Mrs. Manface has a great point — heck, Bat-Man and Wonder-Woman exist because the writer can't riff on this with the Great Ten BECAUSE they're not knock-offs — but here's the writer's take: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

The Great Ten already exist (in the current continuity) as non-knockoff Chinese superheroes, but the writer can't riff on knockoff action figures with them…

Kenan himself basically asks this by namedropping them. (My guess is that some bureaucrat decided that the Great Ten wasn't already enough.)

Based on an interview with the writer I *think* this is supposed to be the government trying to get ahead of any 'independent' superheroes (the Great Ten are still around in the New 52 continuity) springing up — think Marvel's Fifty-State Initiative during/after Civil War — much less getting any funny ideas… mind you,…

Kenan actually namedrops them to mock the "Justice League of China" idea.

To be fair, this Supes is provoking this Bat in a way that even Snyder's didn't, much less Bruce and Clark, which for me is part of the fun…

Which makes Kenan's "visor" all the funnier to me… I'm not sure if it does anything except exist solely so that Kenan doesn't get that the joke's on him.

As varmints alluded to (and a later panel in this issue acknowledges) there's already a non-knockoff Chinese superhero team predating this trio.

A later-than-these-previews panel has Kenan mocking Dr. Omen's "Justice League of China" idea by namedropping the Great Ten.

More specifically, the houses SaoMagnifico describes Ramsay considered enough to hold off any/all other northern houses.

I'm wondering whether those five thousand are all directly sworn to House Bolton and he's leaning on the Umbers/Manderlys/Karstarks for the rest?

Ehhh, an important difference is that TV!Jon has yet to receive the Pink Letter that motivated book!Jon's intent to break the neutrality of the Night's Watch.

Which is what Jon cited in titling him First Ranger.

Correct in these cases, with the caveat that Dawn and the corresponding title of Sword of the Morning are NOT hereditary, and since Arthur's death no Dayne from either Starfall (Arthur and Edric) or High Hermitage (Darkstar) since has yet been deemed worthy of them.

I dunno, it seems like kinslaying isn't NEARLY perceived as THE mortal sin in the show as it is in the books.

Hopefully Brienne already had the "blood magic" and "your mom was the one who had me escort Jaime to King's Landing" excuses ready.

Correct, although apparently Baelor Breakspear taking Dunk's word on it after a cursory-or-not verification was enough for everyone else at the Ashford tourney.