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? #239

Wow, Frank, tell it like it is, why don't you?

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #236

Some people just can't get the hint

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #234

Captain K'Rot regrets his career choice

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #191

There's no excuse for poetry that doesn't rhyme.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #187

Nothing dampens Vandal Savage's opinion of himself

Who Was Who Is Who #27

So for want of anything better to write about on a Monday, 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 Malagigi's chance.

LUTHOR - ah, anyone else remember the days of multiple Earths and different variations of both heroes and villains? Well, I guess they never went away for that long, what with Elseworlds, Hypertime, Infinite Crisis, Countdown and all the others (not to mention the forthcoming Earth-2 - this is being written in mid-March, people!) but you know what I mean. It got so that Lex Luthor had various versions featured in Who's Who:

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #179

A talking horse? Who's ever heard of such a thing?

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #175

Yeah, you can joke, but here's why you don't want Ray Palmer ticked off at you.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #171

Oh yeah, Ray Palmer shows he's still got it.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #166

You can't say fairer than that.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #154

Always good to know what you're sitting on.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #150

Or gender, and rightly so.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #146

Madame Xanadu displays her grasp of British colloquialisms.

No Way To Treat A Lady

Madame Xanadu puts her best dress on, displays a large amount of heaving alabaster bosom and what reaction does she get from the Phantom Stranger?

No wonder she looks pissed!