Jap mom with a ghost sword and a tight bod.
>>143474407what is this, never read this comic before
On a scale of one to ten, and considering she thinks having wet dreams about other people is cheating on her dead husband, how sexually frustrated is she?
>>143474476
Storytiming this weeks Katana Sidestory. Written by Mike W. Barr, Katana's creator.
Surprised they went with a design that's more like that SS Isekai
<3 Mike for making Tatsu a confident asskicker
Trafficker's design is a bit 90s.
Is OG trafficker a new character?
>>143474546Nice, thanks.
This short story was one of the few ones worth reading. They should really put people with Talent on these specials, but they always give it to either literally whos or people who worked for DC when we weren't born yet.
Thanks for solidifying my belief system that Tatsu still craves her husbands coc- I mean soul>>143474590Very rapey pose those top 2 panels.
>>143474590They are basically showcases for new talent, with the occasional veteran writing scripts to test the newbies.
The End. So what did you guys think?I do think Barr's ideal end for Tatsu is for her to commit Seppuku and join her husbandAlso a thing about Barr, I've read somewhere that he hated how the writer of that one Outsiders book teased Tatsu/Jeff. What a chad
>>143474611Neat little story, artist is promising. Also Tatsu being able to command the souls in the sword is a massive upgrade.>I've read somewhere that he hated how the writer of that one Outsiders book teased Tatsu/Jeff.Based Isabella and Barr.
>>143474590>yes, my love! Rape her, then--!
>>143474609>They are basically showcases for new talent, with the occasional veteran writing scripts to test the newbiesOne of those minis was written by that writer that spend an entire Young Justice Event Tie-In basically scolding the audience for wanting the OG Young Justice back, when there are so many diverse characters that deserve the spotlight more (I'm not kidding.)
>>143474581>let me out, I'm the one supposed to be killing you!
Delicious milf
>>143474407Katana mean's japanese sword
>>143474546>Mike W. BarrGood old Mike, glad to see he still gives a shit.
>>143474575>cultist garbling a Japanese spell>disapproving language book waifu: you don't even know english
>>143474598Takeo looking a lot more handsome here than they usually render him. Though Katana didn't used to be much of a looker herself, really.
>>143474476Has there been any scenario were her husband just tells Tatsu to let him go & find happiness? There have been other versions were her husband isn't involved, but somewhere on the line it would just be odd that he's still in the sword, with the other spirits inside with him
>>143475012The n52 Takeo in the Katana series basically tellls Tatsu she needs to get laid, but it's n52 Katana and Takeo, who are basically different characters. Their thing is that they can't let go of each other, and the only way for them to be together is with something horrifying happening.
>>143475059This certainly gives them a more active dynamic than they had in the past. The original Outsiders run trended more towards Katana learning to let go and move on, though mostly through Takeo getting fully killed after he was summoned from the sword to be a minion and Katana becoming a surrogate mother to a higher dimensional bouncy ball in a human suit.It's interesting to note Mike wrote that Kobra short series pictured there, which alongside this new short one off contrasts to that original set up. Though of course the Kobra series brings back Halo too. Makes me wonder if he shifted his ideas for the character over time or whether Katana being basically the only OG Outsider making it on her own nowadays (save Black Lightning but he predated the team anyway) means the dynamics have to shift a bit.
To the anon who said the actress from Shogun could play Katana in a reboot, good eye: Anna Sawai actually auditioned for the role.
>>143474407It's funny she slowly got retconned from 40-ish older woman to generic comic hot chick. But she still has Halo around as an adoptive daughter sometimes? DC is so fucking confusing
>>143475195Halo and Katana are his creations so it makes sense.Narratively speaking I find it interesting that Barr keeps making Halo a sort of morality check for Katana. N52 Katana joined the SKWAUD, was more vengeance driven, had less problems killing people and i'd argue that the n52 version would never move on from Maseo. According to my shitty beliefs, and what I believe Barr also leans into, Halo fills the void left by the death of her family. By raising Gaby she's found a purpose aside from vengeance. OG Katana stopped killing because Batman asked her, but she refrained from slaying her enemies even after he left probably to be a good role model to Halo. Something Maseo commended in that Kobra mini iirc.
>>143475243Given the amount of hate Ive seen for her in the /sho/ threads on /tv/ maybe not. Out of the four main female characters her one has the least fans
>>143475266Halo doesn't exist in current continuity I think? I haven't read Hill's shitty outsiders.
>>143475195Actually didn't even notice she had long hair in this first appearance. Very rare Tatsu.She had it all of five issues, through that early crossover with the Titans. Then in issue six she's full on taking care of Halo with her classic bob cut. Maybe that's it, she officially became Halo's mom and so she needed a Mom Haircut.
I just think Halo and Tatsu are a cute lil family
>>143475295Nah, Mike brought her back in a, not really that recent any more, short (the one this is from >>143475059), but I think that was mostly ignored for more recent Batman and 2 Black Guys and 2 Asian Girls Outsiders and the like.
>>143475348n52's continuity doesn't exist unless a writer acknowledges it.i think the only n52 canon things are;Court of Owls.Emiko QueenZero Year, I think?
>>143475292I went to /tv/ just to check up on that show and those threads were a hoot:>this Japanese actress isn't Japanese>this white british actor isn't white or british eitherFeels like the perfect example to keep in my back pocket whenever you need a reminder how goofy people get about supposedly obvious racial definitions.
I miss middle-aged mom Tatsu. I can't get into yet another 22-year old generic supermodel with a sword and an edgy attitude. Also why can she not wear armor anymore, she's a samurai not a fucking ninja. But they have to have her crawl around rooftops with her tits and ass wrapped in a bodysock. Shit sucks, they turned her into bargain basement Psylocke.
>>143475392A lot of that stuff was seething from ricecels, we were raided at one point. One of them was pretty famous, he was vietnamese and even tried to start shit on /pol/. The other part of it was people shilling it as not being affected by le woke goywood so contrarians started focusing on nitpicks like how Cosmo Jarvis is half-armenian or how the show is actually a girlboss feminist fantasy because 1 trained female assasin manages to kill a few guys by sneaking up on them and stabbing them in the back
>>143475392/tv/ is somehow worse than /v/
>>143475292Most normal people think she was excellent. Emphasis on normal.
>>143476009Most people should just stay away from /tv/
>>143474631She's had that ability for years, though less directly. Given that it requires a magical ritual that if messed up releases both the souls and demons she probably thinks it is more trouble than it is worth. Personally I'm not a huge fan of the overt magical effects they've given the Soultaker, but I find them more palatable if there is danger to using them. It is a cursed sword after all.>>143474663Considering Fitzmartin alienated everyone interested in that mini and started a fight with two different fandoms writing Robin on top of not selling, I doubt she's going to get any major titles outside fill-in issues.
>>143474611
>>143474803She needs more scenes with battle damaged clothes. Sexy battle damage.
>>143474611That kill panel is rad
>>143474598>Maseo slips in a ghostly/demon tongue>He ain't passing up this opportunity to make out with his wife
>>143477777Check'd Look at that bottom panel, she's definitely shlicking to that kiss later
>>143477777Quints of true love. I headcanon that Tatsu and Maseo had a very active marriage, like Hal and Lois in Malcolm in the Middle.
>>143477896>>143477788You know they humped like rabbits.
>>143478346Yeah I wrote that in my Halo/Tatsu dubious consent fic. Maseo's dick game had to be giga-chadded for Tatsu to never want to move on
>>143477050>Tatsu, you haven't done anything weird like link your sex drive to the act of killing people, have you?>I haven't killed anyone in months.>It's a yes or no question.
>>143477896>>143478346I'll always believe that Tatsu presented a curated version of the night Takeo killed her family, and that he got the drop on them because Tatsu and Maseo were fucking like sewing machines.
>>143478426>Yeah I wrote that in my Halo/Tatsu dubious consent fic.What the fuck is wrong with you
>>143479092Many things
>>143478426Ah yes. Halo becoming Fountain.
>>143478657>...and went out to renew some family ties. At that point Maseo was on his refractory period, but he was already gearing me up for round three
>>143479373>After plowing Tastu in the kitchen. Again. >Maseo: And they said married life was boring! Now, who's laughing now?! Oh, want some orange juice, dear?
>>143478657So Takeo was a rage cuck?
Any drawing requests?
>>143480230>>143474598Redraw of the final panel, but Tatsu looks even more horny
>>143480230Given the primary subject matter of the thread so far, the Chad/Virgin meme with Takeo as the virgin and Maseo as Chad.
>>143474546>Be 72>Still write your creation better than most writers>Goes along with the times>Writes the best story in an antologyBased Mike. The W. Stands for winner.
>>143480230The "haha yes" Sicko meme with Tatsu looking at Halo or Shiva cleaning a sword through a window
>>143480230Tatsu & Marvel's Black Knight discussing about their cursed swords.
>>143480396A gentleman, he is!
>>143480261
>>143480230Katana and samurai cop hanging out
>>143481464A nice happy Tatsu
>>143474407General Katana from Highlander 2
>>143481464>I remember that tongue.....
>>143474888Now I'm telling these son-of-a-bitches that we respect the Japanese of this country, who are honest businessmen. And yeah, this is the land of opportunity for legitimate business, not for death merchants who distribute drugs to our children through schools and on the streets. Now I'm telling these motherfuckers that if they continue killing our children to make their precious millions that they deposit in their secret Swiss bank accounts, counselor, before your last suit even gets off the court clerk's desk, I'll have their stinking bodies in garbage bags and ship them back to Japan for fertilizer. Got it?
>>143481464Damnn that Tatsu really works with your style
>>143480339
>>143480230Would you mind drawing a modernized take on tatsu's original look? I want her to be more armored and have a red or gold theme rather than the generic black/grey jumpsuits. Please?
>>143481942my fucking sides
>>143481960I actually went for traditional.
>>143482654Nice!
>>143481960>>143482654Here’s an actually modernised version.
>>143483052>>143482654These are awesome. And make her look like a character instead of a random NPC enemy.
>>143483052You're pretty good at this.
>>143483052Hot damn, sexo Katana.
>>143474565>The TraffickerI'm picturing a villainous Traffic wielding those Stop/Slow signs. Fucking Gotham City bullshit.
>>143474598>Katana defeats the Shibari triplets.
>>143483052Looks like some inspiration from her 2000s costume too
>>143481548
>>143483420Love the expressive mask
>>143483297Yeah, I'm gonna need a background for the Shibari triplets, and also humbly asking our drawanon to depict Katana in their clutches, trying not hide what they are making her feel.
>>143483420Was this Future Shiva you too?
>>143483650Nope, but that's some nice art.
>>143483297>>143483594The Shibari triplets aren't supervillains, they're professional sex workers who got the wrong address.
>>143483824>Look, you sure you don't need our services?>Positive. >But we have a deal for older women! Won't hurt your pockets!>Excuse you?>She means "Mature" women! Heh. But seriously our deals are amazing.
>>143481942>PUSSYTAKERFucking LOL
Don't forget about Tinier Tatsu! She's tiny and gloomy!
>>143483420nice
>>143484936>hello, tinier Tatsu, welcome back to my Earth>"Tinier Tatsu"? That's how you call me?>it's an affectionate nickname>I've seen some of my friends at school being skinned alive by a demon who wanted to put new curtains in its hellish realm->that sounds awful>-but, somehow, this nickname is what really hurts. I'm very self-conscious about my height>I apologize for offending you. Um. You look like you could use a hug>if it's no inconvenience>come here, intense version of myself
>>143485708Funny and oddly sweet
>>143483884>Tatsu rejected the offer, but she spent a good chunk of her evening researching shibari
>>143486189>Soooo, you had triplets, who are sex workers come to your house-->By mistake. >Of course. >You don't believe me, do you, Kimi?>Nonononono.....just doesn't help the allegations of you being gay.>Look, it's not like they showed up at "work". Besides I learned a lot about shibari. >Uh-huh.>For research.>Sure.>It's great to learn incase if need to escape.
>>143485708>Out of curiosity, what do you call me?>Yamiyo suggested Alternative Earth Tatsu Yamashiro No.1, Onibi uses Tats-Two which is apparently humorous in English and Danish, Juni scoffs and says "whatever" as she usually does with most things.>And you?>...Old Tatsu.>I suppose I can't argue against it, but remember you'll get where I am sooner or later.>You got there sooner, I'll get there later.>I didn't realize you made jokes.>If you tell anyone they won't believe you.
>>143480230Katana asleep, hugging her sword, with the spirit of her husband hugging her back
>>143486963>The Ghostly Spoon of Maseo
>>143483297And I'm thinking of Onimusha Warlords
>>143481590>Tatsu nods sagely
>>143481565We don't talk about Highlander 2
>>143480230Tatsu & Kimiyo doing Karaoke.
>>143474611>Black Lightning's creator hated the ship>Katana's creator hated the shipMan, did anyone but that one writer like it? I'm glad that doesn't seem to be case, but the editors really shouldn't have let it happen in the first place. I do find it funny how in a later Urban Legends story, a different writer has Katana drink a truth serum and outright say "I only like Jefferson as a friend" to make sure everyone knows that potential pairing isn't happening.
>>143492173What's really weird is that it's the second time they've tried to push the ship. The first time was handled better and the response was resounding, "we don't fucking care" from the readers and it fizzled and died almost immediately. The response probably wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for both the poor timing of it (the Black Lightning tv show firmly cemented Lynn as Jefferson's love interest) and the blatantly fetishistic treatment of Tatsu and the writer pushing BM/AF relationships in all his stories to the point of actively retconning a character's history and ethnicity.
>>143492400>>143492173Making tatsu into BL's exotic booty call was so fucking dumb. It also made her character less indepedent. I'm glad it's gone
>>143492400I hesitate to potentially drag this out into a thread derail, but:>The first time was handled better and the response was resounding, "we don't fucking care" from the readers and it fizzled and died almost immediatelyWhat was the first time again? I really can't remember it specifically, it's kind of lost in the haze of later Outsiders/Katana stuff. And to be fair, as team book it did eventually kind of devolve into the usual soap opera stuff. Even Geoforce got in on the game and that guy had his own stable of love interests apart from the main team.>the writer pushing BM/AF relationships in all his stories to the point of actively retconning a character's history and ethnicity.With all the usual bitching about that run, I don't think I've heard this one come up before. What was it?
>>143492912I'm referring to Identity Crisis and the Metzer JLA run, which teased at Jefferson and Tatsu. The race/ethnicity changes were done to Jace Fox who was retconned into being Blasian and the child of Lucius and a never before mentioned Asian lover of his.
>>143492912I miss secret identities so fucking much.
>>143493074>The race/ethnicity changes were done to Jace Fox who was retconned into being Blasian and the child of Lucius and a never before mentioned Asian lover of his.That was John Ridley actually, he changed Jace's ethnicity because when he showed his son Jace as Batman, he said that there aren't any Blasian heroes, so he changed Jace to just that.
>>143475392>that dialogueWhat a horrible day to be able to read.
>>143493181That book is not very good, surprise. It's not canon so it doesn't matter but it's so funny to me that he retcons Tatsu's sword into having no special properties and claims the "Soultaker" thing is just an in-universe rumor because of RAYCISM
>>143493227Feels like one of those books written by someone who hates the audience and wants to “educate” them.
>>143493242The premise is literally "Here's the perspective on the DCU by a black dude". His observations about characters like Black Lightning don't feel that off the mark honestly though the extremely clunky and cringy prose doesn't make it a good read. But then he jumps into trying to comment on literally every person of color in the DCU and you get shit like "everyone is so racist they spread rumors that Katana's sword eats souls because orientalism"
>>143493153When was this? Lucius has been happily married the entire time he's been in the comics. Did they make him a cheater or what?
>>143493347>Did they make him a cheater or what?Bingo, at some point he actually had an affair with some Asian lady and Jace was the result.
>>143483052>feeling sexy tonight, might stab some punks later
>>143483052Shit man that's awesome. Actually better than any of her recent costumes
She's supposedly only 5'2" with a slight build but people keep drawing her the same 6' with massive boobs as they always do with women.
>>143493347John Ridley's I Am Batman, I don't think anyone read it.
>>143493227It also directly references events where the sword explicitly had magic powers.I'm that one anon who keeps mentioning like the Black Lightning/Thunder "duology" of the series, but the Katana one is basically entirely worthless. Not only barely even resembling a proper interpretation of the character, it's so hyperfocused on America is becomes surreal seeing some women who has lived in Japan most of her life mentioning various American events just because they involve an "Asian," not even someone Japanese.
>>143494062Yeah as I said I don't hate the Jefferson parts. I don't think the prose is very good, the attempts and being flowery get pretty cringy. But it's not terrible. But the tatsu part is basically just totally off the fucking rails. I don't know how it even happened because it's so fucking out of pocket
>>143474407The all black bodysuit costume is okay but the movie outfit is still the best one
>>143489361Hey it wasn’t that badOkay it was but it had a good cast
>>143492912Are those furry boots ? I don’t get that design . Guess they didn’t want to give her pirate boots like other superheroes
>>143494657Fuzzy boots
>>143474407Is Op's pic by Marcio Takara?
>>143493914Tatsu's tatsus
>>143496704Is the yellow symbol on her costume suppose to mean anything or is it just there to break up the red ?
>>143497435I wanna say the Rising Sun but it could be just to break it up.
>>143494062>>143494081What confuses me the most is that the underlying concept of the book is solid - minority creators reinterpreting DC minority heroes through the lens of America's race relations - but then they fuck that up by having the same black guy write all the non-black guy heroes. Was there seriously not one Japanese citizen living in America who is a writer?
>>143499449It's when you have fuckups in charge
>>143477739It really is. Love the red in Tatsu's eyes
Important Tatsu traits:Smol. She's short and slim, not an amazon titty monster.Mom. Both of her dead kids and to HaloCasual attitude to killing. She respects Batman's decisions but doesn't adhere to them when he's not thereSecret identity. She has a day job, she's not Katana all the time.
>>143493259Why was his writing so bad? Is he a bad writer in general or was he poisoned by ideology and because of that wrote something bad?
>>143501459It's kind of ambiguous to whether or not she has a day job in modern comics; a more correct point would be that she has a personal life, as little as it is, to go along with her secret identity. >>143501570Non-comic writers tend to struggle with the pacing and format of comic writing. As for the content, he simply didn't have the knowledge or ability to step outside of his own opinions to write most of the characters with verisimilitude. BL worked because the beliefs espoused feel like something someone with Jefferson's background would have, Thunder worked because he used generational divide between parent and child to riff on largely the same points, everyone else didn't because he didn't bother to really change the underlying reasoning for characters who should have different opinions. This was magnified by the book being deep dives into character psyches.
>>143500732I choose to believe that they're speaking Japanese and Jaime can't understand what they're saying.
>>143501848>It's kind of ambiguous to whether or not she has a day job in modern comics; a more correct point would be that she has a personal life, as little as it is, to go along with her secret identity.Private/secret identities are kind of neglected these days. Tatsu running a bookshop is charming and opens up more story beats than her just being a secret ops person 24/7. Plus I kinda hate tatsu as eternal Squad-bait, that's not what she should be about.
>>143503197It's funny cause like, she's not even a criminal! Well, technically, she is given the whole "being a murdering vigilante is illegal" thing, but you know what I mean. The first time she linked up with them it was purely because they both happened to end up working on the same situation in Japan. And then later it's just like "she kills people with a sword and doesn't fit on any other current team books so I guess she goes there by default." It's not even like Flagg who is an actual US military guy and thus assigned to this project. Katana's just this goofy, one off free lancer they bring in for some reason, despite the whole purpose of Task Force X being disposable super villain minions.There have been others, Vixen also fell into this. Being involved for some one off mission that was related to her shtick and then like "ugh animal powers make me angry I'll stick on for awhile cause I'm a FILTHY MURDERER WHO'S OUT OF CONTROL!"
>>143503504Long hair Tatsu....is kinda neat
>>143503504Vixen has a League connection and appears less in Squad books than in other stuff. Katana seems stuck there due to the movie.
>>143503953Katana never joined the JLA? I know Rex, Jeff and Geo did.
>>143503197I'm ambivalent on the bookshop if for no other reason than, bad enough people try to turn her into a magic heroine because of her sword, adding in a bookshop to a magically connected character gives you a 300% chance of it being a magical bookshop. Which is a shame because rare book dealing and appraisal is a perfect cover for global vigilantism. >>143503504The Squad already had that problem. Not just people like Vixen or Black Orchid, but the fact that despite being a completely deniable ops team it is accompanied in the field by US agents - often multiple, the only way to prevent the villains from surrendering and spilling the beans is a very noticeable explosive decapitation, and every villain member can be cross-referenced with incarceration at Belle Reve. The moment a single mission ran into trouble the whole setup would be compromised.
>>143504786Then don't make it a magic book shop
>>143505105Sure, but we're talking about comic books here, which doesn't exactly draw a high quality of writer.
>>143505298Point.
>>143504659Unless she was in it in the Rebirth Era then no. I lost track of all the leaguers.>>143504786It's a mundane bookshop, anon. Though today it'll probably be a cafe with books as a side hustle. Halo can help out, she doesn't exactly have a job.
>>143506113I could see a more "by appointment only" style of book dealer, the kind who runs in first editions, historical books, and restoration.
>>143504786>I swear if I get one more moron who thinks we sell magical books......
>>143508788your art is so cute
>>143509581I'm not drawanon, just reposting a request he did
>>143507803>Sir, if any of the tomes I offer for sale were legitimate grimoires do you think I'd be running a bookstore sandwiched between two vape shops?
>>143507803>>143510080This would be the recurring gag of the series. Just various DC magic people coming in and quietly trying to buy forbidden tomes only for Tatsu to tell them there's no such thing to be had.
>>143474407........and a bucket for lungs. Don't forget the lung-bucket.
>>143486963Kinda nsfw>>143509581Thank you, also thanks everyone in the thread for the kind words.
>>143510100>There are only 7 extant copies of De Liber Infernalis known to exist. Four are held in museums, one is in such bad shape it cannot be safely read, and the remaining two are in private collections. The last time one went to auction it sold for $2.1 million.>Contrary to what you read on the internet, The Diaries of M. Eudora Whitely were a fabrication of weird fiction author Sheldon Spangler to use as a linking device in the stories of his 1953 anthology Upon the Bleak Farmstead. The purported "real" version was created by the Spangler estate in 1978 to commemorate the book's 25th anniversary and was written largely from notes and unused story drafts Spangler kept over his career.>Normally I'm not so upfront, but you're not an 800 year old reincarnated witch you're a high school sophomore, love spells raise incredible concerns about consent, the book you're holding is actually a vegan cookbook, and you have to insert the chip instead of swiping.>So lovely to see you again, Zatanna; I have your copy of Beefcake Firemen Monthly and a garbage bag full of romance novels about Victorian era noblewomen and their hunky manservants ready for you.
>>143510319Nice. Ghost fucking must feel like something is missing though.
>>143505298Let's be honest, almost nothing we're discussing here is gonna be an actual thing in any real comics Katana is in. We don't need to worry about how DC would handle Tatsu running a bookstore, or living in Japan, or giving her a rouge's gallery, or fun adventures with Doctor Light and so on. Cause none of that shit is happening. Last time they gave an ongoing, the only time actually, it was a bunch of crazy nonsense involving weapon clans. Then we got more weird family drama in that Outsiders run, the one everyone here also hates. I doubt we're getting any kind of Katana appearance with room for anything but more of the same any time soon. So why worry?
>>143510319Nice, nice
>>143512465I hate her white/grey facepaint era. It looks so bad.
>>143510319requester here, awesome job!
>>143512465And if we get another Tatsu series it'll be more boring black ops shit.
>>143510386Fucking lamo
>>143474407The best combination
>>143512465>crazy nonsense involving weapon clansI think it'd be much more interesting if the weapon clans were crazy and their beliefs nonsense. They're just a bunch of weirdos who think if they sword or ax hard enough they get magical powers. Like Luthor Strode except it's all in their heads.
Remember that guy trapped in the soultaker who had nunchucks instead of hands ? That may be the worst thing to have your hands relpaced with.
>>143517412>You now face Sigmund Bludaxe, Samurai!! And the Mystic Bloodaxe, that is mine to command, shall be thine end!!>Mystic? You're some delusional fool from Hub City with a viking museum piece.
>>143484419Nice Nipples
>>143519424>not "Nice Nips"c'mon now
>>143520030Sorry....
LUNG.BUCKET.
>>143520831Huh?
>>143508788>I got it! The Light-Saber!>You want to get sued?>There's a hyphen, totally do-able.
>>143483052That's actually pretty good!
Tatsu is for lewd!
How to enter Katana
