I'm still scanning in issues and I'm trying to get all the events or related tie-in issues, so I picked up Green Lantern at a comic book show. I can see why Harbinger didn't get Hal, he doesn't come off very well in this issue and even the Guardian who shows up picks Guy Gardner, but why John Stewart over the more experienced Katma Tui? Was an in story reason ever given?
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It is implied that Harbinger is under strict orders to bring a very specific set of characters (that he and Monitor had observed previously) and lacks the autonomy to decide on alternative arrangements.
She even insists on having John use a mask as he did at the moment when he was previously observed.
I recall the Monitor having four characters from four earths being summoned, three of whom were very powerful and the fourth was Blue Beetle. I read later that Marv Wolfman was unaware that the super-powerful Beetle had been replaced by a costumed acrobat. Then he was stuck with him.
At any rate, the Monitor did make a huge deal of having a master plan for dealing with the Monitor, and very precise things were required for the plan to work, like having this hero here and avoiding helping out in that situation there. But one of my complaints about Crisis is that the Monitor's plan never made an appearance, which made it all the more obvious that all the previous elaborate set-ups were the plot devices they had always appeared to be.
I recall the Monitor having four characters from four earths being summoned, three of whom were very powerful and the fourth was Blue Beetle. I read later that Marv Wolfman was unaware that the super-powerful Beetle had been replaced by a costumed acrobat. Then he was stuck with him.
DC had recently acquired its Charlton heroes, and people at DC were kicking around how they might use them (Watchmen was developed from Alan Moore's proposal). I would think the Blue Beetle was the obvious one to try first. He got a series shortly after Crisis. Captain Atom's started not too long after, but he was revamped for that.
If I recall correctly (and I clearly don't always), didn't the Beetle's first appearance in Crisis include a line about his magic scarab protecting him from Anti-M's shadow demons. A nice trick for a piece of jewelry that was lost on some exotic island somewhere years (decades) earlier.
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I recall the Monitor having four characters from four earths being summoned, three of whom were very powerful and the fourth was Blue Beetle. I read later that Marv Wolfman was unaware that the super-powerful Beetle had been replaced by a costumed acrobat. Then he was stuck with him.
At any rate, the Monitor did make a huge deal of having a master plan for dealing with the Monitor, and very precise things were required for the plan to work, like having this hero here and avoiding helping out in that situation there. But one of my complaints about Crisis is that the Monitor's plan never made an appearance, which made it all the more obvious that all the previous elaborate set-ups were the plot devices they had always appeared to be.
There were five Earths left at the point in the series and representatives from each were gathered: Superman of Earth-One, Superman of Earth-Two, Captain Marvel of Earth-S, Uncle Sam of Earth-X and Blue Beetle of Earth-4. When the climatic battle took place Earth-4 was represented by Captain Atom.
Marv knew about the Ted Kord Beetle. The mistake he made was giving him Dan Garrett's scarab which he never possessed. Since the scarab was what was needed and the Monitor could pull people through time, why not just get the Dan Garrett Blue Beetle in the first place?
Someone once said that the Monitor should have pulled AMAZO and the COMPOSITE SUPERMAN and sent them after the Anti-Monitor.
Of course, that would have involved the Monitor's carefully crafted plan to have actually been, you know, planned. Instead of what we got in this epic mini-series, Crisis of I Have No Idea What I'm Doing This Issue.
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She was picking only Earth-based heroes?
Probably John was closer. It might have taken more time to get Katma from outer space when John was basically right there.
But no, I don't think any in-story reason was ever given.
No, they were working with Black Canary and Green Arrow on Earth during the red skies and Harbinger showed up wanting John.
It is implied that Harbinger is under strict orders to bring a very specific set of characters (that he and Monitor had observed previously) and lacks the autonomy to decide on alternative arrangements.
She even insists on having John use a mask as he did at the moment when he was previously observed.
I recall the Monitor having four characters from four earths being summoned, three of whom were very powerful and the fourth was Blue Beetle. I read later that Marv Wolfman was unaware that the super-powerful Beetle had been replaced by a costumed acrobat. Then he was stuck with him.
At any rate, the Monitor did make a huge deal of having a master plan for dealing with the Monitor, and very precise things were required for the plan to work, like having this hero here and avoiding helping out in that situation there. But one of my complaints about Crisis is that the Monitor's plan never made an appearance, which made it all the more obvious that all the previous elaborate set-ups were the plot devices they had always appeared to be.
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Heheheh. That's actually pretty funny.
DC had recently acquired its Charlton heroes, and people at DC were kicking around how they might use them (Watchmen was developed from Alan Moore's proposal). I would think the Blue Beetle was the obvious one to try first. He got a series shortly after Crisis. Captain Atom's started not too long after, but he was revamped for that.
If I recall correctly (and I clearly don't always), didn't the Beetle's first appearance in Crisis include a line about his magic scarab protecting him from Anti-M's shadow demons. A nice trick for a piece of jewelry that was lost on some exotic island somewhere years (decades) earlier.
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There were five Earths left at the point in the series and representatives from each were gathered: Superman of Earth-One, Superman of Earth-Two, Captain Marvel of Earth-S, Uncle Sam of Earth-X and Blue Beetle of Earth-4. When the climatic battle took place Earth-4 was represented by Captain Atom.
Marv knew about the Ted Kord Beetle. The mistake he made was giving him Dan Garrett's scarab which he never possessed. Since the scarab was what was needed and the Monitor could pull people through time, why not just get the Dan Garrett Blue Beetle in the first place?
Someone once said that the Monitor should have pulled AMAZO and the COMPOSITE SUPERMAN and sent them after the Anti-Monitor.
Of course, that would have involved the Monitor's carefully crafted plan to have actually been, you know, planned. Instead of what we got in this epic mini-series, Crisis of I Have No Idea What I'm Doing This Issue.
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