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

[sigmund_droid]

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.

Comments

Hmm..Nice but..

[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!

Re: Hmm..Nice but..

[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.

I always did love that moment..

[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..)

Re: Hmm..Nice but..

[stubbleupdate]

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

Re: Hmm..Nice but..

[sigmund_droid]

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

Re: Hmm..Nice but..

[stubbleupdate]

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

[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.

Re: Hmm..Nice but..

[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.

In other words..

[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!