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January 25, 2012 3:48 am I think you mean 'Totally Not Black Lightning Because He Is Hispanic And That Is Different!' Hispanic Lightning has a certain ring to it though

January 25, 2012 3:46 am Tigra has enhanced speed, strength, agility, reflexes, senses, etc. and she has claws. She is a were-cat person, so you know she has the same stuff going for her as like Wolfsbane or Feral or Wild Child or any of the million other "half-animal" people. Tigra does seem to be the lamest of the bunch by far though.

January 25, 2012 3:42 am Wonder Man saved the entire world in the Avengers: Emperor Doom graphic novel. Seriously, Doc Doom built a machine that amplified Purple Man's mind control power and took over the world. Wonder Man was the only one who was immune due to his "ionic energy being" status. You can guess the rest.

January 13, 2012 7:32 pm Liefeld? LIEFELD?!?!?!!? W. T. F. Seriously, I thought that Grifter and Voodoo and Stormwatch, the Wildstorm books, had really strong openings and teased that the integration of that universe with DC proper could actually work. Now though, it's like they've just written off attempting to reboot that universe by melding into this one and instead done everything they can to return it to the early 90s when it was pretty much horrible. I mean....really?!?!?! I mean we all know Jim Lee's original WildC.A.T.S. run was the most celebrated in the history of the title. The later, more story focused runs such as Alan Moore's and Joe Casey's were completely forgettable and no one ever mentions those when they discuss what was good about WildC.A.T.S. Nope, not at all.

January 13, 2012 7:27 pm I am not really up on my Liefeld either, but I do know that his original Image work Youngblood keeps getting "re-released" with "all-new dialogue!" meaning they kept the art and tried to fix the horror that was the writing in that title. If that doesn't erode your faith in Liefeld, then nothing will.

January 12, 2012 8:51 pm We all do.

August 19, 2011 5:57 pm Ha! Georgians unite! I'm in Atlanta though, the little bastion of "north" in the south...sort of. BUT I will say that while they may not be geographically deeper Mississippi, Alabama, etc. definitely have just as much South in them...maybe even a little more than GA. Also West Virginia is somewhat terrifyingly rural, but that's neither here nor there.

August 19, 2011 5:51 pm I love me some Warlock, but I gotta disagree about him never being used. While he was absent for a few years, he has had a solid presence in the original New Mutants, then Excalibur, then his own series, then Nova, and now back to the New Mutants. I mean sure there were a few years between New Mutants and Excalibur and then between his own series and his reappearance in Nova, but I still feel Warlock fans have gotten to see more of him than most of the characters on this list, except maybe Cannonball and Madrox

August 6, 2011 2:23 pm Honestly, it seems like a publicity stunt to me. Were they advertising how great the new charatcer is and how Bendis has crafted a superb origin story for this charatcer and how he was inspired by Peter? Not as far as I can tell. Everything I've seen has focused almost entirely on the ethnicity of the character. So far this seems to be about pushing diversity in spite of story. Of course, this could be due solely to MArvel's marketing department and not to Bendis's actual thoughts and plans regarding the book. I'll keep reading, but it seems EXTREMELY gimmicky to me. I hope he doesn't lose his powers and have to start wearing an armored costume while dealing with a cloned version of himself trying to take his place until a Kryptonian resurrection matrix brings back Peter. I just think that would be too on the nose/ =P

June 29, 2011 2:52 pm @spaceghost15  No, it is definitely Captain Canuck/Captain Canada because he was the only one that had a fully formed red maple leaf on his costume, the Guardian and Vindicator only had half-leaves.

TMNT would have to be all of them, each individual turtle's color is used in the flag, and there is no doubling up on Splinter's purplish color or his brown fur either.

Yeah it's Quicksilver. He is the only one ooutside of the Legion to have lighting bolts span the hest of the costume rather than be displayed as a standalone bolt, a la Captain Marvel and Black Adam. As for the Legion member (Lightning Lad, Lightning Lass, Spark, etc) their colors are vastly different than this flag, hence Quicksilver. Why he has his own flag is anyone's guess.