ext_6291 ([identity profile] mechanicaljewel.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] cap_ironman2008-10-11 11:23 am
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Alan Moore knows the score...

I've been reading Alan Moore and Gene Ha's Top Ten lately which, for those of you who are unfamiliar with it, is about a police precinct in a city where everyone has superpowers.  And it is filled with little shout-outs, references, and jokes about other superhero comics in pretty much every panel.  And something about this panel from issue 9 just demanded that I share it with you all.



Why yes, that does say "Tools of Suspense featuring Iron Rod and Captain Hammer".  Now why on earth would Alan Moore pick our boys for the basis of his gay strip club?

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[identity profile] skyearth85.livejournal.com 2008-10-11 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
XD!!!!
pensive: (iron man - fresh meat?)

[personal profile] pensive 2008-10-11 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
It's only subtext if it's subtle.

Also: I'm having a Dr. Horrible moment
AND HIS HAMMER IS HIS PENIS!

[identity profile] smilingskull.livejournal.com 2008-10-11 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks to s_d, every time I hear that I think of Nick Fury's "Yeah? Well my god has a hammer." Hehe. :)

[personal profile] pensive 2008-10-11 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah this comm corrupted me a long time ago ;D

[identity profile] joysweeper.livejournal.com 2008-10-12 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I like Fury's hammer meme more, personally.
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[identity profile] lovelyracketeer.livejournal.com 2008-10-11 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
... I'd see that show in a second. ;D

[identity profile] caduceus03.livejournal.com 2008-10-11 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That is utterly awesome! XD But awww, man - the guys in the car are blocking the other poster. I'm insanely amused by the picture of "Iron Rod" and I really wish we could see how they reinterpret "Captain Hammer" *giggles*
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[personal profile] dorothy1901 2008-10-11 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
The "guys in the car" are Jack Kirby's Forever People.
Edited 2008-10-11 18:08 (UTC)

[identity profile] kijikun.livejournal.com 2008-10-11 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
*dies laughing* Well know we know were Joss got Captain Hammer. *G*

[identity profile] truthiness-aura.livejournal.com 2008-10-11 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Best Easter Egg ever. Now I have ANOTHER reason to buy that series- to pick it apart for slashy subtext. HA!

[identity profile] mechanicaljewel.livejournal.com 2008-10-12 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Top 10 has canon gay and lesbian. Though, the canon gay is only reveal around issue 8, IIRC, and you only see him with his partner at the end of #12. But the whole "Forty-Niners" one-shot delves into their backstory and is really sweet.

[identity profile] truthiness-aura.livejournal.com 2008-10-12 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
For true! I have my copy of "The Forty-Niners" sitting on the shelf next to me; it is excellent.
(Now that I think about it, "Top Ten" crosses all sorts of traditionally squeamish boundaries, up to and including a relationship between a former prostitute and a superintelligent dog. What's more, Moore makes it all seem completely logical.)

(Also, is that Midnighter holding balloons in your icon? Love.)

[identity profile] mechanicaljewel.livejournal.com 2008-10-12 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Midnighter holding bloons is bittersweet, semi-tragically adorable love.

[identity profile] pandanoai.livejournal.com 2008-10-12 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
OMG that's too perfect. ::saves pic::
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