#dr mist

[browsethestacks]

#Comics #DC Comics #Global Guardians #Doctor Mist #Dr Mist #Art #DC #Green Flame #Icemaiden #Olympian #Rising Sun #Tasmanian Devil #Red Star #Seraph #Little Mermaid #Godiva #Jack O' Lantern

[fancyfade]

Black Manta: Sure Devil Ray tried to kill us and also literally every person in Atlantis, but whom among us hasn't done that? Dr Mist: Almost all of us, Manta. Everyone but you has not done that.

#dc comics #black manta #david hide #dr mist #chat format #black manta 2021

[aboutzatanna]

Interesting tidbit that has been quietly retconned over the years; Zatanna's dad was originally missing for ~20 years~.

Source: Justice League of America Vol 1 (1960) #51

This even made it one of her and father's earliest Whos Who page:

Both of these are from the mid-late 80's.

And a slightly more 'recent' one from the 90's:

However in DC's 'Blue Ribbon' #5 (1980) by Gerry Conway and Romeo Tanghal she was shown as much older when she first learned that her father went missing:

Later DC's Secret Origins #27 (1988) and her new Whos Who established that she was 18 when her father disappeared:

And that has been the case ever since.

So if initially, Zatara was missing for 21 years, who raised Zatanna? That has never been specified. Aging her up to 18 when her father disappeared was a more sensible explanation as it explains why Zatanna takes after her father so much. Her 2010 ongoing by Dini further emphasized how influential present Zatara was in Zatanna's life.

Secret Origins #27 also suggested that Dr Mist has been secretly orchestrating the lives of many characters including Zatara and Zatanna (hence the 'despite your gender I decided to raise you' line in the cropped scan above) but that's been ignored ever since and rightfully so I would say.

Only time the 20 years thing was mentioned was in James Robinson's Starman ongoing when the titular Starman, Jack Knight, met with the ghosts of various Golden Age heroes and he uses that fact to great dramatic effect to compare and contrast the relationship between Jack and his superhero father and Zatara's relationship with his daughter:

Source: Starman #37

(See more about Zatara's origins here)

As great as these two pages are, Zatara being missing for 21 years would never be brought up again. Zatara disappearing when Zatanna was 18 and only being gone for a few years instead of two whole decades is the current predominant canon.

Still, for an Elseworlds, it might be fun to consider what would have happened if Zatara did disappear when Zatanna was a child and how Zatanna might have turned out if she was raised by someone else for most of her life and how that might have affected her relationship with her Dad. What if she was raised by Madame Xanadu? Or Jason Blood? Or let's make it really bad and it was a villain like the Wizard or Felix Faust? How would her powers, costume and outlook on life be like?

#zatanna #zatanna zatara #john zatara #john giovanni zatara #starman #jack knight #james robinson #gerry conway #dc whos who #romeo tanghal #dr mist #nommo balewa #allura

[dcbinges]

Justice League International #12 (1988) by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis & Kevin Maguire

#ice maiden #doctor mist #green flame #tora olafsdotter #beatriz da costa #dr mist #nommo #ice #jli #justice league #the justice league #justice league international #keith giffen #j.m. dematteis #kevin maguire #80s #dc #80s comics #dc comics #comics

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

Does dr.mist play a role in the headverse at all?

So Dr. Mist is really interesting because he's ten thousand years old with multiple names and identities across the eons, but more to the point his primary identity "Nommo" is a spirit in Dogon religion that represent a sort of merpeople, but also apparently are referred to as "Monitors" which, for my purposes, is fantastic. I love using translation conventions for narrative, so much in the same Looker is a type of Monitor, so is Nommo Balewa/Dr. Mist.

Nommo is much older tho and spent all his life on Earth, something that distinguishes him from the Knights of Sorrow or the Monitors proper, but also from the groups he is a part of: the Kor Empire and their possible Atlantean connections, the Homo Magi and their Houses of Mystery and Secrets, through to the modern day and contemporary superheroes and metahumans.

There's also the connection to the Haggard novel, She, which seems to have the same canonicity to Nommo's backstory that Wylie's Gladiator has to Iron Munro, and while there's not an existing Ayesha (tho ironically I have a headverse OC with that name), she could've been an Amazon or another Looker that figured into Nommo's origin.

As far as his modern day role, I'd say Nommo obviously would have been aware of Diana's society and possibly part of its broader structure, going on to form the Global Guardians/Leymen/Primal Force put leaving protest when they were hyper-militarized into the Ultramarine Corps, the spot that would've been his being filled by Lea Corben/4-D.

After that, he's invited into the League and works primarily with Dark Division on a day-to-day basis, with an additional advisory role to Diana, especially as they get closer to the Crisis.

#dr mist #headverse #ask #nommo #nommo balewa

[liquid-rat]

SNUGGIE MOMENT

#not art #my rats #ratblr #pet rats #sierra mist #my sonion #onion #dr pepper #scimmy #dragon scimitar

[goryhorroor]

horror posters in horror movies 

they live (1988) in happy death day (2017) the blob (1958) in schlock (1973) the thing (1982) in the mist (2007) the witches (1966) in quatermass and the pit (1967) nosferatu (1922), der januskopf (1920) & the cabinet of dr. caligari (1920) in baba yaga (1973) whatever happened to baby jane (1962) in house of wax (2005) carrie (1976) in rabid (1977) zombi 2 (1979) in warm bodies (2013) the evil (1978) in videodrome (1983)

#horror movies #horror #they live #happy death day #the blob #schlock #the thing #the mist #the witches #quatermass and the pit #nosferatu #der januskopf #the cabinet of dr. caligari #baba yaga #whatever happened to baby jane #house of wax #carrie #rabid #zombi 2 #warm bodies #the evil #videodrome #moviesedit #horroredit #filmedit #cinema

[vertigoartgore]

1988's Dr. Fate #1 beautiful cover by artist Shawn McManus.

#dr fate #shawn mcmanus #1988 #fate #doctor fate #post crisis #jm dematteis #justice league international #bwahahaha #DC #dc comics #80's #80s #1980s #late 80s #mood #atmospheric #cover #art #I'm the doctor #return of #spectacular #cool comic art #mystery #mist #yellow gold #purple rain #helmet #egypt #phanteon

[monstersdownthepath]

Normally I don't comment on it because I assume people passingly familiar with Rakshasa from either Pathfinder or D&D are aware, but all rakshasa in Pathfinder have some level of physical distortion. The majority of them have backwards hands, but some have backwards feet, and there's at least one rakshasa who has the misfortune of their entire head being twisted around, forcing them to walk backwards.

These distortions can be hidden via shapeshifting magic (almost every rakshasa has Change Shape for just such occasions), but become immediately apparent if they're ever forced into their natural form. And yes, it IS important and damning, because Pathfinder has no shortage of creatures and ancestries that are humanoids with animal heads, so hitting someone with Dispel Magic and watching their disguise fall away to reveal a man with a tiger face could mean they're one of at least four different monsters and you can only truly confirm they're rakshasa if you check their limbs to see if they're all straightened out.

#yes you could also hit them with a weapon to see if their DR blocks it #rakshasa visibly turn to mist to fold around anything that cant pierce their DR so it's a super identifiable trait #it's a quick and dirty way to find out but also it carries enormous consequences if you're wrong #Pathfinder

[sleepsforest]

07/01/23

#mine #sun #warm #path #forest #light #scenery #nature #naturecore #forestcore #fog #mist #morning mist #ethereal #dr #dream

[myymi]

shadow will 100% be in the next fic so im not including him here, but im curious as to who else everyone would like to see lmao

#depending on who wins i mist write up a short thing to sustain yall until their moment comes #i need to be given some direction before i cave and turn nine mangey and/or sails into a baby #after prime au my beloved.. #miles tails prower #sonic the hedgehog #sth #tails the fox #sonic #tumblr polls #baby tails #baby tails shenanigans #vanilla the rabbit #cream the rabbit #team chaotix #vector the crocodile #espio the chameleon #charmy bee #silver the hedgehog #blaze the cat #dr eggman #metal sonic #orbot and cubot

[aboutzatanna]

Do the Homo Magi stay young longer than regular Homo Sapiens? Will Zee age slower?

Yes.

In Secret Origins Vol 3 #27 Dr Mist mentions that the Homo Magi live for no more than 3-4 centuries. The way its worded in the issue implies that the more powerful you are, the longer you live as Mist achieved a level where he lived longer than any one else.

John Zatara has been alive since WW2. Xanadu has been alive since Arthurian times and lived even longer after beating Death of the Endless in a card game.

The Homo Magi are indeed long lived. Although I haven't seen any story that explored Zatanna's immortality yet. We did see an older Zatanna in Catwoman Lonely City: an out of continuity tale starring a middle aged Selina and Zee

#zatanna #zatanna zatara #doctor mist #dr mist #nommo #catwoman #selina kyle #catwoman lonely city #john zatara #john Giovanni zatara #madame xanadu #nimue inwudu #death of the endless #death

[dcbinges]

Justice League International #12 (1988) by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis & Kevin Maguire

#tuatara #jeremy wakefield #ice maiden #doctor mist #green flame #tora olafsdotter #beatriz da costa #dr mist #nommo #ice #jli #justice league #the justice league #justice league international #keith giffen #j.m. dematteis #kevin maguire #80s #dc #80s comics #dc comics #comics

[evilhorse]

For, you see Richards, great a scientist you may be, I, Doctor Doom, am by far the greater!!

#fantastic four #dr doom #victor von doom #reed richards #rivalry #mist #the world’s greatest comic magazine #stan lee #jack kirby #marvel comics #comics #60s comics #silver age comics

[see-arcane]

Re: your tag about "Minerva" preening for the cameras... how do we feel about vampires and photography when they're in beastform? Like we all know you can't capture the image of a vampire, but does that apply when they have taken on some other image? Could the Whitby RSPCA have photographed Dogcula had they caught him?

My money is on the local photographers pulling their hair out because they all swear on their lives that they got quality shots in the moment, but every time they develop with this strange blurring haze effect. There's an animal shape, but no animal--certainly nothing to turn in to a prospective newspaper or biology text. Even when the unique critters are perfectly still! The eyes are certainly crisp enough, almost lambent, but ugh, not a single clear photo out of the whole roll. Curses.

Unrelated, I think Quincey himself can probably take a decent photo. The eyes are still a bit brighter than they should be, but if Lu were to haul him into a photo booth they could come away with a nice memento that doesn't just have her sitting with a Quincey-shaped patch of fuzz

#tl; dr: Count Dogcula and Batcula and the lovely Minerva are immune to the animal paparazzi #can't wait to see the nature walk types all gawping up as Minerva and the Circus Bat get into a nasty scrap mid-air #once the bat disentangles himself and flies off everyone is surprised to see Minerva flit down to land on the shoulder of a man #with white hair and dark lenses on despite the dusk #'Sir is this your bird?' #'No I'm hers.' #cue a mysterious mist kicking up and erasing man and owl entirely #blood of my blood #dracula #mina harker

[mayax81]

Examining the damage; Mending & closure.

Reblogs appreciated but please don't repost/reupload.

#kurogiri #shirakumo oboro #erasercloud #erasercloudmic #cloudmic #what if he's just as messed-up as dabi under all that mist #what being crushed by boulders & bein' stitched back together by dr ujiko does to a mf #it's okay u can be mad at me for saying that #mypost