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scans_daily2.5 pages from The Shield #2, 1 from #3 - spoilers for the first arc inherent.
The arc involves Shield on a rescue mission in Biyalia, which is still reeling from - and, in fact, may never properly recover from - the events of WWIII.
He manages to convince the children of his good intentions, but the adults - and even the teens - still mistrust him - he is American, and he is a superhero (well, he denies it, but he has the trappings), which as far as the Biyalians are concerned is two strikes against him. But he still manages to convince a teenage boy named Shuja to help guide him through the countryside. Although Shuja still vocally resents Shield.
When he finds some of the soldier's he's supposed to rescue, there are 2 complications: 1) they attack him. 2) He's not the only soldier-superhero there. Magog shows up, and Shield barely keeps him from killing the soldiers. But he does, and the army arrives to medivac them.
Magog and Shield, along with Shuja, begin investigating what's going on, and looking for the other missing soldiers:
Ah, consistency - Magog's always a jackass.
(The inter-service wisecracks also come up in JSA, when Magog's throwing down with Major Force, as a sidenote.)
Eventually, they track down the ultimate villains of the arc, and capture them, as well as rescuing the rest of the soldiers (and a couple Biyalian insurgents) - almost, anyway - a few of the soldiers and insurgents died before Shield and Shuja could calm the situation.
So, everyone prepares to go home, and we get one final scene between Magog and Shield.
Go Shield.
Magog's cynicism drives me nutty.
On a practical side, it's self-defeating. While some people will hate regardless, and some will turn the other cheek even in the face of the worst hatred and violence, most will respond to how they're treated - treat someone as an enemy a priori, and they'll become an enemy. People like Magog might help suppress the enemy, but people like Shield will be needed to build a lasting peace. It won't happen overnight, Magog's right about that (hey, stopped clock, twice a day), but without Shield and those like him, it'll never happen.
But, practicality aside, Shield is right - 'we should stand for something better'. Forget the enemy. 'We' (not just America, or Americans, but everyone) should stand for something better, for ourselves. If we want to consider ourselves better, we have to BE better.
So, I salute you, Lt Joe Higgins. Keep up the good work.
The arc involves Shield on a rescue mission in Biyalia, which is still reeling from - and, in fact, may never properly recover from - the events of WWIII.
He manages to convince the children of his good intentions, but the adults - and even the teens - still mistrust him - he is American, and he is a superhero (well, he denies it, but he has the trappings), which as far as the Biyalians are concerned is two strikes against him. But he still manages to convince a teenage boy named Shuja to help guide him through the countryside. Although Shuja still vocally resents Shield.
When he finds some of the soldier's he's supposed to rescue, there are 2 complications: 1) they attack him. 2) He's not the only soldier-superhero there. Magog shows up, and Shield barely keeps him from killing the soldiers. But he does, and the army arrives to medivac them.
Magog and Shield, along with Shuja, begin investigating what's going on, and looking for the other missing soldiers:
Ah, consistency - Magog's always a jackass.
(The inter-service wisecracks also come up in JSA, when Magog's throwing down with Major Force, as a sidenote.)
Eventually, they track down the ultimate villains of the arc, and capture them, as well as rescuing the rest of the soldiers (and a couple Biyalian insurgents) - almost, anyway - a few of the soldiers and insurgents died before Shield and Shuja could calm the situation.
So, everyone prepares to go home, and we get one final scene between Magog and Shield.
Go Shield.
Magog's cynicism drives me nutty.
On a practical side, it's self-defeating. While some people will hate regardless, and some will turn the other cheek even in the face of the worst hatred and violence, most will respond to how they're treated - treat someone as an enemy a priori, and they'll become an enemy. People like Magog might help suppress the enemy, but people like Shield will be needed to build a lasting peace. It won't happen overnight, Magog's right about that (hey, stopped clock, twice a day), but without Shield and those like him, it'll never happen.
But, practicality aside, Shield is right - 'we should stand for something better'. Forget the enemy. 'We' (not just America, or Americans, but everyone) should stand for something better, for ourselves. If we want to consider ourselves better, we have to BE better.
So, I salute you, Lt Joe Higgins. Keep up the good work.
