Evil Inc — Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Added 2017-06-12 02:50:48 +0000 UTCWow! There's a lot going on in this update — in the scenes and behind them.
Let's start here. If you follow me on Facebook, you know I like to post the photos I take when my wife and I go on our nightly walk. One night, I posted this photo of the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building (originally the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building)... which is an annex of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It got such a positive response I mentally bookmarked it to reference later. When I needed a new building for the re-imagined Legion of Justice, I knew exactly where I wanted to go.
Speaking of which, the Legion of Justice is now Justice Ltd. It may be my warped sense of humor, but the idea of "Justice... limited" just tickled me. It also makes sense that the superheroes have to bend to the same economic forces as the rest of us.
Spy Smasher is an actual Fawcett Comics superhero from the 1940s. The character has fallen into public domain.
And, if you've never heard "Ghost Riders in the Sky," you're welcome.
Comments
Short answer: I worded that poorly, and I'm working on a fix. Long answer: So, the concept I had in mind was this: Since supervillains never showed up for court dates (and rarely, if ever, paid their penalties if they *did* show up)... the people affected by their evildoing would have only one other option if they were to seek restitution through the legal system — and that would be to sue the superheroes for failing to prevent the actions of the villains. But that was wordy as hell... and this story beat was already pretty verbose. So I tried to distill it to its essentials. However, as you correctly point out, I over-distilled it so it now can be easily misinterpreted as a cause-and-effect situation.
Brad Guigar
2017-06-12 11:49:25 +0000 UTCFavorite end of first Ghost Rider movie, when he and Sam Elliot ride.
David Heiligmann
2017-06-12 03:13:19 +0000 UTCI don't get it. How does the failure of supervillains to show up to court dates equate to failure to prevent?
Patrick
2017-06-12 03:10:03 +0000 UTC
