Rat'Lar rested his chin on his hand, giving the assorted sycophants surrounding him a bored, aristocratic sneer as he watched them jabber excitedly, plotting...
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starsky_hutch76
Oct 28, 2010 2:39 pm
The conspirators filed out of the conference room doing their best to huddle as close to Rat'Lar as possible. His face was hidden by a heavily hooded robe,...
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starsky_hutch76
Oct 30, 2010 10:01 pm
Superman fought the urge to fall asleep as he slumped in the chair he had moved between the twin hospital beds in which his biological parents lay. He wasn't...
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dave barnowski
onlydavb
Oct 30, 2010 10:17 pm
Very good Starsky, I'm enjoying this tale very much, despite the fact that LObo's in it. Dave ... From: starsky_hutch76 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> Subject:...
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starsky_hutch76
Oct 31, 2010 1:02 am
Thanks, Dave!...
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Aleus Mundi
chtexa
Oct 31, 2010 3:25 am
Cool! And following logically Neron's own twisted ways! If the treaty was done out of goodness it would cancel itself as Mark "Super-Wizard" Waid has pointed...
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Frank Murdock
daergon2000
Oct 31, 2010 6:18 am
This was cool.. I like the Noble Signiture clause in the contract. Very nice way to explain Superman's beliefs have made him a spiritual fighter as well. :j ...
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starsky_hutch76
Oct 31, 2010 10:15 pm
Thanks, Aleus! Itmust be a double edged sword for Neron. THe same qualities that make Superman's sould a highly prized one also make it one that's impossible...
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starsky_hutch76
Nov 1, 2010 12:40 am
Thanks, Frank. It seems like a lot of writers who have worked on Superman over the last couple of decades have forgotten that it was the man, not the powers...
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Frank Murdock
daergon2000
Nov 1, 2010 1:39 am
I don't know.. I thought Byrne's superman did that inn a more realistic manner. It showed a very human side of him with questions we all ask ourselves.. likke...
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Aleus Mundi
chtexa
Nov 1, 2010 1:59 am
Frank, I do agree too that Byrne's revamp showed us a more humane and close-to-Earth Supes than Mr. "Gee Whiz! I heard so hard with my super-biokinesis that I...
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drivtaan
Nov 1, 2010 2:51 am
I've always thought that the "man" in "Superman"; wasn't because he was a male humanoid, but because he is man enough to do what's right. It's his sense of...
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Aleus Mundi
chtexa
Nov 1, 2010 3:00 am
That's precisely what I'm aiming for Drivtaan, not some macho-men a la Internet's Chuck Norris, but rather a moral and ethical paragon we all can relate to and...
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starsky_hutch76
Nov 1, 2010 2:29 pm
Byrne did do that, though I wish he could have done it without tossing out all the old continuity. I was really thinking of the writers afterwards who have...
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starsky_hutch76
Nov 1, 2010 2:33 pm
Exactly, Lee. Otherwise, anyone from Kandor could just show up, put on the suit, and take over as Superman. DC probably missed an opportunity with this past...
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Frank Murdock
daergon2000
Nov 1, 2010 2:34 pm
I don't think Byrne had a lot of control over the continuity bit. I mean, after the Crisis time had to alter itself to ajust to the combining of the five...
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starsky_hutch76
Nov 1, 2010 2:37 pm
... I'm sure there must be plenty of people in Earth-1 that when in a moral dilemma asks themselves "What would Superman do?" I'm sure they do. Just like there...
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Aleus Mundi
chtexa
Nov 1, 2010 4:16 pm
And I'm sure sometimes the fiend does ;) ... -- The Transmundial rules all [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Aleus Mundi
chtexa
Nov 1, 2010 4:21 pm
Do you mean "Our Big Moping Finale! Crisises Forever Whether You Like It Or Not!" Frank? I prefered Wolf Marvel's own version, that nobody remembers anything...
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Frank Murdock
daergon2000
Nov 2, 2010 5:21 am
Do you mean "Our Big Moping Finale!? Yes. I liked that scene where Kal and Kara are standing there wondering what the new day will bring. I guess I was looking...
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Aleus Mundi
chtexa
Nov 2, 2010 5:52 am
... I was meaning how editorial mandate got out of control at the crux point of the former maxi-series and it was rather a helter-skelter stuff of 'we did this...
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Frank Murdock
daergon2000
Nov 2, 2010 8:35 am
... Can you tell me more about it Frank? Sounds interesting :D Here is the text from wiki... "According to George Pérez in a Wizard magazine interview in...
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Aleus Mundi
chtexa
Nov 2, 2010 7:01 pm
Sounds interesting, even tempting to write a fanfic about in the Elseworlds site, of course explaining this is an homage to Mr. Claremont's ideas, but I know...
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starsky_hutch76
Nov 7, 2010 3:51 pm
"Magnificent. Simply magnificent," Du'Cat, the mayor of the Scrubb Throneworld, said as he stared at the Skull ship of Brainiac in admiration. "You honor us,...
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Frank Murdock
daergon2000
Nov 7, 2010 5:49 pm
still reading... nice job. You do the Omegamen justice. Nice to see there is someone who appreciated them as much as I do. /FM ... From: starsky_hutch76 To:...
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Aleus Mundi
chtexa
Nov 7, 2010 7:07 pm
Agreed, after all they've bled, been through and literally sodded with in the current DCU, it's good to see there's out there people who want stories which are...
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starsky_hutch76
Nov 7, 2010 8:40 pm
Thanks, Frank. I was a big fan of the Omega Men amd got the entire run from beginning to end. I hated how DC kept killing them off once their series ended....
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starsky_hutch76
Nov 7, 2010 8:42 pm
Thanks, Aleus!...
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immortalwildcat
Nov 8, 2010 2:07 pm
... Thank you, Starsky, for being one of the few writers who can make the Omega Men interesting to me. Maybe it was the visuals, maybe it was the writing,...
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starsky_hutch76
Nov 8, 2010 3:07 pm
Thanks, 'Cat! Just about all the original Omega Men were killed offThe only ones left, I think, are Tigorr, Starfire's brother, and Tigorr's girlfriend,...
