Continuing from >>93862234
1975
>when you're so crazy that you spook ghosts
D A M A G E D
>>93872640
Thanks.
>>93872258
byrne is a pedophile
>Hal Jordan as a politician
>>93872675Probably.
Prepare for feels.
>>93862274
B T F O
They did.
Deadman is the best man
1975"I said you would see your whole family die today, did I not?"
Bat-bump
>>93872997
Appreciated
>>93872971
this is the point where I feel Generations kinda slips in overall quality,it just gets a touch too edgy for it's own good, one of several reasons I really dislike Ultra Humanite's role in this story
BJ and Kara are cute. CUTE!
>>93873040
It is a bit much.I hate the BJ's resolution is retconned out of G3.
>>93872675
So why is Byrne accused of being a pedo so much?
>>93873193
He made posts on his personal forums implying that pedophilia is normal because of some pseudoscience babble about instinct to breed with the young.
>>93873285
The quote used to be on his wikipedia page but got deleted.
really makes you think
>>93872696
That's how you know this is an Elseworld
>>93873343
Byrne editing his own wikipedia page is the reason his page is locked now so....
Kara a lewd.
>>93873526
Fucking in the air when you're the one who has to do the humping and can't fly would be fucking terrifying.
>>93873599
THIS.
>>93873768
The American Hero returns!
>>93873906
Jesus why did the story become so fucking edgy I rember reading this a while back and thinking how out of nowhere it suddenly became so dark
>>93873970
It becomes edgey to correlate how comics became edgey as time went on
>>93873970
It was supposed to correlate with the real life ages of comics, which is why the 30s were still relatively "real", the 50s got incredibly lighthearted, etc.
>>93873970
agreed it almost completely falls apart at this point when it comes to anything actually in connection to either Batman or Superman, although some of the stuff relating to characters outside of their spheres is still interesting
1986
>>93873996
Oh I guess that makes sense but still brutally murdering characters honestly felt like it came out of nowhere they probably could've done it better
>>93873970
I think Byrne was trying to channel a "The Night Gwen Stacy died" vibe. But it was a bit extreme.
>>93874098I think he also used Generation as a "the originals are best, legacies are shit" platform which explains a lot of things
>>93874112
>>93874098
I mean Lex topped Joker on the shit he pulled during that wedding so good on him,. He has like super street cred now.
For some reason there are a lot of Flashes in this continuityand none of them matter.
>>93874220
How is old is Alan supoosed to be at this point? Did Hal never become a lantern?
>>93874241
Oh nvm
>>93874272He kinda sorta does.
>>93874272
>How is old is Alan supoosed to be at this point?
He was active in '42 so he's probably 70+
>Did Hal never become a lantern?
Nope, he went into politics.
>>93874272
Alan wanted Hal to be his successor but Hal went into politics insteadbut also kinda
>>93874269
I love how edgey BJ looks
THICC
>it's a "Flash jobs" episode
>>93874379
So do I.
Henchman > Goon
>>93873186
Which resolution?
>>93874522He's mortally wounded in the 24th century and refuses medical care so that he can die. His and Kara's ghosts embrace and disappear.
>>93873970
Byrne wanted to darken things up to be similar to how things got dark in the 70's and 80's but I think he really went overboard. I mean >>93873736 was already dark but >>93873906 and >>93874005 being in the same story was really pushing it. To say nothing of what also happened in the 1989 chapter.
>>93874190
Well you might want to wait till the 1989 chapter
>>93874181
Well that andByrne thinks Superman should end up with Lana and not Lois
I'm glad BJ ineherited his father's plot armor
>>93874588
Yeah I gotta agree the tone shift is jarring to say the least he makes Geoff John's books look consistent >>93874610
Wait how's she only half of what WW was that doesn't make any sense
BJ had a hard a life.
>>93874722
>Wait how's she only half of what WW was that doesn't make any sense
she's half Amazon so I guess her powers are halved too
>>93874722
>Wait how's she only half of what WW was that doesn't make any sense
she's half regular human that's why, same reason why Kara was only half as strong as Clark
>>93874722
>Wait how's she only half of what WW was that doesn't make any sense
Byrne makes all the kids have less power than their parents for some reason.
1989MAN OF MURDER
>>93874272
Assuming that Alan was in his 20's or 30's in the 1942 chapter, he could be anywhere in his late 60's to late 70's. But since he used to ring to keep himself young he hasn't shown much aging yet, not until a later chapter.
>>93874788
>Byrne makes all the kids have less power than their parents for some reason.
Maybe its to go along with the tone shift? Superman was nerfed post-crisis so maybe it's to reflect that?
>PresidentHal Jordan
>>93874722
>>93874756
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>>93874788
IIRC Bob Haney did this with Superman Jr in his Super-Sons stories, where he only had half of Superman's powers because he was half-Kryptonian. I guess Byrne probably felt that aspect was logical and went with it.
>>93874900
I think it's more about >>93874181 but I guess that's possible too.
>>93874901
I'd vote for him
>>93874921
That makes sense for kryptonians kids but would WW kids have the same powers because she gets her powers from the gods
dangit BJ
>>93875011
>That makes sense for kryptonians kids but would WW kids have the same powers because she gets her powers from the gods
Amazons also have inherent abilities, hence why Wonder Woman 2 mentioned even without her powers she was still stronger than a normal person
>>93875083
Being BJ is suffering.
MAXIMUM OVER-EDGE
Who was Ultra-Humanite in >>93863861?
>>93875197
Yeah, that's what I was talking about in >>93874588
>>93875197
>>93875217
Ok the edge is getting fucking ridiculous some should've told Byrne to chill the fuck out
>>93875197
Luthor making Norman Osborn look like a pussy right now.
>>93875197
as I said, Byrne ruined this comic after the 1979 portion by going too far with the edge, which honestly is what ruined the vast majority of Elseworlds that DC has ever published, not that Marvel is much better with most of it's alternate realities, unfortunately it seems you really can't trust comic writers being able to control themselves when they aren't bound by the status quo
>>93875241It's the same guy. Notice Superman never sees under the mask--which Ultra says is leadlined, but just the eyes, which is a reference to how Superman knew Dolores Winters had the Ultra-Humanite's brain in the old comics? Also how Luthor shows up in Gotham six hours later but his outfit partially matches what the Humanite was wearing earlier.
Of course, this doesn't explain why he doesn't figure out Luthor had Humanite's brain all this time till now.
Not to be that guy but...I think a lot of you are forgetting that the 1919 (or 1929, can't remember) story was the actual last chapter of the original Elseworlds series.
>>93875255Technically, it's not Luthor.
>>93875311
I think this is a reference to that one Silver Age comic where Luthor created a time portal using Orange Juice
>>93875339
Honestly he deserved it
>>93875217
>Problem, Superman?
>>93875326
Technically, I should be starting with the 1890s story that reveals the shocking origin of Ma Kent's infertility.
>>93875387
I'm just saying, the edge does have a pivot point in the original series.
>>93875241
This twist with the Ultra Humanite is so fucking retarded.
>>93875328
Technically speaking but point still stands. Dude is making Joker look like they're school yard bullies.
>>93875347
>Luthor created a time portal using Orange Juice
what
>>93875433
I think this is probably the most dangerous and successful version ofHumanite, and he didn't even get to transfer his brain into the albino ape body! For the record my favorite version of the Humanite is still the JLU version.
>>93875197
I bet Mark Millar couldn't stop fapping after reading this page
>>93875416
To be fair the Ultra-Humanite was supermans first super villain and his original arch rival.
>>93875387
>Technically, I should be starting with the 1890s story that reveals the shocking origin of Ma Kent's infertility.
fucking what
this is stupid on levels that makes the reveal of Al Simmons beating his unborn child to death look like a masterpiece.
>>93875505
Nah, more like conflicted since Millar likes Superman
IIRC Byrne's favorite comics when he was growing up were Superboy and Batman.
Why is it all the edgy writers have boners for Superman?
1997
>>93875534
Pa Kent was a-hunting Jonah Hex.
Jonah Hex was a-hunting an outlaw.
Outlaw was a bad shot and hit Ma Kent in the gut.
Generations 3 was a mistake.
>>93875615
That's probably one of the stupidest fucking reveals I've ever heard of it's seems like Byrne can't maintain quality for shit
Who /kyle/ here?
>>93875658
I'm content with ignoring it since it was in Generations 3.
>>93875505
Shit like this would even give modern Millar a hard on the guy writes edgy shit like a emo trench coat wearing high schooler
>>93875669
>Twenty years ago, when I first gave thought to retiring, I instructed my ring to seek out a man who was utterly without fear. Your husband is the only one the ring found.
Well I guess Daredevil doesn't exist in this universe.
Near as can tell, Black-Hawk is related to Hawkman and Black Canary.
>>93875852
She isn't; Byrne said her parents are Hawkman's son and Blackhawk's daughter.
>>93875950
Huh. Why the sonic mace then?
>>93876001
Don't know. I don't think he ever said if that was a deliberate connection to Black Canary or not.
I wish Byrne would stick to one shape for Ransak.
>>93876055
I didn't think about it but here he's still using Quex-Ul, and he looks like the Post-COIE version who was more outright evil.
>>93875715
that outfit is a hell of an eyesore
>Jobber League of America
Now get ready for some Halwank so gratuitous that even Johns would cringe.
Poor Kyle.
1999
>>93876304
Ok the guardians are even shittier than usual with the mm purposely fucking over laterns
>>93876342
Well on the bright side he didn't kill off Alan or Kyle
>>93875007
I think he'd probably be better than most Presidents.
>>93876415
The Bronze Age was the worst thing to happen to the Guardians. It was all downhill from there.
Technical difficulties.
>>93876426
Or Carrol
>I know I've been gone while your fiancee died on your wedding day and my best friend's family was slaughtered but I had good reasons.
>Talia's face
You just KNOW
I could almost swear this dialogue was copied for a story in nu52's Tec #27
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>>93876718
I think there's a page missing.
>>93876718
>>93876749
>>93876767
Here it is, this page takes place between >>93876718 and >>93876749
>>93876789
Sorry, in my autsim I deleted them.
Thank you.
>>93876417
>>93876378
She kind of looks like Melania Trump here. And before someone calls me a dipshit, I know this was made well before the current political climate and it's just a coincidence.
Poor Knightwing, he's so lost.
Green Jobber is here!
Nightwing was originally part of the Superman mythos that became a part of the Batman one. I like how Byrne managed to reverse it here.
>>93876969
I love the various dents in the shield there
>>93877043
That actually would've been really funny if it ended up being some kind of poison. Also, I think this was the first Elseworlds to make use of both Hal and Kyle.
2008
Never the end.
Kinda weird that at the time this came out 2008 was relatively in the far future.
My math may be off but I think this guy is the 5th Flash.
>>93877278
Try reading the Armageddon 2001 Annuals
>tfw no hovercars
>>93877287
Ok how does he only have a fraction of their speed that's not how speedforce works
Something criminal fetish something chip off the old bat-block
>>93877338
Byrne's ignoring the Speedforce since that wasn't around when he was reading comics.
>>93877338
It's possible that Byrne is just ignoring it. Isn't a 90s invention?
>>93877398
>Isn't a 90s invention?
It was, it was first introduced in Waid's run.
Come to think of it he probably doesn't want to read Waid's comics because Waid was critical of Byrne's Superman.
The secret, revealed in G3 is thatno there's no secret it's all ruse to trick BJ into taking a dunk in the Lazarus Pit.
Byrne is a master storyteller.
>>93877424
>Waid
What went wrong with him?
Actually in general I guess comic book writers turn worse with age.
>Byrne uses Kyle Rayner, who was hated by not-muh fans in the 90s
>Byrne doesn't use the Speedforce that was mostly beloved by Flash fans
Byrne is an odd duckling.
>>93877439
Oh yeah also in the Generations universe, the house of Parliament were bombed in 1998 and England was under fascist rule until 2008 when Batman and Robin arrived, and they stayed there to help the resistance fighters achieve total victory by 2012 or 2013.
>>93877480
Yeah Byrne isn't the best storyteller from what I see he's very hit or miss at least he still gets work with those Star Trek books golden key is pretty good
>>93877480
Well like suggested in >>93877424 it could be because Waid came up with the Speedforce and he might want to avoid having anything to do with Waid.
>>93877398
I'm sorry but did they ever say who Bruce married by any chance?
Sorry, was missing another page.
>>93877552
She was never named. Apparently it's an homage to the Batman 2/Robin 2 stories.
>>93877552
nope, I like to believe it was Julie, feels kinda right, plus it gives a good reason why she didn't want BJ to join the family business
Poor Flash.
lemme hear a
BOOYAH
You thought the Halwank was over? Too bad!
>rebuild brain
>aren't sure if it's still evil
>put it in a body with a fuck-off borderline apocalyptic arsenal
Robots: No sense of right and wrong.
>>93877855
Yeah that was a really dumb move on their parts
2919
>>93862276
This concludes our storytime.
Thanks to the Anon(s?) who helped me.
Thanks for bumping.
And thanks for reading.
>>93878062
Damn I know Lo's been dead for like eight hundred years but just damn...
>>93878102
Thanks OP.
>>93877677
I was assuming it was Vikki since BJ is a blondie
>>93877855
I'm reminded of this conversation from Aqua Teen Hunger Force;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmPbmz7SzOs
>>93872482
>Blonde bats
Who?
>>93879423
>>93877677
>>93877552
>>93877648
The Batman 2/Robin 2 stories did name Batman's wife--it was Kathy Kane. And that was whom Byrne wanted Generations Bruce to be married to. But the problem to him was that Kathy wasn't introduced until the mid-1950's.
So he decided to leave the identity ambiguous, you could imagine it could be Julie Madison or Kathy Kane or Selina Kyle.
>>93877464
Most creators get worse with age in general.
>>93878102
Thanks OP
Fuck this ending
Lois dies of cancer but Lana becomes a immortal?
fuck this ending!
>>93880100
Bruce Junior, the third Batman.
>>93877439
>>93877524
Here's the 2008 flashback that's probably the only canonical thing in G3
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And that was that.