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Tweak says, "Baby got back!"

volksjager (volksjager) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-27 12:12:00

Current music:	808 state "I was Dave Bowman"
Entry tags:	char: captain america/steve rogers, char: falcon/sam wilson, char: gray gargoyole, char: iron man/tony stark, char: ms. marvel/carol danvers, group: avengers, publisher: marvel comics

Super villain thwarted by over achieving interior designer...
The Gray Gargoyle, another cool Marvel ethnic Villain.

First tho' a cool melee with Ms. Marvel.

I dunno when Carol changed outfits,but if John Byrne was not involved he sure loves drawing it.

Interestingly, When Gargoyle touched Iron man he only turned the armour to stone , not tony stark inside. I wonder how you make the hour you til it changes back pass quickly ??

Ok, so Gray Gargoyle has just returned from space. He just wants to get back to his old lab where he keeps the original formula...unfortunately for him the loft has a new tenant.

"hey baby we've got some time, its not like the Avengers are chasing me or anything. How about I tell you a little about myself ?"

Some days thing just don't roll your way.

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	fungo_squiggly 2009-07-27 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	I've always thought the Grey Gargoyle was pretty lame, but here he's using his powers in kind of a near way. Anything he touches can become an instant bludgeoning weapon or projectile. He could beat your brains out with a pillow or a bag of marshmallows. Also, my mind went to the dirty place with "When I touched myself..." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-07-27 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	Lets just say I thing GG knows what to do if he want to "last longer in the bedroom..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sherkahn 2009-07-27 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	Or better yet, he epitomizes the idea "rock hard".... thank you, ladies and gentlemen, you have been a great audience. Don't forget to tip your waitress. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-07-27 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	he's the original one hour man. bish-ting** Thank you! Try the veal! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-07-27 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Hourman/Gray Gargoyle ship' ??? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lonewolf23k 2009-07-27 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	More seriously, there's also the fact that getting into melee reach means risking petrification. Don't underestimate how useful a combat ability that is. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	btravage.livejournal.com 2009-07-27 04:49 pm UTC (link)
	French Gargoyle? PAZUZU! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	crinosg 2009-07-27 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	Bon qui, Bon qui to you all. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	proteus_lives 2009-07-28 12:11 am UTC (link)
	You ungrateful fiend! I put you through graduate school! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	currer 2009-07-27 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Tony is stuck in solid stone armor for an hour . . . "99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, take one down, pass it around . . ." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-07-27 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, damn. Now I want some beer." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	currer 2009-07-27 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	Pause "When DON'T I want booze?" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-07-27 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe he thought " man am I bored someone should create a system by which people could communicate via a microwave network with each other. Imagine the social and networking possibilities ????" yeah that would be great for times like these! ". (Reply to this) (Parent)

	strangething 2009-07-28 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh God, I have to pee." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-27 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	Was this an Avengers issue? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-07-27 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	Avengers #191. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-07-27 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	Not only does she LOOK like Margot Kidder, but Margot Neil = Margot Kidder + Noel Neill (sort of). Got to feel sorry for the poor woman here, and yes that is creative use of the Gargoyle transmutation powers. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyynk 2009-07-28 01:00 am UTC (link)
	And then there's the dress, right out of the movie. Good eye! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thanekos 2009-07-27 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	oh god, I just remembered a Marvel Adventures Grey Gargoyle-involving plot. dude who owned something like the Venus de Milo (it was armless, at any rate) hired the Gargoyle to kidnap a woman, petrify her, chop the arms off, and stick it on the statue. Gargoyle responds by petrifying the dude and leaving. (Reply to this)

	perletwo 2009-07-27 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	Ms. M's lightning bolt costume was designed by Dave Cockrum in her own title, IIRC, or at least he was the first one to draw it. I remember a lovely Cockrum splash page of her preening at a full-length mirror in it. I don't remember that Byrne ever drew Ms. M in the Kree red-blue costume at all; can anyone confirm? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-07-27 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	Marvel Team-Up #62 (scroll down). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jkcarrier 2009-07-27 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	hip boots, sash, opera gloves...is there any doubt that's a Cockrum design? ;-) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-07-27 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	Hmmm, yeah you're right :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-07-27 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Issue ? Please post it if you have it :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	halloweenjack 2009-07-27 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	"You keep your Dom Perignon in your liquor cabinet? Sacre merde! That is a crime against France! beep-beep-beep, beep-beep-beep-beep Batroc, mon ami! You have got to come over and see this!" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-07-27 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Good catch! Bet she kept her unopened bottles of wine standing upright too! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-07-27 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	I personally fail to see the need for Bourbon myslef. It's such a half step... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-07-28 12:58 am UTC (link)
	There's nothing like good bourbon. Sadly, when most people think of bourbon, they think of that hideous, overpriced crap that isn't even even bourbon; for that matter, if you're going to go for Tennessee sour mash, pick up George Dickel instead. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-07-28 01:01 am UTC (link)
	I'm a single malt girl and always will be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noahbrand 2009-07-28 10:05 am UTC (link)
	Amen. Let's you and me get drunk sometime. I guess you, like most people, probably don't also like the smell of pipesmoke, huh? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	noahbrand 2009-07-28 10:06 am UTC (link)
	That was my thought too. Room-temperature Dom is a moral crime. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jlroberson 2009-07-28 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Good CHRIST. Is that Tony Stark's medicine cabinet? I must say, I've never seen a medicine cabinet...used quite that way. But now I understand the phrase "Daddy needs his medicine" even better now. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-28 07:25 am UTC (link)
	I don't think that's a medicine cabinet - it's located in the living room, and the Gargoyle refers to it as a 'secret cache', which seems to imply that it's supposed to be a secret sliding panel behind which one keeps secret things. My guess is that Margot Neil discovered it by accident and thought 'oh, hey, this'd be a cool liquor cabinet!' (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-07-28 09:03 am UTC (link)
	Oh, okay, sorry, thought that was a sink. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-07-28 11:37 am UTC (link)
	yup. Thats why GG is pissed. (Reply to this) (Parent)

psychop_rex
2009-07-28 07:30 am UTC (link)

How is he an 'ethnic villain'? I mean, yes, he's French, but he doesn't even have an accent - if you didn't know his origin, you'd never know where he was from; even his name is relatively nondescript. It's not like he's going 'Zut alors! You zeely Amairican neetweets, zis wine ees from an inferior year! Eeet ees nod feet to be, 'ow you zay, consumed! Huh! Stupeed non-French peoples!'

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	kitty_tc_69 2009-07-28 10:39 am UTC (link)
	But he has the stereotypical pencil thin moustache... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-28 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	Lots of people in comics have that mustache, including Mandrake the Magician and, on occasion, Tony Stark. Are you implying that they're all French? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-07-28 11:39 am UTC (link)
	Well I do know his origin. By ethnic I mean sometimes writers feel a need to make a character reflect their country of origin. In this case Notre Dame /Gargoyle . You don't have to be a complete pantomime like Batroc. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-07-28 09:16 pm UTC (link)

I suppose, but to me an 'ethnic' character is one which is specifically created to not simply reflect their country of origin, but to glory in it. In the Marvel U, these would include, yes, Batroc, also some members of Alpha Flight, Shamrock, the Collective Man, arguably the Red Skull (although he's grown past that somewhat), the original Arabian Knight, Captain Britain, Union Jack, etc. All of these characters are gratuitously French/Canadian/British/what have you; they glory in their stereotypes like a pig glories in mud; their respective speeches are thick with ethnic accents and phrases - in short, they virtually never stop reminding you how very, very ethnic they are. Mind you, a number of them progress past this - most of the characters I mentioned are quite interesting ones, and Captain Britain in particular is one of my favorite superheroes - but their ethnicity is still an inherent part of who they are, inseparable from their overall identity. With the Grey Gargoyle, I don't really think that applies - he may have been inspired by the Notre Dame gargoyles, but from his speech, costume and overall demeanor, he might just as well be from New York, London, or anywhere else where they speak 'pompous'. If you hadn't told me he was French, I honestly don't think I would have guessed it.

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	volksjager 2009-07-28 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	Hmm, well it seems more what your talking about is nationality. In a time when if you were a superhero and black, you were "Black Goliath","Black Panther", "Black Vulcan" ect. perhaps you were written to a stereotype more than a national identity ? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-29 01:14 am UTC (link)
	That's a variant on what I'm talking about, yes - although to be fair, at least there IS an actual animal called a Black Panther, so that didn't come out of nowhere. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-07-29 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Don't forget, "Black Talon". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-29 03:19 am UTC (link)
	The rooster-voodoo guy? I think he's hispanic, not black. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	joysweeper 2009-07-30 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	I have a young-ages comic with mediocre art where, with intense Ho-Yay, Spidey teams up with Captain America against this guy. (Reply to this)