Captain America #315
Jun. 15th, 2024 08:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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scans_dailyThe Porcupine wants out of the business and is trying to sell off his gear. When all of the bad guys turn him down, he resorts to asking Captain America for help. Cap uses the opportunity to lay a trap for the Serpent Society.
The previous issue was a tie-in to Gruenwald’s Squadron Supreme series, so I have skipped it for obvious reasons.
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Date: 2024-06-15 07:43 am (UTC)Though Porcy's rather downbeaten demeanor here is really at odds with his appearance in 285 (as written by DeMatteis) where he was much more bombastic and stereotypical supervillain. I prefer him here.
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Date: 2024-06-15 12:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-06-15 06:43 pm (UTC)Like Spidey when he stops quipping and instead goes for the jugular, as he did to Titania.
Hmm...
Which is worse for self-esteem for a new villain; being someone's starter villain, or just another random person Spider-Man beats up in-between rounds with Doc Ock?
(At least when Squirrel Girl beats people up, she tries to give them helpful suggestions on how to be a better person.)
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Date: 2024-06-15 07:29 pm (UTC)So no one else approaches her level. But by the standards of most superheroes, Cap is better than most at it. I love how he fills the dying Porcupine's ears with validation so that maybe, just maybe, "I'm a loser" wasn't his last thought. Cap probably doesn't see that as a win...he would have preferred Porcupine to fight on and live...but dying with dignity is no small thing.
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Date: 2024-06-17 12:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-06-15 06:37 pm (UTC)(And there's a bit during Avengers: Under Siege where the Wrecking Crew are smashing up the mansion and find the memorial to Porcupine and take it as an insult.
Though pretty sure Busiek's run showed it was still around then.)
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Date: 2024-06-16 12:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-06-16 01:41 am (UTC)The Doctor: Well, it's not exactly a friendly thing. The Romulans have a word for it: Mentarsta.
Worf: "Respect due an honored enemy."
The Doctor: You know the word.
Worf: I am amused at the irony of any Romulan word conceptualizing "honor."
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Date: 2024-06-16 06:21 am (UTC)