tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post8779493591799762799..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: Six Against The Skrulls!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-74230626322693283822020-03-31T18:40:01.221-04:002020-03-31T18:40:01.221-04:00I look at the first few panels of the Skrull ship ...I look at the first few panels of the Skrull ship and homeworld, and I think "Dang! Give Jim Cheung a Star Wars comic!" Then I look at the ship that the Illuminati arrived in and think "mmmm... no."<br /><br />There's something that tickles me a bit about the Illuminati lineup. Reed Richards and Tony Stark: world famous super-scientists and industrialists. Black Bolt and Namor: sovereigns of powerful nations. Steven Strange: sorceror supreme. Charles Xavier: principal of a fancy-pants academy in Westchester.<br />Obviously a vastly powerful man in his own right, with huge influence among the mutant side of humanity, but... does anyone else see it and get what I mean? Or like George, am I thinking too hard?<br /><br />The story? The group's actions? Boneheaded. At least Namor had the honesty to gloat about it.Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-11150231635012330192020-03-28T09:21:13.747-04:002020-03-28T09:21:13.747-04:00Pearl Harbor is famous but I'd never heard of ...Pearl Harbor is famous but I'd never heard of the Doolittle Raid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-66782128510878497472020-03-28T05:39:07.091-04:002020-03-28T05:39:07.091-04:00It would certainly give Gorgon the freedom to stom...It would certainly give Gorgon the freedom to stomp to his heart's content, Murray. But, seriously, this sounds like a <i>What If</i> plot I don't even think anyone at <i>Marvel</i> would want to touch! :D<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-36700621692799476642020-03-27T20:14:56.810-04:002020-03-27T20:14:56.810-04:00If we take this plot concept and instead, after th...If we take this plot concept and instead, after the Kree-Skrull War, posit Clint Barton and Pietro having first-hand experience with the aliens decided to make a strike force. They recruit Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, Gorgon, Bobby Drake, and Hank McCoy. They all pool their respective teams' resources and head to the Skrull Empire. The story pretty much unfolds as described, with different details.<br /><br />THEN this half-witted and short-sighted thinking would be easily in-character and acceptable.<br /><br />And when this team returned, battered and bruised, to Earth, the characters featured in this comic would then shout in unison: "YOU DID <i>WHAT</i>?? Of all the short-sighted, brash, hare-brained ideas..." And then these rational, hyper-intelligent leaders would form their Illuminati in an attempt at damage-control.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-34997221082250932752020-03-27T18:17:38.390-04:002020-03-27T18:17:38.390-04:00Well-taken points, George, though I'd add one ...Well-taken points, George, though I'd add one more important comparison: both attacks were waged with conventional weaponry of the early 1940s, with the breakthrough of nuclear weaponry still a few years away, while Earth of the early 21st century (when this story takes place) had nothing to compare with the weaponry of the Skrulls (super-beings notwithstanding). To those who fought in the admittedly costly conflict of World War II, the damage and loss of life still left Planet Earth whole, intact, and habitable, with the bulk of the human race left to thrive thereafter; any retaliation from the Skrulls, however, should they have chosen that option, would have resulted in the likely eradication of the human race, and even the possible destruction of Earth (though I would think the Skrulls would have instead remained to exploit its resources).<br /><br />Doolittle's raid was mainly viewed as a psychological victory which boosted U.S. morale--but with the Illuminati's existence and activities a guarded secret, what possibility was there of <i>that?</i> And had the Skrulls retaliated in force, whatever comfort the Illuminati members took from their actions would have sadly been rendered moot.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-13052254128274457922020-03-27T17:36:43.971-04:002020-03-27T17:36:43.971-04:00HAVING SAID THAT...
The first question the Illumi...HAVING SAID THAT...<br /><br />The first question the Illuminati should have asked themselves before going on their mission should have been: "What happens to Earth if everything goes wrong and we fail and die?"<br /><br />Answer: Earth loses some of its most important defenders (and Iron Man) just when the Skrulls are hacked off and revenge-y.<br /><br />The answer for the Doolittle Raid would have been: the US loses some bombers and crew. (Which happened.) Tragic, but replaceable.<br /><br />(Self-isolation must be getting to me, I'm arguing with myself.)George Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837115563034614545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-70174491191185972792020-03-27T04:28:56.950-04:002020-03-27T04:28:56.950-04:00There's a lot to dislike about this, most egre...There's a lot to dislike about this, most egregiously the concept of the Illuminati themselves and their arrogant belief that the six of them can handle anything without telling anyone else about it; but I can't really argue with their idea of a pre-emptive strike against a race that wants nothing less than the subjugation of Earth. Consider and compare: After the attack on Pearl Harbor, did the US sit back and say, "Welp, nothing we can do, Japan's too strong and too far away, better wait for them to hit us again"? No. Despite the fact that Japan WAS too far away, and the Imperial Japanese Navy too strong to immediately attack, the US came up with the audacious Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, to tell Japan "You're not invincible. We CAN hurt you."George Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837115563034614545noreply@blogger.com