tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post622235695354094551..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Who's Crisis Part 2Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-68787774631747380712018-02-24T14:47:16.278-04:002018-02-24T14:47:16.278-04:00Other projects are more of a priority right now, b...Other projects are more of a priority right now, but I will return to it in due course.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-48268043332844765972018-02-24T14:09:40.623-04:002018-02-24T14:09:40.623-04:00When the next ;-)When the next ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-6516223105980255342017-10-18T20:42:34.155-03:002017-10-18T20:42:34.155-03:00By He-no, that's some serious nonsense about A...By He-no, that's some serious nonsense about Arak. Who on earth (ANY earth) thought that would be a good idea?<br /><br />I know Arak has been an unused character for quite a long time, but come on, that's just insane. The BAD kind.<br /><br />I have to admit, a big hunk of my knowledge of world history circa 800 CE hinges upon Arak comics. Vikings: happening. Charlemagne: king of the Franks. Byzantine Empire: exists and uses Norsemen for some of its guards. Muslims: exist and are occasionally trying to invade France (though, much to my later surprise, they're coming from Spain and not from the Balkans).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-19454679033492267702017-10-17T17:54:14.303-03:002017-10-17T17:54:14.303-03:00Kidding about it counting, yeah. Kidding about th...Kidding about it counting, yeah. Kidding about that's what happened, no.Randalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-77532994191660330272017-10-16T21:22:59.214-03:002017-10-16T21:22:59.214-03:00Siskoid: Yeah, I think you're right about Pere...Siskoid: Yeah, I think you're right about Perez having input as to characters featured; I remember reading an interview with him where he said he showed Ten-Eyed Man getting killed because he "didn't want to work for a company that would have him as a character". So I'm sure Perez contributed more than we know.<br /><br />Mike W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-36255645046773072632017-10-16T21:01:36.556-03:002017-10-16T21:01:36.556-03:00Atomic Skull being effectively retired probably ex...Atomic Skull being effectively retired probably explains his lack of an appearance, although I thought his secret identity did appear. American Hawkmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875161502478304117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-40560675601459331532017-10-16T19:27:17.339-03:002017-10-16T19:27:17.339-03:00Are you kidding about that?!Are you kidding about that?!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-45779201360290482492017-10-16T19:15:02.975-03:002017-10-16T19:15:02.975-03:00Ah, but during the Convergence Crisis crossovers, ...Ah, but during the Convergence Crisis crossovers, Telos appeared, who, we found out a year later, turned out to be Arak all along! That...that counts, right?Randalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-74144018557452105102017-10-16T15:49:32.067-03:002017-10-16T15:49:32.067-03:00Oh you think the Earth-2 Batman doesn't appear...Oh you think the Earth-2 Batman doesn't appear in Crisis, do you? ;-)<br /><br />While I do think Perez didn't always need Wolfman to tell him who to put in scenes (I'm sure he added some of his favorites in crowds and such), I can't exactly blame Marv when it comes to the immense number of villains in the DC stable. Heroes, yes. They're the stars. But a stray villain who doesn't make it in, here and there? Quite possible.<br /><br />So in the present case, it's inexcusable not to have Arak Son of Thunder appear. This is a character who led a title for 50 issues +Annual. Roy Thomas shouldn't have had to squeeze him into an issue of All-Star Squadron (even if Roy was planning to do it all along - Arak was his creation after all).Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-17838465969087740272017-10-16T15:31:42.004-03:002017-10-16T15:31:42.004-03:00I noticed that a lot of the Who's Who characte...I noticed that a lot of the Who's Who characters who didn't appear in Crisis were either: out of continuity (like Atari Force); dead (like Earth-2 Batman next issue); or THOUGHT to be dead at the time (which could explain why Arcane was left out). But some characters (like Atomic Skull) are missing for no real reason; maybe Wolfman just didn't care that much about them. Mike Wilsonhttp://www.eruditegorilla.comnoreply@blogger.com