I'm back! With comics talk!

Okay, troopers - sorry to be away longer than expected, but I had some real life stuff to take care of, plus we of the creative team were having some long needed discussions. I'll fill you in later on what came out of that, but one thing that we did decide on is that I will try to post 3 to 5 times a week Monday through Friday, and take the weekends off - unless some special event comes up. This leaves the weekend free for planning what I can talk about in the next week. I've been pretty much working that schedule anyway, but now we're making it official.

Anyway, for being away so long, I decided to treat you to something that is supposed to be one of the main points of this blog: comics talk! Next week I promise talk about nothing else but comics! And hey, let's start today! :-D

Out this Wednesday was a DC title that I've long awaited since I first heard that it was coming out, DC Decisions, in which the political views of various heroes will be brought out! It's been no secret that Green Arrow is a bleeding heart liberal, but what about the other heroes? What do you think?

But before I continue, a word of warning:

****SPOILERS AHEAD!*****

If you have not read DC Decisions and don't want the story's content to be revealed to you here, STOP READING NOW!!!!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

Sorry, it's always necessary to do that so that I don't have anyone complaining that I didn't warn them. Okay, onward!

In the story, a Republican candidate is almost killed by a bomb blast from someone who should be a loyal supporter. Later on, a Democratic candidate is also almost killed, also by someone who should be a loyal supporter. In the first instance, lives were lost and harmed in an explosion. In the second instance, Green Arrow happened to see the bomber at the last second and shot a freeze arrow at him, creating a freezing block of ice around the arms of the would-be bomber.

The Justice League decides that they are going to need to protect the candidates, since it seems to be a metahuman with mind control powers at work. The metahuman seems to be aiming for all candidates, not just those of a certain political or sociological ideology. The heroes are supposed to keep their politics out of it, but Green Arrow is ultimately persuaded to support the liberal candidate, because otherwise he doesn't have a shot at winning. Thus begins the problem: What happens when a superhero supports a candidate for office?

Some years back when Lex Luthor was president, Superman made it a point to state that he served the office or the country, and not the man, when he came to help Luthor do something. In this storyline, he's STILL keeping his politics out of it - even from his wife! Lois, by the way, shows herself to be a conservative - which was a surprise to me. Guy Gardner, one of the many Green Lanterns, is on the cover of DCD #2 as a right-winger. He's always been something of a jerk, so I guess what DC is saying that now we know why! ;-)

(End Spoilers)

So far, that's all that is revealed, but I'm certainly going to be keeping up! All of the 4 issues are supposed to be available before the November election, so if you're going to buy this series, be sure to look out for it pretty much every week in October. This is one series that I'm looking forward to!

I was going to reveal my own political views in this blog entry, but I thought that, in the spirit of the limited series, I'll only reveal them incrementally as each issue comes out. However, most of you already know that I'm prolife because of my posts on the Comic Strip Club forum. If you didn't know that before, you know now! ;-)

Oh, and one last thing: On Monday, Heroes comes back!

YES! YES! YES!!! (hopping around like a schoolgirl)

I so totally LOVE that show! And I will be giving reviews of each episode! Life is good! Especially if you're a nerd!

Have a great weekend, gang!