Spoiler Saturday--Demon Knights #4 (& The Whole nu52)

If I had a webcam, you'd be able to see that I am dancing the Dance Of Much Joy And Happiness right now.

Cast your mind back to November. Reread this post of mine, wherein I posit that a silly pun is actually the basis for the entire set-up of the post-Flushpoint DCU.

Go read it, it's a short one. I'll wait.

Welcome back. Gosh, I love it when I'm right.

So how do I know that my silly theory was actually correct? Well, check out this weeks Demon Knights #4. Merlin is talking to The Shining Knight in a vision, warning her him about the past and the future:

(There's that mysterious "they" again...)



See, they just thought that Merlin was naming the group the Demon Knights, but nope, he was trying to warn Ystina about the Daemonites.

The mysterious Ms. Monitor told Flash that "they" had split the timeline into three, in order to weaken us for their coming. Merlin was trying to establish Camelot again and again in hopes of stopping this "they." In Stormwatch, also by Paul Cornell, a mysterious being came to cause great devastation on Earth, in order to toughen us up for "their" coming.

And you may recall back in Superman #1, someone blew that mysterious big-ass horn, summoning "them." And ever since then Kal-El has been fighting mysterious alien menaces. And now there's the solicitation for Superman #7 in March:

The start of an insanely epic arc from the new writing team of Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens! New love interests, new roommates, and a new foe: the wicked Helspont! What does this monster want with Superman, and how does it all connect to the Daemonites?

Straight outta Wildstorm, it's Helspont and the Daemonite menace.

Folks, "Demon Knights" is a pun that proves that Jim Lee is full on importing his Wildstorm villains, the Daemonites, to be the new Big Bad for the nuDCU.

I predict that by the end of the first Justice League arc, Darkseid himself will name drop the Daemonites, probably one again as the mysterious "they." And we'll see more and more references dropped in the other nu52 books to the Daemonites.

And the first big mega crossover for the nu52 will be the Daemonite invasion of Earth. Yup, I'm calling it right now.

And you'd better believe me--I'm on a streak!! After all, I was right about the Teselecta in Doctor Who...

And my dance of happiness?!? If you could see it, it would look a little like this:

The Pun That Explains The New 52

As per usual, I'm really wrong here.

But say this out loud (quietly, if you're at work):

"Demon Knights"="Daemonites"

Say it again.

Now think about the other book Paul Cornell writes, and where it's crossed over with other books in the nu52. And notice where Grifter made a cameo this week (no, not in his own title, silly). And consider the mysterious "they" who split the timelines, as revealed in Flashpoint, and not in the face's theory of the true identity of Ms. Monitor.

Further: if they're already going to use Darkseid for the first Justice League arc, how do you top that? It's like using Galactus for the first Fantastic Four story...there's nowhere left to go, unless...and he is the artist of JL, so...

Holy crap, I've discovered the Rosetta Stone of the nu52!!!

Then again, maybe it really is just an inadvertent pun...

Self-Awareness Saturday--Grounded, The Rebuttal

Paul Cornell's two-panel reply to the concept of the Grounded storyline:


Really, couldn't someone hold told that to JMS a year ago?

From Action Comics #904.

No One Sent Paul Cornell The Memo

Because obviously, this scene...


...would have played so much better had Lois and Clark never been married.

I mean, what was Paul Cornell thinking? Mature emotions from committed couples plays so poorly for that coveted 18-34 male demographic. I'm sure the DiDio/Johns/Lee troika is chewing out Cornell for not getting with the program, when the company line is that Lois and Clark's relationship is really truly important, "not just as it exists currently."

Grrr...

From this week's Action Comics #902.

Why Can't The English Teach Their Children How To Speak?

Oi, I think this is written in our language...

Again, I think this is in English...but it could just be another example of the British pulling our legs.

Paul Cornell baffles us with the alleged language of Shakespeare in Knight And Squire #2.