The Shield versus Gorilla Grodd (The Shield #3)

[arbre_rieur]

Continuing off of my previous Shield post...



Searching for soldiers who have gone mysteriously missing in the fictional country Bialya (not Afghanistan; there seemed to be some confusion over that in my previous entry), the Shield's trail leads him to an abandoned H.I.V.E. base under the control of Gorilla Grodd.







The combined might of Grodd and Magog lay into him.





Everyone becomes freed of the mind control. But that means you suddenly have a whole bunch of insurgents and American soldiers waking up from possession, disoriented and armed, in the same room. Naturally, the two sides start shooting at each other. The Shield's able to order the American troops to stand down, being part of the chain of command, but the insurgents are another story. (This next page is by a different penciller, Eduardo Pansica, by the by.)



The Shield thanks the boy Shuja for his help, but Shuja tells him he didn't do it for him and makes it clear in no uncertain terms that he still hates his guts.

Comments

[greenmask]

Hee hee hee. Brain guy and monkey.

[lieut_kettch]

Well, Mallah and The Brain are still pushing up daisies, right? Or wearing black jewelry.

[crinos]

Wow, Shield just broke Grodd's arm like a twig.

Bottom line: don't fuck with the shield, or he will kick your ass.

[theanswer]

I love the perspective we get from the Warsuit.

[hyperactivator]

Why is this so awesome! Do they not know I am poor! :(

[autumn_lily]

They don't. And even if they do, they are hoping you'll be desperate enough for this comic you'll mug a random passerby for the money to buy it.

Oh transparent Captain America analog...

[terrykun]

Nice. Very nice. You can sit by me. (:

Re: Oh transparent Captain America analog...

[twigcollins]

... motto?

Re: Oh transparent Captain America analog...

[arbre_rieur]

Ironically*, the primary defining element of the Shield, that he's part of the U.S. military and runs missions for it, isn't true of Capt. America

*Ironic, because a guy wearing the flag and named Capt. America is the last person you'd expect that to be the case for.

[lonewolf23k]

I love this series so much I want its babies.

[proteus_lives]

They should keep Magog and Shield together as a military Odd Couple.

[legba]

Is The Shield an ongoing? I could get behind this.

[theanswer]

It is an on-going, though the co-feature is meh. I hope they replace Inferno with the Comet or someone else.

[psychopathicus_rex]

What is the co-feature, then? Another Red Circle character, or someone else?

[kamino_neko]

Inferno. Who appears to be original. He doesn't have an MLJ namesake that I know of, anyway.

Theoretically, he could be an update of Fireball, but aside from the fire-based powers nothing lines up - not origin, civilian ID, non-civilian ID...or even quite how the powers work.

The other Red Circle book right now is The Web, which has the Hangman as a backup - which would have been a better title feature, frankly.

[arbre_rieur]

The MLJ Inferno: http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/g/gainfern.htm

The other Red Circle book right now is The Web, which has the Hangman as a backup - which would have been a better title feature, frankly.

A Hangman front feature might be too similar to DC's Spectre, I think.

[kamino_neko]

Well, what do you know, there he is.

A Hangman front feature might be too similar to DC's Spectre, I think.

He seems more like El Diablo or Crimson Avenger than Spectre.

But speaking of Spectre, I totally want him to meet Mr Justice when they bring him in...

Hmm...DC's got a lot of characters with the same general theme... A team book with El Diablo, Crimson Avenger, Hangman, Spectre, and Mr Justice.... That'd be interesting... Eclipso could be an auxiliary member.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Plus, doesn't DC already HAVE at least one character named Inferno? If I remember correctly, there's a Legion member with that name.

[lieut_kettch]

I just realised, shouldn't Magog be calling Shield "Sir?" IIRC, Magog was just an NCO.

[theanswer]

Magog doesn't exactly follow orders anymore.

[arbre_rieur]

Yeah, I'm not sure he's even still in the military.

[psychopathicus_rex]

I wonder if we'll ever see Shuja again? It would be interesting if, assuming that the book sticks around for a while, he would show up a few issues later and we would see just what decision he's made - if any of course.
Or, still more interesting - here's a thought. What if Shuja winds up becoming a sort of involuntary supporting cast member? I mean, here his purpose is to make a point, but what if he encounters the Shield again multiple times under different circumstances? He doesn't WANT to hang out with the Shield; he wishes he'd just go away and leave him alone, but fate keeps bringing them together, sometimes on one side of the conflict, sometimes on another. Would he become a sort of Jimmy Olsen on the other side, or a nascent arch-villain, or both, depending on the circumstances?

[ian_karkull]

Dammit Eric Trautmann! Stop being a good enough writer to force me to pick up titles that I really don't want to and go continue Checkmate, like you where meant to!