Battle for Moment of the Week 3/12/09: Mongul or Arkillo?

TexiKen

....That actually worked pretty well up there.

Anyway, GLC #34 wins because it handled 4 different plot points without a problem. And also had some really messed up scenes. Scans below:

The resolution to the Mongul/Arkillo fight:






The Kryb babies freak me the hell out:



And also, Scar starts a riot in the Sciencells with a newly captured red lantern.

Battle for the Cowl #1 was decent, but Daniels seems to have skipped over the last few issues of Nightwing and Robin to set up what's going on now.

Lucascraft

Man, Guy had the best line in this week's GLC. Definitely my motw so far (although I haven't finished my stack yet).

"Ya gotta be kidding me -- Green, Yellow, Red, Blue, Violet -- It's like Walt Disney threw up -- What the hell's going on out there?"

SatanIsMyMotor

Lucascraft wrote: »

Man, Guy had the best line in this week's GLC. Definitely my motw so far (although I haven't finished my stack yet).

"Ya gotta be kidding me -- Green, Yellow, Red, Blue, Violet -- It's like Walt Disney threw up -- What the hell's going on out there?"

Hahaha, that is pretty funny.

Ninjabear

So in Batman: BFTC,

Was that Jason Todd in the batsuit that Catwoman saw?

TexiKen

Re: BFTC:

Jason Todd is the gun toting Batman on the last page, as spoiled by DC solicits.

The Aparo-suit Batman is Tim

DarkWarrior

Ghost Rider wins.

"What about the Skrulls? Should we tell her about the Skrulls? HAVE YOU BEEN INVADED BY SKRULLS YET?"

KVW

Ninjabear wrote: »

So in Batman: BFTC,

Was that Jason Todd in the batsuit that Catwoman saw?

Jason is the gun using one at the end. Tim is in the Batman costume. It even has his text boxes when he's breaking into the underground 'fake Batman's' lair.

psycojester

So does anybody know who the

guy plugged into all the kidnapped people

was in Invincible Iron Man 11.

Robos A Go Go

psycojester wrote: »

So does anybody know who the

guy plugged into all the kidnapped people

was in Invincible Iron Man 11.

This dude, maybe.

kfrooster

Awesome artwork as usual from Rob Levin in Astonishing Tales this week. Greatest laugh was probably from the MODOK story they published.

Battle for the Cowl was pretty cool too.

wirehead26

I wouldn't consider this a MotW per say but seeing a Rob Liefeld uncolored sketch for the first time in the Deadpool hardcover I just bought was pretty eye-opening. How does a colorist even begin to piece together the jumbled mess of lines he produces? I'm referring to the Deadpool #1 variant and it actually looked good as a finished product.

Crimsondude

Was anyone else disappointed that Tony's gmail account doesn't really exist?

Hell yes I tried logging in. Why not?

Lucascraft

Someone should make it.

Macro9

I tried but it says it already exists. The password doesn't work for it either.

desc

But ... how will we communicate without being caught by HAMMER surveillance now?

Also I don't even have a moment of the week. I liked Iron Man but there was no single "Wow!" moment in it. I am ready to see Pepper flying around and breaking the sound barrier, although I wonder how this will go when HAMMER shows up 15 seconds later with helicopters and supervillains.

SatanIsMyMotor

I thought Ironfist was quite good this week.

I also totally dug Walking Dead as well.

McCly

I finally got the Joker hardcover.

Holy fuck.

UnknownSaint

I don't follow any of those comics but just looking at that first image (Mongul v. Arkillo)

Does Mongul have like...brass knuckles of power rings?

TexiKen

UnknownSaint wrote: »

I don't follow any of those comics but just looking at that first image (Mongul v. Arkillo)

Does Mongul have like...brass knuckles of power rings?

He killed off a few Sinestro Corps members and kept the rings for himself.

KVW

Surprised no one is talking about Action Comics with Flamebird and Nightwing revealed as:

Supergirl's best friend that was in charge of Kandor (who most were pegging as Superwoman) and Chris Kent suffering from some random Phantom Zone growth spurt things.

Also, there was the list of people FB and NW were after who were all escapees from the Phantom Zone:

• Tor-An - Nightwing and Flamebird captured this issue
• Jax-Ur - a rocket & missile engineer who accidentally destroyed one of Krypton's two moons and a populated moon of millions and the only criminal ever sentenced to spend all existence within the Phantom Zone, without the possibility of any kind of parole and is considered Krypton’s worst criminal.
• Nadira (last name obscured) - a petty criminal with telekinetic powers (oh the conversations she and Superboy would have had)
• Az-Rel - was a partner with Nadira and is a pyrokinetic
• Quex-Ul - the only innocent person ever sentenced to the Phantom Zone. Quex-Ul was put in the Phantom Zone for killing a herd of the sacred Rondors. Rondor horns had healing properties and were therefore sacred to Kryptonians. Quex-Ul was caught at the scene of the crime and was convicted and sentenced to 25 Sun Cycles in the Phantom Zone. Superman proved his innocence and released him and Quex-Ul in turn saved Superman from exposure to Gold Kryptonite. However, this information is obviously from the Silver Age and most likely his freedom will be ignored.
• Car-Vex - I actually know nothing about this Kryptonian. I imagine it's a new character created for this storyline.

Those are all from prior appearances (Golden/Silver Age, etc), so might not apply directly to these descriptions, but thats the list of people the two are trackign down, all of which are plants on Earth by Zod.

Mai-Kero

The Ex Machina special this week was fantastic. I love Vaughan so much.

Print is dead.

valiance

So Immortal Iron Fist is still really good, and those of you who arent reading it should be ashamed of yourselves. Very ashamed.

durandal4532

"Ooooh look at me I beat a guy while wearing a dozen power rings because I'm a whiny armless loooooser"

Seriously though I can't wait for Mongul's inevitable death.

Darklyre

valiance wrote: »

So Immortal Iron Fist is still really good, and those of you who arent reading it should be ashamed of yourselves. Very ashamed.

That older Bride? Mother of God. D:D:D:

valiance

Darklyre wrote: »

valiance wrote: »

So Immortal Iron Fist is still really good, and those of you who arent reading it should be ashamed of yourselves. Very ashamed.

That older Bride? Mother of God. D:D:D:

I can't identify the former Davos and former John Aman (well the 2 former weapons from their cities). One has a yellow/red scarf hat/veil with a monkey on his/her shoulder and the other is on the bottom left with a spear.

TexiKen

durandal4532 wrote: »

"Ooooh look at me I beat a guy while wearing a dozen power rings because I'm a whiny armless loooooser"

Seriously though I can't wait for Mongul's inevitable death.

Well, they did power their rings down while they fought. Granted, Mongul's left arm should have fallen off then, but...

And the other pages of the fight were pretty sweet as well. Gleason draws great fight scenes. They basically stab each other with a pole, then stab the other with the pole while it's still in them. Like sci-fi kabobs.

mattharvest

AH, LALALALLAALLwaitingfortradesLALALALLALALA

(of Iron Fist)

KVW

TexiKen wrote: »

durandal4532 wrote: »

"Ooooh look at me I beat a guy while wearing a dozen power rings because I'm a whiny armless loooooser"

Seriously though I can't wait for Mongul's inevitable death.

Well, they did power their rings down while they fought. Granted, Mongul's left arm should have fallen off then, but...

And the other pages of the fight were pretty sweet as well. Gleason draws great fight scenes. They basically stab each other with a pole, then stab the other with the pole while it's still in them. Like sci-fi kabobs.

Mongul is also Superman level strength. I'm surprised he didnt squish Arkillo like a bug without the rings.

Sharp101

I liked when he was throwing people at the other guy.

Throwing them hard enough that the people squish on impact.

Amazing.

psycojester

KVW wrote: »

TexiKen wrote: »

durandal4532 wrote: »

"Ooooh look at me I beat a guy while wearing a dozen power rings because I'm a whiny armless loooooser"

Seriously though I can't wait for Mongul's inevitable death.

Well, they did power their rings down while they fought. Granted, Mongul's left arm should have fallen off then, but...

And the other pages of the fight were pretty sweet as well. Gleason draws great fight scenes. They basically stab each other with a pole, then stab the other with the pole while it's still in them. Like sci-fi kabobs.

Mongul is also Superman level strength. I'm surprised he didnt squish Arkillo like a bug without the rings.

Personally i was hoping Arkillo would win because his character design is x10000 times better than Monguls

durandal4532

Exactly!

That's basically my entire distaste for Mongul. Giant purple-yellow dude. Just looks silly.

psycojester

At the very least he could wear a Lantern Corps uniform, they're good costumes and seem to work for just about anybody.

CoJoeTheLawyer

TexiKen wrote: »

Well, they did power their rings down while they fought. Granted, Mongul's left arm should have fallen off then, but...

I thought they should've left Mongul's arm unattached, just flying through space and punching people in the face when provoked. It's such a great concept, I'm surprise it didn't get its own ongoing series.

Maybe now it and Arkillo's toungue can have a team-up. Once Arkillo's toungue gets a ring of its own.

Bloods End

I hope that the dude replaces his tongue with a yellow tongue construct.

psycojester

CoJoeTheLawyer wrote: »

TexiKen wrote: »

Well, they did power their rings down while they fought. Granted, Mongul's left arm should have fallen off then, but...

I thought they should've left Mongul's arm unattached, just flying through space and punching people in the face when provoked. It's such a great concept, I'm surprise it didn't get its own ongoing series.

Maybe now it and Arkillo's toungue can have a team-up. Once Arkillo's toungue gets a ring of its own.

That would make an absolutely brilliant spin-off story after the Blackest Night arc ends, following the decimation of the various corps following whatever goes down, Monguls left arm goes rogue, taking over a planet and establishing a kingdom in its own image.

mattharvest

Bloods End wrote: »

I hope that the dude replaces his tongue with a yellow tongue construct.

So, we're looking for a corps full of Davos?

DarkWarrior

Can someone explain the last page of Punisher: Six Hours To Die (I think) chapter 3 to me?

Crimsondude

From what I could tell, Larry had a flashback to Nam and was seeing Frank giving him the old one-fingered salute as he was being dragged off to get tortured.

Wildcat

Moment of the Week so far: was that bloody Killpower being referred to in Captain Britain?!

DarkWarrior

Crimsondude wrote: »

From what I could tell, Larry had a flashback to Nam and was seeing Frank giving him the old one-fingered salute as he was being dragged off to get tortured.

Different comic I think, I'm talking about the Max Series one, Six Hours To Kill.

Faynor

Not big enough to be an anti-moment of the week, but I got excited when I saw Captain Marvel on the cover of GoG and he was in it (As a zombie, no less!) for all of two panels.