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Dr. Doom saying fear is for lesser men is a great bit of dialog and characterization. Easily one of my favorite characters when written with complexity than cartoon villain.
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Solomonic posted:In the absence of context I like to think "Stand aside, Gretchen" was Doom being incredibly immature and addressing Shroud. I assume Doom was out on a date with Gretchen, and the Shroud just showed up to crash it.
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Jun 18, 2013 20:13
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That is a point. Is it established what Doom's views on Magneto are? That panel seems to imply some respect.
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Jun 18, 2013 23:09
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Ghost Who Walks posted:That is a point. Is it established what Doom's views on Magneto are? That panel seems to imply some respect. I know he nearly crushed this little orphaned kid he viewed as a protege for suggesting Magneto was his equal once. DOOM HAS NO EQUAL!
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Jun 18, 2013 23:20
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Lurdiak posted:I know he nearly crushed this little orphaned kid he viewed as a protege for suggesting Magneto was his equal once. He has a soft spot for Namor though. Or a possible dude crush:    (Sub-Mariner v1 #49) Personally I think they're cute together. DarkCrawler fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Jun 18, 2013 |
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Jun 18, 2013 23:34
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DarkCrawler posted:He has a soft spot for Namor though. Or a possible dude crush: Who was the writer on this?
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Jun 18, 2013 23:50
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Who was the writer on this? Gerry Conway
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Jun 19, 2013 00:15
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I remember when all the mystery around "Joseph" was happening, letter writers kept saying,"Please don't make him a clone, we don't want another Spider-Man clone-saga!" and Marvel's response was always,"Don't worry, he's not a clone!" Then when the reveal finally came, it turns out he's a clone, and Joseph says,"So I'm a clone?" and whoever it was who cloned him says to the clone,"Nah, that's simplifying it, you're actually much more complicated than that really just don't ask me to explain how." Metal Loaf posted:I assume Doom was out on a date with Gretchen, and the Shroud just showed up to crash it. Sadly from what I read, it seems Doom was a bit pissed off at the fact that Latverians now feared him instead of loving him, so decides to teach them a lesson by randomly kicking in some peasant's door (the peasants are upset but not surprised, it seems Doom does this fairly frequently) and declaring he's come to screw the guy's daughter as is his right as Monarch. I assume that doesn't happen in the end, but I guess the writers liked to remind us all every so often that Doom is supposed to be a bad guy and bad guys do stuff like that, right?
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Jun 19, 2013 00:25
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No clue on the source, but holy poo poo:
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Jun 19, 2013 00:27
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I know this is a little late to the Taskmaster party but this is a page from Initiative #13, one of my favorite comics ever.  I'm also tempted to post the last two pages of the comic but I'm torn as to whether they'd go in this thread or the Touching Moments thread.
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Jun 19, 2013 00:33
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Majuju posted:Doctor Doom is my favourite character. These two pages were one of my first posts on SA, but for posterity: One of my favorite Doom moments isn't actually a Doom moment. There's a scene in DOOM 2099 where he shotguns a guard while simultaneously apologizing for having to kill him in such a crude, non-Doom fashion as his armor is currently damaged.
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Jun 19, 2013 00:39
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thatinfernalpigeon posted:I know this is a little late to the Taskmaster party but this is a page from Initiative #13, one of my favorite comics ever. Kid's got a point. 
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Jun 19, 2013 01:06
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FredMSloniker posted:Kid's got a point. Well, he can point out the flaw in your execution and what you need to do differently. "I'm going to shoot an arrow like Hawkeye, now I'm going to shoot an arrow like you, can you see the difference?"
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Jun 19, 2013 01:12
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Dude has decades of teaching experience. He probably got them from watching and rewatching Coach Carter or something, but that's not the point.
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Jun 19, 2013 01:17
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thatinfernalpigeon posted:I know this is a little late to the Taskmaster party but this is a page from Initiative #13, one of my favorite comics ever. Hey is one of the trainees one of the guys who found the old Spider-Man costumes from back when Spider-Man started being four different super-heroes at a time to avoid the baggage of being Spider-Man? I can't believe I just wrote that sentence.
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Jun 19, 2013 01:54
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He's been teaching AIM and HYDRA goons how to fight for years! Of course, none of those guys are actually any good... Man, maybe that's Taskmaster's whole racket, selling his training schemes on his reputation while actually having no idea how to impart those skills into others, like some dodgy supervillainous pyramid scheme.
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Jun 19, 2013 01:55
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Jerusalem posted:Hey is one of the trainees one of the guys who found the old Spider-Man costumes from back when Spider-Man started being four different super-heroes at a time to avoid the baggage of being Spider-Man? Yes, but if you like that character, don't go thinking it's worth reading Avengers: The Initiative just because he's in it.
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Jun 19, 2013 02:05
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WordMercenary posted:He's been teaching AIM and HYDRA goons how to fight for years! Of course, none of those guys are actually any good... That makes a lot of sense and fits with the Marvelverse.
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Jun 19, 2013 02:17
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WordMercenary posted:He's been teaching AIM and HYDRA goons how to fight for years! Of course, none of those guys are actually any good... I prefer to imagine just how terrible those goons would be if they didn't get Taskmaster's training.
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Jun 19, 2013 02:29
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thatinfernalpigeon posted:I'm also tempted to post the last two pages of the comic but I'm torn as to whether they'd go in this thread or the Touching Moments thread. You started it here, finish it here.
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Jun 19, 2013 02:36
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Metal Loaf posted:I assume Doom was out on a date with Gretchen, and the Shroud just showed up to crash it. Nope, it's canon now that Doom was referring to the Shroud as "Gretchen". Also canon is that Doom will be portrayed by John C McGinley in all comics, it's why he cares so little for Hugh Jackman.
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Jun 19, 2013 04:38
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Fat Cobra can't remember his past because of all the partying, so he got a biography written. He gets to the part where he begins winning all his battles. I think someone posted the eating contest recently, but I liked the entire sequence.    Immortal Weapons #1
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Jun 19, 2013 06:20
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Double Post! Fat Cobra is skilled at fighting...   ...and loving. Immortal Weapons #1
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Jun 19, 2013 06:31
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Bongo Bill posted:And here's how it began: Twelve words and we know:
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Jun 19, 2013 09:00
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Lurdiak posted:Yes, but if you like that character, don't go thinking it's worth reading Avengers: The Initiative just because he's in it. No, but his scene in Civil War definitely was worth the price of admission. Basically getting publicly smashed and calling Stark out on the hypocrisy of fighting Captain America when concepts like Justice and Liberty are on the line, but mostly about being pissed off about either registering, having his civilian ID publicly known, thus defeating the whole purpose of a secret identity in the first place. I was hoping to see "I'm With Prodigy" T shirts appear on characters after that. Lars Blitzer fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Jun 19, 2013 |
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Jun 19, 2013 09:22
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Mr. Maltose posted:Dude has decades of teaching experience. He probably got them from watching and rewatching Coach Carter or something, but that's not the point. And now I read all of Dr. Doom's dialogue in the voice of Craig T. Nelson. Thanks Maltose.
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Jun 19, 2013 09:29
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Mimir posted:Twelve words and we know: Is this before of after he wears Hulk sweaters?
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Jun 19, 2013 12:27
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Gatts posted:Dr. Doom saying fear is for lesser men is a great bit of dialog and characterization. Easily one of my favorite characters when written with complexity than cartoon villain. Doom is great because he is the platonic cartoon villain. Embrace it. E the Shaggy posted:No clue on the source, but holy poo poo: That's the Star Jaws issues of Spidey Super Stories.  And have some bonus Spidey Super Stories from issue 56. 
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Jun 19, 2013 13:02
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Lurdiak posted:Yes, but if you like that character, don't go thinking it's worth reading Avengers: The Initiative just because he's in it. Oh come on just because....  Oh. There's some solid Taskmaster explains it all though:  E: Initiative #35 and #31 respectively, whoops. Kalli fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Jun 19, 2013 |
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Jun 19, 2013 14:36
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That's some good villain writing. No "take over the world" stuff.
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Jun 19, 2013 18:18
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Gatts posted:Dr. Doom saying fear is for lesser men is a great bit of dialog and characterization. Easily one of my favorite characters when written with complexity than cartoon villain. If you like that, you absolutely must read the Dr. Doom/Dr. Strange crossover "Triumph and Torment". It's easily the best Doom characterization ever made. It also has the original line that that panel is riffing on: "Pain? Pain is like love... like compassion! It is a thing only for lesser men. What is pain to Doom?"
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Jun 19, 2013 19:36
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I remember seeing this guy's stuff on here before. http://www.deviantart.com/art/Little-Ironman-379015900
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Jun 19, 2013 19:53
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As long as we're still on Taskmaster. Agent X #6 
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Jun 19, 2013 20:31
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please, post more taskmaster. I don't think we can get enough taskmaster in here.
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Jun 19, 2013 21:28
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Glad you asked the question of what makes Taskmaster qualified to teach people. That was alreayd addressed by the late, Great Mark Gruenwald in Captain America #334, when USA Agent AKA Johnny Walker AKA Jack Daniels was being taught to replace Steve Rogers.   So yeah his skills can be used to teach people. Now, speaking of Mark Gruenwald's Cap run, let's get onto some more of the funny parts. A lot has been spoken about the infamous Cap-Wolf storyline. And yeah, it's fairly 90's. And Bizarre. Basically Dr. Druid and Captain America go to a town full of Werewolves and fight a guy called Moonhunter. And Star Wolf. And a mind controlled Wolverine. Then Cable and Shatterstar show up, because Feral from X-Force was there. Also the art was....bad. How bad? This bad.  Oh well, here let's have a picture of Cap threatening Crossbones. It should be noted what sounds like a ridiculous threat, given who it's coming from and all the Skeleton themed villains he has fought, has some weight.  From Captain America #410. That's enough for now. Next issue: The Red Skull shows that he was into BDSM way before it became main stream. 50 Shades of Red Skull.)
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More Taskmaster you say? Daken: Dark Wolverine #12  And later...  If you like Taskmaster, DO NOT read Deadpool MAX.
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Jun 19, 2013 22:35
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This is the third-weirdest Zardoz spinoff I've ever seen!
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Jun 19, 2013 23:12
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Mister Roboto posted:That's some good villain writing. No "take over the world" stuff. After that he goes and hangs out with Osborn, almost dies, almost gets murdered afterwards by Osborn again, and takes entirely the wrong message from that: Initiative #32 
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