The Official DC Stupid Question Thread....

[TheCorpulent1]

Originally posted by NightRiver
The metamorpho in outsiders is not the original metamorpho. They explain it in issue 7 of Outisders. The original Meta, saved a bunch of heroes, from catastrophe in space by turning into somehting of an escape pod and got back to earth.(I forget who exactly, as Im at work and my comic is at home.) During re entry, pieces of his body fell to earth and stuff. One of those pieces is the Metamorpho in Outsiders.

Somehow, that piece evolved and thought he was Rex the original Metamorpho. After a confrontation, Metamorpho let him live only if he came up with a different name, which is Shift. Shift's powers have evolved beyond Rex's, as Shift can turn into any element at any time, not only elements that come from the body. For example, he turned into Root Beer in one of the issues.

Hope that helps.

I think he's referring to the real Metamorpho. Rex did die at some point, and then he came back. I don't know how it happened, but Shift's creation is supposed to be a side-effect of the resurrection, I think.

 

[Mr. Fear]

I think he actually died twice, and at the second funeral, Superman was the only one who came because everyone knew he'd come back. Am I right?

 

[The Leaguer]

Originally posted by TheCorpulent1
I think he's referring to the real Metamorpho. Rex did die at some point, and then he came back. I don't know how it happened, but Shift's creation is supposed to be a side-effect of the resurrection, I think.

I was, and thanks.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

No problem. I think one death involved a spaceship explosion when he looked like this:

I don't know about another death.

 

[The Leaguer]

Now that NightRiver mentions it, I think one of his deaths was when the Justice League satellite fell to earth, at the beginning of the current JLA. He turned himself into a shell, cusioned with fluid, to protect his teammates, if I remember correctly, and I think it rendered him either comatose, or straight-up killed him. Either way, I'm pretty sure he died from it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That's it. I was trying to remember where the hell I read that. It was in JLA #1, which I just bought a couple of months ago. Thanks.

 

[NightRiver]

Oh, sorry for the confusion guys. People dying left and right in comics can be confusing. I didnt know that Rex died on more than one occasion, outsiders made it seem that the sattelite way was how he originally died.

 

[The Leaguer]

It was probably his most recent death. I certainly hope there is a defined resurrection for Metamorpho, and Winick didn't just ignore it and use him anyway.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, in Outsiders when Rex shows up, he explains that he pulled himself back together after his "death." Shift is a piece that he failed to track down and re-absorb that developed its own consciousness. So maybe that's the explanation to his resurrection, as mundane as it may be: he never truly died in the first place, just got scattered and lost cohesion during the satellite's crash.

 

[The Leaguer]

Well, after the crash, he still had the body, because it came back to life during that JLA arc during Waid's run. Maybe he was just comatose, and because of his unique phisiology, it was just assumed he was dead.

 

[Anubis]

Here's a stupid questio, who the hell is Hector Hammond? I keep hearing his name tied with Hal Jordan and the Corps and I do recall a character by that name but I can't for the life of me remember who he is.

 

[X]

Originally posted by Anubis
Here's a stupid questio, who the hell is Hector Hammond? I keep hearing his name tied with Hal Jordan and the Corps and I do recall a character by that name but I can't for the life of me remember who he is.

Isn't he one of the Dr. Fates?

 

[The Leaguer]

Thats Hector Hall. I think...

 

[X]

Shows what I know.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah Dr. Fate is Hector Hall.

 

[The Leaguer]

He's the present Dr. Fate, Hawkman's son.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah but who is Hector Hammond?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He's apparently a telepath with a big head who can't speak or walk. One of Hal's big foes from before his crazy days.

 

[Anubis]

Wow! thats a big head.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, he doesn't look very villainous. He looks more like a muppet.

 

[Guyverjay]

He looks like vincent twice vincent twice

 

[X]

Look at this shoes...

 

[Anubis]

Maybe I'm out of the loop, but what does this whole OWN3D stuff mean? I have seen a ton of pictures like that around the board and I don't get it.

 

[X]

Just means somebody made somebody else eat their own words, things along those lines...

 

[Anubis]

oohhh, okay. Still don't get it.