Comments on: Taffy

By: dcmeserve

dcmeserve — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:38:45 +0000

It’s slightly disturbing to see them eat taffy that’s the same color — and possibly the same consistency — as Singularkitty…

By: ProjectXa3

ProjectXa3 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:30:27 +0000

Jeez, he’s like Walky in Congress!

…and, y’know, taller….

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:06:14 +0000

Mr. Terrific used to be a white guy? Dude, that is just…wow, that’s just weird.

By: Lokitsu

Lokitsu — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:36:42 +0000

He survived? Darnit!
And Shift, my apologies for jumping on you. Your reply to me was dead on and well-spoken. The whole “replacing Legacies with the dead originals” has really been a sore spot with me and I jumped to conclusions.
BTW- I liked Ted Kord too. And you’re right, he’s rarely ever been given the respect he deserves.

By: gwalla

gwalla — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:35:11 +0000

It’s the blockquote tag. This blog has some sort of style applied that makes blockquotes look all fancy.

By: zuche

zuche — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:00:56 +0000

Thank you.

I have got to learn how you did that quoting trick, though, because that looks really cool.

By: zuche

zuche — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:59:25 +0000

No.

By: Shift

Shift — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:14:32 +0000

I assume you mean in the Jason-Todd Sense.

Already happened sorta, in that Damian tried to beat the shit out Joker with a Crowbar, and then Joker poisoned him with Joker Venom, and then used him and Batman as pawns in a vendetta against another villain.

By: Tomb

Tomb — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:11:30 +0000

Already happened. The kid knocked a ambulance with the Joker in it off a bridge wih the batmobile.

By: Shift

Shift — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:10:46 +0000

Did I say they SHOULD bring him back, Lokitsu? No I didn’t. What I said, was that if they brought him back, there would be fans who actually WANT him back. See, like you, nearly all the fans felt that Barry died appropriately, and that his story had been properly told. He died at the high point of his popularity (he still had a book that was selling well) saving the entire world, and was replaced by a strong replacement who made the Flash his own mantel.

Ted however was DC’s punching bag. For some reason, because of the comedic tones of the JLI stories, many of the characters in that series weren’t exactly respected. Ted and Booster seemed to be the ones who suffered the worst. DC then finally uses Ted in what looks to be a proper story. Fans of the old JLI are excited because it looks like one of their characters is finally going to given the proper respect that we all thought he should get… and they shoot him in the head.

I remember the outcry about this. It wasn’t that he died so much as it was that his death was purely a shock value plot point like they’ve done for EVERY major plot in DC. He didn’t die saving the world. He was the first victim of Infinite Crisis. All the big storylines these days start with a character being murdered (i.e. Sue, Ted, J’onn, Carter…)

Ted didn’t get to die at his high-point period in comics like Barry did. Its why fans are always excited for when Booster Gold comics show Ted.

This isn’t to say that Jamie isn’t a great character. I love his book in fact and am still pissed its canceled. But it still feels like Ted was just fodder and didn’t get the send of he deserved. I don’t want Ted to come back mind you. I feel dead should mean dead sometimes.