Anubis' "How would you do it?" Thread.

[The Question]

I can't stand Buckingham's art.

WAH?!

Then it shouldn't be called Excalibur since Excalibur is distinctively British/English and while popular news has us believe that the Union and the GB are peachy the truth is they utterly detest each other. Problem is thinking of European heroes that would fit the whole Euro-centric team.

Then you have conflict, which is good for drama.

 

[deemar325]

Then it shouldn't be called Excalibur since Excalibur is distinctively British/English and while popular news has us believe that the Union and the GB are peachy the truth is they utterly detest each other. Problem is thinking of European heroes that would fit the whole Euro-centric team.

Sabra seems like a good idea but Arabian Knight feels like deadweight when you've already got Black Knight. Maverick (YES! MAVERICK!) could be a good Euro-hero too. Despite his name he's actually German. In fact he's one of the few German characters that represents another era of German history (East/West divide) rather than your atypical Nazi backgrounds. He's a soldier's soldier too.

Heres the thing the story of 'Excalibur and King Arthur et al' isn't just a myth local to only the UK it has origins in French, Scandinavian, and Germanic history. So yeah I think the name applies.

I added Arabian Knight for a little bit of colour in the mix, plus he wouldn't be a actual member of the team he'd be more of a reacurring character and a way to add some conflict to the team especially with Sabra. Maverick could work I'm just not to keen on to many X-related characters.

I thought of maybe Shamrock being on the team also.

 

[sandwraith]

Political drama in the end ends with the victory of the writer's favorite. See Ultimates: Grand Theft America where the moral of the story really is: America can do anything it wants to who they deem enemies and if their enemies retaliate they are immediately labelled the "bad guys" and through ridiculous feats of idiocy, America can get away with it because we're America damn it!

I hate stories like that.

 

[sandwraith]

Yeah I see the X-thing. But honestly, how many characters in the MU aren't X-related these days? Black Panther's practically an in-law to Xavier now.

 

[deemar325]

That wouldn't be my attempt if anything I'd humanize Arabian Knight to the point where you'd want him on the team.

 

[The Question]

Political drama in the end ends with the victory of the writer's favorite. See Ultimates: Grand Theft America where the moral of the story really is: America can do anything it wants to who they deem enemies and if their enemies retaliate they are immediately labelled the "bad guys" and through ridiculous feats of idiocy, America can get away with it because we're America damn it!

I hate stories like that.

That only happens if the writer isn't especially clever, or is trying to make a statement from the begining. You can have political drama without trying to make any kind of statement, and just having drama.

 

[sandwraith]

They should really change his moniker though. Arabian Knight is quite a mouthful and I'm told you only call a horse or a rug "Arabian". They should just call him "Faris" which is Arabic for Knight.

 

[The Question]

Hey, Deemar, ahev you seen this?:

I've noticed that, for a while now, Superman's stories have been in a rut: He flies around the city, some weird sci-fi leftover from the B13 virus or one of Metropolis' hundreds of mentally deranged vagrants with access to vaguely futuristic technology starts causing trouble. Meanwhile, he's going through some kind of trouble at the Planet, be it some upstart reporter vying for his job, a story that would help bring down some corrupt fatcat or otherwise help the city that isn't getting anywhere, or something like that. He asks for Lois' or Ma and Pa's advice on one or both of these matters, and then he comes up with some solution, either wrapping things up that issue or taking a few to complete.

My idea is to start from the angle that the reason the comics are in a rut is because Clark's life is in a rut. He's fallen into a pattern. A daily formula with minor variations depending on the situation. And you know what? He's fine with that. Clark's always been a simple guy. Not that he's uninteligent, but he likes things to be simple. Likes things to be quiet and to run smoothly. In the weirdness of his life, the formula makes him comfortable. So, the first couple of issues of my Superman run would be fairly standard. **** goes down and he handles it in the tights, right alongside **** in the office. That'll last for maybe five or six issues.

But then, something would happen that would stand as a testiment to one very simple truth: Sometimes life deviates from the formula very abruptly.

During one of the early, standard issues, there would be a few instances where Lois tries to talk to him during the day, but either work or his Supermaning keeps him too busy to listen. At the end of the day, everything's fine and the city is safe, and Clark has enough time to listen to Lois tell him that she's pregnant. Going from there, their first question is "how is this possible?" They are told by some scientist, perhaps Mr. Terrific and Dr. Midnight (I must say, I absolutely adore that pair), that it simply isn't. But it happened anyway. It is the very definition of a miracle.

Meanwhile, and this would start in the second or third issue, during the standard stuff, to keep things interesting, we see Lex on the run. He realizes that his sanity has been slowly deteriorating ever since his impeachment, culminating in the seemingly random killings of his Everymen and his rampage in Metropolis. His obsession with his rivalry with Superman has led to him developing severe paranoia and violent moodswings, to a point that borders on DID. He goes on a sojurn of sorts across the country to face himself so he can once again face the world, as well as build up resources and manpower. He ends up meeting a genius college student who wishes to become a mad scientist, and she acompanies him on his quest.

Clark is trying to adjust to becoming a father, so much of the next few issues will be more talking heads style. Not much action, more character stuff. There'd also be a sub plot about a new mobster in Metropolis that would slowly grow in importance. Lex finds inner peace, and begins to atempt his old goal of saving th world from itself anew, this time forming a team akin to The Authority or The Elite (possibly even a new incarnation of The Elite). He also remembers something that had been taken from his mind: Superman's secret identity. They start operating much like The Authority, hitting the corruption of the world with no regard for the law and a very totalitarian aditude. Lex begins wearing a suit akin to what h wears in Justice. Eventually, Lex starts going after the mobster in Metropolis, who is revealed to be The Parasite in disguise. Able to sense that Lois is pregnant when they come face to face, he tries to use that against Superman, resulting in a direct confrontation. This teaches Clark that his responsibility is no longer just saving lives. He's not got a family to protect. Rudy gets away and Lex kidnaps and brainwashes him for his own ends.

Lex's team become major figures in world affairs, with Lex becoming a sort of outlaw celebrity, hated by many and loved by others. He starts stealing advanced alien technology from the government and sharing it with the Earth, while also working with his team's resident mystic (Hat?) to help spread understanding about the spiritual nature of the cosmos, as well as the ties between longevity and the will to live (siting a Mr. Hob Gadling from England). He also begins killing third world dictators and taking over. This comes to a climax when he takes control of the U.N. and the White House and starts declaring himself and his team as the new world rulers.

Lex then sends Parasite and a newly hired Metallo to Clark Kent's apartment to beat him into a coma as he poses a threat to Lex's new world order. He then uses the adresses in Clark's apartment to take out other League members and other potential threats. When Clark is in his coma, he has a sort of near death experience where he talks with Mxyzptlk about what's going on with Lex, and his life in general. Naturally, Ray Palmer, who's been able to evade Lex's detection, works with Dr. Midnight, Mr. Terrific, and Steel to save Clark's life and revive him. That group then opposes Lex and end up stopping him, in a massive fight scene in New York to rival the last two issues of The Ultimates (they'd also be on time). Lex is arrested.

The next few issues are about the aftermath of Lex's coup. Clean up, reconstruction, and trying to bring stability back to the world governments. The next issue covers Lex's trial. At the end, the sentence is death by firing squad. Mxy starts apearing during his dreams, offering advice in regards to the changes in his life. We then see Lex's exicution, held in Metropolis at his request. There's no daring escape or door left open for a clever retcon. The gaurd puts a black bag over his head, and a firing squad ventilates his chest.

Clark, shaken by the recent happenings with Lex, and at a loss as to how to deal with raising a potentially super powered child and protecting his family from everyone who might want to hurt the kid, turns to ma and Pa. But for the first time in a while, they can't help him. This is a situation unique to Clark, and he has to figure out how to deal with it on his own. Mxy apears to him again, and offers a "tour of the office" while they talk. Going on a makeshift vision quest, Mxy breifly explains the nature of things while giving Clark what he really needs: Advice. In the afterlife, Clark speaks with Connor and gains a bit of closure with that (part of his fathership anxieties was him worrying that he'd fail his kid like he failed Connor). He even burries the hatchet with Lex, who's still trying to figure out where to go. Lex says, looking back, that their rivalry was so immature, and neither of them had any real reason to hate each other. Lex then says that he's considering reincarnation, leaving the door open for a clever writer to bring him back in some fashion. Clark then goes on to finally really meat Jor-El, speak with a few supernatural beings, and comes back a bit wiser and more confidant.

The next few issues are rather filler, dealing with more standard supervillain crap. Would probably have him fight The Silver Banshee or Riot, just for kicks. This is all building up to the Christmas issue, where the baby, a boy they name James, is born. Thus, the pregnancy was a Christmas miracle. The next few issues is more lighthearted than the rest of the run, with Lois and Clark adjusting to paranthood.

The final issue of the run has several jumps several years in the future. One has James being about seven, with Clark talking to him about how much of a miracle he is, and how his powers might manifest in the future. The next has James in his teen years, dealing with standard teen crap, until his powers finally manifest when he jumps in the air and only keeps going up. The finally bit has James as a young adult, wandering the world and using his powers in secret as his father did many years before. It ends with James deciding that it's time to go home to "take a crack at the family buisness." He's last seen with a sketchpad in his hand with a crude depiction of a costume partially isnpired by Connor Kent's many looks.

An interesting note is that, while the reincarnation bit would be, for the editors, a way of letting the next writer bring lex back, it would be strongly implied through his inteligence, mannerisms, vocabulary, and political veiws that James is in fact the reincarnation of Lex.

 

[sandwraith]

That only happens if the writer isn't especially clever, or is trying to make a statement from the begining. You can have political drama without trying to make any kind of statement, and just having drama.

If you're saying Mark Millar isn't very clever....I'm inclined to agree.

 

[The Question]

If you're saying Mark Millar isn't very clever....I'm inclined to agree.

No, I was saying that he was trying to make a political statement.

 

[sandwraith]

Hye you like that mystery/occult/surreal stuff right Q? Wanna collaborate on a Bat-story?

 

[deemar325]

Heres my final team roster I'd like to see...

EXCALIBUR
UnionJack
Captain Brittain
Black Knight
Shamrock
Pete Wisdom
Spitfire
Blazing Skull
Sabra

Supporting cast:
Arabian Knight - Not a official team member, but a operative of Saudi Arbian on loan to the Brittish government in good faith to quel anti-arab/muslim sentiment.
El Aguilla - Spains' contribution to the team, although he only be available on missions that affect Spain as a nation or threats originating fron Spain.
Le Peregrine - Frances' contribution Peregrine is a reserve member.
Lion Heart - Reserve member.

 

[The Question]

Hye you like that mystery/occult/surreal stuff right Q? Wanna collaborate on a Bat-story?

Uh, sure, I guess. What did you have in mind?

 

[deemar325]

Q not gonna critique yours until you take a look at my Legion of Losers pal.

 

[sandwraith]

Is A-Knight Saudi though? I'd prefer to think that he's from one of those lesser known Arab countries like Syria.

 

[deemar325]

WAH?!



Then you have conflict, which is good for drama.

Marks' art just doesn't do it for me, I'd rather someone like Doug Manhke or Mitch Brewmeister take a shot at it.

 

[deemar325]

He's Saudi at least the current AK is.

 

[The Question]

Q not gonna critique yours until you take a look at my Legion of Losers pal.

Oh. Sorry.

Marvel
Legion of LosersGuest starring Spider-man!
Creative team
Writer- Me
Artist- Corey Walker
Format
7 issue mini-series



Cast of misfits:
*Spider-man *Awesome Andy
*Deadpool *Gravity
*She-Hulk *Penance(Formerly Speedball)
*M.O.D.O.K. *Fin Fang Foom
*A.I.M.

GLI (Great Lake Initiative a.k.a. GLX,GLA...)
*Mr.Immortal *Grasshopper
*SquirrelGirl *Flatman
*Doorman
*Big Bertha

Agents of Atlas
*Namorita *Marvel Boy I
*Gorilla-man *Venus
*M-11 *Jimmy Woo

Nextwave
*The Captain *Boom-Boom
*Photon *Elsa Bloodstone
*Machineman


Plot:
The basic plot picks up on threads left over from the Deadpool/GLI: Summer Spectacular Special! Squirrelgirl when she visits Penance(formerly Speedball) finds that her true love is now a Trent Reznor,Emo-Ball of grim grief and not the happy bouncy Speedball. She surmizes that someone or something is out to tarnish or destroy the more jovial/comedic characters of the Marvel Universe.

Turns out she's right and theres a whole conspiracy to corrupt or out right kill the more oldschool happy go lucky heroes. It involves the Supervillians also the more embarrassing badguys are being targeted also.

Characters like the Agents of Atlas, Nextwave, GLI, Gravity, Spider-man even Deadpool are realizing that they are being targeted for 'retooling' as the story progresses certain characters are kidnapped and return all 'grim&gritty' ala Penance/Speedball.

Its basically Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, but instead of becoming emotionless members of a alien hivemind like the movies, these characters are turned into Frank Miller,Rob Liefeld, Mark Millar and Bendis type characters that are totally the opposite of the originals.

Example: In the course of the story a characters say Mr.Immortal would be 'retooled' and the rest of the GLI,AoA etc...have to deal with a Mr.I who's more Wolverine/Punisher hyper badass than his normal self.

It's a pretty clever idea, if not a little break-the-fourth-wall-y.

 

[sandwraith]

Uh, sure, I guess. What did you have in mind?

Okay if you've read some of my Bat-stuff you'd know that I wanted to make Batman lose his company, grow older (greyer), a little more mellow and then reclaim his company after some severe bloodshed (I'll get to that later). This story I have in mind takes place AFTER this stuff where Bruce Wayne is back in charge of Wayne Enterprises but alot has changed. Lucius Fox resigned to start his own company, lots of the members of his board have been fired etc.

Basically his life as Bruce Wayne sucks. So there's this PR thing where Bruce Wayne is supposed to meet the highest-scoring student of a certain school, shake his/her hand and show him/her around his house. The girl, a 16 year old student is named Katrina Whitmore, white girl, parents are divorced, lives with her Electrician dad, straight-A student starts giving Bruce the goo-goo eyes. Bruce thinks that its just a schoolgirl crush which worries him since he isn't really "Gotham's most eligible young bachelor" anymore. As Bruce shows Katrina and her father tour Wayne Manor Katrina keeps giving him looks till their at the main hall (where the Waynes' portrait is hung over a fireplace). There Katrina drops a bomb: she says she's the reincarnation of Martha Wayne, reawakened and all she wants is to see her son again.....

Okay now you try to continue. You can join too deemar

 

[deemar325]

Originally Posted by The Question
I've noticed that, for a while now, Superman's stories have been in a rut: He flies around the city, some weird sci-fi leftover from the B13 virus or one of Metropolis' hundreds of mentally deranged vagrants with access to vaguely futuristic technology starts causing trouble. Meanwhile, he's going through some kind of trouble at the Planet, be it some upstart reporter vying for his job, a story that would help bring down some corrupt fatcat or otherwise help the city that isn't getting anywhere, or something like that. He asks for Lois' or Ma and Pa's advice on one or both of these matters, and then he comes up with some solution, either wrapping things up that issue or taking a few to complete.

My idea is to start from the angle that the reason the comics are in a rut is because Clark's life is in a rut. He's fallen into a pattern. A daily formula with minor variations depending on the situation. And you know what? He's fine with that. Clark's always been a simple guy. Not that he's uninteligent, but he likes things to be simple. Likes things to be quiet and to run smoothly. In the weirdness of his life, the formula makes him comfortable. So, the first couple of issues of my Superman run would be fairly standard. **** goes down and he handles it in the tights, right alongside **** in the office. That'll last for maybe five or six issues.

But then, something would happen that would stand as a testiment to one very simple truth: Sometimes life deviates from the formula very abruptly.

During one of the early, standard issues, there would be a few instances where Lois tries to talk to him during the day, but either work or his Supermaning keeps him too busy to listen. At the end of the day, everything's fine and the city is safe, and Clark has enough time to listen to Lois tell him that she's pregnant. Going from there, their first question is "how is this possible?" They are told by some scientist, perhaps Mr. Terrific and Dr. Midnight (I must say, I absolutely adore that pair), that it simply isn't. But it happened anyway. It is the very definition of a miracle.

Meanwhile, and this would start in the second or third issue, during the standard stuff, to keep things interesting, we see Lex on the run. He realizes that his sanity has been slowly deteriorating ever since his impeachment, culminating in the seemingly random killings of his Everymen and his rampage in Metropolis. His obsession with his rivalry with Superman has led to him developing severe paranoia and violent moodswings, to a point that borders on DID. He goes on a sojurn of sorts across the country to face himself so he can once again face the world, as well as build up resources and manpower. He ends up meeting a genius college student who wishes to become a mad scientist, and she acompanies him on his quest.

Clark is trying to adjust to becoming a father, so much of the next few issues will be more talking heads style. Not much action, more character stuff. There'd also be a sub plot about a new mobster in Metropolis that would slowly grow in importance. Lex finds inner peace, and begins to atempt his old goal of saving th world from itself anew, this time forming a team akin to The Authority or The Elite (possibly even a new incarnation of The Elite). He also remembers something that had been taken from his mind: Superman's secret identity. They start operating much like The Authority, hitting the corruption of the world with no regard for the law and a very totalitarian aditude. Lex begins wearing a suit akin to what h wears in Justice. Eventually, Lex starts going after the mobster in Metropolis, who is revealed to be The Parasite in disguise. Able to sense that Lois is pregnant when they come face to face, he tries to use that against Superman, resulting in a direct confrontation. This teaches Clark that his responsibility is no longer just saving lives. He's not got a family to protect. Rudy gets away and Lex kidnaps and brainwashes him for his own ends.

Lex's team become major figures in world affairs, with Lex becoming a sort of outlaw celebrity, hated by many and loved by others. He starts stealing advanced alien technology from the government and sharing it with the Earth, while also working with his team's resident mystic (Hat?) to help spread understanding about the spiritual nature of the cosmos, as well as the ties between longevity and the will to live (siting a Mr. Hob Gadling from England). He also begins killing third world dictators and taking over. This comes to a climax when he takes control of the U.N. and the White House and starts declaring himself and his team as the new world rulers.

Lex then sends Parasite and a newly hired Metallo to Clark Kent's apartment to beat him into a coma as he poses a threat to Lex's new world order. He then uses the adresses in Clark's apartment to take out other League members and other potential threats. When Clark is in his coma, he has a sort of near death experience where he talks with Mxyzptlk about what's going on with Lex, and his life in general. Naturally, Ray Palmer, who's been able to evade Lex's detection, works with Dr. Midnight, Mr. Terrific, and Steel to save Clark's life and revive him. That group then opposes Lex and end up stopping him, in a massive fight scene in New York to rival the last two issues of The Ultimates (they'd also be on time). Lex is arrested.

The next few issues are about the aftermath of Lex's coup. Clean up, reconstruction, and trying to bring stability back to the world governments. The next issue covers Lex's trial. At the end, the sentence is death by firing squad. Mxy starts apearing during his dreams, offering advice in regards to the changes in his life. We then see Lex's exicution, held in Metropolis at his request. There's no daring escape or door left open for a clever retcon. The gaurd puts a black bag over his head, and a firing squad ventilates his chest.

Clark, shaken by the recent happenings with Lex, and at a loss as to how to deal with raising a potentially super powered child and protecting his family from everyone who might want to hurt the kid, turns to ma and Pa. But for the first time in a while, they can't help him. This is a situation unique to Clark, and he has to figure out how to deal with it on his own. Mxy apears to him again, and offers a "tour of the office" while they talk. Going on a makeshift vision quest, Mxy breifly explains the nature of things while giving Clark what he really needs: Advice. In the afterlife, Clark speaks with Connor and gains a bit of closure with that (part of his fathership anxieties was him worrying that he'd fail his kid like he failed Connor). He even burries the hatchet with Lex, who's still trying to figure out where to go. Lex says, looking back, that their rivalry was so immature, and neither of them had any real reason to hate each other. Lex then says that he's considering reincarnation, leaving the door open for a clever writer to bring him back in some fashion. Clark then goes on to finally really meat Jor-El, speak with a few supernatural beings, and comes back a bit wiser and more confidant.

The next few issues are rather filler, dealing with more standard supervillain crap. Would probably have him fight The Silver Banshee or Riot, just for kicks. This is all building up to the Christmas issue, where the baby, a boy they name James, is born. Thus, the pregnancy was a Christmas miracle. The next few issues is more lighthearted than the rest of the run, with Lois and Clark adjusting to paranthood.

The final issue of the run has several jumps several years in the future. One has James being about seven, with Clark talking to him about how much of a miracle he is, and how his powers might manifest in the future. The next has James in his teen years, dealing with standard teen crap, until his powers finally manifest when he jumps in the air and only keeps going up. The finally bit has James as a young adult, wandering the world and using his powers in secret as his father did many years before. It ends with James deciding that it's time to go home to "take a crack at the family buisness." He's last seen with a sketchpad in his hand with a crude depiction of a costume partially isnpired by Connor Kent's many looks.

An interesting note is that, while the reincarnation bit would be, for the editors, a way of letting the next writer bring lex back, it would be strongly implied through his inteligence, mannerisms, vocabulary, and political veiws that James is in fact the reincarnation of Lex.


I like everything up until theJames maybe being Lex reincarnated, my favorite part is Parasite and Clark really coming to grips with being a father I actually think out of all the Superheroes Supes should be a dad it makes sense really when you think about it.

 

[deemar325]

Oh. Sorry.



It's a pretty clever idea, if not a little break-the-fourth-wall-y.

Well I figured thats been the tradition with the GLI and Nextwave and thats what Dan Slott established so why no.

My ultimate goal would be to sorta poke fun at Marvel in general and take to task the likes of Bendis and Millar.

Storywise the main bad guy would be the Psycho-man who's been planning this scheme since the Dare Devil 'Born Again' timeframe.

 

[The Question]

Okay if you've read some of my Bat-stuff you'd know that I wanted to make Batman lose his company, grow older (greyer), a little more mellow and then reclaim his company after some severe bloodshed (I'll get to that later). This story I have in mind takes place AFTER this stuff where Bruce Wayne is back in charge of Wayne Enterprises but alot has changed. Lucius Fox resigned to start his own company, lots of the members of his board have been fired etc.

Basically his life as Bruce Wayne sucks. So there's this PR thing where Bruce Wayne is supposed to meet the highest-scoring student of a certain school, shake his/her hand and show him/her around his house. The girl, a 16 year old student is named Katrina Whitmore, white girl, parents are divorced, lives with her Electrician dad, straight-A student starts giving Bruce the goo-goo eyes. Bruce thinks that its just a schoolgirl crush which worries him since he isn't really "Gotham's most eligible young bachelor" anymore. As Bruce shows Katrina and her father tour Wayne Manor Katrina keeps giving him looks till their at the main hall (where the Waynes' portrait is hung over a fireplace). There Katrina drops a bomb: she says she's the reincarnation of Martha Wayne, reawakened and all she wants is to see her son again.....

Okay now you try to continue. You can join too deemar

Okay. Obviously, Bruce demands that they both leave. But, as they leave, she displayed a knowledge of Bruce's childhood that most wouldn't have. So, later, not wanting to leave anything to chance, he contacts Bostan Brand and asks him to look into it. As he does so, he soon discovers that similar things have happened to wealthy men all across the country in the past few months. People claiming to have some connection to a lost loved one of theirs shows up and gets back into their life. Except, in almost all cases, said "loved one" convinces the person in question to donate money and sign over assets to certain charities and other organizations. And, when Bruce starts investigating, the paper trail seems to lead back to Voodoo Chieftan, night club owner, and New York City mob boss Papa Midnite.


That okay?"

 

[deemar325]

Okay if you've read some of my Bat-stuff you'd know that I wanted to make Batman lose his company, grow older (greyer), a little more mellow and then reclaim his company after some severe bloodshed (I'll get to that later). This story I have in mind takes place AFTER this stuff where Bruce Wayne is back in charge of Wayne Enterprises but alot has changed. Lucius Fox resigned to start his own company, lots of the members of his board have been fired etc.

Basically his life as Bruce Wayne sucks. So there's this PR thing where Bruce Wayne is supposed to meet the highest-scoring student of a certain school, shake his/her hand and show him/her around his house. The girl, a 16 year old student is named Katrina Whitmore, white girl, parents are divorced, lives with her Electrician dad, straight-A student starts giving Bruce the goo-goo eyes. Bruce thinks that its just a schoolgirl crush which worries him since he isn't really "Gotham's most eligible young bachelor" anymore. As Bruce shows Katrina and her father tour Wayne Manor Katrina keeps giving him looks till their at the main hall (where the Waynes' portrait is hung over a fireplace). There Katrina drops a bomb: she says she's the reincarnation of Martha Wayne, reawakened and all she wants is to see her son again.....

Okay now you try to continue. You can join too deemar

Gotta be honest not feeling it man, thats a lotta baggage to put on Batman, plus its way outta left field with Martha Wayne.

 

[The Question]

I like everything up until theJames maybe being Lex reincarnated, my favorite part is Parasite and Clark really coming to grips with being a father I actually think out of all the Superheroes Supes should be a dad it makes sense really when you think about it.

Thanks. And, like I said, The Lex/James thing would only be implied, and not even that strongly.

Well I figured thats been the tradition with the GLI and Nextwave and thats what Dan Slott established so why no.

My ultimate goal would be to sorta poke fun at Marvel in general and take to task the likes of Bendis and Millar.

Storywise the main bad guy would be the Psycho-man who's been planning this scheme since the Dare Devil 'Born Again' timeframe.

Not bad.

 

[deemar325]

Lex then sends Parasite and a newly hired Metallo to Clark Kent's apartment to beat him into a coma as he poses a threat to Lex's new world order. He then uses the adresses in Clark's apartment to take out other League members and other potential threats. When Clark is in his coma, he has a sort of near death experience where he talks with Mxyzptlk about what's going on with Lex, and his life in general. Naturally, Ray Palmer, who's been able to evade Lex's detection, works with Dr. Midnight, Mr. Terrific, and Steel to save Clark's life and revive him. That group then opposes Lex and end up stopping him, in a massive fight scene in New York to rival the last two issues of The Ultimates (they'd also be on time). Lex is arrested.

This is the grist of the story I really dig the most, I dig that you got Mr.Terrific and Doc Midnite in there. Question why Mxy?