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Tweak says, "Chaaaaaaaaaaaarlie!"

queenursula (queenursula) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-28 23:18:00

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char: hardball/roger brokeridge, char: komodo/melati kusuma, char: scorpion/carmilla black, char: taskmaster, char: typhoid mary/mary walker, creator: christos gage, creator: humberto ramos, publisher: marvel comics, title: avengers the initiative

Avengers: The Initiative #23

Also, Justice and the other New Warriors blow the lid on the Initiative's cloning of MVP, giving Norman an excuse to take it over. Good job, assholes.

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	statham1986 2009-04-29 01:27 am UTC (link)
	Wasn't it already established that in her human form, she had no legs? I was under the impression her powers were based on a derivative of Curt Connor's Lizard formula, which, in the same fashion as Komodo's legs, brought his arm back. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	comicoz 2009-04-29 08:29 am UTC (link)
	I'm really confused, actually. I need to go back and look, but I know Hardball has seen her in non-powered form before (when she fell asleep on a plane or something?) and the only comment was that she was hot? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	queenursula 2009-04-29 08:34 am UTC (link)
	I think the point was he didn't care that she had no legs. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	comicoz 2009-04-29 09:26 am UTC (link)
	I thought she had legs then and only recently lost them. I could have completely missed that though. Gives me a good excuse to roam through a few early issues. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

demonomicon
2009-04-29 08:43 pm UTC (link)

Having read Initiative from the start, I'll try clearing this up.

Komodo (Melati Kusuma) has always been missing her legs (she lost them in a car accident). Because of this, she studied to get taken on as a research assistant by Dr. Connors (I believe there's a panel of her working in the lab in a wheelchair). She worked out a revised version of the Lizard formula and used it to assume her Komod form, restoring her legs. In fact, Connors praises her to the Initiative staff at one point for improving his formula, removing the rampaging supervillain problem (though it only works for Melati).

This is why in issue #3 (I believe) she deperately begs War Machine not to use the SPIN tech on her, and why she's initially so upset that Hardball saw her untransformed state.

Hope that cleared things up.

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comicoz
2009-04-30 07:25 am UTC (link)

Yup, you're dead on.

The first time the reader appears to be told is in #8 when she turns human so she can do the nasty with Hardball. He then says he "saw ALL of her" in issue 3 when she switches to human mode, although in issue 3 you do not see the missing legs. Even in #8 it's not easy to tell. I didn't notice until I looked that the pants she's wearing are now deflated. The characters never actually say "Wow, no legs!"

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