Today’s page takes us back to Ralph’s Diner, where Captain Heroic proves—once again—that nothing rattles him… not even a surprise soup bath.
Hailey is mortified, Captain Heroic is dripping, and somewhere across the diner, Yazmine Velour is livestreaming the whole thing as heart emojis rain from the internet. It’s a small moment, but one that says a lot about who Cap really is—and why people can’t help falling for him.
Transcript
Panel 1
Hailey (distraught that she has dumped hot soup on Captain Heroic): Omigod Omigod Omigod…
Captain Heroic (turning to another person eating at the diner): Excuse me. Would you hand me a napkin, please? (The person hands him a napkin)
Panel 2
Hailey: I’m so sorry Captain Heroic, sir. I didn’t mean to — {sob}
Panel 3
Captain Heroic (handing her the napkin): Here. Please don’t cry.
Panel 4
Captain Heroic (continues): Most of my first impressions involve disintegration rays. And actual impressions. In concrete.
Panel 5
Captain Heroic: This was far more pleasant — not counting the bay leaf in my shirt.Yazmine Velour (as she livestreams the interaction from the other side of the diner, a torrent of heart emojis flow from her phone as the audience reacts): Omigod Omigod Omigod
After Dark
This week's commissioned MicroFic delivers exactly what you’d want from a pairing between Dynasty and Father Christmas.
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Yes, he lives up to his name.
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Yes, Dynasty knew exactly what she was doing.
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No, the North Pole will never be the same.
I also posted the Goblin Girl MicroFic from the Monster Girl poll — and the response was so good, I might need to make these poll-powered MicroFics a recurring thing!
The Week in Villainy: Electra
Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted
Electra: First Mary Marvel. Now Electra. It seems as if this is the year for switching sides. I guess black is the new… er… black.
In the latest copy of
New Avengers, it is revealed that Electra is actually a Skrull.
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CBR]
…New Avengers member Echo stabbed Elektra and the Hand leader fell down to the floor dead . . . before reverting to the form of a Skrull! The race of shapeshifting alien invaders have, at least in one case, managed to impersonate people in the Marvel Universe and have done so undetected – until now. CBR News spoke with “New Avengers” writer Brian Michael Bendis about this shocking event and what it means for the Marvel Universe.
The secret Skrull infiltration has, it turns out, been in development for quite some time. “You first saw glimpses of it in ‘New Avengers’ #1 with the shadowy figure on the second page,” Bendis told CBR News. “This has been cooking for a long time. It has been gone over at every [story/editorial] retreat for a couple of years now.” Read the
whole thing.(If you have a suggestion for “This Week In Villainy,” please let me know.)
