[ SECRET POST #7071 ]
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fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #7071 ⌋
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[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #1011 ]
May. 16th, 2026 08:24 amcase posting in fandomsecrets[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #1011 ]
The first secret from this batch will be posted on May 23rd.
The first secret from this batch will be posted on May 23rd.
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JLI v. HOA: FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE #1-2
May. 15th, 2026 08:49 amtcampbell1000 posting in scans_daily(96 of…105 108. I know, this numbering system is a mess, but I found some more stuff to include!)
More than a decade after they’d left the JLI, Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire returned in 2003 to do some more adventures with a handful of the JLI characters. Even the series’ old inker (Joe Rubinstein) and letterer (Bob Lappan) came back.
But you can’t go home again, and Giffen and company don’t try to. All the similarities to their earlier work throw the differences into sharp relief. Some of this is intentional: all the ex-JLI characters are in new life situations as we catch up to them, and they’ll face new challenges reflecting their reduced circumstances and shifts in American culture. Other changes…seem more accidental. ( But hey, little incongruities are the stuff of comedy, right? )
More than a decade after they’d left the JLI, Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire returned in 2003 to do some more adventures with a handful of the JLI characters. Even the series’ old inker (Joe Rubinstein) and letterer (Bob Lappan) came back.
But you can’t go home again, and Giffen and company don’t try to. All the similarities to their earlier work throw the differences into sharp relief. Some of this is intentional: all the ex-JLI characters are in new life situations as we catch up to them, and they’ll face new challenges reflecting their reduced circumstances and shifts in American culture. Other changes…seem more accidental. ( But hey, little incongruities are the stuff of comedy, right? )
[ SECRET POST #7070 ]
May. 15th, 2026 04:35 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #7070 ⌋
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[ SECRET POST #7069 ]
May. 14th, 2026 05:06 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #7069 ⌋
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Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: War Cry #2
May. 14th, 2026 12:00 pmbrerrabbit posting in scans_daily
Minmaxing II: Max Probably Knows a Few Cokeheads--JLA INCARNATIONS #6, MARTIAN MANHUNTER #33
May. 13th, 2026 10:09 pmtcampbell1000 posting in scans_dailyPart 95b of 105.
When I started looking into this, I believed Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 was the first story to suggest Max was a straight-up bad guy, even after his ordeal with the sentient computer. This is not true. His last appearance in JLA, in 1996, is at least ambiguous…
And two John Ostrander stories in 2000 and 2001 also tinkered with Max’s moral alignment, one much more blatantly than the other. ( Maybe Ostrander was angling to get Max onto the next Suicide Squad? )
When I started looking into this, I believed Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 was the first story to suggest Max was a straight-up bad guy, even after his ordeal with the sentient computer. This is not true. His last appearance in JLA, in 1996, is at least ambiguous…
And two John Ostrander stories in 2000 and 2001 also tinkered with Max’s moral alignment, one much more blatantly than the other. ( Maybe Ostrander was angling to get Max onto the next Suicide Squad? )
[ SECRET POST #7068 ]
May. 13th, 2026 05:06 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #7068 ⌋
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[ SECRET POST #7067 ]
May. 12th, 2026 06:35 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #7067 ⌋
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Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday
May. 12th, 2026 10:43 amicon_uk posting in scans_dailyIn the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
Whilst the US deals with... everything going on like the Voting Rights Act being gutted and a possible $60M grift on mobile phones
Meanwhile, not to be outdone, the UK Government is dealing with major losses in last weeks local Council Elections (and Scottish and Welsh Assembly elections) by fracturing over whether the Prime Minister (admittedly a thoroughly unpopular one) should react by stepping down. Because that ALWAYS works, just ask the Tories.
On the plus side, the Scottish Assembly had two openly trans Members voted in, including, with delightful irony, one in Edinburgh who represents the constituency JK Rowling lives in.
I caught up with "Madame Web" on Netflix before it disappears at the end of the month. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I honestly found it quite enjoyable, if rather clichéd and a bit camp (not always a negative). Whilst it did have the air of a TV pilot given a movie budget, it's a shame we'll likely never get to see any of these Spider-Women again... :(
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
Whilst the US deals with... everything going on like the Voting Rights Act being gutted and a possible $60M grift on mobile phones
Meanwhile, not to be outdone, the UK Government is dealing with major losses in last weeks local Council Elections (and Scottish and Welsh Assembly elections) by fracturing over whether the Prime Minister (admittedly a thoroughly unpopular one) should react by stepping down. Because that ALWAYS works, just ask the Tories.
On the plus side, the Scottish Assembly had two openly trans Members voted in, including, with delightful irony, one in Edinburgh who represents the constituency JK Rowling lives in.
I caught up with "Madame Web" on Netflix before it disappears at the end of the month. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I honestly found it quite enjoyable, if rather clichéd and a bit camp (not always a negative). Whilst it did have the air of a TV pilot given a movie budget, it's a shame we'll likely never get to see any of these Spider-Women again... :(
Minmaxing: JLQ #8, Selected JLAs
May. 11th, 2026 06:57 pmtcampbell1000 posting in scans_dailyPart 95a of 105.
Max Lord, as Giffen and DeMatteis conceived him, was a challenging character to work with. They relished that challenge, but their successors often treated him as a problem to minimize or avoid. “Rich manipulator with a heart of gold but moments of egomania and Machiavellianism” can be a tricky balance to strike. ( It’s worth trying, though. I watched every episode of 2017-2021 DUCKTALES, but noped out on SUCCESSION halfway through the first episode. )
Max Lord, as Giffen and DeMatteis conceived him, was a challenging character to work with. They relished that challenge, but their successors often treated him as a problem to minimize or avoid. “Rich manipulator with a heart of gold but moments of egomania and Machiavellianism” can be a tricky balance to strike. ( It’s worth trying, though. I watched every episode of 2017-2021 DUCKTALES, but noped out on SUCCESSION halfway through the first episode. )
[ SECRET POST #7066 ]
May. 11th, 2026 03:54 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #7066 ⌋
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