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A screenshot from the seventeenth episode of the third season of Legends of Tomorrow. The screenshot shows the characters Rip Hunter and Sara Lance standing side by side in the Legends' ship, the Waverider. Rip says "Well, the vocal similarity to Mallus is uncanny.
A screenshot from the seventeenth episode of the third season of Legends of Tomorrow. The screenshot shows the character Heat Wave watching the 2003 movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, with the character Denethor, played by John Noble, on screen. Sara Lance, off-screen, says "Gideon? Who is that actor?"
A screenshot from the seventeenth episode of the third season of Legends of Tomorrow. The screenshot, labeled "New Zealand 1999", shows the character Ray Palmer standing outside of John Noble's trailer during the production of a Lord of the Rings movie. Ray says "Mister Noble, we have some last minute rewrites."
A screenshot from the seventeenth episode of the third season of Legends of Tomorrow. Continuing from the previous screenshot, now John Noble, dressed as his character Denethor, walks out of his trailer and says "Tell Peter Jackson no more chickens. I had four this morning."
In "Legends of Tomorrow" S03E17 ("Guest Starring John Noble"; 2018), the Legends noticed the demon Mallus (played by John Noble) sounded exactly like John Noble, so they time traveled to the set of LotR and gave Noble a fake script so they could record it and manipulate Mallus' followers.
In the Brazilian dub of The Flash S08E01 ("Armageddon, Part 1", 2021), audio was accidentally left in of Barry's voice actor saying "Look at this shitty dialogue" ("Ó que diálogo merda").
It's theorized this happened because the people behind the sound editing/mixing didn't speak Portuguese.
The interview in the second pic (it looks squished now for some reason):
www.polygon.com/comics/22679...
A comic cover by Ryan Sook. It depicts Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Oracle, surrounded by multiple monitors as she watches over her fellow Birds of Prey (Black Canary, Huntress, and Lady Blackhawk).
An excerpt from an interview with Brenden Fletcher, co-writer of Batgirl's Burnside era and Gotham Academy, and writer of DCYou's Black Canary. The excerpt reads "There was ultimately very little pushback from editorial to the way we all envisioned the character. They loved our take on Batgirl and adored the costume redesign. Our only struggles came in the way we saw the use of our supporting cast and the overarching plot. Turns out “Oracle” was a dirty word back in 2014/2015, and a lot of what we had planned ultimately had to be tossed to hold to the mandate that Barbara’s previous alter ego never be used or even mentioned in any context, no matter our intentions with it."
A tweet from Batgirl and Birds of Prey writer Gail Simone. She says "Okay, enough time has passed... I will answer New 52 questions for a few minutes. We mostly haven't talked about it since then. Again, it was a sincere effort, there's no villains. So, go ahead if you have questions in the next few minutes!" A user named Justin Partridge asks "Were you given any explicit instructions for your titles?" Gail Simone replies "Yeah, as I said, Birds of Prey was just two paragraphs that made no sense, so I turned that down. Batgirl had all kinds of stuff turned down, she couldn’t wear glasses, she couldn’t be a librarian, we had a cool hideout, she couldn’t have that. Lots."
During the New 52/DCYou era, Barbara Gordon's Oracle identity could "never be used or even mentioned in any context, no matter [the writers'] intentions with it."
Barbara was also forbidden from wearing glasses, being a librarian, and having a cool hideout.
Two photos from the set of the 2016 movie Suicide Squad. In the first photo, actor Will Smith, who played Deadshot in the movie, carries multiple shopping bags while wearing a trenchcoat and a hat. In the second photo, an armored man nonchalantly leans against a wall.
The same photos from the first picture in this post, but now as part of a CBR article. The text reads "Now, a new photo has emerged from the shoot that appears to show the actor -- or perhaps a stunt double -- in his full-on supervillain regalia. Debuting via Sean O'Neill's Twitter feed, the photo is very obviously shot on the same set as earlier pics, and features a fully-armored character leaning nonchalantly against a building."
The same photos, again, but now in a tweet by photographer Sean O'Neill. The tweet reads "Spotted this on set of Suicide Squad. Hashtag Deadshot." A reply is highlighted, tweeted by the armored man in the picture. His alias is Ninja Knight, and he says "Truth is I am a Real Life Superhero in Toronto trying to make by city a better place".
A wiki page for Ninja Knight, the Real Life Superhero mistaken for a Suicide Squad character. It reads "Ninja Knight was a Canadian Real Life Superhero based out of Toronto, Canada, and a member of the Trillium Guards of Ontario. He appears to be inactive. Ninja Knight's Facebook page appeared on September 3, 2014. He was particularly active from May through November of 2015."
In 2015, a mysterious armored man was spotted on the set of "Suicide Squad" (2016). Many thought he was a character in the movie, with Deadshot being a popular guess.
He was just a Real Life Superhero guy who walked by.
Page from "Future State: Justice League" #2.
- Writer: Joshua Williamson
- Penciller: Robson Rocha
- Inker: Daniel Henriques
- Color Artist: Romulo Fajardo Jr.
- Letterer: Tom Napolitano
Partial timeline for the Future State event. It reads: 2050: Kara Zor-El Superwoman, Yara Flor, Superman versus Imperius Lex. 2070: Superman/Wonder Woman. 3000: House of El, Legion of Super-Heroes. 4500: Swamp Thing. 82,020: Black Adam. The End of Time: Immortal Wonder Woman.
(The names in the timeline refer to stories, not characters. 2025's Robin Eternal is Tim's book, and 2040's Justice League is where his hologram shows up.)
Timeline from "DC Nation Presents DC Future State" (2020). Here's the other half of it.
Page from Future State: Justice League. In it, the League is eating while looking at a hologram of heroes who might join the team. The candidates are Tanya Spears Power Girl, Crush, Guardian, Tim Drake Robin, Miss Martian, and Shilo Norman Mister Miracle. Green Lantern asks "Who do we invite to join our Justice League?"
Partial timeline for the Future State event. It reads: 2025: Arkham Knights, Batgirls, Batman/Superman, Batman, Catwoman, Gotham City Sirens, Harley Quinn, Grifters, Nighttwing, Outsiders, Red Hood, Robin Eternal. 2027: Dark Detective, The Flash, Teen Titans. 2029: Shazam!. 2030: Aquaman, Black Racer, Justice League Dark, Metropolis Midnighter, Mister Miracle, Suicide Squad, Superman of Metropolis, Superman: Worlds of War, Nubia. 2035: The Last Lantern. 2040: Justice League.
According to the official timeline for the "Future State" (2021) event, Tim Drake is still Robin in big 2040.
Blue Beetle Vol. 3 #3 cover by Dick Giordano.
Note 1: Only retroactively a DC moment, as this was actually published by Charlton Comics.
Note 2: There are more 1960s comics with GRRM fan letters out there, such as Avengers #12 and Fantastic Four #17/#20/#32, in case anyone is curious.
Cover for Blue Beetle issue 3. The comic's title takes almost one third of the cover. Next to it, in much smaller letters, the following text is written: "The gallant crusader for the forces of good, meets the evil Mr. Thunderbolt! The sinister mastermind of a plot to destroy Earth!!!" The cover art features Blue Beetle being hit by lightning bolts, with Mr. Thunderbolt's head behind him. Thunderbolt says: "You cannot escape me, Blue Beetle! You are doomed!"
A fan letter from George R.R. Martin, sent from Bayonne, New Jersey. The letter reads: "Dear Editor: The first issue of Blue Beetle wasn't the greatest comic book I've ever seen, but it was the best stuff to come from your company. The plot of his origin story was excellent, and the tale itself was very good. I really liked Blue Beetle's costume, especially those cool eyepieces. Somehow this get-up is snazzy in its simplicity." The editor responds: "I wear sunglasses that curve, that's where I got the idea for Blue Beetle's eyepiece."
Blue Beetle #3 (1964) featured a fan letter from 16 year-old George R.R. Martin.
"The first issue of BB wasn't the greatest comic book I've ever seen, but it was the best stuff to come from your company. The plot of his origin story was excellent, and the tale itself was very good."
In The Flash S03E19 (2017), H.R. Wells and Cisco sing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".
In the Latin American Spanish dub, they sing "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", the first opening theme of Dragon Ball Z, likely referencing the fact Mario Castañeda voices both Wells and adult Goku.
1, 2) Action Comics (1938) #242.
- Writer: Otto Binder;
- Artist: Al Plastino.
3, 4) LoSh (1989) #94, #106
- Writers: Tom McCraw & Tom Peyer;
- Penciler: Lee Moder (94), Jason Armstrong (106);
- Inkers: Ron Boyd, Prentis Rollins;
- Colors: Tom McCraw;
- Letterer: Pat Brosseau.
panel from Action Comics issue 242 in which Superman, in his Clark Kent identity, uses his X-Ray vision to look inside Brainiac's ship. Superman exclaims "An enemy from some alien planet!". Brainiac, with his pet monkey Koko on his shoulder, rambles "Did the earthlings dare to send a ship to stop me, Brainiac, master of super-scientific forces? We'll show them, Koko! The next ray I shoot out will do far worse than make animals dance madly! Ha, ha!". The panel is captioned "As Clark Kent, who is secretly Superman, probes into the unknown craft with his X-Ray Vision..."
A panel from Action Comics issue 242 in which Brainiac and his pet monkey Koko lay inside a chamber filled with a gas that will put them in suspended animation. Brainiac says "It is a long, long trip back to my world, Koko! We must go into suspended animation, to avoid aging! We will awaken after a lifetime has passed me by!". The panel is captioned "Meanwhile, having filled all his bottles with Earthly cities, Brainiac finally turns his ship toward outer space and..."
A one-page story from Legion of Super-Heroes issue 94, titled "Koko! Koko! Koko!". In it, while Brainiac 5 is asleep, his pet monkey Koko leaves his room through an open window and, atop of a boulder, makes a speech to several other monkeys. Both the speech and the monkey's chants are just "Koko!" repeated over and over. Koko then returns to his owner's room, with a mischievous look on his face.
Three panels from Legion of Super-Heroes issue 106. In the first one, Brainiac 5, with a tablet in his hands, says "Don't be so rough on people, Rond. Right now, fear is clouding tehir intellect, but that doesn't make them bad. They'll come around sooner or--". He's interrupted by his pet monkey Koko, who joyfully shouts his own name in the second panel as he leaps towards his owner. In the third panel, a happy Koko sits on Brainiac 5's shoulder, saying "Koko! Koko! Koko!". Brainiac 5 says "There's my little guy! How'd you get here?"
In Brainiac's first appearance (1958), he was accompanied by his alien pet monkey, Koko.
In the Post-Zero Hour (1994) era, the Legion of Super-Heroes' Brainiac 5 also had his own Koko.
The little guy is still remembered sometimes.
Creative teams:
- Writer: Steve Skeates;
- Pencilers: Jim Aparo (Aquaman), Jaime Brocal (Eerie), Dan Adkins (Sub-Mariner);
- Inkers: Dick Giordano (Aquaman), Vince Colletta (Sub-Mariner);
- Color Artists: Linda Lessmann (Sub-Mariner);
- Letterers: Jim Aparo (Aquaman), Artie Simek (Sub-Mariner).
Four panels from Aquaman issue 56. In the first panel, one of the villains says "Good! We can't afford to shoot now! Might hit the equipment! But once we've got the door open, don't hesitate! Shoot to Kill!". Another villain says it will be "A pleasure!". In the second panel, Aquaman stares at a button label "Destruct". He says "Don't know what will happen to me once that door's down! But that's hardly important now! This is the control panel! Now, where's-- ah, here's the button I was looking for! Don't know how the Don Powers I just met would have felt! But I do know what the Don Powers I used to know would want me to do! In the third panel, Aquaman presses the button. In the fourth panel, captioned "And at that same instant, far from the surface of the Earth...", the villain's satellite explodes. A second caption reads "The End".
The first page from Eerie issue #37, introducing a storie titled "The Other Side of Atlantis"
Four panels from Sub-Mariner issue 72. The first panel shows a satellite in space, and a green, goop-like creature latches onto it. The caption reads "And finally comes to rest upon an artificial satellite." In the second panel, the creature, "curious, enters this man-made capsule, to explore among the computers that click with cacophonus tedium." In the third panel, captioned "Meanwhile, back on Earth", a man presses a button labeled "Destruct", and says "This is the control panel! Now, where's-- ah, here's the button I was looking for!", just like Aquaman did in his own comic. In the fourth panel, the satellite explodes.
A panel from Sub-Mariner issue 72. The green creature falls from the exploding satellite, heading to Earth. The captions read "Who that man is... and why he wished to destroy the satellite... that need not concern us! Instead, let us watch as this intelligent life clings to the wreckage and falls toward the sea!"
"Aquaman" #56 (1971), written by Steve Skeates, was intended to kickstart a new story arc, but the series was canceled on that issue.
When Skeates wrote Warren Publishing's "Eerie" #37 & #40 (1972) and Marvel's "Sub-Mariner" #72 (1974), he used them as sequels to his Aquaman story.
A poster for the first season of Smallville, featuring Clark Kent, shirtless, tied to a cross in the middle of a corn field. The letter "S" is written on Clark's chest. The poster reads "Every story has a beginning".
A poster for Superman & Lois, showcasing Superman standing in a field with his wife and two sons.
On October 16, 2001, Smallville premiered on The WB (which later became The CW), following the coming-of-age adventures of a teen Clark Kent.
Today, The CW airs the series finale of Superman & Lois, the final DC show on the network, following an experienced Superman and his family.
Link to the Jim Starlin interview quoted in the third pic: youtu.be/rGxAR-kstwk
(I'll be reposting some of the "Classic Posts" just to make sure they aren't "stuck" on Twitter. This one was quite popular!)
Link to the Denny O'Neil interview in the second image: 13thdimension.com/denny-oneil-...
A comic ad from 1988 featuring an angry Batman holding a severely injuried Jason Todd, also known as his teenage sidekick Robin. The ad reads "Robin will die because The Joker wants revenge, but you can prevent it with a telephone call". Bellow the text, there are two phone humbers. The first one is labeled as "The Joker fails and Robin lives", while the second one is "The Joker succeeds and Robin will not survive".
A quote from comics writer and editor Dennis O'Neil. It reads: "It turns out, if what I heard is true, that a lawyer programmed his Macintosh to dial the killing number every few minutes. It was only eighty-five votes out of over ten thousand, and that may have made the difference. I have never been able to verify that story but it was a squeaker any way you look at it. And I'm lie, 'OK, this has been an interesting caper but it's over and I'm gonna go home and have my weekend.'"
A picture of comics writer Jim Starlin, commenting on the poll to kill Robin that took place in 1988. The caption reads: "I didn't know there was that many Robin fans out there. Out of ten thousand votes, it was only... there was, like, seventy-two votes separating the 'Living' and 'Dying' thing. Took me by surprise on that front!"
As you may know, the death of Robin (Jason Todd) in 1988 was decided via a phone poll.
In 2014, Dennis O'Neil talked about a lawyer who voted 85 times by programming his Macintosh to dial the killing number every few minutes.
"Robin Dies" defeated "Robin Lives" by a slim margin of 72 votes.
