Comments on: DC This Week: Catwoman #55, Birds of Prey #94, Supergirl & the LSH #18, Justice League Unlimited #20

By: John

John — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:07:22 +0000

Personally, I have found wikipedia to be a lifesaver in idenitifying characters I am unfamiliar with in comics.

By: Jonathan Stopek

Jonathan Stopek — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 05:06:10 +0000

Also, Gypsy was suddenly portrayed as having Kitty Pryde-like phasing capabilities in Justice League Unlimited episode 4×10. Apparently, it was thought to be a good idea, and Gail Simone has lifted it. It may eventually be explained…one supposition is that she gained these powers when the entire world gained superpowers in order to fight Mageddon, and in her, the additional power did not fade. Or, it may have something to do with the metagene outbreak that was being played up in Superman a couple of years ago. However they end up explaining it, JLU came up with it first!

By: Jonathan Stopek

Jonathan Stopek — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 04:58:41 +0000

Gypsy wasn’t killed, she just kindof disappeared for a while following Crisis Times Five, when Triumph cracked and made her his mindslave (but not for the reasons one might think…maybe he’s gay???). She has only shown up six times between then and now, with her only noteworthy appearances coming in Martian Manhunter #12 & 25. All the rest were basically cameos: WW #174-175; BoP #67; Identity Crisis #1.
Her name has always been Cindy Reynolds.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Mon, 29 May 2006 01:00:38 +0000

Wasn’t Gypsy killed? There have been so many deaths I lost count of who is still around though.

I had not tried Catowman yet, but that does sound interesting, plus I think that is the art team from that solid Batgirl:Year One miniseries.

I was leary when I heard about the pregnancy thing, but I’m more open now after hearing about the absurd sounding new hero coming up in 52 who can give birth to 25 champions every 3 days. After that anything is better.:)

I agree on LSH, it is fun, not as emotional impacting as these are new,even if kind of familiar, characters here.

I wish that note could have been a link to open in a newer window to allow easier reading. As I could barely make it out, and the borders are blurry. (plus I had to maximize my browser window to get it off the bottom paragraph)

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 28 May 2006 18:34:36 +0000

Really? Gracious. At least I guessed right.

By: Dwight Williams

Dwight Williams — Sun, 28 May 2006 18:26:31 +0000

Gypsy’s real name has been “Cindy” for some years, I thought. If not as far back as her flashbacks during the tail end of the JLoA‘s “Detroit Experiment”, then at least as far back as the “Massacre of New Paltz” where her parents were killed by Despero in JLAmerica.

Hope that helps…