The Solution & Cause of All of Life’s Problems.
Mar 31, 2009 in Cliches, Justice League, What Were They Thinking
Mar 31, 2009 in Cliches, Justice League, What Were They Thinking
Mar 30, 2009 in Bad Science, Cliches, Justice League, What Were They Thinking
I loved all the old JLA/JSA Earth-1/Earth-2 team-ups. One thing I loved was this particular story in #37. It seems Johnny Thunder, who was basically a 1940’s version of Snapper Carr with a pet genie, got in a snit over not having an Earth-1 counterpart in the League (because no-one made the obvious parallel I just did). Johnny goes to Earth-1 to see his alternate self, who turns out to be a criminal, and insanely capable. Basically, Earth-1 is to Johnny Thunder what Earth-3 (home of the CSA) is to the League.
Evil Johnny gets control of the Thunderbolt and begins a reign of terror. He also finds a great way to get the league out of the picture:
I get how the swap with the Flash works, and I guess the guy could have stolen Ray Plamer’s belt and another GL’s ring, but how the hecks do you “swap” criminals in place of Superman and J’onn?
Mar 27, 2009 in Bad Science, Green Lantern, What Were They Thinking
Mar 26, 2009 in Bad Science, Justice League, The Flash, What Were They Thinking
I demand to know how this works:

Yeah, that’s right – I can “accept” the idea that the guy can run super-fast or that he has super-fast reactions. I’ll even buy the fun super-science idea of a natural inertial damning field and an immunity to the effects of friction. I’m choking on the idea that somehow his eyes can perceive light faster than the actual speed that light travels.
Suspension of disbelief: Fail.
Mar 25, 2009 in Sexism, What Were They Thinking
Mar 24, 2009 in Justice League, Odd Powers, Superman, What Were They Thinking
Mar 23, 2009 in What Were They Thinking
Mar 20, 2009 in Batman, Sexism, What Were They Thinking
Mar 19, 2009 in Batman, Sexism, What Were They Thinking
Mar 18, 2009 in Bad Science, Cliches, Creepy Relationships, Green Lantern, Sexism, What Were They Thinking
Welcome back, my friends, to the wonderful world of Creepy Carol!
When we last left Carol Ferris, she was pining over Green Lantern and finding excuses to spent time with him, entrap him into marrying her, and expose his secret ID. In other words, in love comic book style.
More after the break…