Giant hand in space
Nasa has discovered a giant hand crushing the stars out in space:
Red represents low-energy X-rays, the medium range is green, and the most energetic ones are colored blue. The blue hand-like structure was created by energy emanating from the nebula around they dying star PSR B1509-58. The red areas are from a neighboring gas cloud called RCW 89.
Subliterate Cinephile does the math, and finds the corresponding panel from, I believe, CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. Although the post blames Grant Morrison — just because it’s funnier — he actually didn’t come up with this one…it was Wolfman/Perez.
(Thanks to DWF and Franklin for emailing the link.)
04/7/09 at 8:33 am
Actually, I think it was John Broom and Gil Kane in Green Lantern #40 that first introduced that concept. The panel is definitely from COIE, however.
04/7/09 at 10:08 am
Yes, Ken is correct.
The fact that they pulled in such a cool moment from DC history into Crisis and made it so seminal tripled its coolness factor. Wasn’t the hand also used in an episode of Justice League?
04/7/09 at 12:20 pm
The JLA story you’re probably thinking about was #100, which brought back the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
04/7/09 at 12:43 pm
or…Dr. Manhattan?
04/7/09 at 1:14 pm
Chris: Actually I was referring to the cartoon, but now that you mention it that appearance in that issue of JLA sounds vaguely familiar.
04/7/09 at 2:36 pm
Hey, I put up a post about that yesterday, too! Took me forever to find a usable image from Crisis.
http://comicscloset.blogspot.com/2009/04/apologies-to-litg.html
04/7/09 at 6:50 pm
looks like the hand of god himself to me…
04/7/09 at 7:42 pm
DCD,
Ha! I also considered calling it a “swipe file”!