The New Golden Age: Discussion Thread

[scary harpy]

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Salem, the witch girl

[Lee Stone]

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Son of the Harlequin

That looks like art for a Who's Who.
Are we getting a new Who's Who series? (Say yes.)

[D.Z]

Just new Who's Who pages.

[dornwolf]

I think it’s an interesting idea. I do wonder if it was 100% necessary to make what appears to be brand new characters as apposed to using characters that all ready exist but haven’t been used in decades. The Judy Garrick character does have me intrigued. If there are one set of JSA characters that should get to be parents it’s Jay and Joan.

Also I’d bet good money Golden Age Aquaman looks like Jason Mamoa.

[Dataweaver]

Just new Who's Who pages.

Specifically, New Golden Age will include thirteen Who's Who entries, one for each of these guys.

[Lee Stone]

Specifically, New Golden Age will include thirteen Who's Who entries, one for each of these guys.

I remember Doom Patrol #1 in 1987 had (reprinted) Who's Who pages. I thought it was a great idea for new readers.
I wouldn't mind if first issues had them for pre-established characters.
They could be added each year to the Annuals, too, as a kind of yearbook entry.
Goodbye 'long convoluted history' and 'I don't know where to start'.

But not to de-rail the thread, I'm hoping whatever JSA book we get has a team Who's Who page.

[Dataweaver]

That's not a thread derail; the JSA book is part of The New Golden Age, after all. And we're already discussing some facts about it, such as speculation on what the new history of the team will look like.

Are there any of “the thirteen” that you expect to be integrated into the early JSA roster? I'm leaning toward “no” for now: many of them are too young (Judy Garrick; all of the ones featured as the Lost Children), antagonistic (Harlequin's son, probably Red Lantern), or more likely to be soloists who occasionally worked with the JSA but never formally joined (Golden Age Aquaman, maybe Golden Age Mr. Miracle as well).

[scary harpy]

That looks like art for a Who's Who.
Are we getting a new Who's Who series? (Say yes.)

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Artwork from this article.

[Lonewolf36]

I had forgoten Harlequin's Son was suppose to appear in Infinity Inc. https://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/...1infinity.html

[scary harpy]

I had forgoten Harlequin's Son was suppose to appear in Infinity Inc. https://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/...1infinity.html

and Yolanda/Wildcat was supposed to be La Garro.

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[Lonewolf36]

and Yolanda/Wildcat was supposed to be La Garro.

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And Blue Dolphin, Neptune Perkins and Tsunami's daughter, who later appeared as Deep Blue in Aquman's seies.

[Robotman]

I had forgoten Harlequin's Son was suppose to appear in Infinity Inc. https://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/...1infinity.html

Interesting. It definitely seemed like Johns was taking a lot of inspiration from Thomas and Ordway’s reimagining of the Golden Age and their legacies. He’s even including one of their unused characters.

[MajorHoy]

I had forgoten Harlequin's Son was suppose to appear in Infinity Inc. https://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/...1infinity.html

And the question may be is "Harlequin's Son" actually biologically related to the Golden Age Harlequin?

Could have just chosen to call himself "son" because whoever he was was inspired by her. Wouldn't be the first time something like that happened at DC.

And for anybody not familiar with the Bronze Age "Joker's Daughter", she also went by "Catgirl" (Catwoman's daughter), "Riddler's Daughter", "Penguin's Daughter"' and "Scarecrone" (Scarecrow's daughter) before being revealed as spoilers:

Duela Dent, the daughter of Harvey "Two-Face" Dent.

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[Lucas 35]

Does The Harlequin's Son have a chance of him being the son of Molly Mayne and Alan Scott? Or would it be weird if Alan had another gay son? Or just Molly's son but not Alan's? Could he then become Todd's love interest and rival?

[MajorHoy]

Does The Harlequin's Son have a chance of him being the son of Molly Mayne and Alan Scott? Or would it be weird if Alan had another gay son? Or just Molly's son but not Alan's? Could he then become Todd's love interest and rival?

Do we know anything about the character's sexuality, or are you just assuming he'll be gay?