The Random Scan of the(middle of the)Week!

Since I'm still putting the finishing touches on the paper I have due tomorrow, I'm just not going to have the time to post anything substantial tonight. But it's still all good, I'll instead put up a Random Scan! Once I'm finished posting here, I'm going to head over to the pic site and throw a new Venom pic up there. Then it's back to work on that paper... Once I finish it up, I'll check out and respond to any comments you guys have left for me, and then it's off to bed. All right, enough time wasting, here's today's random scan!From Justice League of America #7(May 2007)

Foiled by history again!

Hey X-maniacs, normally I'd be posting a bunch of shoddy, painfully bad reviews right now, but unfortunately, schoolwork has gotten in the way, so instead of reviewing the comics I read last night, I'll be putting the finishing touches on my history paper. Just so ya know what to expect tomorrow, I'll be posting reviews for BN: JSA #3, BN: Flash #3 and Secret Six #18, which is also a BN x-over. I'll even give you guys a quick preview of what I thought of those three comics, they were OK. Not great, not bad, just OK. Besides that, after I finish up my paper tonight, I'll probably read through a few more Green Arrow comics. I'm up to issue #81, which means that I've read 80 issues of GA over the past few weeks, and I'm really not all that sure what I feel about the series... For the most part, the series was good to extremely good, but at times the comic became a bit too preachy for my tastes... Plus Ollie is a real jackass! Man, I don't know what the hell is wrong with Dinah, because she probably should have kicked him to the curb like 5 different times over the course of that series... Dinah, you can do WAY better for yourself! Once I'm done with the GA series, I'm leaning towards reading Hawkman, because that series didn't run as long as say Aquaman or Robin. And I guess that's going to enough of a break for me. It's time to get back to work. So long, fair well, and Long Live the Legion!

Hal Jordan, making women cry since 1959.

First off, I love Black Canary's "boyfriend" remark. I'm glad SOMEBODY finally said it! Besides that, how about Hal pretty much blaming Dinah for the deaths of the Martian Manhunter and Batman? Hal sure was pretty harsh to poor Dinah here.

Valentine's Day, it's not pretty...

So, lately, I've been filling this blog with pictures of some of my favorite comic book characters in nice, tender moments. Well, now that Valentine's Day has come and gone, here are a few of my favorite less than tender moments... Enjoy.

First up is Green Arrow and Black Canary. Yeah, I have to agree Dinah, you must be out of your f###ing mind to marry Oliver "I've never met a woman I didn't like" Queen!
Next up is Hal Jordan and the Goddamn Batman. Where's the love Hal, where's the love???

Finally, we have my favorite dysfunctional comic book marriage, Hawkeye and Mockingbird... What more do I need to say? These two were CRAZY!

And for the record, the scene with Hal Jordan and the Goddamn Batman is one of my favorite comic book scenes EVER! Hal's temper tantrum was just legendary, and the fact that the Goddamn Batman was painted from head to toe in yellow paint just made the whole scene that much more surreal. I really love "All-Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder"...

The Wedding of Green Arrow and Black Canary.

Quick question, why is Connor Hawke preforming the ceremony? I mean that seriously. I have an OK idea of Connor, I'm not an expert on him by any means, but I was a bit surprised that he was the one marrying Dinah and Ollie. Wouldn't someone like Zauriel have been a more logical choice to carry out the ceremony?

Not a good reaction...

I'm not sure what's worse here, the fact that the first thought that seems to come to Nightwing's mind is to hide his face with a sponge, or the fact that Black Canary is laughing at the sight of him in the shower... I take that back, it's NEVER a good thing to have a woman laugh at you while you're nude. Not that I would know about being laughed at by a woman...................

Even Demons need love.

Black Canary sure has a strange taste in men...

That blasted junkie Speedy!

This is one of my all time favorite images in comic book history, only because of the reactions of Hal and Ollie. Ollie is in obvious shock, because since it's Ollie we're talking about, he misses all the signs of Roy's ongoing drug abuse. Hal on the other hand is just one mean SOB here! Hal just seems totally unfazed by Roy shooting up and rips into Ollie. Remind me to never piss off Mr. Jordan...
Ollie being the kind hearted and forgiving individual he is(Yeah right!!)deals with this revelation by trying to knock the drugs out of Roy... Sorry Ollie, that's not quite how it works...
Finally, Ollie has enough of physically abusing Roy and throws him out to live on the streets with the rest of the "sniveling punks" . Speaking of a mean, cold-hearted SOB...
Anyway, Hal, feeling badly for Speedy, tracks him down living in an alley near a dumpster and takes him to Black Canary, since as Hal puts it, "I don't have any experience in helping someone with your problem." Why would Hal think that Dinah has experience in helping recovering junkies??!! That's really typical of Ollie and Hal back in the day, when they didn't want to deal with something, they'd dump it in Dinah's lap!
Thanks to Dinah's efforts and care, Roy is able to cure his addiction cold turkey, putting poor Dinah through hell in the process. Ollie, ever the idiot, decides that since Roy isn't an addict anymore, everything is fine again, even though he abandoned Roy, and forced him to LIVE ON THE STREETS! Roy, understandably doesn't forgive Ollie and gives him a well deserved shot to the face. It would take many years for the wounds between Ollie and his ward, Roy to heal. To this day, Roy is still much closer to "Uncle" Hal and Dinah thanks to them helping him through his most trying period.

Wow, this story was pretty heavy stuff for comic books back in the early 70's! I can't believe that the Comic Code Authority would even allow a story like this to see the light of day. Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams really put together a great story, and everyone should definitely try to get their hands on these issues(I wound up picking them up in a TPB)if they haven't already. It was really fascinating to see the way each character interacted with each other and themselves, concerning Roy's addiction.

Black Canary is INSANE!

So, Oliver Queen finds out his kid sidekick is addicted to Heroin. What does a sane and caring guy like Ollie do? He beats the hell out of Speedy and throws him out to live on the streets. Hal Jordan, feeling bad for Roy, finds him and sends him to live with Black Canary. Hal, being Hal, doesn't bother to tell Dinah a thing about Roy's drug problems and drops Roy off at her doorstep before taking off! So, Dinah has to help Roy beat his withdrawal from the drugs on her own... Yeah, that's just the guy I'd want to marry. Your sidekicks on drugs, and you're a multi-millionaire, able to afford the best rehab clinic in any town, but your answer is to let him rot on the streets? What the #### does Dinah see in Ollie!!!!!