For our purposes, I don't know if we'll get into this Rose's identity, but the old one had a couple regular henchmen for about three years: Mr. Johnston and Mr. Varley. Oh, look, they were crooked cops; I don't think I knew that, although I did know they would get got. But, we've seen his current security before: we used Jaime Noble and Joey Mercury as S.H.I.E.L.D. muscle in a Satana/Black Cat strip like seven years back!
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
"Opener."
Ugh, this meeting could've been an email. King Cobra is painting a pretty rosy picture of his criminal enterprise, which may or may not be accurate: he very well could be telling Kurt what he thinks he would want to hear. But, another criminal enterprise heard from, with the debut of the Rose! A gazillion years ago, in the heyday of the Hobgoblin, DeFalco and Frenz made this new crime boss a contender...that was largely pissed away later. I don't know if they had intended him to be the Kingpin's kid from the start--nope! Jim (Priest) Owsley would reveal him as Richard Fisk, DeFalco was thinking Roderick Kingsley, who had that point had been eliminated as a suspect for being the Hobgoblin. (Steve Ditko would've said, it's just some jerk, it doesn't have to be somebody we know!)
Kurt's right, Kobra definitely should've at the very least provided an appetizer or snack while unloading the ol' power point. It's just good manners.
ReplyDeleteAhhh J & J Security!!!! Nice to see them finding work again & in the Gooverse no less. More plz.
That's a nice Rose figure actually. Glad he FINALLY got a figure after all these years of being due one.