How a Superhero Should Be
Bill Willingham who writes the Fables series (which I hear might become a TV series on ABC), recently wrote on Big Hollywood how comic writers have been eroding superheros (poor Captain America). I just read a comic that’s just like I always wanted a hero to be, though: War Machine. The author, Greg Pak, said if you liked the scene in the Iron Man movie where Iron Man kills all the terrorists in the marketplace (my favorite scene), then you’d like War Machine. Judging from the first issue, that’s pretty true. Basically, you have Rhodes — who is a soldier, not a superhero — with a lower-tech version of Tony Stark’s armor and more weaponry deciding to go to all the hot spots in the world and kill all the bad people — basically the Punisher on an international scale. I think that’s a great premise for a comic. The first issue opens with a bunch of people about to be executed while the U.N. watches and is unwilling to do anything, and then War Machine swoops in and kills all the bad people. No moralizing, no worrying about American hegemony — the important thing is to kill the bad people before they kill innocent people.
Anyway, I thought I should mention it because if you like IMAO and like comics, I think it would be right up your alley. It’s not Watchmen, but it looks like nice escapism.
(18 votes, average: 4.89 out of 5)
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January 13th, 2009 at 10:42 am
I’m in.
January 13th, 2009 at 11:45 am
I would think that you as a conservative would not have time for entertainment.
January 13th, 2009 at 11:47 am
No thanks. I’d rather not give my money to a company that put..s out a special issue of spiderman just to suck up to the new president. And then there’s stan lee’s politics to consider too…
January 13th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
But can he talk to fish?
January 13th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I grew up as a wee las reading two things, Super Hero comics and MAD Magazine. The Super Hero comics taught me not to be a homo and MAD Magazine taught me to be a smart ass. I spent many an hour in detention and after school trying out lines I learned from MAD on my teachers in Junior High and High School…
January 13th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Does he take out the U.N. as well? If so, it might be worth checking out.
January 14th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Screw that, I want Marvel vs Capcom 3!
January 14th, 2009 at 12:49 am
Did he kill the executioners too, or just the UN?
January 14th, 2009 at 6:28 am
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article2128530.ece?OTC-RSS&ATTR=TV
The End of the world!!!
January 14th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
The Beast, the False Prophet, and the Image of the Beast!
- Rev 13:15
January 15th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Are you reading the Marvel version of War Machine or is this through their offshoot MAX? If it’s MAX then you NEED to read their Nick Fury comic writen by Garth Ennis. One of the best comic serries Evah! They’re a couple of years old but you should be able to find them.