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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 5s

I do love the proto-Skeets Robinson introduced when he came on the book. Poor Rampage, you used to be a fully developed character, now you’re just a punching bag.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 8m

I’ve got to do some thinking on for as influential as this story is for me, why Mon-El isn’t one of my favorite Legionnaires? Especially because at this point for money I only stayed on this book and World of New Krypton and kept tabs on other books.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 23m

A child raised by Lois and Clark being artificially aged and thrown into an inappropriate relationship with someone who matured and developed naturally? Glad DC learned their lesson.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 33m

Kal-El kind of rocks this military uniform.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 58m

I know this isn’t the only time I’ll read a Wonderland reference this month.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 1h

I can buy this story for a third time if that were the case.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 1h

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L Best Justice League

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 7h

Another season wide thing: the writing staff wrote Hal with a way more gruff and less likable actor in mind.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 9h

That to me was the biggest misstep in the finale. I’m similarly mixed on the final episode even though I largely enjoyed the season as a whole.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 13h

Listen in as we discuss the seminal vampire story “Carmilla!”

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 20h

At three years old I hit the eject out of the vcr so fast and hard. It took me 30 years to gather the courage to finish it. Not a joke.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 23h

The worst person you know makes a good point.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 23h

Gonna be honest if I were writing a team book, I’d try my best to sneak Guardian on at some point.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 23h

This is the image that always sticks in my mind when I think of Parasite. Ross does great on the body horror.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am glad we got back to a place where we could have multiple colors of Kryptonite again, just green was getting a little boring.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Geoff Johns turning a one-page gag into part of the plot (replacing Robert Khaniger w/ Lt Shrieve.) When DC released a trade of the original Creature Commandos a couple of years later, I picked it up because of this issue. The worded “written by JM DeMatteis” didn’t hurt.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have to imagine this was in part responding to criticism of how swole Gary Frank made Brainiac.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m always a sucker for interconnected covers and this was some of Alex Ross’ last work for DC, so it’s a great Venn diagram.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sterling Gates retconning out the first few years of Supergirl’s personality in her book as “kryptonite poisoning.”

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I definitely remember the “is this Kon-El back from the dead?” Discourse

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Another panel that makes way more sense to me know than ever before.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sam Lane via Infinite Crisis alive again and now a general.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Having the Kryptonian clothing from all eras is something I’m fine with. We don’t all dress the same on Earth, why would aliens?

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Lucy gets hit hard via Infinite Crisis. No relationship with Ron Troupe. No kid. Essentially a brand new character.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hello little triangle/shield number! How I have missed you! Another Robinson signature because this arc means a lot to me, and he’s one of the architects.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

From here and thru New Krypton I got such a love of the Guardian and it’s only grown from this reading.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

At least Robinson acknowledges it haha

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Vigilante I knew from JLU, so more touchstone points.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s where I also started with GL and GLC,26 and 19 respectively

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

These two pages right here cemented me liking Jimmy Olsen. It’s the very Robinson internal monologue referring Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jimmy acknowledging his favorite teams: Justice League, Doom Patrol, and the Metal Men. The very cinematic imagery.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m so glad I have even more Dubbilex stories under my belt now. This is his tragic end.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Robinson pulling out another First Issue Special, albeit one he used very briefly at the tail end of Starman.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This issue might be the first James Robinson issue I’ve ever read and made me go “oh Jimmy Olsen can be COOL.” Hence why I needed this issue to be signed by Robinson.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Memory serves (I should see it soon) Manupal takes it and slims him down to more manageable levels.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It never worked for me. It really felt like let’s take the most alien supervillain and make him another human. Stern had to do a lot of work to get Brainiac back on track.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I would have him more emaciated too.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The simply titled Brainiac arc is still my favorite story of my favorite Superman villain. I am so glad this is where I leapt in and would highly recommend it as an introductory tale, I was never lost all. You get every character and it flows perfectly.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In addition to the Interlac, you also get the Reach language from Blue Beetle and that makes me incredibly happy.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If Man of Tomorrow just uses this line whole cloth, I’m fine with it.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is far from the first time a Brainiac ship has hovered over Metropolis, but this is still such a great cliffhanger.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Brainiac so jacked.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Two separate but equally true statements: 1. This story is where I first met Cat Grant and this gag still works for me. 2. Even if it’s explicit that the implants and her new attitude are a way to cover up her feelings, I still really missed the nuanced personality from early Triangle Era.

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not big on Lana getting axed from Lexco because even if her becoming CEO was a bit out of nowhere, it also didn’t get enough time to breathe.

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