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The Illuminati have created a weapon:





Another "incursion" from an alternate reality has occurred. In about seven hours, the alternate Earth will collide with theirs unless they destroy it first or figure another solution out.

This time, the incursion site is Latveria. The Illuminati teleport there, bringing along the world-destroyer. Just in case.







They travel to the other Earth, only to find that it's completely barren.







They return to their Earth, leaving their anti-matter bomb behind.





Date: 2013-07-04 10:43 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] salinea
Complaining about her being exposition only (which is not completely accurate, since she's obviously scheming something and will probably be a threat or something akin down the line but okay) is fair enough. But when you target the only female character for being "eye candy" it leaves a bad taste in my mouth, especially given that the art doesn't use her in a very exploitative sexy way (no more than your average comics, that is). It's the sort of criticism you see again and again that pretends to use feminist skew to actually be against female characters which pisses me off. Particularly blatant here when it's THE all male characters title.

Actually, she isn't Ms. Exposition, either...

Date: 2013-07-04 12:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] bewareofgeek
She's Ms. "I'm going to tell you what I know, but only in the most obscure and mysterious way, so that it can sound more portentous, and less like the writer throwing up concepts on the page."

Seriously, she's every bad Hickman dialogue tic rolled up into one.

Oh, and if any piece of the soon-to-be destroyed earth serves as a marker... "no matter how little", then the dust on their feet (and Tony's knee) just doomed their planet.
From: [personal profile] silicondream
Not really clear why they need a marker, since they've already got an invasion force right there on the new Earth. Why doesn't the rest of their army just follow it? And why are they even targeting these Earths in the first place? They're not particularly easy pickings, so far as we've seen.

And aren't these mapmaker guys saving the universes involved, by blowing up each Earth after they raid it? Not sure why that's a problem, even from Torturedly Expository Hot Topic Lady's POV. They seem to be doing exactly what she wants, just in a slightly more roundabout fashion. Or is it cheating if you don't pick one Earth as a home base and stick with it?
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From: [personal profile] junipepper
Torturedly Expository Hot Topic Lady\

Nice. :-)

Date: 2013-07-04 02:17 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] captainbellman
I get what you're saying, but my point is that I hate that she has to be the eye candy by dint of being the only female character there. The fact that this is the standard that the average comic lives up to - where the majority of the male characters are wearing practical, functional outfits for the job at hand and the one woman looks just about ready to go to a goth rave - is appalling in and of itself.

You misread my intent: what I want is better-dressed women with actual character traits. What I don't want is no women at all.

Date: 2013-07-04 04:31 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] captainbellman
Poe's law, dude. I can't tell what your tone is - are you sincerely agreeing with me, or sarcastically doubting my intent?

Date: 2013-07-04 10:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] salinea
Oh, I believe it wasn't your intent.

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