The Twelve #1

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[lonewolf23k]

Did they ever finish this mini-series?

[scorntx]

They did, eventually.

[kamino_neko]

I was wondering the same thing...heh.

[freezer]

"If you want to avoid getting a bad apple, you don't take it from the barrel. You take ti from the tree."

Bad Metaphors for $1000, Alex!

[mrstatham]

Not really? In The Untouchables, the major concern in establishing the squad is corruption in the force, so they pick out a rookie untouched by Capone who they can work with.

Here, they're picking out a bunch of superhumans unconnected to the Registration Act, and who could easily be informed/swayed to the government perspective. The only way it fails is the general calling them 'the tree'.. Which, no - they're a bunch of good apples.

[arilou_skiff]

The usual statement is "one bad apple spoils the barrel", the idea being that one spoiled apple will spread bacteria/parasites to the rest of them while in storage. Taking apples from outside the barrel would avoid this contamination. So it'snot a bad metaphor at all.

[thehood]

It's not though.

The saying is "a few bad apples spoil the bunch", so his metaphor makes perfect sense.

[katefan]

I was wondering, were these original characters created by JMS for the series, retconned into continuity, or were these characters no one had been using for decades?

[scorntx]

Characters no-one'd been using for decades.

[katefan]

Thanks. :)

They're Timely Comics golden age characters...

[7dialsmystery]

...from 1940. I guess the MCU adapted their "Re-Awakening" for Captain America.

http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Twelve_(WWII)_(Earth-616)

[reveen]

Come on, man. Wax your legs once in a while.

Speaking of, is the lack of garter belts as a tipoff entirely necessary? The nurse could just as easily been wearing a longer skirt.

[domino_blue]

I did enjoy aspects of this series, it's not a terrible story but it is crippled by the fact that it is a heavy Watchmen riff, which if you know Watchmen clues you in on who the murderer is. Though I will say there is a slight clever bit about it. Like I said I do like some parts of it, but man sometime when you homage a series give a good twist you know?

[scorntx]

It's... not really a Watchmen riff.
There's no giant squid, no-one learns their father was a despicable person, no super-powered being learning to regain their connection to humanity via the randomness of probability. No psychiatrist gets told about harsh reality of uncaring world.
Oh, sure, one of the main characters turns out to be the villain, but they're not doing it to try and prevent a war. And they don't have a large group of duped artists and scientists assisting them. None of the characters single-handedly manage to change technology and innovation.
And no-one has sex in an owl-themed airship.

It has a bunch of old-timey characters, one of whom is murdered and the others investigate, but that sure ain't unique to Watchmen and Watchmen alone.