Quote Of The Week: My Codename Is Still Dumbass

A couple of weeks ago, I awarded James Robinson and Sterling Gates "Quote Of The Week" for their amazing inept dialogue in Amazons Attack War Of The Supermen #2. You remember, "Obviously, with the codename 'Assassin,' I've killed more people than I can recall." Classic.

Still, anyone can have an off week, right? Right?

From Amazons Attack War Of The Supermen #4:

Again, please:

So this is Robinson & Gates' idea of good characterization: have this lame ass guy keep repeating his name, and keep emphasizing that it's also his job description. Again and again.

I can just imagine him in school: "Of course I failed my math test. My name is Codename: Assassin. I'm good at killing, not trigonometry!"

Wow, that dialogue really does write itself...

Special bonus points go to this quote needlessly taking up room in the issue while Superwoman is beaten off-panel, Atlas is beaten off-panel, and 99% of the Kryptonians are beaten/killed off-panel. But hey, why let the actual story you've been setting up for years get in the way of sparkling dialogue from a third-rate character, right??

Quote Of The Week--Codename: Dumbass Edition

From War Of The Supermen #2, written by Sterling Gates and James Robinson:

Wow. Once more, with feeling:

You know, it took two authors to come up with a line that bad..."Obviously, with the codename 'Assassin,' I've killed more people than I can recall."

Folks, writing that stilted and crappy doesn't just happen by itself! Let's hear it for our writers!!

But, it's not just the writers--we must congratulate Eduardo Pansica and Wayne Faucher for how they sell the line. Look at the concentration on Codename: Assassin's face--marvel at the intense (yet pointless and inappropriate) gesticulation he uses to deliver the line...it's almost Shatnerian:

Wow again.

Thank you, War Of The Supermen #2, for helping us get over the end of Siege so quickly. I'll be repeating this line in my head all day...

"Obviously, with the codename..."