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neuhallidae ([info]neuhallidae) wrote in [info]scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-30 15:37:00

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Entry tags:char: immortus/kang the conqueror, char: thor, char: wasp/janet van dyne, char: wonder man/simon williams, creator: kieron dwyer, creator: kurt busiek, group: avengers, publisher: marvel comics, title: avengers

"There Are No Words"
Or, silent movies in comic form.

Seven scans from Avengers vol. 3, #49.



Kang has once again launched an offensive against Earth, after weakening the Avengers by putting them through battle against old enemies. In an attempt at retaliation, a group lead by Captain America and Iron Man launch a space attack against Kang's fortress and another entity called the Triple Evil, but wind up stranded in space after the fight against the latter. Kang, claiming that by attacking his fortress, the Avengers have removed the fight from "fair battlefields", decides to stop being benevolent and start eliminating civilian targets. One of his forcefield rings has enveloped Washington D.C., keeping all civilians and politicians from escaping as Kang attacks with Sentinels he commandeered from the US military. A small team of Avengers made up of Thor, Wasp, Wonder Man, and Firebird make it into the shield to take out the Sentinels, only to find out that while Kang's image is holographic enough that they can't hurt him, the reverse definitely isn't true. Wasp comes across a downed helicopter full of Secret Service and the President, and Thor uses Mjolnir to open a portal to get them out. He can't open one big enough for the entire populace, though, so their only chance is to stop Kang. Thor orders Wasp and Firebird through the portal, since he and Wonder Man can survive anything Kang might throw at them.

They still weren't expecting this.









Faced with the prospect of Kang doing this to every other major city on Earth, and having run out of defenses, the governments have no choice but to surrender.







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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-30 08:56 pm UTC (link)
Considering that this was part of the editorially mandated "Nuff Said" silent month, Busiek really took the idea and ran with it.

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[info]neuhallidae
2009-08-30 09:08 pm UTC (link)
I gotta give big props to the scripting and art on this issue. They really did a fabulous job of telling the story (and keeping it completely in line with the rest of the arc) without a single speech bubble.

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[info]cityfumes
2009-08-30 10:01 pm UTC (link)
I loved the 'Nuff Said concept.

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[info]btravage.livejournal.com
2009-08-30 10:30 pm UTC (link)
What is this like a September 11 thing or something?

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(no subject) - [info]colonel_green, 2009-08-30 10:52 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jlroberson, 2009-08-30 11:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]arbre_rieur, 2009-08-31 12:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]zippthorn, 2009-08-31 05:07 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2009-08-30 09:13 pm UTC (link)
This is proof of why supervillains like Kang NEED to die.

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[info]neuhallidae
2009-08-30 09:26 pm UTC (link)
IIRC, he was going to be executed and had even resigned himself to the "honorable" death of being felled by enemies whom he considered worthy opponents because they'd beaten him, then the latest of his clone-sons broke him out. And died for it, since he'd earlier aided Warbird, and Kang can't abide traitorous children.

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(no subject) - [info]lonewolf23k, 2009-08-30 11:37 pm UTC

[info]thanekos
2009-08-30 09:53 pm UTC (link)
well, the man stabbed himself in the chest, that good enough?

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[info]colonel_green
2009-08-30 09:23 pm UTC (link)
Considering one of my biggest problems with Busiek's Avengers run was his dialogue (every character speaks in the same Silver Age Hero voice, and with exacting formality like they've each got a stick rammed up their ass), this was possibly my favourite issue of the run ("Kang Dynasty", in general, was his strongest piece of work).

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[info]interrobamf
2009-08-30 11:09 pm UTC (link)
every character speaks in the same Silver Age Hero voice, and with exacting formality like they've each got a stick rammed up their ass

Pretty much why I found JLA/Avengers insufferable to read through.

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[info]warpedhand
2009-08-30 09:23 pm UTC (link)
Wasp? Really?

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[info]colonel_green
2009-08-30 09:26 pm UTC (link)
I can't remember, but I think she was the Avengers chair at this point (or else, had just left the position).

Also, the really important Avengers all needed to be elsewhere, since the signatory was necessarily a POW.

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(no subject) - [info]neuhallidae, 2009-08-30 09:28 pm UTC

[info]neuhallidae
2009-08-30 09:27 pm UTC (link)
This was during her... third, I think, tenure as the chairperson for the Avengers. Before she got all her personality stripped out again.

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-30 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Hard thought it might be to believe given some of her recent portrayals, Jan was a very competent leader, who served with distinction as leader of the Avengers (and the West Coast Avengers IIRC) in the 1980's and 90's.

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(no subject) - [info]colonel_green, 2009-08-30 09:53 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]batcookies, 2009-08-31 12:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]colonel_green, 2009-08-31 12:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kenn_el, 2009-08-31 01:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jlbarnett, 2009-09-01 12:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jlbarnett, 2009-08-30 10:52 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]btravage.livejournal.com, 2009-08-30 11:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ashtoreth, 2009-08-31 02:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jlbarnett, 2009-08-31 02:58 am UTC

[info]crinosg
2009-08-30 10:06 pm UTC (link)
Sure, its symbolic.

Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women.

By having Janet do it, it combines steps 1 and 2 with step 3.

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[info]starwolf_oakley
2009-08-30 09:39 pm UTC (link)
This story is mentioned often by critics and parodies regarding CIVIL WAR. Kang killed thousands of people, but somehow that wasn't as bad as a small part of Stanford blowing up.

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(no subject) - [info]icon_uk, 2009-08-30 09:44 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]colonel_green, 2009-08-30 10:55 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]vignettelante, 2009-08-30 11:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]scottyquick, 2009-08-30 11:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]neuhallidae, 2009-08-31 12:04 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]neuhallidae, 2009-08-31 12:32 am UTC
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[info]volksjager
2009-08-30 09:41 pm UTC (link)
I loved the way he made Wasp sign the surrender. What a Villain move!

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(no subject) - [info]proteus_lives, 2009-08-30 11:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ashtoreth, 2009-08-31 03:03 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2009-08-30 09:57 pm UTC (link)
I love Kang's slight, cyan smile; he's not really gloating or anything, he just has this sublime, unnerving sense of self-satisfaction. Very Nyarlathotepesqueish.

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[info]taggerung301
2009-08-30 10:00 pm UTC (link)
that god damn smile on Kang's face . . .

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[info]ex_stig213
2009-08-30 10:25 pm UTC (link)
"I Am Ozymandias, Kang Of Kangs. Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty, And Despair!"

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(Anonymous)
2009-08-30 10:36 pm UTC (link)
funny how something like this, people tend to be more appericative with their super powered community or maybe they justified if there aren't super beings period, it would not happen in the first place. Man sometimes I feel like the mutant books, avengers and monster books are better off if they exist in their own universe because the general marvel population logic is so retarded that can be frustrating. I root for the heroes but for the people they protect. Okay maybe the few good people that are more understanding liket the heroe's supporting cast.

I wonder why they never mentioned this ever in any marvel comic during civil war and after.

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(no subject) - [info]domino_blue, 2009-08-31 01:20 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]jlbarnett, 2009-08-31 03:11 am UTC

[info]joysweeper
2009-08-30 10:38 pm UTC (link)
Wow. That's... pretty frightening. Was the whole thing wordless? What happened afterwards?

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(no subject) - [info]colonel_green, 2009-08-30 10:50 pm UTC

[info]afewboltsloose
2009-08-30 10:40 pm UTC (link)
And this story is even more chilling once you remember that Kang is the grown-up Iron Lad.

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[info]proteus_lives
2009-08-30 11:28 pm UTC (link)
That is a powerful seqeunce.

Kang is a great villain when used right.

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(no subject) - [info]colonel_green, 2009-08-31 12:44 am UTC
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[info]kusonaga
2009-08-31 07:09 am UTC (link)
The best arc of Busiek's run, which was already phenomenal in my book.

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[info]iambickilometer
2009-09-01 08:00 am UTC (link)
Washington, DC sure gets bashed up a lot.

man, I loved the 'Nuff Said month. I wouldn't mind seeing it again.

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