Comments on: Damon Matthews

By: Joe Palmer

Joe Palmer — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:40:51 +0000

Hi Maxine,
Yes, I’m all back to normal it seems. That is, pending any news my doctor tells me this coming Tuesday. “Infinity Inc” as a team name always seemed a bit off to me, so I wouldn’t mind one bit if there’s a team book like we’ve been talking about for it to have a new name. Not that there aren’t or shouldn’t be concerns about Todd’s (and Damon’s) possible reintroduction, there are or will be. I hope that the reactions to events in JLA Cry For Justice concerning Tasmanian Devil, Blue Jay, and blue Starman’s still dead boyfriend Tony are still fresh enough in James Robinson’s and DiDio’s minds. Robinson did write some very good scenes with Mikaal and Tony back in the day in Starman, so I’m hopeful he could do similar with Todd and Damon. Gosh, I’d almost forgotten about Ramsey too! Andreyko wrote him so well.

Joe

By: Maxine Nelson

Maxine Nelson — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:26:19 +0000

Also on the subject of Todd and Damon’s possible future family, one idea that popped into my head when I recently thought it over was this:

What if we have a reverse gender version of the story in that indy movie “The Kids Are All Right” where the guys used the same surrogate birth mother to have their kids with each of them fathering 1 of them. So you could have Todd being the bio dad of Jenny (which would explain her powers) and Damon being the bio dad of Alan (which would explain why he might be powerless but the guys are most likely having him trained in self defense anyway just in case)?

But to give a reader’s digest version of the familial origin plot of “The Kids Are All Right” for any readers of this post who haven’t seen it yet, it was about a lesbian couple with 2 kids, also a son and a daughter. They had used the same sperm donor to father both children and each of the women had a pregnancy and birth for one of the children.

I hope that’s not too confusing!

With DCNu though this “possible future” will probably be swept under the rug but I couldn’t resist thinking about it anyway!

Maxine

By: Maxine Nelson

Maxine Nelson — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:52:32 +0000

Hi back Joe,

Hope your recovery is continuing to go well!

Yeah you have several good points. I’m not sure if DC would go so far as to have a new Inf Inc comic for E2 but I’d certainly enjoy a new JSA legacy team.

And another thing to ponder on that would Todd be de-aged to his earlier days as a superhero, possibly before he came out or met Damon?

I totally forgot that Todd and Damon would be one of the easiest options James R. could use as an E2 gay couple, that is if he doesn’t scroll Todd back to earlier in his timeline.

And Kate would be easy to revive as well! Not only does Dan Didio like her (which definitely helps her cause) but she could be integrated into the DCNu in a style similar to Cait in the new Superboy series i.e. she could start out as a prosecution or defense attorney representing either superheroes or supervillains and her superhero ID could either evolve or be revealed from there.

If using the Manhunter ID for her is too murky DC could always revive another superheroic ID for her (hmmm, she used a Darkstar uni, perhaps she could be a street-level Darkstar?) or perhaps try and create a new one.

And if Kate returns, her son Ramsey most likely will as well!

Maxine

By: Joe Palmer

Joe Palmer — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:38:28 +0000

Hello, Maxine,
I think we share the same concerns about Obsidian and Todd and their relationship. Before the Crisis of Infinite Earths series in 1985/1986, DC had multiple, alternate Earths. This concept started in the early 60′s as a way to explain the original versions of heroes in the JSA in relation to versions in the JLA. It was also probably an attempt to boost sales. But I may not be paying attention to what you’ve written because it seems you’re familiar with the concept. What I think may, and may is a big conditional word, happen is there will be a JSA book which Robinson will write and Nicola Scott will draw (and it should be beautiful!) and there will be another book that either directly or indirectly reinvents the Infinity Inc comic, which featured the children of JSA members in the early 1980s.

So far we know that Renee Montoya/ the Question and Mikaal Tomas, the blue Starman, are part of DCNU. Of course, that doesn’t guarantee anything about Todd and Damon. Crossing fingers here too.

Joe

By: Maxine Nelson

Maxine Nelson — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:52:11 +0000

And speaking of alternate realities…

With DC’s line wide relaunch that started last month we have no info on whether Damon will exist in the DCNu.

He started out as a character directly connected to Kate Spencer, another character who may or may not now exist. I’m not sure if DC has any plans for the Manhunter character in the DCNu and if they have any we have no way to know if Kate will be mentioned or not.

If we lose Kate that would kind of suck but DC’s trying to get new readers and the Manhunter concept may well have become too convoluted and confusing.

Then Damon became the boyfriend/domestic partner of Obsidian/Todd Rice which gave him a somewhat stronger pre-relaunch DCU link.

But like with Katie, we have yet to know if Todd exists in the DCNu and may have to wait until the new JSA series comes out next year to see whether there’s any chance of Todd being revived or if he’ll be left in limbo.

And even if Todd if revived, will he get enough character focus to give Damon some screen time?

I’d really hate to see 3 cool characters just swept under the rug like this but its totally beyond our control.

The only thing we can do is keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best for Damon, Todd and Kate.