Archive | May 2012
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The Sentry
The Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game book provides a datafile for Sentry, as he was when he was reintroduced in the ‘Break Out’ storyline. Here Bob Reynolds is a broken man. His character arc throughout both the ‘New Avengers’, ‘The Dark Avengers’ and ultimately ‘The Seige’ is tragic. A man with the power of a […]
Black Panther: The Client
In 1998 ‘Black Panther’ was relaunched under the Marvel Knight imprint. Written by Christopher Priest and art provided by Mark Texeira, Alitha Martinez, Brian Haberlin and Dave Kemp it redefined the character as a major figure within the Marvel universe. Told in a disjointed fashion by Evertt K Ross, government agent, we are ushered into […]
IRON MAN: Ezekiel Stane
‘The Five Nightmares’, published in Issue 1-6 of ‘The Invincible Iron Man’, featured Ezekiel Stane as the main villain. A young, smart opponent for Tony Stark, representing Stark’s dread of a new-generation of inventors who will make the Iron Man technology obsolete. Zeke is an evil counter-part for Iron Man, with powers that don’t originate […]
Captain Britain
Before taking the role of Moon Knight in a ‘Secret Avengers’ game I played Captain Britain. I modelled him on the ‘Captain Britain and M13’ series written by Paul Cornell. This is Captain Britain shortly after his rebirth during the ‘Secret Invasion’. What I liked about this version is that they toned down the ridiculous […]
Daredevil: Under Boss
Brian Michael Bendis brought a gritty tone to Daredevil. He took the brightly dressed hero and put him into the world of violent criminals. His writing was perfectly complimented by the artwork of Alex Maleev. Issue 26-31 covered the ‘Under Boss’ story, which set in motion the events that would lead to the Daredevil having […]
The Order
‘The Order’ was a 10 issue series that tied into the ‘Initiative’. Written by Matt Fraction with art provided by Barry Kitson. Fraction was writing ‘The Invincible Iron Man’ so it is perhaps not surprising that the series featured not only Tony Stark but also Ezekiel Stane. It was an interesting premise, with each member […]
Avengers: The Coming Of The Avengers!
Avengers Issue 1 was written by Stan Lee, with art provided by the legendary Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. For the first time several prominent Marvel heroes assembled into a single team. With the release of the movie it seemed a good time to look back at how it all began. What is immediately apparent […]
Incredible Hulk: “The Lone and Level Sands”
Issue 467 is one of my favourite issues of the Incredible Hulk. The final issue in Peter David’s amazing run on the title with art provided by Adam Kubert. It centres on a journalist in the near future interviewing Rick Jones for a book about the Hulk. The majority of the issue is dominated by […]
Moon Knight
I’ll be playing in a Secret Avengers adventure and I’ve decided to play the role of Moon Knight. In preparation I read ‘Vengeance of the Moon Knight’ and the recent series written by Brian Michael Bendis in order to put together a datafile that would reflect the current version of the character. Moon Knight has […]
Watching Earth 616 