#james robinson

[comicarthistory]

Page from JSA: The Golden Age Book Four. 1994. Art by Paul Smith.

#dc comics #dc universe #justice league #justice society of america #the golden age #green arrow #aquaman #the flash #challengers of the unknown #doom patrol #martian manhunter #paul smith #james robinson #richard ory

[armed-with-a-waffle-iron]

Revive Donna Troy swearing like a sailor when she's pissed. There's something cathartic about a divinely empowered amazon cussing just like the rest of us would. Plus it's a fun little piece of characterisation; the Justice League swear jar is 90% Donna's.

Justice League of America (2006) #43, 44, 45, 48, 51, 53

#donna motherfucking troy everyone!! #donna troy #wonder girl #troia #justice league #justice league of america #james robinson #dc comics #comics #teen titans #titans dc #titans #wonder woman

[ufonaut]

I mean, he lost his dad, he lost his brother, you know, he lost everything. And I think what he's got in San Francisco is dear, dear, dear to him, and I think he's content. || Jack Knight retired, Helena. He's raising a family. He has a son. || He's somewhere where there's good light, good north light for painting, as when we left him he had become an artist.

Ruminations on Jack Knight's present day.

(Tony Harris & James Robinson in Back Issue #133, Feb 2022 // Geoff Johns & Mikel Janin in Justice Society of America 2022 #8)

#jack knight #teddy knight #kyle theo knight #kyle knight #starman #the mist #starman 1994 #jsa #justice society of america #justice society #jsa 2022 #jay garrick #the flash #courtney whitmore #stargirl #helena wayne #huntress #james robinson #tony harris #geoff johns #mikel janin #dc #back issue #dc comics #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #u can reblog #ALRIGHT. GOING QUIETLY INSANE ABOUT THIS AND WILL BE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE #I ALWAYS WANNA SOB AT THESE QUOTES

[watchinghallmark]

#a merry scottish christmas #lacey chabert #james robinson #hallmarkedit

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

#Justice League #Justice Society of America #Hawkgirl #Nuklon #Wonder Woman #Flash (Jay Garrick) #Stargirl #Sandy Hawkins #Wildcat #Black Canary #Hourman #Green Lantern (Alan Scott) #David S. Goyer #James Robinson #Brad Walker #team shots

[chernobog13]

The last page of the first half of the Batman/Hellboy/Starman (1999) crossover, by James Robinson and Mike Mignola.

#Batman/Hellboy/Starman #Hellboy #Starman (Jack Knight) #Batman #Dark Horse Comics #DC Comics #James Robinson #Mike Mignola

[balu8]

WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams

by James Robinson; Travis Charest; Troy Hubbs; Joe Chiodo and Richard Starkings

Image and DC

#image comics #dc comics #WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams #travis charest #troy hubbs #joe chiodo #richard starkings #james robinson #comic book

[archivist-crow]

Scarlet Witch (2015-2017) - issues 1-7

Writer: James Robinson

Art: Vanesa Del Rey, Shawn Crystal, Jonathan Marks, Annapaola Martello, Leila Del Duca, Kei Zama, Joelle Jones, Tula Lotay, Annie Wu, Marguerite Sauvage, Javier Pulido, Chris Visions, Steve Dillon, Marco Rudy

Covers: David Aja

#comic art #scarlet witch #david aja #james robinson

[avengerscompound]

Steve Rogers & Jim Hammond

All-New Invaders (2014)

#marvel #avengers #marveledit #comicedit #steverogersedit #captainamericaedit #steve rogers #captain america #jim hammond #human torch #all-new invaders (2014) #616 #steve pugh #james robinson #marvel comics #avengerscompoundedit

[onlylonelylatino]

The Vigilante by Darwyn Cooke

#vigilante #darwyn cooke #dc comics #modern age #james robinson

[comicarthistory]

Pages from Wildstorm Rising #1. 1995. Art by Barry Windsor Smith.

#wildstorm #image comics #wildcats #gen 13 #backlash #wetworks #union #deathblow #barry windsor smith #jim lee #james robinson

[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

[creatingchimera]

james art upon ye

#my ocs #furry #original character #character design #james robinson #russ shen doom

[watchinghallmark]

#a merry scottish christmas #lacey chabert #james robinson #hallmarkedit

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

#Justice League #Green Arrow #Batwoman #Starman #Captain Marvel #Congorilla #Supergirl #Atom #Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) #Poison Ivy #Bizarro #Captain Cold #Gorilla Grodd #Sinestro #Joker #Lex Luthor #James Robinson #Mauro Cascioli #team shots

[samasmith23]

Oh wow! I just finished 4-issue The Shade miniseries from 1997 which is collected in the Starman by James Robinson Compemdium One and holy crap was this limited series overall FREAKING phenomenal!

Narrated through the Shade’s personal journals, this miniseries covers an ongoing feud between the enigmatic and immortal Shade and a vengeful family of corrupt aristocrats known as the Ludlows which spans from 1838 when the family first found an amnesiac Shade after he first gained his powers, all the way up to the present-day in-universe (which was 1998 at the time…). What I love is how this series heavily fleshes out the Shade’s struggles with coming to terms with his immortality and gradual acceptance of his role as a villain due to the dark deeds he’s been forced to commit in order to survive ever since his first fateful encounter with the Ludlows, as well as a unique exploration about the legacy of generational trauma and inherited values with how this family actively indoctrinated each of its successors to hate the Shade due to a conflict dating back 150-years ago. Plus, seeing the Shade’s exploits across various historical time periods and regions, as well as his Golden Age rivalry with the Jay Garrick Flash (reinterpreting Shade’s generic supervillain exploits of robbing banks as actually being a deliberate game by the Shade designed to provide him a sense of purpose to his immortal and up-until-then meaningless existence by pitting himself others with powers who weren’t cursed to play the role of the villain like he has been).

Overall, The Shade was a brilliantly written miniseries which helps further cement the titular Richard Swift as one of my new favorite supervillains/anti-heroes in comics! I’ve been thoroughly enjoying James Robinson’s classic run on Starman so far this year, and the Shade’s character has been a major contributor to said-investment due to how multifaceted and enigmatic he is as both an overarching antagonist and secondary-protagonist to the series’ lead Jack Knight, aka the titular Starman!

#starman #starman 1994 #the shade #richard swift #jack knight #james robinson #dc comics #the flash #jay garrick #golden age comics #90s comics #Gene ha #jh williams iii #mich gray #bret blevins #michael zulli