make up believe that he couldn’t reshape the universe, devoid of life? I don’t think that anything is beyond Mxyzptlk’s abilities.


Mordru – Believe me when I say that this man can control the universe. Just peep Legion of Super-Heroes V.4 #5. In that issue we see how the universe would look if there was no one to stop Mordru’s ambitions. So I’m sure that he could destroy it just as well.


Starro – C’mon, if there were ever a “universal threat” it’s Starro. Or Star Conqueror, or whatever he’s being called now. And his weakness is lime! How common is lime in the universe? And while he’s conquering I’m sure he could also destroy as well.


Darkseid – Do I really need to sell this one?


Superboy-Prime – The guy can move planets. Clearly he can destroy things as well.


Time Trapper – This gent created a pocket universe and I’m sure he’s also the ability to destroy things too. Plus he’s got access to both the beginning and end of time, so it’d be easy for him just fast-forward to the end of things.

Tim, can you think of any universal threats in the DCU?


Well, currently, Lady Styx is being billed as the world destroyer ‘round the DCU although she did go down a bit like a chump recently in 52. Still, she apparently got better because her shadow has loomed over Mystery in Space, a OYL book.


As long as we are talking Mystery in Space, The Eternal Light Corporation seems to be a threat about to peek as well, especially their creepy creepy bishop.

Besides them, I’d give the nod to Per Degaton. He’s not a universal threat in the typical sense of the word, but as a time traveler, he has shown that he can kill you in your crib and if he killed the right people at the right, he’d be able to permanently “adjust” the look of the universe.

But I’m not, typically, one for the space stories so I’m probably missing a bunch.

Aaron has no evident sympathy for the devil

At what point did Hal Jordan go from evil Parallax to the guy who gave his life to restart the sun? I mean, what caused him to see the error of his murderous, psychotic ways?

Um, soul searching Aaron, soul searching. It happened in Parallax: Emerald Night. Kyle finds him and tells him that the Sun is out and everyone’s going to die. Kyle asks for Hal’s help. Hal says that he’ll think about it. In the meantime he goes to Earth to say some “good-byes.” He paid some visits to some old friends (Carol Ferris, Tom Kalmaku, John Stewart). He had a moment with Ganthet. He has some words with Guy Gardner.

And Parallax wasn’t evil. He wasn’t murderous or psychotic. He was just a wronged man trying to make thing right.

Right Tim?

Well, I called him evil earlier, but I’ll say damn straight anyway. Why? Because Parallax was always a blissfully ignorant sort of evil guy. He just wanted to do the right thing, he told us over and over again, and he was willing to remake reality to do it (hence the evil thing). So his willingness to restart the sun never seemed a stretch to me.

Gareth seems to be angling for our jobs. Hands off pal!

I’ve got some questions about the awesome new Checkmate title. Apart from Fire, Waller, Sasha and Terrific i don’t know much about the other members, and am trying to figure out who is meta/enhanced and who isn’t. From what i understand, for each member who is empowered in some way there must be a corresponding unpowered member. The best i can figure out so far is:

Meta/enhanced:
White King (Mr Terrific, on account of his IQ and T-Spheres)
White King’s Bishop (Thinker)
Black King’s Knight (Fire)
White Queen’s Knight (Count Vertigo)

Normal Human:
Black Queen (Sasha-she doesn’t have any Brother Eye/OMAC stuff left in her right?)
White Queen (Waller)
Black Queen’s Knight (Josephine tautin)
White King’s Knight (Thomas Jagger)

Unknowns:
Black King (Taleb Beni Khalid)
Black King’s Bishop (Shen Li Po)
Black Queen’s Bishop (Jessica Midnight)
White Queen’s Bishop (King Faraday)

Can you help me slot the unknowns into the right place, and confirm the ones i know? What are the powers of the metas, and can you give me any background on the few that have appeared in the DCU prior to Checkmate, aside from , Fire, Waller, Sasha and Terrific?

Very good question. I’m honestly reading way too many books to have given this tidbit too much thought, but my New Years Resolution is to be more selective in my reading habits, so hopefully stuff like this won’t get past me.

First off, I think that you’ve got to put Sasha in the “enhanced” column. She’s clearly still enhanced in some ways. But I do think that you’ve got the obviously enhanced pegged.

I’ll also agree with your assessment of the normal folks. But if the balancing of checks holds true then one would probably assumed that both the Black and white side would have an equal number of enhanced members.

So if we know that on the White side they’ve got Terrific, Thinker and Vertigo, that’s half of their house, meaning the other half would be without powers (Waller, Jagger and Faraday.)

If Fire and Sasha are enhanced then we really just need to figure out which of the three unknowns (Po, Khalid and Midnight) have a gift. I’m guessing that we can strike Midnight, so let’s focus on Khalid and Po. Sadly neither of them really jump out on at me. But I do recall Po falling under suspicion in the beginning of the title. For some reason I can’t pin down I’m saying that Po is the final “enhanced” member and we’ve just yet to see it (mostly because I don’t think they’d have a both a Queen and a King would be enhanced.)

So my final breakdown looks like this;

Enhanced

White King (Mr Terrific, on account of his IQ and T-Spheres)
White King’s Bishop (Thinker)
Black King’s Knight (Fire)
White Queen’s Knight (Count Vertigo)
Black Queen (Sasha)
Black King’s Bishop (Shen Li Po)

Normal

White Queen (Waller)
Black Queen’s Knight (Josephine tautin)
White King’s Knight (Thomas Jagger)
Black King (Taleb Beni Khalid)
Black Queen’s Bishop (Jessica Midnight)
White Queen’s Bishop (King Faraday)

As for the background of the team, here’s what we did a few months ago;

From the 8/17/06 column
Ok. Let’s start with the easy folks first;

Taleb Beni Khalid, Shen Li Po and Thomas Jagger are all new to the DCU. They were created just for the current Checkmate series.

Jessica Midnight was actually a tenured member of Checkmate. Her rivalry with Sasha is probably a result of their respective roles in the organization, coupled with the fact that Midnight recruited Sasha into the group.

Sasha Bordeaux entered into the DCU as a result of Lucius Fox wanting to look after Bruce Wayne’s well being. Fox hired Bordeaux to act as Bruce Wayne’s bodyguard. She did a great job and despite his evasive maneuvers, she eventually found out Bruce’s secret. I mean she was the best bodyguard money could buy.

Painted into a corner Bruce trained her so she could accompany him on his nightly activities. Through it all, Sasha was slowly falling in love with the guy.

But then Bruce Wayne was framed for murder. Both Bruce and Sasha were arrested and imprisoned. Bruce broke out and became Batman full time, while Sasha was involved a jailhouse skirmish, which resulted in her getting severely wounded and in desperate need for medical attention to survive.

That medial attention came from Checkmate. They also offered to fake her death and set her up with a new identity, provided she join them. She did and “Sasha Bordeaux” died in prison.

Meanwhile Batman cleared the names of both Bruce and Sasha, only to find that he was too late for her. But he didn’t believe the story that Checkmate sold him, so he made life for their Gotham operations difficult until they agreed to let him see her again. They met and he confessed that he loved her! And the audience was all like “awwwwwwwwwww.”

She let him down gently and went about her Checkmate business.

King Faraday is an interesting character. He was part of the shift away from heroes in the 1950’s and was a pretty straight up spy when he premiered in Danger Trail. He was just a run of the mill spy character. However with is inclusion in Showcase #50 DC made an active attempt to make him part of the DCU proper. In subsequent years he’s become one of the foremost spies in the DCU. He’s usually involved with the government to some extent as witnessed by his recruiting for Task Force X (both Nightshade and Bronze Tiger) and by his current role in Checkmate.

Count Vertigo used to be a thorn in Green Arrow’s side. He was born with a defective inner ear, and had a device implanted in his head to fix the problem. But if he messed with the device he could affect other folks’ equilibrium. When he first appeared he was trying to steal some stuff that his parents had sold. I believe they were family jewels. (No jokes, please.)

He got hooked up with the Suicide Squad in return for a shortened sentence. Around the same time he was diagnosed as bipolar. As if that didn’t make him sympathetic enough, he was kidnapped and manipulated by rebels from his homeland that wanted him to help them overthrow the government.

Things went from bad to worse when he was rescued by the Suicide Squad. Y’see Poison Ivy made him her slave and put him under her control. Eventually he got free of everyone’s influence, but was suicidal as a result.

He got Deadshot to agree to kill him to put him out of his misery (and since Count V is still around I’ll give you one guess as to how that ended up.) He bumped into the Spectre in Vlatava, which resulted in Vlatava being wiped from the face of the globe.

The good Count was part of the Injustice Society, for a spell. He also tried to seek vengeance against Green Arrow (Green Arrow #22), but he realized that it was an empty pursuit. He stayed on the criminal fringe for awhile, even joining the Society. However it’s clear that he’s made amends enough to be part of Checkmate in the present.

Tim, who do you think the enhanced members of Checkmate are?

I have no problem with your choices, although I admit I always sort of figured Midnight was enhanced since a.) her last name is “Midnight” and that’s not exactly normal and b.) she knew Detective Chimp outside of the job. But those are pretty weak reasons so I’ll endorse your list instead.

On that note, let’s call it a column. I need some sleep, I’ve got a long day of putting things off to play the Wii ahead of me.

Next week might feature Azrael, death in 52 and Captain Comet, maybe.

Be sure to either email me your questions or post them on our incredibly fun thread. It’s a blast.

Before I go here’s my question to you; what do you think the most evil acts committed in the DCU are?