Sorry for starting late. Gonna try and keep on this Storytime so there are no delays (or at least fewer one).
Parker - Thunderbolts Pt. 4
Has anyone else ever spent their entire day explaining that they did their job correctly, it's actually other people who screwed you over? All I did today was respond to bitchy emails directed at me and why they don't have a document/something wasn't done in accordance with policy. I then got to "politely" respond that I did what was fucking asked of me and if it wasn't requested, not my problem. And if I hand the work off to their superior and then they didn't do their job, again not my problem. I still help when I can.
It's just aggravating to all hell when you have to defend yourself in an email and try to fix the issue without directly addressing who fucked up in the first place. There's an "art" to the work emial and I hate it.
>Aww, he's dreaming he's killing..
How can you tell? Also while I"m disappointed Shocker doesn't stick around, I'm glad we got as much of him and Boomerang as we did.
The fact they are even considering using the nanite chain to stop him tells me these people have no idea what the fuck they are doing. I expected better from you Abner.
>Fine, Pimp-Five. I'll shake my moneymaker.
Oh Karla
>...you're my friend...
I really wish I knew how to interpret this. My knowledge of her as a person tells me she's full of shit but the artist is really making me question it. I can't tell if she's making that face because she knows what she's saying are lies are because she is genuinely surprising herself with these words which is why she pauses on the beginning and ending.
Somebody told Man-Thing the title of this event.
Normally I hate panels like this as I find them tacky but god damn is this a gorgeous page.
Hell of an ending to this issue
They really didn't deserve Cain.
I always took it as her realizing what lousy friends the group was being. Think Ghost had a similar moment last issue.
Just out of curiousity, what would be everyone's favorite dream team of Thunderbolts? Choose a route (or make your own) and try to limit your team to seven members tops.
>Three Routes
1. Heroes who are secretly villains.
>Classic Thunderbolts
2. Villains whom are presented as heroes.
>Ellis-Gage Thunderbolts
3. Villains treated as a black ops squad.
>Diggle,Parker, and Way Thunderbolts
4. Convicts doing superhero service work.
>Parker Thunderbolts
5. Villains on the Run
>Zub Thunderbolts
I'm going Route 2 wherein they are villains presented as heroes simply because I find the idea of limiting the teams to convicts to be a bit stifling.
>Team Leader
Hank Pym. I feel like his experience leading Mighty Avengers as well as his managing of Avengers Academy elevates him to someone I would happily have lead a team. Also he'd come at the program with a unique perspective. The fact he tried to recruit Loki as an Avengers shows how he's willing to think outside the box.
>Right Hand
Black Widow (Natasha). I think her time as a Secret Avenger would directly translate to a Thunderbolts team. Also I think she would be great at reeling Hank in as well as having an empathy for the struggles he goes through.
>Field 1
Penance (Robbie Baldwin). Speedball is still associated with Stamford and that will NEVER go away. We'll stick with this persona but have a less masochistic costume.
>Field 2
Venom (Eddie Brock). I feel like he'd do well on a public team as he has an innate desire to be a hero and the public attention would cause him to be more in check. Also his years of experience with the suit knowing its ins and outs makes him invaluable.
>Heavy Hitter
Titania. She would be absolutely perfect. Skilled. Experienced. And would be able to subdue Venom if he goes rogue.
>Support
Moon-Stone (Karla). I hate that I went with this option but she is too useful for too many different reasons to not include on this position. I hate it, but she's a Thunderbolt.
Shocker's pinpoint pupils have me dyin
Zemo be looking god damn sexy. That suit is seriously fly.
Fixer, you be lookin evil bro. You should get that checked out.
Oh fuck
One word.
Copperfield.
Reading this for the first time makes me appreciate Luke's appearance in Superior Foes even more
route 4, because I love the convicts forced to do good trope.
>Team Leader
Has to be a good guy to keep everyone in check.
I'm going Flash Thompson/Agent Venom
>Second-in-Command
Has to be someone who is still half a villain or at least who can talk straight with the recruits.
I'm going with Songbird
>The Heavy
Rhino. A classic spidey villain who has shown redeemable qualities in the past.
>The Fire Support
Pyro. Throw a mutant in there and continue the reformed terrorist plot line he had going.
>The Infiltrator
Batroc. Let him acrobat around and have his arrogance get under everyone's skin.
>The Backstabber
Every villain team needs the asshole traitor who none the less steals the show. I'm going with Taskmaster.
>The Support/Benefactor
And the money behind the project, as well as the tech support, who believes in redemption more than anyone else because he needs some too, is Dr Hank Pym.
Taskmaster eventually leaves/escapes and is replaced by Constrictor.
Just realized I laid out five routes lol. ALso I really like a lot of your choices. I feel like having Rhino is an inspired choice and I love that you're going to bring back Constrictor. I remember his appearance in Avengers Initiative and I have only wanted more since. And points to Hank Pym. I feel like its kind of obvious to have Hank Pym involved in a new Thunderbolts program.
OH GODDAMN BERT!!!! NICELY DONE!!!!
I love everything about this page.
Rhino is fucking cool. I'd maybe add another team member for another female character, but not sure who it would be.
Maybe bring back Troll as an older teen who has gone down a bad road, or Finesse from Avengers Academy.
>DRINK
Boomer and Shocker had a fun dynamic while it lasted.
Shame Boomerang kept fucking him over in Foes.
do you think Moonstone and Man-Thing....you know....did it?
No, but that isn't to say she didn't consider it.
Well this is just horrifying. I wonder how the random Marvel citizen is gonna interpret this one.
I love how writers will use any excuse to write "Giant-Size Man-Thing" in their comic
>Giant monster?
>must be Tuesday in New York
Not gonna lie, if I saw this on the news I'd kinda freak out a bit. There are some things I can handle but that is just a bit much. Then again if I was a Marvel civilian it gets iffy.
Now that we're done with the Fear Itself stuff, I think the comic really starts coming into its own. From here on out I think I love everything the book does.
>Love supervillain teamups
>love Time travel adventures
this part of thunderbolts is probably my favorite, after this I wouldn't even give Redhulk or Bucky's teams a shot
I think my favorite arcs are either the first or when the Dark Avengers starts coming into its own. This part though is fucking amazing and that is coming from someone that hates time travel.
To anyone who played the game, is Freedom Force worth going through again? I played the game a ton when it came out. Nowhere near as many hours as I invested in Jedi Outcast but still a large amount. That said I never beat it, but when it released on Steam I was overjoyed only to find it broken beyond belief. I bought the game for nostalgia reasons on GOG and wanna know if its worth going through all those years later. I do remember the game being punishing. Even on lower difficulties.
This run made me really appreciate theses characters, Hyde, Fixer, Satanna, Boomerang, Moonstone, even Centurius who I felt was completely under utilized in the Hood's gang.
Glad to see you at least kinda feel like shit.
I know this isn't Satana's real look because the artist mixed her up with the daughter of dracula, but I prefer it to her regular one
Just outta curiosity, if a new Timesplitters game were to be realeased would people be excited? This also extends to Timesplitters Rewind which I initially thought was just a multiplayer mod but they are remaking the entire trilogy. Honest answers, would you spend money on a new one? It's perfectly fine to have alternative opinions. No shame here.
>if a new Timesplitters game were to be realeased would people be excited?
eh, no. I enjoyed Timeplitters when I was a kid but it hasn't stayed with me.
My man.
Why are all Kev Walker's girls so fuckable?
Moonstone flirting with Boomerang is fun, she's a cat with a horny mouse
Completely get it. I think I FPS'd out recently and went back to Timesplitters because I wanted a fun and breezy campaign and have been falling in love agian. Also the fact the game gives and gives and gives and gives and gives some more without asking for a single dollar more is something I had forgotten existed. It may not have had the greatest gameplay, but it is a game that puts everything in the players hand and that is something missed.
Parker you glorious bastard!
Moonstone you just demonstrated exactly why I want you on my Thunderbolts team!
I imagine her speaking in a mild southern belle accent in that costume
Good god why you gotta tease me bro?
Tiny detour
You have too... the return of Juggernaut was awesome.
SPRING BREAK!
I kinda want Troll and Jolt and for them to be the Moonstone and Songbird of the team, the two girls who are constantly at ideological odds with each other, though in a different way than their respective mentors were.
Thanks for all the storytimes, OP, great picks.
> boomerang is a captain
I see you, Jeff Parker
So glad to have you along for the ride!!!
I never realized how much I wanted this page until I was presented it.
Troll is cute
CUTE
and sexy. I want to sex her
same
And that is gong to be it for me. I'm hating this free posting. It doesn't move the thread nearly as fast as I would like. How easy is it to use bitcoin?
cheers for posting
My man.
Any recommendations on small ish to medium sized runs I could do next?
Superior Foes of Spider-Man, since it continues the adventures of Boomerang and Shocker
Kieron Gillen's Ares miniseries
Ant-Man & The Wasp by Tim Seeley
Jeff Parker's crack at the Exiles (which I didn't really dig)
Greg Pak's X-treme X-Men (which is just Exiles starring Dazzler)
Maybe Incredible Hercules
Nice, thanks OP
>109480488
There are at least a few of those I'd be willing to do.
My Yea Forumsmrade!
okay meow I'm sleeping