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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-04 19:06:00

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char: black widow/natasha romanova, char: maria hill, creator: matt fraction, creator: salvador larroca, publisher: marvel comics, title: invincible iron man

Invincible Iron Man #15: Maria and Natasha

This is from Invincible Iron Man #15, by Fraction and Larrocca.

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	colonel_green 2009-07-04 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	I thought Natasha was being pointlessly obstructive through this issue (or, rather, the point was to kill time; this arc is twelve issues, and clearly could have been scaled down by a few of those). (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kd_the_movie 2009-07-05 03:15 am UTC (link)
	Wow really 12 fucking issues? I ~~was hoping~~ thought it would end at 10. This arc has been nearly abysmal. Fraction doesn't do mega-arcs too well cough seven capital cities of heaven cough. (Reply to this) (Parent)

readeriif
2009-07-05 06:24 am UTC (link)

I dunno, considering that Maria is supposed to be a ex-SHIELD agent (who, whatever her qualifications as the Director, was supposedly excellent in the field), she's coming off as so scrambled and out of it here that I wouldn't blame Natasha for writing this off as a nervous breakdown. And even if it is genuine, she still has to figure whether it's worth getting dragged into the large cloud of trouble that is very definetly following Maria.

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statham1986
2009-07-05 12:24 pm UTC (link)

But at the same time, Natasha is no idiot, and she obviously gets the point that Maria is being hunted by Osborn - who she knows is an asshole. Therefore, even if Maria does look frantic and dishevelled, she still knows Maria's come from Tony and wouldn't be such a moron in obstructing Hill and wasting time.

As for the 'cloud of trouble' following Maria - She's already associated with Bucky, who isn't Osborn's best friend, either. For Natasha to even have a public apartment seems a touch ridiculous, to me.

It's just Fraction dragging things out for another few pages so he can revisit the plot next month.

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	ssjrevan 2009-07-04 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	Obviously this is my new femslash love. Obviously Marvel will make them an item and kick Tony in the teeth or else Marvel just doesn't love me enough. (Reply to this)

	volksjager 2009-07-05 01:09 am UTC (link)
	God, who Isn't she hooking up with ???? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	khamelea 2009-07-05 03:42 am UTC (link)
	Uatu. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-05 03:58 am UTC (link)
	He just watches. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khamelea 2009-07-05 03:58 am UTC (link)
	I should have seen that one coming. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-07-05 10:15 am UTC (link)
	That's what he said too, but he was drooling rather creepily at the time. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-07-05 01:46 am UTC (link)
	"Dammit! She's slowly pulling our target to that rooftop! By hand, apparently! If only we had some kind of... of long-range, projectile weapon... thingies... we could probably have prevented their escape." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kitty_tc_69 2009-07-05 03:45 am UTC (link)
	That'll teach them to be directed by Steven Spielberg. Stupid walkie-talkies. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tahngarth 2009-07-05 09:50 am UTC (link)
	"She is very unimpressively getting away!" I can't wait for Maria and 'Tasha to escape the baffled police on an escalator. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-05 03:59 am UTC (link)
	(Please insert bitching here) (Reply to this)

	kusonaga 2009-07-05 08:54 am UTC (link)
	Is it me or doesn't that sound very Natasha-like? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tahngarth 2009-07-05 09:52 am UTC (link)
	No, it doesn't, especially the lines at the end there. But in this Bendis world of Marvel, do you really expect anyone to sound like themselves anymore? (Reply to this) (Parent)

statham1986
2009-07-05 12:27 pm UTC (link)

Like I said above, this seems inconsistent in general. Brubaker's got Bucky hooking up with Natasha on a frequent basis - A man who hangs with one of two Avengers groups currently not under Osborn's control. For her to even have a public apartment is ridiculous, let alone screwing around with a woman being hunted by a man who is also hunting some of her friends.

Fraction isn't a good writer, unless he's paired up with Brubaker or doing some indy work, and this generally proves it by way of being completely nonsensical.

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	whines are we there yet? jazzypom 2009-07-05 10:08 am UTC (link)
	This arc needs to be done already. The art, just eww. WTF at the backgrounds? (Reply to this)