Comments on: The Hidden Language of 52 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:32:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian Cronin http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-212857 Brian Cronin Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:07:38 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-212857 One year - or 52 weeks? ;) One year - or 52 weeks? ;)

]]> By: Mike Shields http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-212855 Mike Shields Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:05:14 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-212855 Well, you guys do know that the number of cards in the deck is based on the weeks of the year, right? The suits are the four seasons, and the number of cards in each suit refers to the number of months in a lunar year.... And yes, I realize this post is one year later, but I just had to.... Well, you guys do know that the number of cards in the deck is based on the weeks of the year, right? The suits are the four seasons, and the number of cards in each suit refers to the number of months in a lunar year....

And yes, I realize this post is one year later, but I just had to....

]]> By: Harvey Jerkwater http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-8845 Harvey Jerkwater Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:27:50 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-8845 Yes, that's true. Which is why this is a gag column. Yes, that's true. Which is why this is a gag column.

]]> By: Matt http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-7896 Matt Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:03:11 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-7896 I think the most obvious connection to the number 52 is not a deck of cards but rather the number of weeks in a year, particularly given that "52" covers a missing year before the craptastic "ONE YEAR LATER." Your card idea, while fun, is simply ridiculous, the more so in light of the fact that no two people ever have or ever will interpret a card the same way. I think the most obvious connection to the number 52 is not a deck of cards but rather the number of weeks in a year, particularly given that "52" covers a missing year before the craptastic "ONE YEAR LATER." Your card idea, while fun, is simply ridiculous, the more so in light of the fact that no two people ever have or ever will interpret a card the same way.

]]> By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-1092 Apodaca Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:01:59 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-1092 Wait, people are complaining about the story being metatextual? People are complaining about getting more story? I don't get it at all. Wait, people are complaining about the story being metatextual? People are complaining about getting more story?

I don't get it at all.

]]> By: T. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-466 T. Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:24:37 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-466 It's even worse than the first month of "One Year Later" where everyone in every book kept saying "Man, what a year THAT was, huh?" *nudge,nudge, wink wink* It's even worse than the first month of "One Year Later" where everyone in every book kept saying "Man, what a year THAT was, huh?" *nudge,nudge, wink wink*

]]> By: moose n squirrel http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-465 moose n squirrel Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:43:15 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-465 "Jerkwater isn’t implying the lame type of number tie-in you’re talking about, Moos n Squirrel" Maybe, but with the lame number references they're already putting in the book, I really don't need to see them spray title references around any more than they've already decided to, cloaked in numerology or not. I mean, really, what sensible excuse is there for having the Red Tornado's last words be the title of the book? Did he die plugging his own final appearance in some Morrisonian metafictive fit? The very least he could do is plug a book the reader wouldn't have already bought yet: "Hey, folks! Check out Supergirl and the Legion - I hear Waid and Kitson are doing some incredible woooOOOH NOOOOO AIIIIEEEEEE! [explodes]" But hey, maybe it's just me. Maybe they should end every episode of "24" like this, too! "Dammit, Mr. President! There's a bomb out there and I need to find - wait... Twenty-Four! TWEEEENTY-FOOOOOOUR! [explodes]" "Jerkwater isn’t implying the lame type of number tie-in you’re talking about, Moos n Squirrel"

Maybe, but with the lame number references they're already putting in the book, I really don't need to see them spray title references around any more than they've already decided to, cloaked in numerology or not. I mean, really, what sensible excuse is there for having the Red Tornado's last words be the title of the book? Did he die plugging his own final appearance in some Morrisonian metafictive fit? The very least he could do is plug a book the reader wouldn't have already bought yet: "Hey, folks! Check out Supergirl and the Legion - I hear Waid and Kitson are doing some incredible woooOOOH NOOOOO AIIIIEEEEEE! [explodes]"

But hey, maybe it's just me. Maybe they should end every episode of "24" like this, too! "Dammit, Mr. President! There's a bomb out there and I need to find - wait... Twenty-Four! TWEEEENTY-FOOOOOOUR! [explodes]"

]]> By: Brian Cronin http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Brian Cronin Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:36:35 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-464 Awesome in that, right when we're discussing the topic - it actually shows up! Awesome in that, right when we're discussing the topic - it actually shows up!

]]> By: T. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-463 T. Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:56:37 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-463 awesome as in "awesome," or awesome as in "pretty frickin stupid?" i'd vote the latter. awesome as in "awesome," or awesome as in "pretty frickin stupid?" i'd vote the latter.

]]> By: Brian Cronin http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Brian Cronin Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:46:43 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-461 How awesome was it that the latest issue of 52 actually DID make reference to the number "52"! How awesome was it that the latest issue of 52 actually DID make reference to the number "52"!

]]> By: Tom http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Tom Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:47:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-413 Gosh I miss 'Mazing Man. Tom Gosh I miss 'Mazing Man.

Tom

]]> By: Peter Hensel http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Peter Hensel Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:25:17 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-412 Jerkwater isn't implying the lame type of number tie-in you're talking about, Moos n Squirrel, but tie-ins to the number's mystical and archaic significance through character similarities. Just sayin. Jerkwater isn't implying the lame type of number tie-in you're talking about, Moos n Squirrel, but tie-ins to the number's mystical and archaic significance through character similarities. Just sayin.

]]> By: moose n squirrel http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-409 moose n squirrel Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:22:51 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-409 I think it would be pretty lame for "52" to actually mean something more within the context of the story. I mean, it just ends up sounding stupid. "It's called FIFTY-TWO!... and it lasts for FIFTY TWO weeks!... and FIFTY-TWO seconds of the year are missing!... and our heroes must save FIFTY-TWO people from FIFTY-TWO robots armed with FIFTY-TWO exploding packs of cards (which have FIFTY-TWO apiece!) and are lead by the villainous Fifty-Two-themed villain, FIFTY-TWO!" The title of the series isn't some mystery. It's a play on "24," in that it takes place over 52 weeks in "real time." You don't need to find a further justification for that title, and any attempt to do so seems more awkward because it comes after the fact. DC wanted a weekly series that would run for a year before the writers of that series decided to sprinkle "clever" references to the number into the plot itself. I think it would be pretty lame for "52" to actually mean something more within the context of the story. I mean, it just ends up sounding stupid. "It's called FIFTY-TWO!... and it lasts for FIFTY TWO weeks!... and FIFTY-TWO seconds of the year are missing!... and our heroes must save FIFTY-TWO people from FIFTY-TWO robots armed with FIFTY-TWO exploding packs of cards (which have FIFTY-TWO apiece!) and are lead by the villainous Fifty-Two-themed villain, FIFTY-TWO!"

The title of the series isn't some mystery. It's a play on "24," in that it takes place over 52 weeks in "real time." You don't need to find a further justification for that title, and any attempt to do so seems more awkward because it comes after the fact. DC wanted a weekly series that would run for a year before the writers of that series decided to sprinkle "clever" references to the number into the plot itself.

]]> By: Matthew E http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Matthew E Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:31:47 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-407 I'll say this: I'll be surprised if we don't get some kind of deck-of-cards tie-in before this series is done. And I thought so before reading this column. Royal Flush Gang, perhaps? DC representatives have said in a couple of places that the number 52 has several meanings in this series and, as anyone who's been following [i](Supergirl and the) Legion of Super-Heroes[/i] knows, one of those meanings has something to do with the Dominators. I'll say this: I'll be surprised if we don't get some kind of deck-of-cards tie-in before this series is done. And I thought so before reading this column. Royal Flush Gang, perhaps? DC representatives have said in a couple of places that the number 52 has several meanings in this series and, as anyone who's been following [i](Supergirl and the) Legion of Super-Heroes[/i] knows, one of those meanings has something to do with the Dominators.

]]> By: Peter Hensel http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Peter Hensel Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:16:19 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-388 You really had me going for a while there, Harvey. Shame you had to pop some meds You really had me going for a while there, Harvey. Shame you had to pop some meds

]]> By: Greg Burgas http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Greg Burgas Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:39:48 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/06/06/the-hidden-language-of-52/#comment-387 Booster could be Hector, because I think, as someone who is currently reading The Iliad to his daughter and therefore has it fresh in his mind, <a href="http://delendaestcarthago.blogspot.com/2006/05/in-iliad-hector-is-kind-of-dick.html" rel="nofollow">Hector is kind of a dick and a coward.</A> So Booster <i>could</i> be Hector. (Yes, I'm plugging my own blog in the comments. Does that make me a bad person desperate for attention? So be it.) Interesting theory, though, until the meds kicked in. Makes me think of my theory about the Flying Monkeys in <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> representing primitive man's desire to fly (because they're monkeys, get it, so it's primitive man ... oh, forget it). Of course, I didn't need meds to stop thinking like that, I needed "meds" to start thinking like that. Booster could be Hector, because I think, as someone who is currently reading The Iliad to his daughter and therefore has it fresh in his mind, Hector is kind of a dick and a coward. So Booster could be Hector.

(Yes, I'm plugging my own blog in the comments. Does that make me a bad person desperate for attention? So be it.)

Interesting theory, though, until the meds kicked in. Makes me think of my theory about the Flying Monkeys in The Wizard of Oz representing primitive man's desire to fly (because they're monkeys, get it, so it's primitive man ... oh, forget it). Of course, I didn't need meds to stop thinking like that, I needed "meds" to start thinking like that.

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