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pyrotwilight (pyrotwilight) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-30 23:56:00

Entry tags:

char: batman/bruce wayne, char: bork/carl bork, char: flash/barry allen, char: striker z/daniel "danny" tsang, char: superboy/kon-el/conner kent, title: power company

Power Company Part 2! Bork and Striker Z!
I'll be working my way through the opening issues of Power Company that introduced the various characters. I've already posted Witchfire earlier as you can find in the tags and today I'll post Bork and Striker Z. The next time I'll post Manhunter and Skyrocket and then the final post will have Sapphire and Josiah Power intros.

Unlike the rest of the of the eventual Power Company team Bork himself was a pre-existing character who had appeared as a one off baddie who was defeated by Batman and Flash in a Silver Age Brabe and the Bold story.

While staying in prison he begins getting stronger and stronger from the after affects of the magic that he used as a bad guy to fight the duo and breaks out of prison.

"I have a pretty good idea where he's heading."

Bork goes to...

...his mom. Aww. I like when they remind us villains are people at their heart too.

Surprsingly cops and blaring speakers and such among other things just aren't good for an old lady to bear.

Realizing he had little choice and had to get his mom to a hospital he talks to Batman (who was hiding in the house) and Batman promises to get her the best medical help if he surrenders.

Finally getting out of prison having served his time (in a sliding timescale I actually wonder what it'd end up being in total, ten years?) he gets another offer to do some old crime stuff with Joker and such.

And his bonus personel file from the issue which doesn't count as a story page (I believe, I'll take it down if needed)

I like Bork. He manages to be a gentle giant and yet intimidating guy too given his criminal past.

Our story opens on Daniel Tsang/Striker Z and Superboy teaming up in Hong Kong to fight a giant sorceror looking villain trying to wreck the city. We learn throughout the story Danny's origin. He was a former stunt man who had an accident at work (going into a prohibited area because his manager made him do a stunt there) that gave him the power to pretty much be a human battery.

And some enhanced strength. (Reminds me of InFamous..)

Striker Z's good buddy also happens to formerly work at STAR Labs and hooks him up with gandgets that run using Z's own current.

Back to the fight at hand...

Oh Kon. You're face is gold there.

His buddy gerry rigged a weapon known as the Omega cannon to drain and shoot all of Strikers energy but it didn't faze the guy so they attach it to the giant to siphon HIS power.

And the day is saved thanks to the ~~Power Puff Girls~~ combined forces of Superboy Striker Z's buddies tech.

Thankfully he never joined the killy mckill kill dead Titans. And of course we all know you'd be lucky to have life insurance on the Titans.

And of course his personnel file.

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	Bork, bork bork bork bork... blake_reitz 2009-08-31 05:37 am UTC (link)
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	Re: Bork, bork bork bork bork... blake_reitz 2009-08-31 05:39 am UTC (link)
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDFgtFXfnv0 Oh snap! Embedded youtube is a no go. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	arbre_rieur 2009-08-31 06:36 am UTC (link)
	I remember that in the Striker Z story, the character mentions that in Honk Kong, if the director tells you to do a stunt, you do it, end of story, no matter how dangerous it is. I've always wondered if that was really true. (Reply to this)

	mania21 2009-08-31 10:28 am UTC (link)
	Is there a TPB of the Power Company available anywhere? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-08-31 12:26 pm UTC (link)
	Alas no. It'd be cool if they did since the 24 issues are awesome. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

icon_uk
2009-08-31 04:37 pm UTC (link)

Meh, I'd like to agree, but the launch and follow wasn't nearly as impressive as the setup issues. Nice characters, not a terribly well executed concept.

It started too.... standard superheroics. They're hired to protect a museum, and then when it's attacked pursue the bad guys just like any other team. I'd have much preferred if they hadn't because the contract from the museum doesn't extend to pursuit, just protection, leave that sort of thing to police or other heroes with a more altruistic bent.

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	skjam 2009-08-31 11:18 am UTC (link)
	I am wondering if Bork is the mystery vigilante in "Streets of Gotham." Massive size and strength, and a reason to want to keep his face concealed. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-08-31 12:28 pm UTC (link)
	Wasn't that guy just Harvey Bullock with shadows to mysteriousify him? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	skjam 2009-09-01 12:35 am UTC (link)
	Not unless Harvey's strong enough to leave a clear imprint of his specialized brass knuckles in people's skulls. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-08-31 11:45 am UTC (link)
	I thought maybe that was supposed to be Robert Bork , a Reagan appointee to the Supreme court that failed ... (Reply to this)

	comicoz 2009-08-31 02:13 pm UTC (link)
	For some reason when I saw StrikerZ I thought it was that one robot from the 80's. Turns out that was TranzorZ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_DpnPpGKTc (Reply to this)

psychop_rex
2009-09-01 08:57 am UTC (link)

I like Bork - he strikes me as very human. Too many of these hulking, muscular types are either rampaging morons like the Hulk, or ironic supergeniuses. All too few of them strike me as actual, believable characters that you could run across while walking down the street - offhand, the only others I can immediately think of are the Thing and Concrete. This guy, on the other hand, seems more relatable. He's someone who made a wrong call earlier in his life that not only got him sent to prison, but mutated him into a hulking freak. It's kind of a physical metaphor for the whole 'one bad decision can change your life' thing. He's not a bad guy - he loves his ma, and he keeps his promises - he just took a turn down the wrong road.

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