Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Earth Shattering: The Club Mix
Looking back at the previous post, I think I was a bit tad too cryptic... or people actually are that interested in Dawnstar's crotch.
What I was actually aiming for was the fact that we've been looking at things all wrong.
After the re-inststement of The Multiverse within the pages of 52, we've all thrilled at the possibilities involved in having 52 Earths. We've regained Earths 10, 2, 4, 50 and so on, but somewhere in there, one question went unasked.
Some said Earth One was "New Earth," the event horizon for events such as 52, Infinite Crisis and Identity Crisis.
I say that is wrong. "New Earth" is simply New Earth.
Earth-1 has come and we've been looking at it all along. The first clue and most important clue was found in Justice League of America #0.
This is The League of Earth-1.
Notice how the Big Three end at the logos? Logos, with characters constantly going between revamps, nowadays are a dead giveaway in regards to timeline.
Notice how they quite non-chalantly mention The Flash as if he were still around? That's because he does. Did you really think they were referring to Bart Allen? Earth-1 exists as a pre-Crisis Earth-1 where Dawnstar lives alongside other wiped-out-of-existence Legionnaires such as Blok. Where Jimmy Olsen can become Elasti-Lad without even thinking about it. "New Earth" Jimmy has only displayed the ability to become elastic once in post-Crisis history.
Earth-1 is a world where Despero appears as he did pre-Crisis On Infinite Earths, tunic and all.
Earth-1 has been insinuating itself on New Earth. Not every knows this, though.
Especially "Bowtie Earth-1 Jimmy Olsen." The most telling clue is his surprise at going elastic. "New Earth Jimmy" doesn't do anything but bitch, moan and take jobs from Superman's other pal, Clark Kent.
"Bowtie Earth-1 Jimmy" shouldn't exist on New Earth. The Monitors know this and therefore...
What I was actually aiming for was the fact that we've been looking at things all wrong.
After the re-inststement of The Multiverse within the pages of 52, we've all thrilled at the possibilities involved in having 52 Earths. We've regained Earths 10, 2, 4, 50 and so on, but somewhere in there, one question went unasked.
"Where's Earth-1?"
Some said Earth One was "New Earth," the event horizon for events such as 52, Infinite Crisis and Identity Crisis.
I say that is wrong. "New Earth" is simply New Earth.
Earth-1 has come and we've been looking at it all along. The first clue and most important clue was found in Justice League of America #0.
This is The League of Earth-1.Notice how the Big Three end at the logos? Logos, with characters constantly going between revamps, nowadays are a dead giveaway in regards to timeline.
Notice how they quite non-chalantly mention The Flash as if he were still around? That's because he does. Did you really think they were referring to Bart Allen? Earth-1 exists as a pre-Crisis Earth-1 where Dawnstar lives alongside other wiped-out-of-existence Legionnaires such as Blok. Where Jimmy Olsen can become Elasti-Lad without even thinking about it. "New Earth" Jimmy has only displayed the ability to become elastic once in post-Crisis history.
Earth-1 is a world where Despero appears as he did pre-Crisis On Infinite Earths, tunic and all.Earth-1 has been insinuating itself on New Earth. Not every knows this, though.
Especially "Bowtie Earth-1 Jimmy Olsen." The most telling clue is his surprise at going elastic. "New Earth Jimmy" doesn't do anything but bitch, moan and take jobs from Superman's other pal, Clark Kent.
"Bowtie Earth-1 Jimmy" shouldn't exist on New Earth. The Monitors know this and therefore...
Labels: Earth One
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Earth Shattering
I asked myself, "What the hell is going on on New Earth?!?"
The Justice League of America are looking at old photos of a meeting with The Earth Two Justice Society of America.
Jimmy Olsen can, again, become elastic.
Despero's appearance has reverted back its original horizontal fin and tunic look over his "Savage Dragon-lite."
Dawnstar, a character who hasn't appeared since The Crisis On Infinite Earths, has returned in the pages of Justice League of America.Suddenly, it, no pun intended, dawned on me. I've been asking the wrong question. It shouldn't be "What the hell is going on on New Earth?"
After watching Jimmy Olsen become Elastic Lad, the return of The Legion in their Pre-Crisis uniforms, retro-Despero and old JLA/JSA photos, the question we should be asking is:
"What does Earth One want with New Earth?"
Labels: Earth One
