Also, the fight on the cover? Yeah, maybe next month, tough break there. From 2016,
Squadron Supreme #7, written by
James Robinson, pencils by Leonard Kirk and Paolo Villanelli, inks by Paul Neary and Marc Deering.
We saw another issue of this
some time back, but this incarnation of the Squadron was mostly extradimensional refugees: the black Nighthawk from
Supreme Power, Blur from
D.P.7, and a Doctor Spectrum who had been saved by her world's destroyer, Black Bolt. (I believe that was from the 'incursions' in Hickman's
Avengers.) Spectrum had been infiltrating the base of the alien Myriad, and runs into first Toro, then Black Bolt. Toro was an Inhuman (now, since this would've been in the middle of their big push) and discovered some Myriad tech that the Inhumans wanted destroyed: a machine that could tell what abilities an Inhuman would get when exposed to the Terrigen Mists. (Spectrum thinks that "sounds useful," while Toro, who wasn't raised Inhuman, still argues it's against their faith.) Their conversation derails before Toro says what country the Myriad had taken over, when it comes up that the Squadron killed his "old friend," Namor: were they friends, though? He was a junior member, a sidekick, and Namor is hardly the chummy type. (Well, I suppose Namor was chummy after the Squadron killed him, but that's not what I meant...)
Those three fight their way through the Myriad--which seriously should not be tough, with those three. Meanwhile, Hyperion, in his trucker ID, hits on a waitress--in an interlude possibly stolen from a
Superman movie! And Raymond Kane has an intruder in his skyscraper office: Kyle Richmond, the Nighthawk of this earth. Kyle wants to bring in Raymond, for the murder of his teammate Namor--again, were they really teammates? Admittedly, Kyle would feel it more than Namor, but I don't feel like they were close. Raymond talks some trash, to get his counterpart off balance, as Kyle remembers "--a hawk will always fight to defend its nest--
especially from another hawk." (Spoiler alert: there is a cheat here, that kind of makes sense with the villains of this series.)
Do I have the next issue? I don't want to see Kyle replaced, but Raymond was hardcore.
I'm going to have to go and read this now thanks, haha. But there's no way our Kyle wins out over Angry Black Nighthawk. Not EVEN.
ReplyDeleteI'd probably agree with Mr. Morbid on Kyle's chances, but I can't remember if he still has the "doubled strength at night" thing going for him. That might help him out.
ReplyDeleteI could see Nighthawk considering Namor a friend, even if it isn't mutual. Kyle really seemed to enjoy being a Defender, so he probably has fond memories of most of his teammates. I don't think Namor disliked Nighthawk, exactly, which is pretty good by his standards. I'm not even sure who Namor would consider a friend. Maybe Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch? Feel like Byrne and Ostrander both did a little with that.
Cap's Namor's square friend, the Torch is their robot pal. (He's not really a robot, but Cap and Namor are old-fashioned.)
ReplyDeleteBucky is Namor's friend's kid that might be a serial killer, but you don't really wanna say anything...
^Fair summation actually.
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