No Freedom Fighters Yet

Despite splendid mini-series featuring the Ray, Phantom Lady, Doll Man and the Human Bomb, this Q & A session about the New 52 offered up the following concerning a possible Freedom Fighters series:

"[Editor-in-Chief Bob] Harras said there are no plans for "Freedom Fighters" at present. "That would have to be a little further down the line," he said."

Which isn't a complete no so maybe there's still hope. And who knows - maybe we'll get one or two more minis before then. A new Firebrand? Red Bee? Heck, maybe even Plastic Man?

Fingers crossed.

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Break it to him gently, Jen

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Not something you read every day.

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Alien infiltration will start in the strip clubs, people.

New Phantom Lady Miniseries Announced

And it's written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, two of my favourite writers!

"Phantom Lady and Doll Man is an exciting return to the roots of the characters as pulpy, street level crime fighters with a few new twists and some heavy sci-fi overtones,” Justin Gray told THE SOURCE. “We took the best of their original core concepts and updated them with no relation to our previous work on Phantom Lady and Doll Man in the Freedom Fighters. You're getting in on the ground floor of the origin story of two people whose lives intersect and a common threat that transforms them into pretty amazing and engaging superheroes."

Having recently completed a miniseries starring the new Ray (which was very good, by the way) and now Phantom Lady and Doll Man appearing in another, this just increases the chances of a new Freedom Fighters team and/or series.

DC's all about world building at the moment, right? What's the chances the same official guy who arrived at the end of The Ray and handed Ray a card saying "We Want You" in red white and blue letters, will turn up at the end of this miniseries?

Freedom Fighters in 2013, anybody?

Who Was Who Is Who #13

So for want of anything better to write about on a Monday, and with DC's New 52 well under way (how long are they keeping that title do you think?) I'm going to go through all my copies of Who's Who and see if I can predict who will make it over to the new DCU by the end of 2012, who might make it and who hasn't got a Duke of Deception's chance.

DOCTOR PSYCHO - another Wonder Woman villain who doesn't really fit into the new status quo of that title, I'm going to go with a no here.

DOCTOR REGULUS - a Legion villain, I'm afraid I'm not educated enough to make a guess. Hopefully Dave Sopko, the official COEP Legion go to guy can let us know in the comments.

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Power Girl explains the problems of dating Kryptonians