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May 5, 2016 10:25 AM
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SithRuleOfTwo
Jesus Christ Alex Ross' work is just phenomenal.
PrimarchHorusLupercal
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MagikLight
Alex Ross is a king
farwall
"Help me, Barry!"
Crushing76
The good old days. When Shazam was on par with Superman.
Lionskull
shazam is still on par with superman. it's just that he's still a kid.
boongdaddy
Rad
Freudberg
yessss! Shazam!!!
AgamemnonsMemes
Man i'm always disappointed that these posts aren't longer.
MrRectangle
Now you know what its like to be the women in my life! ba-ziiinggg!!!
TisNagim
For those looking for a source so you can read it yourself to see if you want to buy http://www.comicastle.org/manga-justice-2005.html
CydeFX
Thanks!
GoodGuyJamie
Anything with Alex Ross is gold.
liamario
Would love a superhero movie set in the 30s/40s. Think watchmen. That would be fucking awesome.
Qualtagh
Poor Colbert
Wardo
For those interested this is from "Justice" from Jim Krueger and Alex Ross. Worth the reading. You can check "Kingdom Come" too.
LilLarrySellers
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Decayous
Kingdom come is a goddamned masterpiece.
rylecx
Both of those are absolutely fantastic and the artwork is beautiful
mepechedode
Where can I find Justice?
motorwaffle
Not shown is the part where Captain Marvel punched Bizarro into orbit
WhyAmINotASaiyan
Was really hoping they'd kill super man..
KingKrown
Because you hate Superman oh so much?
WhyAmINotASaiyan
Yeah basically. Badly written hunk of unimaginative crap pretty much \_(^-^)_/
KingKrown
So unimaginative no one had thought of it before? Elaborate?
WhyAmINotASaiyan
Struck by lightning, you get the flash. Gamma radiation, you get the hulk. Blinded by acid, parents murdered, exposed to a solar flare 1/
WhyAmINotASaiyan
Super soldier serum, incredibly intelligent tech geek, King of Wakanda, ex-soviet spy, mutants, injected with adamantium, sorcerer supreme2/
chroniclunacy
Captain Marvel is a BAMF.
ApparentlyBritish
What I love about this is the parallel to their last encounter in Kingdom Come. Brilliant reversal, shame about Cap/Shazam's current status
ruinedeye
Who's Barry?
whelpthatsathing
Barry Allen aka The Flash.
ruinedeye
That's what I thought... then Billy showed up...
motorwaffle
Supes originally calls Barry, but all the A-List heroes are attacked at once, so backup heroes like Billy have to respond.
MessiahMaster530
What is this comic book? I like it! It has that Justice League vs Legion of Doom vibe to it for some reason.
motorwaffle
Late reply, but its part of a mini-series called "JUSTICE", drawn by Alex Ross.
JumpingBalogna
Holy shit, this is some brilliant art.
theREALmoose
Fuckin love captain marvel, one of my favorite dc characters
Rockonman
It would be lovely if someone had a source.
TisNagim
you have the good guy answer, now how about something different http://www.comicastle.org/manga-justice-2005.html
harles2000
Remember folks: Free Comic Book day is Saturday -Support you local comic shop- buy some crap with your free books. And Sunday is Mothers day
TallWall
Save me Barry!
SirStrongBad
Fucking traitorous Bolton!
blackadamFTW
Justice and Kingdom Come are worth reading just for the art. The amazing story just puts it over the top
SirLenzalot
Isn't the reason no one just rips the Kryptonite out of Metallo's chest is because he'll die? Did he just murder a dude against DC morals?
TheStealthHippopotamus
In some comics they do. Kryptonite just gives him enough power to fight Superman. He has another power source that keeps him alive
CaptainMcFloaty
I don't get it, why are all those guys beating up that normal glasses-wearing dude in the first few panels?
rohittee1
Lol, underrated comment...
bebopcolagood
he's always writing articles about how superman is great and they don't like superman
Pyrodelfuego
He sold them yesterday's newspaper
AThreeFootTallChocolateMooseWithFudgeEyes
maybe he could sell tomorrow's paper to make up for it
Attaroo
Wisdom of Solomon - take out Metallo's kryptonite heart and put it into parasite who just stole supes powers. SAF.
schoolappropriate
Holy shit thanks for pointing that out. Billy Batson, 10/10
darthvetter13
But why would Grundy do that? Or did you mean Shazam?
Attaroo
Sorry - the S in Shazam stands for Solomon. H hercules, A achilles, etc etc. Sorry for the confusion.
darthvetter13
Oh right. The different powers. Got it.
mozrael
Wait, that's what his powers are? A combo of all those dudes?
StanielRonathan
Yes, that is how he gets his powers, there was a point where he lost his unstoppable endurance and stamina because Atlas was killed...
StanielRonathan
...so they had to find a new god to be Cap's stamina. Similarly, Black Adam's Shazam invokes the powers of the Egyptian pantheon
Midniteoyl
Solomon's wisdom, Hercules' strength, Atlas' stamina, Zeus' power, Achilles' invulnerability, Mercury's speed.
DocG80
I just learned something.... Thank you kind sir/madam/gender neutral folk
ImmoralWombat
Alex Ross is like the Norman Rockwell of Comics. Some of the best artwork DC ever had
raptorclawhandshake
srsly
LordChappers
Abso-fucking-lutely. Kingdom Come might not be my favourite story ever, but it's my favourite to re-read, just for the art.
gmoney4321
He's done some great Marvel too.
AManFromSmith
I was just looking at it and each panel is like a painting you would hang on the wall
SwedishRationalist
Every single panel is a painting.
chaseNC
I was just thinking the same thing. The artwork in this is amazing.
chaseNC
And I generally don't like the more realistic look. I prefer sharper lines and more contrast with more vibrant colors, but this just works.
HodgePodgekin
I just stopped and stared at some of these panels out of sheer wonder. The lighting, emotion, and drama all packed into 1 frame is amazing.
bca360
Kingdom Come is the best comic ever written. And I'm a Marvel guy.
LordChappers
My favourite is between Joker by Brian Azzarello or Superman - Red Son. The art in Joker is great, and the twist of Red Son is fantastic!
Barkman
I believe that was Lee Bermejo tho
TheBeatlesSuck
then look into Earth X and Marvels, both Marvel books that Ross did
IndystarX
Marvels is such a great book
TheBeatlesSuck
Especially when dealing with the death of Gwen Stacy
Rips4w
As a person who doesn't read comics, he makes the rest look like they're not even trying. Very impressive.
IndystarX
The amount of work Alex puts to make a cover is crazy. It's pretty unfair to compare his work to others
Rips4w
Yeah, like I said, Im not really an experienced comic reader.
kmikl
He works on one or two titles a year I think. Some artists are on 5 titles a month.
Rips4w
That makes sense.
dangerousDoc
The only issue I have with ross is that his work is static and I can't repeat it. Supposedly he uses watercolor and colored pencils.
FatBoobsDontCount
He's my favourite cover artist, but they lack movement . The above reminds me of those pencil drawings of Jesus bring a jerk drawings
AwkwardKyle
Between, Ross, Kirby, Adams and Sprang, DC has had some legends.
teamsleeper
Can't forget about Greg Capullo and what he did for the latest Batman series.
AwkwardKyle
I've got a lot of issues with Snyder's run, but I have a lot of fond memories of Capullo from my angsty Jr High Spawn reading days.
teamsleeper
Wow. I totally forgot about those. Amazing work.
ShrimpShrimpNoNo
Alex Ross and Mark Wade work amazingly well together.
aselfdefeatingattitude
Mark Waid cheats at comics by being excellent at all of them all the time.
MaddogExplosive
Haha His recent run on Daredevil was some of my favorite comics that I ever read!
aselfdefeatingattitude
He defined Fantastic Four for me.
ImmoralWombat
Also got to give a shout out to my man Jim Lee. That visual style defined so much of my childhood
chaseNC
Yea dude. Can't talk about the titans of DC without mentioning Jim Lee.
AwkwardKyle
As much as I love the Byrne era pirate boots, Jim Lee X-Men is still what I think of first.
chaseNC
Yea man, Jim Lee and Joe Maduiera are probably my 2 favorite X Men artists.