Ninjak vs The Valiant Universe #1 and #2

[history79]

#1

8 pages of 24

















#2

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[goattoucher]

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Ninjak.

The British secret agent ninja.

Who can kill everybody, but can't figure out a way to communicate his situation without talking or looking at something.

Who has a plan for every situation except the decidedly likely possibility of his family being threatened.

You suck, "Ninjak", and everybody involved with your story sucks.

Boo.

[goattoucher]

"Colin King is the wealthy son of a master spy who was employed by the British Government. King was raised in the Orient but was an outcast in that society. When his father was killed by rival agent Iwatsu, King decided to go into training, determined to continue his father’s tradition and bring his killers to justice. Now a master of the secret arts of the ninja, he served England and the world as Ninjak.

Ninjak is the enforcer of the mysterious Weaponeer organization and the world’d foremost espionage expert. Ninjak uses his expertise in martial arts, demolition, information acquisition and other skills, a keen intellect and an ability to prepare people for any outcome in a given situation."

White guy master ninja Batman. I defy any of you to prove that I did not come up with this idea myself when I was 16 in 1990. That's the level of craftsmanship and creativity we are talking about here.

[donnblake]

"White guy master ninja Batman."

So.... Batman, then?

[goattoucher]

No. Not Batman. Clearly is is another wealthy Caucasian supreme martial artist who has secret contingencies to kill all his friends.

This guy works for the government.

To consider: knowing that he would be pursued by people he works with and theoretically likes, might he not have set traps for them that would (and I'm just spit-balling here) NOT blow their legs off?

I dunno: I'm not a millionaire marital artist genius secret agent, so this is a bit out of my wheelhouse. I'm sure they know what they are doing, as opposed to being hacks having one hero kill others for pure shock value.

Boo.

[jeremyp]

Blowing up Bloodshot's legs is no big deal. He'll get better, he always does.

[goattoucher]

That's a fair point.

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Except that it's not Ninjak's family being threatened, it's the family of his friend.

Also, the nanites are sensory, so evil Medusa, who knows his tricks, is likely to pick up any trick.

[goattoucher]

All senses.

How does that get transmitted, exactly? Is she in a VR suit? Does she have a goon assigned to monitor each sense? Is there a guy monitoring his tongue? Does the guy in the full body tactile suit get to feel the burning in Ninjak's urethra from his UTI every time he tinkles?

Vague enough to be meaningless, I would suggest.

It's a good thing MI-6 doesn't have any secret code phrases for just such an occasion that Starfire/Medusa would not be aware of, isn't it?

Boo.

[miramira]

Wait. A character with prehensile red hair? Batman's one thing, but the Inhumans really don't need even worse ripoffs.

[goattoucher]

Medusa with hair that only goes town between her shoulder blades. How close does she have to be for that to be useful?

[jeremyp]

It's the idea that Ninjak can be turned by threatening his friend's family that bothers me. That is such an obvious way to blackmail any agent, even in the real world - surely the world's premier super spy would understand that risk and be prepared to deal with it, even if it meant choosing to let them die, or choosing not to have friends who aren't also spies.

[mesmiranda]

Alright, nobody else looked at the title and read it as "Ninjask"? Just me?

[goattoucher]

I did not, but this Pokemon is a superior character in every way, including scent.

[lucean]

While I do generally like the scans here, I am so confused how Ninjak at the same time manages to feel like an even more X-Treme goverment version of Batman while also feeling so less of a badass than Batman.

[akodo_rokku]

This is... not great. Which is kind of a shame, because the modern Ninjak (and Valiant in general) comics have actually been pretty good.

[philippos42]

I'm frowning at the misuse of the term "burn notice."

[sisterofbloomerjunior]

Do we even get to see what this item every wants is?