1. The Gangbuster logo may be gone, but now he has brass knuckles that read “GANG” and “BUST”. Awesomeness is maintained.

2. Note the sunset and night-time sky on pages 10 and 11 (IIR). Issues 1 through 5 is basically about how the Trinitarians spent their day, which lends a cool perspective on events.

3. I insist that “sciencelizard” become a popular catchphrase.

“I could be remembering incorrectly, but I could have swore Gangbuster died at the hands of an Omac sometime before or during Infinite Crisis. Anyone remember?”

What am I, a sciencelizard? I don’t recall him dying in Infinite Crisis. Are you thinking of Ratcatcher?

Then there’s Throttle’s head… Aside from being just plain weird, did his head actually vanish or was it still there and just invisible? Throttle being able to do anything without a head — not just grabbing Jose and accelerating his heart rate, but simply being able to, um, LIVE — requires some explanation methinks.

It wasn’t until the revamp in ’86 that the lasso became solely a truth-demanding device. I don’t think the the “inner truth” was right there at the beginning of ’86, but something developed over time.

>> Last week I thought Batman’s comm channel to Superman might be on a special his-ears-only frequency. Score one for me, apparently.>>

Batman’s not using a comm-channel. He’s just talking, knowing Superman’s listening with his super-hearing.

>>“Book of Toth”: Rita probably means the “Book of Thoth,” the name given to a particular deck of Tarot cards painted by Lady Frieda Harris under the direction of occultist Aleister Crowley.>>

Yeah, but it often gets called The Book of Toth, too, and it seems that’s the name Rita’s familiar with.

>> “A cranberry scone and coffee to go”: you know, I’m a little surprised this wasn’t the story title.>>

It almost was. But “Knight in Shiny Armor” is funny in a different way, so…

>> Did Gangbuster lose his symbol before Trinity, or was it part of the redesign of his costume for this series? >>

Part of the redesign.

>> One other thought — the discrepancy between Morgaine’s vision and Rita’s actual thoughts during the reading could simply be the difference between what might be, or likely to be, as she said her visions revealed — and what actually is. Close enough to be very, very impressive, but some details are going to change between the potential of the vision and the actuality of the event itself.>>

You are a wise man, sir.

kdb

When you get down to it, they both look like SHIELD anyway….

Regarding Batarangs: I looked at that panel for what felt like an eternity, and I can see where those things have Bat-features, but I wasn’t going to commit. I figure a more versatile Bat-tool would have some electromagnetic feature, so he could just clamp ‘em on to whatever was handy — thus, a more high-tech version of the Bat-cuffs.

Ticknart: I think this is a symbol-less redesign.

Wonder Woman aka Diana Prince works for the Department of Metahuman Affairs, led by Sarge Steel. I don’t know when it and where it was created. The DEO is another separate organization.