From the interview:
https://www.newsarama.com/46900-bria...-spoilers.html
Deathstroke is supposed to be dead, so this doesn't look like it's Slade under the mask.
From the interview:
https://www.newsarama.com/46900-bria...-spoilers.html
Deathstroke is supposed to be dead, so this doesn't look like it's Slade under the mask.
So Sam Lane is playing possum, that much seems obvious.
So far the story is interesting enough, and the art is great. But my god the dialogue ranges from atrocious to just plain bad most of the time.
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"Mark my words! This drill will open a hole in the universe. And that hole will become a path for those that follow after us. The dreams of those who have fallen. The hopes of those who will follow. Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix, drilling a path towards tomorrow. THAT's Tengen Toppa! THAT'S Gurren Lagann! MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS!" - The Digger
We walk on the path to Secher Nbiw. Though hard fought, we walk the Golden Path.
Mark Shaw is a pretty cool guess, and it would be a clever way of cheating the idea that Bendis has insinuated many times that Leviathan is a character we've already seen in the story but staying true to it on a type of technical level. He hasn't been seen, but the identity in Manhunter has been seen via Kate. On the other hand, it wouldn't really be a reveal to have much oomph to the casual reader. He's been off the canvas a good while and wouldn't be instantly recognizable in a reveal in the first place. On the other other hand, you can always subvert expectations and not necessarily need the character to be instantly recognizable upon first unmasking anyway. Or what about the original, Paul Kirk?
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"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
It's the Dynamic Duo! Batman and Robin!... and Red Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing and Batwoman and Batgirl and Orphan and Spoiler and Bluebird and Lark and Gotham Girl and Talon and Batwing and Huntress and Azreal and Flamebird and Batcow?
Since when could just anybody do what we trained to do? It makes it all dumb instead of special. Like it doesn't matter anymore.
-Dick Grayson (Batman Inc.)
Its a well thought-out theory, but gods I hope its not true. Not that there'd be anything wrong with a time travel or alternate Earth twist, nothing like that bothers me its just...enough with those two kids for just a little bit. But that's just me, with full disclosure to my biases. Again nothing against the crafting of the theory itself.
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"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
It jus occurred to me that I'd prefer if they didn't reveal his identity.
From the looks to the methods to what little we can peak at his motivations: this is already the best new villain since, I think, "The Reach", and that is over ten years.
I wouldn't mind keeping him around a little longer.
ConnEr Kent flies. ConnOr Hawke has a bow. Batman's kid is named DamiAn.
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A very strong case for the Mark Shaw theory:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/co..._leviathan_is/
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The logo can't be coincidence. It doesn't necessarily prove the direct identity but to my eyes its too spot on to not be deliberate for some reason in regards to the Manhunter mythos. Just a question to me of what that reason is. Only thing I could possibly see wrong with it being directly him is, as others have pointed out and me too, it wouldn't make for a flashy reveal. If that's at all what Bendis is going for then its hard to imagine as he's been absent so long to be pretty much obscure to modern audiences. Although, if we want something "shocking", we could look to other things that have a connection to the Manhunter mythos. Like the Green Lanterns. Kyle? John? Hal is incredibly superfluous. Its hard to imagine Guy even being able to pretend to be as calm and calculating as Leviathan is. Just spitballing now.
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"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
Didn't Bendis say that Leviathan was an established, yet completely obscure character? Am I misremembering that?
Honestly, I hope it ends up being someone completely out of left field; someone who has never had a real chance to shine. Ideally, I want Bendis to pull of something akin to what Geoff Johns did with Black Hand in his Green Lantern run: turning a previously obscure villain into a major antagonist.
I don't know how to feel about the Manhunter theory.
Clearly, the symbols in LoSH;M are really close to his, and Bendis confirmed it's a Leviathan's base (which should have been obvious because of the blue light it emits, damn it !). But I don't even know who that Mark whatever is. Perhaps the one who appeared to die in the first Batman and the Outsiders series I read recently ? I couldn't tell, I don't remember his name at all. So, it would be an underwhelming revelation, like "Tadaa! It's awesome for the two peoples who knew of this guy and cared deeply for him!". But it would also be great to see an obscure character getting to shine so prominently, if all his done well.
I'm torn, I guess.