Alacron posted:

Does anyone know when that was published? I like it a lot but I also can't help but feel like it boils down to "What if Rocky but superheroes?"

Calaveron posted:

They don’t make comics like they used to

Also if memory serves the Dial M for Monkey Dexter's Lab spin-off had a parody of this that pretty much went exactly the same as this

ManiacClown posted:

It was indeed an homage to this (Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7). They even gave Tom Defalco a writing credit for the episode. Rasslor's speech to Monkey as he spares Earth mirrors Champion's exactly.

Onmi posted:

That is an incredibly bigoted, american-centric and narrow minded statement

Calaveron posted:

They don’t make comics like they used to


Also if memory serves the Dial M for Monkey Dexter's Lab spin-off had a parody of this that pretty much went exactly the same as this

Infinitum posted:

Also John Cena

purple death ray posted:

Alive, not racist, or a good wrestler, you can only pick 2.

Except for the Rock obviously.

site posted:

The rock is a Republican and has said some homophobic and transphobic poo poo on insta in the past sorry

site posted:

Last time I saw he was tayking about some men in dresses poo poo while he was filming jumanji or rampage or one of those and that's when I gave up and unfollowed

So, much more recently than the 90s

Skwirl posted:

That sucks then.

John Cena is still untainted isn't he?

site posted:

The rock is a Republican and has said some homophobic and transphobic poo poo on insta in the past sorry

Rhyno posted:

You mean other than willingly working for Vince McMahon?

Rhyno posted:

You mean other than willingly working for Vince McMahon?

Rhyno posted:

You mean other than willingly working for Vince McMahon?

Push El Burrito posted:

Sami Zayn was kept out of the Saudi Arabia show because he has a foundation to help victims of the Syrian war. Much like most businesses, the owner is a poo poo bird but the employees aren't always.

Cabbit posted:

And then Sami showed up on Raw a few weeks later to be part of a real lovely segment where he paraded around dudes in dresses and passed them off as another wrestler's sisters. The dude is probably a shitbird as well.

Tin Can Hit Man posted:

I dunno if kink-shaming a dude who could literally fold you like a pretzel is very healthy.

Samuringa posted:

The entirety of Matt Fraction's FF is a good heartwarming piece not only on fatherhood but on diverse kinds of families coming together and loving each other.

Samuringa posted:

(The Punisher but I don't remember which issue and googling only brings me garbage edgy images)

Endless Mike posted:

That's from one of the last Punisher's Armory books.

Can you imagine 2018 Marvel publishing a comic about gun fetishization?

TwoPair posted:

Honestly, probably yeah. I mean, problematic as he is, Marvel still publishes Punisher comics and makes him movies and TV shows. And no matter how you try and paint him as a guy who's seriously hosed in the head, they always have him kill worse people. And even if they don't go into specific detail about the guns, Punisher is basically all about weapons fetishization.

Toshimo posted:

Samuringa posted:

I think it's Father's Day in some countries, might as well be topical

The entirety of Matt Fraction's FF is a good heartwarming piece not only on fatherhood but on diverse kinds of families coming together and loving each other.

Gavok posted:

Kingdom Come had a lot of cool subtle touches in it, but this is my favorite. One of the characters is Ibn al Xu'ffasch, who is identified as the inheritor of Ra's Al Ghul's empire. He is Damian Wayne years before Morrison would coin the name. While the translation of his name ("Son of the Bat"), the comic's sequel and all the supplements of the story spell out who he is, I don't believe it's ever stated in Kingdom Come itself that he's Bruce's kid. There's even speculation due to his background appearances in some panels that he's Bruce's mole into Luthor's group of villains.

Anyway, Kingdom Come #4 ends with Batman turning Wayne Manor into a hospital to care for those affected by a nuclear bomb. All those in Luthor's group are forced to work for him and have to wear special collars to keep them in check (except Damian, supporting the mole argument). I cropped out the page to show a really subtle moment between Bruce and Damian.



Awww...

Speaking of Batman and Damian, this is from Batman and Robin #16. Bruce has just come back from being "dead" and sees that Damian -- who could have gone either way -- is Robin. After the two of them and Dick fight some bad guys, we get this.



The line, "You made the right choices. I'm proud of you," is nice on its own, but it's the two panels before that sell it. Bruce realizes that while Damian was in his shoes in losing his father and becoming inspired to become something better for it, he also recognizes that Damian is living Bruce's dream of having his father come back to him. He doesn't just tell him this because he means it, but because it's also exactly what he would want to hear from his own father in the same situation.

Mike From Nowhere posted:

I'm not the world's biggest fan of Geoff Johns, but I have to admit: this might be the best thing he's ever written.

TwoPair posted:

Secret Warriors #10 diverts completely from the book's normal story of following Fury and - well, the Secret Warriors - to tell Phobos's backstory. To make a long story short, he was tricked into killing Ares, and that's kind of how he got his god powers. But after Ares resurrects (as gods are wont to do), they just spend time as father and son:





The rest of the issue deals with Ares taking Phobos to a big inter-pantheon meeting to decide whether he gets to be a full-fledged god or whether they're going to off him. They let him pass, and Phobos goes back to working for Fury, which by the way, Ares hates (which is fine since Phobos doesn't like Ares working for the Dark Avengers). But eventually, Ares dies during Siege, and soon after, Phobos is killed by the Gorgon while the rest of the Warriors escape the crumbling mountain base of HYDRA. The whole thing closes with this sweet scene:






_{These are from Secret Warriors #22}

That little scene just makes me tear up after Ares was such a hardass in pretty much every other scene he was featured in.

site posted:

One thing i wished the current punisher run would actually talk about (in case youre not reading it frank is running around in rhodeys war machine armor) is that the marvel universe had a power armored death machine running around killing people for the government and everyone thinks of that guy as a hero

But frank puts it on and whoa

Skwirl posted:

War Machine mostly killed foreigners.

Rhyno posted:

When exactly did they shift Rhodey into a killer? Because in his original series he kills a dude and it like, ruins him for the remainder of the regular run until he gets the alen armor that he had for all of 5 issues.

Knives Amilli posted:

There was a short-lived War Machine series that took place right after Secret Invasion that had Rhodey killing the living gently caress outta some mooks.

site posted:

One thing i wished the current punisher run would actually talk about (in case youre not reading it frank is running around in rhodeys war machine armor) is that the marvel universe had a power armored death machine running around killing people for the government and everyone thinks of that guy as a hero

But frank puts it on and whoa

Lurdiak posted:

A Punisher book talking poo poo about soldiers is even less likely than a Punisher book saying guns suck rear end.