RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Comic Books Aquaman to be a Black Lantern.

Also, how come they're all moving and stuff if they're dead?

And how come they are all like drawings n shit?

I always like seeing the alternate costumes in stories like this and Elseworlds stuff since they'll never have the balls to do something drastic with Superman himself.

Also, since when is Death an emotion? "Little Billy's feeling a little death today. Maybe we should go out for ice cream. That'll brighten his mood."

Billy died and nobody told me?
You cunts!

Um... we all kinda thought you knew considering you were the one who ran over him with the truck.

aye.

superman's suit could use a tweak here n'there. probably nothing super drastic, like the dead guy's suit, but something. still, i also enjoy all the variations allowed in alt stories / characters

There's an article in Newsarama about the angry lolcat lantern. Apparently it was a one time joke by the artist but Johns liked it so he added him to the plot (to the artist's embarassment).

Nobody told me that a flattened cranium ended in death!

Who is gonna talk about Battlestar Galactica now?

You're example is actually a result of plot necessity. My example is a result of an artist who can't draw anything but supertypes. Please try and keep up.

I've liked stuff like the JLU Justice Lords Superman:


And the Reign of the Supermen Eradicator Supes costume:

Wizard did a mock up for an Superman revamp or "Ultimate Superman" a few years ago and the costume there was one of the better redesigns I've seen.



The only quibble I have with it is that the collar on the tunic is too high. It means that Clark couldn't wear the uniform under his work clothes for that classic "shirt ripping" pose.

Y'like those blue blocker sunglasses? Date a lot of elderly people, do ya?

"Ah'll be back"

I remember liking a lot of the redesigns in that issue. I think some design company did it just because. The Flash one looked kinda bad, though.

To quote ZZTop, you gotta get yourself some cheap sunglasses.

The goggles were gay. I liked the black down the sides and connecting the cape to the 'S' shield.

No, YOU'RE example!

Yeah, the Flash design sucked and I didn't care for the faceplate and lack of white eye lenses in the Batman suit, but otherwise they were all pretty good:

those are also my two favorites, minus the goggles. i use the JL design in a lot of sketches i do.

eradicator's seems like it could actually pass as an update to superman's suit, since it just tweaks and updates the current design.

I'm still placing the bet that this is 52 Earth 2 Superman and not Kal-L from the original multiverse.

real quick sample:

just quick for the purpose of color treatment

likely far too drastic for any real update/upgrade consideration, but i prefer the look. i like keeping the s-shield essentially unchanged, rather than the sylized looks; simply because its just so goddamn iconic at this point, i think it should be unchangeable. however, incorporating it into the other portions of the suit a bit more gives the illusion that its new.

the red connects all limbs, wrapping over the tricep, then back around to the front and over the hands. threw in some gloves -- probably the boldest of changes. but makes sense since superman's fingerprints would be somewhat similar to clark's. but, really, the treatment was designed to make sense of the boots. it allows the character to keep the red boots, (i.e; red color in that area) without them having to be as silly as "boots" - same for the red around the midsection without needing outer-undies; still the most ridiculous concept in comics. also the same idea used for the yellow around the midsection -- just non-functional color to keep the suit resembling the modern day design (and something, as a fan, i think is very sorely missing from the wizard design)

whenever i worked up images of a batsuit upgrade, i always like the idea that everything on his suit is entirely functional. superman's is just the opposite - its stylistic design. meant to be just a symbol for people to recognize and inspiring hope. i think this has a few more kryptonian touches to it, as well -- borrowing from some of the designs we've seen kryptonians wear (i.e; the color "bar" down the front and cape in the back resembling the kryptonian... poncho?)

Well you know what they say: once you go black, you never go back.

And you never did go back, Joe. You never did.

But you did, Doc. Over and over again, insatiably.

cool

I think it was established by the JSA Earth 2 arc that they're pretty much the same thing.

What can I say? Some days I want my Jeanna Brooks. Others I want my Gianna Michaels. You, on the other hand, keep your choice limited to your Michael Clarke Duncans and Ving Rhames.

I agree. That's a pretty good design. Especially from someone not in the business.

Well since black is the absence of color, I'm guessing Black Lanterns are absent of emotions. And dead people don't have emotions and stuff. So they're like black.

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Some days, it's Jeanna Brooks, others, it's Gianna Michaels. Most days for Doc, it's a combination of Chris Tucker, Mos Def, and...Knurkel.

Well, he certainly had the afro to pull it off...

I thought it was a different Kal-L much the same that the new Earth 2 had its own Power Girl.

You have gone the way of the G-man retort, Joe. It's sad, really.

And gay.

Oh, right. That was the whole point of the arc, now that I think about. Heh.

I guess we'll find out when they show him crawling out of his grave.

I can only work with the material given, Doc. When you feed me a crap line, you get a crap line back.

Like the previous one. You show me where I posted a Youtube clip or quoted the AP wire. You show me where I made some comment about liberals or conservatives. You fail, Doc. Twice.

From a G-man retort to a rex retort. It's getting worse.