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WCDT Strips 3806-3810 (13-17 August 2018)
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--- Quote from: Tova on 16 Aug 2018, 20:59 ---
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--- Quote from: Bad Superman on 16 Aug 2018, 07:48 ---If, in the comics, Superman flies into space, and comes back a year later with a different costume and a different set of powers, would you like to know how that happened?
I sure would...
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I'm more interested in what a year of Superman comics minus Superman would look like.
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Already happened. It was called the Death of Superman, followed by Reign of the Supermen.
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... and? What did Superman minus Superman look like? What did they write about that maintained readers' interest?
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They built the four Superman comics around four new characters: Superboy, Steel, Cyborg Superman, and The Eradicator. Cyborg turned villain, Eradicator was basically Superman without his mormals, Steel was basically Iron Man but with a hammer, and Superboy was an arrogant douche.
The storylines were pretty much self-contained with the stories eventually coming together to allow for the reintroduction of the original Superman. The whole year also setup the eventual decline of the Green Lanterns as the story eradicated Hal Jordan's hometown driving him insane and causing him to become one of the most hated villains of the 90s...
Don't that's just the first. The second "year without a Superman" happened in 2008-2009 when Superman went to New Krypton on the other side of the sun leaving Mon-El and two Kryptonians that he trusted to watch over Earth...it didn't do much and was wiped out of continuity thanks to 'Flashpoint" a year later.
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--- Quote from: Somebody on 16 Aug 2018, 21:41 ---Where is this Clare thing going anyway? This isn't the first time anyone's made this observation, after all. I can't believe for a second JJ's actually going to have her fail, so...everyone's going to tell her to relax for an indeterminate number of strips until she finally does?
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I think she's going to from friend to friend with each assuring her that she's going to be alright but her not relaxing until she passes her exam.
She probably hasn't had this kind of friendly support before, she has her mother and brother but this is something entirely different than them. It's tough to go against years of abuse, especially regarding her father. It hasn't been confirmed or delved into, but something went on with the piece of garbage beyond infidelity.
BenRG:
I do think that it is a sign that Claire has settled into the apartment that she can just handle Pintsize being Pintsize without it weirding her out anymore! Her only question is 'how', not 'why'!
As for Pintsize himself? Well, we saw him try to help Faye during her post-Angus downward spiral, so it's in-character for him to at least attempt to help. I just wonder if he'll be able to do so without blowing his cover!
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: Scarlet Manuka on 16 Aug 2018, 21:02 ---Going back to Sam and Faye - several people have assumed or speculated that Sam was at the shop without Jim's knowledge. But I was just reading back a bit and saw in #3800 that not only had Faye made Sam call Jim to get permission, but Faye specifically promised that "I'll make sure she comes back with the right number of fingers. Yeah, they'll still be attached to her." (I too had forgotten this detail.)
The fact that she messed up the exact thing she promised wouldn't happen changes the complexion of Jim's response to her quite a bit, I think, and makes it more natural.
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Well, Sam still has the same amount of fingers, and none had to be reattached. This incident is what Jim was thinking of, but failed to communicate just how inconsiderate Sam csn be with her life choices. Can you blame Faye for what happened? Yes, totally. Is Jim overreacting? in my eyes, yes. He could have told Faye "Look, this is what happens when you don't look after Sam properly. She still can go to the shop, but no more power tools.", and it would've been OK in my eyes.
Cornelius:
Also, the fact that Faye made Sam call Jim underlines that up to that point he did not, in fact, know where she was.
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