Civil War II: Ulysses #5 - "Tower of Wisdom, Part V"

[laughing_tree]

"I was inspired there by an old Stephen King story about a giant finger that erupts out of a plughole. When I handed in the plot for that episode, I was told I was a very sick man." -- Al Ewing

Comments

[icon_uk]

I have to say the only character or situation that is actually moving me in this whole event is Ulysses. What little character we've seen (when not being used as a plot device with clothes on) is that of a perfectly decent average guy whose actions are defined by a sense of compassion for the things he foresees, and definitely does not deserve the quantities of shit he's having to deal with through no fault of his own.

[shadur]

Motto. He seems like a perfectly decent dude. It's not his fault he's been written to become the lynchpin of Marvel's latest clusterfuck...

[beyondthefringe]

It helps that once again, it's Al Ewing to the rescue here...

[mesmiranda]

Ditto.

I'd say I want to see more of him after this event, but after this maybe the nicest thing that can happen to him is a long vacation somewhere nice and cool, with a drink in hand.

[icon_uk]

It's how I cope with my occasional "Where are Doug and Warlock in the midst of this M-Pox crap going down?" concerns. Since we haven't seen them at all, I just assume they're off having proper fun adventures somewhere else...

[scorntx]

Except we have seen Warlock.
He's in New Avengers, bein' awesome.

[icon_uk]

True, though I have to keep telling myself that he left Doug in a nice, Terrigen-free, locale where he can kick back and relax a little.

[scorntx]

Well, there is the A.I.M. Savage Land base / resort. Free bar and all the barbecue dinosaur you can eat!

[mesmiranda]

Is Doug standing on his...

...no, never mind, I don't want to know.

[icon_uk]

BACK! He's riding on his BACK! I think... I mean, 'Lock's a metamorph, his anything can be pretty much his anything. :)

[karthak]

I suspect that at the end of the event he's getting a bullet to the forehead.

[owlbrigade1]

If only Marvel had had a teenage "everyman" character who had already had to learn that with great power came great responsibility and sort through those judgement calls and shades of grey who was able to mentor him in a sane and sensible way.

[cainofdreaming]

Of course you know now that you've expressed positive interest in him he will be revealed as Kang, or something equally character destroying.

[nyadnar17]

100% agree. He is a perfectly likable, normal dude, trying to deal with crazy shit way above his pay grade as best he can.....Man do you know how rare that has become in comics?

[nightauditguy]

Lock: Worst power ever

[icon_uk]

Random captive - "Well done keeping that door sealed Lock, give yoursef a round of applause"

Lock (Beaming) - Oh thank you, I will >clap, clap, clap< Oh shit!

[cainofdreaming]

"Oh no! It's Thanos!"

"Not to worry, I'll just lock him out."

"Phew. That was great! High five!"

"D'oh!"

[coldfury]

So who's up for a Layla Miller & Ulysses team book after this is over?

"They Know Stuff: The Series" - Two Exposition devices that were barely conceived plot devices wander around the marvel universe and interfere with other heroes ongoing storylines and get into wacky hijinks! They know stuff, but do they really know themselves?

[icon_uk]

Dammit, throw in Blindfold and I'm in!

[sarahnewlin]

What happened to that Michelle girl?