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Absolute Flash #13 (2026)
written by Jeff Lemire art by Haining & Adriano Lucas
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Absolute Flash #13 (2026)
written by Jeff Lemire art by Haining & Adriano Lucas
Sexyman Tournament (No Bats Allowed) Round 1
Steel | John Henry Irons
Elongated Man | Ralph Dibney
Why do they deserve to win?
John Henry Irons
No propaganda submitted.
Ralph Dibney
Hola, sister! I have a favor to request -- would you show me to the women player's locker room?
Wonder Woman #219, "World of Enslaved Women!" (1975)
DC Comics Presents #58 (1983)
I’m not on Twitter but what is this nonsense about John Constantine “teaching” Zatanna magic?
-First of all, Zatanna and Constantine are both peers. In Pre Nu 52 continuity they attended tantric classes together, not as master and student, and in post Nu52 continuity they were both students of Nick Necro.
The idea of John “teaching’ her likely came from the animated JLD movies which didn’t treat Zee well at all.
Misinterpreting their relationship and making Zatanna a ‘student’ to Constantine and portraying her as inferior to him in magic does her character a disservice.
-The only character shown to be her teacher Pre Nu 52 was her father. After he went missing Zatanna taught herself magic and learned through experience when she went to look for him. She also called Sargon uncle in her ongoing and Rose Pyschic aunt in Reign in Hell, no word on if she was trained by them but she is close to them and likely learned a thing or two about magic from them. The point is, she already hails from the world of magic so it does a disservice to her agency and character if she is suddenly beholden to or treated as a sub set of John Constantine’s world. Especially since Zatanna had a good 20 years worth of stories before John even existed.
When it comes to mentoring her, canonically Ralph Dibney/Elongated Man acted like one to her when she was on the JL. To a lesser extent so did Ray Palmer, Black Canary (especially in Boodspell) and Wonder Woman.
-Zatanna’s origin story is ‘Zatanna’s Search’ (which really needs a modern retelling, preferably told from her perspective) with further expansions in DC’s Blue Ribbon Digest #5 and Secret Origins Vol 2 #27.
Iris: Everyone shut up, Joe’s on the phone!
Iris: Hi dad
Nora: HI!!
Cisco: *Runs into wall*
Barry and Ralph: *Making out*
Caitlin: *Whispers* Tell him I said hi
Sherloque: *Singing loudly*
Lisa: Cait, get back in bed!
Marlize: This team is a fucking nightmare.
Ralph: I have a confession. I’m terrified of the Backstreet Boys.
Cisco: Tell me why
Ralph: *Screams*
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