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manofbats (manofbats) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-11-06 09:57:00

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char: beast/hank mccoy, char: lockheed, publisher: marvel comics

S.W.O.R.D. Preview Page

The rest of the preview.

Hank is a dog now and I assume Lockheed is drinking himself to death over what happened to Kitty.

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	kiplingkat 2009-11-06 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	I'm willing to call "Stylistic choice" on the depiction of Hank and roll with it. So Lockheed is a jack drinker...I might have known. I also like the Snake/Dragon guy. Maybe he isn't the best clairvoyant in the galaxy (he seems to be more of a department head), but he has a fun snark with Brand. (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2009-11-06 07:48 pm UTC (link)

"I'm willing to call "Stylistic choice" on the depiction of Hank and roll with it."

I'm not sure about that. Even with all the stylistic variations in how he's been drawn since assuming the cat-form this one veers wildly from a feline face. Then again I am a cat lover, so I'm probably persnickety about these things. :\

"I also like the Snake/Dragon guy. Maybe he isn't the best clairvoyant in the galaxy (he seems to be more of a department head)..."

I thought he was an empath? (But I haven't read Whedon's ASTONISHING run so I could be missing something going off the preview alone.)

-- Adam C.

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kiplingkat
2009-11-06 10:02 pm UTC (link)

The impression I got from Astonishing is that Sydren is supposed to be a psychic of some kind, but it doesn't function very well (at least the clairvoyance doesn't) so Brand gives him a hard time.

Sydren: "I sssensse desstruction."

Brand: "Really. You sure. You don't wanna to look at the photo of enormous destruction some more before making such a bold statement?...tell me you are picking up something besides "house go boom"".

Sydren: "If I ate your head, two thirdssss of your agents would praise me in poemsss and sssong."

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	unknownscribler 2009-11-07 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Ignoring the horribly dogging interpretation on the cover, the thing that really leaps out to me looking at the preview is "when did Hank become a Bothan?" a race that's been depicted with as much variation as him. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kusonaga 2009-11-06 03:11 pm UTC (link)
	Hank looks like a goat. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sianmink 2009-11-06 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	For this issue he has been replaced with a Bothan. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	octavius-rodens.livejournal.com 2009-11-06 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	Many McCoys died to bring you this comic. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	unknownscribler 2009-11-07 02:22 am UTC (link)
	Oh, snap. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-11-06 03:12 pm UTC (link)
	Got a link to the rest of the preview? i want to know if hank looks this awful in the rest of it (Reply to this)

	savok 2009-11-06 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	Hank looks like he's about to dress up in Granny's clothes... seriously, he's a fucking cat guys, not Bigby. His weirdness however is completely negated by Lockheed, the world's most adorable drunk. (Reply to this)

	arilou_skiff 2009-11-06 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	I'm just waiting for this to cross over with Nova. (Reply to this)

	sherkahn 2009-11-06 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	Go Lockheed, go!!! CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG! (Reply to this)

	cf105 2009-11-06 04:14 pm UTC (link)
	Why does Gyrich still exist? Honestly his presence alone makes me want to stay 300 miles away from what should be (ugly Hank not withstanding) a pretty fun book. Just kill him already! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	arilou_skiff 2009-11-06 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	He's a face for the "Evil Obstructive Bureaucrat". (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kiplingkat 2009-11-06 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Well, look at it this way: If he keeps pissing off Brand, she may just do that. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	angelophile 2009-11-06 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	I'll be picking this up just to see everyone's favourite freelance peackeeping agent. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-11-06 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	Do you mean Sam or Max? The dog or the rabbity-looking thing? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ninjapeps 2009-11-06 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	that's "hyper kinetic rabbity thing" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	pyynk 2009-11-07 12:30 am UTC (link)
	Seriously? We might be getting a flavor of Death's Head out of this? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	phoenixmessiah 2009-11-06 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Guess the artist can't draw cat faced mutants and went with the next best thing.... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	angelophile 2009-11-06 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	Not like he's alone. No one seems to be able to settle on what the hell Beast looks like since he was upgraded. Everything from Quitely's lion muzzle to Cassaday's pug cat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	glprime 2009-11-06 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	No disrespect to Cassaday, I preferred Lion!Beast. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	halloweenjack 2009-11-06 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	Kind of torn about whether to get this. Gyrich is as fun to hate as he's ever been, I can look past the questionable portrayal of Hank, and yes drunk Lockheed, but... it still rings a little bit like Men In Black: The (Other) Comic. Eh, I'll probably grab the first ish, see how it goes. (Reply to this)

	pyrotwilight 2009-11-06 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	I can't see SWORD going anywhere without having a few more major characters. Gyrich, Beast, Lockheed and Brande aren't exactly sale pullers. The first few issues seem like they'll have a few characters popping up that're aliens Karolina from Runaways is mentioned for example to pull people in. Hopefully there's a plan to make this awesome and last though. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	angelophile 2009-11-06 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	You mean other than Death's Head? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-11-06 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	Well, he's never caught my attention but hey, if he gets sales sure. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ficticons 2009-11-06 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	The synopsis/preview thing for S.W.O.R.D #3 mentions other aliens, including two (at least) that I think can be regarded as major characters - Jazinda and Marvel Boy. I don't know the others mentioned, so I don't know how 'major' they are. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	unknownscribler 2009-11-07 02:24 am UTC (link)
	I'm going to be really interested to see if they can grab Bob "The Uranian" Grayson (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ficticons 2009-11-07 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	I think it's more a question of how they get him, rather than if, but yeah. Bob's involvement is the main reason I want to pick this up. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jarodrussell 2009-11-06 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	Everyone wants to be like GotG, even SHIELD. (Reply to this)

	heat16 2009-11-06 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	Gah, Hank! Why did you steal Bruce Campbell's chin? Is the rest of the art acceptable (thhats one damn fine station)? If not, why give us a cover by John Cassaday? Cassaday covers do not mix with ugly interior art. Have we learned nothing from Irredeemable? (Reply to this)

	foxhack 2009-11-06 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	No more KittyHank? T_T (Reply to this)

	queenanthai 2009-11-06 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Isn't space black? (Reply to this)

	freezer818 2009-11-07 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Y HELO THAR JLU Watchtower! (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2009-11-07 01:11 am UTC (link)
	so awesome (Reply to this)

	proteus_lives 2009-11-07 09:52 am UTC (link)
	Hank looks like one of those kangeroo guys from Tank Girl. (Reply to this)

	so hank has mutated into... sweetestbaboon 2009-11-09 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	Dalgoda? (Reply to this)