Rumors swirled this morning that World's Finest #195 was next to be pulped by DC Comics.
The cover depicts Batman holding a gun and making Robin and Jimmy Olsen dig their own graves. To the side, Superman watches in glee.
As we all know, Batman has a very strict code against killing, especially with guns. Yet not only do we have this cover, but inside there are a host of gory scenes that are inappropriate:
* Jimmy Olsen and Robin are roasted by Superman's heat vision, their skin melting.
* The hearts of Jimmy and Robin are cut out and placed in a Lucite case.
I don't care if this is an imaginary story -- it's cruel and hurtful and breaks down everything these characters stand for.
The sad thing is I wouldn't have been surprised at all if the story was true.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure they're not referencing this:
ReplyDeletehttp://superdickery.com/index.php?view=article&catid=28%3Asuperdickery&id=105%3Adig-now-die-later&option=com_content&Itemid=24
Or did your joke go over my head?
"I don't care if this is an imaginary story -- it's cruel and hurtful and breaks down everything these characters stand for."
ReplyDeleteYes!
However. If I was a 13 year old boy it would the the exact comic I would want to read. When I was a kid I was team Marvel all the way but DC would get my attention from time to time when they did something totally out of character with their boring old characters. When I look through the long boxes in the basement at my DC comics from when I was a kid I realize that I almost exclusively bought issues where Batman and Superman did not act like Batman and Superman.
ROFLMAO
ReplyDeleteThis gave me a laugh on an otherwise bleak day. Thank you!
I don't get it!
ReplyDeleteYou fiend. :)
ReplyDeleteDon't have sound at work. Thank goodness!
ReplyDeletewow. I love Ross Andru. Wish I could read this. I didn't know Garth Ennis worked at DC back in the early 70's.
ReplyDeleteAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH dang.
ReplyDeleteI got rolled on that one.
At least they weren't drinking... BEER!
ReplyDelete" "Dig Now, Die Later!" Batman, suffering from a head injury, believes he is a mafia leader. With Superman posing as one of his henchmen, the afflicted Batman plots the deaths of Jimmy Olsen and Robin. Features a backup story starring Congo Bill."
ReplyDeleteAh... the new "gritty" superheroes have arrived! (Wait... 1970? Before "The Godfather"? Before "The Dark Knight Returns"? Wow...)
And I hear that Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane # 106 might be pulled as well...
Ya know. Some days, you actually do need a little Rick.
ReplyDelete(And Batman with a gun.)
:-)
ReplyDeleteI thank Dog that I had dial-up at work when I read this in the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI just got rolled at home after a crap-ass day. You suck, and I thank you.
Nice one :) That ruled, and totally made my night.
ReplyDeleteHappens to all of us eventually...
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about Rickrolling all my blog readers the other day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stealing my idea ;-)
You got me. Heh.
ReplyDeleteAwwww, why you got to be like that, Val? Isn't there enough suffering in the world?
ReplyDeleteThat is one of my all-time favorite issues; on a page-for-page basis, nothing delivers more sheer insanity than "Dig Now, Die Later!"
ReplyDeleteAnd given that I've read Bob Haney's Wonder Woman, that's saying something.
I guess if you give Frank Wertham his claim of homosexual subtexts in comics, the cover to #195 is a metaphor for the suppression of homosexual desires.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe it's just that Jimmy and Robin have that Wesley Crusher thing about them.
I wish I had a dime for every time my machine-gun toting mentor forced me to dig my own grave.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm still here! I'm still here!