FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Very intriguing this was all just for Kryptonite? Wild to think back to that seemingly innocuous conversation between Martian Manhunter and Hawkwoman in "The Lady, or The Tigress?" about the Justice League verifying all known Kryptonite on Earth and the galaxy was known and accounted then J'onn pointing out that they know have -- rears its head in Targets. So the question is, Lex Luthor had to go through all this planning and subterfuge just to secure a sample of Kryptonite because the League has such a lockdown on it at this point? Or is the greater danger that this Kryptonite was a big enough sample worth stealing - to power Metallo? Or some device that will be revealed in the closing scenes of #6? Hmm. Still it was good in typical YJ fashion, to have some of the heroes break down and connect the dots. Even the reveal in one of the back ups that Perdita called up Oliver for his and Dinah's help had a bigger purpose, to help facilitate a transfer between Perdita and Roquette. And even the same purses wasn't just a joke and callback, but it was going to used for the swap.
Tod Donner! Pretty cool he showed up in a tie-in comics first, before his appearances on the show proper, and now he's in another tie-in comic. It was sweet seeing Lian refer to Oliver as "Uncle Ollie" and wanting to let them all know they weren't alone. Also a nice surprise with Ray Palmer and Karen Beecher's cameo but helped confirm the item in question was Kryptonite.
Oof, timestamp mistake. But glad to see the narrative finally "caught" to the scene in Issue #1 with the Gorilla Squad departing to Bialya but the reveal was Cyborg aided them with a Boom Tube direct to the Lexcorp Robotics factory. Like Zatanna in "Early Warning" aiding the Outsiders using glamour, it was great seeing Cyborg figure out a way to skirt the line as a Justice Leaguer to help out his contemporaries.
Another interesting detail is we're only really seeing the full strength of the Outsiders since they weren't really seen in action all together in season 4. But idk why, but just I guess seeing them all in action, I got the realization, that oh yeah, the Outsiders' roster has gotten so big - wait, they're bigger than the Team at this point. And with the action moving into the factory, I wouldn't be surprised if we see a squad from the Team get boomed in by Halo for more back up.
Match is in Onslaught now? Shrug, ok. Was a little surprised the whole roster wasn't there. Would've hoped Holocaust would be there. And the debut of Metallo. Ah. Intriguing. More so he's got a new name - so either a new version entirely or an alias as Juan Cordero sounds a lot like John Corben. Should be 'fun' to learn what Metallo's role is here. On the other hand, it is somewhat surprising he's only shown up for the first time historically in 2020/Team Year Ten. Like has there been other Metallos that Superman fought in the 2000s or is Juan the first in Earth-16? Is he the next level. Luthor's moved on from Cadmus and Super clones and is going for super cyborg that exploits the Super-Family's big weakness?
ANGRY WOUNDS
And as stated by others, yeah, fun to notice the differences like Green Arrow hit with 2 arrows instead of 1 in the calf like in the DC Showcase short, Perdita offering her a piece of her skirt as a bandage instead of clothes in her back pack after Arrow asking her, Arrow not firing off arrows back, Merlyn using his flaming arrow on the baggage car's hood rather than the tanker, the shorter fight with Henchy, Merlyn talking to them after the fall out whereas in the short he just fired first. Basically covered the 4 to 8 min. mark of the short. Which leaves about 3 minutes for the last 2 back up stories. Yeah, as some of us suspected, definitely feels like there will be new content like coming from Black Canary's POV as she races to the fight and takes out Vertigo.
Very intriguing this was all just for Kryptonite? Wild to think back to that seemingly innocuous conversation between Martian Manhunter and Hawkwoman in "The Lady, or The Tigress?" about the Justice League verifying all known Kryptonite on Earth and the galaxy was known and accounted then J'onn pointing out that they know have -- rears its head in Targets. So the question is, Lex Luthor had to go through all this planning and subterfuge just to secure a sample of Kryptonite because the League has such a lockdown on it at this point? Or is the greater danger that this Kryptonite was a big enough sample worth stealing - to power Metallo? Or some device that will be revealed in the closing scenes of #6? Hmm. Still it was good in typical YJ fashion, to have some of the heroes break down and connect the dots. Even the reveal in one of the back ups that Perdita called up Oliver for his and Dinah's help had a bigger purpose, to help facilitate a transfer between Perdita and Roquette. And even the same purses wasn't just a joke and callback, but it was going to used for the swap.
Tod Donner! Pretty cool he showed up in a tie-in comics first, before his appearances on the show proper, and now he's in another tie-in comic. It was sweet seeing Lian refer to Oliver as "Uncle Ollie" and wanting to let them all know they weren't alone. Also a nice surprise with Ray Palmer and Karen Beecher's cameo but helped confirm the item in question was Kryptonite.
Oof, timestamp mistake. But glad to see the narrative finally "caught" to the scene in Issue #1 with the Gorilla Squad departing to Bialya but the reveal was Cyborg aided them with a Boom Tube direct to the Lexcorp Robotics factory. Like Zatanna in "Early Warning" aiding the Outsiders using glamour, it was great seeing Cyborg figure out a way to skirt the line as a Justice Leaguer to help out his contemporaries.
Another interesting detail is we're only really seeing the full strength of the Outsiders since they weren't really seen in action all together in season 4. But idk why, but just I guess seeing them all in action, I got the realization, that oh yeah, the Outsiders' roster has gotten so big - wait, they're bigger than the Team at this point. And with the action moving into the factory, I wouldn't be surprised if we see a squad from the Team get boomed in by Halo for more back up.
Match is in Onslaught now? Shrug, ok. Was a little surprised the whole roster wasn't there. Would've hoped Holocaust would be there. And the debut of Metallo. Ah. Intriguing. More so he's got a new name - so either a new version entirely or an alias as Juan Cordero sounds a lot like John Corben. Should be 'fun' to learn what Metallo's role is here. On the other hand, it is somewhat surprising he's only shown up for the first time historically in 2020/Team Year Ten. Like has there been other Metallos that Superman fought in the 2000s or is Juan the first in Earth-16? Is he the next level. Luthor's moved on from Cadmus and Super clones and is going for super cyborg that exploits the Super-Family's big weakness?
ANGRY WOUNDS
And as stated by others, yeah, fun to notice the differences like Green Arrow hit with 2 arrows instead of 1 in the calf like in the DC Showcase short, Perdita offering her a piece of her skirt as a bandage instead of clothes in her back pack after Arrow asking her, Arrow not firing off arrows back, Merlyn using his flaming arrow on the baggage car's hood rather than the tanker, the shorter fight with Henchy, Merlyn talking to them after the fall out whereas in the short he just fired first. Basically covered the 4 to 8 min. mark of the short. Which leaves about 3 minutes for the last 2 back up stories. Yeah, as some of us suspected, definitely feels like there will be new content like coming from Black Canary's POV as she races to the fight and takes out Vertigo.
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