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drive-by readings

Secret Six #25 (DC) "The Reptile Brain, Part One: Blood Calls to Blood" Gail Simone Jim Calafiore Jason Wright Travis Lanham Daniel Luvisi (cover)

what we learned: i don't think i did. after last issue's weird Wild West story - where they all die! - this time the split teams go their separate ways, one doing mercenary work and hired to conquer a land beyond time, while the other - with the grieving angry Catman forced back into the fold - is offered a deal to do the opposite.
oh shit moment: i'm not really a big fan of no-explanation exposition. so i go "oh shit" when am lost.
what's next: Secret Six vs Secret Six! i think this is some kind of a video game.


this is why wild animals jump their cages.

heart of darkness

drive-by readings

Secret Six #22 (DC) Gail Simone Jim Calafiore Jason Wright Travis Lanham Daniel Luvisi (cover)

i have been anticipating this concluding issue of the 'Cats in the Cradle' storyline since it started, and Gail Simone doesn't disappoint me. the kidnapping of Catman's son was a surefire way to nudge the character into a radically different direction. when Villains United started, Catman was the odd man out in terms of being the team conscience and eventually the team's heart, as he's become the silent leader (Bane and Scandal notwithstanding). and for Deadshot to evolve into a loyal friend of sorts, that's a leader of men. Bruce Wayne, for all the loyalty he engenders with his Bat-family and the Justice League, still does crazy things that make his friends want to smack him upside the head every once in a while. Catman is the strong, silent type and has a bunch of lions with him. but with him going off the dark side of the pier, will he now become a true villain? say it ain't so, Roy Harper!

i'm also intrigued that they haven't made a big deal yet of Ragdoll's uhh, equipment until today. i mean Reed Richards should be the ultimate joke, and i don't know if Sue and Ralph joked about it overtly in JLI. Plas should also be the Richards equivalent, but if they don't want to smear his cutesy rep, then Ragdoll is the candidate then. call him Brian Michael Bendy.


and hey since we mentioned Roy, man, this is really a blow to Jade. so she lost Lian, can't get a rise out of Roy, and now lost another. no matter, she gets around anyway right? if there's a mystical process to shorten the 9 month period so she can go set off nukes right after having babies, am sure she would do that.


listen, if you're hungry and angry, Catman has the solution for you. will not work for everyone though.


look, the ending is ambiguous. i'll just say that his son is alive. period. the journey to the heart of darkness is front and center here.

snaps: Secret Six #18

... where the Six team up with Amanda "Fried Donut Burgers For Breakfast" Waller to beat back the Black Lanterns. then make threatening gestures at each other. before someone actually gets the balls to shoot someone else.

how is it any worse than what she eats?


oh, you useless emo bitch.


and this is what happens to useless emo bitches.


Scandal, Scandal ... six more inches towards the middle and you wouldn't have to.


can Batman claim to have done that? who da man, now? who daaaa!!!

what DOES NOT distract Deadshot?

one word: CLEAVAGE.

tipping points

with a is-he-a-murderer-or-not Jericho inside Nightwing, the latter has to make a decision when the JLA comes a-calling ... and of course, 'Wing's gonna say:


of course, we like to cheer heroes beating up on each other.

speaking of beating, Frank Castle's heart is still cool as a cucumber although Molly Von Richtofen's heart is probably doing calisthenics, and not because she spotted a hottie.

we all await the final chapter where we bury Elite and this Ma Gnucci nonsense once and for all (heh! snort!)