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Guy Gardner being a social worker and teacher as well as having a degree in Liberal Arts needs to be a more important part of his character. Like it adds so much depth to his character!!!

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A little snippet from JMD's Facebook page

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Ooooo what's a Fantastic Pour?

THIIIIIISSSSSSS

The bar connected to the theater was selling them! If I remember correctly it was some combination of vodka, blue curacao, citrus, and cold foam topping. My sister mixed the cold foam in and said it was terrible, but I did not and mine was really good! They also had themed drinks for each member of the Four (+ TWO for Superman), but I didn’t think to get a picture of the board. Maybe I’ll post them if I swing back by that mall before they go away!

I don’t handle alcohol well so I’m paying for it this morning 🤠 NO REGRETS THO

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WHERE AM I RN??

reading about franklin

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reading about franklin

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CAUSE I'M A PUNKROCKER YES I AM!

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I really wanna talk about how tssm Electro is probably in Chronic pain

He’s hungry but he can’t eat He’s tired but he can’t sleep He’s Thirsty but he can’t drink

He simply isn’t human anymore but he still feels

He can still feel the exhaustion tugging at electric eye lids but he just can’t sleep He can still feel the dryness of a throat that isn’t there anymore Sill feel the ache in bones he doesn’t have

He’s a monster on all accounts but he’s sill painfully human

And all the simple joys of his life have been stolen by a god like power that he never asked for

He can’t even watch the damn TV without it turning to static Can’t go outside without getting weird looks or people running for their lives cant go to college cant find someone cant have a life all because of a freak accident that stole that all away

Sure he was never a saint before but what had he done to deserve this? Doc Ock said this was a gift a power that he could harness and make people afraid but it sure as hell dosent feel like a gift when his teeth hurt and his nerves feel on fire it dosent feel like a gift when he can never be normal again when he can never watch his favorite team play or see his favorite band

He can’t sleep anymore the electricity making his restless and awake but he can’t kill the time with TV or a video game because he always shot the power

It wasn’t fair that he was so powerful but felt so powerless

Midnight walks become his only friend because the rest of the six tell him hes lucky tell him hes powerful

But he sure as hell dosent feel lucky he feels like he’ll never drink another cup of coffee again never sleep again never not feel pain again

If this is a gift-

What the hell is a curse?

Was he ungrateful for this power he never wanted? Doc said he was…and he never lied to him right? Maybe the pain was normal- really I’d been so long since he hasn’t felt the pain maybe it was always there?

Maybe the rest of the six felt the pain in their teeth and bones too maybe he was just over dramatic?

I mean really who would want to hear about a problem everyone has? he was just over reacting

It was nothing

Really

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no but like, frfr

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Spidey Super Stories #10 (1975)

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Superman: Red & Blue #5 - “De-Escalation” (2021)

written by G. Willow Wilson art by Valentine De Landro

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He can’t keep getting away with it

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The Problem Isn’t Robin. The Problem Is You Don’t Like Superhero Comics.

A Defense of Robin & the Sidekick Archetype in Comics.

Every so often, a particular critique bubbles up from the depths of comic fandom discourse: the outrage over Batman’s use of a child sidekick. “How could a responsible adult train a kid to fight crime?”

Let’s get one thing straight right out of the gate: this isn’t a critique of Batman. It’s a misunderstanding or outright rejection of superhero comics as a genre.

Because the idea of a child or teenage sidekick isn’t unique to Batman. It’s baked into the genre’s DNA. Robin wasn’t some edgy, irresponsible afterthought added to make Batman more palatable. He debuted just one year after Batman himself, and was created specifically to give young readers someone to identify with. And it worked;Robin’s arrival doubled Batman’s sales.

Sidekicks Are Genre, Not Anomaly

From Bucky Barnes to Speedy to Kid Flash to Aqualad, nearly every major superhero had a youthful counterpart. They serve multiple purposes: they humanize god-like heroes, ground fantastical adventures, give younger readers a place in the story, etc.

And guess what? Those sidekicks have all endured unspeakable trauma. Bucky died in the war. Speedy dealt with addiction. Wally spent decades in Barry Allen’s shadow. Donna Troy’s origin was rewritten into tragic nonsense more times than anyone can count.

But none of these characters attract the volume of moral panic that Robin does. Why? Because Batman is the most popular, most visible, and most psychologically dissected superhero on the planet. His mythology gets scrutinized through “real-world” logic. So when people see Batman training children to fight crime, they recoil. Not because it’s uniquely extreme, but because it’s more visible.

You Can’t Apply Real-World Morality to Myth

If you apply real-world morality and logic too strictly to superhero stories, none of them hold up. Why doesn’t Spider-Man call Child Services instead of swinging into the night? Why do the X-Men keep putting teens in danger while talking about protecting them?

These stories aren’t morality plays rooted in realism. They’re modern myths, told in the language of drama, archetypes, and symbols. Robin isn’t “child endangerment.” He’s the light in Batman’s darkness. He represents hope, youth, resilience; a symbol younger readers are supposed to look up to, to teach them to stand against injustices and do the right thing. That’s why so many Robins exist, and why they all resonate with different eras.

The Genre Knows What It's Doing

Comics are not oblivious to the implications. Entire storylines have interrogated the ethics of child sidekicks. A Death in the Family let fans decide Jason Todd’s fate. Batman and Robin repeatedly explored the tension of legacy and responsibility. Young Justice and Teen Titans were built on the premise of teens demanding their own agency rather than being side characters in someone else’s war.

The genre critiques itself, but it also embraces what works. And Robin works. He’s lasted longer, sold more, and evolved more richly than almost any sidekick in any medium. If you think Robin is just a tool of exploitation or lazy storytelling, you haven’t been paying attention to the last 80 years.

Admit You Want Something Else

Let’s be honest: most people who rail against Robin don’t actually read superhero comics. Or if they do, they only want a narrow slice of them; gritty realism, moral absolutism, hardboiled antiheroes. That’s fine. You’re allowed to prefer that. But don’t pretend that your personal taste is some kind of ethical stance when the comics themselves do not promote the idea of a teen sidekick.

Robin exists because comics are for more than one kind of reader. Because sidekicks matter. Because legacy matters. Because Batman can’t be a symbol of fear without someone reminding him what hope looks like.

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Doc Ock and her family

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Spider-Man vs The Sinister Six

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Namor truly says some of the funniest things and has such a way with words, I love him so much.

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THE FISHMAN FUMBLER HIMSELF: NAMOR

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I love this fucking movie, man