Scans: Phantom Stranger 11
Sep. 1st, 2013 09:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mithenPhantom Stranger 11: written by J.M. DEMATTEIS; art by Fernando BLANCO
So there's a big Event-thing called Trinity War going on right now in DC-land; I haven't been following it closely but I do know that one of the key plot points is that Superman seems to kill a fellow hero, Dr. Light, with his heat-vision. Much of the event revolves around Batman and Wonder Woman trying to clear Superman's name (the "Trinity" in "Trinity War" doesn't seem to refer to the three of them fighting at all, btw). In the Phantom Stranger title, for example, Bruce shows up to demand that the Phantom Stranger (who I note works for God) escort him to Heaven itself so he can talk to Dr. Light and find out what he knows about his murder.
I don't know about you, but I think insisting on going to Heaven in order to interrogate a witness is rather going above the call of duty as a detective.
But then, Batman is VERY UPSET at the idea that anyone would think Superman actually killed someone, and he doesn't believe he's responsible for a second. So the title is full of lovely moments where Batman gets really mad at everyone around him on Clark's behalf:
Aw, Bruce! It wasn't all for nothing--we all get to see you attempting to storm Heaven and shake down an angel for information to save Superman, after all...
Oh, and this week's Batman/Superman apparently has an awesome origin story for Earth-2's Superman and Batman that involves an AU of the adorable almost-meet-cute Jeph Loeb gave them in Superman/Batman back ten years ago, and I am a happy happy fangirl although I haven't had time to read it yet...but there will be scans of it later, I promise!
So there's a big Event-thing called Trinity War going on right now in DC-land; I haven't been following it closely but I do know that one of the key plot points is that Superman seems to kill a fellow hero, Dr. Light, with his heat-vision. Much of the event revolves around Batman and Wonder Woman trying to clear Superman's name (the "Trinity" in "Trinity War" doesn't seem to refer to the three of them fighting at all, btw). In the Phantom Stranger title, for example, Bruce shows up to demand that the Phantom Stranger (who I note works for God) escort him to Heaven itself so he can talk to Dr. Light and find out what he knows about his murder.
I don't know about you, but I think insisting on going to Heaven in order to interrogate a witness is rather going above the call of duty as a detective.
But then, Batman is VERY UPSET at the idea that anyone would think Superman actually killed someone, and he doesn't believe he's responsible for a second. So the title is full of lovely moments where Batman gets really mad at everyone around him on Clark's behalf:
Aw, Bruce! It wasn't all for nothing--we all get to see you attempting to storm Heaven and shake down an angel for information to save Superman, after all...
Oh, and this week's Batman/Superman apparently has an awesome origin story for Earth-2's Superman and Batman that involves an AU of the adorable almost-meet-cute Jeph Loeb gave them in Superman/Batman back ten years ago, and I am a happy happy fangirl although I haven't had time to read it yet...but there will be scans of it later, I promise!
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Date: 2013-09-02 10:26 pm (UTC)But yeah, the focus on 'drimdarkdarkgritty' Batman means people forget a lot (well many writers it seems) about what it means when one DOES win/earn/scale his friendship and loyalty.
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Date: 2013-09-04 02:44 am (UTC)