Three things that occurred to me while rereading Armageddon: Inferno the other day that I couldn't really easily fit into that last post...1.) Hey, I know all these guys now...! When I first read Armageddon: Inferno in 1992, as a child of 15, I knew most of the characters...at least the superhero ones, anyway. I mean, I had watched television before, so of course I knew of the likes of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and The Flash (Although I don't think I had yet realized this Flash was a different one in the costume than the other guy). And having read a handful of the Armageddon 2001 annuals (including the bookend specials) the previous year and having been in a comics shop on a semi-regular basis by then, I had a decent lay of the land of the DC Universe, and thus who knew Waverider, Lobo and Martian Manhunter were. And I wasn't shocked to see that Green Lantern was some guy with a bad haircut and comically large boots instead of the guy from The Super Powers Team cartoon. Hell, I…
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