Magenta Doomsday: JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #38-40 (JLI 53)
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Giffen, DeMatteis, Hughes. Warning for jump scares, ridiculous levels of violence, an extended pro-suicide thought sequence, and a scene that had me wondering if it was possible to fridge a dude.
Hate destroys. Hate makes you into a parody of the person you once were, an empty, scowling mask where a human being once stood, chasing goals that’ll never bring you lasting happiness. Oh, it might give you a burst of fearsome short-term energy, maybe even enough to destroy your enemies, but that’ll just leave you with one last enemy: yourself.
That’s the philosophy by which I try to live my life. Even when I have to watch the news. (Those Death Note fantasies are just fantasies.) But here to articulate a dissenting view is our new op-ed columnist, Despero.
( Still better than Bret Stephens! )
Crossed #5
Feb. 5th, 2026 10:20 amcyberghostface posting in scans_daily
"Some of this stuff runs pretty close to or even past what I assumed were my own limits. It's not butchery for the sake of it-- a typical issue of 'Crossed' will contain relatively few extreme images or incidents, perhaps only one or two (but they will be pretty far out there). What I'm attempting to do is temper the slaughter with a good deal of character development; I'm trying to show people hanging onto their humanity as well as their lives. Just barely and by their fingernails, of course." -- Garth Ennis
( Scans under the cut... )
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Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday
Feb. 3rd, 2026 08:40 amicon_uk posting in scans_dailyIn the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
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The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
A shout out to all in Minnesota who are doing a spectacular job of peacefully pissing off people in power (That came out more Stan Lee than I expected).
More of the Epstein files were released, and I've lost track of what is being released to distract from what because it seems to be a Möbius strip.
In what I think must be a first, Disney+ dropped all the episodes of their Yahya Abdul-Mateen II led "Wonder Man" series. One might suspect lack of confidence in their product in not even giving it a weekly release.
On the plus side, The Muppet Show special airs this week, and I think we all need something like that right now.
A documentary about the current FLOTUS also arrived to be greeted by reviews which were a gift to the sarcastic (My favourite remains "If they showed this as an in-flight movie, the audience would STILL walk out") and lots of photos of empty cinemas, though it did manage to get bums on seats in the US.
The Grammy's happened but, since my musical awareness rarely extends beyond oompah-bands and/or Himalayan throat-singing I don't feel qualified to comment.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
A shout out to all in Minnesota who are doing a spectacular job of peacefully pissing off people in power (That came out more Stan Lee than I expected).
More of the Epstein files were released, and I've lost track of what is being released to distract from what because it seems to be a Möbius strip.
In what I think must be a first, Disney+ dropped all the episodes of their Yahya Abdul-Mateen II led "Wonder Man" series. One might suspect lack of confidence in their product in not even giving it a weekly release.
On the plus side, The Muppet Show special airs this week, and I think we all need something like that right now.
A documentary about the current FLOTUS also arrived to be greeted by reviews which were a gift to the sarcastic (My favourite remains "If they showed this as an in-flight movie, the audience would STILL walk out") and lots of photos of empty cinemas, though it did manage to get bums on seats in the US.
The Grammy's happened but, since my musical awareness rarely extends beyond oompah-bands and/or Himalayan throat-singing I don't feel qualified to comment.
Sherman’s March of the Penguins: JUSTICE LEAGUE AMER--er, ANTARCTICA ANNUAL #4 (JLI 52)
Feb. 1st, 2026 09:06 pmtcampbell1000 posting in scans_daily
This 56-page annual came out alongside the 52-page JLE annual, while JLA and JLE continued their monthly schedule. A new Justice League Quarterly super-sized comic was in the scripting stages. Giffen and Dematteis were writing all of the above. And the premise of this comic is… “Ha ha, wouldn’t it be ridiculous if the Justice League brand were OVEREXTENDED?”
( I mean, imagine Batman or somebody declaring that EVERY hero was a Justice Leaguer! )
Crossed #3
Feb. 1st, 2026 08:00 amcyberghostface posting in scans_daily
"A lot of what I do seems extreme in comparison with other comics — which, given that the industry staple is still superheroes, are mostly going to seem that bit more restrained. But compare my work to some of the current stuff in TV or movies, and all of a sudden I’m not quite that far out there." -- Garth Ennis
( Scans under the cut... )
Absolute Martian Manhunter #7
Feb. 1st, 2026 12:51 amlaughing_tree posting in scans_daily
We’re celebrating what I think is really interesting about the original character and concept. I’m going back and reading all of the early Silver Age appearances from the first detective stories. I thought there was something with this character that can see into people’s minds, but has a truly alien perspective that even Superman doesn’t possess, that was really powerful and interesting. -- Deniz Camp
( Read more... )
Glocal Guardians: JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE ANNUAL #1 (JLI 51)
Jan. 30th, 2026 10:18 pmtcampbell1000 posting in scans_dailyGiffen and DeMatteis do their usual. Finished art is by Linda Medley, who renders a mixed crowd of heroes with clarity and expressive simplicity. She also makes the Queen Bee fun to look at, walking a line between researched plausibility and vampy camp.
The Global Guardians have appeared often in JLI stories by now, but only as a memory, an abstract, nostalgia-shrouded ideal from which the devalued, brainwashed reality has fallen. “Bialya Blues” brings back a facsimile of the Guardians as they were, but said facsimile still won’t measure up to the memory.
( More like Doctor MISSED, amirite )
The Global Guardians have appeared often in JLI stories by now, but only as a memory, an abstract, nostalgia-shrouded ideal from which the devalued, brainwashed reality has fallen. “Bialya Blues” brings back a facsimile of the Guardians as they were, but said facsimile still won’t measure up to the memory.
( More like Doctor MISSED, amirite )
NS: Will Eisner’s The Spirit For Sale
Jan. 30th, 2026 09:14 amcygnia posting in scans_dailyhttps://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/01/29/will-eisners-the-spirit-for-sale/
The estate of Will Eisner is putting the entire output of Will Eisner that they control through copyright and trademark up for sale, including The Spirit and all of Eisner’s graphic novels and comics.
George Gene Gustines for The New York Times reports (or here):
QuoteUp for grabs are Eisner’s graphic novels, children’s books and instruction manuals for creating comics. Also included in the sale are the many characters he created, most notably the Spirit, the influential masked crime fighter who debuted in 1940 and featured in stories that are noteworthy for their moral realism, mature themes, genre fluidity and inventive page design.
Eisner’s last work featuring the Spirit, a 72-page story from 1996 called “The Spirit Returns,” was never published. It, too, is up for sale.