From Alan Moore and Klaus Janson's Green Arrow: Night Olympics.
Gifted archer Pete Lomax decides to kill Green Arrow, ostensibly to prove that he doesn't need a stupid codename, or a goofy costume, to be a bad guy. While hunting Arrow, Pete shoots Black Canary, who's badly wounded.
A chase ensues, in which Lomax takes time to rant from a rooftop, taunting Arrow.
"You know what? I think you people are a hoax! I think all those super-crooks you beat up, they're just actors or something. It's like wrestling. It's all set up beforehand.
You're nothing special, y'know? Just guys dressed up. I got your girlfriend pretty easy, didn't I? I just found out where you were by listening in on the police band and I shot her. It was easy. Somebody should have done it before.
Is your girlfriend hurt, huh? I bet she's hurt pretty bad, huh? Well? What do you say? Aren't you going to answer me? Hey, super-hero! I'm talking to.."
Fucking Alan Moore, man. He takes a back-up strip, and makes it a character-defining moment.
Seriously, I love so much about Night Olympics. The fact that Ollie lets Lomax get a shot off, just so he can grab the arrow. The way Janson lays out their duel, with Ollie managing to snatch the oncoming arrow, toss it aside, and string and fire his own, before Lomax can even get another notched.
It's also a very superhero-positive story, from Moore.
Valentine's Day is getting closer and love is in the air. I thought it would be fun to see how super types pitch woo during the lovey dovey season. The DC villain Bane constantly strives to better himself both physically and mentally. Let's see his technique for getting girls.
Ew. That doesn't sound very romantic. Maybe we need to look at a genius' refined methods of approaching women. The X-Club's Dr. Nemesis, show us the proper way to address a lady.
Ugh. That's sexual harassment! Maybe ... maybe instead of a higher intellect, we examine a higher being altogether. The Watchers see all, know all. Surely they can make a woman weak in the knees with some advanced love poetry or something.
This is going terribly. I don't see how it could get any wor-
did he mirror parts of reeds personality across his ultimate and ff runs? because, A) awesome and totally in continuity with multiverse reeds being a thing
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The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #12-
Context:
RID #11:
Conspirators were planning to overthrow the Autobot government and ignore Starscream's candidacy for legitimate elections. This would undo everything Starscream's worked for since the war ended and the Decepticons lost. Starscream wanted to spread the old message of the Decepticons from before the war, before they lost their way, and did not want more bloodshed, so he went to Prowl, secretive and manipulative head of security for the Autobot government on Cybertron. Prowl and an accomplice set up a scenario that took down the conspirators, and placed a bomb that activated when Prowl opened the door of the stronghold, to make the operation appear legitimate. He appeared to be out of action, and the conspirators were taken away somewhere unknown to anyone but Prowl and his accomplice. The conspirators, for all intents and purposes to the rest of the planet, were dead.
RID #12:
Wheeljack, the can-do Autobot engineer who's basically been responsible for Cybertronian infrastructure, found out that Prowl was no longer in his regeneration chamber following the raid on the Decepticons, wherever Prowl lived was off the grid, and he needed to be found. He ended up right in the middle of an angry Decepticon mob, furious about the deaths of their leaders, and the presence of an Autobot among them started a riot. Hell was breaking loose, and Wheeljack looked like he was gonna be in trouble.
However, a gunshot killed one of the rioters, and Wheeljack turned to see...
I believe she was supposed to be around 20 or 21 at that time since she was 17 or 18 in No Man's Land. Although, her series didn't have that much fan service, at least compared to other comics, especially when she was still written by her creators.
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I don't know that I'd really consider a bit of flagrant cheesecake to be in the spirit of this thread's definition of "awesome moments," at least from what I've seen.
I don't see how this is cheesecake? She's naked and doesn't give a fuck. Cass is just a total bad ass she beats up bad guys without her mask and doesn't need clothes to grab a late night snack. Plus I think the dialogue is funny.
She's usually wrapped up from head to toe though so I'm sure someone else can find a more demure awesome moment to please you...
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Gifted archer Pete Lomax decides to kill Green Arrow, ostensibly to prove that he doesn't need a stupid codename, or a goofy costume, to be a bad guy. While hunting Arrow, Pete shoots Black Canary, who's badly wounded.
A chase ensues, in which Lomax takes time to rant from a rooftop, taunting Arrow.
"You know what? I think you people are a hoax! I think all those super-crooks you beat up, they're just actors or something. It's like wrestling. It's all set up beforehand.
You're nothing special, y'know? Just guys dressed up. I got your girlfriend pretty easy, didn't I? I just found out where you were by listening in on the police band and I shot her. It was easy. Somebody should have done it before.
Is your girlfriend hurt, huh? I bet she's hurt pretty bad, huh? Well? What do you say? Aren't you going to answer me? Hey, super-hero! I'm talking to.."
Fucking Alan Moore, man. He takes a back-up strip, and makes it a character-defining moment.
Seriously, I love so much about Night Olympics. The fact that Ollie lets Lomax get a shot off, just so he can grab the arrow. The way Janson lays out their duel, with Ollie managing to snatch the oncoming arrow, toss it aside, and string and fire his own, before Lomax can even get another notched.
It's also a very superhero-positive story, from Moore.
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Ew. That doesn't sound very romantic. Maybe we need to look at a genius' refined methods of approaching women. The X-Club's Dr. Nemesis, show us the proper way to address a lady.
Ugh. That's sexual harassment! Maybe ... maybe instead of a higher intellect, we examine a higher being altogether. The Watchers see all, know all. Surely they can make a woman weak in the knees with some advanced love poetry or something.
This is going terribly. I don't see how it could get any wor-
VALENTINE'S DAY IS CANCELED! THIS POST IS OVER!
I doubt it, since this isn't the first Awesome thread
Context:
Conspirators were planning to overthrow the Autobot government and ignore Starscream's candidacy for legitimate elections. This would undo everything Starscream's worked for since the war ended and the Decepticons lost. Starscream wanted to spread the old message of the Decepticons from before the war, before they lost their way, and did not want more bloodshed, so he went to Prowl, secretive and manipulative head of security for the Autobot government on Cybertron. Prowl and an accomplice set up a scenario that took down the conspirators, and placed a bomb that activated when Prowl opened the door of the stronghold, to make the operation appear legitimate. He appeared to be out of action, and the conspirators were taken away somewhere unknown to anyone but Prowl and his accomplice. The conspirators, for all intents and purposes to the rest of the planet, were dead.
RID #12:
Wheeljack, the can-do Autobot engineer who's basically been responsible for Cybertronian infrastructure, found out that Prowl was no longer in his regeneration chamber following the raid on the Decepticons, wherever Prowl lived was off the grid, and he needed to be found. He ended up right in the middle of an angry Decepticon mob, furious about the deaths of their leaders, and the presence of an Autobot among them started a riot. Hell was breaking loose, and Wheeljack looked like he was gonna be in trouble.
However, a gunshot killed one of the rioters, and Wheeljack turned to see...
She's usually wrapped up from head to toe though so I'm sure someone else can find a more demure awesome moment to please you...
Science vs. magic, or "Mystic arts be damned, a dog with machine guns is always problematic":
"Wait, WTF was that?" spoilers:
Uh, it makes a bit more sense in context. But not much.
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Daaaaannnngggggg.
OH
MY
FUCKING
GOD
I NEED TO SEE THAT DETAIL
edit: on the larger, you can totally tell that the Secret Avengers homage is Ant Man + cap shield + hawkeye's bow
Punisher from the arc immediately preceding Frankencastle.
'nuff said.
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I just realized he's shooting a DC comics logo.
The Doctor Strange Guide to Dealing with Domiciles of a Haunted Nature
Step 1: Ascertain that the residence in question is actually suffering from a spiritual disturbance.
Step 2: Escort any inhabitants to the exterior of the structure (this step may require the judicious application of force).
Step 3: Call down the fiery powers of cosmic ruination! Scorch the foundations and lay waste with eldritch powers beyond the minds of man!
Step 4: Repeat as necessary.