Classic Gone-and-Forgotten: Camera-Smashin'!
Camera-Smashin'!
I swear, the greatest thing to happen to comics this year is the DC Showcase Presents line (or as I like to call it, the DC Strange World's Brave and House of Finest Showcase Mystery and the Bold Presents Adventures Blue Ribbon Digest, or failing that, DC Essentials), the book series which not only brought us the entire original Metamorpho run in all of its glory, but just recently produced the Jimmy Olsen collection (under the somewhat confusing "Superman Family" banner, meaning I guess I'm waiting a long time for Nightwing & Flamebird stories, or that arc where Krypto saved a guy's nephew from drugs).
If nothing else, I finally got to read the backstory on this panel I'm sure most of us caught via SuperDickery - Jimmy Olsen descended upon by what is surely his nemesis, a robot trained specifically to smash his camera. This robot must have seen Jimmy coming from a mile away.
Still, I found the overall story a little flat - Jimmy and Clark visit a strange island yet populated with dinosaurs seeking a reclusive scientist who seeks to protect his island's secrecy by making sure all cameras are smashed by well-trained robots. Also, this guy can build (and train!) robots but he writes on their chests with a sharpie. He cuts corners.
Anyway, in the long run, I was inclined to make what I felt was a more satisfying explanation. It goes like this:
Excelsior! Now where's my No-Prize?
(PS - This is one of those rare occasions where I pimp the ol' Cafepress shop; want to warn the world that you're a robot who will smash the hell out of their camera? It's only fair if you do.)
I swear, the greatest thing to happen to comics this year is the DC Showcase Presents line (or as I like to call it, the DC Strange World's Brave and House of Finest Showcase Mystery and the Bold Presents Adventures Blue Ribbon Digest, or failing that, DC Essentials), the book series which not only brought us the entire original Metamorpho run in all of its glory, but just recently produced the Jimmy Olsen collection (under the somewhat confusing "Superman Family" banner, meaning I guess I'm waiting a long time for Nightwing & Flamebird stories, or that arc where Krypto saved a guy's nephew from drugs).
If nothing else, I finally got to read the backstory on this panel I'm sure most of us caught via SuperDickery - Jimmy Olsen descended upon by what is surely his nemesis, a robot trained specifically to smash his camera. This robot must have seen Jimmy coming from a mile away.
Still, I found the overall story a little flat - Jimmy and Clark visit a strange island yet populated with dinosaurs seeking a reclusive scientist who seeks to protect his island's secrecy by making sure all cameras are smashed by well-trained robots. Also, this guy can build (and train!) robots but he writes on their chests with a sharpie. He cuts corners.
Anyway, in the long run, I was inclined to make what I felt was a more satisfying explanation. It goes like this:
Excelsior! Now where's my No-Prize?
(PS - This is one of those rare occasions where I pimp the ol' Cafepress shop; want to warn the world that you're a robot who will smash the hell out of their camera? It's only fair if you do.)
Labels: character: Batman, character: Jimmy Olsen, publisher: DC Comics, theme: Classic Gone-and-Forgotten, theme: Fumetti
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