>>91884322
Welcome back Anons! A while ago, we read Shadowland, and were introduced to Victor Alvarez, the new Power Man.
Today, let's read the mini that spawned out of that event tie-in!
>Neo-Nazi
>still has those ugly ear-hole piercings
The hell?
The close up shot you never knew you wanted... because you didn't.
Oh sweet, I didn't know Lord Death Man was in Marvel comics now.
>his name is a pun off Dawn of the Dead
Fuck, I actually chuckled at that.
>>91909927
>Commedia Dell Morte
Why have I not heard of these glorious bastards before?
This is a fantastic villain gang theme.
>>91909993
So, how many issues until this ugly bastard talks to a doctor about his depression?
>>91910032
>>91910055
Fucking hell, van Lente, why aren't you still around creating awesome villains?
I wonder if "Iron Fist and Power Man" would roll off the tongue better if I hadn't been saying the reverse for a while now. Because all I'm wondering is why Danny lets his less experienced partner get top billing.
Welp, guess we need to look for a FOURTH Power Man now.
Of course he's not dead. If they were going to kill him, it'd be at the end.
>Luke and Danny's former office manager in prison
Yeah, she kind of just dropped off the face of the planet during the Owlsey run, didn't she?
SO, WHO REMEMBERS CRIME-BUSTER FROM THE 70'S SERIES?!
>>91910063
Just wait until you see their actual gimmick, Anon.
>>91910175
>Because all I'm wondering is why Danny lets his less experienced partner get top billing.
Danny is a pliable and giving partner, has no real ego over such things, and it lets him recycle the old business cards.
Keep that up Vic, and your secret identity will be even more of an open secret than Danny's.
van lente is very underrated
Yeah, Vic is kind of an ass, in case you forgot.
>>91910241
Shame, she was a nice bit player of supporting cast.
And after 20 years, Danny finally got his revenge on Howard Meachum,by getting in bed with his daughter
By this point the Chi-Baby happened, so Misty and Danny had already broken up. But you all know Danny, he's a sentimental guy.
>>91910317
>it lets him recycle the old business cards.
You know what, that makes perfect sense, fair enough.
>>91910332
Man, that Saint Peter's Cross in the company logo isn't ominous at all.
If you were here for the 70's, you know who EVERY one of these guys are.
The middle one is the most notable, because he's basically The Doctor with the serial numbers filed off, still canon even after Doctor Who had come back.
>>91910338
This and the other Mini are all the Van Lente we'll be reading though.
>>91910354
Kung Fu hippies K'un Lun was not.
Damn it Vic, keep it in your pants.
That'll teach you to not try dodging bullets.
>>91910445
Yeah, but do you think Vic payed attention when Danny told him that?
>>91910421
Actually, dude on the far left escapes me.
LOOK WHO'S BACK!
>>91910404
How do you think you make the decision to make THAT your logo, and still tell yourself "I'm not a moustache twirling villain"?
>>91910388
Im still fucking mad about the Chi Baby
>the sword bad guy is named Scarmouche
Go ahead, make all the Samurai Jack jokes you want. I'm honestly just expecting it now.
>>91910497
Remember that time one of the Sons of the Tiger became a terrorist in the Middle East?
>"But I prefer to think of us as ancient archetpes. As central to human consciousness as thought itself."
I do not need lines like this just after playing a Persona game.
>>91910570
As well you should be, Anon.
So is "Viper" a Marvel Universe's car security system?
In case you don't remember what Crime-Buster's deal was, he was basically a mercenary character, before they were all over the place.
Damn. When DANNY RAND is calling you an idiot, you know you fucked up. I love Danny, but the boy's a few kicks short of a Bruce Lee movie.
>"What makes him think he can talk to me like that?"
>"He's your boss."
>>91910557
The only person that can maybe get away with it is The Pope, and even there there've been a lot of evil popes.
I have to wonder if the Joy and Danny pairing was unpopular when this came out, because Joy has never made an appearance after this mini.
>Joe Duffy
Well shit, that's a neat reference to Mary Jo Duffy.
Oh shit, remember this son of a bitch?
Aquila's mutant powers were the ability to shoot lasers from his sword. Without them, he's still a good swordsman.
Just... not good enough.
>that cocky smirk in panel 2
Man, just imagine if Aquila moved a bit to the right when Danny pulled that shit. He could've killed him.
Would YOU attend the Dazzler School of Performing Arts, Anons?
>>91910801
>Muhammed Zebari
Yeah, that's a name that I'd connect to a company with a cross logo.
Seriously Vic, KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS.
>>91910819
Who could forget him? El Aquila was great.
>>91910929
What nationality even IS Zebari?
>>91910869
>Luke Cage isn't busy enough running two super-teams right?
>We heard he was getting prison administration experience over at the Raft.
What, because "dark web" doesn't sound cool enough, you had to make up a word?
DUN DUN DUN
>"Intel suggests Rand is Iron Fist"
No, really?
>>91910942
Did she get lost midway through a performance of Chicago?
Whoever added that bit in the corner should be smacked.
>>91910989
>Isn't that a bit much?
>Hey, Wolverine can be on two Avengers teams, run a school, and a black ops team of mutants, and still have time to get drunk
>>91910995
>Specs
Man, Vic really is a moron, ain't he?
And just in case you thought that issue 1 only showed casual sex? Nope, they're basically dating.
>>91911046
Her "casual wear" certainly makes it look like it.
>>91911038
>Hovering magic suit (of cards)
I am getting mad over how a no imagination jackass like Bendis gets more power over the universe than people willing to commit this strongly to being in a Superhero Universe.
>>91911087
The longer you know him, the more that seems true, doesn't it?
>>91911060
That looks a bit infected.
Also, goddamn, Van Lente, did you just have a folder of great villain ideas you wanted to get rid of on your way out or something?
This is a miniseries, and this is third distinct brilliant Villain team already.
Okay Anons, who do YOU think is talking in that last panel?
>>91911125
Did Bendis EVER explain what the deal with that thing at the start of Civil War II that they needed everyone's help with was?
>>91911103
>It doesn't mean I carry a torch for her, I swear
Hey, look, Danny learned how to lie!
>>91911160
Want to bet there'll be a fourth?
What are you, a freaking Chippendales dancer on the side?
>>91911147
>Applesauce
So I heard that Acker&Blackerbolts wasn't very good and was mostly Frankwank?
>>91911210
And it only took him a few years.
>>91911215
Given that they're at an illicit criminal auction in a secret underwater base, I'm going up to possibly 8 of them.
Huh, so that's why it's called the auction of silence.
>>91911244
Well there was the infamous incident where Frank straight up IGNORED the penance stare because "no regrets", does that count?
Okay, so they aren't magic playing cards, just homeless guys drugged into working for him.
Yeah, because robbing a city of immortal kung fu fighters is something ANYBODY can do, right?
>he starts at forty, before changing his mind
Some faith there, Danny.
Huh, and he's actually doing pretty well.
>the villain is making money on the hero fighting either way
So, is anyone here knowledgeable about biology enough to know if this is complete horseshit, or just unlikely?
Shit, there's a lot of plans going on here.
Oh hey, he made it.
Man, this entire plan of his will fall apart when he finds out the whole "only appears every ten years" bit.
Don't you need to actually GET the information before making this deal? For all you know, Joy doesn't know much about your missles
>>91911411
It's a casino, the game is to play the players and their deluded hopes of easy money.
Wait, the hell did Danny just do?
Damn, that's a bummer.
I hope we see more of Power Man 3 sometime in the future
>>91911528
True, I just like the idea that even while he's making Danny bet if his student will live, he's still making money on the side.
So did any comics end up using the Darkforce to tie into the show that was using it?
Sort of related but how is the new iron fist comic doing? I know the power man and iron fist book got canned but I'm hoping they incorporate the HFH stuff in the IF book.
>>91911567
Nobody's using him even after Ewing took the time to set up a series with him in New Avengers, right?
Danny, you idiot.
The best part is, Vic has no idea who this guy is, so he may genuinely be trying to help.
>>91911608
no
>>91911606
iron fist is him doing a tourney where he has to beat 7 people because the island wants to replace kun lun by beating danny, no hfh stuff. and iron fists is gonna be carrying on from that shitty pre secret wars stuff
>>91911625
when is danny ever not an idiot
>>91911650
But is it selling? I thought it was ongoing so maybe it will touch on that stuff later
Dun dun dun!
>>91911669
it wont. it's following on the mystical city stuff. iron fists is danny teaching a little girl, the only place to get power man and iron fist together is with jessica and daredevil. and its written by bendis
And now, the backstory of the Commedia Dell Morte!
>>91910241
Shit, why did I not assume that Christoper Priest wrote this at some time?
Is it wrong that, when I first read this, I expected it to be Dracula here?
>>91911606
>Sort of related but how is the new iron fist comic doing?
It's pretty good! Depressed Danny gets duped into a ladder tournament on Kung Fu Island against various guys who want to kill him and supplant K'un Lun in the Capital Cities of Heaven.
Basic stuff, but it's fun and well drawn so far.
Isn't there a luke cage book coming out soon too?
hopefully he wises up and drops jessica after the shit she pulled
>>91911731
No, no it is not.
Dracula is long established as a major player in the Marvel Universe and would SOOO curse an Opera troupe that tried to rob him.
A Mordo is fine too.
>>91911188
I think Ewing made it a Celestial or something in Ultimates.
By the way, IlluminatingComics has started again in the time your were off, and they are doing "Carol's War" (Civil War 2)
DO YOU GET IT, ANONS?
Well shit, it couldn't have been THAT deep underground, if Vic wasn't crushed by the pressure
And that's FOUR villain groups in this! DO I HEAR FIVE
>>91910373
>>91910388
>Danny going back after going black
Fuck is this bullshit?
>>91911797
I don't get it
>>91911606
I mean, based on The Living Weapons, it'll be the better Iron Fist book, but so far, I don't know my thoughts on it. Problem with modern Marvel is that you have to wait for the entire arc to get a story.
>>91911725
I dunno, why DIDN'T you expect Marvel to make Priest write every black character they have?
I'm not even joking, at this point I just assume that every black character to have their own book, Marvel made Priest write once.
>>91911933
Does it count as "going back" if he started with black?
>>91911768
>Isn't there a luke cage book coming out soon too?
Yeah, Walker's going to write it.
I admit, I don't go to many Neo-Nazi bars, but I feel like they'd be a bit more subtle than this.
>>91911776
>I think Ewing made it a Celestial or something in Ultimates.
Ewing deserved to write at Marvel back when they still had continuity wizards like Gruenwald on staff, instead of halfwits like Bendis.
>that second panel
Really Danny? Did you HAVE to punch him in the dick?
>>91911994
The funniest part of the Priest run was Tyrone King, Black Super Cop.
>>91911772
I remember him showing up during my Doctor Strange reading. Should I give Tomb of Dracula a read-through, or put it on the backburner?
Just in case you forgot about these guys, they're still involved!
>>91912050
Yeah, this seems like it'd get firebombed no matter how hard the ex convicts inside were.
>they made the character named after one of the longest running writers of PMIF into the villain
Huh, I did not see that coming.
Last issue of the night, Anons!
>>91912087
Maybe it's because I went into that knowing about the Byrne retcon ahead of time, but to this day, I can't tell if we were supposed to thing King was a badass, or if Priest was trying too hard.
>>91912100
Haven't read it personally, but it gave the world Blade.
>>91912120
And it's not like they're even down south, or anything, they're in New York City, mutant capital of the world!
Remember back in the old days, when if we ever got a close-up shot of Danny's mask like this, we'd see his eyes clearly?
>>91912125
Serves her right for going into airport security!
... Sad thing is, he's probably right. Hell, JJ would probably assume Spider-Man helped somehow.
... Shit, I just realized we never read the Daredevil vs Luke Cage fight with this name.
>>91911087
He's the Son of Shades and Commanche. Of course he's a goddamn moron.
>>91912160
Did Blade ever go synergy and wear the Wesley Snipes outfit in the comics? Or was he so obscure that they never bothered?
>>91912222
He's only Shades's son. I don't think Shades actually fucked Commanche, outside of some particularly degenerate fanfics.
>>91912150
Yeah, he was kind of a goddamn baffling mystery in isolation, isn't he?
Like, it's so over the top that you gotta feel that he's a parody, but there really isn't enough set up for what Byrne eventually did to wholly get where Priest was going.
Are there just no cameras in this prison that should be catching this?
Oh yeah, she mentioned her parents earlier, didn't she?
Oh hey, remember these chucklefucks?!
... You know what I want to give Vic shit for making that joke in this situation, but honestly, I bet when that Samurai Jack episode dropped, /co/ was filled with people making those references.
>>91912209
Ah geeze, Iron Fist blindly tripping into another prison disaster.
>>91912225
>Did Blade ever go synergy and wear the Wesley Snipes outfit in the comics?
Almost immediately. And then they shaved him bald around the time of the SpikeTV series where Blade was bald.
Vic, I seriously doubt she's still your girlfriend after all this crap.
>>91912238
Hey man, Prison Cellmates.
>>91912250
It's not even like Priest had that in mind, since that retcon was part of one STERN had in mind for his Avengers run.
>>91912304
Not BLINDLY, as you can see.
Not ALL of Danny's plans are completly dumb, only most of them.
And Joy has never appeared again after this, no matter how much sense it would make.
So yeah, all that foreshadowing that she was Noir? All red herrings.
>>91912321
This at least seems to be going better than the time they accidentally into Gattica.
And SHE never appears after this either.
And just in case you thought they were tricking you again, here's Noir at a completely different place.
And now, the mystery of Noir's identity is revealed!
And that's it for this, Anons! If you want to see what happens to Jennie from here, that gets answeed in Walker's Power Man and Iron Fist!
But next time, we continue with Danny's story, with Fraction's Defenders!
Hope to see you then!
>>91912352
Well, she's easier to wave away as a girlfriend than just kinda petered out.
Joy is... much more ingrained into Danny's story.
>>91912397
I'm assuming that's the last time we see Noir then, too.
>>91912398
Vic's supporting cast kind of vanishes after this.
>>91912452
AS IS THE WONT OF MODERN MARVEL.
>>91909839
Glad you're back, OP.
>>91911016
no one gonna mention how retro that phone is
>>91911642
lol
best protege