Firestorm villain Multiplex in JLU's "Dead Reckoning"?

[Karkull]

we deliberately left it open to interpretation, but personally, i think brainiac's ghost was totally a figment of lex's imagination...in other words, lex was cracked, and manifested the ghost himself, just out of his own burning desire....once darkseid returned, lex's subconcious was convinced that brainiac was gone for good, hence brainy's voice went bye-bye....

we never even considered that grodd was manipulating lex by sending him visions of his lost partner-in-godhood....hmmm, interesting interpretation...i concede that it's possible....not much definitive textual evidence to suport it, though....

Neat! Thanks, b.t.!

My textual evidence -- and this is all speculation, of course -- largely came from the Dr. Destiny cameo in "I Am Legion." True, Grodd has mental powers, but there was no evidence that he had the type of mental power to cause visual hallucinations. However, if Dee was there, maybe Grodd brought him out of that coma / repaired his brain to fulfill the function of keeping Luthor docile by controlling him with a Brainiac hallucination. As for the end, well, maybe Dr. Destiny bought the farm with the rest of the Grodd's people in "Alive!," thus freeing Luthor from the figment.

My biggest problem with that is Grodd's obvious confusion when he first realizes Luthor's been talking to himself during half of their first conversation in "I Am Legion."

Could have been an act. Grodd's great at manipulation, and maybe he was just surprised as to how the hallucination would manifest itself.

Just speculation, of course, but it's fun.

 

[b.t.]

Im guessing there aren't any of the Firestorm sketches lying around somewhere.

nope, they were crap.

 

[DisneyBoy]

Gotta say, I'm bummed that the Lex/Brainiac link wasn't expanded on. What's with all the bait-and-switches? Both finales the JLU pulled the rug out, leaving some issues dangling.

 

[TemporalFlux]

and THAT'S why he never showed up at all, not even as a "seat-filler / red-shirt" hero -- james and i both did a few firestorm sketches and quickly decided WE didn't really care a whole lot for his costume either!

Hehehe Well, the original costume has always been a favorite of mine, but I also really love what Jamal Igle did for a redesign last year in the DC Comics monthly:

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I can't find the color pics from the issues (issue #23 and forward), but the lines on the gloves, boots, chest and around his face all had a yellow glow like you would expect from a Tron character.

 

[John Cage]

Hehehe Well, the original costume has always been a favorite of mine, but I also really love what Jamal Igle did for a redesign last year in the DC Comics monthly:

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Yeah. Say what you will about the outfit -- the colors, the sleeves, the odd logo -- but I really like it. It's just weird enough and dumb enough to be classic. I think of all the characters that the JLU team never got around to for whatever reason, I'm most disappointed about Firestorm. Not that it's that pressing an issue considering the number of other characters that showed up in the meantime.

Have a good day.
John Cage

 

[Agapens]

That sketch was the basis for one of my customs:

It's a pretty literal interpretation, but I still think it works with the animated style. Certainly better than the old costume did.