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Spider-Man’s Tangled Web #5
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"Flowers for Rhino" is my personal favorite story from Tangled Web and in my opinion one of the best takes on the Rhino period.
Warning for suicide reference
( Scans under the cut... )
thanekosIt's about the parts that make up those wholes.
It's written by Peter Milligan and drawn by ACO.
The story they're telling, of the titular character and the vengeance he's pursuing against the people he once worked for, doesn't waste a single panel.
There's a sequence in issue #1 that's a great example of that - it's after the Ronin's acquired what he needs.
( It begins with him centering himself. )
It's written by Peter Milligan and drawn by ACO.
The story they're telling, of the titular character and the vengeance he's pursuing against the people he once worked for, doesn't waste a single panel.
There's a sequence in issue #1 that's a great example of that - it's after the Ronin's acquired what he needs.
( It begins with him centering himself. )
Tomorrow #1 and #2
Mar. 26th, 2020 04:50 amhistory79
"In recent years a number of remarkable young people have appeared, from America to Sweden to Pakistan and beyond. Outstanding, brave individuals like Malala Yousafzai, Emma Gonzalez, and Greta Thunberg who spoke and continue to speak out against murder and bigotry and our capacity for self-destruction. We might be forgiven for thinking: if these are the people of tomorrow, surely tomorrow will be a brighter, more tolerant, and less self-destructive one?
Yes, that’s all well and good, but...but you see, I remember.
I remember the tyrannies and atrocities of the schoolyard. I remember just how red in tooth and claw so many of those kids were: how for every Malala there were a bunch of tiny Taliban, for every Emma Gonzalez countless cold-eyed would-be killers waving imaginary firearms at the weak and the innocent.
So maybe, just maybe, the fate of tomorrow isn’t quite so secure...if left to the children. In other words, is the wickedness and madness of mankind acquired, learned through lives of hard- knocks, the sole preserve only of adults, or are these flowers of evil inherent in the yet-to-fully-bloom bulbs?"
- Peter Milligan
( Read more... )
thanekosIts third issue'd ended with the protagonists stung.
Antonius Axia, the Detectioner, realized that the titular objects of his search had to be stowed here.
Achillia, accompanying him, didn't see them - she just saw, and felt, what the locusts'd inflicted on her recede.
" It's magic! "
( Antonius didn't concur. )
Antonius Axia, the Detectioner, realized that the titular objects of his search had to be stowed here.
Achillia, accompanying him, didn't see them - she just saw, and felt, what the locusts'd inflicted on her recede.
" It's magic! "
( Antonius didn't concur. )
thanekosIt was burning around him.
Nearly overcome by the smoke, he was pulled to his feet by Achillia, who hadn't run in like him.
They ran outside.
( The fire was being fought. )
Nearly overcome by the smoke, he was pulled to his feet by Achillia, who hadn't run in like him.
They ran outside.
( The fire was being fought. )
thanekosThey'd been ordered by Emperor Nero to find three Roman legions' lost standards.
At the docks, they were met by Rubria, chief of the Vestal Virgins, who gave Antonius a message for her old friend Rachel.
Their ship set sail.
Antonius' thoughts on the way over were occupied by more than his disobeying of Nero's orders to seek the lost eagles in Germany.
They arrived in Alexandria, taking in the streets.
They met the Living Pharaoh, Ramesses Twelve, who preached the smiting of the Roman invaders.
( The people hailed him. )
At the docks, they were met by Rubria, chief of the Vestal Virgins, who gave Antonius a message for her old friend Rachel.
Their ship set sail.
Antonius' thoughts on the way over were occupied by more than his disobeying of Nero's orders to seek the lost eagles in Germany.
They arrived in Alexandria, taking in the streets.
They met the Living Pharaoh, Ramesses Twelve, who preached the smiting of the Roman invaders.
( The people hailed him. )
thanekosSubtitled Lost Eagles of Rome, it opened on three Roman legions losing their standards in Germany.
The news incited the people of Rome to riot.
Emperor Nero sent for the Detectioner of Rome, Antonius Axia.
( He came from a case. )
The news incited the people of Rome to riot.
Emperor Nero sent for the Detectioner of Rome, Antonius Axia.
( He came from a case. )
Antonius Axia fought the image of Apollo.
Aug. 26th, 2017 01:37 amthanekosThe apparent god overpowered the definite mortal.
Antonius' son, whom he'd come to save, knelt by his side.
" Avitus, I have not been th-he best of fathers, but know that- ugh- I've always loved you. "
" B-but.. f-father.. you told me.. you d-do not believe in the gods.
" So how can they kill you? "
Thoughts flashed in the mind of the Detectioner of Rome. He staggered to his feet.
" My son is right. " he told the approaching Apollo. " I do not believe in the gods. "
He dodged the swing of the sword the seeming god held.
" So how can you kill me?! "
( Apollo readied his sword arm again. )
Antonius' son, whom he'd come to save, knelt by his side.
" Avitus, I have not been th-he best of fathers, but know that- ugh- I've always loved you. "
" B-but.. f-father.. you told me.. you d-do not believe in the gods.
" So how can they kill you? "
Thoughts flashed in the mind of the Detectioner of Rome. He staggered to his feet.
" My son is right. " he told the approaching Apollo. " I do not believe in the gods. "
He dodged the swing of the sword the seeming god held.
" So how can you kill me?! "
( Apollo readied his sword arm again. )
Antonius Axia found himself in the arena.
Jul. 22nd, 2017 01:52 amthanekosHe and the gladiator Achillia stood back-to-back, surrounded by some of the finest soldiers in the Roman army.
Above them, the emperor Nero (who'd called for their deaths) watched.
Achillia and Antonius fought, striking and being struck.
( Then Antonius turned around. )
Above them, the emperor Nero (who'd called for their deaths) watched.
Achillia and Antonius fought, striking and being struck.
( Then Antonius turned around. )
thanekosHe'd gone to the arena with his slave Bran.
He'd found a lead in his investigations, a gladiator's memento.
He watched the gladiator in question, Achillia, win another of her matches.
( He went down to confront her. )
He'd found a lead in his investigations, a gladiator's memento.
He watched the gladiator in question, Achillia, win another of her matches.
( He went down to confront her. )
thanekosIt's a four-issue mini, a sequel to Valiant's previous Britannia.
It opened some time before that'd ended, on a house in Rome.
A man drinking wine called for one of his slaves. She came, bearing a jug.
( He and his friend smiled eagerly. )
It opened some time before that'd ended, on a house in Rome.
A man drinking wine called for one of his slaves. She came, bearing a jug.
( He and his friend smiled eagerly. )
