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[janegray]

So I saw Winter Soldier and loved it. And I loved that Batroc was in it. Because Batroc is awesome :D

Sadly, while reading a bunch of reviews, I've noticed a disturbing trend: people think Batroc is a loser. Pretty much everybody expressed shock over the fact that Batroc in the movie was cool, because they are convinced that Batroc in the comics sucks.

Guy has no superpowers whatsoever, no weapons or tech or armour or fancy gadgets, and he can still put up a decent fight against the likes of Captain America, simply because he trained his butt off all his life to become a genuinely competent martial artist. How can people call him a loser? :(

SO. I've decided to post a couple of pages from Captain America #360!







And while I am at it, how could I possibly pass up the chance to post this panel?



Finally, I need help to find a certain issue. I've seen a few panels of a story with Batroc that looks hilarious, and I'd love to read the whole story, but I have no idea what issue it is.

Could you take a look at these panels and let me know if you recognize the issue?

Comments

[lonewolf23k]

Sadly, people (and by that, I mean Americans) buy into the "Cheese-eating surrender monkey" bullcrap so much, they refuse to accept it when French characters ARE badass.

Thus forgetting that the Swashbuckling genre was pretty much INVENTED in France. And Batroc is, for all intents and purposes, a Swashbuckler, just without a sword.

Batroc the Leaper. He will kick your ass with style and panache!

[crinos]

Yeah, Batroc is so badass his sound effects have French prefixes.

I mean look at him here, he walks right up to Porcupine, and slaps him in the face with a glove like he don't give a FUCK. Because he's Batroc the motherfucking leaper and that's how he ROLLS son.

Also? Porcupine? Seriously guy, you need all the help you can get. Calling you a C list villain would be disparaging to C list villains. One on one against Captain America? You are gonna get DESTROYED.

[yvonmukluk]

Yeah, also dissing the guy who puts up a fight against Captain America on a regular basis? Not going to end well, regardless of nationality.

[icon_uk]

It's that he THINKS in accented English that always gets me...

[jkcarrier]

Come to think of it, has Batroc ever fought Nightcrawler? That would be the ultimate swashbuckler throw-down.