Pet Avengers #3 preview

[sherkahn]

It's Friday, and it's time for some love before the weekend. I present the Pet Avenger's #3 preview, courtesy of CosmicBookNews. Why do I have to say anything more? One funny page of the preview behind the cut.



Purr the last issue (pun intended), the mystic animals of myth are coming back to Earth from their sanctuary, and the Pet Avengers are there to aide the unsuspecting humanity.

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Lockheed's of the Asian persuasion. And willing to take on any big challenge!

And Zabu's portrayal is giving me classic Logan vibes. Must be the scruff.

suggested tags:

group: Pet Avengers
character: Lockheed
character: Zabu


creator: Chris Eliopoulos
creator: Ig Guara

Comments

[bluefall]

Offhand, given the suggestion of the avian to her human features, "sphinx" seems most likely. Sphinx-as-species has become a relatively common conceit these days - I want to blame D&D 3e or maybe Final Fantasy - and that's about how you usually see them. If she had wings I'd be sure of it (which is weird, cuz the Egyptians obviously didn't sculpt them that way, but it seems to have permeated the modern visual convention anyway).

[psychopathicus_rex]

I suppose it's possible, but if so, that's one hell of a weird sphinx. Every picture of a sphinx I'VE ever seen shows them with a human head (and, if female, human breasts) and a lion - or horse, or half-and-half - body, sometimes with wings. I've never seen one depicted as a lion-centaur.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Also, the Greek Sphinx, the one who asked Oedipus the riddle, usually IS shown with wings, as far as I know.

[bluefall]

Yeah, but I would be extremely surprised to learn that many people think of her first when they hear "sphinx." The average joe is probably vaguely aware that Oedipus is a guy who banged his mom, and that's mostly Freud's fault, little to do with any real knowledge of the myth.

Everybody knows about the statue with the broken nose, though.

[psychopathicus_rex]

True enough, although the part with the riddle IS quite famous. The whole 'four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, three in the evening' thing is probably one of the best-known riddles in the world at this point, even if they don't attach it to Oedipus.

[bluefall]

And some of those who do attach it, do so bizarrely. Myself, for example, who can never help but picture Oedipus running around like a loon bellowing "It's PEOPLE! PEOPLE!" at the Sphinx all Soylent Green style. I don't know why. I've never even actually seen the movie.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Oooooooooo-kay. You should see it, it's good (although there never really IS a scene like that - I think that was Saturday Night Live. There's plenty of good ol' Heston overacting in that flick, but the 'running around like a loon' part isn't there).