COOLAPE Wednesday - MERCS! #4

Link for the full comic on the Heroes! blog:
http://heroes-comix.blogspot.com/2012/02/mercs-4.html
And on CoolApe:
http://www.coolape.org/comic-eyz-heroes215.html

It's the fight of the century, Deadpool versus Taskmaster!
The kids' gloves are off!~

ComicPageOfTheWeekend: Deadpool is impossible

..aka Deadpool Vs. Taskmaster!

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Deadpool © Marvel Comics

ComicPanelsOfTheWeek: Bro Fist

Frobman sent me this magnificient scan to share with you guys.
Enjoy!

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Alpha Flight #5 © Marvel Comics

ComicPanelsOfTheWeek: The Taskmaster Vs. Hawkeye

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"Tasky", Dark Avengers © Marvel Comics

ComicPageOfTheWeekend: The Taskmaster Vs. Iron Man

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Taskmaster & Iron Man © Marvel Comics

ComicPanelsOfTheWeek: The Taskmaster Vs. The Avengers!!

Okay... he doesn't really defeat them that much, as it looks more like he runs away from them.
But better free than captured, am I right? Flee to fight another day!

Goes to show the Taskmaster isn't simply a C-listener, and he's more one of the few "guys" of the Marvel U than is able to hold his own against some of The Avengers themselves!

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Avengers © Marvel Comics

Drawings - JAM Session March

JAM Session!

I asked you guys and gals for your ideas and suggestions...
And you answered it here!

Here's some ideas I picked up to draw.

http://atomictiki.deviantart.com/'s suggestion.

A Green Lantern gal, from Sinestro's planet.
Though I admit, I'm more of a Soranik Natu-kind of guy.

's suggestion.

Here's everybody favorite ,junky I mean archer.

Back when he had both arms.
Good times...good times

's suggestion.

Finally a brand new "real" Mortal Kombat!
Can't wait!

(I mean, I love MK vs DC and all... but I can't wait for a brand new "real" MK, 'nuff said!)

's suggestion.

I luv this guy!
One of my favorite Marvel characters, with 2 kickass miniseries so far and mostly great guest appearances in Avengers or Deadpool so far.

And that's all for this time~

Gamin' NEWS! MV3 2 more to go!

And 2 more characters revealed for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3!

 But first, have a look at the game's cover art!

- on Capcom's side, Akuma's just been officially revealed!
- and for Marvel's team, it's mercenary/trainer the Taskmaster!

Here's some vids:

Opinion?
Akuma...well...Akuma. As much as I love that guy...was he necessary, specially in a crossover game? I mean, he'll basically be a variation ofr Ryu, right? He's taking the spot of any of the other 100+ other SF characters I would have loved to see here. Or even non-SF! Like Alex from SF3, Strider, Mega Man himself, Phoenix Wright, etc...
Taskmaster on the other hand is a great addition. Sure he may be using other character's move, but all in all, with his various attacks/specials, he'll be original to play with! (these sort of characters are always fun to use, like Necrid in Soul Calibur, Dural to face in VF, etc..)

Can't we get more characters? Like Agent X, T-Ray or Cable? I'd like to have a complete Team Deadpool to play with!

What now?
Well, there's still 2 more to go (I won't spoil them for you in case you didn't read the rumoured list that is by now 100% confirmed). Fans of Darkstalkers (like me^^) will like one of those 2 missing characters!

The game will be released on February 15 (Europe), 17 (Japan) and 18 (America).
And here's a look at the special edition (the regular version was picture above):

 

 

And as you can see, Shuma Gorath (Marvel's Doctor Strange) and Jill (Capcom's Resident Evil) will be included with that edition, alongside other collector's items.
I prefer that over DLC characters...but even so.. I'm expecting Capcom to take advantage of the downloadable content with future DLC additions (probably already present on the disc...).
Capcom, master of the extra $$$-era.

ComicPageOfTheWeekend: The Taskmaster training Bullseye

Gotta love Tasky's casual clothes matching his costume...

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Bullseye & The Taskmaster © Marvel Comics

Comic Talks - Organic web or not?

The subject today is... The Web of Spider-man!
Do you prefer Spider-Man using Web-shooters or Organic Web coming out of his wrists?!

I always prefered the Mechanical Web-shooters... I guess they make a heckuve lot more sense in the end of the day...

I mean, you can diss all you want the mechanical ones, like Sam Raimi did "Everybody should be able to relate to Spider-man" or shout like some fanboys "It's more realistic. How would a college student/poor freelance photographer be able to create a mechanical device like those web-shooters and create a that super impossible to recreate web-like chemical imitation".

Well, simply put, it the amazing fantasy, pun intended, of the Marvel Universe, it is quite believable.
Think for a second. No need to drag in Thor, Ironman and other characters, let's just stay in the Spider-man part of that universe.
With characters like Mysterio or the Shocket creating their own evil devices, are the Web-shooters so Amazing?!
Plus isn't Peter Parker supposed to be a genius-kinda? I mean he did help Reed Richards, of the Fantastic Four, many times! Plus it's basically him trying to imitate the spiders through his chemical knowledge.
And don't you say "A kid with some spider-powers created an amazing web-product that nobody is able to replicate is unrealistic." like I read so many times on other sites...
Who said nobody was able to recreate it?? It's just that in the Marvel U, scientists have more important stuff to do than recreate Spider-web!
But if Ironman, or the Shield would want it, I'm sure they could just as easily recreate it!
In fact, I'm sure the Chameleon, a Spider-villain, used a web of his own while imitating Spider-man!
And The Taskmaster, a genius mercenary with the ability to imitate other people's techniques and moves, like to use other character's tech. Like a replicate of Captain America's shield. So he used once, while imitating Spidey and Daredevil's moves against, a Web-shooter of his own!

Right here!

See? It's not impossible to replicate Spidey's web!

Anyway, I always prefered the mechanical way instead of the organic...

I dunno for you...but this seems rather...weird... and less logical to me...
Let me explain why! (your opinion may differ! to each their own's)

First... How logical is that, that some mutation/powers obtained from a radioactive Spider would provide someone with organic wrists-shooters?!

Shooting web from one own's hand?! And specially both hands! You can imagine maybe this has to do with the way/spot the Spider bite parker..but it comes from both hands!!
People like to joke that the web should come out of his a***. But... Why would his a*** mutate to provide web from there either?!
It's....just.. mind blowing!

I know they wanted to go for the rational "Everybody should be able to relate to Spider-man" and not use Peter Parker's intelligence so anyone could imagine himself being Spider-man... but can you keep that argument when Parker clearly help some scientist build this thing up:

No, sorry. I meant fix this energy reactor. He helps Octopus (before turning into Doc Ock) finds some errors and helps him work on some details in a pseudo-science-thingie scene in Spider-man 2.
Do you still relate to Parker, on the same IQ level?
How is creating such device in the movie and having Parker directly understand and work a bit on its development more reliable, realistic, than poor web-shooters??

I just think Sam Raimi simply didn't like the idea of having Peter run out of web some times and have to recharge his shooters... Though it did happen some times in his movies nonetheless...even with natural organic shooters.

Anyway, I kinda find it sad some people actually don't like the idea of Web-shooters. Like Joe Quesada, when he was tryin' to shake things up in his comic lines (before One More Day...-sigh-).
Having for editorial decision to have Spider-man evolve, change into something else and gain more powers... and they deviced to adapt the movie organic web into the comics... (They usually, at Marvel, like to adjust the comics to the current movies and bring in the movie current characters, directions and ideas into the current comics continuity...such a shame... I really hate the way they force the writers to adjust to the movies...it really ruins creativity and make the comics seem like just a marketing tool for the movies rather than their own separate product!)

I really like the plot directions and situations the Web-shooters can provide over the the Organic web... Spidey running out of web?! Using a different kind of chemical web to defeat a foe!? The enemy breaking the device to blocke the web?!etc... The possibilities are endless over an organic web which will have to mysteriously stop due to Parker..huh..mutations/problems/confidence in his powers to provide plot-devices!

Anyway, that's my 2-cent in this subject.
What do you think? Do you prefer Organic over Mechanical Web for Spider-man?!
Is one more realistic or cooler than the other? Be it in the movie adaptations or the comic book universe!

This is quite kickass in real life, my opinion! 'Nuff Said!

Did you know the original Spider-man movie was going to have mechanical web-shooters when Sam Raimi wasn't going to direct it at first? (and James Cameron was working on it)
Check the pic below!
Also what d'you think the new Spider-movie-reboot will use? Organic web again? Web-shooters??

Actual movie web-shooters, created during Spider-man 1's preproduction stages.

Comic NEWS! the Taskmaster and GUY GARDNER!

Hey, I keep posting stuff about games or movies and stuff...
So a little comic news every now and then won't hurt!

Seems they decided to hire me again at Marvel. Hu hu hu...

I first heard of the Taskmaster in the Deadpool comic series...And loved the concept behind that guy since then!
Some know him for his fights against the Avengers.

Anyway, it's a great character!
A mercenary, like the 'Pool, who is able to mimick and understand everyone's movements and replicate them. Kinda like DC's Batgirl/Cassandra Cain or Lady Shiva.
And as a mercenary is able to kick everyone's ass. I like mercenaries in comics for their over-the-top crazy methods and colorful type!
He used to train other mercenaries in his very own private school, but since Deadpool kicked his ass and honour in front of everyone...

Anyway, the guy doesn't appear that much anymore in comics...
He had a very decent fun limited series in the early 2000s!

Marvel just announced a new limited series that could end up into an on-going series!
Taskmaster #1 will be out in September 1, written by Fred Van Lente with art by Jefte Paolo and covers by Alex Garner.
Here's a sneak peak of it:

Is that Bob?!
The art looks kickass and I sure am intrigued by this!
I'll probably end up checking at least the paperback earlier next year ;)


On DC side, something I really wanna check out at some point is the new series Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors!
A third on-going Green Lantern book! If this isn't the proof Green Lantern's now on of the big dogs at DC's!
First issue, GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #1, will be released on 8/11.

Now, I like the idea of having a third series to explore some other concepts, like this one some other Lanterns non-Hal Jordan (main series) nor missions and struggles of the whole Corps (GLCorps series).
BUT!...
This series will have as main protagonists Guy Gardner, Kilowog and Arisia.
Nothing to say against Kilowog or Arisia. Solid choices there...but I would really have prefered a series for Kyle Rayner instead, you know, the artist-lantern!
Guy should instead join and be a full-time member of the current JLI (Justice League Generation Lost) series!! That would be better in my eyes!
Alan Scott already have the JSA where he's a main character. John Stewart rocks the Justice League book. Kyle should lead this new spinoff, letting the GLCorps series deal with only alien Lanterns! And GUY at the JLI!! Simple as that!...

Oh well, here's a sneak peak of this new series, lead by Peter J. Tomasi on the writing and drawn by Fernando Pasarin:

I'll definitively have to check this out anyway! Perfect voice for Guy Gardner here!