Originally Posted by
J. D. Guy
Speaking of the JSA again, I think I mentioned Wild Cat's son, Wild Cat II/Tomcat (and if not, I mentioned it now), but I also quite liked King Chimera. In spite of his stand-offish behavior and demeanor, he was quite the charismatic and cool character, and though he didn't get all the focus in the world (and alas, who could on a team of that size), what focus he did get often turned out some really compelling stories about him. I would love to see him again, and to see how he'd interact with his elusive father.
If the writer hate thing is true, "gory spectacle" was likely the purpose behind such a shameful end to a tragic conga line. Speaking of, neither Bushido nor Pantha deserved such horrible and incongruous ends. The former in particular I recall really had a lot of potential character and personality-wise. He had his own compelling intro story, but after joining the Titans, he kinda went the way that Eddie would later on. I couldn't say which is worse.
That they felt the need to off probably one of their only Japanese characters they had at the time in such a way is definitely disconcerting.