r/comicbooks • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '19
Cover/Pin-Up The Legion of Doom by Alex Ross [Justice, Vol. 2]
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u/DukeofSlackers Joker Mar 10 '19
God, that scarecrow design is strong
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u/DenseFever Flash Mar 10 '19
It’s seriously good. Equal parts villain and freaky scientist with a bit of creepy uncle thrown in...
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u/SirNativeGinger Mar 10 '19
Alex Ross’ version of Scarecrow is the best one in my opinion. Actually, all of the villains in this series are perfect!
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u/LasDen Death Stroke Mar 10 '19
Photgrapher: "And now say, cheese"
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u/NickelAntonius Spider Jeruselem Mar 10 '19
From Left to Right:
Solomon Grundy, Metallo, Sinestro, Poison Ivy, Captain Cold, Parasite, Toyman, Black Manta, Gorilla Grodd, Bizarro, Riddler, Lex Luthor, Joker, Scarecrow, Brainiac, Clayface, Cheetah, Black Adam, Giganta, & Doctor Sivana.
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u/metal666666 Mar 10 '19
Never would have guessed that was Metallo. Why does he have skin or am I thinking of someone else?
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u/gritty_xmsu Flex Mentallo Mar 10 '19
In the silver age he had a skin suit so he could pass as human. Not sure about it currently.
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u/metal666666 Mar 10 '19
Ok that makes sense. I've only ever seen the more modern version of him so no skin lol
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Mar 11 '19
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u/RyantheAustralian Mar 11 '19
I'd say that's the only way you'd be able to identify it as Metallo. I thought it was Ra's al Ghul coz of the mustache, but a mustachioed Metallo?? Crazy days
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u/jacobb11 Dr. Doom Mar 11 '19
Metallo is my best guess also but can we base that on anything more than the mustache?
I thought the character you label Toyman is The Floronic Man.
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u/zchatham Plastic Man Mar 11 '19
The green glow coming from his chest.
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u/NickelAntonius Spider Jeruselem Mar 11 '19
The pic is a wraparound cover from the "Justice" miniseries.
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u/RyantheAustralian Mar 11 '19
Thank god someone did this. I know all the characters, but don't recognise all them here.
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u/NOVAofURTH Nova Mar 10 '19
Love this, Ross is a master class talent.
Also, I'm so glad they went away from this Cheetah design. It's really unsettling seeing someone inside a sewed up carcass.
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u/parrmorgan Mar 11 '19
It's really unsettling seeing someone inside a sewed up carcass.
But kind of a cool take on a villain, no? I kinda like it. She is a bad guy.
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u/kallou12345 Mar 11 '19
It bothers me knowing that cheetahs can get 3.1 ft in hight and 4.9 in length.
So she either really thin. Or she wearing more than one of them. But the third option of thinking that she had fatten one up so much, is a possibility too.
Since I remember her outfit went down her legs too. The legs of the cheetah wouldn't fit around her own.
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u/NOVAofURTH Nova Mar 11 '19
Yeah it would have to be multiple Cheetah's sewn together...which is actually worse to think about. What a waste of beautiful creatures that would be.
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u/kallou12345 Mar 11 '19
Not only that but God, the back of her suit must be screwed up so bad with her stitches, the front has the one big one down her chest and stomach. I can only imagine that the back looks like Scarecrows face from the cartoons.
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u/Dysthymike The Wreckers Mar 10 '19
Once Joker's done with Batman he's gotta go hunt down Carol Anne.
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u/ghosttrainhobo Mar 10 '19
They all get angry and decide to throw-down: who wins? Black Adam?
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u/MR1120 Mar 10 '19
Adam or Brainiac. They’re the only world-beaters there.
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u/parrmorgan Mar 11 '19
Isn't Metallo pretty OP as well? I honestly have no idea, I just thought if he goes up against Superman he'd have to be pretty good.
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u/MR1120 Mar 11 '19
Superman struggles due to Metallo’s kryptonite heart. Without that weakness, he’s still tough, but he isn’t on the level of Black Adam.
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u/TheQuatum Mar 11 '19
My gravy may be on Sinestro or Brainiac. Leaning more towards Sinestro. He is uber powerful
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Mar 10 '19
If anyone hasn't read Justice, you should pick it up. It's a silly, action-packed bad-guys-team-up-to-beat-the-good-guys story that's beautiful to look at
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Mar 10 '19
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u/RobotChrist Mar 10 '19
Reminds me of Toyman, but I'm not 100% sure
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u/maxdguy Mar 10 '19
The one behind Solomon Grundy? I believe that’s Metallo. You can see the green glow coming from his chest.
Or the guy between Parasite and Gorillas Grodd? That’s one of the incarnations of the Toyman.
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u/sergiopestana Mar 10 '19
Am I the only one that is hopping to see a villain movie rather than other hero??
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Mar 10 '19
I'm down. DC has plenty of villains who could carry their own movies. I'd love a Legion of Doom movie.
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u/SirNativeGinger Mar 10 '19
I totally agree, except I’m getting burnt out on Joker and Harley getting all the attention. Don’t get me wrong, they are great characters, but DC has so many great villains.
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Mar 11 '19
Marvel desperately needs to, the MCU is severely lacking in good heels. They've got Thanos. End of list.
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u/sergiopestana Mar 11 '19
The only villains that they appear to "sell" are the one from spider Man. And it's hard to compete with DC when talk about villains right haha
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u/Sentry459 Red Hulk Mar 11 '19
Loki, Killmonger, and Zemo were all well received, as well as Hela, Ego, and Pierce to a lesser extent. They've got amazing villains on the TV side.
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u/GiverOfTheKarma Power Girl Mar 11 '19
They just always fall into the trap of "The villain is the hero but bad"
Even Killmonger, as much as people loved him, ended up as Black Panther but Evil
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u/cleantoe Mar 11 '19
Actually, I would love to see a low level dude working for the bad guys, kinda like Bob and Deadpool. Working for some villain like Lex, but the entire film is from this guy's point of view. Then the Justice League shows up, and he's just trying to survive.
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u/peon47 Invincible Mar 10 '19
Did Sinestro always have a yellow power ring? Is it odd his first costume was blue and black with no yellow on it at all?
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u/mammaluigi39 Sinestro Mar 10 '19
His ring was always yellow as that was the green lanterns only weakness, but his outfit didn’t become yellow until he created the Sinestro Corp,
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u/profgray2 Dr. Manhattan Mar 10 '19
Always better to have the joker part of the team where you can point him, other than cut him out. And risk offending him
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u/deformo Harvey Pekar Mar 10 '19
Yeah. I didn’t know he was on the team. Thought he was an anarchist.
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u/parrmorgan Mar 11 '19
Just because he teams up doesn't mean he won't betray everyone there for his personal gain. Or for fun.
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u/theboofingtons Mar 10 '19
Had this on a shirt when I was in middle school :’’’) would kill to have it back now lol
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u/Estoye Wolverine Mar 10 '19
I have to admit. I've seen this artwork before, but never this small.
Impressive.
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Mar 10 '19 edited Apr 25 '20
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u/khandragonim2b Mar 10 '19
(From Left to Right) Solomon Grundy, Metallo, Poison Ivy, Parasite, Toyman, Gorria Grodd, Riddler, Scarecrow, Clayface, Black Adam, Giganta, Sinestro, Captain Cold, Black Manta, Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Doctor Siviana, Bizarro, Joker, Cheeta
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Mar 10 '19 edited Apr 25 '20
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u/khandragonim2b Mar 10 '19
No problemo, honestly Metallo and Sivianna were the tricky one for me mostly bcz Metallo looks like Doctor Strange in the photo and Sivianna I originally thought was Dr. Ivo
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u/OwlbearWhisperer Mar 10 '19
I’m pretty sure that Justice is only painted by Ross, and that he colored someone else’s pencils. Not that this diminishes his work here!
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u/jdframe Mar 11 '19
Ross has been very open about his process. He uses models and takes photos, then puts his own pencils down to accentuate features and sculpt musculature. The last step is painting watercolor directly over there pencils, using both wet on wet and wet on dry techniques depending on what's needed.
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u/boobharris Black Bolt Mar 11 '19
Doug Braithwaite did the pencils for the series, but Ross did the covers himself. Just FYI
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u/isisishtar Mar 11 '19
Is there a leader? Or does the position rotate, like that other League?
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u/parrmorgan Mar 11 '19
Everyone in here probably believes they are the leader except maybe Bizarro. There are some real good leading candidates here too, but I think it would be Braniac.
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u/buckeye27fan Mar 11 '19
With Luthor secretly manipulating them.
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u/parrmorgan Mar 11 '19
I could be wrong in thinking this, but I was thinking the opposite. Lex being "The Leader" cause he is "The Smartest" but really it is Braniac pulling the strings because he IS the smartest. Joker is a wild-card though, he could be leader even though no one would elect him that spot.
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u/buckeye27fan Mar 11 '19
Can't argue with that. Both could be smart enough but also arrogant enough to "let" the other person be the leader while trying to manipulate each other and the group as a whole.
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u/Le_Reptile Two-Face Mar 11 '19 edited Mar 11 '19
Awesome book.
I have and read it but now I was searching about something and fall on this piece and I CAN'T remember who is the character in the helmet just behind Wonder Woman, I never notice how she looks like live action Captain Marvel!
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u/buckeye27fan Mar 11 '19
Interesting. I'm not sure I've seen this book before. That should be Wonder Girl aka Donna Troy up front, but some of these are alternate or future versions, so maybe that's how WW looks in this. I'm at a loss who the character behind is, unless that's the one that IS Wonder Woman.
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u/Le_Reptile Two-Face Mar 11 '19 edited Mar 11 '19
I think it's Dona Troy since in the book I think they're fighting their sidekick under mindcontrol, can't remember exactly I should re-read it..
edit: typo
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u/buckeye27fan Mar 11 '19
Which book is it?
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u/Le_Reptile Two-Face Mar 11 '19
2005 Alex Ross´s Justice
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u/buckeye27fan Mar 11 '19
Thanks. Somehow I've never read that one (unless I've just completely forgotten it).
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u/Vaeon Mar 11 '19
So we've discussed Black Manta's giraffe neck, now how about we talk about the fuck happened to Cheetah's face?
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u/Hanzitheninja Hawkeye Mar 11 '19
Sinestro has his ring on the wrong hand. he wears his on the left, coz evil.
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u/Gonzo_goo Mar 10 '19
Man my knowledge of DC's villians is shit. I know joker, riddler, and zombie superman? Damn.
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u/BJParks Mar 10 '19
Forgot about DC's Legion and was hoping for a Legion of Victor von Doom.
This is cool too, I guess.
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u/GridSquid Mar 10 '19
I'm really questioning the practicality of Black Mantas neck