Tweak

InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "You set the tone"

colonel_green (colonel_green) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-28 13:24:00

Entry tags:

char: aegis/trey rollins, char: amadeus cho, char: ares/dc, char: delphyne gorgon, char: genocide, char: hebe/marvel, char: hera/marvel, char: hercules/marvel, char: nemesis/tom tresser, char: wasp/janet van dyne, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: aaron lopresti, creator: fred van lente, creator: gail simone, creator: greg pak, creator: ryan stegman, publisher: dc comics, publisher: marvel comics, title: incredible hercules, title: wonder woman

Mythapalooza

Four scans apiece from Incredible Hercules #129 and Wonder Woman #32.

Athena sends Herc and Cho to visit the Underworld to retrieve Zeus; the entrance to the Underworld, as we saw in the preview, is in a casino in Atlantic City, and the Erebus, the part they immediately enter, contains all the souls of those lingering between life and death, gambling at a casino until their number comes up and they get to return. Among them...

Seems since those things happened, Pluto's lost any interest in his job and spends all his time on Earth.

EDIT: Now that I think about, this is some kind of meta-hell, because Bucky was never actually dead.

Speaking of Earth, Hera confronts Hebe about her betraying them and helping Herc survive. Hebe insists that since Herc is her husband, being loyal to him should be her first concern. Hera corrects her that her first duty...

I like you, Delphyne, but I'm pretty sure a handgun isn't going to do it against her.

Over in Wondy-land, Diana fights Genocide some more:

Apparently, as Genocide exposits, she was just looking for an "Adam" to help with the whole "depleted race" thing.

Diana gets even more pissed off and they fight some more (this never gets old).

That was a really, really predictable move, but nevertheless...really cool.

Makes sense, given that all Zeus' men were dead.

At least that part of Rucka's run still holds.

(Post a new comment)

	ghosty732 2009-05-28 12:02 pm UTC (link)
	I don't recognize the guy that wins his resurrection in the Hercules scan. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-05-28 12:19 pm UTC (link)
	Took me a moment too, it's Jack of Hearts (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluefall, 2009-05-28 01:04 pm UTC

kali921, 2009-05-28 02:38 pm UTC

halloweenjack, 2009-05-28 02:58 pm UTC

kali921, 2009-05-28 03:08 pm UTC

	icon_uk 2009-05-28 12:21 pm UTC (link)
	Interesting, but isn't Hera risking the wrath of the Furies by attempting to murder her daughter? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	majingojira 2009-05-28 12:40 pm UTC (link)
	Since she took over Zeus' position, I'd say no. One of the constants I saw in Greek Myths was basically "If you have enough power, there's very little you can't get away with." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ghosty732, 2009-05-28 01:20 pm UTC

colonel_green, 2009-05-28 01:22 pm UTC

majingojira, 2009-05-28 01:25 pm UTC

	valtyr.dreamwidth.org 2009-05-29 02:28 am UTC (link)
	It very likely wasn't a serious murder attempt - Hebe is a goddess, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluefall 2009-05-28 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	I would say my heart breaks for you, Tom, but it doesn't. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	hybrid2 2009-05-28 01:04 pm UTC (link)
	I always kew there was another reason. Gail can write emotions and Diana never showed any for Tom. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

gargoylekitty, 2009-05-28 01:18 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 02:04 pm UTC

colonel_green, 2009-05-28 02:12 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 02:21 pm UTC

gargoylekitty, 2009-05-28 02:16 pm UTC

warpedhand, 2009-05-28 02:27 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 02:37 pm UTC

warpedhand, 2009-05-28 02:41 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 02:45 pm UTC

warpedhand, 2009-05-28 02:57 pm UTC

gargoylekitty, 2009-05-28 02:58 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 02:58 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 03:06 pm UTC

schmevil, 2009-05-28 03:18 pm UTC

mullon, 2009-05-28 04:17 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 04:28 pm UTC

gargoylekitty, 2009-05-28 05:14 pm UTC

kali921, 2009-05-28 03:11 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 04:30 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 02:34 pm UTC

colonel_green, 2009-05-28 03:06 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 03:07 pm UTC

angelophile, 2009-05-28 03:22 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 04:35 pm UTC

rabican, 2009-05-28 04:37 pm UTC

angelophile, 2009-05-28 06:14 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 07:29 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 08:06 pm UTC

janegray, 2009-05-29 05:45 am UTC

benicio127, 2009-05-30 11:55 pm UTC

kingrockwell, 2009-05-29 04:08 pm UTC

buttler, 2009-05-28 04:29 pm UTC

unknownscribler, 2009-05-29 01:19 am UTC

jlbarnett, 2009-05-28 05:19 pm UTC

mari_redstar, 2009-05-28 08:58 pm UTC

seawolf10, 2009-05-28 11:43 pm UTC

endis_ni, 2009-05-29 05:26 am UTC

yotsuba123, 2009-05-29 06:26 am UTC

unknownscribler, 2009-05-29 01:15 am UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-29 09:42 am UTC

unknownscribler, 2009-05-29 10:08 am UTC

	unknownscribler 2009-05-29 12:50 am UTC (link)
	Oddly while mine doesn't either, that scene delivers not one iota of satisfaction to me as a reader, a Wondy fan or Diana/Tom anti-shipper. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluefall, 2009-05-29 09:45 am UTC

	gargoylekitty 2009-05-28 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	I know you're supposed to feel bad for Tom but I lol'd. Also, love that shot with her tearing the lasso out. Quite wicked. (Reply to this)

	neuhallidae 2009-05-28 01:58 pm UTC (link)
	Random Thought: I thought it was a little weird that Jan didn't even recognize Herc here, then I had an idea. What if the games played in Erebus just kinda... feed on you, as a way to sustain it (If Erebus is still a primordial deity, that may not still be true)? The more you want to live again, the more your will to do anything but play for your freedom is sapped. (Reply to this)

	janegray 2009-05-28 02:02 pm UTC (link)
	Tom ;_; (Reply to this) (Thread)

	schmevil 2009-05-28 02:50 pm UTC (link)
	inorite? D: (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluefall, 2009-05-28 03:06 pm UTC

schmevil, 2009-05-28 03:08 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 03:42 pm UTC

schmevil, 2009-05-28 03:54 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 04:01 pm UTC

schmevil, 2009-05-28 04:02 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 04:31 pm UTC

schmevil, 2009-05-28 04:50 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 04:51 pm UTC

janegray, 2009-05-28 06:24 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 08:05 pm UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 09:18 pm UTC

janegray, 2009-05-29 05:18 am UTC

gailsimone, 2009-05-28 04:33 pm UTC

bluefall, 2009-05-28 04:35 pm UTC

	unknownscribler 2009-05-29 01:23 am UTC (link)
	And the worst part is that it was completely and utterly unsatisfying in every conceivable fashion. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kagome654 2009-05-28 02:03 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I kind of feel bad for Tom. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sailorlibra 2009-05-28 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	Seconded. I was just starting to like him, too... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kali921 2009-05-28 02:28 pm UTC (link)
	...Is that Jack Hart on the slot machine screaming in delight about being next? Seriously, is that Jack of Hearts? (Reply to this) (Thread)

icon_uk, 2009-05-28 02:58 pm UTC

kali921, 2009-05-28 03:12 pm UTC

icon_uk, 2009-05-28 04:57 pm UTC

	schmevil 2009-05-28 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	JAN! (Reply to this) (Thread)

bluefall, 2009-05-28 03:46 pm UTC

schmevil, 2009-05-28 03:49 pm UTC

neuhallidae, 2009-05-28 03:53 pm UTC

alschroeder
2009-05-28 03:26 pm UTC (link)

So, in a month or two, will Tresser sell his soul to the Furies to get vengeance and become Nemesis indeed?
Understand, I don't think Gail's THAT predictable, but someone will do it sometime, somewhere. Unfortunately.
I never minded Tresser particularly--but then, I've always liked Steve Trevor as WW's love interest in the Silver/Golden Ages (he was a pilot/intelligence agent/crack shot/knew enough martial arts to kayo a gorilla--his only fault was he wasn't super. Yet you didn't get as many complaints about Lois and Supes, as Trevor and WW.) But since a lot of people didn't like Tresser as her love interest, it's an interesting way to resolve it.

(Reply to this) (Thread)

unknownscribler, 2009-05-29 01:25 am UTC

	buttler 2009-05-28 03:59 pm UTC (link)
	I have to say, I really enjoy seeing these series together. Two of my current favorites, with so much mythic overlap. (Reply to this) (Thread)

colonel_green, 2009-05-28 04:36 pm UTC

	espanolbot 2009-05-28 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	Hrrm, I wonders if this means that Diana might be the pregnant woman in that Omens and Origins thing a few months back. I have to say though, that Diana wanting someone purely for sex suprises me, if only for that "Diana must never, ever have sex thing" that previous writers appeared to have unofficially established about her. (Reply to this)

	One thing nobody's mentioned about this issue of Wondy batcookies 2009-05-28 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	THE SUDDEN GRATUITOUS RED CIRCLE HERO APPEARANCE WAS SUDDEN AND GRATUITOUS (Reply to this) (Thread)

Re: One thing nobody's mentioned about this issue of Wondy -

colonel_green, 2009-05-28 05:39 pm UTC

Re: One thing nobody's mentioned about this issue of Wondy -

buttler, 2009-05-28 05:45 pm UTC

Re: One thing nobody's mentioned about this issue of Wondy -

bluefall, 2009-05-28 05:54 pm UTC

Re: One thing nobody's mentioned about this issue of Wondy -

gailsimone, 2009-05-29 01:08 am UTC

	bunniegrrl 2009-05-28 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	I love Gail and Wonder Woman... but that was in no way a Katrina or 9/11 moment. Who died, in the end? Some staff at the DEO and A few people in a shopping mall? Gotham sees worse in NON-metahuman villain-related disasters. (Reply to this) (Thread)

bariman1987, 2009-05-28 06:33 pm UTC

	jlbarnett 2009-05-28 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	since Gail is here and answering questions... When it was decided that Genocide would be a version of Diana did you ever consider a making it a version from a different universe, since the Multiverse is back and just had a big threat to it, instead of her future corpse? (Reply to this)

	seawolf10 2009-05-28 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	Bluey guessed right, I guessed wrong. Looks like Diana and Tom are over. Good. (The nice thing about defaulting to pessimism -- it makes for pleasant surprises when things don't turn out like you expect.) (Reply to this)

comicoz
2009-05-29 09:27 am UTC (link)

Not digging the jerk treatment by WW here, since despite not a direct lie, it's obvious that Tom had feelings and she wasn't completely truthful. It's like I tell my kids, there's the word of a lie and the spirit of a lie, and often the spirit kind is much worse.

That said, I'll restrain myself from sharpening the pitchforks and lighting the torches just yet. Secret Six has had a few twists that I ended up loving and is possibly the greatest comic on earth right now. I'm willing to allow this one a chance since it has the same pilot.

(Reply to this)