Just Stay at Home

Know this: I, Doctor Polaris am mightily pleased by the events that transpired between the pages of this week's Justice Society of America.

Also, the Atomic Skull is my new best friend.

My surly, bearded replacement "Mr. Polaris" made great pains during the issue to annoy and generally aggravate all around him. The other villains did not respond to it well; perhaps they remember the golden age when the true Doctor Polaris soared above them, unconcerned with the pitiful mercenary work of the villain underclass.

Still, only one of their number had the fortitude of spirit to say what needed to be said. You should know that I was as surprised as any to find that that one was the Atomic Skull. Mr. Skull pulled no punches, telling it exactly as it is. Of the M. B. A. he said:

"You're one to talk, you pathetic excuse for a replacement villain!"

With that, the Atomic Skull has earned a place of glory among the great thinkers and philosophers of our time. To him, kudos.

Well well well. What have we here. Why, it's a birthday. Specifically my birthday.

The question becomes: what to do with this day? The opportunities, they are ripe for exploitation. The world is at hand and there is nothing to hold me back. What should I do?

Really, I'm thinking of finishing my homework and then going to bed early. I think I've got a bit of a cold coming on. What do you think of that idea, Wild Dog?

That's what I thought you'd say. Good night everybody!

So, Dan DiDio is trying to save the Titans book (which has been pretty much a trainwreck since the beginning. That and they've lost half the team to the Justice League. What's Dan's prescription for making the book viable again? Make Deathstroke the leader of the team.

Now, I want to make something perfectly clear here: I think Deathstroke is way overexposed. He seems to be in every damn book these days. Ever since Brad Meltzer used him in Identity Crisis we haven't been able to get the guy to go away.

That said, this is just the sort of crazy thing that could work. Personally, I like things like this. As long as this isn't just another "Deathstroke creates a team of anti-Titans" storyarc. If Deathstroke's Titans becomes the honest-to-God ongoing feature of the book it could work. Though I have no experience with it, I believe Marvel's Thunderbolts is an ongoing series about a team of villains. Why shouldn't DC have something similar? (and no, Secret Six isn't about villains; it's much more complicated)

It will be a tricky tightrope to walk though to make it work. The team they put together will need to be just right. But if they can get all the elements together it's really a concept I can see working.

Thursday Night Thinking returns! Tonight: everybody's favorite lovable idiot Hal Jordan!

Oh, Hal. I don't think you understand women as well as you think you do...

I noticed something today when I was picking up my comics at the local shop. Take note of this Spider-Man cover:

Now, here's what I noticed. Whenever clueless idiot Peter Parker has the opportunity to kiss someone (which, by all rights should be never) he's got to take his mask off at least part of the way. That seems odd, considering how often I have people tell me that Peter Parker is "really smart."

You'd think a guy would plan for that occurrence. But no, Peter Parker constantly has to be pulling up his mask for smooching. You know who doesn't have this problem? This guy:

Batman, as we know, is ready for anything.