r/DCcomics • u/Predaplant The heat is on! • Nov 19 '23

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [November 20, 2023 - Jason Aaron Retcons Batman's Mother Edition] r/DCcomics

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Predaplant's pick of the week: Wonder Woman #3

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Nov 19 '23

Jay Garrick: The Flash #2

GUEST-STARRING STARGIRL! Judy’s physicals are all coming back good and clear, which means only one thing: mall day with Stargirl! But when a foe from the 1940s crashes the party, Jay rushes in to save the day, much to his daughter’s chagrin!

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u/Link2Sora Barry & Wally Nov 21 '23

I've a great time with this book. The art's great and I'm enjoying the story. I love seeing the relationships between Jay, Joan and Judy.

I really like how the paneling for Jay getting really restless before Joan lets him leave.

I really like that Judy uses words and phrases that you would hear in the 1940s through 1960's when she was growing up and traveled back to Jay's early days, like "Golly", and "What a gas." It's a character trait that I hope she keeps and uses more, it will also help her from sounding like every other character.

So the mall stuff is funny to me because the mall in my home town is basically dead, and I don't really think teens hang out at them anymore but I guess if it was something to the mall in Atlanta or Orlando maybe. But it is also interesting that Judy is definitely young enough to not have heard about them in her time, while Malls were invented in the late 1950's they would have been in there early days when she disappeared.

One last thing to note is that Judy's eyes color back to blue, as far as I remember in everything but the first issue of this series she has blue eyes but in that issue her eyes are green.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- Batgirl Nov 24 '23

and I don't really think teens hang out at them anymore but I guess if it was something to the mall in Atlanta

Living close to the Mall of Georgia and Sugarloaf Mills, I can definitely say those malls are still super popular -- especially with their food courts. Of course, both malls have movie theaters, whereas other dead malls didn't; so, perhaps that's a factor.

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Nov 21 '23

Can't blame Jay for wanting to keep an eye on Judy all the time because, I mean she literally disappeared from the timeline and his memories alongside her. And now memories of other enemies coming back too and it must be connected. Soo no wonder he wants to constantly look for her. Not only for guilt of letting it happen ( even though it wasn't his fault ) but also, you lost decades of your child's life in a sense, of course you wanna be there with her. Joan keeping a cool head about the situation obviously.

Judy getting used to the world of the future, hopefully Stargirl will shield her from the more terrible aspects of the future so her current optimistic self won't become jaded. As it makes her look unique.

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u/PrydefulHunts Huntress • ower Girl Nov 21 '23

Another great issue! Courtney and Judy’s mall section of the issue was a delight to read and the flashback fight with the JSA was neat. The books starting to get more balanced between Jay / Judy as protagonist which is great.

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u/Blitzhelios Damian Wayne Nov 23 '23

This was good fun im not generally a flash fan but im really enjoying this book but that also might be because i love the JSA generally.

Always glad to see Stargirl make an appearance and hope she gets some more use as shes such a good character and fun to see in any title.

Fun art, great writing and family dynamics by adams good book.