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Post by Maverick on Aug 27, 2008 15:18:29 GMT -5
There will be Spoilers in this thread, so be warned ahead of time.
Well, JLA #24 came out last week. Had a very nice cover with Buddy and Vixen strung up in the web of Anansi. Unfortunately, this issue wasn't what the solits said. It was the conclusion of the latest Amazo story (and was pretty good at that). The end had Roy, Vixen, Black Canary and Firestorm at the Baker residence having a BBQ. Roy mentioned the similarity between both Vixen and Buddy having power issues at the same time. Then, Firestorm pointed out something rather odd...Buddy was eating chicken! Yes, this long time veg head was eating meat, and didn't even realize! Anyway, its clear Anansi is messing with Buddy and Mari's heads.
Here are the solits for the next issue:
Written by Dwayne McDuffie ; Art by Ed Benes; Cover by Ed Benes
Vixen and Animal Man journey into the sacred Tantu Totem to solve the mystery of their altered powers. But Anansi, the African spider god responsible for these changes, has only begun reshaping the powers and histories of the Justice League, as eight-year-old Bruce Wayne shoots the burglar who killed his parents, Wonder Woman retires from the JLA after the tragic death of her husband, Superman, and The Green Lantern Corps quarantines Earth after one of their number destroys an American city. With the team's history changing before Vixen's eyes, is the JLA we now know gone forever?
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Post by minominop on Aug 28, 2008 12:06:45 GMT -5
Finally what we've all been waiting for; a real Animal man story. Does anyone know what else this Dwayne McDuffie has done?
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Post by Maverick on Aug 28, 2008 14:02:28 GMT -5
He wrote the JL, TT, Static Shock and a Scooby Do cartoon, and also worked on JLU.
As a writer...heres the list Wiki had:
Regular writer
* "Overture." Marvel Comics Presents #19 (Marvel Comics, May 1989) - (1st Damage Control appearance)
* Damage Control #1-4 (Marvel Comics, May 1989-August 1989) - (limited series)
* The Sensational She-Hulk in Ceremony #1-2 (Marvel Comics, 1989) - (limited series)
* Giant Size Special Captain Marvel #1 (Marvel Comics, November 1989) - (one-shot)
* Avengers Spotlight #26-29 (Marvel Comics, December 1989-February 1990) - (Acts of Vengeance story)
* Damage Control (vol. 2) #1-4 (Marvel Comics, December 1989-February 1990) - (limited series)
* The Amazing Spider-Man: Children Special #1-3 (Marvel Comics [Canada], 1990)
* Deathlok #1-4 (Marvel Comics, July 1990-October 1990) - (limited series)
* Monster in My Pocket #1-4 (Harvey Comics, May 1991-September 1991) - (script)
* Damage Control (vol. 3) #1-4 (Marvel Comics, June 1991-September 1991) - (limited series)
* Prince: Alter Ego (DC Comics [Piranha Music, 1991) - (one-shot)
* Deathlok (vol. 2) #1-5 (Marvel Comics, July 1991-November 1991)
* Double Dragon #1-4 (Marvel Comics, July 1991-October 1991)
* Deathlok (vol. 2) #11-16, annual #1 (Marvel Comics, May 1992-October 1992)
* "Rest and Sweet Glory." Marvel Comics Presents #113-118 (Marvel Comics, 1992) - (Giant-Man II story)
* The Demon #26-29 (DC Comics, August 1992-November 1992)
* Back to the Future: Forward to the Future #1-3 (Harvey Comics, October 1992-January 1993)
* Blood Syndicate #1-4 (Milestone Comics, April 1993-July 1993)
* Hardware #1-8,10-19,29-32 (DC Comics [Milestone], April 1993-October 1995)
* Icon #1-10,13,15-17,19-31,34-36,38-42 (DC Comics [Milestone], May 1993-February 1997)
* Static #1-4 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1993-September 1993)
* Shadow Cabinet #0 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 1994) - (co-writer)
* Captain Marvel #1 (Marvel Comics, February 1994) - (one-shot)
* Worlds Collide #1 (DC Comics [Milestone], July 1994) - (one-shot)
* X-O Manowar #17,19-21 (Acclaim Comics, February 1998-June 1998)
* Sins of Youth: Kid Flash/Impulse #1 (DC Comics, May 2000) - (one-shot)
* Static Shock! Rebirth of the Cool #1-4 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 2001-September 2001)
* Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #156-158 (DC Comics, August 2002-October 2002)
* Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #164-167 (DC Comics, April 2003-July 2003)
* Fantastic Four Special #1 (Marvel Comics, February 2006) - (one-shot)
* Beyond! #1-6 (Marvel Comics, July 2006-December 2006) - (limited series)
* Fantastic Four #542-553 (Marvel Comics, )
* Justice League of America #13- (DC Comics, 2007-Current)
[edit] Fill-in writer
* "Fall Guy." Solo Avengers #13 (Marvel Comics, December 1988) - (Wonder Man story; co-writer)
* Clive Barker's Hellraiser #2 (Marvel Comics [Epic], 1989)
* St. George #8 (Marvel Comics [Epic], August 1989)
* Iron Man #251-252 (Marvel Comics, December 1989-January 1990)
* Power Pack #55 (Marvel Comics, April 1990)
* Avengers Annual #19 (Marvel Comics, 1990)
* Avengers West Coast Annual #5 (Marvel Comics, 1990)
* Iron Man Annual #11 (Marvel Comics, 1990)
* "Test Run." Marvel Comics Presents #62 (Marvel Comics, November 1990) - (Deathlok story; co-writer)
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* "Shadow of a Doubt." Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #4 (Marvel Comics, December 1990) - (Black Knight story; co-writer)
* "Cupid's Arrow." Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #9 (Marvel Comics, April 1992) - (Avengers West Coast/Hercules story)
* "Not to Touch the Earth." Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #11 (Marvel Comics, October 1992) - (Giant-Man II story; co-writer)
* "Cupid's Error." Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #12 (Marvel Comics, January 1993) - (Falcon story; co-writer)
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* Clive Barker's Hellraiser #7-10 (Marvel Comics [Epic], 1991)
* Clive Barker's Hellraiser #15 (Marvel Comics [Epic], 1992)
* Hardware #25 (DC Comics [Milestone], March 1995)
* "Communications Error." JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant #1 (DC Comics, February 1993)
* Static #14 (DC Comics [Milestone], August 1994)
* Blood Syndicate #35 (DC Comics [Milestone], February 1996)
* Impulse #60 (DC Comics, May 2000)
* "Never Say Die." Batman: Gotham Knights #27 (DC Comics, May 2002)
[edit] Editor
* Freddy Kreuger's A Nightmare on Elm Street #1-2 (Marvel Comics, October 1989-November 1989)
* Blood Syndicate #1-30 (DC Comics [Milestone], April 1993-September 1995)
* Hardware #1-10 (DC Comics [Milestone], April 1993-December 1993)
* Icon #1-8 (DC Comics [Milestone], May 1993-December 1993)
* Static #1-28 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1993-October 1995)
* Static #30 (DC Comics [Milestone], December 1995)
* Shadow Cabinet #0 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 1994)
* Xombi #0 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 1994)
* Frank #1-2 (Harvey Comics, March 1994-May 1994) - (limited series)
* "The Call." Superman: The Man of Steel #34 (DC Comics, June 1994) - (Kobalt preview)
* Kobalt #1-10 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1994-March 1995)
* Shadow Cabinet #1-17 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1994-October 1995)
* Xombi #1-16 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1994-September 1995)
* Worlds Collide #1 (DC Comics [Milestone], July 1994) - (one-shot)
* Deathwish #1-4 (DC Comics [Milestone], December 1994-March 1995) - (mini-series)
* My Name is Holocaust #1 (DC Comics [Milestone], May 1995) - (mini-series)
* Kobalt #14 (DC Comics [Milestone], August 1995)
* Static Shock! Rebirth of the Cool #1-4 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 2001-September 2001)
When he started on JLA, it was a definite quality drop from Meltzers work. Sort of a cookie cutter version. Mind you, The Powers That Be kept bogging him down with mandates to tie into various other comics. Since he has been free to write his own stuff, he has been getting progressively better with each issue.
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Post by Gotham95 on Aug 28, 2008 15:07:31 GMT -5
Chicken?? I can't believe it. DC has really messed Buddy up lately. From eating meat now to the awful costume transitions within a single issue (it seems the artist, inker and colorist have no idea what his costume looks like).
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Post by minominop on Aug 28, 2008 19:18:17 GMT -5
Dwayne McDuffie seems to have quite an extensive resume, but nothing I would ever read personally. The short lived Milestone imprint of DC comics appears to be what he's known for. It looks like he wrote a lot of what they put out. I never read any of it and all I know is that it cost DC money and many of the titles were cancelled mid-story without any conclusion.
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Post by Maverick on Aug 29, 2008 14:56:53 GMT -5
Chicken?? I can't believe it. DC has really messed Buddy up lately. From eating meat now to the awful costume transitions within a single issue (it seems the artist, inker and colorist have no idea what his costume looks like). No no, that was the whole point. Buddy didn't eat chicken because of some editorial screw up, he ate it because his mind is being controlled. The look on his face when Firestorm told him he was eating chicken was priceless  |
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Post by Gotham95 on Aug 30, 2008 14:42:44 GMT -5
Oh OK. Sorry... well that's better. I wonder if this story will lead into the new Animal Man series.
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Post by The Agent on Sept 3, 2008 6:47:08 GMT -5
Sounds like someone wants to REVEAL new details about Buddy's weird powers! (AGAIN  ). Fascinating story. Let's see if this opens a way to a new A-MAN series. What's wrong with his costume anyway? |
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Post by minominop on Sept 3, 2008 10:08:04 GMT -5
There's nothing wrong with his costume, a flamethrower couldn't fix.  Sometimes there isn't any continuity with his costume. While this doesn't exactly effect the story; it is distracting, as well as sloppy on the part of the artist. |
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Post by The Agent on Sept 3, 2008 17:59:16 GMT -5
There's nothing wrong with his costume, a flamethrower couldn't fix. Sometimes there isn't any continuity with his costume. While this doesn't exactly effect the story; it is distracting, as well as sloppy on the part of the artist. d**n, is it so hard to memorize the details of HIS costume?  |
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Post by Maverick on Oct 29, 2008 21:21:32 GMT -5
Final issue came out today...It's not bad, sort of a rushed ending.
There's only a little bit of Buddy in this one. First shot he's standing with the rest of the JLA (TOTALLY looking like he should be there too) and then we see his back off in a corner while we get a nice big close up of Wondys chest/body. He's also standing there when everyone gets back to his yard, but no dialog from him at all. Unfortunately, thats probably the end of Buddy in JLA for the foreseeable future.
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Post by The Agent on Oct 30, 2008 8:34:59 GMT -5
Maybe, MAYBE, maybe DC Comics has great plans ahead for Buddy. That's why they are "downplaying" him. |
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Post by Maverick on Oct 30, 2008 14:35:09 GMT -5
I really hope so. One other thing that bugged me is that there was no resolution to Buddys power situation. We weren't told "oh yeah, I was lying about the Yellow Aliens and all that, they were actually real" or anything.
I'm assuming that, because pretty much everything Anansi did was undone, that he was lying about this as well. Can't be sure tho. I'm going to ask McDuffie over on the DCMB to get an answer.
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Post by Maverick on Nov 2, 2008 1:42:50 GMT -5
My answer from Dwayne:
"Anansi is a big, fat liar. Animal Man's continuity is unaffected. But his powers are fixed. "
So I take it he is back to his original power set.
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Post by The Agent on Nov 12, 2008 15:16:53 GMT -5
My answer from Dwayne: "Anansi is a big, fat liar. Animal Man's continuity is unaffected. But his powers are fixed. " So I take it he is back to his original power set. What was Anansi's lie anyway?  |
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