Comments on: A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 180

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:57:10 +0000

Meltzer sucks.

The art has a very Dave Gibbons look to it…

By: Ben Herman

Ben Herman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:37:07 +0000

Great story! This one really showed what a fantastic character Beetle could be when used properly. I wish more writers had shown as much respect for BB, instead of turning him into a joke.

By: Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy!

Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy! — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:02:52 +0000

Ah, reread the summary, and it is IQ. Wonder when he grew the ‘stache?

By: Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy!

Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy! — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:02:20 +0000

Ot of curiosity, is the “Quimby” here the sadly-neglected DC villain IQ?

By: Jacob T. Levy

Jacob T. Levy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:19:43 +0000

Yeah, “tragically, statistics is such an inexact science” is a very bad way of expressing “we each had an independent 1 in 6 probability.” The effect could have struck any combination of them, including none of them or (less likely) all of them– it’s possible to roll six 1′s in a row!

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:18:01 +0000

Just remember…they can bring Blue Beetle back…right?

By: Jeff Ryan

Jeff Ryan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:10:26 +0000

Imagine all six held dice, and whoever rolled a one goes crazy. They all roll at once, and none of them get a one. All had one-in-six odds, all beat it. Guy’s one (if he rolled it) doesn’t affect Blue Beetle’s chances of rolling a one. no guarantee of a loon with six people in a room — or of only one loon. You’d think a scientist would know that.

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:42:17 +0000

I like “Boo”…

By: chad

chad — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:32:20 +0000

i would go with a combo of both blue beetle pretending to be the one going pycho from the virus knowing it would wind up tricking the real one to find the antidote if nothing else to save him from a crazed blue beetle . and love his comment of what could someone like him do to the others.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000

Ted is one of the few great tri-dimentional characters in comics. And his death was shown as he was simply taken as a joke (huh? Did I miss that chapter?) by ALL DCU!!! Way to go, Meltzer!

By: stephen cade

stephen cade — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:07:11 +0000

Ted still is a great character–since he’s fictional–he didn’t really die.

But this story is just another example of why he’s a great character.

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:38:08 +0000

Never read this story, so that final twist came as a nice surprise. Especially seeing how Beetle had previously gone nuts after being brainwashed by the Queen Bee in the main JLI book. He almost took out Max Lord there, which is really ironic now.

I miss Ted. He was a great character.

By: The Crazed Spruce

The Crazed Spruce — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:41:22 +0000

One of my all-time favourite moments. Just goes to show how cool a character Beetle could’ve been, if they’d only used him properly.

And if I had to pick one specific moment, it’d definitely be “No, I don’t think so” (followed VERY closely by “About time!”). You ask me, though, the whole scene is just one long cool moment.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:38:56 +0000

Darn, I was all set to point out the silliness of the whole “1 in 6″ business, when Beetle beat me to it.

By: Chris Bloom

Chris Bloom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:51 +0000

I’m sure there’s a 52-part “Monkey with a Bottle” miniseries in the back of Geoff Johns’ mind somewhere.

By: powerboy

powerboy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:47:52 +0000

The monkey at the end is holding the antidote. Probably lamenting the fact that he killed his family for nothing.

By: Scott MacIver

Scott MacIver — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:43:47 +0000

How I lament the loss of Blue Beetle.

By: Capt USA

Capt USA — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:32:44 +0000

I like the Beetle Line, Pff, Big Deal, what could I have done to any of you. And Flash’s response probably should have been worded a little cooler but it gives the point “A guy as tricky and clever as you, I don’t want to think about it”

the last scene was superflous, although I think the point was to show the monkey playing with something.