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colonel_green ([info]colonel_green) wrote in [info]scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-06 14:57:00

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Entry tags:char: gladiator/kallark, char: havok/alex summers, char: lilandra neramani, char: phoenix/marvel girl/rachel summers, char: polaris/lorna dane, char: rocket raccoon, char: vulcan/gabriel summers, creator: andy lanning, creator: dan abnett, creator: paul pelletier, event: war of kings, publisher: marvel comics, title: war of kings

The big fight

Four scans from War of Kings #3.

So, issue #2 of Marvel's latest cosmic event ended with this less-than-thrilling cliffhanger:



I'm sure you'll be shocked, shocked! that Lilandra doesn't die on the first page of this issue.

Her uncle, Admiral Ka'ardum, intervenes and remonstrates with the emperor that killing her would be a mistake, arguing that while she lives, she's the focus of all resistance, but if she dies there'd emerge another rival claimant to the throne.  Vulcan agrees, and orders that she be brought back to Chandilar for show-trial and execution instead.

On the way back, the Starjammers and Guardians intercept the transport.  Fight of the century: Rocket blasts Gladiator with some anti-Gladiator gizmo:






That was in no way completely telegraphed from the first moment of the first issue of this series.

Still awesome, though.

Elsewhere, the Inhumans are all dicks except Crystal.

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[info]cainofdreaming
2009-05-06 01:17 pm UTC (link)
A hyper-advanced civilization like Shi'ar... and they still use mops? Huh, the more things change.

Props on Rocket though, taking on Gladiator with a mop and a redhead.

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[info]arilou_skiff
2009-05-06 01:20 pm UTC (link)
Goddamnit. Now you almost got me shipping Rocket/Rachel.

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[info]aaron_bourque
2009-05-06 02:08 pm UTC (link)
No.

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[info]aaron_bourque
2009-05-06 02:08 pm UTC (link)
No.

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[info]aaron_bourque
2009-05-06 02:09 pm UTC (link)
No.

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[info]cainofdreaming
2009-05-06 02:11 pm UTC (link)
Yes, no to this 'almost' whatever. Let the furry flow.

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[info]dorksidefiker
2009-05-06 02:23 pm UTC (link)
*done in The Brain voice*

YES!

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[info]juliansinger
2009-05-06 03:19 pm UTC (link)
Oh. Sure. Why not?

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[info]his_spiffyness
2009-05-06 03:57 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, why's the mop glowing anyway?

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[info]sherkahn
2009-05-06 03:12 pm UTC (link)
Why do I read that last page and see Lois & Clark where Gladiator and Lilandra stand?

And the blonde alien was the newest Smasher, yes?

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[info]colonel_green
2009-05-06 03:13 pm UTC (link)
Yep, that's Smasher III (earlier in the issue, he thanks Gladiator for the chance to serve).

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[info]demonprawn
2009-05-06 09:52 pm UTC (link)
His name is Kallark.

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[info]psychop_rex
2009-05-06 11:09 pm UTC (link)
That's Gladiator's name, actually.

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[info]sherkahn
2009-05-06 11:18 pm UTC (link)
The anaology is not lost on me, nor is the close up of the final frame, especially HIS right hand shoulder, made to look like Superman that this is their take on him, should Kal El have grown up elsewhere.

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[info]unknownscribler
2009-05-06 05:37 pm UTC (link)
Lilandra's doing a real good job of the old T&A twist in her first 2 panels.

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[info]book_of_daniel
2009-05-07 12:40 am UTC (link)
Charles was an ass man.

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[info]unknownscribler
2009-05-07 01:54 am UTC (link)
Charles was an ass, man.

Fixed that for you ;)

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[info]jlbarnett
2009-05-06 06:15 pm UTC (link)
at least Gladiator finally made a choice. This looks pretty good to me.

Still I think Rachel could have been a little more effective than just generating an illusion.

Gladiator's thing is confidence. When Sam Guthrie showed his blast field was strong enough to withstand Gliadiator's best shot his confidence dropped. I bet Rachel could whip up a TK field that strong

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[info]unknownscribler
2009-05-07 01:57 am UTC (link)
Remember that she's just been depowered by by what appears to be the return of Jean, so she's just got her own unassisted teep/teek talent.

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[info]bruinsfan
2009-05-07 02:10 pm UTC (link)
Interesting, since she's previously used the Phoenix force when Jean was alive and also capable of channeling it.

Even if Rachael's unaugmented telekinesis wouldn't be that effective in a fight against Gladiator (and she's pulled buildings down with it, so I bet she could could manage a pretty good delaying action even if she couldn't hurt him), I'd expect her to be a good enough telepath in her own right to win a conflict in that arena.

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[info]xdoop
2009-05-06 10:44 pm UTC (link)
Not that it's a big deal, but I thought Rachel lost her tattoos in Excalibur?

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[info]psychop_rex
2009-05-06 11:13 pm UTC (link)
While I'm not up on recent events, to the best of my knowledge, Rachel has never lost her scars (I believe that's what they're supposed to be, although they do look like tattoos here). She just conceals them through the use of illusion. A good way of telling when she's just lost control of a situation (or is diverting all of her power into something else) is when she lets the illusion slip, and her scars show.

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[info]cainofdreaming
2009-05-07 01:53 am UTC (link)
Nah, they're (psychic?) tattoos from her time as Ahab's Hound. And she's lost them from time to time, iirc even so far back as that classic "Wolverine guts Rachel" story that got posted a short while back she'd lost them and was surprised when they re-manifested.

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[info]psychop_rex
2009-05-07 02:14 am UTC (link)
Really? That's weird; I have a graphic novel that depicts them as scars.

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No, Rachel's scars were removed in Excalibur 52
[info]clanaskani
2009-05-07 10:56 am UTC (link)
The Phoenix Force restored Rachel in Excalibur 52 and removed all of her Hound genetic modifications, including the Houndmarks.

Whatever happened in Kingbreaker #4 undid everything the Phoenix Force did to Rachel, including removing the Houndmarks.

Seems like a stupid retcon to me, but oh well... And why Rachel can't cover them up like she used to has not been explained.

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Re: No, Rachel's scars were removed in Excalibur 52
[info]psychop_rex
2009-05-07 03:22 pm UTC (link)
Perhaps she still can, but has simply made a conscious decision not to for the time being. Or, more likely, the current artist just thinks they look cool.

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[info]psychop_rex
2009-05-06 11:16 pm UTC (link)
I love how RR tries to persuade Gladiator not to hurt him by offering his fur to be stroked. Cats have tried the same tactic with me more than once.
Oh, and STARJAMMERS! I love the Starjammers.

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[info]moneyless_jew
2009-05-06 11:19 pm UTC (link)
IT'S ABOUT FUCKIN TIME.

Gladiator is such a fascinating, complex and underutilized character in part BECAUSE he has been taking it up the ass for every tinpot dictator for the last 30 years. I'm glad he finally changed it up though.

I'd put him on Earth in a major team book for awhile, just to be quazy.

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[info]arilou_skiff
2009-05-07 01:14 am UTC (link)
Gladiator has crushed stars in his fists. Earth is a bit too small for him, I think. Unless He's on the Defenders of course.

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[info]unknownscribler
2009-05-07 01:58 am UTC (link)
Someone needs to handle Bob when the Dark Reign ends...

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[info]ex_menagerie993
2009-05-07 02:05 am UTC (link)
I would pay money to see Gladiator lay smack down upon the Sentry.

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[info]arilou_skiff
2009-05-07 05:38 am UTC (link)
It would be an interesting "thematic" fight too, Sentry doesen't have much confidence and Kallark is powered his confidence.

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[info]book_of_daniel
2009-05-07 12:38 am UTC (link)
Thank God he finally grew a pair.

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[info]proteus_lives
2009-05-10 03:33 pm UTC (link)
I'm liking this mini but they are setting up the Inhumans for a BIG fall.

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