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cannot take credit for this, but somone on another message board caught this in ish 50. thought i would paste it here. pretty cool!
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Shaolin Robot had some interesting effects in his dialogue balloons. I counted the lines to confirm my suspicion that these were hexagrams from the I Ching.
Gathering People: in the first (Shaolin Robot) panel, where Great Ten's archer is reloading, Shaolin Robot expresses the hexagram of Gathering People, which in this context is probably an expression of teamwork. "Go team!" or given what Grant Morrison has said about the basis for Great Ten, "Avengers Assemble!"
Attending: as Shaolin Robot attacks Black Adam, we hear the hexagram for Attending, which means to focus on something while waiting for the right opportunity to take action. Or, more in tune with this scene, "I'm on it!"
Returning: Black Adam decapitates Shaolin Robot. As his head bounces away, Shaolin Robot declares the hexagram for Returning. In this context, it could mean, "I'll be back" (like the Terminator) or possibly "Back to the drawing board." |
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