Well looks like the only person with an opinion wanted to burn through all of Power Man today. Let's get started, you mad fool!
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>>83330382
WOO!
And the Legacy capcha is numbers instead of that unreadable nonsense from last night, so we can probably manage this one!
>>83330440
WOO TO YOU AS WELL!
How jaded do you have to be to see a 300 pound dude jump through your train wall, and think it's a show? Especially when you're in Marvel New York, Superfreak Capital of the world.
>>83330473
I have to say, I'm not a big fan of Wolfman's Marvel work except Dracula. When he wrote superheroes it always seemed like he'd rather be writing something else.
I still think the same thing is true with Teen Titans but that was his series so he could steer it in the direction of stuff he cared about (horror, mystery, fetishism).
>>83330563
I forgot to make the joke last night, but did he ever write for Werewolf by Night or another werewolf book? Or was he expressly forbidden from writing those, because the puns would be obnixious?
I won't lie to you, if I had Chemistro powers, I'd spend my first few days doing pranks like last panel.
>>83330605
Sonofagun, he did write several issues of Werewolf by Night.
I recall he's made jokes about how the Comics Code didn't want him to use his own name.
>>83330650
Fucking hell, I was joking. Only reason I mentioned that one is because I've got the Omni a few feet from me. Did they really think that was an alias?
>>83330563
I kinda liked his Daredevil, but that might just be because I was comparing it to the other Pre-Miller Daredevil I read.
>>83330684
Comics.org says Marv Wolfman wrote issues 11-15 of Werewolf By Night.
I didn't check who replaced him but I'm guessing it was Dick Wolf.
Apparently Luke somehow mastered boomerangs.
>>83330744
Well, he did create Bullseye.
I think Wolfman is one of the secret fathers of the whole "grim and gritty" school of superhero comics. He really seemed to like to add as much murder as he could.
>>83330798
His Nova wasn't that gritty. I probably should finish that, now that I think about it.
>"Luke Cage, I'm IRS."
This time, the soda machine works perfectly fine.. it just gives him the exact wrong thing.
Wait, this is Marvel. I should've said "Mr, I AM the IRS. That's Gyrich's catchphrase, right?"
>Luke Cage vs knights
What the shit...
>My business is crime! Total domination of crime in this city!
You just don't GET lines like this anymore.
>>83331038
They must take their Renaissance Fairs seriously in New York.
>>83331258
But not seriously enough to use period-accurate spears, instead of filling them with Kirby dots.
>>83331183
I don't think you'd have criminal called Big Brother either.
>>83331373
It 's probably one of those "Brotherhood of Evil Mutants" dealies.
Oh, and they also shoot lasers.
>>83331321
>the bad guy's lackey is literally a human Cheshire Cat
Holy shit, bring this guy back.
>>83331541
>This Ionic Axe can chop through anything!
The Persuader has a brother?
For you in the cheap seats.
>>83331292
>the Baron and his knights are just another New York gang
Can you imagine a Marvel version of the Warriors?
>>83331912
Now I am, and I'm sad we don't have such a thing.
>>83332618
Thanks for the bump.
>>83332328
This seems handy.
Sadly, this guy never meets the team of Rulk.
>>83332846
Did this guy ever come back? Because that is a pretty inconclusive death for comics.
>>83333152
Man, good reaction image.
>>83333204
Not in Luke's books.
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>>83333261
My god, this guy is a paint-by-numbers superhero.
>>83333440
And this guy is a paint-by-numbers supervillain
>>83333278
Luke can make boomerangs and appreciates graphic design? We're seeing all kinds of sides to him tonight.
Hey, a man's gotta have his hobbies.
This entire fight is basically STR vs. DEX
I forget, can Quicksilver vibrate shit like Flash and Speed can? Speed can, at the very least, make shit explode like Wally.
>>83333644
You mean like, go intangible? Because I'm pretty sure he can't.
>>83333753
I just asked if he had any reason to get out of that.
dun dun dun!
>>83333939
>Not Power Man and Flash-Cyclops! How could you betray us?
Did the Silver Age Daredevil storytime ever get this far?
>>83334017
>Well he's a filthy Meta-Mutie, sarge! Of course he's betray us!
>Look, it's Thunderbolt, and some black guy in a tacky shirt!
>>83334033
I don't think so, I think he gave up pretty early. This is what, the Conway run?
>>83334063
You know, at first I figured they deliberately made Thunderbolt as a generic a superhero as possible as some kind of foil to Luke, but I guess they were being sincere about it.
>>83334188
I don't know, I've never read pre-Miller Daredevil, mostly because there's so much other comics I haven't read.
>>83334228
I'm assuming by this point Luke's sales were down, so they tried pairing him up with another hero.
Jesus, and I thought that last page was weird. This? Dude has his room set to turn into a rocket and launch!
>>83334239
It's mostly interesting as a curiosity, aside from the odd issue here or there that stands out.
>>83334299
>They'll never catch me in my rocket-lightbulb!
>>83334464
Aren't most Silver Age comics?
>>83334500
And they didn't.
>The Death of Luke Cage!
>>83334527
Nah, there are Silver Age comics I unironically like. It's just in cases like Daredevil where a lot of the time you're going "What the fuck were they thinking?" Like Mike Murdock.
>And a new beginning for Power Man
Wow, that basically spoils the header, doesn't it?
>>83334610
Hey, all Mace needs to do is show up about four more times and he can win the title of Luke Cage's Archnemesis from the soda machine!
>>83334630
Say what you will about Mike Murdock, they committed to that shit. It stuck around for a while.
>>83334682
Not all arch enemies are based on longevity. Consider how Norman Osborn is considered Peter's, despite not being around for almost two decades.
Mace may still be around now (or may not, I forget if he actually died in Mighty Avengers), but that Soda Machine is the greatest menace to the Hero for Hire.
>>83330910
Seriously, fuck Netflix Cage if there isn't an evil soda machine, even if that kind of machine barely exists now.
I want you to look at that fourth panel, and remember that it's a plot point, mentioned many times, that Luke Cage weighs 300 pounds. Say what you will about other Speedsters, but I don't think even the Flash, at his most bullshit, could run at top speed while still carrying 300 pounds of weight on his back.
>>83330996
Have to say, that was not what I was expecting.
>Luke is having enough of the IRS's shit
>>83334790
Luke lives and works out of an old movie studio. They could just BS that they never upgraded to the new touch screen ones because the owner likes the retro feel.
Wait, did soda machines like this ever actually exist? I never saw one that had cups inside.
Man, Luke's face is weird-looking in those middle panels.
Oh god, and now this entire page
>>83334913
They used to.
>>83334913
It's weirdly among my favorite superhero lairs in all of Marvel. Old movie theaters are cozy to me.
>>83334953
The inking is really heavy. I think you were right, that tiara really did give him a CHA bonus.
>>83335033
Why don't superheroes have lairs anymore? Shit, does anybody besides Batman have one?
>>83334913
I really miss this kind of inner struggle for Luke Cage as a character. He feels so flat and empty in all of his modern stories. This Power Man feels so set apart from the rest of the world, which makes him feel more like a unique individual.
>>83331450
Shoulda just gotten a lift from Val and Aragorn if he was gonna brink the Defenders into it.
>>83335083
I should make joking bets, then, because I always seem to be right when I'm joking.
>>83335089
Blowing up the heroes hideout became too popular of a story telling device after Born Again and Under Siege came out in the same year and made it the standard for what a heroes definitive story is.
>>83335104
We're going through all of it, so let's try to see where that went wrong. I notice though that he seemed to get noticeably happier in the Power Man & Iron Fist retitle. Danny is too, a bit.
>>83335033
I just like the whole "they show a lot of spaghetti westerns and the walls are thin, so you constantly hear gunshots" angle. And you know, living above a movie theater is a little strange, but still down-to-earth, which suits Luke.
>Luke can recite entire scenes of dialogue from Shane from memory, and yet he's never seen it
>>83335180
That was when he got his name cleared. And it's always good to have friends.
>>83335150
Another thing I notice, especially since I only got into comics with The Avengers. When was the last time a Marvel Team had a plane? The X-Men had the Blackbird, Avengers had a Quinjet. Now? I can't remember the last time they used either.
>>83335119
He probably can't fit on Valkarie's flying horse.
>>83335242
I...haven't really read a lot of recent Marvel comics to tell the truth. Although I think air travel gets in the way of endless fight scenes, which seem to be in vogue these days.
>>83335287
Now the teams just have teleporters.
Actually, I think I know the last time the Avengers had a plane. It was in Bendis's New Avengers. It's that image that gets edited to be an "It's Always Sunny" reference.
>>83335242
I miss when Marvel used to always put those elaborate cut out diagrams of all the heroes secret bases and gadgetry. They used to do so much world building.
>TRAITOR!
>>83335322
New Avengers have a landing strip and air field shit
>>83335381
Man, people joke about it, but Ewing really is the hero we deserve.
>>83335205
Does the old Gem theater even get mentioned anymore in Luke Cage stories?
>>83335420
The last Luke Cage story was in Ewing's Mighty Avengers, and there, I think they literally bought the Gem Theatre and used it as their base.
So he smacks a motherfucker when they make fun of him? Shit, I need to check my Spider-Man by Roger Sterns Omni, because I remember this guy fighting Spider-Man and all he DOES is mock people.
And that guy is fucking dead.
>>83335529
I'd be a Gideon Mace henchman. They look like they have camaraderie
>>83335600
I mean, if you can't get into AIM...
Come on Luke, you're supposed to be smarter tan this!
>"He's not a killer, he's a hero!"
Man, she doesn't even bother to read the papers, does she?
>>83335619
Mace is trying to take over America Starship Troopers style and create a world of veteran leaders and citizen soldiers. That's cooler than wearing a beekeeper outfit and getting yelled at by MODOK
>>83335704
Man, nobody read the papers.
I love how she never even bothered to check the official report in all this time. It'd be one thing if she ran into someone who actually met him.
>>83335872
Fuck newspapers, she didn't even bother to ask the military how he died!
>>83335842
That's old AIM. I'm not even talking about New Avengers AIM which isn't even evil, but when they got their own country they seemed to have benefits.
>>83335842
True, but it's kind of a sausage fest aside from Burgundy. AIM is equal opportunity, in contrast.
Three more issues for the night! Let's finish up our Power Man!
>>83334913
>Wait, did soda machines like this ever actually exist? I never saw one that had cups inside.
Oh, yeah. They were just like this coffeee one.
There used to be one at my town's community complex, but I'm pretty sure it got replaced with a bottle based job.
>>83336107
>Dammit, at least getting blown up is cool!
>>83336145
I've actually used one of those coffee vending machines.
>>83336212
How long ago? I've literally never seen vending machines like this in my life.
>>83331912
Fuck, that'd have to be a version of the Wolfpack, wouldn't it?
I don't know what's crazier. That guy who stole a nuke piece by piece, or these guys just STEALING a super-nuke right out from under the military.
>>83336235
Few years ago. It was in a train station, IIRC. It actually worked fine for me, but I can see how it easily go wrong.
>>83335150
>made it the standard for what a heroes definitive story is.
When did the X-Men first blow up the Mansion? Fall of the Mutants?
>>83336304
Here's hoping Marvel goes through the legwork and actually gets one of those.
>>83336336
Yeah, I think so.
>>83335242
I think they crashed a Quinjet or two in Standoff.
But honestly that's what Quinjets are for now.
They've turned them into the joke that always crash.
Cyclops may be the only Marvel character capable of landing a plane.
>>83335372
>They used to do so much world building.
World building and character building were sacrificed to the alter of decompression and 'cinematography'
>>83336241
Yeah, they'd be the heroes. Although I think the real fun is trying to think of how many Marvel bad guy groups would count as gangs. The Wrecking Crew? The Circus of Crime?
>>83336378
I vaguely remember Spider-Man making a joke about that when they went to the Savage Land.
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>>83335446
Didn't he buy it before the 90s Heroes for Hire?
I feel like Danny trying to get him to join the team was countered by Cage going "nah, own theater now"
>>83336425
No, I vaguely remember it was countered by "No, don't wanna." We're gonna get to that eventually though.
>>83336378
>the real reason everyone hates Cyclops is that they're jealous of his flying skills
>>83336212
Yeah, so did I, mostly for hot chocolate, tho.
>>83336235
For me, the 90s? Maybe early 00s?
Thing was definitely at least from the 80s, though.
>>83336401
Let's not forget that with writers expecting to be on a book for maybe a dozen issues or so before moving on, there's really no reason for them to build a setting they won't get to explore or set up plots they'll never follow up on.
>>83336406
Well, obviously the Morlocks and/or Gene Nation.
Two issues left!
>>83336503
I don't know. Cage here has worked out pretty well despite having a steady rotation of writers after the initial Archie Goodwin issues.
>>83336567
Although his rogue's gallery is a joke.
>>83332070
>Black man fails to hail cab in New York
>This is abnormal
STAND UP COMEDIANS HAVE LIED TO ME.
/k/ is somehow triggered, and they have no idea why
>>83336595
Unlike DC, most Marvel heroes don't have many good villains, and I say this as a Marvel fan.
Old woman and her cat in a burning room. This bodes poorly.
>>83336595
Well, their survival rate is at least.
Some of them had some recurrence potential, like Diamondback or Wildfire.
Heck, after reading that Wildfire issue, I'd be shocked if Nick Spencer doesn't drag him out of limbo to be another right wing strawman villain like he seems found of using.
>>83336776
That assumed he knows who he is.
>>83332654
Going back to the Defenders thing: Couldn't Nighthawk get him some forged documents or something?
>>83336859
As someone who hasn't read Defenders, wouldn't he look poorly at doing that just to get out of taxes?
No, I have no intention of storytiming THAT issue, since I don't believe it's relevant to Luke and Danny.
LAST ISSUE OF THE NIGHT, ANONS!
>>83336776
Yeah, most Marvel villains are lacking a means within their setting for keeping their villains alive and reoccurring like Arkham Asylum. Doctor Strange does alright in this regard with having his villains trapped in other dimensions or what have you, but most of the other don't have any consistent prison esque complex
And we're back to Chris Claremont, and we've even even got George Tuska back on art!
>>83336966
EMH had, what, four prisons? And Peter Parker is designing one in Amazing Spider-Man?
This Mace story was fun
>>83337030
There's a reason he's one of Luke's bigger villains.
>>83337021
Yeah, EMH did a great job in that regard. Hank Pyms Big House was my favorite. That's such a psychopath thing to do, shrinking people down and locking them in a doll house, and Hank doesn't even see it
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>>83337076
I vaguely remember that being a thing in Slott's She-Hulk.
So is this guy new here?
These solo Power Man stories are a lot better than I thought they'd be honestly. I never read any of his stories that weren't with Iron Fist before.
>>83337154
First appeared in Hulk.
>>83337021
Most of the EMH ones were right out of the comics.
The Vault was for a long time the main super villain prison.
The Cube is from Morrison's Marvel Boy.
The Raft is a Bendis creation circa New Avengers.
42 is clearly from Civil War.
I think the Big House was something from Geoff Johns' run on the Avengers.
Rikers Island is also meant to have super villain holding capabilities.
>>83337272
Personally I like Danny's early solo stuff earlier, but that may because Claremont/Byrne are great. That said, he's got enough good stories that this storytime is worth it.
>>83337307
And here Luke Cage is beating him.
>Power Man meets Iron Fist
And tomorrow, we'll get to see how Iron Fist leads up to that fateful meeting. And you all will be able to participate in Iron Fist threads having read more than just Fraction! It'll all be great fun!
>>83337396
Good night!
>>83337396
>Power Man meets Iron Fist in a battle that will change both their lives....forever.
Hey, an accurate next issue teaser!
>>83337396
Pretty hyped actually. I've always wanted to read their early stories before they became a buddy cop duo
power bump
