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By: JSA WEEK DAY ONE: JAY GARRICK IS THE MAN | FORTRESS OF BAILEYTUDE

JSA WEEK DAY ONE: JAY GARRICK IS THE MAN | FORTRESS OF BAILEYTUDE — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:23:51 +0000

[...] have come to be. Be sure to check out Comic Coverage’s entry on this subject as well as K Squard Ramblings post about the differences in Jay’s origin as it has been recounted over the years. Actually you [...]

By: Extinguishing a Speedster’s Smokes « Speed Force

Extinguishing a Speedster’s Smokes « Speed Force — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:01:57 +0000

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By: Speed Reading for Thursday « Speed Force

Speed Reading for Thursday « Speed Force — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:05:20 +0000

[...] Fortress of Baileytude examines Flash Secret Files #1, which reminds me of a couple of past blog posts: Comic Coverage’s parody of an endorsement in Smoking Superheroes, and my response that looked into the slow process of removing Jay Garrick’s smoke break from his origin. [...]

By: *** Dave

*** Dave — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:59:11 +0000

Yeah, that sounds like Grant Morrison …

For my money, as interesting as the differences in the smoking habits are, the differences in the flasks are even spiffier.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:30:12 +0000

And now I’m picturing that mongoose as Kiki. OK, she’s a ferret, but still…

Funny thing on that water labeling thing… Grant Morrison actually used the concept in an issue of Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein. A government project tried to use the technique to turn water into a weapon. The water didn’t like it, and fought back.

No, really!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:27:09 +0000

I’m now picturing a mongoose zipping around an atomic nucleus, chittering in a Flipper-esque sort of way.

And how about this explanation for how water could give you super-speed? (Properly labeled, of course.)

By: West

West — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:49:30 +0000

A mongoose?! Ugh.

Okay. You got me, there.

Radiation or high-speed vibrations? *shrugs* I’ll take it! Anything Just about anything is better than mongoose-blood.

Wait! Maybe it was radioactive, high-SPEED mongoose blood!

By: Kelson

Kelson — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:31:02 +0000

Worse than getting a blood transfusion from a mongoose?

But yeah, of DC’s speedsters, this one makes the least sense, especially since they named the substance involved. If hard water gave people super-speed, everyone in my city would be running around at Mach 2!

I’ve heard it suggested that maybe they meant to write “heavy water,” which at least would fit (if a bit early) the “radiation can do anything” concept so popular in the 1950s. And actually, the Flash Secret Files version tacked on an explanation that he was trying to add radiation or high-speed vibrations to the water in the panels immediately before the ones I scanned.

By: West

West — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:11:18 +0000

The hard-water fumes thing has always been among the worst of the speedster origins, imo – cig or no cig.

I’d love it if they’d update it some kind of water. Speed Force by way of water-in-beaker just doesn’t have the same oomph.