#HENRY BENDIX

[buds-and-baubles]

He was nameless.

Have I been wiped again?

He was floating in a sea of green.

Wires and tubes stained in green.

[henrybendix]

Waller vs Wildstorm 4 (2023) by Spencer Ackerman, Evan Narcisse & Jesús Merino

Cover: Jorge Fornés

[weathermanone]

Waller vs Wildstorm 4 (2023) by Spencer Ackerman, Evan Narcisse & Jesús Merino

Cover: Jorge Fornés

[dc-tournaments]

Why do they deserve to win?

Henry Bendix

Orm Marius

[atlas-authority]

“Who radicalized you?”

The answer for every member of Authority has been and will always be “Henry Bendix and the US government”

[thefaeriefeatherdark]

I have noticed twice now at least that Tom Taylor seems to rely on a "This thing wasn't cool unlike my version" thing that's just odd and often annoying in his approach to comics.

Not because you can't criticize pre-existing characters but because the criticism is never... effective?

Like Jon asking Superman why Superman doesn't do stuff to save the world? When Superman does do stuff, and has historically been a political figure (and his politics have been far more radically leftist than Jon's). There's criticisms of Superman, but that one doesn't work.

Taylor's take on the Teen Titans is similar. He flashes back to a story where the JL bursts in to take out Brother Blood and plays it up as a "The New Teen Titans were lame" thing when that was probably the strongest point in TT history where they were most equivalent to the JL because he can hype up his new Titans as their most important versions. At the same time this take is going to fail because his new team is just the New Teen Titans. They've got no new characters, it's just the OG NTT.

I think the worst time he did this was inside his Son of Kal El book when he had Lex Luthor show up immediately murder Bendix and then talk about how he was foolish and a loser. Because that was after most of the book had been spent on Jon fighting Bendix (incredibly ineffectually). So if he was a foolish loser why did we spend so long on him?

I get this plot device in theory. Especially with Lex. It's the "Villain who beats the villain is the best villain" and that's great but you don't need to do this for Lex fucking Luthor? He's already the primary Superman villain. You do not need to convince us of that.

[pinkbelugacollective]

wait a minute..... did walker get his hands on bendix's tech to zap the rando into having powers similar to jay's??? capitalistic warmongering at its finest, i see.

[cl6l95dfqz]

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[ketchup-monthly]

Yeah its kinda been pissing me off that no one is acknowledging that the man who actually created both Midnighter and Apollo is just running around and ruining more peoples luves and M is doing nothing about it. Pre-New 52 Midnighter spent so much time trying to track down and then kill Henry Bendix!

But they nerfed his character and maybe changed his origin from 2011 onwards, and like. Jon and Jay could have had a really great team up with Midnighter and maybe Apollo during the Son of Kal-El run when Clark was off world and then M being a queer mentor to Jon just starting a new relationship and then helping Jon and Jay to take down Bendix!

But when i think about how great that would have been, it also wouldnt have been possible bc both M and Apollo were offworld with Clark. But still! After the Warworld crew gets back to Earth M and Apollo could have had a thing where they figured out about Bendix and then go off to kill him again!

But no! (And now is where i get preachy)

They nerfed Apollo! Hes arguably more fucked up than Midnighter in Wild storm and they made him a damsel! Homie is so much more than that. So they COULD have had a whole one shot where M and Apollo hunt down Bendix after they got back to Earth, but NO. They're dealing with Apollos ptsd. Which is a very serious matter, and both M and Apollo had issues with ptsd in older comics, but their reactions weren't to the same level as Apollo does in the Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special. And Idk. I miss really powerful Apollo. But also i get the feeling that the Midnighter in the more recent comics wouldn't hunt down Bendix to take him out permanently

But also hey! Jenny Sparks, Jenny Quantum, Shen Li-Men, and Jack Hawksmoor have all also been introduced back into DC comics in DC vs Vampires: All Out War and Jack has recently been fully in a DC comic recently so maybe theyre pulling the Authority team back together piece by piece! Who knows.

I just wish they had made more of a deal out of Bendix being the creator of all the Gamorran metas.

Uhhhh, was anyone gonna tell me that since Bendix was added to the dcu, they’ve created more characters that’s he’s “made”?? Like….I thought he just existed to be Midnighter’s origin, no one said he was the creator of Jay Nakamura now.

Bro, who else is there? I cannot stand not knowing.

[nerds-yearbook]

A singing mechanic got knocked on the head in the year 1912 and woke up in King Arthur’s Court. ("A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court", flm)

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[onenakedfarmer]

Currently Watching

THE DARK CORNER Henry Hathaway USA, 1946

[weathermanone]

Superman: Son of Kal-El 13 (2022) by Tom Taylor, Nicole Maines & Clayton Henry

[batmanego]

midnighter: you son of a bitch you’ve ruined my life and my husbands life and you’ve made me a monster and a danger to everyone around me and i can’t even be put down or die why the fuck did you do this

henry bendix:

[auberge13]

Since the Jon and Nia friendship is shaping up to be an important aspect of Absolute Power and especially Absolute Power: Super Son (based on some comments by the writers and preliminary sketches from the artist), I wanted to explain why I think the friendship is so strong, despite its minimal appearances. Overall there are 4 major issues for this friendship: Son of Kal-El issue #13 (she's in a few issues after this but this is the big one), Beast World Tour: Metropolis, the backup in Action Comics issue #1060, and the mini story at the beginning of the Pride Uncovered Issue. This post is gonna break down how those issues establish this friendship and how they do so really well.

Starting from their meeting, Nia lets herself into the Fortress of Solitude via dream travel because she had a future vision of Jon and every other superhero being taken down by the big bad of this book Henry Bendix. After warning him about this and therefore preventing it from happening, we get a few moments that show why Jon and Nia hit it off so quickly. For one they are very similar people!

As Dreamer (and soon Super Son) writer Nicole Maines has pointed out, they are both small town farm kids with really big powers and legacies to live up to. I would also add that they both had to figure out those powers and legacies largely without the help of the hero they're trying to emulate, Jon because of his time spent on Earth-3 and the lack of time he's gotten to spend with his dad since returning, and Nia because she wasn't given any of the training she was supposed to get before unlocking her powers because her family didn't think she'd get them, and then her mother died. They are in very similar places in their lives and can relate to each other in different ways than they can with anyone else.

Nia also gives Jon something he really needed at this time in his life- certainty

Some of Jon's big feelings in SoKE and leading up to SoKE had to do with his fear that his father was leaving earth never to return. The records from his time in the future said that Clark would never make it back from Warworld, and, as we see in that first screenshot and also a dozen other places, Jon was not ready to be Superman OR to say goodbye to his dad. This is a huge moment for him.

In return, Jon gives her a confidence boost in the form of 31st century admiration and some help with controlling her powers. In this scene, Jon and Nia give each other the things they look for in their close relationships: tangible, provable support (as tangible and provable as things can be in a world with time travel and future visions).

This transitions smoothly into the next major appearance, Beast World Tour! In this story, Nia has a vision of the future that shows Metropolis' destruction, and therefore needs to evacuate the city. However, no one listens to her because she's a new and unknown hero. So she calls Jon, Superman, for backup. This works, but they still need to deal with Livewire, who Nia foresaw causing all the damage. They have this exchange.

I love this moment in their friendship. I think it's worth noting that Jon just got back from the Injustice universe- his major reckoning with what it means to be Superman and the many ways Superman can be bad. He's once again insecure about how to be Superman in any way that differs from the way his father does it, and therefore resorts to trying to emulate his dad as much as possible. Here, Jon is behaving at his most Superman, but his least Jon. As I mentioned previously, Jon really cares about the provable and the tangible (I could write a whole post about that but to put it briefly it's the whole reason he goes with Jor-El as a kid). His platitudes here are very Superman, but they don't do or mean anything. He's ignoring what Nia is actually saying. Then, Nia does something that really solidifies their friendship- she doesn't treat him like Superman. Nia doesn't put up with his finger waving or cave to his certainty that Superman can handle everything. She treats him like any teammate. She knows this is best and she doesn't care that Jon is Superman, just about how to do the right thing. Tangible and provable. And in response to this-

I love it when the friends respect each other.

This leads directly into the AC backup, which takes place soon after this. The two have succeeded and taken a break in Nia's hometown, Parthas.

If we can take one thing from SoKE, it's that Jon has an immense fondness for anyone who lets him nap on their couch. I joke, but there are actually a lot of parallels between how Jon draws close to Jay and how he draws close to Nia. In both cases it is because they could relate to Jon in ways others couldn't, they could provide Jon with real tangible solutions to his problems (headphones, future vision), and they allow Jon to rest and be just a normal guy. We saw how these aspects led to a close and lasting relationship between Jon and Jay, and because of that we can see how they would create a close and lasting relationship with Nia.

And finally, we have this adorable little moment from the beginning of the Pride Uncovered Issue.

The chemistry here is just so strong. This is a friend group! I believe it! But to go beyond that, Jon hasn't really gotten a chance to like. Chill. Kid can't catch a break. The fact that this nice little hangout exists really does a lot to sell this friendship, at least for me. When a character is constantly embroiled in The Horrors, these little fluffy moments stand out! They matter!

And now, we get to watch this all fall apart! Nia has helped Waller take over Gamorra, the country she helped Jon and Jay liberate in the first place. She has captured and imprisoned Jay for Waller, and is complicit in Jon's kidnapping and Cyborgification. We don't know the role she has to play in Absolute Power: Super Son just yet, but it's sure to be a major one, and no matter what, this friendship is about to get a whole lot more complicated.

[superherokisser]

my f/o list :D

ok so bolded means i’m uncomfortable sharing them but it is (probably) ok if we are mutuals/friends and if you have them as a platonic/familial f/o!!!

also it is a long ass list😭 i have a lot of love to give. alssooo group tag for all my kids is kiddos <3 bc im lazy and some f/os i feel rlly strong about and some are just for fun yk!!!

-lloyd garmadon from ninjago (it’s complicated but i love him dearly)

-michael afton from fnaf (romantic) tag: terchael <3

-henry emily from fnaf (parental figure/dad)

-espresso cookie from crk/cookie run (romantic) tag: esence <3

-jeremy fitzgerald from blueycapsules/fnaf (romantic) tag: jerence <3

-thoma from genshin impact (romantic) tag: teroma <3

-aether from genshin impact (romantic) tag: terraether <3

-sammy from my mind/oc (kid/familial) 

-gregory from fnaf (kid/familial)

-charlie/charlotte emily from fnaf (sister/familial)

-maven calore from the red queen series (romantic)

-alex from stardew valley (romantic)

-christopher lightwood from the shadowhunter chronicles (platonic)

-princess peach from nintendo (platonic)

-peggy carter from marvel (romantic) tag: every girl has her rose <3

-daniel sousa from marvel’s agent carter (queerplatonic)

-logan howlett from marvel (romantic) tag: logence <3

-natasha romanoff from marvel (platonic)

-diana prince from dc (platonic, maybe romantic??)

-pepper potts from marvel (platonic)

-sam wilson from marvel (romantic) tag: tersam <3

-steve rogers from marvel (romantic) tag: red white and irish blue <3

-magnus bane from the shadowhunter chronicles (platonic)

-apple white from ever after high (queerplatonic) tag: whipped apples <3

-bruce wayne from dc (romantic) tag: batarangs pierced my heart <3

-clark kent from dc (queerplatonic) tag: 💙❤️

-simon lewis/lovelace from the shadowhunter chronicles (queerplatonic i think)

-sharon carter from marvel (platonic/shes my niece technically)

-damian wayne from dc (familial/kid)

-jason todd from dc (familial/kid)

-dick grayson from dc (familial/kid)

-cass(andra) cain from dc (familial/kid)

-barbara gordon from dc (familial/kid)

-steph(anie) brown from dc (familial/kid)

-tim drake from dc (familial/kid)

-duke thomas from dc (familial/kid)

-laura kinney from marvel (familial/kid)

-sue richards/storm from marvel (platonic)

-alfred pennyworth from dc (platonic)

-selina kyle from dc (platonic)

-gabrielle kinney from marvel (grandkid💔)

-patrick bateman from american psycho (romantic) tag: 🎧♥️

-terry mcginnis from batman beyond (familial/kid)

-harper row from dc (familial/kid)

-johnny cade from the outsiders (hes my nephew<3)

-darry curtis from the outsiders (romantic) (fine with sharing but not like. in canon ships yk)

-t’challa from marvel (platonic)

-sodapop curtis from the outsiders (basically my kid/familial)

-ponyboy curtis from the outsiders (basically kid/familial)

-coriolanus snow from the hunger games (romantic) tag: 🖤❄️

-luke fox from dc (platonic)

-lucius fox from dc (platonic)

-mar'i grayson/nightstar from dc/titans (MY GRANDKID!!!!!!!)

-conner kent from dc (nephew)

-jon kent from dc (nephew)

-cassie from fnaf (niece)

-fred from the muppets christmas carol (nephew)

-herb cookie from cookie run (nephew)

-willy wonka from wonka 2023 (nephew)

-cullen row from dc (kid)

-daken akihiro from marvel (kid)

-dex poindexter from daredevil/marvel (romantic) tag: terdex <3

-abdonis from ringfit adventure (romantic)

-hank hall from titans/dc (platonic)

-dawn granger from titans/dc (platonic)

-karen page from daredevil/marvel (romantic) tag: 🤍📰

-amora (the enchantress) from marvel (romantic) tag: enchant me with your love <3

-sally jackson from percy jackson (romantic) tag: 💙✏️

-devon cassidy from i met a girl (platonic)

-dinah madani from the punisher/marvel (romantic) tag: terah <3

-amy bendix from marvel/the punisher (kid)

-the uno wild card/+4 uno wild card from uno (romantic)

-ryder page from roblox piggy (romantic)

-zizzy from roblox piggy (queerplatonic)

-pony from roblox piggy (queerplatonic)

-the warden from minecraft (romantic)

-the queen from a deck of cards (romantic)

-odysseus from the odyssey and any other media with him in it ig (romantic)