As I was reading that, I kept thinking “The ‘jap’ stuff is probably some of the least disturbing stuff in this collection”. I’m more worryed about the fact he keeps killing/cheating on lois, toturing Jimmy Olson and Robin(okay, maybe not so much Robin), and screwing with Batman.
And all with a smile on his face.
Okay, can someone explain what the hell this is all about?
That’s one of my favourite scenes from Grant Morrison’s run of Doom Patrol.
The ape is, of course, Monsieur Mallah. The black robot is The Brain, who has hijacked Cliff Steele’s new body (It was being overhauled by the Chief and Dr Magnus).
The body had attained some level of sentience of its own and didn’t want to be slaved to Cliff’s brain again. So it set itself to blow up if anyone put a brain in.
Cue the arrival of Mallah and the Brain. Mallah inserts the Brain into the robot body. They chat a bit, confess their love for eachother, and have a bit of a snog. Then the body blows up.
I’m confused. When did “jap” become a racial slur? Why didn’t I get the memo?
I really want DC to finish TPB’ing that sucker.
–Cliffy
Well, it was either that or “Shout at a Kraut.” That really doesn’t sell comic books.
From now on I am going to refer to my penis as a Jap. That way I can slap a Jap daily. Twice on Saturdays.
I think I liked it better when I didn’t understand it. More dada.
Actually, rereading the explanation, I still don’t understand it. The black robot Brain hijacked Cliff Steele’s body, but was still a black robot, so the Brain’s body expoded if it had Cliff’s brain instead of Brain’s brain?
I think it was sometime around 1941.
I suspect Stark Raven Mad may be from the UK, as “Jap” doesn’t seem to carry the pejorative connotation is does in the US.
A date which will live in infamy.
Here’s the cover referenced in the title. When in the 1940’s, buy war bonds.
I actually own a fair amount of these Lois Lane comics.
Not the one linked above but a pretty similar one. Lois is accused of murdering Lana Lang and Batman is her attorney in that one as well. Superman’s dickery in that issue is easily explained as being distraught to find out the woman he loves is a MURDERER.
Shit, man, that’s all you had to say.
“What the hell is up with this?”
“Grant Morrison.”
“Oh, that explains it.”
HAH! This is true. I love the man, but he’s written some wierd crap.
Oh, lordy…go to the next one, too.
And the one after that.
Tee hee.
I started to post that one, too…in fact, the whole “Sexual Innuendo” portion of the site index had me a-twitter. Batman’s Boner nearly killed me.
Why are Clark and Lois in a Yokohama hotel in 1942?