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[The Question]

I felt that 'The death of Lady Cop' was a cynical marketing ploy though

Out of all her 90s events, it was the weakest. I prefer "Copfall" and "Our Cops at War."

 

[3rdstone]

I felt that 'The death of Lady Cop' was a cynical marketing ploy though

Out of all her 90s events, it was the weakest. I prefer "Copfall" and "Our Cops at War."

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[Anubis]

Little known fact, Sponge Man is in no way related to Sponge Bob Square pants.

Also, Lady Cop's best story of all time is "What's so funny about Lady Cops and Tampons?"

 

[Wesley Dodds]

I've always been partial to Frank Miller's The Sponge Man Returns.

"This should be spongey agony. I should be a mass of aching spongey muscle — broken, spent, a bit furry round the edges. And, were I an older sponge, I surely would... But I'm a sponge of 30 — of 20 again. The rain on my sponge is a baptism. I'm sponge again. Sponge"

They don't write 'em like that anymore...

 

[Cain]

^

Time for me to go to Amazon and order Challenge of the Lady Cops and The Sponge Man Strikes Again.

 

[The Question]

Little known fact, Sponge Man is in no way related to Sponge Bob Square pants.

Also, Lady Cop's best story of all time is "What's so funny about Lady Cops and Tampons?"

It may have been shocking to mainstream audiences, but it was nice to see DC take a stance on women's reproductive rights.

I've always been partial to Frank Miller's The Sponge Man Returns.

"This should be spongey agony. I should be a mass of aching spongey muscle — broken, spent, a bit furry round the edges. And, were I an older sponge, I surely would... But I'm a sponge of 30 — of 20 again. The rain on my sponge is a baptism. I'm sponge again. Sponge"

They don't write 'em like that anymore...

The fight scene between Sponge-Man and Lady Cop at the end was superb. Lots of Lady Cop fanboys gripe about how she was nerfed to make Sponge-Man look awesome, but, and I know I sound hella pretentious for saying this, they just don't get the thematic and emotional significance of that sequence. It was about so much more than who was more badass.

Also Sponge-Man was wicked badass in it.

On that note, I really wish they'd revive the Sponge-Man/Lady Cop ongoing. It's nice to see those two working as a team.

^

Time for me to go to Amazon and order Challenge of the Lady Cops and The Sponge Man Strikes Again.

Oh, don't forget Challenge's sequel, "Crisis of Infinite Cops." Even better.

 

[Anubis]

Earth X Lady Cop was awesome in that.

 

[The Question]

Earth X Lady Cop was awesome in that.

She was always my favorite out of all the Alternacops. What's not to love about a battle axe wielding Messianic figure from a Mad Max-ish post apocalyptic world where everyone has super powers? Plus, I love the way she sort of took on a motherly role towards Earth C Lady Cop. Funny stuff there, and really touching at times too.

 

[Anubis]

Also, it was the comic that definitively proved that sex with an alternate version of yourself is just *********ion.

 

[The Question]

Also, it was the comic that definitively proved that sex with an alternate version of yourself is just *********ion.

Oh Earth 4 Lady Cop. You're basically the Captain Jack Harkness of comics.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

No, not Supes. The guy in the bottom left corner.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's...

Rick Radomski

 

[The Question]

Fantastic character. "A Day in the Life or Rick Radomski" is one of my all time favorite issues of Sponge-Man. Seeing him reach out to the Space Cabby like that really shows why he's one of the best. He may not have fancy powers or fighting skills, but his bravery, kindness, and loyalty throughout decades of adventures has truly made him the emotional core of the DCU. When Lady Cop left him at the altar in "Lawfully Wedded," it goddamn broke my heart.

Here's hoping they get back together in the Nu52.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Fantastic character. "A Day in the Life or Rick Radomski" is one of my all time favorite issues of Sponge-Man. Seeing him reach out to the Space Cabby like that really shows why he's one of the best. He may not have fancy powers or fighting skills, but his bravery, kindness, and loyalty throughout decades of adventures has truly made him the emotional core of the DCU. When Lady Cop left him at the altar in "Lawfully Wedded," it goddamn broke my heart.

Here's hoping they get back together in the Nu52.

Yeah, DiDio and Johns are bringing him back in Justice League next year.

Turns out Rick's wife and kids were in the car when Superman smashed it up. Rick's mind snapped. With nothing left to live for, he lashed out at out at those damned superheroes!
Honing his mind and body to the absolute pinacle of perfection and spending his vast inheritance on a pair of solid Kryptonite pants... and hair dye to hide his gingerness.

This summer, the Nu52 presents... Ricktonite!

Also, a trenchcoat... and some guns, throw some guns in there too.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, I can't stand that they retconned out his Atomic mullet though. Another character ruined by the nu52.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

I just feel bad for the other guy on the cover, the one in the green slacks who's staring at Superman's arse.
That's Dick. Dick Dadomsky, Rick's cousin. He was never as popular. I mean sure, he had a pretty well-received vertigo book in the early 90s where he started a private detective agency with his Bizarro-World self, but he never got the props he deserved...

I miss "Private Diicks"

 

[The Question]

Yeah, DiDio and Johns are bringing him back in Justice League next year.

Turns out Rick's wife and kids were in the car when Superman smashed it up. Rick's mind snapped. With nothing left to live for, he lashed out at out at those damned superheroes!
Honing his mind and body to the absolute pinacle of perfection and spending his vast inheritance on a pair of solid Kryptonite pants... and hair dye to hide his gingerness.

This summer, the Nu52 presents... Ricktonite!

Also, a trenchcoat... and some guns, throw some guns in there too.

A villain? Really? They're making him go dark side? Jesus, that's about the biggest hack move a writer can make. Way to go, guys.

At least they're not bringing back the Rick/Lady Cop/Sponge Man love triangle from the 70s. That **** got old fast.

Yeah, I can't stand that they retconned out his Atomic mullet though. Another character ruined by the nu52.

I always thought it was kind of gimmicky myself. I mean, headbanging General Zod into submission was pretty sweet, but I felt like it took away from his underdog status a bit.

I just feel bad for the other guy on the cover, the one in the green slacks who's staring at Superman's arse.
That's Dick. Dick Dadomsky, Rick's cousin. He was never as popular. I mean sure, he had a pretty well-received vertigo book in the early 90s where he started a private detective agency with his Bizarro-World self, but he never got the props he deserved...

I miss "Private Diicks"

It ran it's course. It was a great series that managed to take a one note "hey guys it's my cousin" gag character and give him a a lot of pathos and meaning, and what was great about it was that it was self contained, that it finished it's story. Besides, can you really top that epic fight in the last five issues of Dick and Bizarro Dick VS Anti-Matter Universe Jesus? Everything would feel pretty underwhelming after that.

 

[SuperFerret]

I've never been more wonderfully confused in my life.

 

[The Question]

I've never been more wonderfully confused in my life.

Yeah, you really have to read Private ***** from the beginning to get it. It's pretty dense.

 

[Anubis]

Kinda dragged in the middle for me. You'd think a story about a pimp from the fifth dimension woulda been a lot more entertaining. Moore kinda dropped the ball on that one. The Dali lama cameo however was the s**t. How often do you see the living buddha dragon uppercut a 50 ft tall Prostitute?

 

[Hound55]

Not nearly often enough.

 

[The Question]

Kinda dragged in the middle for me. You'd think a story about a pimp from the fifth dimension woulda been a lot more entertaining. Moore kinda dropped the ball on that one. The Dali lama cameo however was the s**t. How often do you see the living buddha dragon uppercut a 50 ft tall Prostitute?

I get what Moore was going for, the arc was supposed to be allegorical about power structures in post-80s American capitalism. I mean, the aforementioned Dali Llama cameo was all about the conflict between that world view and non-materialistic world views. But it definitely strayed away from the character's personal arcs and felt a bit disconnected from the emotional core of the series. It's a bit uncharacteristic of Moore's writing, I think he must have gotten side tracked thinking about something in the news at the time and let it creep into the work.

 

[Anubis]

It happens to the best of us.

However, he totally redeemed himself when they got trapped in the fairy tale universe. The Diicks, Mother Goose, and a Transsexual Humpty Dumpty vs the insane offspring of little Miss muffet and a Giant Spider? Awesome incarnate.

 

[Hound55]

Humpty Dierdre, I think you'll find. Show some respect.

 

[The Question]

It happens to the best of us.

However, he totally redeemed himself when they got trapped in the fairy tale universe. The Diicks, Mother Goose, and a Transsexual Humpty Dumpty vs the insane offspring of little Miss muffet and a Giant Spider? Awesome incarnate.

One of the all time best horror stories in comics. Up there with the haunted confederate graveyard in Lady Cop Vol. 2 #57.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Heh. Those Confederates... The cursing in that issue would make a sailor blush. Pretty ballsy of DC to defy the comics code like that...