Today’s page takes us back to Ralph’s Diner, where Captain Heroic proves—once again—that nothing rattles him… not even a surprise soup bath.
Hailey is mortified, Captain Heroic is dripping, and somewhere across the diner, Yazmine Velour is livestreaming the whole thing as heart emojis rain from the internet. It’s a small moment, but one that says a lot about who Cap really is—and why people can’t help falling for him.
Transcript
Panel 1
Hailey (distraught that she has dumped hot soup on Captain Heroic): Omigod Omigod Omigod…
Captain Heroic (turning to another person eating at the diner): Excuse me. Would you hand me a napkin, please? (The person hands him a napkin)
Panel 2
Hailey: I’m so sorry Captain Heroic, sir. I didn’t mean to — {sob}
Panel 3
Captain Heroic (handing her the napkin): Here. Please don’t cry.
Panel 4
Captain Heroic (continues): Most of my first impressions involve disintegration rays. And actual impressions. In concrete.
Panel 5
Captain Heroic: This was far more pleasant — not counting the bay leaf in my shirt.Yazmine Velour (as she livestreams the interaction from the other side of the diner, a torrent of heart emojis flow from her phone as the audience reacts): Omigod Omigod Omigod
After Dark
This week's commissioned MicroFic delivers exactly what you’d want from a pairing between Dynasty and Father Christmas.
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Yes, he lives up to his name.
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Yes, Dynasty knew exactly what she was doing.
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No, the North Pole will never be the same.
I also posted the Goblin Girl MicroFic from the Monster Girl poll — and the response was so good, I might need to make these poll-powered MicroFics a recurring thing!
Sinestro History
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Superman has Lex Luthor. Batman has the Joker. Hal Jordan of the Green Lantern Corps has Sinestro — but not just Hal Jordan; the entire Green Lantern Corps fears the renegade Green Lantern and his yellow power ring. This June, Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver will bring us DC Comics’ “Sinestro Corps Special,” featuring this unique villain and his answer to the Green Lantern Corps that he betrayed and has ultimately vowed to destroy.
…Sinestro makes his first appearance in “Green Lantern” Vol.2 #7. Sinestro’s homeworld is the planet Korugar. He is selected as Green Lantern of space sector 1417 by the Guardians of the Universe. Growing bored with his responsibilities, Sinestro uses his power ring to create a “sumptuous headquarters” where he dispenses “justice” from a throne to the supplicants that appear before him. When a Korugarian citizen calls Sinestro “power mad,” the Green Lantern kills the man and makes himself a dictator. After some time, the Guardians look in on Sinestro and, seeing that he has become corrupt, recall him to Oa, the Guardians’ homeworld. There, the Guardians strip Sinestro of his ring and insignia, and banish him to the anti-matter universe of Qward…Read this comprehensive, fascinating round-up of old Yellow-Ring’s
history.
