#Drake Atoms

[theangrycomet-art]

oh my god I found Drake’s voice

[tarragonthedragon]

an incomplete list of dc heroes whom i believe to have beef that none of the others understand:

batman and starfire (the only thing they have in common is the desire to hit anyone who hurts nightwing over the head with a mallet and they're both on each others' lists)

constantine and captain marvel ("why are you-- why are YOU-- why are you lIKE THIS")

green arrow and nightwing (did dick steal ollie's shtick, or is ollie a grown man who started a turf war with a 9yo? a question for the ages. also their arguments about being nicer to roy have escalated to biting)

wonder woman and atom (i just think it would be funny. theyre both so meticulously polite that noone would ever realise they hate each other to a savage and irrational degree)

red robin and the entirety of justice league international (there was a thing. several things. several things and an unsanctioned zipline)

[spongebobssquarepants]

[rainpunk07]

dc x dp prompt inspired by this tiktok

if you don’t wanna click the link, in summary it’s a hyper-realistic animation commenting on American overconsumption and capitalism through the metaphor of jeff bezos owning a bakery and using his sugary workers as ingredients once he realizes it makes his pastries more delicious. (it’s permanently altered my brain chemistry, i recommend that you watch it it’s so good.)

anyways, i’m aiming for “they’re in the same universe already” type angle, but you can do whatever you want. so let’s say a former GIW dude gets laid off and ends up in gotham. through whatever hijinks you choose, the guy discovers that shades are DELICIOUS in your average pastry and decides to open a bakery with this knowledge. (the only reason this dude and gotham citizens can consume these is cuz they’re liminal contaminated or something, you decide.)

now also for whatever reason, we find danny in gotham (with or without his companions) and by some magic of fate (clockwork probably) he stumbles on the bakery. he’s maybe heard how good it is and they’re just so yummy or something or other. upon trying it, he immediately wants to puke because he knows that there are shades in it and it feels like full on cannibalism. what he does about it is up to you.

on the bats end, they’re all enjoying these pastries as much as any other person in gotham. some bat manages to coax jason into trying one and when he tastes, he has a similar reaction to danny. he doesn’t recognize the secret ingredient as shades or inherently cannibalism, but he just feels down in his being that there’s something fucked up about it. (lazarus pits obviously tip one further towards liminal than not.)

side note on that, considering damien was raised nearby the lazarus pits for a majority of his childhood, i say that he’s neutral on the taste. like, it isn’t delicious or anything but it’s not the worst thing he’s tasted. and he’s definitely not gonna search out the sweet treats. (maybe he connects the dots between his and jason’s liminal-bility? does he follow jason around as he investigates the bakery? it’s up to you ;) )

on the other hand, the other bats don’t understand their distaste/neutrality and think jason’s tweaking, but jason knows what he knows. (cass believes him obvi. they probably investigate the bakery together)

so this is probably where the duo meets danny, and they figure out the stuff together and now you add whatever angst you want that comes with the combined worlds of danny phantom and detective comics. is danny the ghost king? demon twin au? is jason a baby halfa? it’s all up to y’all ig

NOW BE FREE *drops the idea at fanfic writer’s feet and skedaddles away*

[ricalleynejr85]

More X-Men Children of the Atom artwork this time the characters win and loss portraits. Sorry I don't have Sentinel at the moment. Enjoy this post. Credit to Marvel, the artists responsible for the artwork and Capcom.

[smashedpages]

X-Men: Children of the Atom #1 debuted on this day in 1999, as Joe Casey and Steve Rude applied their distinctive styles to the Original X-Men!

[thingsasbarcodes]

Young Justice 2x20 - Endgame

[dailyjsa]

JLA Incarnations #1

Writer: John Ostrander

Artist: Val Semeiks

Inker: Prentis Rollins

Colors: John Kalisz

Letters: Ken Lopez

[burnbrighterthanever]

Pride month edits for my favorite queer and trans mutants.

[thethingaboutnapkinman]

identity crisis ended me.

I mean, it ended lots of people (spoiler alert).

But mostly me.

[somewherefornow]

THE JSA in JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA (1991)

[roy-dcm2]

Solving DC's Identity Crisis (2004)

Back in 2004, DC Comics teamed up with novelist Brad Meltzer to deliver one of the most controversial comic stories ever printed. Identity Crisis has many criticisms, but one of them is despite Meltzer's pedigree as a mystery writer, they say you CANNOT solve the mystery at the center of Identity Crisis.

Who killed Sue Dibny?

I am here to present the evidence that you COULD possibly put together the twist ending before it's revealed in the final part of the story.

Let's star by looking at the crime scenes:

The Four Incidents

The first detail that should be pointed out is how startlingly different each "attack" was: Sue was burned. Jean was strangled. Jack took a boomerang in the chest, and Lois did not actually get attacked.

Despite Lois receiving a note saying "You're next," she was not the next victim, it was Jack Drake. Why wasn't Lois attacked?

Let set that aside.

Dependencies in the Modus Operandi

Speaking of notes - there were four incidents, but only two notes. Why did Lois and Jack Drake get a warning when the others did not?

Maybe, because by then people were looking for the killer. They were set to terrorize the hero community, and by sending notes, they could make a name for themselves. Make sure people know all the attacks are connected.

But, consider the contents of the notes - Lois's letter was clearly threatening, while the note Jack Drake received a gun and a note that said "Protect yourself."

What sense does that make? I thought, this person was a killer?

Remember, Lois was never attacked, and the note to Jack seems to imply they didn't want Jack Drake to die.

Consider the Victims

Let's look at the "victims" together.

Nothing happened to Lois

Jack Drake possibly died by accident.

Sue did die.

Jean survived her attack.

Two survived and two died. But, if Jack was not supposed to die, that would make it three living victims, and one dead. Why did Sue have to die?

This leads me to consider that what we have here is ONE real crime, and three follow up incidents to confuse things.

Look again at the Death of Sue Dibny

Sue was killed inside her own house. The killer managed to get inside without triggering the advanced security system. Then the body was burned.

If we consider the preliminary findings of the autopsy, we know that Sue was dead before her body was burned. So, her exact cause of death can be called "unknown."

The body was burned after Sue died, why? Maybe, to obscure the cause of death. Could Sue Dibny's death also have been an accident?

Then, why? If you accidentally kill someone, why create three more crimes to muddle things up? What is the real motive?

Who benefits?

They say if you want to solve a crime, you have to ask yourself, "Who benefits?" Who benefited from these attacks?

Nothing happened to Lois.

Jack was probably an accident, there were no benefits.

Jean survived. She and the Atom are getting back together, despite their messy divorce.

Sue was quite wealthy, and left behind a massive inheritance to her husband.

So, it could be either Ralph or Ray.

But, which of those two is capable of sneaking past of the JLA security systems?

Ray Palmer has both the means and the motive to being the attacker.

The last detail...

However, there is one flaw in that conclusion. Are we supposed to believe The Atom accidentally killed someone? Ray has been a hero for a long time, he's got complete mastery of his powers. He would never make such a critical mistake.

Then who could have done it? Someone who could get in and out like the Atom, and also stands to benefit from all the fear in the hero community.

It could be Jean Loring.

As established, she directly benefited from her attack. She could have staged it.

It is easy to predict that Ray would call her when she returned from work to check in on her. (Especially if he's been doing that every day since Sue's attack.) She could have timed it so that Ray rescue her before it was too late.

That would help bring them together, if that was her goal. Also, by making herself a victim, most people would discount her as a suspect.

How did she have access to the Atom's tech?

Everybody in the world knows, Jean and Ray had a big, public, divorce. Jean, being a lawyer, managed to keep their old house as well as half of Dr. Palmer's patents.

It is easy to believe somewhere in the couple's house there is a size changing belt that's been unaccounted for. That's how she did it.

Here's what happened...

Jean and Ray had just finished their messy divorce, however Jean has been unlucky in love recently.

So, she starts wishing things would go back to the way they were, but after a public divorce, Jean cannot simply tell Ray her feelings. That's likely when she finds a spare Atom suit, and a scheme starts to form.

If she could fake an attack on one of the JLA's loved ones, then the Hero community would come together, and she could use the hysteria to draw closer to Ray.

Sue makes the easiest target because Ralph's secret identity had been out for years.

She would use the Atom suit to sneak past the houses' security system, then Jean could knock out Sue, and start a fire. The fire would trigger the security system. Ralph or the JLA would rush over, with just enough time for Jean to disappear into the phone lines again.

But, what Jean could not count on is that size changing can be disorienting. (The Atom would not make this crucial mistake)

Jean accidentally killed Sue, and burned the body to throw off the investigation, and then had to set up the other attacks.

She set up a fake attack on herself to throw off suspicion, but it also makes reasonable sense since she and Ray's identities were publicly known just like Ralph and Sue.

<When she set up the fake crime scene, Jean wore gloves to hide her fingerprints, and likely ditched those gloves in microspace to hide the evidence.>

That might have been enough, but to try ensnare Ray back, the attacks had to continue a bit longer. So, Jean created the other two incidents.

She sent a threatening letter to Lois, never intending to follow through. Then she set up the attack on Jack Drake. Being a lawyer, she was able to set up a fake ID, and untraceable Bank Accounts, to hire Captain Boomerang and essentially pin it all on him.

The biggest tell was the last attack. If the attacker was trying to kill hero's loved ones, why did Jack Drake receive a warning note as well as a gun?

Jean's plan must have been for Jack to shoot Boomerang, the threats would stop, and the whole incident would be considered wrapped up. The heroes would be drawn closer to their loved ones in the aftermath, and she could get back together with Ray.

Jean Loring killed Sue Dibny, and then tried to cover it up. She had the means and the motive, and she almost got away with it.

(With some extra investigations, you could find who hired Boomerang, and you'd find it coincides with similar activity in Jean's Bank Account. Even if she created fake accounts, there has to be a paper trail somewhere. It'll be easier to find, once you know where to start.)

With the evidence laid out before you, I hope you now understand that the mystery of Identity Crisis can be solved. Let's call this case closed.

[marveluniversehero]

My ideal initial lineup for the team in the MCU’s first X-Men Film Reboot…

Prof. Charles Xavier / Professor X

Scott Summers / Cyclops

Jean Grey / Phoenix

Ororo Munroe / Storm

Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast

Bobby Drake / Iceman

Warren Worthington III / Angel

The X-Men

[ellie-theinvincible98]

"You know, Abs, I'm starting to grow a soft spot for you! How about this: I kill the boy quickly, yeah?"

[ricalleynejr85]

Here is more artwork of the characters that was used for the intro of X-Men Children of the Atom. When it comes to Sentinel, I'm sure Capcom made up their version of Sentinel for the game as a Mecha and I'm sure took some inspiration from the comics as well. Everything is great and I still would play the game today. Enjoy this post. Credit to Marvel, the artists once again and Capcom.

For a bonus, here is the artwork of Sentinel Capcom used for the flyers and the instruction manuals for the game.

Artwork of Sentinel from X-Men Survival Guide to the Mansion.