The Land of Cancelled Heroes

Panels from Animal Man #24 (June 1990), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Chas Truog, inks by Doug Hazlewood, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by John Costanza

Upset that your favorite hero or heroine's incarnation doesn't have a place in the new 52 books of the DC Universe? Cry no more, fanboys, cry no more. They will always be there on Earth-Reread:



And remember, there's always a chance that a hero might eventually escape from the Land of Cancelled Heroes...say, for instance, Quicksilver (aka Max Mercury), released into custody of the pages of Impulse, or J'emm, Son of Saturn (as seen in JLA...


Panels from Animal Man #25 (July 1990), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Chas Truog, inks by Mark Farmer, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by John Costanza

Or the Red Bee, guesting in Starman...as a ghost mind you, but hey, can he complain?



In fact, you might even forget that Mister Freeze had once not been seen for years!



Even Earth-616...the Marvel Universe..has a land of canceled heroes. With a pretty liberal revolving door policy, it appears!


Page from Ka-Zar the Savage (October 1984), script by Mike Carlin, pencils by Paul Neary, inks by Carlos Garzon, colors by George Roussos, letters by Janice Chiang





So relax and play for a while, kids. We'll get you out...sooner or later.



Hang in there, babies!