Power Man and Iron Fist Vol 2 Storytime

Welcome back Anons! A while ago, we read Shadowland, and were introduced to Victor Alvarez, the new Power Man.

Today, let's read the mini that spawned out of that event tie-in!

>Neo-Nazi
>still has those ugly ear-hole piercings

The hell?

The close up shot you never knew you wanted... because you didn't.

Oh sweet, I didn't know Lord Death Man was in Marvel comics now.

>his name is a pun off Dawn of the Dead

Fuck, I actually chuckled at that.

>Commedia Dell Morte

Why have I not heard of these glorious bastards before?

This is a fantastic villain gang theme.

So, how many issues until this ugly bastard talks to a doctor about his depression?

Fucking hell, van Lente, why aren't you still around creating awesome villains?

I wonder if "Iron Fist and Power Man" would roll off the tongue better if I hadn't been saying the reverse for a while now. Because all I'm wondering is why Danny lets his less experienced partner get top billing.

Welp, guess we need to look for a FOURTH Power Man now.

Of course he's not dead. If they were going to kill him, it'd be at the end.

>Luke and Danny's former office manager in prison

Yeah, she kind of just dropped off the face of the planet during the Owlsey run, didn't she?

SO, WHO REMEMBERS CRIME-BUSTER FROM THE 70'S SERIES?!

Just wait until you see their actual gimmick, user.

>Because all I'm wondering is why Danny lets his less experienced partner get top billing.

Danny is a pliable and giving partner, has no real ego over such things, and it lets him recycle the old business cards.

Keep that up Vic, and your secret identity will be even more of an open secret than Danny's.

van lente is very underrated

Yeah, Vic is kind of an ass, in case you forgot.

Shame, she was a nice bit player of supporting cast.

And after 20 years, Danny finally got his revenge on Howard Meachum, by getting in bed with his daughter

By this point the Chi-Baby happened, so Misty and Danny had already broken up. But you all know Danny, he's a sentimental guy.

>it lets him recycle the old business cards.

You know what, that makes perfect sense, fair enough.

Man, that Saint Peter's Cross in the company logo isn't ominous at all.

If you were here for the 70's, you know who EVERY one of these guys are.

The middle one is the most notable, because he's basically The Doctor with the serial numbers filed off, still canon even after Doctor Who had come back.

This and the other Mini are all the Van Lente we'll be reading though.

Kung Fu hippies K'un Lun was not.

Damn it Vic, keep it in your pants.

That'll teach you to not try dodging bullets.

Yeah, but do you think Vic payed attention when Danny told him that?

Actually, dude on the far left escapes me.

LOOK WHO'S BACK!

How do you think you make the decision to make THAT your logo, and still tell yourself "I'm not a moustache twirling villain"?

Im still fucking mad about the Chi Baby

>the sword bad guy is named Scarmouche

Go ahead, make all the Samurai Jack jokes you want. I'm honestly just expecting it now.

Remember that time one of the Sons of the Tiger became a terrorist in the Middle East?

>"But I prefer to think of us as ancient archetpes. As central to human consciousness as thought itself."

I do not need lines like this just after playing a Persona game.

As well you should be, user.

So is "Viper" a Marvel Universe's car security system?

In case you don't remember what Crime-Buster's deal was, he was basically a mercenary character, before they were all over the place.

Damn. When DANNY RAND is calling you an idiot, you know you fucked up. I love Danny, but the boy's a few kicks short of a Bruce Lee movie.

>"What makes him think he can talk to me like that?"
>"He's your boss."

The only person that can maybe get away with it is The Pope, and even there there've been a lot of evil popes.

I have to wonder if the Joy and Danny pairing was unpopular when this came out, because Joy has never made an appearance after this mini.

>Joe Duffy

Well shit, that's a neat reference to Mary Jo Duffy.

Oh shit, remember this son of a bitch?

Aquila's mutant powers were the ability to shoot lasers from his sword. Without them, he's still a good swordsman.

Just... not good enough.

>that cocky smirk in panel 2

Man, just imagine if Aquila moved a bit to the right when Danny pulled that shit. He could've killed him.

Would YOU attend the Dazzler School of Performing Arts, Anons?

>Muhammed Zebari

Yeah, that's a name that I'd connect to a company with a cross logo.

Seriously Vic, KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS.

Who could forget him? El Aquila was great.

What nationality even IS Zebari?

>Luke Cage isn't busy enough running two super-teams right?
>We heard he was getting prison administration experience over at the Raft.

What, because "dark web" doesn't sound cool enough, you had to make up a word?

DUN DUN DUN

>"Intel suggests Rand is Iron Fist"

No, really?

Did she get lost midway through a performance of Chicago?

Whoever added that bit in the corner should be smacked.

>Isn't that a bit much?
>Hey, Wolverine can be on two Avengers teams, run a school, and a black ops team of mutants, and still have time to get drunk

>Specs

Man, Vic really is a moron, ain't he?

And just in case you thought that issue 1 only showed casual sex? Nope, they're basically dating.

Her "casual wear" certainly makes it look like it.

>Hovering magic suit (of cards)

I am getting mad over how a no imagination jackass like Bendis gets more power over the universe than people willing to commit this strongly to being in a Superhero Universe.

The longer you know him, the more that seems true, doesn't it?

That looks a bit infected.
Also, goddamn, Van Lente, did you just have a folder of great villain ideas you wanted to get rid of on your way out or something?

This is a miniseries, and this is third distinct brilliant Villain team already.

Okay Anons, who do YOU think is talking in that last panel?

Did Bendis EVER explain what the deal with that thing at the start of Civil War II that they needed everyone's help with was?

>It doesn't mean I carry a torch for her, I swear

Hey, look, Danny learned how to lie!

Want to bet there'll be a fourth?

What are you, a freaking Chippendales dancer on the side?

>Applesauce

So I heard that Acker&Blackerbolts wasn't very good and was mostly Frankwank?

And it only took him a few years.

Given that they're at an illicit criminal auction in a secret underwater base, I'm going up to possibly 8 of them.

Huh, so that's why it's called the auction of silence.

Well there was the infamous incident where Frank straight up IGNORED the penance stare because "no regrets", does that count?

Okay, so they aren't magic playing cards, just homeless guys drugged into working for him.

Yeah, because robbing a city of immortal kung fu fighters is something ANYBODY can do, right?

>he starts at forty, before changing his mind

Some faith there, Danny.

Huh, and he's actually doing pretty well.

>the villain is making money on the hero fighting either way

So, is anyone here knowledgeable about biology enough to know if this is complete horseshit, or just unlikely?

Shit, there's a lot of plans going on here.

Oh hey, he made it.

Man, this entire plan of his will fall apart when he finds out the whole "only appears every ten years" bit.

Don't you need to actually GET the information before making this deal? For all you know, Joy doesn't know much about your missles

It's a casino, the game is to play the players and their deluded hopes of easy money.

Wait, the hell did Danny just do?

Damn, that's a bummer.

I hope we see more of Power Man 3 sometime in the future

True, I just like the idea that even while he's making Danny bet if his student will live, he's still making money on the side.

So did any comics end up using the Darkforce to tie into the show that was using it?

Sort of related but how is the new iron fist comic doing? I know the power man and iron fist book got canned but I'm hoping they incorporate the HFH stuff in the IF book.

Nobody's using him even after Ewing took the time to set up a series with him in New Avengers, right?

Danny, you idiot.

The best part is, Vic has no idea who this guy is, so he may genuinely be trying to help.

no

iron fist is him doing a tourney where he has to beat 7 people because the island wants to replace kun lun by beating danny, no hfh stuff. and iron fists is gonna be carrying on from that shitty pre secret wars stuff

when is danny ever not an idiot

But is it selling? I thought it was ongoing so maybe it will touch on that stuff later

Dun dun dun!