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>>152123696I hate Synders Joker wank.
>>152123710>Connor HawkeWhat the fuck is Cyborg thinking here lol. He's a guy whos good at Martial arts and shooting arrows.. to fight.. Wonder Woman and Big Barda.
Not on topic but since I haven't seen an Absolute Green Lantern storytime thread... Do any of you also feel that the dialogue in there is being partially done by AI?
>>152123672Bump
>>152123761No way, not true at all.
>>152123761>Not on topic but since I haven't seen an Absolute Green Lantern storytime thread... Use the archive >>152032146>Do any of you also feel that the dialogue in there is being partially done by AI?No it's being fully done by Al Ewing
>>152123684When did cursing become such a crutch in American media/culture?Feels like TV shows, movies, books, newspaper/magazine articles and now comics of the 2020s default to swearing to show that this is grown-up/serious/mature, I don't remember Luthor swearing in the New 52 era.Even politicians want to let it be known that they have a pottymouth.
>>152123741>Twin Titans!Does Scott Snyder think Connor Hawke was part of the Titans at some point or something? Because he wasn't. I'm not sure it was even established he and Vic even knew each other prior to this issue.
>>152123791They literally gave him Potara Earrings because they fucking fused ahahahaha this is incredible
>>152123785Hawkman really is about to be humiliated in two different fights in this event isn't he?
>>152123738>ummm did THAT just happen?Great writing, Scott.
>>152123797>The 4 most popular characters are the last ones standingWhy is this so retarded?
>>152123832Imagine all the build-up. All the "there's no way its just gonna be the same characters it always is."
>>152123832it's a superman centered event, so he should obv be one of the last ones standingsame for lexjoker and wonder woman should definitely have been kicked out though. zatanna and big barda would've been good picks (magic rep, apokolips rep)
And that's it. If you liked these, support your LCS or whatever.
>>152123809I mean, they know OF each other, even if they don't KNOW each other, you know?Connor was briefly a member of the Morrison JLA, so he was fighting with the JLA during the Technis Imperative.I think he showed up to Donna's funeral during Graduation Day and Sue's funeral in Identity Crisis.But it's not like they've ever been on a team together. It's not like they're bros. Cyborg is barely close with Roy like that, let alone his adoptive brother.
>>152123791Nice earrings.
>>152123791Powerscalers, how do we rate Superman/Shazam Vegito?
>>152123791Synder loves CHADgon CHAD!
>>152123791>Superman + Solomon's wisdom, Hercules' strength, Atlas' stamina, Zeus' power, Achilles' courage and Mercury's speedSuperGOD
>>152123719What the hell is with Lex Luthor cursing so much in this series? When did this become normal?
>>152123959Did you miss Snyder JLA and Snyder Metal and Snyder Death Metal and Snyder Batman and all the edgy i'm13andthisiscool shit he's churned out over the last 15 years? Are you surprised?
>>152123791I like the concept but Supes is weak to magic so wouldn’t the SHAZAM power just fuck him up
>>152123976Superman isn't "weak" to magic, he's just not as invulnerable to it as like, a bullet. There is no reason that wouldn't work with in universe logic
>>152123791>tracing Dragon Ball>AGAIN
>>152123791That Superman?Couldn't even beat Beerus
>>152123802MY HEROES...and Booster Gold
>>152123982This. Seems like a smart move to add magic power/resistance.
>>152123791CHADgeta victim.
>>152123997post what they traced for comparison
>still the BLUEPRINTYUP!!!
>>152123791Wow, cool! I can't wait to see him lose to the Joker!
>>152124057We'll get DC KO 2 in a decade and the boss battle issue will have Goku somehow.
>>152124061Yeah. The Emperor Joker made sense to use I'll give them that. But he should have been out in the first round to give us all a break from Jokerwank. At least Harley is gone.
>>152124079DC cannot wait for the inevitable DC/DB crossover.
Why are all the heroes killing each other instead of just going all together after Joker and Luthor and finishing them off? Are they retarded?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttgLOk8BajE Thread theme.
>>152124107If they don't play by the rules they'll be excised from the tournament, and if that happens they won't be able to claim the title of King Omega and fix the universe.
>>152124118There is no rule that says "no, you can't all get together and kill The Joker!"
>>152124135They're in brackets, there is definitely a rule about staying in your bracket.
>>152123791https://youtu.be/8AYlJNELxIw?si=vY-pQ6JSKToYBPne
>>152124140>there is definitely a rule about staying in your bracket.Uh, no. There literally isn't one. Scott Snyder himself said the bracket was just for marketing purposes but not something that actually exists in the story. Joker himself kills multiple characters outside his part of the bracket in issue #2.
What should the new fusion be called?>Shazuperman>Superzam!Thank you Johns for denying us the straightforward "Captain Superman"
>>152124165Captain Supermarvel
>>152123791Kinoko Nasu is reading this after he finished FGO and seething that he couldn't work on a Fate and DC crossover early on
>>152123843>in main book Supergirl instantly turns on Luthor>in Aquaman tie in she actually looks like she's fighting with HawkmanDo these writers not communicate with each other at all?
>>152124242That wouldn't make a very good splash page.
>>152123741>Twin TitansDude's paid thousands of dollars to write crap like this.
>>152124281CONNOR IS NOT AND HAS NEVER BEEN A TITANfire the editors
>>152124280I think all three of them beating up a terrified Luthor would be funnier and would make me read the main issue to find out if it was just bait
>>152123908So andina is fake and she is in fact Mera's mother who is now evil thanks to darkseidThat explains why she is missing from the Preview of Arthur's star empire
>>152124287Whatever, the play with words sounds retarded anyway.
Does DC still read letters to the editor?
>>152123732Oh, for fuck's sake
>>152123802>This will be the first appearance of the absolute trinitiy together>And they'll be brainwashed or copies or something
I'm so tired of jokerwank bros
>>152123710Constantine is a terrible choice
>>152123732people were talking about the lack of Emperor Joker in the last couple of issues
>>152124165Probably just “Supergod”It’s direct and punchy
>>152123810Based DBZ
>>152123791……..I just came……
Why did Cyborg choose Connor Hawke as a partner?
>>152124440yeah I don't want the real ones involved in this bullshit
>>152123728>>152123732i unironically think BWL would’ve been the more interesting option
>>152123665>Trinitywank AND jokerwankI'm so tired of this SHIT.
>>152124991It says right in the comic: To diminish him by saying he can just copy his fighting skills and use them better than him.
>>152123732Y'know what? Fuck the haters. Mxy's a great choice, and I actually have enjoyed a lot of the 'member berries from these fights.
>>152123797Leaving how much I utterly despise Jokerwank aside, why the fuck did Lex Luthor even help Joker escape from the Phantom Zone and join the tournament in the first place? He of all people should know how fucked everyone would be if Joker actually won.
>>152124028>Booster GoldDoes he know?
The prequel made it seem like Cyborg will be the secret real protagonist of the event only for him to make a retarded choice in partner and get snu-snu'd. This round was especially horrendeous.
>>152123696How did jonkular get more omega energy. Aquaman beat hawkman 2-0
>>152123706Did Wondie beat Lobo?
>>152125843yes it was boring
>>152124761maybe you can argue that there's something about choosing a conman like Constantine to help her go up against a notorious trickster like The Joker? but yeah, you'd expect a bigger magic heavy hitter like Dr. Fate for more power
>>152125742it was the last round for snyder to do anything interesting with the event and he just slammed every one of those doors shut
>>152125426if Lex was smart enough he probably has something prepared for Joker if they do fight like forcibly turning him sane
>>152125791cause he's was so heckin scary when he killed giganta and cheetah
>>152125146mxy being joker's partner is actually probably the best thing joker's done in this entire event, i just wish mxy was having more fun with it. seems like he was ready to leave as soon as the fight was over, i was hoping the two would have a more "fun" partnership with mxy having fun screwing around
>>152123959Because this is a MATURE comic for MATURE readers!!!Ha ha holy hell, I can't help but laugh at what DC has become. It's like we returned to the Silver Age, only instead of Science Fiction it's Shonen Anime slop.
>>152125426maybe he just thought Joker was gonna be fodder and get eliminated early on? clearly he didn't account for Jokerwankthough, yeah, that still does sound pretty stupid and unfitting for someone like Lex, so maybe it's something like >>152126142. maybe it was a double-edged blade - he knew Joker would take out a lot of the competition, but this also means it's likely he'd have to face Joker himself so he prepared countermeasures
>>152125426>>152126195the answer snyder would give is probably this
>>152125426Because joker would do to him what he did to alex if he didn't let him join this game
>>152125843via multiple plot contrivances, but yes
do you think snyder masturbates with joker pics?
>>152125791Superman literally got the Omega effect in an earlier issue but Jokerwank needs no reason.
>>152123696>>152123732>>152123785>>152123791>>152123802oh god it sucks so much
>>152126411was that the asspull against captain atom? because that was probably the worst moment so far (that or cyborg beating swamp thing with sticks)
>>152126440No he gets it in the first issue. Captain Atom easily beats him with red sun/kryptonite. Then Superman beats Monarch form as Superman One Million. Then for no reason Superman goes back to his base form and asspulls getting Captain Atom's powers for no reason cause Cap is too stupid to just repeat his first win condition.
>>152126407I honestly genuinely think jokerization is his fetish. It happens a lot in his comics/comics he is involved with.The JL in his Batman, the Teen Titans and the Suicide Squad in Metal, The Batman Who Laughs, the Secret Six in the lead-up to Death Metal, another bunch of JL members in Hell Arisen, Zatanna and Constantine in this issue.
>>152123802Oh, that's why Diana made it to the final round. So we could have Trinity vs. Absolute Trinity since Batty's coming back at the end of Knightfall.Well that's a pretty boring conclusion, all things considered. Couldn't throw in a couple odd-ball picks instead of Joker or Lex?
>>152125742Geoff Johns isn't at DC anymore so I wonder who the Cyborgfag wanting him to be pushed is
>>152123696Guy and Aquaman have Omega Force-enhanced powers after this event ends according to solicitationsIs Jonkler gonna be superpowered now too since he apparently gathered so much of it?
>>152127719It's probably nobody in particular. They just needed a Titans rep (but only one, because the Titans book has a separate tie-ins) and they settled on Cyborg because he is black.
>>152127793Why do they choose the most boring black men to be the diversity hires featured in everything? Just use a hot black girl like Vixen. Muh diversity problem solved.
>>152127493Yeah I wanted Swamp Thing to go farther
>>152127719>>152127793I wouldn't mind him winning or at least getting to the finals. It's not like he has anything else going for him.
>>152127968For the same reason comics are still filled with boring white men: bad writers.
>>152123791The Potara earrings are a nice touch
>>152125791He took out the most combatants.
>>152128137Lex made some God monsters come back to life, that has to have been a higher kill count
>>152123813variant covers for Aquaman, Mera and mermaids.Aquaman #13 Cover B Nathan Szerdy VariantAquaman #13 Cover C KyuYong Eom VariantAquaman #13 Cover D Saowee Variant
>>152123665alternate covers for this issueDC K.O. #3 Cover B Daniel Warren Johnson VariantDC K.O. #3 Cover C Mike Del Mundo VariantDC K.O. #3 Cover D Carla Cohen VariantDC K.O. #3 Cover E Lucio Parrillo VariantDC K.O. #3 Cover F Sanford Greene Darkseid VariantDC K.O. #3 Cover G Dan Mora Bracket VariantDC K.O. #3 Cover H Ben Oliver Face-Off VariantDC K.O. #3 Cover I Dan Mora AEW Cameo VariantDC K.O. #3 Cover J Javier Fernández Foil Virgin VariantDC K.O. #3 Cover K 1:25 Cully Hamner Variant
This one is funny/good
constantine/zatanna jobbed so bad is not even funny they rushed that fight
>>152123802I still really hate that Booster got sidelined in this. Restoring the world is his thing, it'd be a great character moment to see what the Heart would show him, and if they somehow were able to work the Blue and Gold as being options for partners in this chapter, it would've been fantastic. I can already picture them having to deal with Wondy and Barda, and it'd be hilarious.
Some for next issues.
>>152128526What's up with Mongul cosplaying Darkseid in the bottom?
>>152128574good catch anon, that one is for the next issue, Aaron Bartling is not the best artist around here. looks like discount simone bianchi.
>>152123802>They are>Not Darkseid isCome the fuck on.
>>152128439>jobbedthey never had a chance against Mxy in the first place
>>152125046I would've chosen Clayface disguised as Batkek as a joke.
>>152123710>Anon joins forces with the jokerLet's go!
>>152126411He got the omega sanction. And none of the heroes kept the stuff they got in that round it was just find one of these things you're in.
>>152123791Who would win, the superman/batman fusion with a gl ring or captain superman
>>152128439What the fuck do you want expect them to do against mxy/emperor joker. That joker was only beaten the first time because superman tricked him into trying to erase batman and when he couldn't told him how can he be omnipotent if he can't even get rid of one guy
>Everyone gets to pick a partner from one of the fallen>Except Joker who can pick literally anyone in the omniverse and he picks Mr. MxyzptlkThis is so fucking rigged hard by editorial it's staggeringWhat exactly did Joker do to 'earn more Omega energy' than everyone else? Even if by whatever weird ass metric that is they let him pick someone outside the tournament they let him go for characters so broken it's a mystery why THEY aren't in the tournament
>>152129166Because the heart is pissed at Bruce for not following the rules so it's letting joker win
>Jokerizes herlame. With emperor joker they could have gotten so much more creative/humiliating with Zatanna's defeat
>>152128439You think they jobbed? Think about Aquaman and Hawkman. They barely even fought at all. They had no strong moments and then their loss was revealed in a fucking throwaway line
>>152124165Why not just 'Super Shazam?"
There goes my hope that AquaCHAD would pull this out.So he somehow lost the Blue? Why? So he could lose? That's so dumb
>>152123791Kefla victim btw.
>>152129069Superbat, because he has batwank
>>152124165Shazanman
>>152130487Honestly I really just like "Captain Superman" but it can't be that.
>>152130400Super Shazam is good.
>>152130535Wait, okay, so when Goku fuses he uses his saiyan name, so it should be a fusion of Kal El, Kalzam? Shazel?
>>152123791POWAH GEYSER
>>152130535Why not? Wasn't his solo title recently having him be named "The Captain"?
>>152124100Its kind of insane we got Naruto x TMNT and Deadpool x MHA before that
>>152123802I don't like my Absolute and mainverse touching. Do it again DC and I'll stop buying your comics. Give me a reason to pirate fucking do it.
>>152131097Are these even actually the absolute characters? They look bizzaro.
>>152131097Retard, they have been setting up the Absolute/Prime DC crossover since the very beginning
How does Goku do it? He is still so ICONIC??
>>152131110No they're just a homage and/or potential introduction to the Absolute Universe which is cutting it close for me. The longer we can go without them intersecting, the longer we get plotlines in Absolute that aren't rushed. It takes just one hack writer to follow up on this, and say wouldn't it be neat if these heroes met?But yes, they're probably Darkseid minions.
>>152131165brown and low iq populations breed way more than white and high iq populations, making their fanbases far more populated
>>152123715...wait it's the same shitty letterer that did the Champions of the Unknown mini-series. How the fuck did he get on the event book with those chicken scratch word balloons?
>>152131144Yeah no shit, I seen the silhouettes just like you, they weren't exactly hiding the fact. They method could of been executed better or better yet not attached to such a shit cashgrab event.
>>152123791I mean, this is cool, but it kinda sucks that Billy now just exists to job, give his powers away, or stand slack jawed by how cool the other heroes are.Really feels like no one at DC wants to actually focus on the character.
>>152128086Was he wearing them earlier or did they just show up?
>>152131165hey trannoid the bitch that died kneeled first this one is shameless
>>152123976He's vulnerable to magic attacks, it's not like Kryptonite that inherently hurts him, magic blessings like the power of Shazam are obviously fine.
>>152131339Shazam 2 and Black Adam completely decimated the brand, It's a huge bummer.
>>152127406You forgot the Bat-Family in Death of the Family.
>>152123791Wait, where did those earrings come from? Were either of them wearing them? Or is it kinda like pic related where "no mask + half mask = full mask" somehow?
>>152131492They're just Potara earings don't think about it.
>>152131515I know they're Potara Earrings, I just want to know if they spontaneously appeared with the transformation or if Supes already had them before for some reason.
>>152123785Holy sexo
>>152131682You can re-read the pages before, they weren't there. It's just a DBZ reference, in-universe appearing as part of Supes' magically-altered uniform as part of the shazam powers
>>152132010I just thought I missed something, maybe in a tie in or something.Pretty neat.
