I've been hearing really good things about Paul Cornell's Luthor stories, but I've been resisting it so far, because Luthor doesn't really interest me (his evil peaked in that diner years ago). But now there's gonna be a Jimmy Olsen backup, and DC's put the first one (guest-starring Chloe Sullivan) up as a free preview on the Comixology site...
...and it's awesome. It's really everything I want in a modern Jimmy Olsen story. Legit 20-something slacking, plus "My Time as a Genie" and an alien invasion -- all in an effort to have a better week than some other dude. Seriously, read the preview. It's insanely charming.
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But oh, that Superboy backup was God-awful.
Really? I kinda liked it... :(
I liked the Parasite frogs, though. They're just an art detail, but a very cool one. I would have liked Krypto saving the photograph, but I thought the art didn't convey the action of that moment very well.
On the other hand, there was the shot-from-behind panel that reveals (from a distance) that Raven, one of the most modest superheroes in existence (from what I recall), is wearing nothing but a thong under her cloak. Which struck me as more unintentionally funny than intentionally sexy.
I'm glad you liked it, though. What did you like about it?
I'm only wearing underwear under my clothes, too. The jury is still out on whether or not that's unintentionally funny, but it's hardly unusual. Is it the thong that's bothering you? (On her, I mean.)
On the other hand (and assuming your memory of Raven's personality -- which agrees with mine -- is correct), a "Peeping Tom" shot of a modest character is a little more offensive than a similar shot of, say, Koriand'r would be. Heck, Perez used to do those all the time.
Doc H.: I'm not actually offended by the shot -- it's really part and parcel of superhero comics anymore. The angle was fine for the action being portrayed, the flow of the fabric conveyed her downward motion well, etc. But the idea that Raven is going completely backless under a cloak that just attaches at her neck and wrists seems a little silly to me.
And upon further inspection, the thong isn't actually a thong -- it's a loincloth-type-thing, somehow not floating completely up for the sake of modesty.
Then again, she's always been (depending on how her costume is drawn) in danger of being the Arcane Mistress of the Sideboob. So in that sense, this is nothing really new. But seeing all that skin really made me do a double-take. I had no idea who the character was for a while, until I finally figured out it was Raven.