From: albert@chain.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: I'm not buying Superman #75!
Date: 20 Nov 1992 21:35:41 GMT
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In article <1992Nov20.150948.925@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim)) writes:
>In article <mumble> albert@chain.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Jones) writes:
>
>>all of the JLA are, in fact, pop people), D-Day breaks out of whatever, 
			       --- 
				As Scavenger pointed out, should be "pod".
>[Ice calls JLE, signals go out.]
>>	Signaling devices all over the world go off.  The heroes have suprised
>>looks on their faces.  Panels are arranged in a circle with Ralph speaking
>>into a microphone.
>>	Coast City: Hal Jordan is doing paperwork for his new air company.
>Assuming he's not off on Oa.

	Yes, I am presuming that Hal's on Earth.  However, he's only 
recently gone to Oa a couple of times, just for short trips.  Odds are,
he's on Earth.  Depends on when D-Day occurs in JLE continuity.

>Did Marvel keep his signal device?  I don't remember if he did or not.
>If not, he could still catch the news on TV or something.

	He said in JLI #7 something along the lines of "If you need me,
give me a call."  I presumed this to mean he kept the signal device.

>>	LEX <thought balloon>:  No one may kill Superman but me...
>I agree that Lex should have sent Matrix or at least Team Luthor to
>help, but I can see him holding back waiting to defend Metropolis
>(actually defending his interests of course).  Also, its hard to say
>if Lex even thought Doomsday capable of killing Superman.  After all,

	True, perhaps it should be some line about him keeping up his
cover of being nice nice.

>As for Valor, maybe he's already left Earth.  Who knows.

	If he's on Earth for the funeral, he hasn't left yet.  Wait and see.

>Doomsday is supposedly as fast as Wally or faster (so why doesn't he
>run fast?  I guess we weren't supposed to think of that) so I don't
>see Wally being of much help.  
	
	Well, the JLA issue had D-Day as being fast, but Wally is the 
fastest man alive, so D-Day shouldn't be able to lay a glove on him.
Flash's role would be to introduce delaying tactics.  Tie him up in cable
(which is immediatlyl shredded, but gives the others time to move in).
Taunt him and dodge to keep his attention focused away from someone else.


> Hal, and Valor can easily be explained
>away as to why they aren't around.  Matrix is good, but not that good
>- she'd probably last as long as Maxima did (once Maxima got out of
>the JLA book and in the Superman books that is.)  

	Matrix also has the invisibility and shapechange powers, which can
confuse him temporarily while everyone else does something constructive.

>>	POWER GIRL, MISTER MIRACLE, and BIG BARDA arrive later.
>
>I haven't seen all of it yet.)  PG can probably make it by teleporting
>from JLE to NY then flying there, hard to say with Scott and Barda.

	They Boom Tube in.  Scott does similar trickery to D-Day, while
Barda Boom Tubes him to Apokolips, where Darkseid eats him. ;-)

>out why they can't come) or for Doomsday to just be "too much" for
>them.

	Well, you can pump up D-Day's power levels to be able to 
handle the combined heroes of Earth, but then you have to ask how
the @#$% they were able to hold him off.

>I would like to see in the funeral followups explainations on where
>the missing powerhouses were or what they were busy with when the big
>fight occured, but I suppose that'd be asking too much....

	Agreed, and I hope they'll at least devote a panel to it.

>IMHO though, all they'd had to have done is call in the JSA; Flash
>(much faster than Wally), Starman, and GL could certainly been of use.

	I dunno if Jay is faster than Wally.  He can vibrate, but there's
no evidence that Jay is faster.  Jay used to be able to keep up with 
Barry, but so could Wally.  Joan Garrick mentioned that Jay felt faster
when Barrry was around.  If Barry was responcible for Wally being so
fast, then he probably projected the same effect on Jay.

>I'm also waiting for whoever put Doomsday in the ground to come back
>(surely whoever they are they would have put some kind of alarm to let
>them know if he escaped.)

	Yes, someone (Batman, probably) should find out where D-Day's from.
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