tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post1603231750357203456..comments2024-03-28T03:13:15.831-04:00Comments on Remarkable: New Gods 3: Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #135Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-80454619622977122532009-04-29T07:04:00.000-04:002009-04-29T07:04:00.000-04:00Unfortunately I wonder whether 'typical 18-25 yr o...Unfortunately I wonder whether 'typical 18-25 yr old Batman readers' are in short supply when compared to the long term DC buff. But I agree even people steeped in DC continuity might not have encountered these two characters before. One thing about the continuity (or any kind of) monomaniac - inevitably holes in their knowledge. <br /><br />I think Morrison is quite ballsy as he just expects people to go with it. Fortunately, your Morrison fan can always just shrug and do just that.<br /><br />Simyan and Mokkari were in Final Crisis building better bodies - for example, a tiger body more representative of the savagery of Kalibak the Cruel. Plus I love the bit where they fetch Darkseid his 'crown' and then promptly push the button. "I, Mokkari of Apokalypse, hereby end the world." Terrifying.<br /><br />Fitting their venal nature, in Final Crisis S+M had a rivalry for Darkseid's attention with Glorious Godfrey (reborn as Jeremiah Wright). This likewise seems in keeping with Kirby - in the original run the 'Evil Gods' of the Fourth World were truly bizarre and confounding: petty, spiteful and base creatures (= ungodly) as often as they were examples of Wagnerian cosmic wrongness (see also: Granny Goodness).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843014015527136142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-86328906336707921682009-04-28T16:02:00.000-04:002009-04-28T16:02:00.000-04:00Mikey please do. I'd love to have another voice on...Mikey please do. I'd love to have another voice on this adventure. <br /><br />I continue to be hung up on the last point of my post. You're typical 18-25 year old reading Batman - Last Rights must've found the introduction of Mokkari and Simyan bizarre and confusing. They were never in RIP and I don't think they were even in Final Crisis before that. But for Fourth World readers, it's a "wow those guys!" moment. Comics (DC in particular) seems to primarily reward the long time reader. It's those same readers, however, that feel betrayed when the continuity they've built up all these years is reversed by a writer or editorial decision. It's a fine line Dan Didio and Joe Quesada walk. I don't envy themAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726627161136598287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-61759129576185207462009-04-28T11:47:00.000-04:002009-04-28T11:47:00.000-04:00Mokkari freaks me out as well. He's deviant lookin...Mokkari freaks me out as well. He's deviant looking (to use an eternal Kirby adjective), and I always imagine him wearing a lab coat and rubber gloves. I always imagine a kind of Dawn Of The Dead/John Carpenter synth score during the Evil Factory scenes.<br /><br />I think Jones tapped into this in Final Crisis - to my eyes he gave Mokkari more than a touch of the Sid Haig, beloved of Rob Zombie and Tarantino. Combined with the old WWF wrestler Goldust.<br /><br />Andy - that's a good point about Kirby and Morrison's use of their own worlds within the DCU. The more you look, the more Seven Soldiers in particular is very like the New Gods saga - even aside from content, just how it handles its position within the DCU (using New York was particularly clever on Morrison's part).<br /><br />Man, I need to retrieve my copy of the HCs so I can contribute a bit more specifically and thoughtfully.Mikeynoreply@blogger.com