Maxwell Lord, I love ta hate this mother fu$%&#!

This posting isn't the Maxwell Lord Wikipedia page so I'm not going to get into a whole lot of detail about the origins of the infamous Maxwell lord. Besides, most any body who reads this blog knows pretty much all about this son of a bitch. Max went from being the slick used car salesmen like PR specialist for the JLA to one of the most profound villains of the DC Universe in about the span of 20 years (since 1987). To be honest, I'm not sure about the specifics that lead up to him usurping Checkmate and becoming it's absolute ruler as Black King. But there he was, up until he fucked with Wonder Woman one too many times. How about that Wonder Woman folks!? That gorgeous Amazonian is a real head turner ain't she! Thank goodness she put him down even though she caught a lot of unnecessary shit from the JLA for it. Just try to imagine Nick Fury becoming some sort of Charles Mansion like sociopath taking over S.H.I.E.L.D. I think what sets Max Apart from other DC villains is his unwavering smart ass style of arrogance. But he was crafty, shrewd and quite capable of manipulating people easily even with out his "Jedi mind trick" like powers.

By the way, notice the Task Force X logo among others on the monitor at Checkmate HQ? Ok, so who out there has seen the movie Firestarter (1984) with Drew Barrymore? Well I'm gonna tell you all something that is gonna blow you away. David Keith, who played Drew's father had powers too if you remember. He was able to control peoples minds as long as he could make eye contact with them. Well anytime he used his power it caused what was described as "pin point hemorrhages" that resulted in nose bleeds! Sound familiar? Ironic here how Waller calls him a "liberal weasel" back during the Alien Alliance Invasion in which Waller and Lord were forced to make nice and work together. As Black King he ran Checkmate with such brutal efficiency that even dictators in the Middle East would have been envious.
Now as you all know Max is back thanks to this whole Blackest Night/Brightest Day stuff and unfortunately my knowledge about that is vague as of yet. So for those of you who do know any details please do share with the rest of us. One of my favorite shows is 1000 Ways To Die which showcases all the various ways people have managed to get themselves killed from everything like swallowing a tape worm larvae in order to lose weight to using dynamite to go fishing. So I can think of a lot of ways I would like to see Maxwell Lord die many times over. It was too fast the way Wonder Woman killed him he deserved worse, much worse. The list of heinous acts committed by Maxwell Lord is longer then my . . . arm. And chief among them was Ted Kord's (Blue Beetle 1) murder. But at least Blue Beetle went out in style with "Rot in Hell Max!" as a response to Lord's final ultimatum. For some helpful insight on Maxwell Lords resurrection you might want to check out: http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2011/02/2009-black-lantern-maxwell-lord-design.html

I think Oracle may have been commentating on this blog

I'm sure most of you have seen and read the numerous comments left here on this blog as well as my ROM blog by the person known as Randomnerd. Around Halloween last year she sent me this cute head shot of herself. If you all remember I not too long ago made a posting about the history of Barbara Gordon a.k.a Oracle with the Suicide Squad. That's when I came across this clip art you see here even though I didn't use it in that posting at the time. As you can see here there's an uncanny resemblance between Randomnerd and this hot Barbara Gordon drawing. I want to say the art is by Adam Hueys but I'm not positive off hand. Naturally, I had some trouble getting consent from Randomnerd to use the photo in a posting for a while there. But I can be pretty persuasive when I need to be in a Sith Lord kinda way. Well who am I kidding here, I would never harm one of my favorite commentators of the fairer sex on this blog. And just on a general note here people, I freaking love good looking woman who read comics and like sci-fi!
correction 2/19: Just found out that the Barbara Gordon clip art was done by an obviously talented artist by the name of Lorena Carvalho

The real cupid has Boomerangs, not arrows ya bleedn dingos

A received just yesterday from the world's number one Captain Boomerang fan a photo of a new figure set to hit the shelves in the near future. So I wanted to see how the action figure of the resurrected Aussie looks when compared to a recent comic book rendering. As you can see it's pretty much a dead ringer mates. A special thanks from my regular European commentator who rumor has it may have something else very cool to share with us soon. And by the looks of things the love might be a two way street here. There must have been something left over in the air from Valentine's Day I think.
In light of the last Boomerang posting which was so very tragic I thought I'd share this panel of happier times between father and son.

10 reasons to buy Suicide Squad in 1989 house ad

Just making in time to catch the tail end of my beloved 80's was this half page house ad. The only half page one ever produced for the Squad I believe. As you can see here the team was made up of some of the same folks of today and some different ones. I believe Punch is dead, Ravan is also dead, Duchess went back to her former alias as Lashina, Vixen (currently with the JLA) had a different hair style back then, Shade The Changing Man was sent back to his own dimension by Darkside, I think that rapist piece of shit Dr. Light is dead now? And of course the original Boomerang is back thanks to the whole Blackest Night series. If I'm not up to date on anything here please feel free to enlighten me my good people. Boomerang looks coolest in this group shot. He's got the whole hip hop thug look going on. You can almost hear him saying "Watcha lookn at ya bleeder, ya want a razor rang up yer arse eh!?" I really think the redesign DC logo is pretty slick but there are times where I miss the classic one. A full page color house ad from DC of The Suicide Squad can be seen at: http://itsadansworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/dcs-80s-house-dr-fate-suicide-squad.html

Captain Boomerang II a.k.a. Owen Mercer: A kid with some serious daddy issues who got more then he bargained for

This is pretty embarrassing to admit for a guy who's running the world's first and only Suicide Squad blog but up until earlier today I had no idea that Owen was dead. If you were as clueless about this as I was you can refer to the comment in yesterday's posting (Manhunter#34) made by my buddy Dan from the world famous blog site It's a Dave's . . I mean Dan's World (see blog role) in which he breaks the whole Blackest Night Boomerang story arc down. I was able to find some corresponding clip art on the matter fortunately. Some sites on the matter you should find interesting are http://www.comics66.com/?p=1608 in which we basically get a synopsis of FLASH #3 Blackest Night of his actual death. It's filled with lots of clip art. Then there's also a site that includes the pages of the original Boomernag's Blackest Night Resurrection which took place while Owen was visiting his father's grave site: http://comicrelated.com/graphics/pages/dc/120209/bnflash1/bnflash1-9.jpg Then there's a post Owen death wrap up in which a fully resurrected Digger and Flash ponder on Owen's death and Digger's literal new lease on life: http://www.comics66.com/?p=1918 If your familiar with all this you must know this speaks to a bigger issue of the offspring seeking that eternal fatherly approval. Owen was never really a bad guy and he was never especially fond of his old man. But when it came down to having a second chance with his father he did some pretty gruesome stuff to seize it. It's actually pretty sad to see a guy like Owen compromise his morals that badly in which you kinda feel like he had this horrible fate coming to him. Wow look at this last panel, now that's what I call tough love! Darth Vader's got nothing on Blackest Night Boomerang when it comes to being a shitty father. I mean Luke just got his hand cut off.

Found Manhunter #34 guest starring the Suicide Squad. But I'm kinda under whelmed however.

I wandered into a comic shop in Oakland today after I got off work and look what I found. I published a posting about this issue on this blog not too long ago wanting to know more about it since all I had about it was snippets of clip art I found on the internet. Basically in a nut shell, Manhunter and the Squad incidentally cross paths in a story line that includes some rogue corporation "growing" super villains and killing women in Mexico.
Well, you know how it goes, one thing leads to another and before you know it there's a misunderstanding and a scrap breaks out. Except really it's only Manhunter and Multiplex that get into it with the rest of the Squad basically acting as spectators. Manhunter is eventually subdued by Count Vertigo but makes good her escape after dishing out some pretty cold hearted trash talk to Owen (Capt. Boomerang II) who kinda almost seems to be leading The Squad for some reason. Later after Huntress and Lady Blackhawk show up it's explained that the Squad is on some kind of deep cover assignment there on the Mexican border. Over all the story didn't really grab me but the Manhunter character was pretty cool. She's just like the women who follow this blog, tough, independent and full of sarcastic humor as you can see here. Plus, she can take a hit like a champ. Despite the cover, Plastique is virtually non-existent and Bronze Tiger's presence is hardly noticeable. The Squad is overall somewhat underused here and as far as I can tell this doesn't tie into any other Suicide Squad story line any where else so it's not what I would call a must have for SS fans. But it's still worth picking up if you happen to see it, especially if you can find it in a dollar bin or something.

Killer actress look alike for the JLA cartoon Killer Frost

I was flipping through channels today when I came across one of the several Law & Order spin off tv series. I could help but notice this actress who plays one of the detectives. Not just because she's cute (in a tom boyish kind of way) but because the image of the Justice League Unlimited cartoon Killer Frost just popped into my head the second I saw her. It's almost eerily funny how much of a natural likeness the actress (Anne Nicholson) has to the JLA cartoon version of Killer Frost which is kinda like a goth/punk rock version of the character. Just try to imagine Nicholson with paler skin, some black lip stick and presto! I seem to remember back when Frost hit the comic book scene she pretty much was always in some high school winter ball dress. In the last decade or so she's switched to more of form fitting skimpy mid drift jogging out fit that features lots of cleavage which is just fine with me of course. That being said I think Fairuza Balk ( The Craft, America History X & Things To Do In Denver When Your Dead) would have made a good Killer Frost. If you know who I'm talking about you know then that the actress has played some kind of emotionally unbalance goth chick more times then I can count on all my toes and fingers.