Okay, we saw an interlude in Infinite Crisis #1 set in the middle of the Polaris system (site of the Rann-Thanagar War), in front of that huge tear in the space-time continuum. The following peopel are known to be present at this disaster:
1) Adam Strange, more than enough hero for two worlds!
2) (a) Hawkman, for you guys who thought Animal Man or Bumblebee would be The Load and (b) Hawgirl (Kendra Saunders) who is not the Load because I like her.
3) Captain Comet, Equally formidable amounts of intelligence and power
4) Vril Dox II, Even more intelligence, and the arrogance to tell people with formidable power what to do.
5) Lydea Mallor, Darkness Powers, and we've seen from the Shade (Many bios of whom contains serious Starman Spoilers and I haven't delved too deeply into this one, so click at your own risk), Obsidian, and Nightshade that they trump nearly everything in the right hands.
6) L.E.G.I.O.N is a massive agency, and contains other powered people (I'm just not up to speed on who still has powers anymore!)
7) Prince Gavyn, Starman, and his Cosmic Shepherd's Staff
8) Tigorr of the Omega Men, who can trade grooming tips with Animal Man
9) Kyle Rayner, Senior Green Lantern, who's record speaks for itself. Admittedly, it speaks of both good and bad -- "Why don't we just pump it full of energy and see what happens?" Interestingly enough, he appears to be Incident Commander. This also speaks of both good and bad possibilities.
10) Kilowog, Even More Senior Green Lantern
11) Guy Gardner, Senior Green Lantern, though not actually present, has as much as promised to bring the entire Green Lantern Corps there under his command. Again, good and bad possibilities.
Various hints dropped at the Comic-Bloc Forums indicate we will see developments out here. The following points may be touched upon:
-- Given 9 and 11, we can be very grateful for 10.
-- 3, 5, and 7 are impressively powerful
-- 9, 10, and 11 individually command massive, mind-blowing amounts of power, and are (by now) trained to work as a group.
-- 1, 3, 4, 9, and 10 are adept of thinking of ways around planet-level threats
-- 1, 3, 7, 9 and 10 are all known to be highly cooperative
-- 2 and 8 don't seem very useful at all, unless there is an all-out brawl, which is actually pretty likely, given 11's impending presence, and the number of 9's ex-girlfriends on New Cronus
-- 4, 5, and 6 will most likely cause the most infighting, though 2a is at an all-time low for teamwork ability right now.
-- 4 possesses the highest level of intelligence possible, but 2a is acting stupid enough lately to actually lower the intelligence level in a room.
-- 4 and 9 seem to be employing time-travel, or at least the ability to appear in multiple places at once. This may help.
In addition to the above points, we have to factor in Donna Troy's team.
In JLA #123, Donna Troy told the JLA "I only need the most powerful among you."
We see in Infinite Crisis #2 that she felt a need to add Animal Man, Cyborg, Starfire, Red Tornado II, Firestorm (Jason Rusch), Bumblebee, Herald, Airwave, another Green firkin' Lantern (Alan Scott), Jade, Shift, and Supergirl to the above assemblage. All of these people are traveling on New Cronus to the New Center of the Universe -- the Immense Hold in the Space-Time Continuum Located in the Polaris System.
Clearly, something is coming out of that hole.
And I'm sorry, but if it's the Anti-Monitor, I will be severely disappointed. If the Anti-Monitor pops out of that Rift, the rest of the series could only unravel in one way:
At the worst possible moment, the Anti-Monitor will rise out of the Gigantic Hole in the Space-Time Continuum posing like the main villain in a Korugarian Space Opera.
He will cackle maniacally.
Then his vision will clear, and he will notice the two massive armada. So far, so good.
He will smile, and survey the battleships -- my, there's quite a few of them like they're expecting him.
His smile will falter until he sees some of the colorful Earth heroes. This is what he expected.
He will begin to step out of the Rift to attack, and then....
...he will see the Green Lanterns.
And then, he will count the Green Lanterns.
And then he will tip his pillbug helmet politely to Donna Troy, apologize for bothering her, and promise to return at a more convenient time.
Cut to One Year Later.
Considering the effectiveness of the GLs the last time a Crisis occurred, I think having multiple GLs would be an invitation to attack. :) While Guy, Kyle and Kilowog fight over who is calling the shots, the AM would just kick their butts back to Oa.
ReplyDeleteThen he'll see Bumblebee and start laughing.
Ah, I doubt Kyle would fight over giving orders. Hopefully, he'd be smart enough to back Kilowog though. And if Gardner gives 'em any lip, pow!, and unlike Batman, Kilowog hits really hard.
ReplyDeleteActually, there is one advantage that the GLs have this crisis around that they didn't have before.
ReplyDeleteKyle Rayner.
He might not seem like much but he's somehow able to get along with Guy at his prickliest, Hal at his most overbearing and John at his prickliest all at the same time. I think he'll be able to reign in Guy while letting Kilowog be general.
Now, I can't really say anything to defend Bumblebee.
Hey they have Red Tornado, Adam Strange, and Alanna. Thats a trifecta of Rannian awesome on your front lines.
ReplyDeleteYeah, The Anti-Monitor isn't the sort to be afraid of anything. Even if he's incredibly outmatched. He'd just make a series of bold, capitalized exclaimations and then loudly die.
ReplyDeleteAww, we should never underestimate the power of bold, capitalized exclaimations.
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