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"Bob Bolling's talents have long been undervalued by comics historians, but they're all clearly on display here, from the tale's masterful staging to his evocative linework, capturing even the most subtle of mood changes precisely. There are very few comics' sequences that pack as emotional a wallop as Betty's shameful walk through the hyena-like mob of erstwhile friends, and few quite as satisfying as Little Archie's redemption shortly thereafter."
-- Fred Hembeck, The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 48, February 14, 2006
( 'You're as brave as any boy' )
Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #3
Jun. 17th, 2021 09:12 pmlaughing_tree
Thor is super-strong and a lightning god, but if you get down to brass tacks he's a guy with a super powerful hammer. That artifact is sort of what defines him. It's his totem. And the wonderful thing about his hammer is it can only be wielded by someone who is Worthy. That tells you an awful lot about the character of the person who wields it. It has a relationship with the person who's wielding it, and to an extent, that's always been missing from the Black Knight. He's always been this guy who comes from a lineage of people who've also been Black Knights. There have also been a few changes and retcons that made him a direct descendant of either King Arthur himself, or Arthur's nephew, or some other strange, hazy hierarchy that leads down from Camelot. He also carries around this great sword, but what was sort of missing and what we're leaning into is the thing that makes him powerful is not just the sword, but who he is in relation to the sword. -- Si Spurrier
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