![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
Kingpin is Immune to Explosions
Feb. 2nd, 2024 06:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shakaloolooThunderbolts #2, volume... who knows, at this point. So far, this series has been reading more like the Secret Avengers though, and I think that would have been a much more appropriate title.
Oh, and that cover: at first, I saw the Hellfire Club blurb, a woman in white doing the mind-reading hand-to-head gesture and assumed it was Emma Frost. Then I remembered what book it was and guessed at that being Sharon Carter. Only when I finally spotted the belt did I correctly twig is is Yelena.
( Read more... )
Oh, and that cover: at first, I saw the Hellfire Club blurb, a woman in white doing the mind-reading hand-to-head gesture and assumed it was Emma Frost. Then I remembered what book it was and guessed at that being Sharon Carter. Only when I finally spotted the belt did I correctly twig is is Yelena.
( Read more... )
Tags:
Thunderbolts #1
Jan. 5th, 2024 10:00 pmcyberghostface
"A REVOLUTION IS COMING! Bucky Barnes, the Revolution, just inherited a mountain of covert intel, and he has one objective: justice. Like lightning. He's going after the establishment, the people no one else is willing or able to take down, and he'll do whatever it takes to win. Teaming with the mysterious Contessa Valentina Allegra De Fontaine, Bucky assembles a team of black-ops heavy hitters to pursue high-profile targets like the Red Skull, Kingpin and even Doctor Doom himself. No one is safe from the Thunderbolts!" -- Marvel
( Scans under the cut... )
thanekosIn the same month's Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #13, the partnership of Bucky Barnes and the White Wolf'd dissolved.
The Wolf, transformed by his willing connection to Arnim Zola's Dimension Z, turned the monsters under his command into invaders of Earth.
Bucky, who'd only brought the White Wolf into his " bring down the Century Game, whose players moves' guide the world's currents " scheme because the Wolf had things he needed, confronted him.
( The Wolf didn't flinch in the face of the Century Game's Revolution. )
The Wolf, transformed by his willing connection to Arnim Zola's Dimension Z, turned the monsters under his command into invaders of Earth.
Bucky, who'd only brought the White Wolf into his " bring down the Century Game, whose players moves' guide the world's currents " scheme because the Wolf had things he needed, confronted him.
( The Wolf didn't flinch in the face of the Century Game's Revolution. )
thanekosSymbol of Truth #13's conflict is between two on the protagonist side - Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson, previously caught in an explosion in Dimension Z.
The smoke of the blast'd cleared - Sharon Carter and Misty Knight were down, and Steve was pushing on, his Sentinel of Liberty #12 mindset even more so.
Sam tried to get him to " take cover and regroup " - and got a blow he had to raise his shield against.
( He was shocked. )
The smoke of the blast'd cleared - Sharon Carter and Misty Knight were down, and Steve was pushing on, his Sentinel of Liberty #12 mindset even more so.
Sam tried to get him to " take cover and regroup " - and got a blow he had to raise his shield against.
( He was shocked. )
Tags:
thanekosCold War's the crossover between the two Cap books that began with an Alpha issue in April, where Bucky Barnes and the White Wolf'd taken control of Arnim Zola's Dimension Z.
They'd kidnapped Steve Rogers' adoptive son Ian to do so - Ian'd been fathered by Zola, and so had the material they needed in him.
Steve, Sam Wilson (who'd worked with Ian both in Symbol of Truth and 2014's All-New Captain America), Sharon Carter, and Misty Knight'd gone to Alaska to save him - where they'd been met by inhabitants of Dimension Z, coming out of portals in the liveries of the Revolution of the Century Game and the White Wolf.
Symbol of Truth #12 was largely action against those monsters - and soldiers of the Century Game's Outer Circle, who'd been wargaming amongst themselves when these other factions showed up.
( That action was unremarkably engaging. )
They'd kidnapped Steve Rogers' adoptive son Ian to do so - Ian'd been fathered by Zola, and so had the material they needed in him.
Steve, Sam Wilson (who'd worked with Ian both in Symbol of Truth and 2014's All-New Captain America), Sharon Carter, and Misty Knight'd gone to Alaska to save him - where they'd been met by inhabitants of Dimension Z, coming out of portals in the liveries of the Revolution of the Century Game and the White Wolf.
Symbol of Truth #12 was largely action against those monsters - and soldiers of the Century Game's Outer Circle, who'd been wargaming amongst themselves when these other factions showed up.
( That action was unremarkably engaging. )
thanekosCold War's a crossover between the two currently running Cap books, Symbol of Truth and Sentinel of Liberty.
It weaves their respective plots - Sam Wilson contending with the work of the White Wolf and Steve Rogers grappling with the Century Game - together with a team-up of the Wolf and Bucky Barnes (almost certainly spun out of MCU!Bucky having " White Wolf " among his nicknames).
In Captain America: Symbol of Truth #11, the White Wolf's schemes had come to an end - he'd fought Sam Wilson and been defeated, taken into the custody of the International Criminal Court.
( The Alpha issue opened on him receiving a visitor. )
It weaves their respective plots - Sam Wilson contending with the work of the White Wolf and Steve Rogers grappling with the Century Game - together with a team-up of the Wolf and Bucky Barnes (almost certainly spun out of MCU!Bucky having " White Wolf " among his nicknames).
In Captain America: Symbol of Truth #11, the White Wolf's schemes had come to an end - he'd fought Sam Wilson and been defeated, taken into the custody of the International Criminal Court.
( The Alpha issue opened on him receiving a visitor. )
thanekosIn issue #10, Roger Aubrey'd freed himself (and spearheaded the freeing of his fellow Invaders) from the clutches of the Mental Organism Designed Only for Control.
MODOC's master, the Power of the Century Game, had responded by flipping his Starpoint from " Control " to " Killing " - and MODOK had in turn killed Roger.
The resolution of the latest move in the world-spanning Century Game was now the Power and MODOK versus the Invaders - Steve Rogers going for the game player, and his comrades going for the chief pawn - in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
( The Power caught Steve's shield, thrown at him. )
MODOC's master, the Power of the Century Game, had responded by flipping his Starpoint from " Control " to " Killing " - and MODOK had in turn killed Roger.
The resolution of the latest move in the world-spanning Century Game was now the Power and MODOK versus the Invaders - Steve Rogers going for the game player, and his comrades going for the chief pawn - in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
( The Power caught Steve's shield, thrown at him. )
Tags:
thanekosIssue #7'd ended with AIM taking Lower Manhattan in New York City. It was the next move in the world-spanning Century Game, the one that Bucky Barnes'd broken away from Steve Rogers to join, to end the way he wanted to.
Steve and friends, gathering to prevent that move, were caught off guard. Most of them (excepting Hawkeye and Black Widow, who either couldn't be claimed for multiple issues of a Captain America story or just weren't) were diverted to Baxter Springs, Kansas.
AIM's beekeepers went about their work in issue #8 as if no one'd even tried to forestall them.
( They were enthusiastic. )
Steve and friends, gathering to prevent that move, were caught off guard. Most of them (excepting Hawkeye and Black Widow, who either couldn't be claimed for multiple issues of a Captain America story or just weren't) were diverted to Baxter Springs, Kansas.
AIM's beekeepers went about their work in issue #8 as if no one'd even tried to forestall them.
( They were enthusiastic. )
Tags:
- char: captain america/steve rogers,
- char: modok/george tarleton,
- char: nick fury jr./marcus johnson,
- char: peggy carter,
- char: sharon carter,
- char: white queen/emma frost,
- char: winter soldier/james bucky barnes,
- group: advanced idea mechanics,
- group: invaders,
- publisher: marvel comics,
- title: captain america
thanekosIt's the bridge between that and issue #6 from November 2022 - which'd ended on Bucky Barnes becoming one of the Century Game's five players, the second Revolution in its history.
The man he'd killed to take the role had been the first, at the Game's opening in 1922. Captain America and the Winter Soldier Special #1 opened on Bucky reviewing that moment in time.
' This is what I know. ' he thought, having reviewed the first Revolution's written record.
( He knew that that man had met with another. )
The man he'd killed to take the role had been the first, at the Game's opening in 1922. Captain America and the Winter Soldier Special #1 opened on Bucky reviewing that moment in time.
' This is what I know. ' he thought, having reviewed the first Revolution's written record.
( He knew that that man had met with another. )
Tags:
thanekosIn issue #4, Steve Rogers'd recruited an ally - the Redacted, Starpoint of the Outer Circle, game-piece of the Century Game's players.
Steve, Bucky Barnes, and the Redacted were off to the Shadow Capitol - the mobile airbase of those whose moving hands rocked the world.
They were coming in from above, to jump and land below.
( Their flight was courtesy of a friend from The United States of Captain America. )
Steve, Bucky Barnes, and the Redacted were off to the Shadow Capitol - the mobile airbase of those whose moving hands rocked the world.
They were coming in from above, to jump and land below.
( Their flight was courtesy of a friend from The United States of Captain America. )
thanekosIt doesn't immediately pick up from the end of #3 - the cliffhanger of the Redacted, agent of the world-as-their-gameboard manipulators the Outer Circle, having tracked Steve back to where he was living.
What it opened on was the unifying of Steve's investigation into the traces of the Circle's Century Game with that of Bucky Barnes.
Steve was in Bucky's apartment, thinking he was wholly revealing new information.
( Bucky revealed his partial knowledge. )
What it opened on was the unifying of Steve's investigation into the traces of the Circle's Century Game with that of Bucky Barnes.
Steve was in Bucky's apartment, thinking he was wholly revealing new information.
( Bucky revealed his partial knowledge. )
thanekosIssue #2'd ended with " the Redacted " confronting Steve in Germany, and Bucky confronting Peggy Carter in Madripoor.
The parties concerned were concerned with the Century Game - a game with five players, where the world's the board and everything in it's the pieces.
Bucky and Peggy discussed what sounded like moves in that game, over an interrupted baccarat table.
( It wasn't a friendly discussion. )
The parties concerned were concerned with the Century Game - a game with five players, where the world's the board and everything in it's the pieces.
Bucky and Peggy discussed what sounded like moves in that game, over an interrupted baccarat table.
( It wasn't a friendly discussion. )
thanekosIssue #1'd been the opener - an attack on the Fourth of July that Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes'd foiled.
In the aftermath of that, both were independently investigating what lay behind the attack. Bucky was doing so without informing Steve - and Steve, without Bucky, was doing so with World War II-era friends.
They followed the same lines through which they'd learnt about that Fourth of July attack, lines that bore more fruit.
( The harvest was fuller - more informative. )
In the aftermath of that, both were independently investigating what lay behind the attack. Bucky was doing so without informing Steve - and Steve, without Bucky, was doing so with World War II-era friends.
They followed the same lines through which they'd learnt about that Fourth of July attack, lines that bore more fruit.
( The harvest was fuller - more informative. )
thanekosIt's the opening move in the Century Game started in this April's Captain America #0.
Steve Rogers, sitting in his apartment (which he'd moved into earlier in this issue, to live a life outside " holographic bunkers and security clearances "), picked up on it while chatting with friends.
' They call us the Greatest Generation.. ' he thought to himself.
( Steve and friends were chatting on the radio. )
Steve Rogers, sitting in his apartment (which he'd moved into earlier in this issue, to live a life outside " holographic bunkers and security clearances "), picked up on it while chatting with friends.
' They call us the Greatest Generation.. ' he thought to himself.
( Steve and friends were chatting on the radio. )
deh_tommyThe show just wrapped up so I thought this could be a good place to talk about things. What did you think of the series? Was that good? Bad? A bit of both? Please feel free to talk amongst yourselves. Beware of spoilers!
