the Daily POP is questioning the choice of Whiplash (or Blacklash) as a potential villain for Iron Man 2. i agree. he is one of the classic villains dating back to the ol' days. one of the first Iron Man storylines i remember reading was one involving Jasper Sitwell, the Maggia (heh), a low-batt Shellhead, and a betrayal by Tony Stark's cousin whatsisface - - - Morgan! reminds me, where the hell is that jerk?
so Mickey "Bloatface" Rourke is ostensibly playing Whiplash - is this because of his career resurrection or they are in awe of his rediscovered acting skills? i like Rourke, but that was pre-'90s before he flushed his career down the toilet (hey, sounds like Stark, circa alcoholic problems). maybe i should watch The Wrestler, and be awed again (Sin City was an ensemble).
considering how really easy it is to beat Whiplash (poor choice of codename, since you can easily make the case for "Whipping Boy"; that's probably why he went by "Blacklash" for a time), maybe they should have looked around more. Controller? Ghost? Spymaster? Madame Masque? i draw the line at the Red Ghost and his Super Apes. poor Mark Scarlotti bitch-slapped by sentient armor into spaghetti
just in case this Whiplash thing doesn't work out, here's an idea for Iron Man 2
... is gone. but is he? considering nobody really dies in comics?
Grant Morrison, architect of the Final Crisis, deemed it so. he also deemed to kill off Magneto in his New X-Men run, and Marvel hastily clicked on the Undo button while his head was still rolling on the ground. would J'onn be resurrected somewhere down the line?
thanks to Peter Tomasi for The Godfather nod.
political correctness and comics code be damned ... we want blood!!! we want payback!!!!
----- Final Crisis: Requiem Peter Tomasi/Doug Mahnke/Christian Alamy/Rodney Ramos/Nei Ruffino/John Hill