It was! I'm reading through the first Silver Age Omni right now, it's trippy to see Pie needing to remind Hal to take his mask off or Hal needing to sneak into the Ferris locker room to change into his duds.
It was! I'm reading through the first Silver Age Omni right now, it's trippy to see Pie needing to remind Hal to take his mask off or Hal needing to sneak into the Ferris locker room to change into his duds.
My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
Favorite Heroes - 1-Flash/Wally West, 2-Superman, 3-Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, 4-Nightwing, 5-Hawkman, 6-Firestorm, 7-Supergirl/Linda Danvers, 8-Zatanna, 9-Robin/Tim Drake
My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
Favorite Heroes - 1-Flash/Wally West, 2-Superman, 3-Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, 4-Nightwing, 5-Hawkman, 6-Firestorm, 7-Supergirl/Linda Danvers, 8-Zatanna, 9-Robin/Tim Drake
Showcase 22 is always a fun read every once in a while. I always spot something new each time. It's fun to read a comic that was 100% written for young kids growing up in the 50s and 60s before anyone cared about character motivation or plot holes. I mean, there's no mention of Hal's dead father or anything. He's just given a power ring by an alien and heck yeah he's gonna be a superhero! Why not? What did you think would happen? 10 years of moping around a farm cause he's "different" then NOT saving his father from a tornado? To quote Carol: "puh-lease"
Oh and Carol is just batsh!t crazy. Forget about Hal "hands" conducting a clinic on inappropriate workplace behavior. First Carol is all into Hal and agrees to dinner and a dance. Then big Carl Ferris (after going on a diatribe about how disappointed he was that he had Carol instead of a male child because I guess in the 60s you're only allowed to impregnate a woman once?) says he and the Mrs. are going to travel for 2 years and leaves Carol in charge. 2 years... so you know he's still not completely sold on having Carol in charge. Anyway, she's all "no romance" and Hal's like ah f@$k. Also, the no romance thing isn't really directed at employees at this point. It's just her saying she can't be distracted while proving herself as boss. But in the very next beat, she's going off to some gala ball to see Green Lantern for... wait for it... romance!
Buh buh buh buh wait it gets worse. So Carol and Green Lantern are hitting it off because he basically stalks her around the dance floor or something. Anyway, they kiss but then he flies away to stop a yellow missile because of course it's yellow. This pisses off Carol because, get this, GL didn't close his eyes during the kiss like she did. That rat bastard saw the missile and saved a bunch of people from a fiery explosion instead of giving her this unrealistic fantasy kiss. Why couldn't he just close his eyes and let them die?
Another thing about this issue, Abin's crash is completely glossed over. Is he just the sh!ttiest pilot in the galaxy or what? All he says is he hit some radiation which, who gives a chuck, you're in a freakin space ship which theoretically goes to different planets so you're gonna hit some radiation. Then there's a bright yellow aurora borealis light. Then he crashed. That's it. So you're telling me that light made him crash? Did he see it then start jerking the wheel like a lunatic? Even airplanes in the 60s could fly on instruments alone if visibility was poor. Are we saying that his interstellar space craft isn't as advanced as a 1960 turbo prop? And how come his ring didn't save him? Did he forget he was wearing it or was this magical yellow light shining on him all the way through the atmosphere and down to the ground? The thing had power. He used it to scan Hal. So what's up?
Save Ferris...
Oh....
I have yet to fully read the snow-blind story (shame on me). I did see some scans from Denny's run during the 1970's where Hal's mask was constructed by his ring. When the ring ran out of power, his mask would disappear. I was just curious as to who invented that concept.
Last edited by Anthony Shaw; 06-25-2019 at 02:46 PM.
"Dangerous Zombie! Transform!! Click And Load! Buggle UP! Danger! Danger! Death The Crisis! Dangerous Zombie!" Kamen Rider Gemn
(In first he's mysterious and evil and now he's psycho and crazy and insane and evil AND "The Meme Lord"LOL.)
"Dangerous Zombie! Transform!! Click And Load! Buggle UP! Danger! Danger! Death The Crisis! Dangerous Zombie!" Kamen Rider Gemn
(In first he's mysterious and evil and now he's psycho and crazy and insane and evil AND "The Meme Lord"LOL.)
I wonder if they'll ever collect that run again (or have they, and I just don't know about it?).