Thursday, December 01, 2005

A message from Black Knight and USAgent

Somebody's pissed that they didn't make the cut for Dave's Ultimate Avengers Roster...

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Come on, USAgent is totally the guy to call when New York is beset by hordes of super-hippies demonstrating the WTO.

He's probably the only one trained to handle super patchouli stank powers and giant puppets.

d.merrill said...

Wow, I'd heard that USAgent was a big Judge Dredd ripoff, but I never believed it.... UNTIL NOW.

Anonymous said...

I will grant you that the USAgent does NOT belong in the Avengers. Having said that, and this is one of the few times you'll ever hear anything remotely like this outside of Byrnerobotics, but the introduction and handling of the USAgent in WCA by Byrne was note-perfect. It was sensible as to why and how he was on the team, respected the character of Walker as had been written (how often does Byrne do THAT?) and had a heck of a lot of dramatic potential. The original costume was fantastic (not the Dredd monstrosity there)...very symbolic and purposeful. But yes, now, there is no place on the Avengers for USAgent.

Anonymous said...

I remember the good old days, when he was just a mentally unbalanced replacement Cap in a generic costume who hung out with the West Coast Avengers. I would like to see Dave's team take on Dave's rejects. Especially if Black Knight got paired off with Thor. It would be like Moe having to fight Drederick Tatum during that brawl. "This isn't fair!" Sersi could turn everyone in to pigs or something, though, so it evens out.

Angry Android said...

Wasn't Bucky supposed to be USAgent? Then didn't he become Nomad?

My brain hurts.

Uncle Patrick said...

I don't think Black Knight should fret too much. If Roger Stern's run on Doctor Strange is any indication, BK has an excellent future assisting the Sorcerer Supreme!

Rob Schamberger said...

The issue of the Stern/Byrne run where Rogers took back the mantle of Captain America from Walker was just fantastic. That was a Wrestlemania-level brawl, in Technicolor.

thekelvingreen said...

He was back in the Cap costume, as I recall (and I think he calls himself Captain America too) in the not-missed-at-all-because-it-were-shite-like New Invaders.

Last time I saw Black Knight was during Busiek's run, faffing about central Europe because he misplaced his sword and it turned into a giant red monster. Or something.

Anonymous said...

I also remember that West Coast Avengers run fondly. Byrne was still worth reading back then...ahh. But due to the miniseries that image is lifted from, and the Austen 'New Invaders' series I must concur that USAgent is in fact: crap.

Harvey Jerkwater said...

The issue of the Stern/Byrne run where Rogers took back the mantle of Captain America from Walker was just fantastic. That was a Wrestlemania-level brawl, in Technicolor.

Dude, the Stern/Byrne run was in the late seventies. The Walker/Rogers fracas was in the late eighties or early nineties. I forget the year. It was in Cap #350, written by Mark Gruenwald and drawn by Keiron Dwyer.

And yes, it was one of the great comic book brawls evah.

Harvey Jerkwater said...

And dammit, I like the Black Knight in the Avengers! Or Heroes for Hire. Or working with Dr. Strange. Whatever.

I just think he's cool, is all.

Lamest Avenger ever: Doctor Druid.

Coolest Avenger ever: Jarvis, when he went all apeshit and attacked a Kree Sentry robot with his bumbershoot. Dude is hardcore. Never, ever fuck with Edwin.

Anonymous said...

Ah, speaking of Dr. Druid, remember when he took over the team in the lead-up to Avengers 300, where Walt Simonson systematically wiped out and rebuilt the team! If only that brilliant concept could be redone in modern times...a disassembly of the Avengers, one might say. But, you know, in a way that makes absolutely no sense.

Rob Schamberger said...

I could have swore that Byrne drew that issue. Ah, well. Maybe he drew part of it? I've totally lost my street cred now.

Captain Qwert Jr said...

" I could have swore that Byrne drew that issue."

If it's the issue I am thinking of, he did draw a back-up story in it, where the Red Skull talks about his origin with Arnim Zola, who had cloned him or something. He did not draw the main story though.

David Campbell said...

Arwen! Long time no see.

I know who I'm voting for in 2008: Zod.

Wizard of Us said...

Hey Dave,

I hate to tweak the signal-to-noise ratio by not adding anything of any insight or relevance, but I stumbled on this blog a few days ago and digging through your archives has been damn fun. I've been fighting off a cold all week, and reading your posts after work at night has been sort of a grownup equivelant to staying home in bed as a kid reading comics.

I love your writing style, you make me laugh out loud (very rare) and... well... I guess I just wanted you to know.

Thanks.

Anonymous said...

I would rather have one of them as oppossed to seeing the Black Panther yet again "posing in the background".

I thought the character had moved past that. Silly me.

Hmmm Government Cheese said...

I like the Bendis lineup. I never read Avengers prior to the addition of Spidey, but now I'm hooked.

All teh team really needs is one alchoholic. Check - Thank you Mr. Stark.

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