DC hates beetles

i guess this is the end of the road for the current Blue Beetle, who dies by the hand of Max Lord. again.

here's a thought: let's revive Ted Kord by the end of the year. and by 2012, have Max Lord kill him again.

of course, this could be a red herring. its too obvious, isn't it?

by the way, you mean one of the weaknesses of the Beetle armor is right on the forehead? geddouddaheah!
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Justice League: Generation Lost #19

out of the pan

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Justice League: Generation Lost #8 (DC) "Would It Be Okay With the Management If We Check Out Early" Judd Winick Aaron Lopresti Matt Ryan Sal Cipriano Hi-Fi Cliff Chiang (cover) Ryan Sook/Joel Gomez/Fernando Pasarin/Randy Mayor/Carrie Strachan (variant cover)

what we learned: our JLWRML (Justice Leaguers Who Remember Max Lord) break out of Checkmate because they got caught and they can't find Max. the chemistry between them is extremely enjoyable and i hope they keep this team intact even after the future resolution of this Max Lord thing.
oh shit moment: if you can't find Max, Max will find you (isn't that from The Losers?).
what's next: for someone who doesn't want the world to remember him, he keeps pestering the JLI. what do you want, Max?


again: the most likable Russian since Ivan Drago. oh, wait, no, i meant Nikolai Luzhin.

crash landing

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Power Girl #15 (DC) "Bomb Squad Part Two" Judd Winnick Sami Basri Sunny Gho John J. Hill

what we learned: the Russian arms dealer is now Crash, weaponized into a city destroyer. but to learn his Achilles Heel, Karen sacrifices her secret id to her newest employer, a former uberhacker. however, there's a catch, and its name is ...
oh shit moment: ... Maxwell Lord, who designed Crash to replicate Kryptonian cellular structure.
what's next: so Lord has morphed from a joke, to a what-he's-a-bad-guy-now (some people are still in denial he shot Ted), and now, to a real honest-to-goodness villain. bring it on.


don't complain, you got a front row seat.

breaking balls

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Justice League: Generation Lost #7 (DC) "Of Course, They Got Caught" Judd Winick Joe Bennett Jack Jadson Travis Lanham Hi-Fi Cliff Chiang (cover) Ryan Sook/Joel Gomez/Fernando Pasarin/Randy Mayor/Carrie Strachan (variant cover)

what we learned: our JLWRML (Justice Leaguers Who Remember Max Lord) break into Checkmate just to find out where Max is. of course, this is Checkmate we're talking about it here - the most hardcore spy agency in the DCU. and what happens is ... wait for it ... wait for it ... of course, they get caught!!
oh shit moment: i think i missed Magog #12. what the hell happened in there? is he gonna be an asshole just like in Kingdom Come?
what's next: it's clobbering you time!


the most likable Russian since Ivan Drago. oh, wait, no, i meant Nikolai Luzhin.

atomic peek

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Justice League: Generation Lost #6 (DC) "Splitting the Atom" Judd Winick Keith Giffen Fernando Dagnino Raul Fernandez Hi-Fi Travis Lanham Cliff Chiang (cover) Kevin Maguire/Hi-Fi (variant cover)

what we learned: Captain Atom, who exists for solely nothing except to absorb nuclear explosions in the DCU, takes a positive thing out of his latest absorption exercise as he is transported into the future where Max Lord wins. so yeah, more reason to stop their former boss once and for all.
oh shit moment: the only metahuman survivor of that future is a shriveled up prune formerly known as Power Girl.
what's next: yikes .... bring me back the Amanda Conner days! damn you, Maxwell Lord!



better make a time capsule, boys ... you don't want your PG looking like the one on the right.



and then there was that awkward time between Karen and Nate ...

who's down with Max Lordy? yeah, you know me!

"miss me?? am sure you did!"

Maxwell Lord (oh god, the smugness of the name alone) is back and first thing he does to reclaim his douchebag title is to have two cops shoot each other. bloody hell.

ever since he went over to the dark side, i'm just holding on to the memories of the old Giffen/Maguire days and even contemplated getting a lobotomy. oh wait, he can do that for me, can he?

hey, you still call it the "Bat Computer"?? Oracle doesn't call hers the 'Oracle Computer'. neither does the Calculator. see, is DC trying to be trite and kid-friendly? but with all the dead and dying happening (see Night, Blackest and Day, Brightest), that doesn't seem like it.

who else are supposed to go after Max? well, of course it'll be the old JLI gang. what you should just remember is that no one is safe and for all we know, they'll all go the way of Ted Kord soon enough.


"what kind of bomb?" let's see:
- a Nega Bomb?
- a Jaegerbomb?
- a James Bomb? ("boooooooooooooooo!")
- the kind of Bomb that Fire and Ice are (bombshells)




right, keep telling yourself that, Max.

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Justice League: Generation Lost #1