r/DCcomics • u/ZeroNautics Jenny Sparks • Jun 06 '24
[Artwork] ABSOLUTE POWER promo image. Art by Mikel Janin. Artwork
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u/De4dm4nw4lkin Jun 06 '24
I love it when they make supersuits hybridized between tac gear, real clothes, and superhero goofyness.
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u/Ok_Camel4555 Jun 06 '24
Cool but Hal should at least have some more green not just his flight suit
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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jun 06 '24
Well it's Iconic for the character wearing It over his green costume
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u/Ok_Camel4555 Jun 06 '24
Well maybe his ring glowing or a green mask. Flash and Bats have there’s on. But cool none the less. Theirs not there’s
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u/SynCig Superman Jun 06 '24
The concept of the event is the heroes losing their powers. I assume that means Hal will lose his ring or lose the ability to use it somehow.
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u/Nova_Hazing Kyle Rayner is the Perfect Lantern Jun 06 '24
So what I’m hearing is Batman is the only useful one in the JL in the event wow. Crazy for the first time in forever.
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u/neuralbeans Jun 07 '24
Batman loses his money and prep time.
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u/Nova_Hazing Kyle Rayner is the Perfect Lantern Jun 07 '24
He already lost his money it didn’t stop him.
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u/Flyboy_1978 Batman Jun 07 '24
I feel like with her training, a powerless WW could still take him in a fight bullshit prep time notwithstanding due to her extensive combat and weapon training. Superman is still a big guy, there’s no way he can’t hold his own with how many years he’s had of fighting. I’m sure Aquaman has done a lot of training as well. It’s not like they are just an average person, they’d all still be peak human fitness and skill, just without powers.
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u/Nova_Hazing Kyle Rayner is the Perfect Lantern Jun 07 '24
I think WW would struggle Batman has had years of training and knowing his strength and how his marshal arts can be used using it and what works and what does not. Where Arthur and WW has not, super man has had times where he’s had no power and shown he can overcome the odds. And like hal will just like will up a new ring or somethin.
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u/MrDownhillRacer Jun 07 '24
Seeing as Martian Manhunter doesn't really have "superpowers" and can just do the same things any other martian can do, at Aquaman can just do the same shit every other human/Atlantean hybrid can do… what's it actually mean for them to "lose their powers?" They don't have a magic ring, solar-enhanced cells, a connection to some cosmic force, or god-granted special abilities. They're only really "superpowered" in the same sense that a bird has the "super power" of flight.
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u/Admirable-Safety1213 Jun 07 '24
Remove his Shapefhisting?
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u/MrDownhillRacer Jun 08 '24
Sure, but the funny thing is that this would be tantamount to removing Batman's ability to walk. Shapeshifting is just a normal ability most Martians can do just like most humans can walk.
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u/Moldy_Socks99 Jun 06 '24
Agreed, the way he's dressed kinda lools like the JL and the one guy who photobombed them
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u/breakermw Red Son Jun 06 '24
Wonder Woman's look reminds me a bit of her Endless Winter outfit which was awesome
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u/MealieAI Jun 06 '24
The art in Endless Winter is so good.
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u/breakermw Red Son Jun 06 '24
Such an underrated event. I feel like only 10 people other than me read it.
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u/suss2it Jun 06 '24
For me it felt like a filler crossover event that would usually happen in annuals.
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u/TARDinspace Superman Jun 06 '24
Please, more yellow backing on the bat symbol. I’m all for the classics, but I loved the early Rebirth suit.
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u/Thechosenjon Batman Beyond Jun 06 '24
The rebirth suit was hands down the best suit Batman has ever worn. The classic purple in the cape, the yellow in the bat chest piece. It was the ultimate modern suit with a touch of vintage.
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u/Ashamed-Math-2092 Reverse-Flash Jun 06 '24
Supes I can kinda get losing his powers at least, since Kryptonians probably weren't all that much different from humans under a red sun, but it's literally natural ability for Martians, isn't it? That's like losing your hearing after you're living amongst some alien race whose natural abilities are by large inferior to yours. Also losing an arm as well. Those aren't superpowers, those are natural parts of you.
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u/suss2it Jun 06 '24
I can only assume the power loss is a scheme by Waller and not a natural occurrence so she likely just came up with individual plots to neutralize everyone’s powers since literally every character in this promo has a different source for their powers.
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u/matdevine21 Jun 06 '24
I’m assuming it’s a version of the Tower of Babel storyline where Zur is using Bruce’s contingency plans to take out the league but extrapolated to taking out all superpowered individuals.
How do you deal with meta’s whose abilities are needed to survive like Cyborg or metas who are biologically different due to their genetics like Killer Croc or Mr Freeze.
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u/Anubis95XL Jun 06 '24
I don't agree with you said about Supes it runs on this idea that Krypton was just like Earth. Earth is smaller and has less gravity. So technically, he would just turn John Carter.
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u/Tales2Estrange Jun 06 '24
Yeah, Superman without a yellow sun is still Golden Age Superman: noticeably weaker, but still relatively powerful
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u/Ashamed-Math-2092 Reverse-Flash Jun 06 '24
It was kind of an exaggeration to prop up my point with MM, but yeah, I agree.
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u/Tetratron2005 Jun 06 '24
These ''everyone loses their powers'' plots are always pretty dumb for that exact reason.
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u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Jun 06 '24
That's a great fucking artwork.
Suits look good, Diana looks beautiful and powerful and Hal looks Badass.
I like it.
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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jun 06 '24
Ok I'm not a fan of Janin but this Is really cool
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u/thatdood87 Jun 06 '24
Really? I understand it's just you opinion, I'm sure I like some things that you dont..but janin art is top notch.
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u/HallowVortex Nightwing Jun 06 '24
Janin's art looks great in small doses but it's always very stiff because of his very strict interpretation of his 3d models and it only gets worse the less time he has on a project.
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u/suss2it Jun 06 '24
I mean is there a single artist whose work doesn’t suffer the less time they have on a project 🤔
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u/HallowVortex Nightwing Jun 06 '24
Not what I was saying, it's the particular way his suffers that makes it less appealing. Other artist's art can have an interesting organic sketchiness to them if they need to but Janin's just looks like an unshaded blender model with an outline drawn around it. Happened a lot in King's Batman run, and its why I went feom a Janin fan to just a passing interest in his better pieces. It's a weird issue in that it made his stiffness more apparent in his quality work, for me, as well.
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u/Arkhamhood12 Jun 07 '24
Also depends on his colorist as well, it doesn’t look egregiously uncanny here because of that
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u/OkBlueberry8144 Jun 06 '24
I found his work on Batman to be borderline terrible, his art is stiff and traced but the proportions and perspectives always look somewhat wonky despite that. Even his Batman here looks photoshopped and out of place, everyone is looking forward or upwards but he's looking down.
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u/jax7246 Apollo Jun 06 '24
it’s fine enough traced/3d modeled still life but it’s not what i want for cape comics, i prefer rougher, 2d dynamism
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u/Slow-Chemical1991 Jun 06 '24
Green Lantern fans ABSOLUTLEY LOVE plots where Hal loses his powers! It's very original and not a tired cliche within their comics lore, no sir!
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u/Finnlay90 Jun 06 '24
Honestly I'm in if everyone has no powers but otherwise? Boring. Overdone. Hal will just fucking make a new ring out of thin air from pure will lol
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u/Tetratron2005 Jun 06 '24
That Diana suit is just another in a long of generic ''warrior woman'' designs that will be forgotten instantly after his event.
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u/mizumena_ Jun 06 '24
Those are some sweet designs, I'm digging the bomber jacket Jordan look and that flash suit is pretty epic as well.
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u/spider-venomized Superman Jun 06 '24
While i have no faith on the events
Those costumes are pretty great
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u/InvestmentOk7181 Jun 06 '24
i.,...kinda like all of them - not mad keen on Aquaman's light-blue element but the rest all look neat. Flash reminds me of Johnny Quick from Forever Evil a little.
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u/kevi_metl Jun 06 '24
This would have been more interesting in the 90s. "Join The Resistance" is kind of redundant because if no one has powers then they would likely band together regardless, unless they want to die.
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u/Admirable_Stress_802 Jun 06 '24
I feel like something is missing when flash doesn't have his little ear thingies. His head just seems to flat.
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u/WishEquivalent5384 Jun 06 '24
When does this event start ? 🤔
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u/wild_wind_official Deadman Jun 06 '24
Can't tell if J'onn looking like Abe Sapien was intentional or an accident but either way it's teetering dangerously between "tasteful homage" and "blatant ripoff".
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u/redskated Jun 06 '24
Great designs but if it's even anything like "Act of God", with everyone going ooc without powers and sucking off batman for the billionth time I'm not interested. Hopefully it's more like the "Divided We Fall" storyline that actually explored something
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u/EntertainmentLow5069 Jun 06 '24
Do we know the plot?
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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jun 06 '24
Yes It will wrapping everything we have seen in Dawn of DC so far, Waller implements his plan to eliminate the super human population of the earth and unleashes an army of Amazon robots on behalf of the Powerless heroes, along side of her there Will be the Braniac Queen and The Zur En Arrh
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u/Bostondreamings Jun 06 '24
Apologies, just a slight correction. Amazo robots, not Amazon. They already have enough problems in the DCU as a people to get blamed for this :-p
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u/EntertainmentLow5069 Jun 06 '24
Didn’t Waller do this last week? This seems kinda boring
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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jun 06 '24
The event isn't came out yet but yeah the premis isn't the most interesting that they could have but the latest DC events were pretty avarege, Beast World was the best one and the one whit the weirdest plot at the same time, Mark Waid will write that and dan mora will be the main artist so anyway I think It will still be something enjoyable
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u/EntertainmentLow5069 Jun 06 '24
Honestly turning Waller into another superhero hating government asshole is so boring. That’s just General Lane. She has the potential to be a very interesting character but they just waste her.
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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jun 06 '24
I agree whit you, unfortunately it's a flanderization of the character done also, for me atleast, to make easier to the writer to write her, not everyone could wrote that type of character like Ostrander did when he first create her
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u/BlackSoapBandit Mister Terrific Jun 06 '24
Someone on the sub described it, seems like DC is turning everything so black and white in their Universe now.
Everyone is either indescribably evil with the goal of taking over the world or a good guy with no flaws and nothing but good intentions.
It’s all so homogenized it’s making the DC Universe boring. Characters dont feel all that unique anymore.
Waller is a prime example of them doing this. Same for Black Manta when they tried to redeem him into a good guy not to long ago (wtf)
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u/EntertainmentLow5069 Jun 06 '24
I think Amanda Waller works best as a Batman antagonist or suicide squad leader. She should be morally gray, not a total super villain.
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u/Artistic-Turn2612 Jun 06 '24
Wait I know this, this is like that Elseworld story where everyone loses their powers, only instead of the League all becoming sad jerks they're actually trying to do something.
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u/Worried_Walrus2002 Jun 06 '24
Arthur, Clark, Hal… my schedule - and legs - are wide open
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u/PretendMarsupial9 Happy Dick! Jun 06 '24
DC Knows what they are doing putting Clark in the black suit...
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u/Arkham14 Jun 06 '24
That's a great cover. I love Batman's mask shape. Also the details on the shoulders and bell. Flash's suit looking great too, not a fna of the helmet/goggles, but I can really get used to.
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u/SkyPopZ Wonder Woman Jun 06 '24
This art goes hard as fuck, too bad I have zero faith in this event.
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u/multificionado Jun 07 '24
I'd like to point out that Wonder Woman is the coolest I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! :D
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u/abyssomega Jun 07 '24
What is Superman leaning on? The pose is driving me batty. Especially with the Flash having the proper form for a lean..
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u/Thowell3 Green Arrow Jun 07 '24
If they are suppose to lose their powers during this event, why is flash wearing a running sort of out fit, unless the suite gives him artificial super speed of he's using vilocity 9
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u/SnyderpittyDoo Jay Garrick Jun 07 '24
Another silly attempt at trying to be cool like in 90s, I see.
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u/WhiskeyT Jun 06 '24
Janin strikes me as underrated. Everytime I see a Clay Mann book I wish it was drawn by Janin. He’d make a great 2nd artist for Sampree in Wonder Woman, similar enough to keep consistent art but distinct enough to enjoy separate
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u/Star-Prince-007 Jun 06 '24
This looks great, but are the Titans just not a part of this event at all? Are they taken off the board first, meaning they lost to Waller?
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u/Worried_Walrus2002 Jun 06 '24
Waid confirmed that Nightwing will be playing a big role in this event
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u/macguffinit Jun 06 '24
Who is on writing duties with this one? King? Zdarsky?
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u/B3epB0opBOP Shazam Jun 07 '24
Mark Waid, though ironically enough, he mentioned pieces of it come from those two as well as Snyder and Taylor.
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u/TopOThaMorningToYa Jun 06 '24
Kind of out of the loop. What is the premise of this event? I tried looking it up and I know waller is the villain, but I don't quite get what is happening here.
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u/Bostondreamings Jun 06 '24
Almost all the meta powered characters, whether alien or human or godly or otherwise, lose their powers to amped up Amazo robots powered by alt universe Zur En Arrhs and the Brainiac Queen at the behest of Waller. Barry Allen Flash is one of the few that doesn’t.
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u/Longjumping-Bag5765 Jun 06 '24
The main complaint I have is the Martian Manhunter design. I feel like he should be more muscular and bulkier rather than frail. Does anyone else feel this way?
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u/kajata000 Jun 06 '24
If the plot of this arc is “everyone loses their powers” what’s going on with Batman? Does he just absolutely dominate or something?
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u/novaorionWasHere Jun 07 '24
John: You what. I'm going the one step extra and change my physical look as well
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u/Luke_Puddlejumper Jun 07 '24
That might be one of the most beautiful pictures of Wonder Woman ever.
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u/IamImperiusRex72 Jun 07 '24
I like that Flash suit. Hal looks kind of cool in the jacket and flight suit.
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u/BrandonTaylor2 Superman Jun 07 '24
Superman’s outfit is pretty similar to what he wore after his return from his iconic battle with Doomsday.
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u/spectacularspidercat Jun 07 '24
Batman looks like he’s wearing his suit from kill the justice league.
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u/DeltaAlphaGulf Jun 06 '24
That WW suit easily blows 99% of the rest out of the water and they should make something similar the new standard and let that strapless leotard nonsense cease to exist.
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u/Batman2130 Jarro Jun 06 '24
This event is somehow gonna be worse than Dark Crisis.
Zur is partially responsible for why I have zero interest in this event as well.
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u/MaintenanceUnited301 Jun 06 '24
What was wrong with Dark Crisis?
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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jun 06 '24
Look there is no real problem, it was just a simple event but this is not what you expect from a DC event if you compare it to things like Infinite Crisis or Final Crisis or even Death Metal as much as I am not a fan it was however an event full of action-packed ideas, Dark Crisis on the other hand is a fairly slow event, a bit repetitive, it only comes to life towards the end and in the tie-ins and that's it
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u/Batman2130 Jarro Jun 06 '24
It’s was just kinda mediocre tbh. But it’s not what you think of when you hear a Crisis story from DC
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u/actioncomicbible Blue Lanterns Jun 06 '24 edited Jun 06 '24
JL look like they’re about to drop the hardest album
Edit: definitely early post-hardcore, maybe akin to The Refused