The Official DC Stupid Question Thread....

[Tropico]

In "The Golden Age," Sportsmaster said that the reason he could recognize Alan out of costume was because "nobody's that tall."

The one thing I've constantly read about Alan as defining physical characteristic is his broad shoulders. Unless I'm remembering incorrectly somewhere in the back of my mind there was also an incident like the one mentioned with Sportsmaster but mentioned the shoulders instead of the height. Heck, even Ma Kent kept a scrapbook of pictured of him when he was younger and she sighed as she remembered those days.

But that GL qustion brings something to my mind.

Does the ring extend the life of it's user in anyway?

If you mean by extending their natural life span I've yet to see it mentioned. And considering the nature of a Corpsman's "job" it's highly unlikely they have all that many chances to grow old gracefully.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The one thing I've constantly read about Alan as defining physical characteristic is his broad shoulders. Unless I'm remembering incorrectly somewhere in the back of my mind there was also an incident like the one mentioned with Sportsmaster but mentioned the shoulders instead of the height. Heck, even Ma Kent kept a scrapbook of pictured of him when he was younger and she sighed as she remembered those days.

Alan ****ing Scott: WWII's stone-cold pimp.

 

[Dr. Fate]

What are the best trade paperbacks dealing with Jack Kirby's 4th World/New Gods characters?

 

[UndyingPhoenix]

This may or may not belong here..or in the official Flash thread (Which when I read through it, was just discussing the character and issues...) but..if theres a high demand to move it, I'll post it in that thread as well.

But here we go.

" During the time she was married, Barry and Iris discovered that Iris was actually from the 30th Century, and had been sent back to the twentieth century shortly before "Earth-East" attacked "Earth-West". In this 2945 CE, Central City was a self-contained city. Her maiden name was Iris Russell. After years as a prominent presence in the Flash's life and Central City, she was killed by Professor Zoom in Flash #275 (July 1979).

Iris did not stay dead for long. When a disaster threatened, Iris' parents the Russells (with the help of a future Flash, John Fox) sent baby Iris back to the 20th century, where she was adopted by Ira West. Her 20th century "death" caused a time paradox that was resolved after her biological parents placed her consciousness into a new body in her time of origin." (From Wikipedia upon searching Iris West Allen)

So..taking this into consideration..wouldnt Bart Allens death before he was born cause a time paradox as well? Or would Bart dying in our time now, create a ripple effect to when he was actually born(in a new timeline future) again, thus giving his mom the new information of what her son should avoid to escape death in this new timeline...saving him? Or am I being a bit stupid and missing something crucial?

I just thought one timeline paradox from a 20th century death of someone who is originally from the 30th Century would repeat itself for Bart.

 

[Harlekin]

I could explain why Bart's death isn't a paradox but I'm at loss to the words and my head already hurts from thinking about. Just, y'know, it's not a paradox. Think about it.

 

[BrianWilly]

Simply put, consider two things.

One: the future in the DCU -- and in the Marvel universe and everywhere else basically -- is fluid instead of static. Things supposedly set in stone change all the time, timelines diverge and shift and little things are enough to completely alter "the" future. There's been at least four different futures in the DCU that have all been rendered impossible at this point.

Two: Bart's death was actually a note in history in the future that he came from. As in, Iris West actually had knowledge of it and even went back in time in order to warn Bart. So Bart dying in the present doesn't cause a paradox with the future; it in fact confirms events as the future remembers them.

 

[SenseiofCheese]

I was re-reading Infinite Crisis (Stupid in it's own right), and I come to the double splash-page featuring the Battle of Metropolis. Now, I'm checking out all the characters, and in the upper-left side of the left page, there's Hawkman.
But it's the Hawkman from Kingdom Come, that was basically transformed into this literal Hawk-Man thing, with talons and a talisman on his kneck.
Does anyone know what the deal with that is?

 

[Tropico]

I was re-reading Infinite Crisis (Stupid in it's own right), and I come to the double splash-page featuring the Battle of Metropolis. Now, I'm checking out all the characters, and in the upper-left side of the left page, there's Hawkman.
But it's the Hawkman from Kingdom Come, that was basically transformed into this literal Hawk-Man thing, with talons and a talisman on his kneck.
Does anyone know what the deal with that is?

Northwind and his race, were remade to look like the Hawkman from KC (supposedly they evolved from their more humanoid form into having pronounced bird-like features because of something that happened to their place of residence). I don't remember if Northwind had been dead by that point, but if it wasn't him it was probably one of his race.

 

[SenseiofCheese]

Aah, thank you, that clear it up.
I was afraid they'd taken the whole "making the in-continuity DC universe segue up to Kingdom Come" thing too far.

 

[Tropico]

This may or may not belong here..or in the official Flash thread (Which when I read through it, was just discussing the character and issues...) but..if theres a high demand to move it, I'll post it in that thread as well.

But here we go.

" During the time she was married, Barry and Iris discovered that Iris was actually from the 30th Century, and had been sent back to the twentieth century shortly before "Earth-East" attacked "Earth-West". In this 2945 CE, Central City was a self-contained city. Her maiden name was Iris Russell. After years as a prominent presence in the Flash's life and Central City, she was killed by Professor Zoom in Flash #275 (July 1979).

Iris did not stay dead for long. When a disaster threatened, Iris' parents the Russells (with the help of a future Flash, John Fox) sent baby Iris back to the 20th century, where she was adopted by Ira West. Her 20th century "death" caused a time paradox that was resolved after her biological parents placed her consciousness into a new body in her time of origin." (From Wikipedia upon searching Iris West Allen)

So..taking this into consideration..wouldnt Bart Allens death before he was born cause a time paradox as well? Or would Bart dying in our time now, create a ripple effect to when he was actually born(in a new timeline future) again, thus giving his mom the new information of what her son should avoid to escape death in this new timeline...saving him? Or am I being a bit stupid and missing something crucial?

I just thought one timeline paradox from a 20th century death of someone who is originally from the 30th Century would repeat itself for Bart.

The Paradox should have happened when they changed the future he and that particular version of the Legion came from. I think it was sometimes explained as Bart already being chronally unstable or something as to why he didn't get erased. To this day, I still don't know for sure. I finally decided to use the Hypertime excuse. But, no, dying in the past before you're born shouldn't create a paradox. Unless you killed your mom or your dad or something like that. Otherwise, I don't see why it would create a paradox.

 

[The Question]

The one thing I've constantly read about Alan as defining physical characteristic is his broad shoulders. Unless I'm remembering incorrectly somewhere in the back of my mind there was also an incident like the one mentioned with Sportsmaster but mentioned the shoulders instead of the height. Heck, even Ma Kent kept a scrapbook of pictured of him when he was younger and she sighed as she remembered those days.

He did mention shoulders, but I do remember him also mentioning something along the lines of "Nobody's that tall."


And of course Ma keeps his scrapbook. He's the guy the Justice League looks up to. He's not just sexy, he's sex incarnate.

 

[uchiha_itachi]

roughly how old is batman?

 

[Harlekin]

38 to 40.

 

[uchiha_itachi]

thanks, hope you dont mind if i ask a few more about the age thing, how old was he when he first started being batman? and how old is dick,jason, tim and barbara ?

thanks

 

[Harlekin]

I believe he was 25 when he started. Nightwing should be middle 20's, Jason would be around 20 and Tim's 17. Babs is a little tricky, but she's probably late 20's, around her 30's.

 

[uchiha_itachi]

thanks , i havent actually read batman year 1 yet but i flicked through it, and it showed gordans wife pregnant i guess with barbara, but that would put her a lot younger than late 30's?

sorry for all the questions im just getting into reading the batman comics

 

[Manic]

thanks , i havent actually read batman year 1 yet but i flicked through it, and it showed gordans wife pregnant i guess with barbara, but that would put her a lot younger than late 30's?

sorry for all the questions im just getting into reading the batman comics

I think Batman Year One showed Gordon's wife pregnant with his son, not Barbara. We don't see his son these days because he lives with his mom. Barbara wasn't around because she's... (here comes the wind-up)

Babs was adopted by Jim Gordon. She's still his blood relative, however, because Jim fathered her illegitimately by having sex with his sister-in-law. When Jim's brother and sister-in-law died, Jim took custody of their daughter/his niece, Barbara... who was really his daughter, anyway.

 

[Harlekin]

Yeah, Gordon's wife is pregnant with their son, not Babs.

 

[Kitsune]

I'm wondering if Ronald Raymond is returning as Firestorm, or not?

 

[Kebab gud]

Barbra is tops 2 years older then Dick.. and in the recent Nightwing Annual it was stated that they are the same age .. Babs it TOPS 28..

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

What are some of the things that a Power Ring can not do even if it's user has the ability to think it up?

 

[trustyside-kick]

How was his own series? I'm kinda also interested in his supporting cast and villains; especially his villains since the only one I know is like Shadow Thief.

The Spider was great. Guy with a Bow. Green Arrow was there and when GA and Carter get together, it's always fun. The Headhunter arc was good too. Few others like the Gentlemen Ghost, that big lion guy whose name I forget. Cool old school villains.

Palmotti and Grey's run wasn't that bad either. Dropped it after they left. Tried Hawkgirl, but the art was atrocious. And Simonson had seen better days.

This is backtracking, but I just want to thanks for your information. I checked out a good amount of the issues so far of the 4th volume, and I'm loving it a whole lot so far. I just finished the issue with the Headhunter.

Probably the only issue I didn't greatly enjoy (but didn't dislike either) was the one talking about one of his previous lives in the Old West. But that's only because I can care less about Western stuff like that.

 

[Kebab gud]

What are some of the things that a Power Ring can not do even if it's user has the ability to think it up?

kill

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

No matter what? Hmmm

 

[Harlekin]

Barbra is tops 2 years older then Dick.. and in the recent Nightwing Annual it was stated that they are the same age .. Babs it TOPS 28..

It's a little hazy since she was A) able to finish college, and as I recall, B) pre-crisis, she was a friggin' senator. They're definitely not the same age. She has to be at least a year if not two years older than him.