Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #86

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:42:15 +0000

“I prefer to ignore much of Judd Winickâ€™s Green Arrow stuff. Yes, certain plot elements happened, but most of it was just a pure little fantasy in some deluded personâ€™s mind. ”

As he ignores everything that has gone before, why shouldn’t other writers just ignore his run?

(My biggest beef with him ignoring what’s gone before is that he keeps writing stories that use continuity/obscure characters, but then just takes what he wants. If he just wrote using all new heroes and villains he’d be much better off – still a poor writer, but much better off).

By: Ben Herman

Ben Herman — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:43:02 +0000

Jacob T. Levy wrote:

Global Guardianitis (the pathology that requires that, the farther a superhero or supervillain is from being a middle-class American white person, the more closely his or her powers and name must be linked with some stereotypical aspect of his or her culture, nation, or race)

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! So funny because it is sadly true.

I have the first TPB that collects some of the olf SuperFriends comic book issues, which I mostly bought for the art (lovely Ramona Fradon pencils). The stories, even for a tie-in with a goofy cartoon, are pretty off-the-wall, though. And when they introduce a bunch of non-American heroes (many of whom went on the form the Global Guardians) I couldn’t help but cringe at the parade of stereotypes that passed through the book.

Anyway, getting back to the main point, I agree that the female Doctor Light is an interesting character, and I’d like to see her again.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:06:43 +0000

I meant light. How many ways are there to represent light?

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:06:05 +0000

Yeah, but the sun is yellow, and the original Dr. Light had it too.

Really, how many ways are there to represent the sun?

By: Jacob T. Levy

Jacob T. Levy — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:20:29 +0000

The ‘not-ninja’ thing is a little counterbalanced by the Rising Sun/ Sunfire motif– but as far as Global Guardianitis (the pathology that requires that, the farther a superhero or supervillain is from being a middle-class American white person, the more closely his or her powers and name must be linked with some stereotypical aspect of his or her culture, nation, or race) goes, she’s got a mild case. And she is a very cool character.

By: Linkara

Linkara — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:59:49 +0000

I prefer to ignore much of Judd Winick’s Green Arrow stuff. Yes, certain plot elements happened, but most of it was just a pure little fantasy in some deluded person’s mind.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:06:55 +0000

I can’t remember which book it was now but I know one of the OYL books showed her with her powers again, even though I don’t think it’s ever been explained how they returned…

By: M Bloom

M Bloom — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:39:28 +0000

Doc Light was one of the few characters that actually improved during Jones’ JLE run. She’s a good team character, and it’s a pity she isn’t getting any regular use right now.

By: Tom Russell

Tom Russell — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:21:23 +0000

I seem to recall this Dr. Light being mentioned/considered for membership in one of the first couple of issues of Meltzer’s new Justice League, which seems to imply that she does have her powers back, and that Winick is thankfully being ignored.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:18:11 +0000

Heh…she’s an anti-ninja. Give her back the powers, and get her a new name. By the way, who made her look like Dr. Light to begin with? I think it was the Monitor, but I’m not sure.

By: Bill Burns

Bill Burns — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:52:31 +0000

There’s also something to be said for a character of japanese heritage who is in no way a ninja.