#the spectre vol. 4

[eldestnightwingsyndrome]

rotating hal jordan in my mind like meat on a hook

[jerichogender]

Color-picked aromantic Hal flags for @sinhal

Green Lantern

[ID: A version of the aromantic flag with the colors Spring green, lime green, icy grey, medium grey, and deep black for the five stripes. End ID]

Parallax

[A version of the aromantic flag with the five stripes in grass green, neon green, optic white, blue-grey, and cool black, respectively. End ID]

Spectre

[The aromantic flag with a modified color scheme. The stripes are olive green, light army green, off-white, taupe, and warm black. End ID]

Original covers under the cut:

[ID: Hal Jordan, in his Green Lantern costume, flying as he faces off against a ginormous gila monster in the desert. They are both shooting energy blasts at each other. End ID]

Green Lantern Vol. 2 #8

[ID: Hal Jordan flying menacingly toward the viewer in his Parallax costume. A trail of light follows him away from Oa’s power battery, which is mid-explosion in the distance. End ID]

Green Lantern Vol. 3 #50

[ID: Hal Jordan as the Spectre standing in front of gears, chains, and hooks illuminated by a giant green flame. The green lantern symbol on his chest also glows with a smaller flame. End ID]

The Spectre Vol. 4 #2

[mindshelter]

death in the family: robin lives is like some monkey's paw compromise for dematteis (what do you mean the guy who wrote spectre vol. 4 is doing the script) and leonardi (what do you mean the guy who did lines for sm2099 vol. 1 and nightwing vol. 1 is on pencils) to team up. murphy's law is circling the very concept of dc (re) exploring what would happen if jason lived like a shark that got a whiff of blood. but the creative team is also two consecutive wake-up slaps in the face and i'm kinda #seated

[khazadspoon]

The Spectre vol.4 issue 14 pages 17-19

[why-bull-the-fashion-demon]

movies I watched in 2023

(taking a cue from @stenka-razin)

-January

The Power of the Dog (2021, dir. Jane Campion)

Love, Simon (2018, dir. Greg Berlant)

Gamer (2009, dir. Brian Taylor & Mark Neveldine)

Men (2022, dir. Alex Garland)

The Menu (2022, dir. Mark Mylod)

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013, dir. Jim Jarmusch)

The Dead Don’t Die (2019, dir. Jim Jarmusch)

-February

A Touch of Sin (2013, dir. Jia Zhangke)

Lost Girls & Love Hotels (2020, dir. William Olsson)

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008, dir. Peter Sollett)

In the Mood for Love (2000, dir. Wong Kar-Wai)

The Woman King (2022, dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood)

Charlie’s Angels (2000, dir. McG)

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003, dir. Tsai Ming-Liang)

Nope (2022, dir. Jordan Peele)

-March

Ash is Purest White (2018, dir. Jia Zhangke)

Shoplifters (2018, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)

Three (2016, dir. Johnnie To)

Nobody (2021, dir. Ilya Naishuller)

Charlie’s Angels (2019, dir. Elizabeth Banks)

The Wonderland (2019, dir. Keiichi Hara)

-April

Rebels of the Neon God (1992, dir. Tsai Ming-Liang)

Tetris (2023, dir. Jon S. Baird)

There’s Something About Mary (1998, dir. Bobby and Peter Farrely)

The Whale (2022, dir. Darren Aronofsky)

The Fabelmans (2022, dir. Steven Spielberg)

Throw Down (2004, dir. Johnnie To)

Tár (2022, dir. Todd Field)

Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022, dir. Ryan Coogler)

Catch .44 (2011, dir. Aaron Harvey)

-May

Spaceballs (1987, dir. Mel Brooks)

Bottle Rocket (1996, dir. Wes Anderson)

An Autumn Afternoon (1962, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (2023, dir. Peyton Reed)

Flight of the Red Balloon (2007, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien)

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023, dir. Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley)

-June

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013, dir. Joel and Ethan Coen)

Good Morning (1959, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

Casino Royale (2006, dir. Martin Campbell)

Quantum of Solace (2008, dir. Marc Forster)

Skyfall (2012, dir. Sam Mendes)

Spectre 2015, dir. Sam Mendes)

No Time To Die (2021, dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga)

Octopussy (1983, dir. John Glen)

GoldenEye (1995, dir. Martin Campbell)

First Reformed (2017, dir. Paul Schrader)

-July

Zoolander (2001, dir. Ben Stiller)

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (2022, dir. Masato Jinbo)

Mainstream (2020, dir. Gia Coppola)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, dir. Tim Burton)

Equinox Flower (1958, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

You Only Live Twice (1967, dir. Lewis Gilbert)

-August

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (2023, dir. James Gunn)

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019, dir. Lee Won-tae)

Leap Year (2010, dir. Anand Tucker)

The Worst Person in the World (2021, dir. Joachim Trier)

Palm Springs (2020, dir. Max Barbakow)

Days (2020, dir. Tsai Ming-liang)

Kindergarten Cop (1990, dir. Ivan Reitman)

Barbie (2023, dir. Greta Gerwig)

Babylon (2022, dir. Damien Chazelle)

Shin Godzilla (2016, dir. Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi)

The Flash (2023, dir. Andy Muschietti)

-September

Asteroid City (2023, dir. Wes Anderson)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023, dir. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic)

The Little Mermaid (2023, dir. Rob Marshall)

Mulan (2020, dir. Niki Caro)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, dir. Wes Craven)

Fitzcarraldo (1982, dir. Werner Herzog)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022, dir. Halina Reijn)

Frances Ha (2012, dir. Noah Baumbach)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, dir. Peter Weir)

A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985, dir. Jack Sholder)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987, dir. Chuck Russell)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988, dir. Renny Harlin)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989, dir. Stephen Hopkins)

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991, dir. Rachel Talalay)

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994, dir. Wes Craven)

Renfield (2023, dir. Chris McKay)

Theater Camp (2023, dir. Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman)

Shiva Baby (2020, dir. Emma Seligman)

-October

Friday the 13th (1980, dir. Sean S. Cunningham)

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981, dir. Steve Miner)

Friday the 13th - Part III (1982, dir. Steve Miner)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984, dir. Joseph Zito)

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985, dir. Danny Steinmann)

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986, dir. Tom McLoughlin)

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988, dir. John Carl Beuchler)

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989, dir. Rob Hedden)

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993, dir. Adam Marcus)

Jason X (2001, dir. James Isaac)

Freddy vs. Jason (2003, dir. Ronny Yu)

Friday the 13th (2009, dir. Marcus Nispel)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010, dir. Samuel Bayer)

Easy A (2010, dir. Will Gluck)

Saw (2004, dir. James Wan)

Saw II (2005, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)

Saw III (2006, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)

Saw IV (2007, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)

Saw V (2008, dir. David Hackl)

Saw VI (2009, dir. Kevin Greutert)

Saw: The Final Chapter (2010, dir. Kevin Greutert)

A History of Violence (2005, dir. David Cronenberg)

Infinity Pool (2023, dir. Brandon Cronenberg)

Dracula 2000 (2000, dir. Patrick Lussier)

Mean Girls (2004, dir. Mark Waters)

Jennifer’s Body (2009, dir. Karyn Kusama)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, dir. Werner Herzog)

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979, dir. Werner Herzog)

-November

Murder on the Orient Express (2017, dir. Kenneth Branagh)

Death on the Nile (2022, dir. Kenneth Branagh)

A Haunting in Venice (2023, dir. Kenneth Branagh)

The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023, dir. André Øvredal)

Samurai Reincarnation (1981, dir. Kinji Fukasaku)

Legally Blonde (2001, dir. Robert Luketic)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019, dir. Katt Shea)

The Last Duel (2021, dir. Ridley Scott)

Paint Your Wagon (1969, dir. Joshua Logan)

Thanksgiving (2023, dir. Eli Roth)

The Devil Wears Prada (2006, dir. David Frankel)

Shogun’s Shadow (1989, dir. Yasuo Furuhata)

The Conjuring (2013, dir. James Wan)

Win A Date With Tad Hamilton (2004, dir. Robert Luketic)

The Conjuring 2 (2016, dir. James Wan)

The Nun (2018, dir. Corin Hardy)

Le Samouraï (1967, dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)

-December

The Nun II (2023, dir. Michael Chaves)

Bottoms (2023, dir. Emma Seligman)

Annabelle (2014, dir. John R. Leonetti)

Gran Turismo (2023, dir. Neill Blomkamp)

Battles Without Honor And Humanity (1973, dir. Kinji Fukasaku)

Jigsaw (2017, dir. The Spierig Brothers)

Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)

Saw X (2023, dir. Kevin Greutert)

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023, dir. Joaquim Dos Santos, et. al.)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023, dir. Jeff Rowe)

Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny (2023, dir. James Mangold)

Air Doll (2009, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)

The End of Summer (1961, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

Air (2023, dir. Ben Affleck)

No Hard Feelings (2023, dir. Gene Stupnitsky)

Oppenheimer (2023, dir. Christopher Nolan)

Yakuza Wolf (1972, dir. Ryuichi Takamori)

Yakuza: Like A Dragon (2007, dir. Takashi Miike)

Spencer (2021, dir. Pablo Larraín)

Moneyball (2011, dir. Bennett Miller)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023, dir. Steve Caple, Jr.)

Knights of the Zodiac (2023, dir. Tomek Baginski)

Dragonball Evolution (2009, dir. James Wong)

[roobylavender]

Trying to get into green lanterns lore other than the new ones (jo and tai) what would you recommend 👀

hal is the only one i feel well versed in and normally i'm a stickler for reading up on characters in chronological order but he's been so omnipresent and retconned to filth that it's quite hard to pin down a reading rec for him esp since so many people will tell you to start with the johns era (vomit) and go from there. me personally i would go about it like this:

green lantern/green arrow: this was my intro to hal as a character! he's well into his solo run by this point but it's a good litmus test for readers to gauge whether they'll actually be interested in him

showcase #22-24: his pre-solo origins **

green lantern vol. 2 #1-74: i haven't read his solo in ages so in terms of narrative importance i would simply say read the issues where carol and/or sinestro heavily feature otherwise feel free to skim or skip. the early 60s issues are really a hit or miss depending on the person but for me at least the halcarol interactions were the highlight as was seeing sinestro in his obsessive idiot loser phase

green lantern vol. 2 #76-124: the hard traveling heroes saga between hal and ollie, occasionally featuring barry, dinah, and carol. the first few issues make up green lantern/green arrow, but if you keep reading this arc you also get more introduction and exposure to john and guy

green lantern vol. 2 #125-200: post-hard traveling heroes era. this is more halcarol focused and starts to really delve into the issues that being a green lantern creates in hal's life but personally if you're overwhelmed by the number of issues i would once again focus on the issues featuring carol and skim or skip the other stuff. her predator era is crazy and one of the most fabulous arcs for a dc female love interest out there imho

green lanterns corps #201-224: i don't think you have to read this personally but if you want to get more conglomerate green lantern corps interactions you can (there is also tales of the green lanterns corps for that but it can be a hit or miss sometimes as well and is responsible for the hal and arisia relationship.. which.. well.. we don't talk about it)

green lantern vol. 3 #1-50: basically more buildup to hal's life steadily falling apart which obv leads him into his parallax era. there is also a brief carol predator era relapse that ends in some really great reflections of what makes the halcarol relationship so unique and tragic and ultimately defiant of hetero norms. and we get introduced to kyle! ***

zero hour #4-0: hal versus ollie aka the sound of my heart shattering into a million bajillion pieces

green lantern vol. 3 #0, 60-64, 100-106: hal still in his cuckoo bazonkers era as parallax aka teen wolf nogitsune voice YOU CAN'T KILL ME. he throws down with baby lantern kyle again (bless his heart). the last few issues are a mini arc where kyle has to tell hal from the past that his life is about to get really fucked up

parallax: emerald night, final night #4: hal's redemption and death

green lantern vol. 3 #81: hal's funeral

day of judgment: hal gets the chance to come back to "life" as the spectre aka one of the only good narrative decisions geobard jawnes has ever made. sick that he knew from the moment he wrote this that he was going to end it. i hate his guts

green lantern vol. 3 #119: hal frees carol of the star sapphire for good

the spectre vol. 4: hal's spectre era aka his sexiest era. a gazillion out of 10 stars for peak uncle interactions with helen and beautiful tender tragedy with halcarol (although i will complain it annoys me personally carol was so minimally included here when she had been such a big part of green lantern lore previously. i think this is what pushed johns to bring her back as a star sapphire bc he nor dimatteis could conceive of how she would be impt as a civilian character even though she had shown all capacity to be for like. decades prior lol). there are also big trans hal vibes and if you are into funky catholic guilt and rage this is your book

** hal's origins are messy in that they are basically rewritten twice. they're rewritten first in emerald dawn and emerald dawn ii, which is probably the origin i would go with overall bc it is most consistent to green lantern vol. 3 and the state hal and his relationships are in by that point (particularly with sinestro and carol). they're rewritten second in green lantern: rebirth (2004) by geoff johns, which is imho bland and terrible. personally i love hal's initial origins from the 1960s. i don't think you'll ever get a better depiction of hal as an intrinsically heroic yet externally awkward person filled to the brim with dreams and longing. i also prefer how his dynamics with carol and sinestro used to be written here before they got bogged down in a lot of the misery you see showcased by the time we make it to parallax era. the drama of that era is great obv and i love it but i also miss how cartoonish and silly and entertaining early green lantern was

*** this first chunk of green lantern vol. 3 is unfortunately written by gerard jones (aka the guy who is currently in jail for possession of child pornography. yeah) so something to keep in mind. i don't think it impacts much of what he wrote for this book specifically but it is still obv disappointing and uncomfortable so i wanted to note that. he also worked on the emerald dawn books

for the other lanterns my mutual has a carrd with essential recs for each of them here. in pre-geobard jawnes era john is mostly relegated to green lantern vol. 2 and 3 whereas guy shows up in both and then a handful of other justice league books as well as his own solo series guy gardner: warrior. kyle is probably the easiest to read about once green lantern vol. 3 segues into his introduction in the parallax era bc it obv becomes his solo book. simon and jessica have mildly interesting content in their new 52 introductions but green lanterns is probably one of the worst books i have ever read not in its content per se (although i personally do have complete apathy for new green lantern lore) but simply bc its writing is juvenile to the point of agony. which is obv standard fare for modern dc books. and then there is obv alan as well omg ty to anon for reminding me of him! i am least familiar with him but jsa 1999 is apparently a good place to start and i think he shows up sometimes in green lantern vol. 3 as well bc he mentors kyle on occasion!

[katmaatui]

based on what I've read so far here's my hal timeline

year 1- Hal receives the ring, details unknown about this year

year 2 - Hal meets the Guardians for the first time, Sinestro, Star Sapphire, the Shark, first time he's taken to the 58th century, Tomar-Re

year 3- Black Hand, Sonar, more gls, Katma <3333

year 4- mission with Alan, not much is known, Sinestro again

year 5- Hal leaves Coast City after Carol gets engaged

year 6- wanders for a bit, Idaho Sightseeing pilot for a few weeks, settles down as an insurance adjuster in Evergreen City, Washington, Howie turns 1

year 7- insurance adjuster still, promoted to an insurance agent in high city for a while

year 8- traveling toys salesman, Tom has had 3 kids since year 5

year 9- gl/ga for 6-8 months

---- (have not read these years yet)

year 15- Hal is in space for a while looking for new recruits for the rebuilt gl corps before returning to coast city

year 16- Coast City is destroyed, Kyle becomes gl, Zero Hour

year 17 - Final Night, Hal becomes the spectre

year 18- Quiver, continued Spectre adventures

year 19 - Green Lantern: Rebirth year

20 - one year later, pow for 3 months

year 21 - Secrets of the Star Sapphire, Sinestro Corps War

year 22 - Orange Lantern, Red Lanterns, Blackest Night, Brightest Day

year 23 - War of the Green Lanterns, n52 Gl, Rise of the Third Army, Wrath of the First Lantern

year 24 - Hal's gl leader arc (trades: Darkest Days, Lights Out, Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead)

year 25 - Hal's renegade arc, gl corps disappears year 26 - team up between the gl and sinestro corps is formed and dissolved, gl corps returns

year 27 - later half of hal and pals, zod's will and the rise of the blackstars

year 28 - morrisons gl and far sector year 29 - gl vol 7 + 8

[comfortfoodcontent]

Selected scenes from The Spectre Vol.4 #12

Writers J.M. DeMatteis Pencilers Ryan Sook Inkers Ryan Sook Colourists Guy Major Letterers Chris Eliopoulos

[kestrellady]

Book Riot's 2024 Read Harder Challenge

Ongoing 7/24 Challenge Link

6th year with this "get out of your comfort zone" reading challenge. Full list under the cut.

1. Read a cozy fantasy book. The House Witch by Delemhach This is a sweet, cozy read about a young witch finding his place and coming into his power. I can tell this comes out of the fanfic community, but it's really a plus for this book. This is the first of a series, which just has volume numbers.

2. Read a YA book by a trans author.

3. Read a middle grade horror novel.

4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.

5. Read a sci-fi novella. The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older It's so refreshing to read a take on Holmes and Watson that actually gets the dynamic right! I had a bit of a tone mismatch because I initially expected a space western (and there's a bit of that) rather than a Holmsian mystery.

6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.

7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.

8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura This is a bit difficult, but ultimately kind and hopeful read about friendship and the effects of bullying. It reads more middle-grade than I had expected, but I can't tell if that's just the translation or not.

9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.

10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.

11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.

12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.

13. Read a comic that has been banned. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman I have a really hard time with Holocaust literature, but this is one of the most accessible books I've read. Not necessarily because it's a comic, but because it's framed and paced so well that you can really feel for the people, but still get a chance to breathe and recover.

14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.

15. Read a YA nonfiction book.

16. Read a book based solely on the title. That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming This was a fun, raunchy, read with an interesting world and a very pragmatic heroine.

17. Read a book about media literacy.

18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.

19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.

20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).

21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.

22. Read a manga or manhwa. In/Spectre Vol. 18 by Chashiba Katase This series is weird and I love it. It's largely mysteries where the protagonist already knows what happened and has to convince other people that it didn't happen the way it actually did. This volume wraps up a longer storyline and I loved the twists and turns and return of a side character.

23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. Miraculous Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards I really enjoyed this collection of locked room murders and impossible crimes. Some of the stories definitely show their age, so be prepared for some casual racism and misogyny, but most of the stories were interesting and several were very surprising!

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

[age-of-moonknight]

I have a question about detective flint...do you know more moon knight comics where he appears? Other than mk 2014 book...I am so weirdly obsessed with him? Or just more curious about his character...ig, he reminds me of Jim Gordon (from batman)

Also happy new year🥳

And a happy new year to you as well because !!! heck yeah, Detective Flint! He's an og from way back in Moench's run on Moon Knight volume 1! (And I'm a little obsessed with him and his very Jim Gordon-esque role too....may we someday actually learn his first name RIP). My research didn't really turn up anything more interesting than what you would normally find on the average "list of appearances" for him, but I'll list them all and then do a further break down after the cut to help delineate where he actually affects the plot versus where he just provides a little exposition, if that's something anyone's interested in. Happy reading!

Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #12, #15, #17, #24-25, #33-34, #36-37

[Bonus] Daredevil (Vol. 1/1964), #218

Moon Knight (Vol. 2/1985), #3

Moon Knight (Vol. 3.1998), #3-4

Moon Knight (Vol. 4/1999), #1, #3

Moon Knight (Vol. 5/2006), #8, #13, #17, #20

Moon Knight (Vol. 7/2014), #1, #3, #6, #8, #12, #14

Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #8, #22, #24

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood (Vol. 1/2023), #3

Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #12: Detective Flint's introduction (and where we learn he likes cream, sugar, and a cigarette with his coffee)

Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #15: Moon Knight and Detective Flint's professional relationship gets a bit of a rocky start when Flint accuses MK of attempted assassination

Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #17, #24: Some one page appearances to provide exposition I mean consultations (although the incident with the bag of potato chips in #24 is definitely worth the price of admission imo, another instance of “comics are why my sense of humor is broken”)

Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), ##25: Flint gets stuck between a rock and a hard place in the whole deal with Black Spectre's corrupt machinations

Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #33: Appears in a couple panels to crack wise about the futility of trying to stop Moon Knight when he's put his mind to something

Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #34, #36: Provides some exposition and makes some collars

Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #37: Detective Flint may or may not have been the only thing keeping Marc from dropping an anti-Semitic arsonist out of a window (...I'll keep my opinions to myself)

Daredevil (Vol. 1/1964), #218: This one's a fun little cameo (at least to me, since I hadn't seen it before), where he pops up with Scarfe too

Moon Knight (Vol. 2/1985), #3: Fittingly, they bring Lt. Flint back for a Morpheus case, since those two characters were introduced in the same issue

Moon Knight (Vol. 3/1998), #3-4: Does his thing of providing a couple pages worth of exposition

Moon Knight (Vol. 4/1999), #1, #3: Flint provides as much info as he can, but he's just about as confused as everyone else in this volume (and for good reason, it's wild hahaha)

Moon Knight (Vol. 5/2006), #8: Catches MK up to speed on the new Midnight Man (in the very, very gloomy and fatalistic manner that is characteristic of the Huston run)

Moon Knight (Vol. 5/2006), #13, #17: Flint catches all the cases from when MK was running around carving crescents into criminals' foreheads and isn't particularly happy about it (understandably so, what a run)

Moon Knight (Vol. 5/2006), #20: We follow Flint on the opening investigation into the issue’s “monster of the week” (also includes one of my favorite “dropping in to chat with the series’ cop buddy” panels)

[Anon indicated that they’ve already read Moon Knight (Vol. 7/2014), but if anyone else wants me to break down Flint’s appearances in those issues, please just let me know! :D]

Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #8: Flint does his usual exposition thing for Hunter’s Moon while MK is “indisposed”

Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #22: Flint and Tigra share a page swapping info (both on the new Midnight Man and o MK’s delightful peculiarities)

Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #24: On the scene during the most recent Morpheus incident

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood (Vol. 1/2022), #3: Shows up at the end of the first story, “Wrong Turn,” to make some arrests and comment on Jake’s thoroughness in wrecking his taxi

Oh! Also, this isn't from a Moon Knight comic, but apparently Warren Ellis included a Detective Flint in the Earth-555 comic, Newuniversal: Shockfront (Vol. 1/2008), issues #1-2. Flint doesn't exactly play a huge role (and I read those individual comics with absolutely no context so I was a little ????), but I had never expected there to be any non-616 versions of Flint out there, so this was cool to find for me at least. Just a fun bit of trivia hahaha

[15step]

The Spectre vol. 4 no. 6

[night-gay]

Into the Anthill pt 34 - The Justice League

Who doesn’t love a crossover? This event starts with both the Avengers and Justice League competing to grab rare items like the Infinity Gauntlet and Cosmic Cube. With that out of the way, they work together to deal with the guy trying to break both universes apart for science. Hank got a few stand-out scenes in the big splash pages and helped build the ship they used to get to Krona, but Marvel’s key players here were Cap, Wanda, and Vision.

They sure packed a lot of fanservice into these four issues.

🐜🐜🐜

Avengers/JLA vol 1 #1-4

The Avengers found themselves facing a threat from not just another world, but another multiverse entirely: Starro, the deadly mind-controlling starfish. With new threats arising across the galaxy, the Avengers attempted to stop a costumed group from taking the Ultimate Nullifier and failed. As the alien intelligence Metron would soon reveal, this group was the Justice League and the Nullifier was one of 6 artifacts that they needed to claim to doom this universe. The Atom, who the JLA  had sent as a spy, was shocked to hear this because the Grandmaster had given them a similar speech and labeled the Avengers as the offending party.  Metron offered them a Mother Box to use to travel to the other Earth and departed. 

The Avengers were shocked to arrive in a world that idolized and worshiped their heroes, erecting statues and museums to them in a way that Captain America assumed must have been demanded of them. Now face to face, the teams came to blows. Cap and Batman, who had ducked aside to fight each other, agreed to a truce due to their shared suspicion that they were being used as pawns in a greater game. As the rest of their teams split up to gather the artifacts the two of them struck out on their own to find a solution from the shadows.

They learned that Krona, a multiversal seeker of knowledge, sought Galctus’s wisdom from before the Big Bang and would destroy the universe to obtain it. Grandmaster challenged him to a game to keep him away and the terms of it required them to each play using the other’s heroes as their game pieces. Finally understanding the game’s stakes, Cap and Batman tipped the competition in the JLA’s favor to keep Galactus out of Krona’s hands. Unfortunately, with the artifacts now under Grandmaster’s control, he used their powers in tandem to rewrite the history of both universes into one the heroes would never want to leave. 

In this new timeline, the Avengers and Justice League had been working together across universes for years and met regularly for team-ups and parties. As Superman and Captain America realized that this was a ruse, the boundaries between worlds began to shatter. The Phantom Stranger led them to Grandmaster, who revealed that Krona had overpowered him and manipulated the new overlapping realities into colliding, leading to the destruction of both if they continued. Before he died, Grandmaster showed them the tragedies they would face in their own timelines if they chose to separate the worlds. They agreed that it had to be done.

Superman suggested that the teams unite under Cap’s leadership. With their resources combined, they confronted Krona in his stronghold built from Galactus’s corpse. Krona summoned every villain he could from both worlds to hinder them, along with the temporal shifts constantly changing their uniforms and roster, but the heroes pressed on. Supercharged by Vision’s solar energy, Superman wielded Mjolnir and Cap’s shield and broke through Krona’s final barrier so Hawkeye and Flash could free the artifacts. Without the power under his control, The Spectre was able to separate the worlds and restore them to their previous state.

Minor/Cameo appearances from this period:

The Order vol 1 #2-3, 5-6

Thor: Godstorm vol 1 #1

Marvel Universe: The End vol 1 #1, 4-6

X-Treme X-Men vol 1 #11

[khazadspoon]

Ok The Spectre vol.4 issue 13 is…… well it’s amazing. What a piece of storytelling. Gorgeous.

[marvelman901]

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[upagainstthesunset]

Fourth World ask thing, 1 through 5 if you haven't already been asked 🤔

Astro you wonderful butternut squash! I just did 5, but here's 1-4 :D

Fourth World asks

1. Favorite hero?

I really like Lightray, and I want to see more of what he’s up to in his own right. It’s so easy (and fun!) to think about his relationship with Orion and how they both inform each other’s characters, but you know what? Sometimes I just wanna learn about Lightray, himself. I get excited when he’s in a scene, and I love his attitude about everything. I want to dive into that and explore where this unrelenting positivity and strength in defiance of darkness comes from.

2. Favorite villain?

I think Kalibak is interesting bc his fate is also intertwined with Orion and Scott’s in that he is the other, less important son. It doesn’t matter how loyal he is, how strong he is. His father will never consider him worthy of his attention the way his half brother is. So while he’s often played as a standard, brute villain, I think there’s enough there to be compelling.

3. Favorite artist or writer?

For Fourth World, it’s gotta be Jack Kirby. He was the original creator, writer, artist. He put a lot of heart into these characters and in just a few short issues really made the series feel like this grand epic. And the art has grown on me so much. I wouldn’t say Kirby is my favorite artists in general, but when I see the characters in his style I’m like “yes, that’s them in their truest form.”

4. What’s a line that sticks with you?

Joke answer: Darkseid calling Metron an academic chicken. Another joke answer: Jezebel calling Metron a theorizing fool.

Okay okay, there’s actually a TON of great lines, but I don’t know them well enough to quote them, and I’ve have to dig. So I’m going to go with a scene instead. And it’s actually from the Spectre. So in vol 4 #19, there’s a girl who Hal is trying to protect from Darkseid. Metron shows up and is like hey want to be less afraid? So she goes with him and he shows her space, which makes her even more afraid. So he tells her 

“This is the universe. You fear it because it is so vast it makes you feel small-- insignificant. It makes everyone feel that way. Everyone.”

I just aslkdjflks. Something about that scene got me.