scans_daily | The Purple Man Makes a Mental Note: Don't Mind-control Ninjas

Killgrave is one of my favorite villains: he's a snappy dresser and he really is a irredeemable hedonistic monster. He's made big plays in the marvel universe and is someone that Marvel superheroes almost universally despise.

He's also someone we love to see get beat up, as we see behind the cut.

P. man mindcontrols Elektra to kill the Shroud.

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blue_bolt

"I'm a ninja." Now that's a cool response to any "How" question you could ask. How did you survive that fall? I'm a Ninja. How did you jump over that train? I'm a Ninja? How did- NINJA.

I wish I was a ninja. I like hiding in the shadows, as a matter of fact I'm right behind you!

From:

shadowpsykie

I wish I was a ninja. I like hiding in the shadows, as a matter of fact I'm right behind you!

you may be behind me... but im behind you!

how may you ask?

*does gravelly voice* "I'm batman"

From:

steverodgers5

Yeah, I'm sure he's probably done that at some point.

Heck, the Batman Begins scene, where he dupes Liam Neeson's character into grabbing the wrong ninja, is probably close enough to count..

From:

espanolbot

What about the bit where the thug is firing in all directions after Batman grabbed all of his friends from the shadows one by one?
Thug: WHERE ARE YOU?!?
Batman (hangs upside down behind him): Here.
Thug: AA- *is grabbed*

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steverodgers5

Yeah, but as great an intro as that was, they were just your garden variety dumbo thugs..A dime a dozen in Gotham city I'd imagine.

Though having said that, even with Ninja's there is that oft quoted rule about Ninja's being less less and effective the more there are of them.
In fact is that a tv trope rule? I would go checking myself, but the last time I did that hours vanished before I knew it! (I swear that internet site just swallows time! ;) )

From:

glprime

Conservation of Ninjutsu aka the Inverse Ninja Law.

*HAI-YA!*

From:

steverodgers5

Evil! Very evil! We could lose some of our members down that rabbit hole for sure! LOL! ;)

From:

aaron_bourque

It's not as cool as you might think.

Oh, sure, simple things. Day to day ninja-ing. But eventually, it gets kinda stale.

And then there are the smart alecks. "Why didn't you dodge that bullet? Aren't you a ninja? Can't you just walk through walls? No? What kind of ninja are you? Hold your breath for 5 minutes? You mean you can't do it longer?"

Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque; listen, you give it a try, some time. It's not as easy as we make it look.

From:

glprime

And people are always jumping when they finally notice me. It's annoying.

"Gah! Don't do that?"
"What?"
"Sneak up on me!"
"I didn't. I've been standing still in the kitchen for ten minutes. You have crappy peripheral vision."

/this is a true, common occurence

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aaron_bourque

And it's so hard to get smoke stains out of black. You'd think they wouldn't show up, but nope.

From:

blue_bolt

I'm not a ninja but I know that black's not as good as most people think for hiding stains, mud shows up bright as day.

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aaron_bourque

A ha ha ha ha.

"Mud."

Silly person, ninja can walk on water.

From:

janegray

"Right behind you"? That's not a Ninja, that's the Spy!

http://youtu.be/OR4N5OhcY9s?hd=1

Warning: cartoon-ish gore.

From:

wizardru

Hey! The Shroud is still around? Cool. I've loved him ever since he appeared back in Marvel Supervillian Team-Up. I don't know why, I've always just thought he was kind of awesome.

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steverodgers5

As cool a moment as this is. I don't think Purple Man's power works that way. Or at least not just that way. I think his chemicals work by getting absorbed through the skin as well breathed in. And since Elektra shows plenty of skin...well..

(Maybe the writer's mixing up his power with the Mandrill's?)

Having said that, maybe this is one of those heroic will power defeating evil mind control moments? I which case, way to go girl! As no disrespect to the Shroud, but if I had to bet on one of those two being strong enough to do so, it would be Elektra. She's always been kind of stubborn..to say the least LOL!

From:

nomadicwriter

Well, his powers have been seen to be defeated by acts of epic willpower before, most notably Doctor Doom's classic moment of awesome.

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steverodgers5

Though Doom despite putting his helmet down, (ooh er!..) was showing a lot less skin than Elektra. And thus probably to some degree still a bit shielded by his armour..

But then, I'm sure Daredevil's resisted Purple man's power before. Though again Matt shows a lot less skin than Elektra's free flowing sash style outfits. (There's still a twisted part of me that wishes Jennifer Garniers outfit had been closer to the comic book incarnation, despite the real world unlikeliness of it. Still wouldn't have saved that movie though..)

From:

stubbleupdate

Why was Luke Cage immune to his powers? Is it because of his bulletproof skin?

From:

sigmund_droid

No, the prison disabled Killgrave's powers without his knowledge using substances in his daily food.

From:

stubbleupdate

Yes, it's been a long time since I've read Breakout

From:

stolisomancer

When Cage picked up the job as warden of the Raft, he received a nano-injection that was specifically meant to immunize him from the Purple Man's powers.

From:

donnblake

Maybe they should have just explained it as "Ninja tricks?" Or, you know, the fact that when it comes to an (ex?) Hand ninja/leader, the Purple Man doesn't know from mind control.

I remember Daredevil resisting Purple Man's influence way back when Zebby first showed up, but back then, he theorized that the control was partially visible (Zebby calls it his Purple Power on the cover), and his blindness gave him an edge.

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steverodgers5

He reused his old Ringmaster excuse. (Daredevil was unaffected by Ringmasters hat in one of the early spiderman crossovers because he couldn't be hypnotized, on account of being y'know blind and all..)

But I hadn't realised that there was any comic that said Purple Man's power was partially visible..Thinking that must be a little bit of an anomaly..

Unless of course Daredvil doesn't want anyone to know that he's a SECRET NINJA!! ;)

Should be handy if the SECRET Avengers is the team he ends up in! LOL!

From:

mrstatham

Man, if Purple Man were real, he could not get kicked in the balls enough.

From:

shadowpsykie

so... much... MOTTO

From:

lakrids404

It seems to me, that Elektra have an air reservoir in her two globes

From:

fifthie

I enjoy how hella ripped Elektra is here.

From:

fifthie

Whoever the artist is here, they are a person with serious opinions on biceps, and they do not give a fuck who knows it.

From:

steverodgers5

Elektra doesn't have the super strength of She Hulk, Valkyrie, or even Spiderwoman. So I'd imagine that she makes up for her lack of physical super powers there, by really working out to keep herself in tip top condition..

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fifthie

It's entirely appropriate, hence my enjoyment of it.

...While I'm on the topic of the art, one criticism I'd make is that the blows could feel more convincing. The kicks kind of feel like... movie kicks, like she's kicking the area right next to him and then he's flying back of his own accord.

I mean if you're gonna draw someone kicking the shit out of the Purple Man, I wanna really feel how hard someone's kicking the shit out of the purple man, you know? Show me that elbow going right into his big, stupid face, make me enjoy how much that hurts him.

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steverodgers5

Blood should have defiintely have been spilled for sure!

From:

leoboiko

It’s a pet peeve of mine, how most Electra artists draw her in Standard Impossible Teenage Fantasy Body which should break in half with the things she do. So I’m always happy to see someone unafraid of drawing in the muscles she should have.

From:

leoboiko

aand I find it so very sexy. there I said it

From:

proteus_lives

I'm not sure if PM's powers can be stopped like that.

From:

fifthie

The shame is that they could just as easily have dealt with this by having the other guy specifically point this out, and then having Elektra say "ninja" again.

From:

blackruzsa

Glad to see Elektra's milking that fact for all she's worth :D

From:

selke

Speaking as a Jessica Jones fanatic? HELL YEAH.

From:

schrodingers_fangirl

As an Elektra fan, this is awesome. What title is this from? I wants it, precious!

From:

nefrekeptah

I like the Purple Man because he insists on going by "the Purple Man" when his last name is Killgrave. Killgrave. That is an awesome last name. He could totally just call himself that (it would be a lot better then "Jean Grey") and if anyone tries to say it's too 90's, he'd just respond with, "Yeah, well, that's my real name." But no, he'd rather go by the much lamer Purple Man.

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steverodgers5

LOL! Good point! Certainly never met anyone in real life with a name that sinister!

But then according to Bendis he thinks of himself as a comic book character. Something which has never made much sense to me, but at least it would excuse the corniness of his supervillian name!

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