Adam Blake (New Earth)/Quotes

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For twenty years, I was alone so often-- I remembered my fellow man as noble and pure. Fighting the super-villains, I'm reminded how wrong that Pollyanna-viewpoint really is! Still, I can dream about a better mankind, can't I? And while I'm wanting for the better world, I can use my mutant powers to help bring it about--!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

And I was sure there'd never be a girl in my life!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

Tough break, Time Thief! I don't intend to stand by and let the world be pulverized by dinosaurs just so you can gain more power!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

Hey, Popeye-- You didn't see this one coming, did ya?!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

The machines were clever! Their mistake was in not realizing that the essence of humanity is not something you can weigh ... or duplicate!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

And you're telling me I should take your Word over that of a dead Hero and a wannabe Supreme Being? Don't think so.

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

Which dumpes ous right into the middle of the Weird's twisted li'l Psyche!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

Awful as this fix was, desperation didn't rear its ugly head. This was nowhere near as bad as it could get. You see, two hours earlier I had been dead.

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

...Call it a declaration of war! A war between Captain Comet and whatever remains of the Secret Society of Super-Villains! With the threat of Darkseid ended... The Society itself becomes the threat-- And I intend to stop it!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

They kidnapped captains from land, sea, and air to prove their superiority over all! It was a senseless crime - one that makes me affirm my vow to never rest until all the members of the Secret Society of Super-Villains are back in prison!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

Being alone gave me a chance to think things out! --And one thing I've realized is this: Even if I am a man born 100,000 years ahead of my time, I can't isolate myself from humanity. And that's precisely what I've been doing. Fighting the Secret Society has given me an excuse to avoid the real society... Just as I avoided it for twenty years, while I wandered space in the Cometeer. Now that the Society is disbanded, I can establish my own life. If ever there was a moment to stop being a super-hero, this is it.

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

I needed time to wait-- rest-- and recoup. The waiting is over, the resting at an end. Adam Blake must retire for a time-- Captain Comet must return! Good-bye, Lois. And thank you for your kindness. We won't meet again, I'm afraid. Destiny calls us to different paths-- And the choice is not ours to make!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

--Blasted ape. I'm tired of taking his bruises-- And this is one bruise I'm going to repay. Of all the Society members, he's easily the most dangerous, and I've been underestimating him for months simply because he's a gorilla. Well, as of right now, that stops. It's taken me time to adjust to this "brave new world" I've found myself living in-- But now, I've adjusted-- And I won't make the same mistakes again!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

I'm on another Earth, neither Earth-1 nor Earth-2... A turned-around world where all history's been reversed! Here Columbus was an American who discovered Europe... England fought for independence from the United States... And Abraham Lincoln was an actor who shot President John Wilkes Booth! This world has never known super-heroes. Only super-villains-- A band of ruthless madmen called the Crime Syndicate of America--!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)

Mister, you make me sick! War isn't something you glorify-- And there's no romance in piracy! It's time someone taught you a lesson in reality-- And it looks-- Like I'm-- Elected!

--Adam Blake (New Earth)