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Open Marriage Night posted:The Celestials are the best thing. Giant space gods make any story better.
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Feb 24, 2017 09:04
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Soonmot posted:"legal status: probably inapplicable" I like that there's so much hypothetical poo poo there, but they just flat out state "nah he's got like normal human speed". This dude's an immeasurably mysterious and powerful god-like alien being, but we're 100% certain a bronze medal sprinter could chump him in a foot race.
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Feb 24, 2017 09:37
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NorgLyle posted:One of my favorite Celestial things is still from the original Infinity War where Arishem and T.O.A.A. show up in the big 'Cosmic Powers vs Thanos' melee and throw a bunch of planets at him (ineffectually, of course). I always enjoyed that the Celestials were this almost Lovecraftian element to the Marvel universe -- which means that the way they've been used in most modern comics vaguely irritates me but not to the point where I write letters or angry ranting blog posts or anything. I just think repeatedly using them as Cosmic Worf is sort of a waste of a really cool element of the older Marvel stories. I totally agree, the less defined and understandably powerful they are they better.
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Feb 24, 2017 17:26
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Open Marriage Night posted:The Celestials are the best thing. Giant space gods make any story better. I wish people would stop killing them and other cosmic gods off.
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Feb 24, 2017 17:30
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NorgLyle posted:One of my favorite Celestial things is still from the original Infinity War where Arishem and T.O.A.A. show up in the big 'Cosmic Powers vs Thanos' melee and throw a bunch of planets at him (ineffectually, of course). I just grabbed my old comics while cleaning out of my parent's attic and re-read that part just a few days ago, it's really great:  Though it reminded me that Mistress Love and Sire Hate exist and those two seem like Z-listers even compared to Lord Order and Master Chaos. Also sad the Eternity vs Thanos fight happens offscreen.
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Feb 24, 2017 17:37
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Kalli posted:Though it reminded me that Mistress Love and Sire Hate exist and those two seem like Z-listers even compared to Lord Order and Master Chaos. Starlin can never even seem to remember whether it's Lord Order and Master Chaos or Master Order and Lord Chaos.  (Pretty sure it's the latter, but in the page below he uses the former formulation.)They get a really cool attack on Thanos, though: 
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Feb 24, 2017 20:31
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Day 15: Knickknack Current Occupation: Juggler, Mercenary I really hope he has a business card with exactly that on it.  
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Feb 24, 2017 20:44
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6'3, 154. And then they mention twice he's short and has issues with regular sized facilities?
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Feb 24, 2017 20:54
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"death-throws"
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Feb 24, 2017 20:56
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Aphrodite posted:6'3, 154. Maybe they meant 5' 3". 
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Feb 24, 2017 20:59
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Shaddak posted:Maybe they meant 5' 3". Looks like it, the online version has that. 5'3 is still not nearly short enough that you'd need to list it as a disability though.
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Feb 24, 2017 21:05
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154 at 6'3 while shaped like that would involve subdermal balloons or something.
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Feb 24, 2017 21:06
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All Nicholas Grossman wanted to do was ride a rollercoaster. Nicholas Grossman didn't give up on society, society gave up on him!
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Feb 24, 2017 21:07
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"Intelligence: Genius" Would love to hear the explanation behind that.
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Feb 24, 2017 22:02
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Soonmot posted:"legal status: probably inapplicable" That's just begging for a She-Hulk issue.
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Feb 24, 2017 23:09
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I always wanted the Death Throws (a team of juggling based supervillains!) to have a team of pro yo-yo'ers as their archenemies.
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Feb 24, 2017 23:53
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And he's too esoteric for the RPG as well as being a giant flyweight midget genius.
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Feb 25, 2017 00:58
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X-O posted:The Thumb Of DOOOOOOOOM I never knew that context before and it makes this sequence even better:  
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Feb 25, 2017 05:07
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Honestly, that Marvel hasn't made a coffee mug of Arshem's head is a real drat loss.
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Feb 25, 2017 07:03
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Ponsonby Britt posted:I never knew that context before and it makes this sequence even better: The one on the right had a pretty bitchin' Heroclix figure. Not as cool as Galactus, but cool. It'll be interesting to see what Ewing does with the new cosmic hierarchy.
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Feb 25, 2017 07:22
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Day 16: Air-Walker Air Walker was a former Nova Corps member turned Herald of Galactus turned Robot. Not the kind of upward mobility one hopes for in the cosmic hierarchy. Once on Earth he used a horn to contact Galactus and those stupid Earthers thought he was the actual Archangel Gabriel. Stupid Earthers.  
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Feb 25, 2017 20:44
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It happens in every one, but silly phrasing things like "Weight: Unrevealed" make me laugh every time. They're just waiting on the issue where Spidey tries to lift him and says "drat, he must be 826 pounds".
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Feb 25, 2017 20:54
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They could at least give us a ballpark estimate. Like "unliftable by normal humans, has been picked up by Spider-Man". Edit: I did not know Firelord had a real name. And of course it would have something to do with fire. Lobok fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Feb 25, 2017 |
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Feb 25, 2017 22:29
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Lobok posted:They could at least give us a ballpark estimate. Like "unliftable by normal humans, has been picked up by Spider-Man". Firelord and Air-Walker were partners in the Nova Corps prior to their time with Galactus.
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Feb 25, 2017 22:37
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Isn't that why spider-man was fighting Firelord that one time? Because the robot Air-Walker exploded near him and Firelord got mad? Or am I getting my Firelord fights confused.
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Feb 25, 2017 22:50
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Lurdiak posted:Isn't that why spider-man was fighting Firelord that one time? Because the robot Air-Walker exploded near him and Firelord got mad? Or am I getting my Firelord fights confused. Firelord got in a fight with some construction workers after causing trouble in a pizza joint and Spider-Man intervened.
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Feb 25, 2017 23:18
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Mean Silver Surfer really for shafted in the herald department. Everyone else gets an axe or a fire stick and can fly around in their own. Ol Norrin gets a surfboard he can't go anywhere without.
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Feb 26, 2017 00:54
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He can. The board just helps.
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Feb 26, 2017 01:03
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Re-reading the Firelord/Spider-Man issues and Spider-Man notices that without his stick Firelord's flying isn't as stable or balanced. So he's in the "he can fly, the stick just helps" camp as well. Also, Surfer got the best equipment out of all the heralds. An axe or fire staff are so boring. What is this, D&D? A silver cosmic surfboard on the other hand is creative genius.
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Feb 26, 2017 01:18
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a chrome surf board is way loving cooler than some dumb axe or fire stick
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Feb 26, 2017 01:19
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What if those things were also chromed?
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Feb 26, 2017 10:44
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Day 17: Fer-De-Lance Here's another one I'm lost on beyond what's on the sheet. I've read all those Captain America issues listed and I vaguely remember her design but I don't know much beyond that.  
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Feb 26, 2017 21:33
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ah, snake dudes. aka the "ran out of ideas for captain america" villains. i think cap might have spent more issues fighting snake dudes than he has nazis, and he has a bunch of nazis in his rogue's gallery.
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Feb 26, 2017 21:46
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The serpent society is such a poo poo idea for a villain group. "Oh, we have a bunch of boring snake themed villains because snake=evil is a really simple concept. They should team up and never ever go away." They don't even have shared goals or anything, they just all had the same uninspired idea for a costume/codename. It doesn't help that everyone gets them confused with the sons of the serpent, a more interesting yet equally overexposed villain group.
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Feb 26, 2017 22:21
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Under "Special skills and abilities" it says she speaks Spanish but she was born in Puerto Rico. Shouldn't her special skill be speaking English?
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Feb 26, 2017 23:03
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Lurdiak posted:The serpent society is such a poo poo idea for a villain group. "Oh, we have a bunch of boring snake themed villains because snake=evil is a really simple concept. They should team up and never ever go away." They don't even have shared goals or anything, they just all had the same uninspired idea for a costume/codename. Have to disagree. Them and the Wrecking Crew are always welcome jobbers when you need to make your hero look cool while setting up the main plot.
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Feb 26, 2017 23:39
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The Serpent Society's whole gimmick (as initially set up in Gruenwald's Cap) was that they were like, the original Franchise Supervillains For Hire. The original leader Sidewinder was like a midlevel executive for Roxxon who caught wind that there were criminal enterprises being undertaken and when they were looking to contract out people to fight Iron Man he was all 'I got this', hired a couple of snake-themed dudes, used shady Roxxon stuff to give other people powers (and imposed snake-themed codenames/costumes on all of them) and formed THE SERPENT SQUAD. The next time they showed up Sidewinder was in the middle of rebranding them as the Serpent Society and was going around giving sales pitches to people about how they'd get health benefits and collective bargaining agreements and really disrupt the supervillain for hire game. This was smack in the middle of the SCOURGE storyline where someone was murdering supervillains left and right, and also an early and important part of Gruenwald's like, ur-pitch for Captain America, that it was the 1980s and he has to stop fighting Nazis. So instead of everything being Hydra this and Unfrozen Nazi that, the Serpent Society were supposed to be like Modern Military Industrial Complex super villainy, which dovetailed directly into the whole "Captain America No More" / John Walker / The Captain / Red Skull abandons the principals of Nazism and takes extreme capitalism as his new avenue to power that ran through the first 5-6 years of GruCap. There was even a longrunning subplot where there were various internal disputes in the Serpent Society leading to Viper (good ol' fashioned Hydra LET'S DO SOME CRIME BECAUSE I HATE HUMANITY Viper) staged a hostile takeover and her first big plan as CEO was to poison the DC water supply so that everyone (including Ronald Reagan) get turned into mindless kill-crazy snakepeople. Surprisingly, a number of people in the Serpent Society decide this is a bad idea and end up helping 'the good guys' reverse this plan. All in all the Serpent Society were kind of a fun/different dynamic for supervillains in the 1980s. When Diamondback decided to quit and team up with Captain America, half the team was still pretty cool with her as an ex-co-worker, and they even agreed to run interference fighting crime so she and Cap could finally go on a date. Between them and Dwayne McDuffie's earnest attempts to make Thunderball, Sorta Anti-Hero Or At Least Criminal Who Would Just as Soon Not Beat Anyone Up, they forever ruined the traditional event We're All Bad Guys, Let's Team Up to Destroy Humanity concept. All of this said, I don't remember a single loving thing about Fer-de-Lance.
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Feb 27, 2017 00:16
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X-O posted:Day 17: Fer-De-Lance Really? Her handle-o-hair isn't a distinguishing feature? Because if I saw somebody walking around with a door knocker for a hairdo, I'd call that distinguishing.
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Feb 27, 2017 01:04
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Is it just me or does everyone's butts look... off?
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Keith Pollard was just taking his cues from the Def Comedy Jams of his day, in which it was posited that white folks don't have any asses.
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