tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post3258176592718913072..comments2024-03-21T06:36:04.196-05:00Comments on The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: DCU Villains Secret Files & Origins #1: "Malefic" (April 1999)Diabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-89540909359008440872010-01-20T17:55:54.988-06:002010-01-20T17:55:54.988-06:00Hey-now-Liss! You've been reading my-blog long...Hey-now-Liss! You've been reading my-blog long enough to know about my excess-hyphen-love. It's a "weakness."<br /><br />Sphinx, that's one of the 2.7 billion things I'd like to do with this blog when I'm granted infinite time by the Powers That Be. Instead, I gotta keep slaving for the Man and sneaking blog time in as best I can. Also, I've got one more 50s Captain Comet synopsis to do at ...nurgh... that happens to feature a Saturnian redhead.<br /><br />Speaking of weaknesses and 2.7 billion things-- M.C., I do hate me some Ostrander on MM. I love his work on gritty properties like <i>Grimjack</i> and <i>Suicide Squad</i>, while <i>The Spectre</i> straddled the line, but his take on proper heroes is a history of fail. So basically, I agree with everything you said, to a factor of 10, with far too many add-ons to note here. And I'm oh so not done with "Malefic..."Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-65318311754748100742010-01-20T17:25:25.491-06:002010-01-20T17:25:25.491-06:00Oh, how I love me some scare quotes. They are lik...Oh, how I love me some scare quotes. They are like the best invention ever, short of the hyphen.LissBirdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059648604602469375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-38857440617987316462010-01-20T09:23:52.973-06:002010-01-20T09:23:52.973-06:00I'll grant you Ostrander's (and a lot of o...I'll grant you Ostrander's (and a lot of other writers) weakness when it comes to viewing the bigger picture of Mar's demise. I too would have appreciated a little more care in Malefic's origins. What was he doing on Mars all this time? Did Mandrake really expect other's to draw all those chain's all the time? heck, did he? One of the strength's of Morrison's JLA was he referenced the past, didn't treat it as if it didn't happen as many reboots do. Triumph, JLI, the Shaggy Man, etc. all got at least lip service. Ostrander was playing pretty fast and loose, and for all the guest appearances, didn't tie it into a larger narrative, at least not one outside of his own work.mathematicscorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439579069513071094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-89576173881158340062010-01-20T08:25:09.833-06:002010-01-20T08:25:09.833-06:00You could make a case that MM's rogues gallery...You could make a case that MM's rogues gallery is as underrated as Superman's. Thanks for this! There's some gold in them thar hills!<br /><br />I was wondering if you'll ever spotlight the different races living in the Solar System in the old MM stories. I was stunned to see so many different races referred to in the 2nd DC Showcase book, and thought that would make an interesting set of articles. There's a Saturnian race that doesn't look anything like J'emm...Sphinx Magoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06482592989882628235noreply@blogger.com