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colonel_green (colonel_green) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-07 14:59:00

Entry tags:

char: daredevil/matt murdock, char: kingpin/wilson fisk, char: lady bullseye/maki matsumoto, char: master izo, char: turk barrett, char: venus, creator: andy diggle, creator: carlo pagulayan, creator: jeff parker, creator: roberto de la torre, group: agents of atlas, group: x-men, title: daredevil

From very opposite ends of the genre spectrum.

Four scans apiece from Daredevil #501, the first proper issue of Andy Diggle's run on the title, and from X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas #1; obviously something of a stylistic difference.

First, over in the grimy side of town, Turk is called in to meet with the Kingpin, who remarks that when he first returned last arc he said Turk would be his lieutenant until a more suitable person was evident. That time has come at last. Also, he knows that Turk screwed up in #500 and gave Daredevil the information he needed to crash the Hand ceremony.

A cunning plan indeed. Though it relies on Turk going around boasting that the Kingpin is a wuss for not having his throat cut, which is the sort of tempting fate you'd only do if you were an idio...oh, yeah, good plan.

Daredevil's initiation into the Hand requires a sacrifice, and the Hand wants Master Izo. Daredevil has a bunch of ninjas and Black Tarantula jump him and drag him off. Then the two of them get into a shouting match about necessary sacrifices, etc.

"...Lord Daredevil."

One tends to doubt that this isn't some elaborate plan by the group to fool the Hand. If not, harsh (sort of reminds me of the penultimate episode of Angel).

Over in sunny San Francisco, the Agents raid X-HQ to steal Cerebra, because Venus is missing and they can't find her with their own technology. Jimmy remarks that...

Back in San Francisco, the Agents narrowly get away with Cerebra, thanks to the X-Men's skirmish group not having a telepath with it, allowing the Uranian to disrupt everybody (Colossus is throttling everyone until Bob makes him think he just snapped Shadowcat's neck, for example).

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	volksjager 2009-10-07 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Ok, how is Lady Bullseye's costume supposed to work ? Is it body paint ? Body stocking ? What happened to Dagger's flatchested dancers body ? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	colonel_green 2009-10-07 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	It's a black and white bodysuit; she wears black and white facepaint as well, and so far it's kind of variable whether artists clearly demarcate the collar. De La Torre, based on the black stripe on her neck, is drawing it as a high collar (or else, not really thinking about it). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-10-07 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	It's fanservice! We don't have to explain it! (Reply to this) (Parent)

roily_rogue
2009-10-07 07:38 pm UTC (link)

Kurt, man, go back to red-and-black; it looks way better. As an aside, his stock has seriously depreciated lately; there are now four teleporters attached to the overall X-Men (him, Pixie, Illyana, now Cloak), and he's got the least range and least capacity of any of them.

*sigh* Yeah, because his stock was SO high to begin with. I wish Marvel would quit paying lipservice to his fans while figuring out new ways to treat him like shit. Just put him in limbo or kill him off, already.

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	colonel_green 2009-10-07 07:43 pm UTC (link)
	He used to have a clear role to fill, though; he was the teleporter guy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_stig213 2009-10-07 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, please, Wilson. You haven't read Fight Club. Otherwise, you'd know everyone who has a near-murder experience goes on to a medical career. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-10-08 07:03 am UTC (link)
	Well, Matt's dad told him to be a lawyer or a doctor. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ex_stig213 2009-10-07 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	Also, I can't stress this enough: Black Tarantula used to run the Hand's Sworn Enemies. There was a centuries-long feud and everything! Sure, Stan Lee may now own the trademark on their name (the True Believers - it was a religious difference), but it should still be at least acknowledged! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mugiwara 2009-10-07 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	Nori!! Santo!! \^o^/ Thank you, Mr Parker! Ok, I know Santo is probably just here to be shattered, but still... And totally agreed about Pagulayan (he should also replace Dodson) (Reply to this) (Thread)