tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post2613594190793544105..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Review: Checkmate #4Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-66081773794671173542021-10-01T22:44:55.399-04:002021-10-01T22:44:55.399-04:00I thought it was flashback at first, but then deci...I thought it was flashback at first, but then decided it had to have been "flashbang." But beyond seeing the white panel, I never saw any consequence of the explosion. King is cursing and disappearing through a door, but he's already on his way out before the flashbang goes off.<br /><br />Nor do I know what happens in the final panel. The airship is dripping jelly onto whatever is on the bottom? (Unlikely.) Or, is it melting the building and sucking it up into itself? It doesn't look like the teleportation effect. And, I don't really recognize what's on the bottom. Looks like an unfinished sketch to me. The hideaway?<br /><br />T.N.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-39897563912739356672021-10-01T20:45:13.323-04:002021-10-01T20:45:13.323-04:00I think it is a Merlyn arrow to blind the heroes. ...I think it is a Merlyn arrow to blind the heroes. And Ollie is warning them.<br /><br />But now I am questioning myself!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-15398495780109512072021-10-01T19:41:00.443-04:002021-10-01T19:41:00.443-04:00Flash bang wallop what a picture? So he made thing...Flash bang wallop what a picture? So he made things white to cover their escape?Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-4503806425527790072021-10-01T18:53:14.657-04:002021-10-01T18:53:14.657-04:00I think Ollie was going to say 'Flashbang'...I think Ollie was going to say 'Flashbang', a sort of flash grenade, hence the white panel.<br /><br />Agree about the Watchtower moniker. Wrong. <br /><br />And yes, we have yet to see the Checkmate team do little more than squabble.<br /><br />Still ... I do love good mysteries.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-46192478832364352752021-10-01T13:55:26.799-04:002021-10-01T13:55:26.799-04:00Great review! I liked this issue, with the odd qua...Great review! I liked this issue, with the odd qualm. <br /><br />That’s an awful lot of blood from one man. <br /><br />I dislike when they call the old JLA satellite the Watchtower, that was the moon base, not the one in synchronous orbit, 22,300 miles etc. Tut. <br /><br />So Leo is 40, and he’s Lois’s little brother, wonder how old she is this week. <br /><br />What is Mr King actually contributing? And the Question? We’re told these are brilliant detectives and spymasters but they’re constantly caught on the hop. And we still haven’t seen what effect all this has had on the wider world. What happened to ‘no more secrets’?<br /><br />My big question, what happened when Ollie started to say ‘Flashback’, we got a white panel, and…?<br /> <br />The Justice League book was confusing, I didn’t realise until now that that takes place after this series and the takedown of Leviathan. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.com