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From: charyma@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: LSH #33
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:41:33 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In article <1992Jul27.161147.6679@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>, arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
> In article <1992Jul27.085627.1891@wkuvx1.bitnet> charyma@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
>>> 	Except that if this is the original Lightning Lad's personality,
>>> how is it that he has Proty/Garth's memories from between the "resurr-
>>> ection" and the Universo story? Up till now I was putting down the
>>> inconsistencies to "comic book science", but this makes my brain hurt.
>>This was explained to me by Mary Bierbaum at Chicago.  The memories were
>>given to the SW6 batch in a separate process from the cloning.  The concept
>>is probably similar to Larry Niven's  _World Out of Time_.
> 
> Except this still doesn't work!  Why did he get Lightning Lad's personality?
> OK, you explained away why he has Proty's memories.  (Using an explanation the
> consequences of which will be completely ignored, too.)  So why does he still
> have Lightning Lad's personality?
> 

The impression I got from Mary was that she thinks that personality is
hardwired (my term not hers) and that memory is programmed.  I didn't
say it was a good excuse just the one that they're using.
> Hi! Ani mutacia shel virus .signature. Ha`atek oti letoch .signature shelcha!
> 
> Ken Arromdee (UUCP: ....!jhunix!arromdee; BITNET: arromdee@jhuvm;
>      INTERNET: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu)
From: murphy@npri6.npri.com (David P. Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: LSH #33
Date: 30 Jul 92 16:14:18 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: NPRI, Alexandria VA


>>In fact, there's a trend in the LSH.  The Dominators are morons.  Bion
>>was a moron.  The Khunds are morons.  Earthgov is a pack of morons.
>>Roxxas was a moron.  Glorith is a moron.
>>
>>morrow@fnalo.fnal.gov (Jor-Elmo)

>[other examples of morons (RJ Brande, The Legion, Cham, the clones) deleted]
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>albert@chain.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Jones)

no kidding.  first panel of first page of #33:  cham has disguised himself
by using the name "Orange Knight".  now _that_ is a slick piece of espionage!

but, hey, they have other qualities:  RJ Brande is STUPID as well as a coward.
Cham is a lousy fighter.  Garth is not even Garth.  The Hunter like to talk
to video screens behind his back.  Kid Quantum is a retcon who is immediately
retconned away.  The Emerald Eye is, well, we don't really know, do we?

ok
dpm
-- 
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              When every one is dead the Great Game is finished.  Not before.
                              --- Hurree Babu, "Kim"
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From: ia92@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: Amazing Heroes - THE END.
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 08:32:05 GMT

Well, Amazing Heroes #203/204 is finally out.  The very last issue.  

*sniff* Amazing Heroes, sorry to see you go.  AH was one of the better
  newszines out there.

  - net.spy!  (bn510@cleveland.freenet.edu   Asst. Editor, FURRLOUGH)

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From: ultron@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Andrew H Krieg)
Subject: Re: Ho'od win: A New Beginnin
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:50:48 GMT

Re: Stretchy Guys

Don't forget the Super Skrull.

The odds favor Mr. Fantastic again.  His superior intellect would allow him
to easily defeat the others.
-- 
=     Andrew Krieg	| 						=
= krieg@titan.med.ge.com|  Treguna   Mekoides   Trecorum   Satis   Dee	=
=	   or		|						=
= krieg@point.cs.uwm.edu| 				    - Astoroth	=
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From: brian_vickers@isd.jpl.nasa.gov
Subject: Re: San Diego Comic Con: Hotel/Car request
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:51:28 GMT

In article <1992Jul31.031803.12116@zip.eecs.umich.edu> tyg@dip.eecs.umich.edu
(Tom Galloway) writes:
>In other news, the SDCC trivia contest will be Friday night. Come cheer
>on r.a.c.'s Black Ink Irregulars (Derryl DePriest, Jim Drew, Tom Galloway,k
>and Roger Klorese).
>
When on Friday and where will this be held?  Is this a "normal" event? I went
to SD last year but didn't see anything like this.

-- Brian
brian_vickers@isd.jpl.nasa.gov
From: goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: LSH #33
Date: 27 Jul 1992 01:23:58 GMT
Organization: The Sinister Icy Black Hand of Death Club
Reply-To: goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb)
NNTP-Posting-Host: lightning.berkeley.edu
Originator: goldfarb@lightning.berkeley.edu

In article <sfjmkxh.dani@netcom.com> dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig) writes:
)The 'Legionnaires' section of the comic was better, largely because
)it was about characters who are part of the continuing story.  Excellent
)bit of dialogue at the bottom of page 22, making it clear that the young
)Garth is no Protean. 
)
)-----
)Dani Zweig

	Except that if this is the original Lightning Lad's personality,
how is it that he has Proty/Garth's memories from between the "resurr-
ection" and the Universo story? Up till now I was putting down the
inconsistencies to "comic book science", but this makes my brain hurt.

-- 
   David Goldfarb          |"I'm going to die if you touch me one more time.
goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu  |Well, I guess that I'm going to die no matter what."
goldfarb@UCBOCF.BITNET     |          -- They Might Be Giants
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From: pautler@ils.nwu.edu (David Pautler)
Subject: Re: SANDMAN - SPOILER
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 18:48:32 GMT

In article <1992Jul25.071822.24103@athena.mit.edu>, dml@athena.mit.edu (David M LaMacchia) writes:
> In article <sajm1p#.dhawk@netcom.com> dhawk@netcom.com (David Hawkins) writes:
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> >2. I think the departure of Destruction was because of one of Desire's
> >plots and that this series of events is going to reveal that.  That's
> >why s/he is desparate to get in touch with Despair and to keep
> >Delirium from investigating further.  Delirium either knows or
> >suspects that this is the case.
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> Probably true.  We've been shown too many times that Desire plays these
> kinds of tricks.  We now know, too, that Despair had a special liking for
> him, making her the reason for his departure unlikely (although she might
> have helped Desire; we'll see).  Who does that leave?  Dream?  No way.
> Death?  She also liked Destruction.  Delirium?  We're shown here that
> she liked him a lot (Delirium also appears as a much younger girl than
> she has in the past in this issue which was interesting.  I noticed her
> clothes were very baggy also suggesting that she might change forms
> (older/younger, etc.).  Any opinions?).  Destiny?  No, he never involves
> himself directly in the affairs of others.  That leaves Desire whose
> involvement was hinted at in this issue.  
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> Of course, Destruction could have left for other reasons....
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> I liked the portrayal of Destruction as the "bringer of change" instead
> of the "Devestation"-type figure that he could have been.  

In issue #41, Destruction tells Despair in 1665 that in thirty years he will
leave.  If Desire was partially the cause of Destruction's leaving (and I
believe she was), then she must have started early or Destruction was prescient.
I looked for significant events in 1695, but didn't find anything particularly
suggestive:

1692
	Massacre of Clan Macdonald at Glencoe
	Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
1693
	Secret Society, Knights of the Apocalypse, founded in Italy
	to defend the church against the antichrist
1694
	Voltaire born
	Purcell writes incidental music for Dryden's "Love Triumphant"
1695	Russo-Turkish War (Peter the Great)
1696	(nothing special)
1697	Last remains of Maya civilization destroyed by Spaniards

Any ideas?  The Thirty Years War seems far too early (1618-1648), before
even the plague in London shown in this issue.

	-dp-
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From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David VanDomelen)
Subject: Doom Patrol 10-18
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:59:21 GMT

Larry used Reactron to suck the Negative Energy being out of Vostok ad put it 
back in himself...he wasn't being too nice at the time.
     I have #10-18 (bought them from a friend for 50c each, probably got 
gypped).  They are very mediocre.  I dropped the title at #5 (Larsen's stuff 
made me retch at the time), but have since bought the extremely cheap back 
issues.  By the end of #18, most of the Kupperberg DP were dead or gone, except
Robotman and Larry (who had to be hospitalized).  Grant picked up a few months 
later in #19 (which I don't have, but have borrowed).  I mostly bought the 
Kupperberg back issues to see where Dorothy Spinner was introed, but if she 
ever appeared before #19, it was in a previous incarnation of the comic.  Don't
go to any great lengths to buy the back issues of Kupperberg.  The story is 
rather trite, and Larsen had yet to mature as an artist (his work in Air 
Apparent was great).
     Speaking of Larsen and the DP, if you look at an issue he did of one of 
the Spidey titles (I forget which), Parker is getting off the bus ahead of 
Reah, Karma and Scott Fischer.  And BTW, Reah recovered from the genejoke, er 
bomb, and mutated into a new form with somewhat weirder powers and a penchant 
for nudity that caused the book to go in plastic on many shelves.  She left the
team to explore the universe or something silly like that in the early #40's.
     Dave Van Domelen, Orqwith Chamber of Commerce
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From: speterse%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (soren--Ms. Jackson if you're nasty)
Subject: Re: Incredible Hulk #397
Date: 28 Jul 92 23:02:14 MDT
Summary: *Petrified Forest* my ass....
Keywords: hulk marvel
Organization: The Erland Cult

It's *To Have and Have Not*!!!!!!!!!!

(you know how to whistle, don't you Peter.....)

--
    "Tell  me, who *hasn't* felt close to the edge and down by the river" 
soren f petersen           :        i AM NOT          :    --Andy Whitman
speterse@peruvian.utah.edu :  THE university OF utah  :
"How could I dance with another/When I saw him standing there"  --Tiffany
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From: csw9@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher S Wang)
Subject: Marvel buys Fleer
Keywords: Marvel, cards,
Reply-To: csw9@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher S Wang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 12:33:43 GMT

I read in the paper sometime this weekend that Marvel bought Fleer (the
card company for those that don't know.) Unfortunately I think that this means
that Marvel is probably going to expand its trading card line (if that's
possible.)



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From: kens@psc.lsa.umich.edu (Ken Small)
Subject: Re: Doom Patrol FF send-up
Organization: University of Michigan Population Studies Center
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:34:38 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.204345.24588@math.ucla.edu> sherman@oak.math.ucla.edu (The Ahkond of Swat) writes:
>>          Cliff = Thing
>>          Negative Man = Torch
>>          Crazy Jane = Sue Storm
>
>That was Elastigirl, not Jane.
>
>>          Chief = Reed
>

Not exactly. She had Elastigirl's powers, but it was Jane (or rather, Kate,
her normal self).
-- 
Ken Small                    The Ann Arbor Art Fair: Not Art and Not Fair
kens@umich.edu
Consulting and Support Services, University of Michigan
From: ghost@ra.nrl.navy.mil (G. Host)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: DC--Crisis Inconsistencies
Date: 25 Jul 92 20:41:29 GMT
Reply-To: ghost@ra.nrl.navy.mil (G. Host)
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC


> Article <1992Jul24.184258.21084@midway.uchicago.edu> From: mss2@quads.uchicago.edu (Michael S. Schiffer)

> In article <3119@ra.nrl.navy.mil> ghost@ra.nrl.navy.mil (G. Host) writes:

> >The Crime Syndicate of Earth III was a major villian group IMHO.
> >They could have retconed them being from another Earth/Dimension
> >but they killed them off and did it well.

> 	Um... hate to tell you, but methinks you spoke too soon.  Or
> too late, actually, by a whole week.  Check out the latest JLI
> Quarterly, in which it's revealed that the Crime Syndicate was now a
> villain group grom Qward instead of Earth-3 (with all of the males
> bald like the Weaponers, it appears from the rather undetailed
> picture)-- the major villains of that story are basically the
> equivalent for the current League (twisted, more powerful versions of
> the heroes) with some substitutions.


Yea I skipped a week of books and just picked it up.
The original 5 are dead and have stayed dead.

Like Lady Quark they had to come from somewhere for
them to be remembered so I guess Quard for at least
Element Man is reasonable - someone with his powers wouldn't
be in the Weaponers


The new group seems to be composed of:
1. A Green Fury Doppleganger
2. An Ice Madien Doppleganger
3. A Green Arrow Doppleganger
4. A Flash III Doppleganger with Flash II's vibrating powers
5. An Elongated Man Doppleganger whose increased powers remind
   me of Elastigirl from the READ Doom Patrol
6. A Metomorpho Doppleganger with increased powers
7. A Blue Beatle I Doppleganger


Personally I thought the League should have done a better
job especially Booster Gold who should have turned on his force
field.  I liked the backlash from Element trying to change
GL's ring to gold - * try to change me to gold will you *.

The whole 'flavor' of the league was pre-Breakdown so
either the writer did not have the more recent books to read
when he plotted it or he choose to ignore them.
-- 
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From: faber@loon.cs.wisc.edu (Ted Faber)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Crisis on Infinite Earths, 6 years later (was Re: JSA#1:BUY IT...)
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:17:31 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept

In <ISBELL.92Jul24003248@pop-tarts.ai.mit.edu> isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles L Isbell) writes:

>Someone emailed an interesting note to my waves-resulting-from-paradox-
>"pressure" theory:  the universe is getting less stable, not more and
>eventually the pressures will force the recreation of a multiverse.
>Which, basically, is a pseudo-scientific analog for the real-world
>"pressures" of the new continutity for DC.  Eventually, they will be
>"pressured" to recreate the multiverse to maintain continuity.

	I like that.  Maybe in a few years Barry will vibrate into Wally's
	book and explain that the Multiverse as it once was is still out
	there, and we've just been reading comics set on a world that
	didn't know about them.  >Zap< back to Earth-n.

	I can hope....

"You know, I suspect that all the continuity problems can be traced to a
 single, pivotal event.  After all, Darkseid, evil tyrant of Apokolips, slew
 Jonni DC, Continuity Cop back in what, '83?  Soon afterward, the plans for
 _Crisis on Infinite Earths_ began resulting in a) a total mess of continuity,
 and b) vast exposure for Darkseid, including being made part of the TV cartoon,
 participating in any number of miniseries, and making trouble for everyone from
 the Green Lantern Corps to Jimmy Olsen.  A nefarious scheme begins to
 unfold..."  ---Mike Schiffer


-- 
Ted Faber		Figment at Large		  faber@loon.cs.wisc.edu
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From: jap@acsu.buffalo.edu (James A. Perreault)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: DC/CHARLTON: Booster Gold
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:20:08 GMT
Organization: UB


In all these posts, no one answered the question who created Blue Beetle.  The
Blue Beetle was created ion the 40's by someone I don't remeber.  He was
revitalized in the 60's ( or was it the 50's ? )in the Charlton line by none
other than Steve Ditko.  Of Spiderman/Dr. Strange fame.  He also created
Captain Atom and the Question for Charlton.


							Jim
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From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David VanDomelen)
Subject: Flaming Carrot!
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:01:39 GMT

If you can find the recent issue of Flaming Carrot, BUY IT!  Reading this issue
has an effect on the brain not unlike some drugs, a sort of pleasantly 
brain-swimming feeling.  And best of all, one dose costs only $2.25 and can be 
reused!  Also, for any SubGenii out there, "Bob" makes an appearance (about 3-4
pages long).
     Dave Van Domelen, "Note: the use of Bob Dobbs in this comic does not in 
any way condone or endorse his existence" - FC #28
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From: isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles L Isbell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc,rec.arts.comics
Subject: Deadface--where where where?
Date: 29 Jul 92 03:40:15 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.comics.misc
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory


So I read issue one of the <something> with Bacchus a long time ago,
gotten the Eyeball Kid miniseries and read the first issue of the new
Deadface:  earth, water, air fire (or whatever the order is).

I'm in love.  I want *all* the Deadface related stories.  Where can I
find them?  Anyone have a list?  How many are there out there?
--
Peace.
"I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the
 social and political equality of the white and black races--I am not,
 nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor
 of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people."
                                      -Abraham Lincoln
                                       First Lincoln-Douglas Debate
                                       August 21, 1858
                                   -\--/-
    Don't just adopt opinions     |  \/  |       Some of you are homeboys
          develop them.           |  /\  | but only I am The Homeboy From hell
                                   -/--\-

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From: jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim))
Subject: Metropolis/Gotham/NYC (was Re: New Titans #89)
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 04:10:37 GMT

In article <mumble> silvers3@husc8.harvard.edu (Jolyon Silversmith) writes:

>> Metropolis was originally supposed to represent the good side of New
>> York City and Gotham was the bad side of the same.  That was of course
>> long ago; now that we have Metropolis, Gotham, and New York existing
>> in the same universe they've had to make them all different cities.
>
>Actually, New York existed on Earth-1 before the Crisis, if that's what you
>meant; Supergirl was based there in the early '80's, for example, and the New
>Titans have always been there.

I meant long ago as in LONG AGO, back in the early days of DC Comics
when no one existed in or visited a 'real world' city like New York;
they'd always go to Metropolis, or Gotham, or Civic City (original
home of the JSA).

-- 
Kansas Jim (Jim Ogle, TORG guru)
jogle@nrao.edu (NRAO-VLBA, Socorro New Mexico)
"I'd be apathetic if I cared."
From: rawdon@cabrales.cs.wisc.edu (Michael Rawdon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: LSH #33
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:57:27 GMT
Reply-To: rawdon@cabrales.cs.wisc.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences Dept., Madison, WI

In <1992Jul27.085627.1891@wkuvx1.bitnet> charyma@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
>In article <14vj7eINNd4p@agate.berkeley.edu>, goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) writes:
>> 	Except that if this is the original Lightning Lad's personality,
>> how is it that he has Proty/Garth's memories from between the "resurr-
>> ection" and the Universo story? Up till now I was putting down the
>> inconsistencies to "comic book science", but this makes my brain hurt.

>This was explained to me by Mary Bierbaum at Chicago.  The memories were
>given to the SW6 batch in a separate process from the cloning.  The concept
>is probably similar to Larry Niven's  _World Out of Time_.

This is still peculiar, though.  The clone clearly has *Proty's* memories
(since he was surprised that he no longer has his robot arm).  Where did
these memories come from?

Cloning is very strange. :-)

-- 
Michael Rawdon
rawdon@cabrales.cs.wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences Department, Madison, WI

The government - it's not just your Big Brother, it's that kid down the block
who likes to beat you up and take your lunch money.
From: albert@chain.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Character Aging (was Re: Marvel Continuity)
Date: 29 Jul 1992 20:40:20 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx

In article <1992Jul29.193210.20088@midway.uchicago.edu> mss2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
[long interesting article on actually aging heroes]

	The concept of passing the torch works for some heroes.
(Flash, Green Lantern), but it definately does not for others.
Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.  Now, there's no reason why
Supes and WW can't hang around for a loonnnnng time, but Bruce 
Wayne _is_ permanantly ingrained in the public eye as Batman.
Logically, there's no reason that Tim Drake or Dick Grayson 
couldn't carry one if Bats were to die, but from a marketing 
standpoint Warner would never stand for it.   
	I'd like to see the current crop of characters age.
Heaven knows one of my Dream Team ideas is the Justice League
of 2001 with Nightwing, Cyborg, Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond), Halo
plus some others.  And Danny Chase (no longer a little sh*t) 
leading the Titans. 
	At least they're letting the Legion grow up.
-- 
Rick Jones				Systems Support Center
albert@bcm.tmc.edu			Baylor College of Medicine
Voice: 713-798-7352			standard disclaimers apply
"I've _got_ to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts." - Calvin
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From: jcowling@ophelia.UVic.CA (Scowling Jim Cowling)
Subject: Re: Unity #1?
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 21:55:11 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.193057.11718@athena.mit.edu> ckb@athena.mit.edu (Christopher K. Brown) writes:
>Well, I can't verify the following nth-hand information - and I have no
>idea whether or not it's actually true.  But, here goes...
>
>I just heard that the reason Unity #1 is late has alot to do with the fact
>that Shooter took the plot with him when he left Valiant.  (Can you say
>stole the plot, maybe?)
>
>Since Valiant has storylines planned out well into next year, I would imagine
>it was very purposeful on Jim's part.

Unity #1 will be released this week.

-------
Scowling Jim Cowling
Creative Writing Department, University of Victoria (opinions disassociated)
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From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David VanDomelen)
Subject: GL yellow stuff ad infinitum
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:09:18 GMT

Katie Schwartz will soon be posting a follow up theory that meshes with mine 
regarding the Yellow Impurity named Moron.  To deal with Alan Scott's ring, 
isn't it just the slightest bit possible that his ring-spirit *lied* to Hal et 
al?  The ring may still come from the Starheart, expelled into interdimensional
space until some major work of magic (Atlantean?) pulled it to Earth.  The 
spirit wants to be reunited with its "master" (not to mention part of its 
substance), and figures that telling a tall tale about how Alan is *really* 
part of the GLC in a way will incite them to greater efforts in finding him.
     Dave Van Domelen,  freedman to fashion