Thursday Night Thinking #122

I'm still so sick that I can barely move. Luckily I can still think! This is Thursday Night Thinking!

Will Magnus is always good for a clever thought...

The World That's Coming

I normally don't give the DC Nation thing in the back of my comics much of a look. But this week something intriguing caught my eye. Take a look and see if you can find it:

Give up? How about this then:

Could it be? Is it true? Is this...

The Return of Wild Dog?

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Loyal reader Jake asks a sensible question: "Wild Dog, what do you think of this pitch?"

That answer your question, Jake?

Give Me Time

Apologies for the lack of posting over the end/beginning of the week. I came down with a real nasty cold over the weekend. Still, I'm fine with that because at least it's not the H1N1 Flu (which is going around the campus like mad). I'm hoping (fearing?) that Black Lantern Azrael and Black Lantern Doctor Polaris may pick up the slack for the rest of the week.

In other news, I saw that guy again. He was wearing the same damn Avengers sweatshirt. I don't know what to make of that...

Thursday Night Thinking #121

My co-bloggers have both been confirmed as Black Lanterns! Gotta hurry with... Thursday Night Thinking!

There are actually a couple of good thoughts in there. And I've got to say: Jimmy Olsen can be pretty sly sometimes.

Now I've got to get out of here! Run awaaaay!

Blackest Night #4

I think it's safe to say that Blackest Night #4 was my favorite comic of the entire year. If you've read it, I probably don't have to tell you about the two incredibly awesome pages that were right next to each other. It's as if Geoff Johns has been reading this blog and decided to write those pages just for me.

Have you been reading this blog, Geoff? Did you write those pages just for me?

Well, he probably hasn't and didn't. But they sure as hell made me happy just the same. I started laughing with a combination of giddiness and maniacalness when I read those two pages. They were awesome.

And I'm sure I won't be the only one who has something to say about them in the days to come...

A Quick Prediction

Y'know, I loves me most of what Geoff Johns writes. But that doesn't mean he isn't sometimes incredibly predictable.

That link is to the first four pages of Superman: Secret Origin #2. And with those four pages and what I know from issue one I already know exactly why -- in this new continuity -- Lex Luthor hates Superboy (and by extension Superman) so much.

Here's what we know: in the first issue young Lex runs out of his father's house and the clearly abusive man yells after him. It is also implied that Lex has a sister (who we never know we won't see at all down the road). In the preview Lex's father nearly slips off a cliff while drunk when his brakes mysteriously fail.

See where I'm going with this? Superboy saves Lex's father's life. And I bet you before that issue is up Lex's father kills his daughter in a drunken rage. If Superboy hadn't saved him from that "accident" then Lex's sister wouldn't have died. And that is going to be the reason why Lex Luthor hates Superboy.

There is a Certain Irony Here

The next issue of The Flash: Rebirth isn't coming out until the middle of November.

I'm usually pretty laid back when it comes to delays. A week here, a week there. These things happen. The problem here is that I really want to read that book. And so out of pure self-centeredness I'm more than a little steamed that it keeps getting put off.

Here's my question: what else do these artists (and I assume it's an artist issue and not a writer issue) have to do? Isn't drawing comic books their job? Isn't that one of the first things they should be putting their energy toward?

My job is being a graduate student. I get everything done on time and -- if I can be a little self-congratulatory -- I do it well. I also have time to write this blog, play board games once a week, and occasionally see a movie.

Maybe I'm being unreasonable towards Mr. Van Sciver. There could very well be a good reason why The Flash: Rebirth is taking so long to finish. Or, again, it could have nothing to do with it all.

But whoever is at fault, hurry up! We can't get the new Flash series until Rebirth finishes. And I really want to see Wally's new costume...