tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post3076206615809500208..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: When Falls An Avenger!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-12698811293815720422018-03-06T05:14:25.885-05:002018-03-06T05:14:25.885-05:00When Hank discovers Jan is spying on him his react...When Hank discovers Jan is spying on him his reaction it to bring a clenched fist down upon his tiny form like he was going to crush her in one blow, is this also a case of art not showing the full story or are we just looking for reasons to show old Hank aint so bad cuffing his wife for arguing with him.<br /><br />This man had some serious emotional problems over the years he faked his own death, and became a new identity (Yellowjacket) that claimed he was his own murderer and its a shock to us he acts this way?Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-14886162223818406562016-11-22T20:50:02.692-05:002016-11-22T20:50:02.692-05:00George (and Warren), it's hard to say how much...George (and Warren), it's hard to say how much stock to put in Pym's pride in his perceived accomplishments. A person tends to have pride in their work or status when they feel it's justified--a healthy conceit, if you will, that stops just short of arrogance or boasting. Yet Pym's work in biochemistry wasn't lauded in the traditional sense, nor could we say it met with any success insofar as his application of it, which he confined to himself only to eventually see his costumed identities based on that work fall by the wayside one by one. Pym's only real measure of success was as Ant-Man, an identity which he all but abandoned when it failed to raise his profile next to more visibly powerful figures. Add to that the fact that Ultron was an unquestionable failure, and it would seem that Pym would have very little to be proud of--that is, beyond his membership in the Avengers, which under normal circumstances certainly isn't chopped liver as far as an accomplishment one could take pride in.<br /><br />Perhaps defining Pym's motivations is as simple as seeing him continually reinvent himself and improve on his technology in order to be a more high-profile Avenger; and even that seemed beyond his grasp, since he constantly went into action alongside the Wasp and was generally regarded as part of the Avengers' insect-sized contingent, whose skills rarely turned the tide in a battle.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-71739029192638263422016-11-22T12:14:48.304-05:002016-11-22T12:14:48.304-05:00The whak heard round the (comics) world! I've ...The <i>whak</i> heard round the (comics) world! I've sometimes wondered if the fandom concentrates too much on this lapse, and after seeing the context surrounding the moment (here and in your older Hank Pym posts) I still think it might, but for different reasons - there's a lot of unhinging going on in Hank's head! More than I anticipated. That rant against Cap is an eyebrow-raiser, as is his despair that Jan saved them all.<br /><br />George makes a good point about his pride, I think. It partially answers my question of why he feels like a failure as a scientist after creating, y'know, a relatively stable method of instantaneously shrinking or growing matter, and why he didn't capitalise on it except as a costumed showoff. 'Course, that leads into the theme of why Reed Richards hasn't cured cancer yet, so maybe it doesn't bear too much scrutiny.<br /><br />"...circumstances that compel her to coax her husband back to his old self by using seductive methods that have always worked for her in the past..."<br /><br />I take it that's why she's wearing that costume.Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-58755430025129764982016-11-22T03:16:38.404-05:002016-11-22T03:16:38.404-05:00Hank's biggest Achilles heel was never anythin...Hank's biggest Achilles heel was never anything to do with his powers. It was his pride. In his very first appearance in TALES TO ASTONISH, he was too proud to work on mundane science; instead he created his shrinking formula, which almost got him killed. Pride made him create his Giant-Man identity, which was deleterious to his health. Pride made him create Ultron. And here, we saw that his fellow Avengers would have shown clemency, had he but admitted the truth that he screwed up in the heat of battle. Instead, pride drove him once again to ruin.George Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837115563034614545noreply@blogger.com