#Skartaris

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Mike Grell presents arguably his most famous creation: Travis Morgan, The Warlord, and the love of his life, Tara. Colors by Rich Seetoo.

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Shakira made her first appearance in Warlord 32#, cover date April, 1980. She was created by Mike Grell. ("Land of the Titans", Warlord 32#, DC Comics, Event)

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Who's Who In The DC Universe #1: Arkham Asylum, Atari Force, Atlantis

Arkham Asylum by Steve Bissette & John Totleben

Located on a wooded acre of land just north of Gotham City

Founded in 1921 by Dr. Amadeus Arkham, a vigorous social reformer, on land left to him by his mother

Amadeus’s mother suffered from mental illness

The asylum was the first facility of its kind in Gotham

Amadeus transformed his ancestral home into an asylum and staffed it with some of the most prominent psychologists and physicians of the time.

One of Arkham’s first inmates was “Mad Dog” Martin Hawkins, who had been found not guilty by reason of insanity in the murders of Arkham’s wife and infant daughters.

Dr. Arkham treated Hawkins with “great concern and compassion”, right up to Hawkin’s accidental electrocution two months after his incarceration.

In 1929, 6 days after the legendary stock crash, Dr. Arkham went berserk and was arrested when he attempted to electrocute his stockbroker. Amadeus wasn’t happy over losing his entire fortune in the crash.

Amadeus was committed to Arkham Asylum. He spent the remainder of his days carving indecipherable inscriptions on the floor of his cell while singing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”.

Amadeus passed away in his sleep on April 7, 1963.

The Asylum wen through a series of state-appointed administrators after Amadeus’s incarceration.

The most recent was Dr. Byron Blaine, who has held the position since his predecessor was taken captive and replaced by Professor Achilles Milo, one of the Asylum’s inmates.

Other notable inmates include Two-Face, the Floronic Man, the Mad Hatter, Clayface III, Maxie Zeus, and the Joker.

Arkham Asylum debuted in the Batman comics in 1974 but has quickly become a foundational aspect of the Batman mythos. Hugo Strange, Harley Quinn, and Scarecrow all worked at Arkham Asylum in the various continuities. Numerous important storylines have taken place at Arkham, including the kickoff of Knightfall when Bane released the inmates to exhaust Batman.

I haven’t read Grant Morrison’s Arkham Asylum since it came out in 1989 but I think I remember the writer referencing Amadeus’s backstory. I seem to remember Mad Dog’s electrocution wasn’t so accidental after all. The Who’s Who entry (which pre-dates Morrison’s story by 4/5 years hints about the true nature of Mad Dog’s death when Amadeus attempts to electrocute his stockbroker). I don’t blame Amadeus, no one should be tasked to care for his wife and infant daughter’s murderer.

Amadeus played a background role in the Batman Arkham games when Quincy Sharpe, the Asylum’s current administrator, becomes convinced he is the reincarnation of Amadeus Arkham.

Arkham Asylum appears in all the various Bat Family titles and crossover media (cartoons, movies, video games). Notable storylines include the Arkham Asylum GN by Grant Morrison and Arkham Asylum: Living Hell. “Living Hell” isn’t as famous as Morrison’s graphic novel, but I enjoyed it. It follows a businessman who pleads insanity to avoid prison. The judge is fed up and sentences the man to Arkham. It doesn’t end well for him.

The Asylum has appeared in various non-Bat titles, including the Justice League, Justice Society, and Sandman. Arkham made appearances in the Justice League cartoon and a Suicide Squad animated movie.

Atari Force by Eduardo Barreto

Earth has been ravaged by war and ecological imbalance. The Atari Technology and Research Institute sent a specially trained crew throughout the multiverse to find a new world for humanity.

The crew found a new world after months of trials and tribulations. It was dubbed New Earth.

Twenty-five years later, the Dark Destroyer returned to menace New Earth.

Martin Chapman, one of the original founders of New Earth, founded the Atari Force to battle the Dark Destroyer.

The team is composed of Martin, his son, and members of various alien recipes.

DC issued digests in the 1980s (the size of the Archie digests you find in the grocery stores). One series of digests was devoted to the Legion of Super-Heroes (it’s how I read most of the Silver Age appearances of the Legion). Another had random reprints of various DC comics. This digest contained the only Atari Force story I have read. If you’re curious, the other stories in the digest were a Blue Devil story, the “Who Is Donna Troy” New Titans story, and the “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” Legion story (the one where Gim introduces Yera to his parents). I don’t recall much of the Atari Force story.

Atari Force was licensed from the actual Atari company which explains why the group isn’t seen/reference anymore.

Atlantis by Marshall Rogers

Located in the North Atlantic Ocean, the continent of Atlantis was one of the first places on Earth where civilization flourished. It was the most sophisticated civilization in the world, establishing twelve scattered settlement cities on other continents.

Magic was the dominant source of power in early Atlantis but science and technology gradually rose to prominence, later Atlantis combined magic with technology

Atlantis launched an exploratory spacecraft in 45,500 BC

King Thorval sent six expeditions in the 9600 BC to find alternate places for Atlanteans to live in the face of an impending natural catastrophe

One of the expeditions founded a colony in a secluded area between the earth’s surface and the hidden land known as Skartaris

Atlantis sank beneath the sea with only two of its cities surviving (Tritonis and Poseidonis)

The Atlanteans constructed protective domes around the cities and developed serums to allow underwater breathing

The citizens of Tritonis had an unexpected reaction to the serum and transformed into merfolk.

The Atlanteans developed telepathic abilities to communicate underwater. (But only Aquaman can command the creatures of the sea).

Tritonis remains secluded but Poseidonis has had more public exposure, including a major exposition held for the air-breathing people.

Remnants of the original Atlantean colony lost beneath the earth have been active again recently, attempting a takeover of Skartaris, which was thwarted by Travis Morgan (the Warlord).

Aquaman, Aquagirl, Aqualad, Arion, and Atlantis itself. Aquaman’s corner of the DC universe was features heavily in the first issue of “Who’s Who In The DC Universe”.

Atlantis has a role in all Aquaman series and other media projects.  Power Girl was connected to Atlantis in a unnecessary post-Crisis retcon. Don’t worry, the retcon was also retconned and Power Girl is once again a Kryptonian. Atlantis and its citizens were featured in Infinite Crisis when an unstable Spectre unleashed his wrath on the area (he was on a rampage against magic users). DC’s Atlantis has made appearances in the Justice League cartoon, Young Justice cartoon and comic, and an animated Justice League movie.

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- Nightwing #10 (2016)

Dick. He’s just like me!!!!

Dick 🤝 Me: both keeping tabs on Skartaris actually

Shakira skipping Machiste’s wedding would be fully on brand actually as she doesn’t like Mariah (or Tara for that matter)

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Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

S.T.R.I.P.E.

A brilliant inventor and engineer, Pat Dugan created an advanced battle suit that he called the Special Tactics Robotic Integrated Power Enhancer (or S.T.R.I.P.E.).  Dugan built this armor because his step daughter, Courtney Whitmore had obtained the Cosmic Staff and was headstrong set on using it to become the super heroine known as Stargirl.  Dugan was unable to dissuade Courtney from this brave yet dangerous path so he built STRIPE so that he might battle at her side and do his best to keep her out of trouble.  

Although he started out as merely an overly protective parent, Dugan actually thrived as STRIPE and he and Stargirl proved to be a highly formidable crime-fighting duo.  

When the Justice League expanded its ranks both Stargirl and STRIPE were invited to join.  Once more Dugan was hesitant over the potential dangers involved in accepting this offer, but his stepdaughter was not going to pass up the opportunity.  As such, both ended up members of the League.

As a part of the team, STRIPE aided in the battles against Amazo, Mordru, the Dark Heart invasion, the Ultimen as well as Deimos's army in Skartaris. Throughout it all, STRIPE and Stargirl fought side by side with Dugan continuously watching out for Stargirl and doing his best to keep his partner's youthful, reckless behavior in check.

Phil LaMarr provided the voice for STRIPE with the hero first appearing the premier episode of the first season of Justice League Unlimited, ‘Initiation.’  

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In this exclusive clip from the DC animated film Justice League: Warworld, Batman (voiced by Jensen Ackles) finds himself a barbaric mercenary in the Hollow Earth realm of Skartaris where he strikes a deal for his freedom with the Warlord (voiced by The Flash's Teddy Sears).

DC’s Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman find themselves in mysterious lands and precarious circumstances with no memory of how they arrived there and only vague recollections of their true selves in Justice League: Warworld, available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Blu-ray on July 25, 2023. The all-new, feature-length film brings together DC’s “Trinity” for the first time during the Butch Lukic-helmed DC Universe Movies arc. 

Reprising their roles as DC’s key trio of Super Heroes are Jensen Ackles (Supernatural, The Boys, The Winchesters) as Batman and Officer Wayne, Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Glee) as Superman and Agent Kent, and Stana Katic (Castle, Absentia) as Wonder Woman and Diana Prince.

IGN

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LoSH Appreciation Week Day 3 - Headquarters

Ever since I was a kid, I went nuts over comics maps and diagrams. The maps of Kamandi's World. The lands of Skartaris found inside the hollow Earth in The Warlord. And of course, diagrams of the Legion Headquarters.

Look at all the rooms and support structures. You can start planning your visit today.

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In this exclusive clip from the DC animated film Justice League: Warworld, Batman (voiced by Jensen Ackles) finds himself a barbaric mercenary in the Hollow Earth realm of Skartaris where he strikes a deal for his freedom with the Warlord (voiced by The Flash's Teddy Sears).

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THE FLASH #16

Written by SIMON SPURRIER

Art by VASCO GEORGIEV

Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO

Variant covers by DIKE RUAN and MATTIA DE IULIS

DC Winter Wonderland variant by CHRISSIE ZULLO

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 12/25/24

As the family continues their time in Skartaris, something is causing some serious seismic shakes—but is the cause of the quake something sinister? Also, Jai discovers how his abilities have evolved!

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In the Land That Time Forgot

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/cMkULnS by leakypaintpen A mercenary and a stranger meet. They shouldn’t know each other, yet somehow they do. Words: 4927, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Justice League: Warworld (Movie 2023) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent Relationships: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Amnesia, Action/Adventure, Swords & Sorcery, Dinosaurs, Except nobody knows they're called dinosaurs, They also don't know what in Skartaris is going on read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/cMkULnS

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in one of the wildest places imaginable: Skartaris Justice League Task Force #34

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Warlord of Skartaris

Ramon Bernado

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Shikara

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:) hi!! Thank you so much for the bartkon content and explaining them bc now I get it and can enjoy the ship. Do you have any other images showing them being protective of each other or saving each other? That’s what really I like in my ships is when they try so hard to protect. If not that's okay. You convinced me to read. Lol.

Hello! Glad to have more people appreciate the ship! As for them protecting/saving/guarding each other there are several moments where they both step up. There are more instances than what I'm going to show but here's a few I remember immediately because I just read these issues and they are fresh in my brain.

The epic following set comes from Teen Titans v.3 #82 (which has a lot of GREAT Kon/Bart moments).

Kon protects and guards a compromised Bart (he got burned) and gets 'barely tapped' later which prompts Bart to pummel Leonard 74 times, then they work together to get an edge over him which finally leads to his defeat.

Not necessarily "saving" Bart here but Kon sort of is (from falling to his death). TTv3 #83 & #84

Young Justice 1998 #5 Big bi energy, Kon grabs both Cassie and Bart (even if Cassie didn't need it).

Superboy #99

Bart saves "Conel" from death via his Scouts despite knowing they might die, and it might kill him in the process due to the last time a Scout died.

In Young Justice 2019 Bart goes above and beyond to save Conner from Dr. Glory, apologies for how blurry the text is.

"You know. Give him a second... He'll find Conner."

This is my absolute favorite spread showing Bart's powers at work and the look on his face when he finds out just where Dr. Glory sent Conner delights me to no end. That is a look of pure disgust and rage.

A little later Bart finds Kon in Skartaris and directs Sideaways to dispose of the kryptonite sword. If they were just seconds later, Kon would have died.

That's what I remember immediately for now, if anyone else has more moments feel free to add!

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Sometimes I wonder if I do come across as one of 'those' DC readers hung up on Bat comics and only Bat comics, and then I look at myself and the fact I just squealed loudly at the sight of Jenny Sparks' skeleton in a comic and I think I'm probably doing okay, even if I have read more Bat comics than any other sort.