#Kaizen Gamorra

[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

[kimbapisnotsushi]

hi! please share your headcanons about jay. thanks!

ooooooooh sure thing let's get it!!

(also please keep in mind that soke was literally my first time dipping back into dc after a LONG while, so i have a bit of catch-up to do in terms of characters and stories, and thus some of my knowledge might be outdated!!! also i love jay but i do consider myself still very new to understanding him and thus most of these will be silly fun :333)

damian makes fun of him for that all-black ninja-esque stealth suit he wore to sneak into star labs because there was literally NO POINT in jay trying to disguise himself like that when he didn't bother covering up his BRIGHT FUCKING PINK hair

yes i'm still mad about yes i would like to know his thought process

is it natural btw??? i've seen different takes around where people think it's dyed bc of his other version in aos:jk, but i feel like that's pretty unlikely considering it was shaved all the way down when he got taken prisoner and experimented on and it grew back exactly like that

for the record i'm not a hater i'm just saying 1) it made him a walking beacon and 2) it being natural is so fucking funny to me since he clearly didn't inherit it from his mom, which begs the question:

who the fuck is jay's dad

while jay does care for all of the revolutionaries as their ally and everyone at the truth as their boss, and as an overall friend, i think that wink and the aerie are especially close to him and they consider each other family. they were pretty much the closest thing to adult supervision jay had for a while, and he relied on them a lot when he was settling down in metropolis and figuring out how to live alone

this meant that he called them for stupid things like "if something explodes in your microwave do you call the fire department", and not-stupid things like "help me open a bank account because metropolis bank has laws that won't let me do it by myself as a minor"

they were also the first people he came out to

jay loves them even if they CAN be really annoying

jay: "are you—are you guys ACTUALLY planning on shovel-talking superman" wink: "technically, he's superman's son" the aerie: "and if he's late to the coffee shop, i'm taking points off"

i think jay would get along with tim actually

the dude is an underground hacktivist refugee, investigative journalist, and a former president's son. he's probably used to always looking over his shoulder, ready to be jumped at a moment's notice. he's got a plan for everything but the plans only exist inside his head because he can't risk hard copies being found or digital ones being hacked. he's memorized them all. they're either alphabetized or mentally color-coded. we're talking levels of elaborate just-in-case getaways and meticulously planned investigations that would get a normal reporter killed if they asked the wrong question. it's dedication to a terrifying degree

yeah tim would definitely rock with him

jay has this neat little trick where if he's in a situation in which someone's poisoned his food and he has to eat it/can't let them know he knows, he just partially phases his organs so that the food falls through his body a little bit at a time and never enters his digestive system

jon is HORRIFIED when he finds out. damian is really fucking impressed

does gamorra have its own language???? i feel like jay would be fluent in it if so. of course he would be. he'd do anything to keep part of home as close to his chest as possible

oh that's another thing i'll probs mess up on btw i am legit so confused on gamorra considering it's apparently in asia and i would assume has its own distinct culture? but jay's surname is japanese and that random kid on the boat has a japanese name so are they like. japanese-adjacent??? or is gamorra made up of multiple asian identities blended into one (read tags for clarification)

i should probably read absolute power shouldn't i

okay sorry that got WAY off topic but yeah jay is definitely someone who loved his home despite not being able to go back and did everything he could to maintain his ties

ALSO can we talk about jay being a student at metropolis college at seventeen???? did he skip a year of school when he got to the u.s.??? did he lie on forms or something??

like i don't think he's taking extra credit classes as a high school student because he was also advertising the media department when we saw him, and i don't think he'd be doing that if he was in high school

jon makes sense because he had a fake identity which COULD put him in college. but jay???

honestly lying on paper is such a jay nakamura thing to do if he doesn't want people tracking him down by cross-referencing his birthday with government records

jay nakamura's number-one tip of running an anonymous underground activist stream: hide all identifiable information from the government

(this does not work when you are widely recognized as superman's boyfriend)

also now that dick is backing the truth can we PLEASE get tim in on it. i think it'd be so fucking funny. i think he and jay would have a grand old time breaking into firewalls and digging through internet archives and exposing corrupt people

tim is like "FINALLY i have something fun to do at all those fucking galas bruce makes me go to" because jay needs some rich guy's vacation itinerary so he knows the prime time to break into his house and gather evidence for something

i just have so much appreciation for jay nakamura you guys i love him so much

[artbyblastweave]

So in order to comprehensively respond to a couple different asks on the topic, I recently blew through the original 29 issue Ellis/Millar/Peyer stint on The Authority. For my own edification I've also been plowing through Ultimate Spider-Man. What's extremely visible with both works is how their innovative stylistic decisions- decompression, realistic diction, "widescreen" page layouts, realpolitik-infused plots- would later expand to consume the entire superhero genre. A major difference is that The Authority is getting slapped upside the head much more strongly with the Seinfeld effect, in that its stylistic innovations were adapted so thoroughly by the rest of the genre that the standout elements in retrospect are the parts that aged poorly- Kaizen Gamorra, the firehose deployment of sexual violence with wildly varying levels of gravity and intent, etc. Whereas Ultimate Spider-Man is in fact still running circles around a lot of its subsequent imitators and successors, due to being good instead of bad

[ultfreakme]

It is unbelievable that people are calling Jay's response to Nia as "lacking empathy" and his anger as a "character flaw" when Nia was complicit in an American force's invasion of his home country, which led to America taking full control of Gamorra (AGAIN. I need people to remember that Gamorra has been free from Bendix for a few months at most and we're back here again). Just to list out things Nia has done to Jay:

Complicit in the murder of Jay's mom

Complicit in the colonization of Gamorra

She stood by and watched him get shot

She brought him in knowing he's going to be used as leverage

She betrayed his friendship

Jay's entire story in SOKE, his life's work, was freeing Gamorra. It's why he started reporting, it's why he goes by "The Truth", it's why he's done ANYTHING. Jay has been a victim of American colonialism for years, potentially since his birth. Waller has played a role in colonizing Gamorra and was in good relations with Bendix and Kaizen Gamorra(both colonizers).

What has Jay done to Nia?

Jay was the one who was calm when Nia was in the Fortress of Solitude while Jon was on the offence. She was there when Gamorra was freed. They were friends, Jay trusted her.

And then she stood by and let him get shot and put him in a prison.

And somehow, people are saying JAY is the bad guy here, that he should've been nicer after all this, standing on an injured leg having lost literally everything. Nia is in a terrible position, but she acknowledged that the leverage Waller once held over her- doxing Parthas if she doesn't help take over Gamorra- was something Waller was gonna do regardless of her complicity. SHE KNEW. She knew whether she obeyed or disobeyed, Parthas will be doxed. That was a choice she made. This isn't even me being biased; Nicole Maines who is Dreamer's creator herself has stated that Nia is in antagonist territory right now, Jay is in the right. I feel for Nia and I actually really like the direction her character is taking- Nia's big flaw is she'll compromise anything to protect the people she cares about. Waller is the mastermind, and Dream Team is a commentary on how all these oppressed people are pitted against one another to keep each other down and occupied, so they don't gather together to face the true enemy(a whole lot of institutionalized racism, misogyny, queerphobia, xenophobia, etc). Nia is a victim here but she was also the aggressor.

IT'S TEXT. Anyways fuck you people saying the POC kid who's been labelled a terrorist in the story for trying to save his country from colonization is the bad guy. I am sure there's no kind of commentary there on the label of "terrorist" and American imperialism.

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

Nate and Bette, Captain Atom and Plastique, agents of Extreme Justice. Caught up in a war between Kaizen Gamorra's Science City Post-Metahumans, Mitch Wacky's Wackyland Assemblers, and The Authority, as well as internal dispute between themselves and the Justice League International.

[somebodyssherlock-heterodyne]

Back on my bullshit re Supertruth Miraculous Ladybug AU I'd sell a kidney to see and am trying very hard not to write because I already have (counts docs) twelve DC WIPs I'm currently working on. That said I have been chewing on AU lore for the better part of a week and I think it's actually starting to drive me insane, so here have some assorted ramblings.

I think it would be immensely fun to write as a Kwami swap, for starters. Partly because I want to design costumes for peacock Miraculous weilder Jay and butterfly Miraculous weilder Jon, partly because I think they're better suited personality wise to the butterfly and bird duo than the Bug and Cat duo (more on that one later).

I like the idea of the Miraculous as Parousian artifacts (the logistics of that are still in the ideas microwave). As a result, Parousia-Gamorra has a history of semi divine protection by the holders of various Miraculous, on and off as needed. That history and its status as one part local mythology, one part annoyingly obscure record makes the past Miraculous holders the main source of history focused academic fistfights. Kaizen Gamorra grows obsessed with this local mythology during the early age of superhumans, for much the same reasons Henry Bendix grew obsessed with metahuamans. For a hot minute the Guardian's job is 'do not under any circumstances let the local dictator find out these are real'.

But then Kaizen Gamorra is defeated.

The Miraculous make a comeback (I like the idea of Sara Nakamura using one).

And eventually we get the peacock and butterfly duo of 'what do you fucking mean I have to be a magic superhero and a college student at the same damn time'.

[demonsee2]

I'd like to see an Authority animated series on HBO Max so it could stay R Rated like the book. Each arc from the series could be adapted into a season. Start with Kaizen Gamorra and end the Change of Power.

[comicbooktradingcards]

Marvel vs Wildstorm - Series 1 (1997)

#65 Dr. Doom vs Kaizen Gamorra

[weatheringwildstorm]

"StormWatch" Vol. 1 issues 39 & 40

“StormWatch” Vol. 1 issues 39 & 40

This entry covers “StormWatch” volume one issues 39 and 40 by Warren Ellis, Tom Raney, Pete Woods, and Randy Elliot Uh oh! There’s SPBs in the city of Lincoln and it’s up to StormWatch Black (Jenny Sparks, Swift, and Jack Hawksmoore) to stop them! Wait, how did this happen, isn’t StormWatch kind of unwelcome in the United States currently? Well technically they’re still unwelcome, but Bendix is…

[vormitternacht]

The violent and sadistic side of Midnighter

It doesn’t matter which verse I’m talking about: all Midnighters enjoy killing their opponents in a creative way (read as sadistic and cruel). He doesn’t simply murder them; he wants them to suffer, agonize and beg until their last breath. Just talking about his nature in this paragraph doesn’t sound like he’s very violent, especially if you read only StormWatch v3. Also, covering him in blood can be very scary, but the things he did in some issues can be really disgusting and disturbing.

I’ll show you some details (+18, please) about that true nature under the read more. To see the pictures in a better quality: right click on them, view image.

First, we start with StormWatch v2, issue 4.

Warren Ellis introduced The Midnighter as a man who enjoyed inflicting pain on his enemies. As you can see in this panel, he’s very happy to torture that man for Apollo, whom he describes as a polite, mild-mannered man, “that’s as angry as he gets”. The focus on the first panel goes to the word HATE. Midnighter tells the man he hates him, meaning that he isn’t the same polite, mild-mannered guy as Apollo. In other words, he doesn’t pity his opponent. This is well explained on the next panel: “Don’t you understand? I hate you. I want to torture you. I want to leave doctors puzzling for years over how I’ve done the things I want to do to you.” This sentence shows pretty well how sadistic Midnighter is. Besides his creepy smile, he affirms that he wants to do terrible things to that guy, and he will enjoy doing that, because he hates him. He also mentions that Apollo won’t interfere, so he was free to get creative. If you observe the panels, you’ll see that Midnighter stuck blades into the man’s hands and left eye. That’s not even the worst thing he’s done to criminals during the years.

In Ellis’ run of The Authority, Midnighter didn’t change. Yes, he punches and kills enemies, and even mentions that he loves being himself for doing things such as killing Kaizen Gamorra with the Carrier.

During the Millar run, first arc, this man on the first panel beat and raped Apollo. We can see during the story Midnighter crying over his lover’s unconscious body, and even trying to talk to him about the matter. As already mentioned above, Apollo is a mild-mannered man, but he’s still violent. He won’t torture his enemies like Midnighter, but if someone trespasses his boundaries, he will get pissed. Since he wants to give that bastard a lesson, he asks Midnighter to do the job since he’s still a polite man. Apollo damages his spine, paralyzing his legs, and the man even mocks him for leaving him in that state. Then, Midnighter shows up with a rusty jackhammer, giving the reader the message. As you can see, Apollo knows the true nature of his lover, that he’s sadistic and cruel, and his method would be better to show that man what pain meant.

This happens before the jackhammer scene. Apollo is REALLY angry because of what happened (the rape case), so Midnighter comes, and he knows his lover’s deeply upset. He tries to talk to him until Apollo finally tells him what he has in mind. As a mild-mannered man, Apollo doesn’t have those thoughts so often, but the situation’s critical. Midnighter, then, smiles and says, “God, I just love you to bits sometimes”, because that’s a rare scene coming from Apollo. Violent descriptions of action like that one make Midnighter happy since he’s a sadistic bastard, especially coming from the love of his life.

Jumping to Midnighter v1, we see our hero trying to kill his boredom by choosing a random place in a map, and leaving the Carrier to that specific place to find something to do. In other words, he has the urge to kill. He’s not only sadistic and violent, he also NEEDS to kill, it’s a necessity. This page in particular shows the reader Midnighter’s nature. “I am not a lover. I am not a father. I am not a friend. I am what I was bred to be. And therein lies the problem.” While Apollo spends his free time drawing, painting, doing zen things, Midnighter tries to feed his killer side. He’s a killing machine.

Call him the f word, and he will make sure to give the person a painful death. The homophobic crew has a special place in Midnighter’s dark heart.

During the first arc (written by Garth Ennis), Midnighter is abducted by a rich man called Paulus. He implants a bomb in his chest, and removes his secondary heart in case Midnighter survives the explosion. Why? Simply because Paulus is a survivor of the Holocaust, but his parents didn’t have the same luck. He wants a skilled murderer to kill... guess who? Adolf Hitler. This way, his parents wouldn’t suffer and die, and he would change the future. Paulus knows about Midnighter’s killing fame, but he’s also aware he won’t do that “favor” without some threat. So, the bomb will be triggered if Midnighter doesn’t obey him. With that, the man sends Midnighter to the past with his time machine, but before that, Midnighter threatens Paulus and his thugs that he will kill them, one way or another. He isn’t sure how, but he’s certain he will make them pay the price for doing that to him, eventually. The two pages above shows he keeps his word. The moral of the story is: don’t try to control Midnighter, because he won’t forgive you. The man is remorseless, after all.

Garth Ennis dedicated an issue for a Japanese counterpart of Midnighter, not less violent as his Wildstorm counterpart. He loves unconditionally his lover (the Apollo of this universe), and he works for a Lord who doesn’t mind his sexuality. The senior minister, though, is homophobic, and orders some ninjas to kill both Midnighter and Apollo during their sleep. Unfortunately, they manage to murder Apollo, but not without losing their lives as well. Midnighter survives the ambush, kills the senior minister eventually, and then, he decides to follow a habit for Apollo; every year, he gathers a group of great samurais and warriors next to the grave of his lover, tells them their tale, and kills them. Midnighter rips their hearts out, and refers to them as “flowers” and “roses”, a gift to his lover. Even in a romantic gesture, Midnighter manages to be violent, cruel.

Let’s get back to Wildstorm Midnighter, and skip a few issues. Basically, the last arcs of the volume tells the story of Midnighter in the city of Harmony, where he thinks he will find answers about his mysterious past. He starts his new life as Lucas Trent, apparently his old identity before the Midnighter. The thing is, there’s an organization named Anthem in the place, and they manage to capture Midnighter, because he’s working against them. Obviously, they try to convince Midnighter to join them since he’s a potential weapon, convenient to their matters. They send a man to talk to him in his cell.

As you can see, while the man tries to convince him to join Anthem, Midnighter observes the place attentively, studying every detail of his cell. He’s clearly working on his escape. This shows Midnighter doesn’t act out of the blue, and he’s not only pure violence. He’s smart and intelligent, not attacking the opponent without a plan first.

And there you go. Obviously, he chooses the brutal way.

Then, he breaks the cameras, and the reader can’t see what’s happening in the cell. Meanwhile, the Liberty One (a group of superhumans who works for Anthem) is called to deal with Midnighter. They arrive at the place, and...

Midnighter is gone, leaving only the man’s corpse. When I read this issue for the first time, I wonder how he managed to escape from that cell. Then, I realized he was probably under the bed, and the pool of blood next to it gave me the idea. That’s the obvious logic, and the group of superhumans thinks the same way. When they go check the bed...

Midnighter simply ripped the dead man’s scalp, and wore it like a hat, pretending he was the corpse on the floor. When everyone’s facing the bed, he makes his move against them. Just look at the smile on his face, the usual smile he gives when he’s being a sadistic killer (as shown in the first panel of this post). Clearly, he’s having fun. This series of panels shows the reader how fast Midnighter’s mind can be to find methods of violence, and use them against his enemies. He’s great tactician, after all. The rest of the scene is brutal.

Obviously, he doesn’t pity anybody, and kills all of them without mercy. One thing I’ve noticed in this scene is that Midnighter’s very dangerous in small spaces. The previous fight with those guys was in an open place, and they had more advantage, but in that tiny cell, Midnighter showed them nobody can’t beat him.

I’m not going to narrate the story of the last arc. Basically, I’ll just show what Midnighter did to the villain of the story after he managed to defeat him.

Like I’ve commented before, Midnighter isn’t a brainless fighter. He can see the end of a fight a million times, all of them are about him defeating his opponent. This man believed he was a step further than Midnighter, even though he almost got him and the Authority members. The only problem is that he only planned the first action; as soon as he failed (thanks to Jenny Quantum), Midnighter quickly overpowered him, and the panel above happened. Midnighter explains again he lives for fighting, that he loves what he does. But, there’s a specific panel that shows how sadistic Midnighter is, and it’s the penultimate one. He says that while he thinks of a quick solution for fights, it doesn’t mean he always opts for the quickest kill, “Sometimes I’m in the mood to savor the process, wring every last bit of enjoyment out of it before ending it the only way it can ever end...” And, when he says that, he takes the man to a barn, ready to savor his victory.

This is what happens to the man an issue later. Basically, Midnighter’s interrogations are very cruel and painful, but this one shows his sadistic side in a raw way (no pun intended, I swear). To make the man talk, Midnighter cuts each limb, taking his time. Although he doesn’t smile in this scene, it’s pretty clear he’s enjoying doing that to his opponent, but he wants answers too. He fries the man’s flesh, making him smell it. He also cleans his knife every time he’s going to cut another limb. What’s interesting in this whole scene is that Midnighter says to the man, “Guess you’ve already figured out this isn’t about pain. I placed that break specifically to paralyze. The loss of sensation... that’s added bonus for effort.” So, Midnighter doesn’t only torture people physically, but also mentally. He wants the man to feel he can’t feel anymore, and that can be worse than pain itself. “Doesn’t really help when it comes to the psychology of it, does it? Perception is everything. Loss of self. In your case, literally.” Imagine yourself losing your limbs without any pain, watching your aggressor cutting them. You’ll have more room in your head to think about your future without them. You’ll imagine yourself unable to be the same person as before. Besides, you can feel absolutely NOTHING. You can’t feel the wind touching your skin or someone placing a hand on your shoulder. This is cruel. This man just lost all his sense of touch. Midnighter also says, “Trust me. I can keep you alive, deliver what’s left of you to people whose good intentions will keep whatever’s left of you up and running.“ That only reaffirms what I’ve said above. His focus during this torture scene isn’t the physical pain, but the pride of a man who used to be an excellent fighter, now destroyed. “That’s the trouble with good intentions. It’s always about the doer. Not that you’ll be able to correct the misconception-- not deaf, dumb and blind-- and, trust me, that’s on the agenda.” It’s a psychological horror

After cutting all his limbs, Midnighter realizes the torture isn’t working, so he starts mentioning the other four remaining senses (hearing, scent, taste and sight). He follows the same torture pattern as he did to the man’s sense of touch.

The man finally speaks after this panel, but he makes Midnighter swear he will kill him after his confession. He simply can’t stay alive in that situation, he doesn’t want to.

However, Midnighter is still a sadistic bastard, and instead of killing the man, he removes his other senses, and throws him into a hospital. So, not always that Midnighter sees death as the best way to punish criminals. Sometimes, keeping them alive can be worse. Also, look at that bastard’s smug grin on the last panel. He enjoyed doing that so much. Just to conclude this part, remember that this man can’t feel, hear, taste, see and smell ever again. He’s in the dark, completely cut out from the external word. The only thing he’ll remember will probably be Midnighter and the awful smell of his own flesh burning.

Another detail about Midnighter’s violent nature can be seen in this panel of The Authority: Revolution by Ed Brubaker. Midnighter is clearly bored as hell in this scene, because all those politicians are bringing the same issue (as ever) that The Authority shouldn’t be above the government. Then, Midnighter imagines himself killing those guys in a brutal way, fantasizing their deaths. What boredom does to him, mm? He doesn’t have patience to deal with politics, so instead of actually paying attention to them, he finds in violence a way to kill his boredom (again, no pun intended). Midnighter probably has the habit of imagining those scenes when he’s doing nothing. A real killing machine even in thoughts and dreams.

Okay, I’ve talked a lot about Wildstorm Midnighter, so I’ll finish this headcanon with some panels of DC Midnighter. I’ll skip StormWatch v3 because it doesn’t show well his violent and sadistic nature. Let’s only work with Midnighter v2 by Steve Orlando. The cover of the first issue already gives us a Midnighter with a creepy grin, covered in blood. I got excited when I saw that cover for the first time, hoping that the violent Midnighter would come back in that series.

This cover is beautiful? It’s not only about the great art, but I find it interesting because it shows Midnighter’s nature in a picture: the sadistic grin, the blood on his leather clothing and skin, the clubs he’s holding, and the series of circles growing from his head, indicating his powers of reading the enemy’s moves. This cover is probably my favorite one (aside Kevin Wada’s).

The volume brings Midnighter’s fights in x-ray panels, showing the internal damage that he does to his opponents. It’s a great way to show how violent and dangerous our hero is. Basically, he shoves his arm through a man’s body, and another, through his head. To be honest? This explains well how Midnighter’s moves work. It’s brilliant.

This Midnighter enjoys fighting, hurting and killing as much as Wildstorm Midnighter. The difference is that he respects some heroes (like Grayson), and he won’t kill his opponents when they’re involved. Also, he’s more sociable, allowing himself to fall in love again after breaking up with Apollo, making friendships with common people. Even though Wildstorm Midnighter tried to have friends in vol 1, while he was in Harmony, he eventually left them to go back to the Carrier. DC Midnighter keeps his friendships, and even makes accounts on social networks, not hiding the fact he loves violence. But, like Wildstorm Midnighter, he doesn’t enjoy being used.

The more he fights, the more he enjoys. That’s why he loves Mutiplex, because the man can make copies of himself. A true sadist.

So, basically, this is all I can talk about Midnighter’s violent and sadistic nature, or else this post will get too long (it’s already long, lmao).

[multiverseforger]

Eclipso is depicted as the god of vengeance and once again trapped in the Heart of Darkness.[18] However, a criminal organization working for Kaizen Gamorra tries to steal the item, with Team 7 trying to stop them. During the fight, Slade Wilson is briefly possessed by Eclipso.[19] With the help of Essence, the other heroes manage to trap him again in the black diamond, which is then sent to somewhere safe.[20] Five years later, Catwoman is hired to steal the diamond, now kept in one of A.R.G.U.S secret rooms; she succeeds, although she is affected by the item's magic.[21]

Eclipso is subsequently revealed to be an inhabitant of Gemworld with the powers of House Onyx and House Diamond and was once Kalaa of the planet Gilaa. [19]He was trapped in the diamond by the then-Princess of House Amethyst centuries ago.[22] Now possessing Dr. Alex Montez, he is sent back to Gemworld by John Constantine, where he seizes control of the two Houses he is connected to.[23] Seeking revenge on House Amethyst, he is defeated by Princess Amaya and again trapped in the diamond.[24]

Later, the black diamond is delivered to scientist Gordon Jacobs, who has fallen from grace. Using Gordon's rage, Eclipso from inside the gem manipulated him into cutting himself with the gem so he can possess him. After taking his body, Eclipso murders Jonah Bennet, Gordon's partner and father of his fiancé, Mona, who has come to visit Gordon, but after that, Gordon realizes that he was out of control and he must destroy the gem, but Eclipso tells him that if he does, he will also kill himself, because they are one and the same now. Eclipso also manipulates and convinces Gordon not to throw away the gem, using Mona as an excuse. However, Eclipso warns that if the diamond and he are destroyed, the blood bond between them means Gordon will die too. Manipulatively, Eclipso reminds that with Jonah's death, Gordon must be there to comfort her and soon, Gordon is convinced

[weathermanone]

WildCATS 30 (1996) by Alan Moore, Travis Charest & Ryan Benjamin

Cover: Travis Charest

[taperwolf]

... okay, this Superman/Authority and new Superman thing is going really weirdly into Wildstorm history.

(From memory, back before the Authority existed, Henry Bendix was some kind of mad scientist who ran the superteam Stormwatch, trained and/or made heroes like Apollo and the Midnighter as his "shadow team", and then — went nuts? Had always been evil? Anyway, he blew up the whole thing, killed a lot of people, yadda yadda.

Jenny Sparks then started the Authority, and their first deal was stopping city-devastating attacks from the leader of Gamorra, Kaizen Gamorra. If I'm remembering right, Midnighter shoved their massive ship/base through the guy's palace.

So... Yeah.)

Superman: Son of Kal-El #2 - “The Truth II” (2021)

written by Tom Taylor art by John Timms & Gabe Eltaeb

[averyenglishnerd]

Birds of Prey

Vol 3 022 - 026

2013 - 2014

Writers: Christy Marx

Pencils:Romano Molenaar, Robson Rocha, Scott McDaniel

Inks: Jonathan Glapion, Sandu Florea, Oclair Albert

Covers: Scott McDaniel, Romano Molenaar, Jonathan Glapion, Chris Sotomayor, Ricken, Jorge Molina

Featured Characters: Birds of Prey (Black Canary, Batgirl, Condor, Strix)

Supporting Characters: Regulus, Tsiklon, Hammerdown, Whipcrack, Uplink, Kurt Lance, Kaizen Gamorra, Desmond Lamar, John Lynch

[thisdayincomics]

February 11

Midnighter and Apollo are best known as a member of the rogue superhero team, The Authority. Midnighter has certain enhanced abilities, and generally kills his opponents. He is rarely seen without his costume and mask. Apollo's powers include superhuman strength, flight, and near invulnerability. His eyes are constructed to concentrate solar energy into laser-like blasts. He can fly as well, at least fast enough to circle the globe in just under 30 seconds. They first appear in Stormwatch #4 (February 11, 1998). Midnighter and Apollo were recruited by Jenny Sparks for a new team, The Authority, under her leadership. A formidable fighter with a sardonic attitude, Midnighter epitomised the new team's commitment to fighting for a finer world, including against vested interests and world governments. Midnighter was the architect of the team's first significant victory, the defeat of autocratic dictator Kaizen Gamorra, which he achieved by dropping the 50-mile-long Carrier on to Gamorra's island base. Apollo sterilised the moon, killing the alien parasites that were using it as a base from which to attack earth. He formed a friendship with leader Jenny Sparks, and his relationship with Midnighter was also revealed. Midnighter was the only Authority member to evade capture when the US government had the team attacked and replaced with manipulable substitutes. Apollo was kept aboard the Carrier and brutalised by Midnighter's replacement and by his own. Presumed dead, Midnighter had in fact escaped the Carrier with baby Jenny Quantum. He returned to overthrow the puppet team and rescue Apollo from imprisonment and abuse at the hands of their replacements. Shortly thereafter Midnighter and Apollo were married and adopted Jenny Quantum.