As we approach the finale of the split-hero storyline, the heroes are battling the Cathexis (that's apparently the name of the sixth-dimensional villain;  as you'll see below they talk in really annoying boxes).  They're not doing very well.


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So, divided into Superman and Clark Kent and Batman and Bruce Wayne, how are the World's Finest managing?

Well, Clark is doing pretty well, although he's a bit timid:


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Mark Waid's JLA story "Divided We Fall" is one of my favorite storylines for the way it explores the psyches of some of the major characters of the DCU.  In short, it's a storyline in which six members of the JLA (Superman, Batman, Plastic Man, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Flash) are split into their double identities as hero and civilian ( Read more... )

So after Blue Beetle was programmed to kill Maxwell Lord, attempts to break the programming sent him into a coma. The League is trying to snap him out of it, while Booster Gold is in quarantine moping.

( Michael misses his Beetle )

I posted a few days ago about how weird and disturbing it is to read older comics with recent events in the DCU. Well, I decided to read some of what I like to call the "Loser JLA"--I wasn't reading comics at this time, so this cast of second-stringers is one I've only recently gotten to know at all. And despite my fondness for the Big Guys, I ( Read more... )