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CactusFunk · **Posted:** Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:32 am

There are some characters that I don't know much about but would like to so I went and created this thread. This is for people to ask for general background information on characters or teams. Traditional Red for questions Green for answers please. I'll start it off with:

I've been enjoying reading the stuff with The Hood in New Avengers and SI but don't really know anything about him. A little background info would be good and maybe some reading suggestions.

borky101 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:45 pm

Addtional question, who are his gangmates?

stiffuppahlip · **Posted:** Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:45 pm

Ahhhh...

Funk

The Hood ey??

Well, ...BKV's 6?-part "Origins" issue under MAX comics would probably give you a lot already...but without giving away too much here's a rundown:

He's just a petty criminal (w/c is why he's a "Hood"...ya know..a two-bit hood)
Anyhoo...like most super-powered beings he came by his powers by "accidentally(?) killing(?)" a "mystical being of somesort"...that wore a hood (which probly accounts also for his name) coz he kinda stole it during a petty crime that went south..fast...you know how BKV does it..."he keeps it real"...so while his "girlfriend" is pregnant he becomes a super-powered fugitive (coz he killed a cop) courtesy of his "hooded cloak thingie" that allows him to fly, and be invisible and a couple of other stuff I forget coz it may give away too much already...but his powers do have very interesting limitations...Oh yeah right...his mother is confined in a sanitarium...while he continues to lie to her that he's an upstanding member of society..when really he's just a hood

Read more of Brian K Vaughan's The Hood here:
http://comickingdom.co.uk/the-hood-max-t795.html

Spaced · **Posted:** Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:02 pm

Didn't know much about the character myself so did a bit of digging and it appears that we have every appearance of the Hood right here on this site:

The Hood vol. 1 #1-6 -> the-hood-max-t795.html
Beyond #1-6 -> beyond-marvel-t889.html
Daredevil #101-105 -> daredevil-t280.html
New Avengers #34-37,46-47, Annual #2 -> new-avengers-t28.html
Secret Invasion #4,6-7 -> secret-invasion-t26.html

batman55555 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:41 pm

Who are the Great Lakes Avengers? They made an appearence in a Deadpool comic I was reading, and I thought they were unusual, and I want to know more about them/read more stuff with them in it. Does anyone know their origin/history, and if they had a comic/mini series of their own, or at least a significant appearence in another comic so that I could read more stuff with them?

Ser Warjacksworth · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:22 am

They're now the GLI, part if the Initiative. They're mostly a joke, but they have faced some quite powerful enemies.

I think we've got Missasembled here...........

stiffuppahlip · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:12 pm

I was just watching an episode of :superman:

mallville (the one where Kara returns)...which reminded me to ask about this:

What's up with Kandor? It's that little city that Supes always seem to be concerned about right? I mean...which issues of what :superman:

comics should I read to get to it's history?

Spaced · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:50 pm

Yep, Kandor is the shrunken Kryptonian city that Superman kept in the Fortress of Solitude.

If you want the full history you're in for a LOT of reading. However if you just want the more up to date version then all you really need is the Braniac arc from Action Comics (#866-870) and the New Krypton storyline currently running in the Superman books.

OSP · **Posted:** Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:44 pm

I have a question, I just got back from Iraq. Before i left i was hearing about the Darkest Night story arc, and when i got homw i started downloading comics. I have a lot of them and odnt know what order to read them in. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
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fsw · **Posted:** Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:56 pm

Here is the release date order for BN (Blackest Night):
July 2009

* Green Lantern #43
* Blackest Night #1
* Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1
* Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #2
* Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #3
* Green Lantern #44

August 2009

* Blackest Night #2
* Green Lantern #45
* Green Lantern Corps #39
* Blackest Night: Batman #1 of 3
* Blackest Night: Superman #1 of 3
* Blackest Night: Titans #1 of 3

September 2009

* Blackest Night #3
* Green Lantern #46
* Green Lantern Corps #40
* Blackest Night: Batman #2 of 3
* Blackest Night: Superman #2 of 3
* Blackest Night: Titans #2 of 3

October 2009

* Blackest Night #4
* Green Lantern #47
* Green Lantern Corps #41
* Blackest Night: Batman #3 of 3
* Blackest Night: Superman #3 of 3
* Blackest Night: Titans #3 of 3

Somebody that is actually reading BN can probably better define a reading order.

Spaced · **Posted:** Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:38 am

I've just been reading all the Blackest Night books in release date order & it's working fine for me.

If you're wanting to follow the whole thing then all the issues in release date order can be found here: the-blackest-night-t4967.html

OSP · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:51 am

Thanks a lot FSW and Spaced, you guys were a big help.
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