JSA Classified #15 - A Game of Chance?

Not sure if this is new or not, but I'm putting it under that because I just got it.

I don't follow the JSA. Actually, I don't think any of us here at Haphazard Heroines follows them. Sure, there are some great characters, but why read JSA when you can have JLA?

My thinking exactly.

I liked this issue. It was comprehensive with several issues being cleared up at one time. We see Gypsy forced out of her body, Wildcat acting with no morals and showing how good he really is, and some insecurities of both Stargirl and Vixen. And even some anxious Green Lantern stuff.

It wasn't good though. There wasn't much flexibility, but they couldn't really go anywhere, being under mind control and all. It's not particuralry thrilling or anything, but I liked the characters and how they were portrayed.

No review for this one, just a statement that it was enjoyable but I probably wouldn't read it again.

3/5.

Deathtrap Going Better Than Expected

Just read issue 12 of Deathtrap: Part One and it wasn't a piece of crap.

Well, it wasn't particularity good either. If Jericho is going to be bad, then make him bad, not some whimpering fool. I miss the days of Evil Joey in Azarath. Now, he's only caring about not being like his father, yet he initiated this "Deathtrap". Crazy guy.

Spoiler Alert! DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT A REVIEW OF ISSUE #12.

So, this is after Joey (inside Cyborg) tried to murder the Titans and beat up Beast Boy pretty well (he admits that he had to turn into a salamander to get proper healing). You can practically feel the animosity between Raven and Beast Boy. Apparently, she denied him.

So, anyway, Ravager is still off of the radar after the whole Dark Side Club thing and Kid Devil is not so devilish anymore (bring Eddie's powers back!). Troia, Cyborg, Red Arrow, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Flash decide to fake Cyborg still being controlled by Jericho to bring out the Vigilante, who wants him dead for some reason or another. They do indeed manage to lure out the Vigilante, who shoots Cy in the head. How's that for a cliffhanger?

I liked the artwork. Unzueta wasn't bad. It's softer than some other issues of DC I have read lately. Keep up the good work.

More Batman Three News

According to sources, the third Batman movie may be produced in only IMAX footage, which would require Christopher Nolan to get new cameras and everything.

We hope not. There's something about the regular movie theatre that is invigorating.

Plus, in this economy, can they afford to make the entire movie in IMAX? And has Christian Bale even signed on? He has expressed his distaste for the subject of the movie before.

It's rumored to be starting filming next year.

Are We Forgiven?

Haven't posted in forever, I know.

The girls here at Haphazard Heroines are having a bit of computer trouble. Yes, all three computers were hacked with a virus.

Many, many apologizes.

Enjoy the newer posts.

DC Spotlight, late once again.

Don't kill me!!!!

I've always been interested in the lore focused on Terra. She's interesting, what can I say? From the first incarnation being involved with Deathstroke, the second one from the future but secretly the real Terra, to the third incarnation, who is the subject of today's spotlight, I have read and been awed (okay, maybe not, but that's not the point).

Her name is Atlee, and she's from underground. Seriously. She's from an alien race of underworld ecologists who protect the Earth, like we don't have several heroes doing that already (Geo Force, Poison Ivy, Black Orchid, even the Blue Beetle's Scarab won't hurt nature).

So, she was given Tara Markov's powers. She hit the streets of New York and was first seen by Supergirl, whom she helped out. Still didn't have a name though.

So, she swooshed around the world helping people out until she met Power Girl, who brought her back to JSA Headquarters, where it was discovered that she was a genetic match to the "original" Terra (so, yes, Tara Markov, the international geokinetic love slave to a pedophile).

Atlee was pissed and took off, heading to Markovia, the home of Tara Markov and Geo-Force, She fought some evil bad dude with Geo-Force, but he was hurt and so she took him back to her underground home world, where, in the end, she got his blessing and his mind was wiped.

Well, wasn't that nice?

She worked with Geo-Force and Power Girl several times, and also the Teen Titans, being forced to participate in the Dark Side Club, which was bad. Very bad.

Try looking up the other incarnations of Terra here and here.

Review: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?

I'm going to start this one out with stating that I don't like Superman, but I did enjoy Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? Alan Moore was right on target with that one. It was a good tribute to the Man of Steel.

But, as much as I love Neil Gaiman (and I'm sure this was his intent), I didn't really understand Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?

It started out in Gotham, as usual, and people are talking, but we don't see who. I mean, you assume that one of them is Batman, but whatever. Anyway, we follow Selina Kyle at first. She goes to a bar, talks with a dead man, and gets a bunch of cats to watch her car for her.

Then we see Alfred. Then we see Batman's dead body in a casket.

Depressing much?

So, the theory that it is Batman's disembodied voice we have been reading is confirmed when he is surprised to see himself in a coffin.

Two-Face, The Joker, Dick...all are at this "funeral".

People begin to speak. We start with Selina Kyle, who mentions her rooftop romance with the Caped Crusader.

Then we head on over to Alfred, who decides to explain that he was the Joker in the beginning, to keep "Master Bruce" alive.

a) when did it become alright for him to mention Bruce's name in front of his most hated enemies?

b) what the hell? Alfred is not the effing Joker!

That's when we stopped reading.

I'm sorry to everyone who wanted a full review, but I was utterly perplexed. I read a bit more, honestly, about the Penguin and the Joker, but I was just far too confused. So, instead, I watches eight seasons of Smallville and the pilot of Aquaman (with Justin Hartley aka Green Arrow as Arthur "A.C." Curry, also known as Orin. Whewww) that wasn't picked up by the CW. Good times.

I give it a 3/5.

I was confused as all get out, but the artwork was amazing.

Marvel Character Spotlight - Snowbird

Marvel Spotlight for this week is the hero Snowbird, also known as Narya.

A long, long time ago, the goddess of the Northern Lights had a kid with a human. She was made to prevent the Great Beasts from returning to Earth, and the leader of the Gods had made a barrier that only a halfling could pass, so the child was necessary. Michael Twoyoungmen was there to help the baby be born, and then he took the girl in.

Too bad she weakens if she leaves Canada's borders.

So, anyway, this guy took her in and she aged really quickly, and they were both recruited into Alpha Flight. She got the name Anne McKenzie as well, so she officially had a secret identity.

She fell in love, had a kid, and died a bit later. But that's not the interesting part.

No, she pulls a Green Arrow on us and comes back from the dead!

She comes back with a new body (because her old one was given to her teammate somehow...) and is no longer restricted to Canada's borders.

Then her marriage crumbled too.

So, we have one sad half-goddess to take care of.

I don't know. I like her; she seems interesting.

Ah, well, that's the Spotlight of a character you don't hear about all too often.

Sorry for the Delay...

Time for the DC Comics Spotlight!

This week, it is time for...drumroll please...Komand'r!

Also known as Blackfire and featured on the Teen Titans animated tv show (which I used to love).

She's Starfire's older sister and the first in line for the throne. The day she was born, the evil Citadel attacked and killed a whole bunch of people in her name, and, even though it wasn't her fault, people still kinda blamed her for it.

To make it even worse, she couldn't fly like every other Tamaranian. This made her ineligible for the throne, and pretty much the entire population hated her. So, everything went to her younger sister, Koriand'r, whom she began to hate with a firey, burning passion.

She gave secret defense plans to the Citadel, who captured Tamaran easily. Part of the surrender agreement involved giving Koriand'r to the Citadel, which her parents did. Koriand'r was tortured by her sister and when Komand'r was about to kill her, they were captured by the science-loving Psions. They captured the two girls and performed horrific experiments on them, trying to see how much solar energy their bodies could absorb before they were killed. They were about to die, but Koriand'r escaped and let her sister free. Her sister knocked her down and had her taken away for execution, but Koriand'r escaped.

She has come back several times, attempting to murder her sister. She has been thwarted every time, thanks to Starfire and other heroes of the planet Earth.

Komand'r was seen during the Thanagarian/Rann War.