Closer than they have been in so long.
Call me an optimist. From Venom #262.
u/Hal32Pietro — 13 days ago
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r/HalJordan r/zatanna r/spidermancirclejerk r/mutantsandmasterminds r/Peter_X_MJ r/CaptainAmerica r/DispatchAdHoc
▲ 61 r/Peter_X_MJ
Remembrance of times past
Just got this. I didn't even know it existed until a few weeks ago. Just another reminder of what we had.
u/Hal32Pietro — 1 month ago
▲ 10 r/DispatchAdHoc
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."
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**: 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 — 2 months 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 — 2 months 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 — 2 months ago
(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?
u/Hal32Pietro — 2 months ago
▲ 3 r/CaptainAmerica
Thoughts on Secret Empire
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.
u/Hal32Pietro — 3 months ago