Well I didn't mean like bust out a whole new rogues gallery lol, I'm pretty sure you guys have lives. I meant like one post builds on another till we get a sizable gallery.
Interesting choices, especially with Hal Parallax, that'd be tight to see them both slug it out.
Yes. I get the impression you think that's weird, or something.
I felt John's afro was pretty...normal. Not even really dated. It's not like it was way huge or out of control or anything, and it's a hairstyle that I think SO MANY black males who have hair that grows in like that have had at SOME POINT in their lives. This is kind of what I'm thinking about, but this isn't the costume I would give him.
One reason why I would do this is because I'm tired of these generic looking bald and short haired black guys. Some (ignorant) people say all black people look the same, and if you would go by these comics, you'd believe it. One of the things I personally try to do is show that it's okay for a black man to have hair, and it doesn't have to all look the same. Not all black people's hair is the same. Some kinkier, some wavier, some straight. I've just kind of gotten tired of this generic template that is used for black men, so I would change John's look up some.
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how does this not sound like innuendo
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Yeah, it's such a shame too, since McFarlane toys is getting the new license and most likely they're going to start back up with a bunch of Batman figures and the other JL founders. John will probably have better luck than some other characters in their line, but it'll still be a while I imagine. John has had at least some of the more high-end collectible figures, though, right?
I think Holt pretty much explained about Multiverse's terrible distribution now. I think he and Wally will be seen sooner rather than later, but from the online stores that kinda markup the prices or bundle them. One would definitely have to go digging and check places often for a regular priced one sadly.
This is in no way far-fetched. There is a Hal Parallax running around loose in the DCU. He came over from the Convergence event, popped up in GL #50, fought Hal a bit, then flew off. There hasn't been a follow-up to this.
For John's rogues, I like the idea of a revamped Grayven, and of course some version of Fatality. Like any rogue's gallery, he should have one that reflects who he is as a person and their conflicts would highlight the hero's character. I said this when John was leading the GLC, but I like the idea of a more sentient Manhunter robot with an actual personality who can be their leader and be a rival for John as tactician and soldier, like two generals always trying to out-maneuver each other. He should also have one who he has personal ties with from before he was a GL - just because that part of his life always needs more exploration and like many of the current earth GLs, he needs more connections to earth.
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I knew about there being a Parallax Hal popping up in convergence but I always assumed they dealt with him by now. Interesting, in that case, if that one's been around in the DC universe somewhere then I'd let John kill him at the end of their confrontation just to tie up loose-ends.
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- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
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Good point about Parallax curing John. Depending on how it goes, maybe they'd end up having a weird "frenemy" relationship like Jack Knight and The Shade...?
But realistically, if DC never let Hal (even as The Spectre) kill Cyborg Superman, I doubt they'd let John kill Hallalax.
hmmm, yeah, now that you bring it up, I could play with the idea that John would be conflicted given what Parallax did for him but the issue is (unlike Hal) John has been rebooted with a lot of the universe, so it's unclear if that incident happened post-Flashpoint. The other issue I have with that is, in retrospect, I hated a lot of what they did with John post-Mosaic (i'm relatively neutral on the Darkstar era but I do hate the costume) into the wheelchair era; the curing itself i found annoying too. Considering I much prefer his post-Flashpoint origin and that wheelchair saga would contradict it, I wouldn't reestablish that in continuity for John. At best, I'll have Parallax reference he gave John his legs just for John to have no idea what he's talking about because it's not the same John, and I'd lean in on that point to emphasize the fact that John isn't the "friendly ethnic" sidekick he started out as anymore.
Parallax in this narrative is a relic of a bygone age. For this version there was no redemption, Parallax's sins are all his own, and, in the meta-narrative, he represents the hurdle of overcoming the status quo of the past that characters of color have to deal with to stand on their own today. However, I want to do it without beating you over the head with another story where we lean too heavily on "the tragedy of being black" since people tend to get skittish when you touch on race overtly in comics. It would be a story with subtle commentary that you don't have to get because you can enjoy it without seeing the commentary due to it being a rad fight between two heavyhitters (similar to how Superboy-Prime represents obsessive fanboyism in Infinite Crisis). If we had John go limp-dicked because "oh no, mazzah gave me muh legz I can't kill mazzah" (i'm being hyperbolic here to drive the point, don't have a cow) even in the face of him being a mass-murderer, it would undercut that and it shifts the focus from John's progression past his reliance on Hal and puts him right back into Hal's shadow.
If we want a story that plays with his relationship with Hal Jordan, we can explore John and Hal's relationship with the actual Hal, not this guy, ya know?
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
I would like for John to interact with Parallax Hal from Convergence, but certainly not to kill, since I think there a lot of other characters I 'd like to see him interact with as well. Not sure if he healed John, though. Isn't this version (at this point) already an alternate timeline version based on what happened in Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax? At least, that's what I thought from his future appearances until GL #50 where Hal didn't remember he had been Parallax for half the issue. Convergence still kinda confuses me. lol
Some version of Fatality should definitely make a reappearance for John to face off against too.