***SPOILERS*** (maybe)
In the DC Elseworlds comic "Kingdom Come", the narrator, Norman McCay is chosen by The Spectre to "bear witness" and determine the innocent from the wicked. On pgs 180-181 The Spectre asks McCay who he thinks should be held accountable for the whole mess so that judgement may be passed on them. On pgs 187-189, the nuke hits, and "judgement" has apparently been passed.
My question is, who did Norman McCay deem wicked enough for judgement? Did he even make a decision? I mean, he had to have decided, right? Otherwise, If he didn't judge, why would he even have been necessary to "bear witness" in the first place? But on page 181, when asked to pass judgement, he tells The Spectre that "there is no EVIL here!", and yet a buttload of superhumans die. Does that mean Norman McCay deemed the superhumans responsible and basically decided to "judge"(kill) a buttload of them?
lol, this is a plot point that still confuses me, and I've read the book dozens of times...even searched the web for anyone with insight, but to no avail. What am I missing? Any help in clearing this up for me would be much obliged!
Bonus question: on pg 15, what is the significance of Wesley Dodds seeing both the doctor and nurse as his golden age alter-ego "Sandman"?
In the DC Elseworlds comic "Kingdom Come", the narrator, Norman McCay is chosen by The Spectre to "bear witness" and determine the innocent from the wicked. On pgs 180-181 The Spectre asks McCay who he thinks should be held accountable for the whole mess so that judgement may be passed on them. On pgs 187-189, the nuke hits, and "judgement" has apparently been passed.
My question is, who did Norman McCay deem wicked enough for judgement? Did he even make a decision? I mean, he had to have decided, right? Otherwise, If he didn't judge, why would he even have been necessary to "bear witness" in the first place? But on page 181, when asked to pass judgement, he tells The Spectre that "there is no EVIL here!", and yet a buttload of superhumans die. Does that mean Norman McCay deemed the superhumans responsible and basically decided to "judge"(kill) a buttload of them?
lol, this is a plot point that still confuses me, and I've read the book dozens of times...even searched the web for anyone with insight, but to no avail. What am I missing? Any help in clearing this up for me would be much obliged!
Bonus question: on pg 15, what is the significance of Wesley Dodds seeing both the doctor and nurse as his golden age alter-ego "Sandman"?