Identity Crisis #6

[holli]

This comic done et my brain.



There's an Amazo in this somewhere, dammit. I just wish i had a better handle on JLA continuity-- I know it's an android that can mimic powers, but I don't know *whose* powers, or if there's more than one of the thing, and that's important. Because it was mentioned in the opening stakeout scene way back in #1, and I can't help but think that's important. If something's out there that can mimic both hero and villain, that'd account for the wide variety of MOs that we're seeing. But someone's still pulling the strings-- someone sent the notes, someone burned Sue. Someone has a vested interest in making Ray take the fall, which is interesting. The two heros who were public, whose wives were public, were Ralph and Ray, and some's trying to destroy both of them. Even though they were two who never really made a lot of enemies. And this issue was called "Husbands and Wives."

In other news, OMG TIMMY NOOOOES. Poor, poor baby, and honestly I found his frantic stripping of the costume and attampt to prise out the boomerang even more affecting than that gut-wrenching page of "Batman and Robin. Orphans." He just-- with the peeling off the mask and the clutching the tunic and the OH NOOOOES. Why must my Robins be sad?

And one tiny, shallow nitpick: Connor Hawke is apparently going to Guy Gardner's barber. STOP IT, Guy Gardner's barber.

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[stephl.livejournal.com]

I found his frantic stripping of the costume and attampt to prise out the boomerang even more affecting than that gut-wrenching page of "Batman and Robin. Orphans." He just-- with the peeling off the mask and the clutching the tunic and the OH NOOOOES. Why must my Robins be sad?

Me, too! I mean, I have Timmay issues, so it's a given that that scene was going to get to me. But even so, it was just such fabulous characterization of Tim (damn you, Willingham, why can't you write Tim this way?) -- of course he'd automatically strip off his costume, in case the police -- or anyone else -- were there. He knew what happened, had heard the fight over his comms, and therefore knew his dad was toast. Anyone else would have rushed in, costume be damned. Not Tim. Secrecy is so totally ingrained in him that nothing else would have been an option.

Actually, do more people know Batman's civilian identity than know Robin's? I wouldn't be surprised if that were true.

In any case, just that one scene, 2 pages, was just such kick-ass characterization of my boy that I want to smack Willingham over the head with them.

[holli.livejournal.com]

Yup, exactly-- even when, for basically the first time EVER, he's totally losing it, he's still a Bat to the core.

Sometimes I think Tim's more Battish then Bruce, because he really truly never ever lets personal things get in the way of the mission. Tim'd never have taken on Jason, that's for sure.

And now? I *would* say things were gonna get really interesting, but then I remembered who's writing Robin. Argh.

[mib24601.livejournal.com]

There was an issue of Young Justice (I think issue 7) where the team is on a campout and they are playing Truth or Dare. Superboy dares Robin to take off his mask and he does, in a panel where we see Robin from the back and everyone gasping.

And in the next panel, we see Timmy, still wearing a mask as he made sure to wear two masks. Since, as it was a campout and it was with his YJ teammates, he knew the their was a possibility of Truth or Dare being played and that being a dare of his.

As Wondergirl then said, "You were potty trained at 6 months, weren't you?"

When Tim finally told his teammates his real name, he said, "My name is Alvin Draper." After all, Tim is brilliant. Tim may be as smart as Bruce but without the major insanity.

Oh, by the way, more people know that Tim is Robin than know that Bruce is Batman. All his teammates now know about Tim and all of Dicks teammates always knew about him while only Superman, Wonderwoman, Martian Manhunter and the Batcrew know about Bruce. Not even all the batcrew as huntress is still in the dark.

Remind me to give you Hush when I get you AXM #6. I didn't see Kelly on Tuesday so I couldn't give it to her then so that's why you don't have it.

Later.

[flyingtapes.livejournal.com]

Someone also mentioned that he was stripping off the outfit because he knew his father didn't like it, so he wouldn't have wanted to see him in it as he died.

Yes, I'm spoiled. I won't be getting it until after Thanksgiving. Sigh.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

The one problem with it being an Amazo is that they are not large with the subtle, and the killing of Sue was subtly done. OTOH, they did bring it up in #1.

IIRC, Amazos get their powers when those powers are used in their vicinity.

Someone has a vested interest in making Ray take the fall, which is interesting.

Dr. Light is an old foe of the Atom, but I don't think it's him. Atom's main big bad was Chronos. Again, I don't see it.

[holli.livejournal.com]

The one problem with it being an Amazo is that they are not large with the subtle, and the killing of Sue was subtly done. OTOH, they did bring it up in #1.

That's why I think there's still a string-puller. Either that or, there's someone who has access to the JLA's files-- or Batman's-- and the ability to mimic the methods and powers of a fiarly large number of heroes *and* villains.

[stephl.livejournal.com]

Dr. Light is an old foe of the Atom, but I don't think it's him.

There was that weird scene, though, of Dr. Light sitting and brooding, and then suddenly getting an "Aha!" look on his face. Dunno what that was about.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Well, he remembers now, but he didn't when Sue was killed.

Unless he was hired coincidently as a patsy to burn Sue's body once she was dead.