u/Hal32Pietro — reddlx

Shoutout/Trivia This scene in episode 8 always reminds me of Crisis*

You know, the one with the large mechanical contraption** that Shroud is so proud of.

* DC Comics's Crisis on Infinite Earths, that is. So much so that I always find myself quoting the AntiMonitor as he struck down Supergirl*** with his eye blasts.

"You turn in battle, girl? That is a *fatal* mistake."

**: Looks a bit like Gohma from OoT, no?

***: I know technically BB's more Mary Marvel than SG with her powers being magically based. Just a random thought.

u/Hal32Pietro — 3 days ago

▲ 25 r/HalJordan

Nice cover if a bit deceiving (Justice League Unlimited #17)

Hal is nowhere to be found in the actual issue. A nice callback to José Luis García López classic art from the 1982 DC Style Guide, though.

u/Hal32Pietro — 10 days ago

▲ 43 r/zatanna

Read Bring Down The House

Fantastic art and coloring by Javier Rodriguez. I didn't know him and his ability to visually tell a story has left me impressed.

As for the writing--- Did I mention the extraordinary work of Rodriguez on illustrating duties?

u/Hal32Pietro — 10 days ago

▲ 8 r/mutantsandmasterminds

(Dispatch) Synergy mechanic

Hi!

I've been playing Dispatch and one of the things I like best about it is well, the actual dispatching. If you have played the game, you know that certain pairs of characters achieve synergy (three tiers, adding an additional 5% to mission success) as they start to team up, ie, whenever sent together in successful missions.

It has been a while since I read my 3e book but I think in M&M this would be covered with the Teamwork advantage? And is it limited to one teammate initially, right?

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u/Hal32Pietro — 16 days ago

▲ 3 r/CaptainAmerica

Thoughts on Secret Empire

https://preview.redd.it/nokf100n4efh1.png?width=1084&format=png&auto=webp&s=a835c73e58b42b9e73e0185487ecdeb7d1d48ef3

Just finished reading it, some points that come to mind,

* I *really* should have read Civil War II before. Carol is a key player here and a lot of her motivations and insecurity are referred to originating from CW II.

* It was ballsy as hell making 616 Cap a n*zi for as long as it did. (yes, Hydra. But Hydra = n*zis.).

* As the story progressed and Steve became more and more detached and tyrannical, he felt... oddly weak. Self defeated.

* I don't think KobikGoodSteve can really be effective as an image of Cap onwards. I know Marvel would never agree to it, but he should have retired.

* The implication that the axis won WW II in 616? Scary but I think it works? Also super ballsy.

* The scene in Secret Empire Omega where a kid is afraid of KobikGoodSteve? Darn. Chilling.

* The event itself was way too long and had lots of things that I didn't quite follow since all I read before it was the Captain America: Steve Rogers book, as regards the Marvel books of that time.

* Sam Wilson as Cap was excellent. I think he should have become the one and only Cap and KGS become some sort of advisor.

More as I dwell on it. All in all, an excellent and thought provoking storyline that proved eerily prescient on the rise of DT45/DT47.

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u/Hal32Pietro — 26 days ago