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.
…huh…?
[
ASSOCIATED PRESS]
Captain America has undertaken his last mission _ at least for now.
The venerable superhero is killed in the issue of his namesake comic that hit stands Wednesday, the Daily News reported.
On the new edition’s pages, a sniper shoots down the shield-wielding hero as he leaves a courthouse, according to the newspaper.Read the
whole, depressing thing.
Reaction:Marvel’s
statement:
Captain America will continue to be published despite the very real death of Steve Rogers.
Next week, Civil War: The Confession features the final moments of his life.
In April & May, Fallen Son: Death of Captain America will follow the Marvel Universe’s reaction to this tragedy.
Also in May, Captain America #26 is where the aftermath of his death must be faced, beginning with the autopsy of his body.
Comments from Ms. Marvel in this week’s Civil War: The Initiative, which seemed to indicate that Captain America is still alive, and being held prisoner by the Pro-Registration forces may not have been exactly what they seemed on the surface, and events related to those comments will play out in upcoming issues of New Avengers.
So, yes, Captain America, Steve Rogers, is dead.The Pulse — complete with Photoshopped commentary by D.J. Coffman
Newsarama — complete with a sneak peak from the inside of the comic.
Blogger
Wes Comer:
I just think it’s insanity when we start sniping icons like Captain America to make a point about political issues.Blogger
Dan:
They’ve already spent months committing a slow murder of Captain America: they brought back his original sidekick from the forties (thought dead lo these many years) and turned him into a Cold War assassin. They gave him a black pseudo-sidekick. They went to great lengths to set him up as the leader of the anti-registration resistance during Civil War, only to have him beaten up by the Village People (a cop, a fireman, a paramedic, a crossing guard…I think there was an Indian there, too.) and surrender. And finally, after committing character assassination in every way possible, they commit murder.Blogger
Electronink:
Man, if that’s not a damning indictment of the state of Marvel, I don’t know what is. It’s saying that their world is officially too nasty for someone like him, someone who’s been BUILT as a character misplaced in time, but doing the right thing anyway, no longer has a place in this universe. That there’s no more room for unmitigated goodness.
Sigh. At least there’s still Ultimate Cap.
