#william messner loebs

[pinkbelugacollective]

reading yj in true publication order is legit insane bc bart was really going into a superhero team after waid, messmer-loebs, and co. pretty much ironed out that despite max being the zen master of speed and everyone’s mentor/uncle-figure… max was not ACTUALLY equipped to be a father. if anything, he shoulda been a weekend caretaker at best, but between him and wally, bart was completely screwed. him joining yj off the heels of max’s repeated failures at connecting with bart just makes so much sense cuz it’s like…. bart learned a LOT under max, but even after 40+ issues together, max still didn’t UNDERSTAND bart because he WAS NOT a good foster parent and he shouldn’t have been a parent at all! and max knows that… helen too. and i suspect bart did too, but he forgave him for it just like he’s forgiven most ppl in his ‘family’ for their transgressions.

bc what choice does bart really have at the end of the day? he’s still a refugee and his mom still can’t bring him home, so he’s got no choice but to make the best out of a shitty situation bc otherwise he’d have to admit that maybe he was better off dead. which is truly heartbreaking when you get to the yj piece of his story bc even the others look down on him and don’t treat him the best all the time. but he loves them anyway, bc what and WHO else does bart allen have left? when you’ve been ousted from your own century AND forced to live with people who’ve made it clear numerous times that they don’t want you there, what else can you do but put on a smile and brave through? you don’t even love yourself, but you love others SO much and willing to sacrifice yourself for it. you didn’t even get a lightning rod until 20+ years AFTER your debut. bart allen, the man that you are

[vertigoartgore]

1993's Wonder Woman Vol.2 #72 cover by the great Brian Bolland.

[johnvenus]

So a friend of mine pointed out all the signs that Lois on My Adventures With Superman is Korean American and while I like the fact that they had the guts to go in that direction, lets not forget the other hard hitting Korean American journalist married to a superhero:

Read ups:

The Trials of Linda Park

William Messner Loebs Flash Found The Humanity In Everyone

The meet-cute with Flash/Wally, going from hating each other to loving each other:

To working together:

Dealong with racism in the industry:

TW: racism

To being a married couple:

To creating a family:

And at one point being the most popular couple at DC even beating out Lois/Clark and Scott/Barda which also made the pairing the most popular interracial pairing at DC.

More info on Linda herself:

[comicarthistory]

Page from Freak Force #15. 1997 . Art by Victor Bridges and Al Gordon.

[righthandedleftturn]

New Flash collections coming in 2024.

[batman-daily]

The complete daily Batman newspaper comic strips, Part 33 and the grand finale!

Thank you so much to everyone for reading! If you'd like to know more about this forgotten Batman saga, I encourage you to check out my pinned post.

And if you're a latecomer who'd like to read this storyline from the very beginning, start here!

[evilhorse]

Going to Paris makes you grumpy?

(Justice League International Annual #3)

[i-aint-here-man]

Who's the best?

Who's the best D-Level villain?

Polka-Dot-Man?

nope

Cluemaster?

naah

...Kite-Man?

What? Hell no!

Of course it's

the most fabulous

the most fantastic

the most terrific

the most cunning

the most terryfying

and the most formidable of them all...

THE GREEN CIGARETTE

Damn, I love this guy; Src-> Impulse #45

[balu8]

The Maxx #3

by William Messner-Loebs; Sam Kieth: Jim Sinclair; Steve Oliff and Mike Heisler/Kevin Cunningham

Image

[ginge1962]

Secret Origins #28 - July 1988, cover by Keith Wilson, William Messner-Loebs & Jim Valentino!

[splooosh]

Freedom Fighter

William Messner-Loebs

[pinkbelugacollective]

HIS town

[nerds-yearbook]

Inza Nelson was not only restored to life and had her youth revitalized, but she had become the New Doctor Fate in Doctor Fate 25# vol 2 (cover date February, 1991). The issue also introduced the Lord of Order Shat-Ru. Shat-Ru was created by William Messner-Loebs and Vince Giarrano. ("In the Beginning There Was Order", Doctor Fate 25# vol 2, Comic, Event)

[geekcavepodcast]

DC Comics Announces “The DC Book of Pride” and “DC Pride Through the Years”

DC Comics has announced two additional DC books celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters: The DC Book of Pride and DC Pride Through the Years.

The DC Book of Pride is a collaboration between DK and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products. Authored by Jadzia Axelrod, the hardcover profiles over 50 of DC Comics’ LGBTQIA+ characters in detail, illustrating their origins, histories, superpowers, and key storylines. The book features interior artworks and a cover by Paulina Ganucheau.

The DC Book of Pride goes on sale on May 16, 2023.

DC Pride Through the Years is a special collection of three out-of-print comics in an oversized 80-page release. In The Flash #53, by William Messner-Loebs and Greg LaRocque, Pied Piper, once a villain and now a hero, comes out to his friend the Flash and the two thwart a dastardly villain. In Detective Comics #854, by Greg Rucka and J.H. Willliams, features the beginning of Batwoman’s first solo series. In Supergirl #19, by Steve Orlando, Vita Ayala, and Jamal Campbell, Lee Serrano, a nonbinary teen, befriends Supergirl. Plus, the collection also features a new Alan Scott / Green Lantern story  from Tim SHeridan and Cian Tormey that will tease new stories for the character.

DC Pride Through the Years, featuring a cover by Derek Charm, goes on sale on June 13, 2023.

(Images via DC Comics - Paulina Ganucheau’s Cover of The DC Book of Pride and Derek Charm’s Cover of DC Pride Through the Years #1)

[johnvenus]

What is the most inhinged thing Hippolyta has ever done in WW comics?

[righthandedleftturn]

Wally West. The Flash. The Fastest Man Alive.