...what?

I love this issue

its one of my favorite single comic book issues of all time

And one of the things I love is its brutal bluntness about the fact that the fucking Just-Us League are not, and never have been or will be, "allies"

At best, they're allies the way Corporate Pride are

Also, I may have my timeline mixed up, but this would have been just after the Detroit League (re: DC trying to do the X-Men and overfocusing on the diversity aspect), and the beginning of the JLI; that is to say, they could only BARELY get a functional team unit going as is. Could you imagine this woman spending any length of time in the same room as Commander Steel or Booster Gold and not trying to choke them to death with their own blood?

BRUCE: I’ve created jobs by keeping Wayne Enterprises in Gotham. I’ve provided scholarships to every employee of my company and I offer them to others as well. I’ve built orphanages and hospitals, including mental health facilities. I’ve provided jobs to ex-felons right out of prison so they can rebuild their lives. I’ve supported pro-reform political candidates and the few honest cops in Gotham City.

BRUCE: It’s going to take time to reform the system and lift this city out of poverty and corruption, so I think I’ll spend my evenings protecting the people who live here. Tonight, I’m going after the criminals preying on the sex workers struggling to make a living in Crime Alley.

BRUCE: And once I’ve kicked some ass, I’ll offer their victims jobs at Wayne Enterprises so they can get off the streets and have stable, safe, legal employment. I’ll pay for any education or training they might need.

I remember when Guy Gardner was dead

I miss those days. Having his guts ripped out by Impierix really is the only good thing the braindead little cunt ever did

And oh look what a surprise, some fucking cishet whose part of the lime green space pigs hates the idea of a queer trans woman having power that her and the rest of the evil smurfs little errand boys can't control

Every alien super hero is going to have a story at one point or another about whether they can be trusted. You could fill an IKEA bookshelf just with Superman stories of that type. I don't see why Galaxy should be exempt just because she's trans.

The Deadman #1 - A Reintroduction to Boston Brand

I really really liked this first issue. :) Followed a thin line between genuine horror and DC superhero wackiness with a fun sense of humour, looking forward to where the rest of the series goes!

Also bonus page, because of what month it is.

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Progress.

As of today, it's been 1203 days (approximately 3 years and 3 1/2 months) since DC published an ongoing comic book centering a Black character in its mainline continuity. I'm using this poll to bring awareness to some Black characters who I think could use some love. Masc edition.

Let’s talk about it

Honestly this is amazing. A great start and I’m obsessed. I’m shocked it took DC this long to give us a story with this concept

I love us getting to see some of Kara’s time at school and on Krypton and even her first time meeting Kal-El as a baby

“Yes, Commander? Do you recommend initiating contact with them?”

“To be honest, I am torn on the issue.”

“Do explain.”

“As you know, they are mortal flesh containing a consciousness. But sir … their consciousnesses don’t pass on to a different flesh when the flesh dies.”

“Mmm, they return to one great consciousness, do they?”

“Nnnnnno, sir. There is no one great consciousness. They just *die*. They’re just gone.”

“BUH — WHA — well that’s preposterous, where do they get the new consciousness from?”

“They make a new one. A brand new one. Every time a new human is conceived, they build a new consciousness, and every time a human dies, that consciousness is gone forever. … … … Sir?”

“How do they have any kind of body of knowledge, then? … … … Well that seems incredibly inefficient, it would take years for one of them to learn enough to be able to do anything! But if you say this is how they do it … My stars, man, that means they would be *aware* that they had an expiration date! It means they would know the *new consciousnesses they made* would inevitably die!”

“Yes sir. Mortality weighs heavily upon them.”

“To think such a time-limited species could become intelligent and not any of the normal ones on this planet.”

“Ummmmm. All life on that planet is the same way.”

“… … … I am tempted to simply mark it down as the saddest goddamn thing in the entire universe and move on.”

“Thank you, sir, yes, I agree.”

“Why the thank you?”

fun fact: for decades children were beaten for speaking welsh in school, even in areas where english was barely spoken, because the government decided in 1847 that the language made people lazy and immoral

fun fact: welsh orthography is actually easy to read if you take your head out of your arse for one minute and learn our alphabet - just like french, or spanish, or korean, because surprise! languages use different spelling systems that are not based on english. novel, i know - and in the 18th century, travelling schools were able to teach people to read and write welsh in a matter of months, so that wales enjoyed a literate majority, a rare thing in europe at the time

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