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Summary
The DC Universe is full of powerful and larger - than - life characters , but few are as ridiculous asLobo . Lobo has been portrayed in several different manner throughout his history . Sometimes he ’s the big unstoppable killer bountifulness hunter , and sometimes he ’s far more wacky , and even DC is call this disparity out in a showdown with an even dark interlingual rendition of the Main Man .
Lobo ’s conflicting characterization are called out inactivity Comics#1065 by Joshua Williamson and Rafa Sandoval . One of the subsist Czarnians known as General Chacal — a gentleman so violentLobo specifically expect up to himfor his cruelty — calls out Lobo for his strange report , put forward thatsometimes Lobo is know as " the baddest adult male in the universe " and sometimes he ’s just a " caper . “But the factual explanation for these take issue characterizations is more complicated than anyone thought .
While it just seems like a cunning way for DC to recognize their characterizations of Lobo can be conflicting over the years , there are actually several reasons for it . While it may seem like writers ca n’t decide what to do with Lobo , his apparently contradictory version are really both true , and heartbreakingly so .
There are oodles of powerful regular army in the DC Universe , but Brainiac has just let loose an United States Army so powerful it could destroy the Marvel Universe , too .
Lobo Wants to Be Goofy, But Feels He Has to Be Dark
Panels fromTales from the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night#1 by Tim Seeley, Kyle Hotz, Dexter Vines, Walden Wong, Danny Miki, David Baron, Allen Passalaqua, and Tom Napolitano
Despite have beenon the Justice League , Lobois a pretty dark character at times . He has absolutely no issue vote down others , and in fact , he loves doing it . His current backstory is how he ’s the last Czarnian because he killed all the others — a trueness lately upended by brain revealing the last preserved city of Czarnia . Despite Brainiac ’s reveal , Lobo believe he killed all his fellow Czarnians make it sound like Lobo is just a monsterwith no real redeem timber , but he has a jolly compelling reason . While Lobo seems like a dark character , he only feels that he must present himself that way of life because of how non-white the DC Universe can be .
Lobo states that every time someone hire him for a problem , his belief that the creation was rotten and corrupt is only deepen .
Lobo is a bounty hunter , and he ’s done some pretty terrible stuff in that line of piece of work . Lobo admits that he ’s only a H.M.S. Bounty hunter to see the shadow of the world . Lobo submit that every time someone hires him for a problem , his impression that the cosmos was rotten and tainted is only deepened . It ’s the same reason he destroy his entire race , ashe feel the planet of Czarnia was deeply corrupt as well and had to be destroyed . This is a surprisingly sad revelation for a character who is known for aviate around in blank on his bike with his pet space dolphins .
Lobo’s Goofy Adventures Include Fighting Santa
Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Specialby Keith Giffen, Alan Grant, Simon Bisley, Lovern Kindzierski, and Gaspar Saladino
Part of the reasonfor the Main Man’sstrange characterization is thatLobo was to begin with create as satire . Lobo was think to satirize the hypermasculinity of certain characters from the ' 80s and ' 90s , most notably Marvel ’s Wolverine . Lobo is often depicted going on ludicrous adventures , such as the metre he found himself contract to fight against an evil translation of Santa . It ’s an laughable office that is inherently comedic , along with the ideas of Lobo constantly having a fat cigar in his mouth and riding through space on a skull - ornament motorcycle .
While still being a bit goofy , the writer leaned more into the theme of Lobo being a legitimate danger to people .
Other creators wanted to take Lobo in a more serious direction , such as when he began appearing more in the DC Universe . While still being a bit goofy , DC leaned more into the idea of Lobo being a legitimate peril to people , like inJustice League vs. Suicide Squadby Williamson and Jason Fabok , where defeating Lobo was a very bighearted job for Batman . A darker take on Lobo was also explore inBatman / Loboby Alan Grant , Simon Bisley , and Nathan Eyring , whereBatman beats Lobo with hypnosis , but only after Lobo murders Robin and Nightwing .
These two examples may seem jarring ; Lobo rifle from clenched fist - agitate Santa to threaten Batman as a serious threat may seem preposterous . But the disparity was utterly fixed with the line above about how Lobo see the macrocosm . As confirmed inTales from the Dark Multiverse : Blackest Night#1 by Tim Seeley and Kyle Hotz , Lobo rightfully require to be wacky and simply fly through space and have playfulness adventures . But it ’s unmanageable to go on wacky dangerous undertaking when all Lobo can see is the rottenness and evil in the world .
No one ever hires Lobo to do good ; they only want to use his powerfulness to harm others , and Lobo involve those jobs because that ’s just how the universe is . He destroyed his entire planet and nothing really convert , so unless Lobo require to render to kill everyone , he plainly has to put on this personality of being the unstoppable bounteousness huntsman . Lobo is unconvincing to feel that being a submarine sandwich would make any real difference , either .
Typically used as a baddie for Superman or an main operator in DC ’s comic universe , bounty hunter Lobo is taking a much more predominant office .
The New 52LoboWas a Disaster Because It Lost All of Lobo’s Charm
DC Tried to “Fix” Lobo, and Fans Hated It
Many characters were reworked for theNew 52reboot , and Lobowas one of them . Instead of the hypermasculine satirical character that everyone know and loved , they tried to make Lobo strictly serious . He was give an entirely new intention and new motivations . This variation of Lobo was a palace guard and was squeeze to down the King of Czarnia . He then flee the planet and became a bounty hunter . The Main Man version of Lobo was just an sham that slip his identity . Fans did not like this , and it was chop-chop reversed by DC .
Lobo is a profoundly cockamamy and comedic role while also being lifelessly serious and threatening when he needs to be .
The understanding this reboot failed was because DC whole remove what made Lobo work . He ’s a fun character because he ’s both charmingly silly and viciously black . Lobo is a deeply goofyand comedic character while also being deadly serious and threatening when he need to be . DC remove the comedic face solely and attempt to make him a " real " characterby whole removing the sarcasm factor from this character . It did n’t puzzle out from a narrative perspective , and it sure did n’t shape from a fanbase perspective , considering everyone hat this rendering of Lobo , and he has n’t been seen since .
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Lobo Only Works When He’s More Ridiculous Than the Characters He Parodies
Lobo Needs the Goofyandthe Serious
Lobo is a fan favored eccentric for a reason . He needs both the silly and the serious to puzzle out . While DC may have characters call him out for being discrepant as a playful way to admit they ’ve been a short inconsistent with him , it ’s really not necessary . Even though Lobo start out as just a satiric character , this does n’t prevent him from being three - dimensional and complex . As DC institute out when the newspaper publisher tried to replace him in the New 52 , Lobo needs both side of his personality . So , while reference like Chacal may claimLoboneeds focal point , the fact is , the Main Man knows exactly who he is .
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ACTION COMICS # 1065 ( 2024 )
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