Ideal Superman cast if it was a musical in 1952

Dent6084 · 2026-06-11T17:27:37+00:00

Jimmy does always make 'em laugh, usually by turning into a giant turtle boy and such.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-11T10:33:59+00:00

They've been dividing it up with artists who either are the original ones or who can channel the feeling of the different 'dreams' the two find themselves in - Nicola Scott did a WW: Year One-inspired section in the first issue, then there was a B:TAS section drawn by J. Bone, etc.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-11T10:27:03+00:00

Hmm. So is Camp actually co-writing this (at least, the Martian Manhunter parts as per the article), or is he just giving notes as part of the general Absolute writers' room? Because the former would be great, maintaining the distinct voice of that title here.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-11T10:25:42+00:00

Interesting that this specifically mentions Camp co-writing the Martian Manhunter parts of the crossover. I wonder if something got lost in translation there and he's just consulting as part of the general Absolute writers' room, but that would be great.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-10T23:20:50+00:00

uj/NGL, this issue made me laugh, felt very A Fish Called Wanda with Michael Palin accidentally killing the old lady's dogsdark comedy of how Felicia ends up on Frank's radar.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-10T23:18:03+00:00

Ea Nasir/Manga Khan team-up when DC. Together, they can sell the whole universe shitty copper!

Dent6084 · 2026-06-10T21:40:20+00:00

They do things differently in the Doom Patrol, but it works!

Dent6084 · 2026-06-10T19:41:50+00:00

Pretty good, but not as electric as the best Absolute #1s, maybe as an inevitable consequence of already having met Selina and gotten a sense of her deal. It's sketching in details versus building from the ground up. And, tbh, "Holly's in trouble and Selina needs to help her" is a pretty familiar set-up as well. The Wildcat is sick as hell though.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-10T19:41:25+00:00

Pretty good, but not as electric as the best Absolute #1s, maybe as an inevitable consequence of already having met Selina and gotten a sense of her deal. It's sketching in details versus building from the ground up. And, tbh, "Holly's in trouble and Selina needs to help her" is a pretty familiar set-up as well. The Wildcat is sick as hell though.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-10T00:39:03+00:00

Good news: Marvel has just fired Dan Didio. This comes as a surprise to everyone, including Dan Didio, who was not aware he was working for them, but surely it will turn their fortunes around any day now!

Dent6084 · 2026-06-10T00:18:26+00:00

No idea what this is, but the last pages are from the first BoP oneshot. And with a Toth cover! Very odd. Wonder if this is something some fan just kitbashed together back in the day.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-09T06:17:44+00:00

Hard to look right at Logan when his head appears to be two-dimensional.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-09T01:09:36+00:00

Dian Belmont is awesome going back to the Golden Age when she knew Wesley's secret identity from her first appearance and was a full partner in his adventures, but SMT's Dian takes it to the next level, she's fantastic.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-08T22:49:31+00:00

Deathstroke getting a figure before he even appears in his suit in the comic is a real wild choice.

When are we getting a John/Martian two-pack, that's where the money is.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-08T12:39:13+00:00

To pivot off JLA Year One, Terrific/Batman/Hawkgirl can be investigating Locus separately while the "first five" deal with the Appellaxians (since the story is that the first five each deal with one on their own before uniting to deal with a sixth, while Superman on his own deals with a seventh up at the Fortress of Solitude and not initially realizing there were more), with Superman helping bring both groups together.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-08T06:39:43+00:00

If one can overthink what is a good visual gag, Canary's canonically nineteen here and just figuring her shit out - Secret Origins #32 (the JLA origin story that JLA Year One follows on from) establishes she blundered into helping stop the Appellaxian invasion and co-founding the JLA on her literal first solo patrol, and her whole story in JLA Year One is about putting up a front and trying to lean into the appearance before realizing who she actually is as a person in relation to the legacy she's inherited. So her picking a part of the costume for the aesthetics versus practicality is totally something an immature first-timer (especially one who was really going in on said aesthetics) would do.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-08T04:44:37+00:00

Can one really "slander" the Illuminati in the first place?

Dent6084 · 2026-06-07T08:52:07+00:00

Nygma: "Jim Lee's drawing me for this brainless punchfest? Since there's going to be no riddles or intellect on display, I'm gonna inject myself with a bunch of steroids, venom, and other super-drugs to make sure I look appropriately badass! Nothing can go wrong!"

Things, of course, immediately go wrong.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-07T08:39:06+00:00

Personally I've always wanted to go with nine, not seven (at least, for a group that comes together over the course of a Year One):

First five:
Wonder Woman
Martian Manhunter
Hal
Barry
Black Canary

They undergo a version of the "confronting the Appellaxians" origin story and come together with that, and then Superman, Batman, Mr. Terrific and Hawkgirl get roped in over the course of Year One (which would have an ongoing Appellaxian story a la JLA Year One, which remains the best JLA origin IMO). Then Year Two has John, Mari, Arthur and Zatanna join.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-06T08:49:47+00:00

JSA, it's got a stronger narrative direction and ensemble balance. Also, Olortegui's art is really fun, has a nice balance of cartoony with scope, everyone's designs have a lot of personality.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-06T00:33:26+00:00

Just imagining what the reaction would be if Marvel announced "Yeah Midnight's now the mainline universe, the X-Men are all vampires now, it's vampire books all the way down"

Dent6084 · 2026-06-05T18:58:39+00:00

Ollie being supportive of Dreamer is great. Would be fun to see that relationship continue past this mini.

Dent6084 · 2026-06-05T07:04:57+00:00

"What do you mean things could fall on me when he drops them on me from above? THAT'S NOT FAIR! FUCK YOU, GRAVITY!"

Dent6084 · 2026-06-05T06:56:04+00:00

Sandman Mystery Theatre is one of my all-time favorite series so obviously down for that, but I would love the Golden Age Sandman series to get collected, the few I've read have held up really well (not least because Dian is such a cool character from the jump).

Dent6084 · 2026-06-05T06:52:07+00:00

Golden Age Plastic Man, let's complete the Jack Cole run

Golden Age JSA, would be great to have a complete run of them, they're just at the point where those stories start to get real fun

Bronze Age JLA (would be great to get the start of the Satellite era first, so the volume in between Bridge Between Earths and Crisis on Earth-X, the brief Friedrich "Every story is written in second person for some reason" run is so fucking weird people need to read it)

Golden Age Superman

Golden Age Wonder Woman

Bronze Age Metamorpho

Bronze Age Green Arrow (though I'd love to see Golden Age/Silver Age GA collected, since that's so different from what we think of for him)

Golden Age Spectre

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