Just Imagine... is a comic book published by the DC Comics American company. This is the first work for DC Comics by Stan Lee, co-creator of many popular Marvel Comics characters, where he re-imagined some DC superheroes including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and The Flash. As a joke, Lee changed some of the civilian names of the most famous DC superhero into an alliterative reference to Lee's tendency to use them for his Marvel Comics character.
In Grant Morrison's 2014 - 2015 series The Multiversity , this character was set up to exist in Earth-6.
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Batman
Batman, real name Wayne Williams , debuted at Imagine Stan Lee with Joe Kubert Creating Batman (September 2001). Creators Stan Lee and Joe Kubert based this version on a character created by Bill Finger.
Like the original, this Batman does not have super powers. Unlike Bruce Wayne, Wayne Williams is African-American, not Caucasian. He is in excellent physical condition, and has extensive personal wealth that allows him access specialist equipment including: night vision lens, Kevlar costumes and sensors to enlarge the wings of bats like wings and eyes to glide.
Wayne Williams's father was a policeman killed in an ambush. Wayne was tricked for crime, so he swore revenge on "Handz", the gang leader who organized it. In prison, Williams befriends a scientist named Frederick Grant who taught him how to "develop his mind", as well as sewing and bodybuilding.
While in prison, Williams learned that his mother had died and blamed Handz. After rescuing the prison guards during the riots, he was given a full pardon. Outside, Williams fled from Handz, so, to keep a low profile, he shaved his head. Williams needed money, so he became a wrestler with the name "Batman", never opening his mask in public. In a few short weeks, "Batman" has become a superstar in wrestling and becoming very rich. He searched for Grant and entrusted him with his secret identity. Wayne Williams has the money, skills, and strength to fight Handz, but Frederick Grant has technical knowledge, so both become partners. To keep a low profile, Wayne gave Frederick a mansion and acted as his bodyguard. Batman eventually finds and fights with Handz, who accidentally falls to his death in conflict. No longer seeking retaliation, Batman embarked on a justice mission to fight crime and protect innocent criminals like Handz.
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Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman, real name Maria Mendoza , debuted at Imagine Stan Lee with Jim Lee Make Wonder Woman (October 2001). Stan Lee's creator with Jim Lee based on this version on the original DC character created by William Moulton Marston.
Maria is an activist, protesting the excavations of an ancient Incan temple site near her village. The CEO has a plan: get power from the site and take over the world. When Mary's father was abducted by the CEO and taken to the excavation, Mary followed, only to arrive late to prevent her father's death. The CEO gains demonic powers from artifacts on the site, and then travels to Los Angeles. Maria discovers Manco Capac's staff, gives her the power of the Incan Sun God, and uses them to chase and defeat her. He then decided to remain in Los Angeles, taking the name of Wonder Woman.
Superman
Lee's version of Superman , real name Salden , debuted at Imagine Stan Lee with John Buscema Creating Superman (November 2001). Creators Stan Lee and John Buscema based this version on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
Its strength includes super power and super speed. Salden was the weakest member of the Krypton Police Department. He used a flying armor and managed to capture a dangerous criminal in a teleportation laboratory. However, the villain put Salden and himself on a one-way trip to a small, incomplete blue-green planet: Earth. The two men arrived separately, both finding that they had improved their physical abilities. The criminal puts himself as the king of a forest tribe.
Earth is too primitive, but has the potential to develop the technology Salden needs to return to his homeworld. The problem is that there are too many obstacles to a peaceful future necessary for technological advancement: war, crime, poverty, etc. Salden decided to become a superhero to get rid of the world from these obstacles.
Green Lantern
Green Lantern, real name Len Lewis , debuted at Imagine Stan Lee and Dave Gibbons Creating Green Lantern (December, 2001). Creators Stan Lee and Dave Gibbons based this version on the original characters created by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger.
A professor is looking for something called "Tree", mentioned in Norse legend as Yggdrasil, and in Christianity as Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. He eventually traces the plant to an area of ​​Africa. But when he found the Tree, the agent who worked for Reverend Darrk, who also searched for a tree, shot him and let him die. But the tree shows the professor his history, which belongs to the pre-era race, then gave him his strength, to serve as a lantern in these dark times.
Flash
Flash, real name Mary Maxwell , debuted at Imagine Stan Lee and Kevin Maguire Creating Flash (November, 2001). Creators Stan Lee and Kevin Maguire based this version on the original characters created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert.
A typical college girl whose father is a scientist, Mary's life is so boring and she wants to be a super hero, just like in the comic books she reads. He also has a life-threatening disease that is slowly draining his energy. One day, the enemy of his father's past named STEALTH ( Special Team Spying for Licensed Spying for Target and Hit ) found and killed him. However, before she died, she injected Mary with DNA from a humming bird, to save her from a sickening disease. It gives him the ability to travel at high speed, calling himself, The Flash.
Robin
Robin Stan Lee, co-created with John Byrne, is a hard-hearted teenager who works for the main villain of Just Imagine Lee, Reverend Darrk (who has appeared in all Just Imagine books). Darrk sends Robin out on various tasks, promising Robin something in return. The book opens with Robin trying his current job: to kill Lee's Batman version.
Shazam
Lee re-imagined the original Marvel/Shazam Captain's base by having the hero become a polite Interpol agent, Robert Rogers . Working closely with a beautiful, tougher, fellow agent, Carla Noral, both of whom are in India looking for criminal megalomania, Gunga Kahn. This version was made in conjunction with Gary Frank, and is based on Bill Parker-C. C. Character Beck.
Without the knowledge of Rogers, he was empowered (through the mantle enchanted by Merlin) to transform himself with the intonation of the magic word "Shazam" by the dying man on the street. In his transformation, he became a furry monster, a red, and a tweezer wearing a bone necklace.
In a backup story created by Michael Uslan, written by Lee and Uslan, and drawn by Kano, an orphan boy in India at the same time as Shazam heroically saves a village from starvation with the help of a local boy named Zubin Navotny. The boy's name was Billy Marvel, and he and Zubin were made captain of honor at the US Peace Corps by an Ambassador named Batson, making the boy "Captain Marvel."
Aquaman
Made in conjunction with Scott McDaniel, based on the original Mort Weisinger-Paul Norris character. The marine biologist Ramon Raymond experimented with dolphin DNA to see if humans can live underwater and decide to use themselves as test subjects. But when he swam through a patch of glowing sea water, he discovered that he could now turn into a living being.
Catwoman
Supermodel Joanie Jordan and his cat Ebony were hit with strange green lightning, creating a relationship between them and giving abilities like a Jordan cat, including super agility, high senses, and a set of sharp claws. Made in conjunction with Chris Bachalo, based on the original Bob Kane-Bill Finger character.
Sandman
On a manned mission to investigate Saturn's Titan moon, Colonel astronaut Larry Wilton was out in the sky when his moorings were cut by his Major traitor. Bryan Bleier. Died dead, Wilton instead drifts into a mysterious green cloud and finds himself in the odd realm he always dreams of as a child. This is where a beautiful girl named Melana gives her the power of Sandman. Co-made with Walt Simonson, based on characters created by Gardner Fox and Allen "Bert" Christman.
JLA
The Lee Justice League of America version debuted at Imagine Stan Lee and Jerry Ordway Make JLA (February 2002). Members include Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash and Green Lantern.
A man named Reverend Darkk is trying to summon a so-called Crisis to Earth so he can conquer it. To this end, he created several minions in the form of Doom Patrol, which consists of Blockbuster, Parasite, and Deathstroke. But Darkk's son, a young man named Adam Strange, told the five heroes of Darkk's intent, and they came together. Darkk, beaten, killed his son and then fled, bluffing to do it by Green Lantern, who was too weak to fight because his power had been drained by Parasites. But Strange also has power, and promises heroes that he will return in some form. He then died, and the heroes officially joined as the League of Justice.
Secret Files and Origins
In "The Coming Crisis", the National Exposers interviewed members of the Justice League. They explain their origins and warn of Darrk's threat. Wonder Woman gets a clue about the future of the League.
Also contains profiles of each hero, Reverend Dominic Darrk, and The Church Of Eternal Empowerment.
Crisis
Debut at Imagine Stan Lee with John Cassaday Creating Crisis .
When one of the Inca Hawk Runes is stolen, Wonder Woman summons all the new heroes of Earth. The Sandman arrives with Darrk's body, and warns them about the arrival of Mr. Darrk: the so-called Crisis. The crisis arrives on Earth, and only the League of Justice can stop it... or it can, if there are no traitors in their ranks. In this edition, we can see other versions of DC characters: Oracle, Phantom Stranger, Hawkman, and Atom.
Collection
- Imagine Stan Lee Creating a DC Universe Book 1
- Imagine Stan Lee Creating a DC Universe Book 2
- Imagine Stan Lee Creating DC Universe Book 3
- Imagine Stan Lee Creating a DC Universe Omnibus
References
External links
- Just imagine Stan Lee
- popmatters.com Just imagine Stan Lee
- DB comic book page
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