Sunday, May 25, 2008

Brad Meltzer ruins everything, even retroactively

After reading Meltzer's Identity Crisis, what's a reader supposed to think when he sees this guy

shoot these guys

with a mind-altering beam that results in a panel like this?


Sigh...



(All panels from 1975 story "The Great Identity Crisis" in Justice League of America #122, by Martin Pasko, Dick Dillin and Frank McLaughlin. Also available in trade paperback collection JLA: The Greatest Stories Ever Told)
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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:21 PM

    Every time I have to see Hawkman and Green Arrow glare at each other, now it's about the mindwiping and not that they just are opposing personalities.

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  2. Anonymous9:24 PM

    1. Batman says he wants to kill Green Lantern.

    2. He's straddling GL's back.

    It's your own dirty mind, Caleb.

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  3. Siskoid2:51 AM

    So it even has "Identity Crisis" in its title? Spooky thought about where Meltzer gets his ideas...

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  4. Evie6:57 AM

    This post inspired me more than I should really admit.

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  5. SallyP7:45 AM

    Well...I had only seen that last scan out of context, but actually, it is just as hilarious IN context. Oh Batman and Hal...what an interesting relationship you both have!

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  6. Anonymous9:59 AM

    Sally: Then I guess I wasn't the only one thinking "JUST KISS ALREADY!" with the cover of Green Lantern #9.

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  7. Unknown12:02 AM

    Batman was definitely trying to kill Green Lantern. It was death by boondah!!

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  8. Caleb1:11 PM

    I'm afraid to click on your link, Kevin.

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  9. Unknown1:19 PM

    I promise you, it isn't anything like 2girls1cup or anything. :)

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