What the fuck is going on in that first panel? Is Ironman an octopus or something? I've stared at that picture for a good 10 minutes now and I still don't get how it's possible.
Basically Tony is fighting the Mandarin. Tony first shoots off Mandarin's fingers thinking that's where the rings are, however they're in his back fused to his spine. Then the Mandarin gets him in a headlock of sorts while Tony realizes that the rings are in his back, so he reaches around, slips his finger through and proceeds to rip them out. Reading it the first time I actually said "Holy shit" out loud. It was awesome.
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edited May 2008
that panel's retarded
why are you in this forum if you don't read comic books
What the fuck is going on in that first panel? Is Ironman an octopus or something? I've stared at that picture for a good 10 minutes now and I still don't get how it's possible.
Basically Tony is fighting the Mandarin. Tony first shoots off Mandarin's fingers thinking that's where the rings are, however they're in his back fused to his spine. Then the Mandarin gets him in a headlock of sorts while Tony realizes that the rings are in his back, so he reaches around, slips his finger through and proceeds to rip them out. Reading it the first time I actually said "Holy shit" out loud. It was awesome.
I thought "holy shit" when that got posted because he's wearing the centurion armor I love so much.
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AngryThe glory I had witnessedwas just a sleight of handRegistered Userregular
edited May 2008
how is he removing the rings?
a ring just appears on his finger with no visible damage to the flesh, then all of a sudden all of the rings are on his finger and there's an obscured blood splatter.
a ring just appears on his finger with no visible damage to the flesh, then all of a sudden all of the rings are on his finger and there's an obscured blood splatter.
He fucking rips them off of Mandarin's back by sliding his finger down the holes and then yanking up.
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AngryThe glory I had witnessedwas just a sleight of handRegistered Userregular
edited May 2008
yeah definitely not seeing that happen in those pages.
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143999Tellin' yanot askin' ya, not pleadin' with yaRegistered Userregular
edited May 2008
Are they already sticking out of his back, like little round horizontally-oriented Godzilla spines, or are they actually embedded in his spine, like they're sharing real estate with vertebrae?
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AngryThe glory I had witnessedwas just a sleight of handRegistered Userregular
edited May 2008
ok upon further inspection you can see the visible ring is only sticking out partially and there's a definition of another one below it covered by wife beater.
that's some pretty amazing stretching tony did to rip them out if they're all spaced out like the first two.
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143999Tellin' yanot askin' ya, not pleadin' with yaRegistered Userregular
edited May 2008
And how far down do they go?
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edited May 2008
They all could be fused together, or he could be using some sort of magnet thing.
Ok so the ring setup was shown in an earlier issue, like a few before the whole World War Hulk(issue #17) thing started. Some guys found Mandarin in a jail in China, broke him out and he embedded the rings into his spine.
Wikipedia:
The Mandarin has been revived in the current arc of Iron Man. Apparently he has been in a prison in central China for some time. In this story it has been revealed that he has lost his hands (most likely the hands that were sent to Temugin were, in fact, actually the Mandarin's). He has also been living with no food or water for years. His ability to survive so long without food or water is likely due to his mastery of chi. Despite being handless and starved, he was able to kill several men armed with guns via his mastery of the martial arts. His rings have been returned to him, and it has been suggested Temugin has died. His rings are being re-assimilated into his body by heating them and burning them into his spine.
I like how in those panels, Iron Man's expression is all like, "Ok, so the human is going to strangle my metal neck, with his fleshy arms..Riiiiiight..." *RIIIIIIIP!*
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I like how in those panels, Iron Man's expression is all like, "Ok, so the human is going to strangle my metal neck, with his fleshy arms..Riiiiiight..." *RIIIIIIIP!*
granted that human is super strong with the power of all those rings pulsating through him.
I'm going with that, because it would make things awesome if the ring was all "Duh, I'm a ring fingers get priority!"
Also, countering the Cap Panel, someone has to post the Nextwave "Do you think this E on my shirt stands for 'America'?" panel.
Well, the downside is that the Mandarin has been shown to have a mental connection w/ the rings, so they're not going to rebel against him, I don't think.
there's some stylistic things in it that you can totally tell are his. like the hand with the eye in the center of the shot at the very beginning. new frontier covers were sort of like that
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If you don't know who taskmaster is, he has muscle memory, which allows him to replicate any move that he has seen. Be it in person, on television, whatever. It makes for some really great moments:
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Before it gets lost in the early pages, I'd still love to see the repeatedly mentioned "Ultimate Spider-Man vs Kingpin; amature stand up night" edition if anyone's got it laying around?
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Basically Tony is fighting the Mandarin. Tony first shoots off Mandarin's fingers thinking that's where the rings are, however they're in his back fused to his spine. Then the Mandarin gets him in a headlock of sorts while Tony realizes that the rings are in his back, so he reaches around, slips his finger through and proceeds to rip them out. Reading it the first time I actually said "Holy shit" out loud. It was awesome.
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Also, the fight between Cap and the alien is pretty good.
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I thought "holy shit" when that got posted because he's wearing the centurion armor I love so much.
a ring just appears on his finger with no visible damage to the flesh, then all of a sudden all of the rings are on his finger and there's an obscured blood splatter.
He fucking rips them off of Mandarin's back by sliding his finger down the holes and then yanking up.
that's some pretty amazing stretching tony did to rip them out if they're all spaced out like the first two.
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granted that human is super strong with the power of all those rings pulsating through him.
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So a magnet?
No dude, a reverse-repulsor-beam. Mystical rings aren't affected by magnetism :P
I'm going with that, because it would make things awesome if the ring was all "Duh, I'm a ring fingers get priority!"
Also, countering the Cap Panel, someone has to post the Nextwave "Do you think this E on my shirt stands for 'America'?" panel.
Well, the downside is that the Mandarin has been shown to have a mental connection w/ the rings, so they're not going to rebel against him, I don't think.
Here you go:
Apparently Darwyn Cooke created it. Sure is neat.
Aw, man, I forgot the buildup was in the panel before?.
I think the build-up line is "Panic?" and then that panel.
Here's the buildup:
Are you shitting me
That's awesome
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Before it gets lost in the early pages, I'd still love to see the repeatedly mentioned "Ultimate Spider-Man vs Kingpin; amature stand up night" edition if anyone's got it laying around?
While we're on the subject of Runaways, this was perhaps the most adorable thing ever
And in honor of the Iron Man movie
Sorry for the image's hugeness, but trying to shrink it down makes it pretty unreadable. The text is really what's important.