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Follow up, Dave: wouldn't pushing the earth out of its current position in space have many unintended consequences, such as flooding and lethal temperature changes?

 

Wouldn't exerting enough force to move the earth through the size of a human hand create enough pressure to crush rock, making the exercise pointless?

 

DAVE YOU SKIPPED ME.

sinister, you didn't even tell anyone if their questions were common! what's the point!!

 

In the Direct-To-DVD movie Justice League: Doom, when a solar flare is about to hit the earth, Superman suggests moving the Earth out of its orbit, but Batman says something along the lines of "If we had a week, I'd tell you all the reasons why that's not a good idea", which was probably a tip to the hat to all those Silver Age comics when Superman would do it, or those times on the SuperFriends cartoon when Green Lantern would use his power ring to stop an asteroid from hitting the Earth by moving the Earth, and not stopping the asteroid itself.


(SuperFriends sure liked doing stuff with the laws of science that would make Neil DeGrasse Tyson cry....)

 

Do I have a giant sign on my head that says "amateurs please answer my questions"?

 

Danthe

See the door that sinister was escorted out of?

DO YOU WANT TO BE NEXT? Because this is how you're next.

 

Geez, I was only adding my own little observation....

 

Sorry for not answering any questions yesterday, but I've been busy following the release of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Schadenfreude. So let's begin!

That's a common question, Dani. The answer is Wikipedia. Thanks for calling!

That's a common question, Tony. That series was good, wasn't it? The DC Animated Universe is so great, so rich, so pitch perfect. Pity the Snyderver-- ahh, well, to the point. Remember that Speed Force I mentioned several posts ago? Well, he became one with the Speed Force. Was he able to maintain his identity after becoming one with the Speed Force? Well, only a few have managed to do it.

I wish I was kidding.

That's a common question, Ken. I believe Stan Lee sufficiently covered the topic in Mallrats, but I suspect that's one of the reason's he's been paired with Wonder Woman in the current continuity. As some random deviantartist put it:

That's a common question, gez. The answer is simple: comics became tremendously serious after the Silver Age ended. For example, in a scene cut from The Dark Knight Returns, Jimmy Olsen is portrayed as a degenerate cross-dressinng prostitute who Batman kills while mumbling that society has become corrupt. Corrupt. And he's the one to clean it. Corrupt. His neck snaps under Batman's punches. Every knuckle. Every single knuckle. Every knuckle marked forever in his caked-up face, like a brand. His brand. Olsen is no more. No longer corrupt. No more Olsen. He's clean now. And Middle East is next. [citation needed]

That's a common question, Jaz. The answer is: oh, he still does, but only as Bruce Wayne, because Batman is the night, the bat, the bat in the night, and bats in the night are only allowed to growl and look tormented. If you want to see Bruce dancing, here's a screencap from popular fascist manifest Die Dark Mensch Rises:

That's a common question, Adam. See, his movies are perfect for the stupid that still want to look sophisticated before their friends, like those of Christopher Nolan but without any shred of talent. Even Michael Bay has more style. Any mention of his oeuvre being just a series of fascistic, militaristic, misogynistic, juvenile pieces of **** will be automatically disregarded as "not getting it", as if that "it" wasn't just the equivalent of 1990s Alex Proyas high on cocaine. And he's probably ****ing someone at WB. I mean, come on.

That's a common question, Ramza. I just want to point out that DC's next event is called Rebirth. I can't say anymore.

Those are two common questions, Todd.

Re: Captain Marvel, the reason DC has a Captain Marvel is that they devoured the company that created the original Captain Marvel. That's DC: many of their "iconic superheroes" are born of their destroying other minor comic companies and then acquiring their assets. Milestone Media, WildStorm, Charlton Comics, Fawcett Comics, Quality Comics, Mad Magazine, the list goes on and on and on! Marvel has their own Captain Marvel, actually, and you will be seeing a movie soon. Why don't they have a Captain DC? I guess they are too classy.

Re: Gotham. Yeah, it's impossible to understand. I mean, jeez, it's Batman. I once assumed the only reason was symmetry with "Smallville", like, it was somewhere in the original contract: "okay, you can make this crappy series about what if Superman was a Dawson's Creek character BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE A GOTHAM SERIES TOO". But I don't know anymore.

That's a common question, Dave.

Let's look at the old DC Comics logo:



Let's just say those four stars are actually asterisks. **** DC.


More to come, bat-lievers!

 

I knew I could count on you.

 

What's the correct way to pronounce Wonder Woman's mom's name?

 

"One-der wuh-manz mah-m"

(sorry Dave)

 

That's a common question, cubman, and the answer is that Batman's rogues gallery has more than enough themed villains, so it's hard to give them all their time under the spotlight. Believe me, I miss some of my favorite baddies, like The Man Who Talks in Rhymes and Also Dresses as a Cauliflower, The Guy Dressed as a Luchador Who Is Somehow Another Aspect of Batman's Psyche, or The KGBeast.

That's a common question, Jewvid, and I'm going to assume it has something to do with that comic book draft thing. My answer is "more like comic book daft innit".

That's a common question, Ramsichord, and no, it's always appropriate.

That's a common question, Ezio. It's not unlikely, I think. After all "Nightwing" sounds perfect for the Snyderverse. I can already see Dick snapping the neck of some Arabian terrorist while hissing "so you bleeeeeed" and then proceeding to reveal the truth behind 9/11 (David S. Goyer, represent!)

That's a common question, Kenneth. No.

That's a common question, sitcts. Yes, I am worried. But what worries me the most is that some fans might look at my mangled corpse and say things like "fans > critics, u just dont get how deep it is, superman has always snapped necks in the comix, jet fuel cant melt steel beams".

That's a common question, Adam. Hi-ho-beriberi.

That's a common question, Batty in NYC. There's nothing we can do, I'm afraid. Disney has allocated $2,000,000,000 just to pay off reviewers, bloggers, and that friend of yours who loves talking about movies when he gets tipsy. And I believe things are going to get worse in the future. The only thing we can do is rest assured that BvS will forever be yet another cinematic masterwork pelted by the uncultured sheeple, like Attack of the Clones or Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen.

That's a common question, Punk, and one that your mom hears quite often. My favorite Robin is probably Damian Wayne, because he's nuts.

That's a common question, Kiki. I don't mind knockoffs, as long as they either have something to say about the difference between Marvel and DC (like The Extremists) or go in different and interesting ways (like Quicksilver or Deadpool). But I'll give you an answer:

Favorite: Hawkeye for Marvel, Swamp Thing and Batman Beyond for DC
Least favorite: Aquaman for DC, Apocalypse for Marvel (Thanos is the superior Darkseid knockoff)


More to come, true DCivers!

 

Why is Alan Moore such a grump ?

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How different would the DC universe be if Batman's mom's name was Susan?

 

Does Supergirl menstruate?

 

This ties into my question of whether or not Superman bleeds (will he?).

 

Dave, in what ways is Aquaman functionally different from:
a) Ben Stiller's merman character from Zoolander
b) Namor

 

Dear Residential DC Expert,

Isn't there one Superman issue where he becomes morbidly obese because space magic?

 

What is the worst Superman issue of all time?

 

Dear Dave

Who is faster?

Avengers 2 Quicksilver; X-Men DOFP Quicksilver; 1990s TV Flash, 2015's TV Flash, or bearded BvS Flash?

 

Do you think Wonder Woman's positive reception relative to the abysmal reviews for the overall film might encourage them to skip directly to an Artemis film instead of making us suffer through some story about a crappy color-coded superhero no one likes?

 

Wocky. Ssssshhhh.