Comments | kali921: PSA: Arriving at an Epistemology and Phenomenology of Basic Self-Preservation

kali921

PSA: Arriving at an Epistemology and Phenomenology of Basic Self-Preservation

Jun 26, 2009 08:42

Good morning, my friends, comrades, acquaintances and enemies.

I have so much to post for you guys - I'm about three weeks behind! However, this morning I'd like to pause to provide you a visual PSA.

Now that JSA vs. KOBRA #1 has been out for a week, and I can talk about this publicly (and a detailed review forthcoming; in short, BUY IT, IT'S A ( Read more... )

epic pwnage, hawt, hawkman, artgasm, dc, dc comics, hawtness, carter hall

Comments 7

oakenguy June 26 2009, 18:07:48 UTC

"In a universe where people have power rings, heat vision, and the strength of the gods, why should we worry about some dude with an axe and a pair of wings?"

See, this question right here displays a sad, sad lack of wisdom, like the Discworldites who think Cohen the Barbarian isn't a threat because he's 95. A much smarter question would be "In a universe full of power rings, heat vision, and walking demigods there's a dude with just an axe and a pair of wings, and he's still standing....do I REALLY want to mess with him?"

Of course, we're talking about a world where once a week a scientist somewhere thinks, "Eureka! This new invention totally inverts all we know about physics--I'm gonna use it to rob a jewelry store!" So wisdom is in pretty short supply.

QUESTION. kali921 June 26 2009, 18:32:24 UTC

Oh, absolutely agreed, of course. My Skeptic Disclaimer was more for members of the reading audience who don't know anything about the Hawks.

I think at this point that most people in the DC verse (with notable exceptions like Black Adam) know that if they piss Carter off, they're courting some serious eventual pain. He may not outclass them in strength or energy-based powers, etc., but as a tactician? Yeah. Did you read the last few issues of Hawkman vol. 4? Did you see how Carter handled a whole posse of his rogues' gallery? Talk about psychological warfare - the only one he bothered to beat up was Golden Eagle (in one of the most brutal yet precise beatdowns I've ever seen in the genre) - the rest?

Mindf**ked beyond ALL repair. By Carter. In the most sophisticated way possible.

Yeah, I'll have to post those sequences.

mercuryeric June 26 2009, 20:13:15 UTC

How do I know that this panel was put in JSA vs. Kobra #1 for me? Because Eric told me.

Truth.

And because, if I hadn't, I have no doubt the repercussions would have been Grave, Indeed™.

-E

CRAP! kali921 June 26 2009, 20:43:00 UTC

And because, if I hadn't, I have no doubt the repercussions would have been Grave, Indeed™.

They would have. *beams* But because you DID include Carter (and Carter's chest, the Eighth Wonder of the World), you will be greeted by Saint Peter at the gates. With a smile.

OH, BARSOOM STUFF. CRAP. GONNA BE POSTING THAT NOW.

Re: CRAP! mercuryeric June 26 2009, 20:43:52 UTC

I CAN HAZ BARSOOM?

BOOM! kali921 June 26 2009, 22:11:25 UTC

BOOM, BABY!

Whoa, also need to talk about the Shield project.

thehefner June 27 2009, 00:25:38 UTC

There are few things as fucking hardcore as that final image.

Really, the fact that (apparently, as of some recent scans from NIGHTWING or something) there are people who dislike Rags Morales' art fills me with an emotion that makes me just want to fly through an airplane's windshield and wallop a terrorist with a big honkin' MACE.