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Synthbuttrange posted:Orb, Mysterio, Ruby Thursday, any other sphere headed people I'm missing?
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Synthbuttrange posted:Orb, Mysterio, Ruby Thursday, any other sphere headed people I'm missing? Aside from mysterio, I swear this is a thing that happened.
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Mar 11, 2017 04:25
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Orb and 8-Ball should team together with the entire story predicated on the ending where 8-Ball turns on him and strikes him right in in the head with the cue and delivers a really terrible pool pun.
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Mar 11, 2017 04:32
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Does he drop magic 8-ball lines constantly?
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Mar 11, 2017 04:48
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hup posted:Does he drop magic 8-ball lines constantly? Pool puns seem to be his thing.    
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Mar 11, 2017 05:06
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dude owns
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Mar 11, 2017 05:10
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Oh God, he has themed minions. Why do I like this fucker?
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Mar 11, 2017 05:25
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HitTheTargets posted:Oh God, he has themed minions. Why do I like this fucker? Because he's amazing?
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Mar 11, 2017 05:36
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Oh god, I pictured him whacking people with a pool cue like a club, but he actually lines up his shots to attack people. It...it's beautiful. I am a little disappointed with the hover rack though. I pictured their poolball helms all racked together and their bodies dangling down, and nothing could compare to that image.
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Mar 11, 2017 05:57
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:yeah, that sure is a sleepwalker villain. if he is still alive he should team up with the orb. Some Googling says he got blowed up in a Daughters of the Dragon mini, but hell, if Hobgoblin can franchise the Porcupine he can franchise 8-Ball. Synthbuttrange posted:Orb, Mysterio, Ruby Thursday, any other sphere headed people I'm missing? Summoned by the Ghost of Oliver Cromwell to incinerate the British Crown Jewels, they are... the Roundheads!
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Mar 11, 2017 06:17
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Royal Flush Gang has nothin' on those guys. Like they escaped a giant pool table in Murderworld.
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Mar 11, 2017 07:19
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X-O posted:Pool puns seem to be his thing. He is wonderful. I'm amazed no one's dug him out of mothballs.
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Mar 11, 2017 08:00
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hup posted:He is wonderful. I'm amazed no one's dug him out of mothballs. Someone inform Al Ewing, stat!
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Mar 11, 2017 10:02
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I enjoyed the random issues of Sleepwalker I picked up, it's a bizarre concept and a neat character design. But man, it's hard to come strong out of the gate when 8-Ball is your first villain. The crew of other "balls" is just plain awesome though
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Mar 11, 2017 17:29
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Tato posted:I enjoyed the random issues of Sleepwalker I picked up, it's a bizarre concept and a neat character design. But man, it's hard to come strong out of the gate when 8-Ball is your first villain. The crew of other "balls" is just plain awesome though Brings up a good question: who actually has good first non-origin villains? Iron Man fought an extra-terrestrial caveman. Thor fought extra-terrestrial rock men. Spider-Man's first villain is the Chameleon, I suppose. The X-Men fight Magneto right away, which is awesome. Or can nobody ever top Captain America punching Hitler.
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Mar 11, 2017 18:07
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Lobok posted:Brings up a good question: who actually has good first non-origin villains? Iron Man fought an extra-terrestrial caveman. Thor fought extra-terrestrial rock men. Spider-Man's first villain is the Chameleon, I suppose. Mole-Man.
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Mar 11, 2017 18:13
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I sort of enjoy that Loki didn't show up to menace Thor until his third appearance. His origin villains were (as mentioned above) the Stone Men from Saturn and his first non-origin villain was the Executioner: not Skurge the Executioner, but the Executioner, who was the dictator of a South American banana republic who was holding Donald Blake and Jane Foster prisoner.
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Mar 11, 2017 18:23
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I think after he was trapped the Silver Surfer started off fighting other heroes for stupid reason and Doom because Doom.
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Mar 11, 2017 18:31
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I was trying to think of more contemporary responses to this question and it suddenly occurred to me that as much as I like her book, Ms. Marvel has never really had a compelling villain? I kind of admire that a lot of the more YA-oriented Marvel titles right now sort of downplay hero vs. villain narrative structures, between Ms. Marvel, Squirrel Girl, Moon-Girl, or even (maybe less succesfully) the various Miles Morales Spidey books. I don't know if this is by design-- I mean, they certainly do get into fights-- or if it's just easier to create an interesting hero than an interesting villain. Uh, not to imply that Ryan North created Squirrel Girl. How Wonderful! fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Mar 11, 2017 |
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Mar 11, 2017 19:33
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goatface posted:I think after he was trapped the Silver Surfer started off fighting other heroes for stupid reason and Doom because Doom. I think his first villains in his own comic were the Badoon.
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Mar 11, 2017 19:35
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Wheat Loaf posted:I sort of enjoy that Loki didn't show up to menace Thor until his third appearance. His origin villains were (as mentioned above) the Stone Men from Saturn and his first non-origin villain was the Executioner: not Skurge the Executioner, but the Executioner, who was the dictator of a South American banana republic who was holding Donald Blake and Jane Foster prisoner. I'd say the Stone Men from Saturn are Thor's first villain(s). I used the term "non-origin" to try to differentiate from bad guys like Uncle Ben's murderer, but the Stone Men, while in Thor's first appearance, aren't really integral to Thor becoming Thor in the same way that Wong-Chu is to Iron Man.
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Mar 11, 2017 20:44
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“Clark, didn’t you used to say you were gonna be a big-time super hero when we grew up?” “That was a long time ago, Jimmy.” “No, come on, man. I remember you have super strength and flight and poo poo. Why didn’t you ever give it a whirl? You’re a natural.” “I don’t want to talk about it, Jimmy.” “Come on, Clark. It used to be all you’d talk about back in Smallville, how you were gonna fight for truth, justice and the American way and all that. Now you’re just a reporter for some dying rag. What happened to your dreams, man?” Clark sighs and puts down his beer. He glances around the bar to make sure no one is sitting close enough to hear, and he answers Jimmy in a voice just above a whisper. “I did it, OK. Just once. I put on these blue tights, and Ma made me a red cape, and I was a big time hero. I show up in New York ready to make my mark on the world, show ‘em all there’s a new hero in town, right? And I’d been there all of ten minutes when I hear a window smashing. I was all set to swoop in and save the day, beat up the bad guys, whatever. And then….” Jimmy leans in. “What? What happened?” “It was an 8 ball. Just some jack-rear end dressed up with an 8-ball on his head, and henchmen with pool balls for heads, and I just….” “Just what?” “I just flew away, Jimmy. The whole thing was just so stupid. I mean, this is my big break villain? A fuckin’ 8-ball? And I realized that I was just as stupid looking in my spandex, and I couldn’t do it. The whole hero-villian thing is just so absurd. Like watching your kids put on a play in second grade- everybody is clapping for you out of pity because you just embarrassed the hell out of yourself but you’re too proud to even notice. I just couldn’t be a part of that. I flew home, I burned the cape, and the very next morning enrolled in classes at Smallville Community College. Never once looked back.” Jimmy finished his beer, glancing over at the pool table where a couple of the regulars were racking up for another round. “Good call there, Clark,” he told his friend.
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Mar 12, 2017 00:26
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Mar 12, 2017 00:33
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Day 28: Micromax Nothing like using your powers to give yourself a full head of hair and then immediately putting a helmet on.  
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Mar 12, 2017 00:38
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I do not get that guy's costume. It really feels like it was meant for a different character. I referred back to this article to see if there was any insight into the colour scheme but it doesn't really help. And what is it about his powers or name or history or origin suggests that he should have that red line across his chest? Looks like a heartbeat. Like it honestly makes me think it's a weird Daredevil costume where he tries to give it away that he's blind, especially with that faceplate. I can't see but I can hear your heart! Is that line supposed to reference sound because his alter ego is a (lol) DJ?
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Mar 12, 2017 01:13
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it is a small m followed by a larger m.
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Mar 12, 2017 02:07
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Ah, good call. Wonder why they didn't do something like an M within a larger M.
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Mar 12, 2017 02:16
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I think the only comic, hell maybe the only panel, I've read about Micromax was a random issue of Excalibur that amounted to "meanwhile, Micromax is still in a coma."
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Mar 12, 2017 03:57
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So he...embiggens his hair, I guess? Does anyone have a picture of him transforming? Because I am dying to see it.
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Mar 12, 2017 04:27
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hup posted:So he...embiggens his hair, I guess? Does anyone have a picture of him transforming? Because I am dying to see it. Imagine when Goku goes SSJ3 but with a little less screaming.
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Mar 12, 2017 04:35
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At least we get a nice Alan Davis panel in this one.
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Mar 12, 2017 05:26
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"No, really! I'm not bald, I'm just taller than my hair! Watch, I'll prove it!"
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Mar 12, 2017 09:56
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Dr Christmas posted:I am a little disappointed with the hover rack though. I pictured their poolball helms all racked together and their bodies dangling down, and nothing could compare to that image. That is literally the exact mental image I had upon reading the phrase Hover Rack and I share your disappointment. If bringing that concept into canon isn't a good reason to bring him back then I don't know what is. I genuinely love ridiculously stupid villain gimmicks. Like even A-list villains can be goofy as hell but they don't hold a candle to someone like the 8-Ball guy.
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Mar 13, 2017 13:42
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it's not a bad gimmick, either. if he is so superhumanly skilled at pool that he can use it to throw cars around then he is at least better than hawkeye.
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Mar 13, 2017 13:45
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Apparently he teamed up with one of the Hobgoblins but never fought Spider-man. He really does feel like the kind of joke villain Spidey would be webbing up in the intro to a comic where he fights one of his regular rogues gallery. I read all of 8-Ball's lines in this upper-class English voice because I feel he'd be so committed to the bit that he'd double-dip on the "English" pun.
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Mar 13, 2017 14:00
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:it's not a bad gimmick, either. if he is so superhumanly skilled at pool that he can use it to throw cars around then he is at least better than hawkeye. It's not skill, it's his cue. The Handbook entry says that the tech in his cue magnifies any force applied to it more than a thousandfold and transfers it to whatever it strikes.
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Mar 13, 2017 14:13
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Pure magnified force isn't putting that car perfectly through the window.
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Mar 13, 2017 14:20
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Ah well, yes, he does have skill. I just didn't want gimme the GOD drat candy to grow up reading 8-Ball issues and think "one day I too am going to know the right spot on a car to strike to launch it in the air!"
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Mar 13, 2017 14:25
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Lobok posted:Ah well, yes, he does have skill. I just didn't want gimme the GOD drat candy to grow up reading 8-Ball issues and think "one day I too am going to know the right spot on a car to strike to launch it in the air!" Children everywhere grow up dreaming of one day being as cool as a throwaway Sleepwalker villain.
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Day 29: Thunderstrike The greatest of all superheroes maybe? Eric Masterson is obviously the best Thor ever that wasn't a frog or alien horse looking dude. I'm sure there's no argument on that. The only thing that would have made Thunderstrike better was if he had the little mask like he did when was Thor. The same one Jane has now.  
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