Today's Lunchtime Reading West Coast Avengers 35 The Voice of Doom

West Coast Avengers 35 The Voice of Doom

Published: August 10th, 1988

Writer: Steve Englehart Penciler: Al Milgrom

Cover Artist: Al Milgrom

Hawkeye and Mockingbird wake up in bed together in the castle of Doctor Doom. The castle is currently occupied by Kristoff, who thinks he's Dr. Doom. Kristoff is looking for allies against Doom. The Hungarian Ministry of Defense has agreed to ally with him if he'll turn over the Avengers, but Kristoff would prefer to have the Avengers as allies.

Hawkeye and Mockingbird will be kept prisoners in the bedroom until midnight while they make a decision. Of the other Avengers, some are held prisoner elsewhere in the castle, and unlike the Communists, Kristoff has come up with power-cancelling devices with a little more individual flair. The Wasp tries her new antennae again… ...but finds that Kristoff has been keeping up with his payments to the exterminator and the castle is bug free. Kristoff shows up and makes the appeal to them as well. Then he goes to where Tigra and Moon Knight are being held. Since they are (relatively) new to the Avengers, Kristoff is not aware of their capabilities, so he puts them to the test in a Danger Room.

Meanwhile, Hawkeye and Mockingbird have it out. For Hawkeye, it's a trust issue; the fact that Mockingbird hadn't told him about it already. The conversation goes downhill from there and the Phantom Rider is certainly enjoying the fight.

 

Moon Knight eventually gets tired of being tested by Kristoff, so he tells Tigra to keep fighting no matter what happens, and then he lets himself get knocked out. What happens next i guess dispels any doubt over whether the guy in Moon Knight's head was really Khonshu or just another voice in his head. Khonshu faces off against Kristoff. Their fight actually ends when Khonshu addresses Krisfoff as Doom.

 

Hearing that a god believes he's the real deal is enough to get him to agree to release the Avengers. That decision is furthered when Hungary sends an emissary that turns out to be Quicksilver, who had previously insulted Kristoff when they were both held captive by the Fantastic Four. Kristoff tries to kill Qucksilver, but the Avengers stop them and Kristoff just kicks everyone out.

 

Wonder Woman 1984 Breakdown and Review

We sat through Wonder Woman 1984 and have thoughts, did it live up to the orginal Wonder Woman movie or did it let it's viewers down? What did you all think?

 Wonder Woman 1984 (also referred to as WW84) is an upcoming superhero film based on the DC Comics character Wonder Woman. It is the sequel to 2017's Wonder Woman and the ninth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is being directed by Patty Jenkins from a script she wrote with Geoff Johns and David Callaham, and a story by Johns and Jenkins, and stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, alongside Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, and Connie Nielsen. It will be the fourth live-action theatrical film featuring the title character, following Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, and Justice League; it will also be the second full-length feature film centered around the character. The film follows Diana as she faces Maxwell Lord and Cheetah in 1984.

Theory-Palooza on the Future of Star Wars the Filoni-Verse

What is the future of Star Wars (Filoni-Verse) on Disney Plus and the movies, well no one knows for sure, but we have some thoughts that turned into a Theory-Palooza!! The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, Rangers of the New Republic and Ahsoka! 

 

The Mandalorian Season 2 Chapter Titles:

 

9. The Marshal directed by Jon Favreau
10. The Passenger directed by Peyton Reed
11. The Heiress directed by Bryce Dallas Howard
12. The Siege directed by Carl Weathers
13. The Jedi directed by Dave Filoni
14. The Tragedy directed by Robert Rodriguez
15. The Believer directed by Rick Famuyiwa
16. The Rescue directed by Peyton Reed

 

The second season of the American streaming television series The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal as the title character, a bounty hunter trying to return "The Child" to its home. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, set after the events of Return of the Jedi. The season was produced by Lucasfilm, Fairview Entertainment, and Golem Creations, with Jon Favreau serving as showrunner.

 

The eight-episode season premiered on the streaming service Disney+ on October 30, 2020. A third season was confirmed in April 2020.

Today's Lunchtime Reading West Coast Avengers 34 Prisoners of the Slave-World!

West Coast Avengers 34 Prisoners of the Slave-World!

Published: July 10th, 1988

Writer: Steve Englehart Penciler: Al Milgrom

Cover Artist: Al Milgrom

Meanwhile, the rest of the Avengers have recovered from their poison. Madam X says that they can all leave except Mockingbird and Moon Knight, who are considered criminals due to their past SHIELD and mercenary roles. Which, of course, the other Avengers don't agree to so they get back to fighting.

 

 

And they avoid getting poisoned this time and the gorillas have such a bad showing that I'm not even going to include a scan. But they find out that Mockingbird and Moon Knight have already been shipped away somewhere. The American Ambassador convinces the remaining Avengers to come back to the US embassy, where he's got Phantom Rider waiting.

Phantom Rider just happened to be in Budapest on business and he heard about Mockingbird being captured, and says that he feels like he owes her a debt because of his Old West ancestor. Meanwhile, the Communists are transporting Mockingbird and Moon Knight, and one of the apes lets it slip that he knows that Mockingbird spent some time at the Vault in the US. The apes dump the heroes in the same prison that was holding Vision and Scarlet Witch, and we find that Hank and Jan wound up getting stuck in there too. There is an anti-super power beam in the prison. 

 

The comparison to the Vault brings up a contrast. The point of the Vault is that it takes pains to find a way to counteract each individual prisoner's powers. There isn't just a simplistic anti-power beam. But the Communist Vault here is just a quick hand-waving plot device. Anyway, Vision and the Scarlet Witch say that they were lured to Eastern Europe by a note purportedly from their cow-nanny, Bova. And it's soon revealed that this whole thing is another scheme by Quicksilver.

 

Quicksilver's plan is to help the Communists develop super-powered soldiers by experimenting with mutants, and also to take up his father Magneto's mantle as "King of the Evil Mutants". Those two goals seem somewhat at cross purposes. The Avengers try to fight Quicksilver for a bit but they're unable to and he runs out of the cell again.

 

Scarlet Witch worries that she too might go mad one day, but the Vision says that won't happen as long as they are together. And also breaks the camel’s back for Mockingbird, and she confesses that she killed the Phantom Rider in the past. The ghost of the Phantom Rider had been lurking in the room during the discussion. And he wants Mockingbird to suffer for letting him die ("She must not be happy") so when he sees that the other Avengers are accepting of what Mockingbird did, he goes back and tells Hawkeye about how he died, spinning it his own way. We nonetheless see Hawkeye and company busting in to rescue the other Avengers, and before any discussion can happen, they find themselves facing a swarm of Scarlet Beetles. 

It's during what should be this goofy fun fight that the "murderess" stuff comes out. The conversation is deferred as they escape into a quinjet, which is blasted out of the sky by a missile from the People's Security Forces. And the Avengers crash land in Latveria. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Mandalorian Chapter 16 The Rescue Review and Breakdown [Full Spoilers]

The Mandalorian Season 2 Chapter Titles:

 

9. The Marshal directed by Jon Favreau
10. The Passenger directed by Peyton Reed
11. The Heiress directed by Bryce Dallas Howard
12. The Siege directed by Carl Weathers
13. The Jedi directed by Dave Filoni
14. The Tragedy directed by Robert Rodriguez
15. The Believer directed by Rick Famuyiwa
16. The Rescue directed by Peyton Reed

 

 

Chapter 16: The Rescue

 

Bo-Katan and her fellow Mandalorian Koska Reeves agree to help rescue Grogu in exchange for Bo-Katan getting the Darksaber from Gideon and the Mandalorian considering her offer to help them liberate Mandalore. The group kidnaps Dr. Pershing and use his shuttle to get close enough to crash land on Gideon's cruiser, with Fett pretending to attack them in Slave I before attacking the Imperials. Bo-Katan, Koska, Fennec, and Dune fight through stormtroopers to the cruiser's bridge. Meanwhile, the Mandalorian finds the Dark Troopers, defeats one of them with the Beskar spear, and ejects the rest into space. He fights Gideon with the spear and overpowers the Moff, making him the new rightful owner of the Darksaber. The Dark Troopers return, but they are all destroyed by Luke Skywalker, a Jedi that Grogu had contacted on Tython. The Mandalorian gives Grogu permission to go with Skywalker to complete his training. Later, Fett and Fennec travel to Jabba's Palace on Tatooine where Fett kills Bib Fortuna and claims Jabba's throne.

 

The Mandalorian is a television series that premiered on Disney+ on November 12, 2019. Set in the Star Wars universe, the series takes place five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and follows a Mandalorian bounty hunter beyond the reaches of the New Republic.

 

The second season of the American streaming television series The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal as the title character, a bounty hunter trying to return "The Child" to its home. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, set after the events of Return of the Jedi. The season was produced by Lucasfilm, Fairview Entertainment, and Golem Creations, with Jon Favreau serving as showrunner.

 

The eight-episode season premiered on the streaming service Disney+ on October 30, 2020. A third season was confirmed in April 2020.

Today's Lunchtime Reading West Coast Avengers 33 The Man in the Ant Hill!

 West Coast Avengers 33 The Man in the Ant Hill!

Published: June 10th, 1988

Writer: Steve Englehart Penciler: Al Milgrom

Cover Artist: Al Milgrom

While the rest of the West Coast Avengers, and an observing Wasp, are formalizing Moon Knight's membership, Henry Pym bursts into the room. He was "just having some fun" by trying to start an international incident hacking into the Soviet Union's computer systems (isn't that what got the Vision in trouble?) when he found out that his first wife, Maria is still alive.

With Khonshu now vested in the idea of him becoming an Avenger, Moon Knight wastes no time closing the deal on his membership, making the pitch that as a former mercenary he is used to fighting governments. So Pym casts the final vote to include him, and all of the West Coast Avengers agree to help Pym. The Wasp goes along as well, and there's basically a full retelling of her origin story while they are on the Quinjet.

When they arrive in Hungary, they meet the US Ambassador, but are quickly accosted by The People's Security Forces, which includes a whole lot of Communist Apes (aka the Beasts of Berlin). And also El Toro, Madam X, and other Communist villains from Henry Pym's early days as Ant-Man and Giant-Man.

 

Despite having valid visas, the Avengers are under arrest, so they are attacked by the Security Forces. Since (aside from the gorillas!) these guys were mostly normal humans, they have now taken to using poison to increase their chances against the Avengers. But the poison manages to take everyone out except for Wonder Man.

 

 

And also Pym and the Wasp, since Pym ran away from the fight to get into the country to start looking for Maria, and Jan followed him. He wants her to use her antennae to contact the insect world and get the ants to look for Maria.

 

Her connection with the ants is fuzzy, but she does get a hit and leads Pym to a prison that turns out to contain not Maria, but the Vision and the Scarlet Witch.

 

NYSQ Top Ten Most Anticipated from Disney Investor Day

Disney Investor Day 2020 event was jam-packed with new announcements. The company revealed a number of new projects in the works for both the Disney+ streaming service and theaters, covering huge franchises like Marvel and Star Wars, live-action remakes like Pinocchio and a new lineup of animated movies and series. We are going to run through our top 10 most anticipated things from Disney Investor Day. 

 

The Mandalorian Chapter 16 Theory-Palooza

The season finale of the second season of the Mandalorian is upon us and we have taken all the information from  season 1 and season 2 and any clues that we spotted to come up with our Theory-Palooza on what is going to happen in Chapter 16 of the Mandalorian! 

 

The Mandalorian Season 2 Chapter Titles:

 

1. The Marshal directed by Jon Favreau
2. The Passenger directed by Peyton Reed
3. The Heiress directed by Bryce Dallas Howard
4. The Siege directed by Carl Weathers
5. The Jedi directed by Dave Filoni
6. The Tragedy directed by Robert Rodriguez
7. The Believer directed by Rick Famuyiwa

 

The Mandalorian is a television series that premiered on Disney+ on November 12, 2019. Set in the Star Wars universe, the series takes place five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and follows a Mandalorian bounty hunter beyond the reaches of the New Republic.

 

The second season of the American streaming television series The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal as the title character, a bounty hunter trying to return "The Child" to its home. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, set after the events of Return of the Jedi. The season was produced by Lucasfilm, Fairview Entertainment, and Golem Creations, with Jon Favreau serving as showrunner.

 

The eight-episode season premiered on the streaming service Disney+ on October 30, 2020. A third season was confirmed in April 2020.

The Mandalorian Chapter 15 The Believer Breakdown and Review [Full Spoilers]

The Mandalorian Season 2 Chapter Titles:

 

9. The Marshal directed by Jon Favreau
10. The Passenger directed by Peyton Reed
11. The Heiress directed by Bryce Dallas Howard
12. The Siege directed by Carl Weathers
13. The Jedi directed by Dave Filoni
14. The Tragedy directed by Robert Rodriguez
15. The Believer directed by Rick Famuyiwa

 

 

 

Chapter 15: The Believer

 

Dune uses her new credentials as a Marshal of the New Republic to have Mayfeld transferred from prison to her custody. As an ex-Imperial he agrees to help locate Moff Gideon's cruiser, but needs access to an internal terminal to do this. He suggest a secret Imperial mining hub on Morak. At the planet, Mayfeld and the Mandalorian hijack a transport carrying the explosive mineral rhydonium, and they manage to reach the mining facility despite attacks from local pirates. They get Gideon's coordinates from the terminal, but the Mandalorian is forced to remove his helmet for the first time since he took his Mandalorian oath. They are confronted by Mayfeld's old Imperial commanding officer who gloats about atrocities that the Empire will commit using the rhydonium. Mayfeld kills him, and the pair escape the facility with the help of Fennec, Dune, and Fett. Dune decides to let Mayfeld go. The Mandalorian sends Gideon a transmission warning that he is coming for Grogu, paraphrasing a similar speech that Gideon had previously given to him.

 

The Mandalorian is a television series that premiered on Disney+ on November 12, 2019. Set in the Star Wars universe, the series takes place five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and follows a Mandalorian bounty hunter beyond the reaches of the New Republic.

 

The second season of the American streaming television series The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal as the title character, a bounty hunter trying to return "The Child" to its home. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, set after the events of Return of the Jedi. The season was produced by Lucasfilm, Fairview Entertainment, and Golem Creations, with Jon Favreau serving as showrunner.

 

The eight-episode season premiered on the streaming service Disney+ on October 30, 2020. A third season was confirmed in April 2020.

Today's Lunchtime Reading West Coast Avengers 32 Buried Monsters!

 West Coast Avengers 32 Buried Monsters!

Published: May 10th, 1988

Writer: Steve Englehart Penciler: Al Milgrom

Cover Artist: Al Milgrom

The Wasp visits the West Coast Avengers compound to help out in lieu of the recent absence of Iron Man (who is off fighting the Armor Wars). There is a lot of tension in the air at the HQ, but everyone welcomes Janet with open arms. Mockingbird suggests that what everyone needs is a vacation to help wind down from recent events. She arranges for everyone to make a field trip to visit the Grand Canyon.

But Mockingbird has an ulterior motive for this. She knows that this section of Arizona is the last known appearance of Hamilton Slade, the Night Rider. She has not told Hawkeye the truth about what happened in 1876, nor does she tell him about her recent fight with the modern Night Rider the evening prior. Everyone dresses in their civilian attire (with costumes underneath) and goes to the Grand Canyon. Bobbi leads them on a trail that takes them past a very specific geographical location. While nobody is watching, she drops a mini-bomb down into the canyon which awakens the huge cave-beast known as Yetrigar.

The Avengers snap to attention and begin fighting the savage Yetrigar. Mockingbird sneaks off to go find Hamilton Slade. Moon Knight takes note of Mockingbird's exit and follows her.

She finds Hamilton Slade and accuses him of being the Night Rider. Hamilton seems to have no idea what she is talking about. Flying into a rage, she lunges at Hamilton and begins ferociously beating on him.

Moon Knight arrives and has to pull her back. He offers to pay for any damages that may have been caused by Mockingbird's attack and brings her back to the Yetrigar fight. He asks her the nature behind her attack against Slade. As the two leave the archaeological camp where Hamilton had been working, the spirit of Lincoln Slade takes control of his descendant and begins laughing mockingly behind Bobbi's back.

The rest of the team (along with the Wasp) makes short work of Yetrigar. The Wasp zips around him distracting him with her bio-stings while Hawkeye hog-ties him with some harpoon arrows. Hank Pym places a miniature device in Yetrigar's ear, which forces the lumbering creature to fall over unconscious. He then shrinks him to a more manageable size.

The Mandalorian Chapter 14 the Tragedy Breakdown and Review

Chapter Titles:

9. The Marshal directed by Jon Favreau
10. The Passenger directed by Peyton Reed
11. The Heiress directed by Bryce Dallas Howard
12. The Siege directed by Carl Weathers
13. The Jedi directed by Dave Filoni
14. The Tragedy directed by Robert Rodriguez

 

 Chapter 14: The Tragedy

 

The Mandalorian takes Grogu to the ancient temple on Tython, and places him on the seeing stone at its center. Grogu starts meditating, and is surrounded by a protective energy field. Boba Fett soon arrives with the mercenary Fennec Shand, who the Mandalorian had previously left for dead on Tatooine. Fett explains that the armor worn by Cobb Vanth belongs to him, as his father Jango was a Mandalorian foundling. The Mandalorian agrees to return the armor in exchange for the safety of Grogu, just as Moff Gideon arrives and deploys stormtroopers to attack the group. Fett, Fennec, and the Mandalorian are able to repel the stormtroopers, but Gideon destroys the Razor Crest from orbit before sending his droid Dark Troopers to capture Grogu. They take him just as he finishes meditating and the energy field disappears. To honor their deal, Fett and Fennec promise to help the Mandalorian get Grogu back. They travel in Fett's ship Slave I to Navarro, and ask for Dune's help in breaking criminal Migs Mayfeld out of New Republic prison as the latter might be able to locate Moff Gideon's ship.

 

The Mandalorian is a television series that premiered on Disney+ on November 12, 2019. Set in the Star Wars universe, the series takes place five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and follows a Mandalorian bounty hunter beyond the reaches of the New Republic.

 

The second season of the American streaming television series The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal as the title character, a bounty hunter trying to return "The Child" to its home. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, set after the events of Return of the Jedi. The season was produced by Lucasfilm, Fairview Entertainment, and Golem Creations, with Jon Favreau serving as showrunner.

 

The eight-episode season premiered on the streaming service Disney+ on October 30, 2020. A third season was confirmed in April 2020.