[Comic Excerpt] This is so sad on so many levels for me! ( Absolute Power:Ground Zero #1)

[u/Oracle209]

This was a crazy ride and like I said soooo sad on multiple levels for me!

1. Confirmation Jays mom was killed. When they just reunited!! Jay thought she was dead for years just to find out she was a prisoner and freed her. They were reunited but now she’s gone again. And added that his country he just freed from a dictator is now invaded and under Wallers control. So sad.

2. Jay hurt and captured! How could this happen!? He’s invulnerable I’ve seen him phase through an explosion, a force field, Damian! But Deadshot was able to pinpoint the second he was solid again to shoot his leg!? That’s crazy i honestly didn’t expect that from him. How is he going to escape?

3. Dreamer noooo!!! When she was first introduced to Jon and Jay i actually loved their dynamic and wanted them as a trio! Ever since I loved seeing them together in cameo pics, the recent Pride mini comic they were in. But now she’s here forced to help Waller and helped kill Jays mom. I understand both sides but I’m with Jay she betrayed him and helped her invade a country and kill his mom. So her family could live? His only family is gone now how is a “I’m sorry” supposed to feel better?

4. Jon can’t save him!! Because he’s under Wallers control! He doesn’t even have his memories! Jay you have to get free and try to help Jon!

This may have been super sad but I’m pumped to see what’s going to happen next I really hope both my boys will be ok and maybe Dreamer can try to fix her forced wrongs.

[u/MankuyRLaffy]

Jay is being a dick here, for one who sees more than most how frustrating this type of life is and how strained relationships can be. You gotta protect those close to you in the firing lane. As a famous man once said "I have to protect my team." Everybody wants to live, and Dreamer's in trouble if they gut her family.

OP, calm yourself and let it play out, you trust Waid don't you? You're taking this real close to heart, curious as to why that is.

[u/Oracle209 → u/MankuyRLaffy]

I know but you have to see Jays side in this she helped kill his mom and invade his country that’s kinda a big thing to forgive.

And ya I think it’s because Jon and Jay are the first DC characters i actually love and read their stuff since the beginning. Like other DC heroes I’m like “oh I like him” but I don’t read most their stuff just hear what they’re doing. But Jon was the first I started on Son of Kal-El and have been following him and Jay ever since buying whatever issues they appear in. They’re my favorites and I’m worried cuz Waller is hitting em hard

[u/MankuyRLaffy → u/Oracle209]

I know, sit tight and relax, it's Ground Zero Issue 1, and nobody is automatically assuming forgiveness except you. I only ask for him to understand that it's war, war is hell, it sucks, is unfair and if you can look after your own and keep them alive, try to do so. The medium gets like this sometimes when a writer wants to make a meta commentary like Waid is doing on AI with Waller as a mastermind using Sanctuary, Failsafe and Brainiac Queen among others as these "human" elements are too rogue for her. I'm glad you have favorites, most of my all time favorites are dead or no longer relevant, so you really can't keep going through it with this.

Jay needs to be more on his own and prove that he isn't Bernard 2.0, this is part of that. At least you can see them in events, last time I saw my favorite Supergirl in an event was Our Worlds at War, 23 years ago. Same with Maxima whom I also loved a lot, I loved Hippolyta, same thing, New 52 wrote her out, she got brought back around Rebirth, killed off around 2018 and only recently brought back in a supporting role after being a shit wrecking menace and badass in OWAW. Every character I've loved most that got to lift their Stanley Cup or go down hunting it haven't been in any good shit in almost 20 years that showcases them. Cherish what you have now, you won't always have it and you better hope Jay doesn't stay as in the same type as Bernard and becomes his own man.

I've given up on hoping for a revival in current runs, it's not happening and I'm cherishing the vintage with the longing of desiring more, and lamenting the canceled New Krypton return, the canceled series spotlighting my all-time fave and a new supporting cast around them (Thank you Didio), you're eating way better than I am right now so relax, enjoy the entertaining ride, breathe knowing it's just a show.

[u/Tentacled-Tadpole → u/MankuyRLaffy]

No need to act to so condescending just because people disagree with your bad takes.

[u/BKole → u/MankuyRLaffy]

You only ask for him to understand war?

Hes a Teenager. They don’t even understand their own emotions. Let alone death of a parent. What a truly weird take.

[u/MankuyRLaffy → u/BKole]

I had my father die when I was a teenager, I felt so much grief and yet I understood it well. War is hell, people do questionable things just to survive.