Forever Evil's Prisoner Revealed

The issue's been out for days and the reveal's been all over the internet but, because I'm a nice guy, be aware that if you click the read more link below, there be spoilers ahead.

Crime Syndicate / Dr Who Crossover?

At the end of the latest Forever Evil, the Crime Syndicate stand on the shore and look out, scared at the big crack in the sky that Ultraman says is proof that the monster that destroyed their world is coming for them:

Honestly? I saw that and thought of this:

The crack in time from a recent series of Dr Who. Wonder if David Finch and/or Geoff Johns are fans.

Monday Memories #47 - JLA: Earth 2

Each Monday this year I'll be taking a look back at a random comic, prestige format issue, graphic novel or collection of reprints from amongst my 3,000 or so comics that date from 1962 to 2003 - I figured anything in the last ten years would be too recent to hark back to.

The comics are chosen completely at random and apart from a four week lead-in period, even I don't know what I'll be looking at in the weeks to come!

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #247

Can I get an "Amen" on that, people?

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #245

And, as we all know, size matters

I Feel Bad Now

Over at the DC Comics blog they posted a picture of the Crime Syndicate reviewing their choices for recruitment and asked readers to put a caption to it.

I looked at it and instantly thought of this:

It's a cheap joke and not even one I totally agree with . . . but it was in my head and on my screen before I could stop myself.

I blame the corrupting influence of Grand Theft Auto V which turned up on Tuesday. If I'm not around much over the next few days, you'll know why.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #242

Who said romance was dead?

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #241

Oh, how things could have been different...

Trinity War Re-Speculation

Trinity War came to an end last week in the pages of Justice League #23 and, on the whole, I happen to think it was pretty good. The big reveal of the Crime Syndicate at the end was done well, although I had to chuckle at Madame Xanadu's line "...it was the number... the true number of evil. Three. Earth-Three!" You have to wonder how, in the New 52 when clearly no-one's met the Crime Syndicate before that she knows Earth-Three is the home of evil - heck, they could be from Earth-Two for all she knows.

Silly things like that aside, it was enjoyable as I said.

It did also make me revisit my post from last year when I speculated about Trinity War following the reveal of the Free Comic Book Day teaser. There were something things I had wrong (thinking it was Black Adam, not Shazam; thinking Simon Baz was John Stewart in a new costume) though I was pleased that I included the line

"we may be looking at a new Earth 3 which, at a push, could link up with the trinity aspect."

and then in the comments

"My gut's saying an Earth 3/Crime Syndicate story and they'll time it for JLoA #21/#22 to hark back to the first JLA/JSA crossover."

Not too far off the mark, then?

Going back to last week's Justice League #23, we're left with one more mystery: the identity of Superwoman's prisoner.

I'm going to go for the obvious and suggest that it's Earth-Three's Alexander Luthor or possibly his son Alexander Luthor, Jr seeing as Geoff Johns killed the latter at the end of Infinite Crisis; it wouldn't be too far of a stretch for him to want to redeem the character he besmirched. Plus, that would possibly tie in to Forever Evil where Luthor is seen fighting this Earth's bad guys; could the Earth-Three Luthor get free, take his duplicate's place and then fight for the good guys?

I guess we wait and see.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #240

It's a fear a lot of men have, you know...

DC's November Solicitations

FOREVER EVIL #3

With the world under the rule of the mysterious and deadly Crime Syndicate and our greatest heroes dead, it’s up to the unlikeliest of defenders to rise up to save us—humanity’s only hope—Lex Luthor?!

So looks like my guess of the Crime Syndicate's involvement in Forever Evil was right.