At Evil Inc, even labor negotiations can spiral out of control — especially when “hard bargaining” takes on a whole new meaning. Cassie Cruz just realized that the conference room she prepped for Dr. Muskiday’s… unconventional solution… is already booked for a high-stakes union negotiation. Unfortunately, it looks like Doctor Threat and the henchpersons may have already reached an agreement.
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Transcript
Panel 1
Cassie Cruz (angry):
“We are NOT having an orgy at our desks!”
Dr. Muskiday (calmly defensive):
“Of course not! I stocked the conference room with mattresses and lube.”
Panel 2
Cassie Cruz (panicking):
“The conference room?! Doctor Threat is scheduled to negotiate a new contract with the henchpersons’ union in there!”
Panel 3
Cassie Cruz (looking toward a slightly open door):
“Where’s Doctor Threat?”
Dr. Muskiday (matter-of-fact):
“I believe that’s him in the middle of — erm — ‘collective bargaining.’”
(Sound effects from behind the closed conference room door:)
“Hhh hhh”
“Plap Ngh Plap Plap”
“Hngh hhh”
“mmf mmf mmf”
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A three-panel comic set inside an office at Evil Inc.
Panel 1: Cassie Cruz, a professional woman with short brown hair, red glasses, a white blazer, and a low-cut yellow top, stands beside her desk looking furious. A small pink “emotion cloud” with a skull icon floats near her head, indicating anger. She shouts that they are not having an orgy at their desks. Standing nearby is Dr. Muskiday, a short humanoid with a fly’s head—large red compound eyes, small body, and lab coat—who calmly explains that he already prepared the conference room with mattresses and lube.
Panel 2: Close-up on Cassie clutching her head in alarm. Her expression is wide-eyed and panicked. She exclaims that the conference room is supposed to be used for an important union negotiation between Doctor Threat and the henchpersons’ union.
Panel 3: Cassie and Dr. Muskiday stand in a hallway facing a slightly open conference room door. Cassie asks where Doctor Threat is. Muskiday gestures toward the door and awkwardly suggests that Doctor Threat is inside, in the middle of “collective bargaining,” implying something sexual. From inside the room comes exaggerated, comic-style sound effects indicating vigorous activity: heavy breathing (“hhh hhh,” “hngh”), rhythmic “plap” noises, and muffled sounds (“mmf mmf”). The implication is that the union negotiation has devolved into an orgy inside the conference room.
This Week in Villainy: March 19-25, 2007
Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted
Jack O’ Lantern: Who would have though that taking a bullet to the cranium would be a career move?
After being summarily dispatched by the Punisher in Marvel’s Civil War (issue 5), Jack O’ Lantern — newly possessed by Lucifer — is becoming a major-league baddy. He appears in
Ghost Rider #9: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Illinois: Part 2, part of the
Casulaties of War crosssover.
From
ComicVine.com’s review:
The ongoing story of Lucifer being split into 666 pieces and each possessing a recently deceased corpse gets a twist in this arc. It was already getting kinda boring with him simply possessing normal people. Here instead he’s possessed the corpse of Jack O’Lantern, who was killed by The Punisher in Civil War… He’s actually much more menacing then ever before, and the way he toys with Ghost Rider actually doesn’t come off as unrealistic. The fight scene between the two actually is pretty cool in this issue.
Kingpin: He called in a successful sniper hit on Peter Parker which critically wounded Aunt May in Amazing Spider-Man #539. It is
not good to threaten the Main Marvel Matron, nor is it wise to drive a man with Spidey’s power to a homicidal rage. This storyline brings back the black costume, and you just
know that you wear black when you’re going to a funeral.
In this case, I’m thinking it might not be Aunt May’s.
Lex Luthor: Despite being outfoxed by Clark Kent in issue 46 of 52, Lex proves that he’s still
the A-list nemesis in
Batman Confidential #4 by attacking Batman.
…
In the Batcave.
…With a robotic bat.
…Knocking the Dark Knight into bat guano.
Eat it, Joker.
(If you have a suggestion for “This Week In Villainy,” please let me know.)
