Grrl Power #206 – The Velma reversal
Yes he was indeed trapped in there with her and not the other way around as most people predicted. Hopefully even if it was predictable the execution was amusing/cringe inducing. There were several ways Sydney could have dealt with him but this is the most straightforward. Really anyone getting within 3-4 meters of her is risking a similar fate, but of course, some supervillains might not be as dramatically affected by the orb blitz for various reasons. Originally I drew a 7-10 split instead of the Homerun marquee, complete with pins and one of the orbs in place of the bowling ball, but then I realized I’d used the 7-10 split gag already.
Streaming! I will attempt to do this today. Assuming you want to watch me ink and also want to see the page I’m working on spoiled. It’s not an earth shattering plot development just some fighting. I’ll post the link here when I figure out what the best service is for it. I had it all figured out before my hard drive crashed several months ago and now I don’t remember if I’ve got myself set up again. I’ll shoot for 12-1 pm CST but I may start earlier while I’m getting stuff sorted out. Stream’s done. I’ll see if there’s a better way to do it in the future.
So apparently, Grrl Power won the ComicMix tournament! Well, Paranatural edged us out in actual votes, not by a lot, but some of you guys dropped a few buck on the paid votes, which I admit to having mixed feelings about. Paid votes do make it feel a little too much like actual politics, but I’m not complaining, and the money does go to that fund. Thanks for all your support throughout the tournament! I think the prize is just exposure, but maybe I can convince them to make a little badge for me. Not for the comic. For me, to wear on a gold chain.
In other news, remember the Master of Understatement gag from page 193? Well, people requested a standalone version of it, and I made it then forgot to link it anywhere. So here it is, along with a larger one you can reduce to whatever size you need.
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I laughed, excellent work. I forgot she had short distance control over the orbs and could direct them independently, with quite a bit of force, apparently.
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Also, damn! There are two orbs that literally hammer-smashed his genitals front and back!
New definition of squeeze play!
So that was a Nut Cracker? Sweet!
…Not suitable for viewing on Christmas-time family broadcasts…
“How would you like your nuts crushed?”
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Not at all, thank you
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As you wish. *Hands you a sundae with whole peanuts*
Also considering even Maxima cannot stop Sydney balls they probably can crush anything up to and including diamonds if they hit it from two opposite sides.
Possibly. But we have not seen that yet. What we have seen is Maxima being unable to move them. A subtle distinction, but an important one. They are able to anchor themselves immovably (even to the strongest super on Earth). But that does not, by itself, mean that they can also propel themselves unstoppably.
They are immovable objects*. They may, or may not, also be an irresistible force.
* If the limit of their range from Sydney is reached. We have seen that Mathius can alter their trajectory in flight. Which is why I term it an anchor. An anchored ship will not be moved by a strong storm. But if it is travelling about freely, it can be tossed around.
Math didn’t alter the Orb, he tapped Syd’s leg into it’s path.
Doh. Oh yea. So immovable, in general, is still on the cards. No change on the irresistible front though.
Her balls smunched his! I’d say that’s a win!
She’s got the biggest balls of them all!
Heh! Was that a side-reference to AC/DC’s song, “Big Balls?”
Sydney’s got the biggest & baddest balls of anyone this side of Superman. It can also be said that she’s got more balls than any humanoid male anywhere…
Blame it on my age but that song is triggered by almost any mention of balls.
Are your balls held every night?
Balls held for pleasure are the best.
Actually, I’d prefer it if Sydney were to *hold* balls instead of the alternative. We’ve all seen what she does to balls that she *doesn’t* actually hold…
I half expected Sydney to be crippled by the crushing reality of her sudden situation.
I’m glad I was wrong.
That we know of she has survived a mugging and a bank heist (which she thought was real) before. She spazzed attacked and won the mugging. She had enough time in the bank heist to think a bit and had to pump herself up to attack… and ultimately ended up spazz attacking and half won but would have died without Max (well… if it was as real as she still thinks it was… ). So I guess, that we know of, this is her third scary, death as a possible outcome, fight. I’d say she is starting to get a battle mode cobbled together. Hopefully much improved with training later.
Hey what was it Dabbler said about Urologists? Shadowman should probably contact one for two Retracted “Orbs”
Sydney’s off-panel comment to the fallen Shadow Boxer: my balls are the bigger than yoursl!
Just noticed something: the only way to “CLANK” his nuts, is if he went commando
Probably wearing shadow boxers.
Plenty of other comments mention: there are two orbs hitting him in that panel, one from in front, one from behind.
Shadow Boxer was right about one thing: that was too good.
(Just not for him).
How’s that old saying go? Ah yes…If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
FINALLY! Someone who goes out and vindicates all short sighted people! I mean, seriously! My right eye is probably the worst you can get before not being able to see, and I can still make up when there’s a person close enough to me, even if I can’t say anything about how tall, or even their gender! But definetly enough to dfend myself on a life or death situation.
Falling for the old “can’t see without my glasses” trick is stupid.
To be slightly fair to him (not that I want to be…), having a person scrambling on the ground at your feet on their hands and knees and apparently looking for their glasses has got to be looking like a win. Not to be overly critical, but it is a bit of a stretch, given that Sydney had to be able to direct the orbs into their “nutcracker, right hook, then rabbit punch” routine without seeing their targets. At least, not seeing their targets as far as the readers were shown. Panel 4 did not establish that Sydney was looking over her shoulder in order to be able to direct the orbs.
So we have a question: Can Sydney direct the orbs accurately into a target which she cannot see? Because this comic seems to scream that she can, which begs the question: Why?
I’d be much more sanguine had Sydney used the telepresence orb to give her a view of the battlefield outside of her body.
I don’t know.. As a visuallt challenged person I can tell you there’s plenty of ways to know the position of someone. Shadows, air movement, sounds.. And not only that… maybe her shielding orb informs her of everything that’s inside the shield, for example.
In any case, she knew where his legs where, since well, it stands to reason that she heard him moving, and she touched his legs with hers, while faking panic. From that information it’s EASY to know where his gonads are going to be. And after the first hit, she was facing him already.
So nothing surprising there. She just used her legs to confirm his position. Clever, but nothing too special. If anything, I’d be surprised of her cool blood there. But directing at something that she cannot see? That’s not an issue here. She knew where her enemy was, based on normal senses.
Whilst you have a valid line of enquiry, one which could, tentatively, also support the sentient Orbs theory, there is a flaw.
Whilst true in an absolute sense, it is not compelling, on two grounds. Firstly, contrasting it to panel 1, we see that she has clearly turned towards him. Secondly there are what I take to be zip lines, indicating that this is not just a slight turn of the head, but a full turn around, caught at an early stage.
Artistically, we cannot expect Dave to show every step of each action. In this case he is both showing the turning round to look at him and the look of malevolent expectation, in a single frame. Choosing to capture it early, in order to show the look better and to indicate she was intending such action, even before looking.
This is good planning on his part, both because of economy – making maximum use of the page space. And because it allows the action to flow fast. Too many inserts, with significant glances, or the like, can slow down the action too much. Likewise it can become to cluttered, and lead to confusing the scene, rather than enhancing it.
So, whilst the objection leads to interesting speculation *, on the balance of probability, I would say that she did turn to look at him and guide the missiles.
* For instance, the orbs might grant Faz sense (the term coined by Alan Dean Foster, and used by an alien race to detect nearby objects through air pressure differential and airflow). Or, to put a different spin on the sentient orbs theory, they are sentient, but it is they who control Sydney, not vice versa. In which case, it would not be necessary for her to see the target.
Actually, Sydney would not have to actually *see* him to know where he’s standing. Not only could she hear his voice, but the way is legs are positioned while standing over her may be touching her legs. This would indicate to Sydney where his feet are positioned, in relationship to his voice.
Sydney’s first strike would just be a good guess at where his crotch is, in relationship to where his feet are & the next two strikes aimed at where his voice is coming from.
Yes and no. Whilst I would agree that a wild swing could be initiated in a melee (treating her orbs like any human brawler’s fists), with a reasonable chance of success, such would only apply to the obvious, frontal attack. Even if it does not strike square on, the shape of the legs and pubic area are likely to channel a blow to the correct target.
The same cannot be said for the second part of the attack. Nor the co-ordination of the two. The rear orb has to pass underneath his body and come up at a very precise angle. Any deflection would interrupt that. Somebody with Mathias’s level of training and natural talent might be able to pull it off. Sydney, however, is a normal, untrained person. Doing that would simply be beyond realistic possibility.
If you doubt me, try doing a test. Get a pair of tongs (or something that allows you to grasp at a distance, like the devices the elderly use to pick up objects, that they cannot bend down to reach), plus a some ball, or other object, small enough that the tongs can grasp it. Without looking, place this behind you, within reach. Get a friend to move it up to three inches from where you left it. *
If you are correct in your assessment of what an average, untrained, person can do, you will (again without looking) be able to use the tongs to pick up the object on your first try. Cleanly, and without fumbling. If you have to sweep around, to find the object, you have failed.
What I have described is actually easier than what Sydney is trying to do. Given that hers is at very high velocity. And she also has to curve the trajectory of one of the balls, under the body then upwards again. But the precision of the task (the joining of the two parts of the manipulator on an unseen object) is the same.
That said, I doubt you will succeed first time, even with the easier version. Nor would the vast majority of people. It would take blind luck to do so. Whilst a mystery orb might grant that, it would otherwise be very sloppy writing to rely on it. And I do not think that it is necessary, given that I think she did look.
* This is to simulate the fact that Halo would be estimating the location of the groin. She has not felt it or glanced at it to know the exact position. She is not a professional tailor to accurately estimate the exact height that he hangs at, from knowing where his feet are. Nor does she have Math’s likely capabilities of reading an opponents position from their body stance.
Yes, the non-weapon proficiency seamstress/tailor can, situationally, provide combat bonuses.
An epic tailor could be a formidable opponent!
“Without looking, place this behind you, within reach. Get a friend to move it up to three inches from where you left it.”
There’s one major difference between Sydney’s situation & your example of picking up a ball with tongs without looking: Sydney can *hear* her target talking & probably can feel where his feet are touching her right leg. In your example, the ball doesn’t give those sorts of clues to its position.
Without the clues you are citing the experiment would be conducted by having your friend place the object in the first instance, rather than slightly repositioning it. Hearing his voice just gives her an approximate location for where his genitals are, not a precise one. Unless you are suggesting that his voice is coming from his junk?
Likewise with his feet. Depending on whether he has most of his weight on his right or left foot, his body could be inclined either to the left or the right. Plus the guy is either standing fully upright or crouching down to strike her. Or somewhere in between. Math is skilled enough that he (possibly) would be able to tell that by touch. Nobody of lesser skill could. She cannot tell without looking.
What clues she would get from the voice alone would not tell her. I think a 3″ margin of error is more than fair, given the guesswork she would have to do.
Anyone could try a wild swing, and if hitting a leg, try again, correcting for the error, by the feel, until a blow struck home. But that is not what she did.
The attack demonstrated was a very precise one. Needing exact co-ordination of two orbs. Humans primary sensory ability is sight. DaveB is perfectly correct in indicating that even with blurred sight, Halo can direct the attack. With sight she could correct her aim if it was off, adjusting the trajectory as he moved. Without it she would have no way to know if the orbs were on the correct course, in relation to the target.
Bear in mind the complexity of the task is a lot harder than you are giving it credit. Imagine the pilot of a silent plane is sent to fly under a suspension bridge. He is given the precise location of one of the pillars at the point it enters the water. Plus is hearing a loud speaker from the top of the bridge. He then has to fly from high altitude to a point below the body of the bridge (that he has to guess), then arc up immediately under the bridge, between two very closely spaced pillars. And the target area we are expecting him to hit is about the same size as his plane. At the far side of the bridge.
A plane’s width left or right or too high and he will crash and burn, without reaching the target.
But to make it fun, we blindfold him. So he cannot see where the pillars are. Nor do we tell him where the body of the bridge is. He will just have to use his memory of what the bridge looks like and compare it to the one point he does know, plus the guessed location of the PA speaker, from what he can hear. The final twist being that it is one of three bridges, each with different heights. * Needless to say we do not tell him which one. I am sure we could find a pilot willing to do that. Not.
Especially when you throw in the fact that he needs to arrive at a precise moment. Although we will be sporting and not have a plane flying in the opposite direction. But in essence that is what the analogy would require. Arriving at the guessed destination with both planes at the same moment. Humans simply cannot do stuff like that from sound alone. A superhuman, with sonic sense, sure. But not a regular human, like Sydney.
* The difference being equivalent to the heights of a crouched human, a fully upright one and an intermediate position, but scaled to bridge size.
Sydney simply could not have craned her head around enough to have directed the orbs in her ball crushing attack, not to mention the follow up right hook and rabbit punch.
That kind of motion would not be possible for a “helpless” person scrambling around for their glasses. However Sydney posed, she wasn’t positioned to look at the shadow boxer’s nuts. Thus, she can direct her orbs to a target which she cannot see.
Well, since we don’t actually know how she does it, its hard to refute or explain. But when she did the “I’m an electron/weapon’s grade bonkercite” bit, its not like she was looking at the orbs behind her to get them to rotate around her. She probably directs them with concepts/images rather than coordinates/vectors. Like block that incoming punch or, in this case, cracks his nuts, deck him, then skull cracker from behind and the orbs do their thing from there.
Also, Yorp responded that Mathius moved her orbs in flight, but he didn’t. He got one ‘strike’ blocked and then moved Sydney’s leg into the path of one of the orbs.
Yea, checking back on the archives in this world you are right. It is frustrating how the little details can change when you pop next door. I am not going to try and slide into a world where that detail is right though. Probably find that the sky has turned pink, or some such weirdness. All well and good if you can eat candy-floss clouds. Not so good if you get blood rain, rather than the usual watery stuff. That might make the vampire population shoot sky high (so to speak).
Oh, and one more thing, after panel 2, Shadow Boxer is lucky he only had his peanuts battered
Gleefully about to kill-strike a defenseless nerd like that? If Maxi was there, she would possibly rip his nuts off, and show them to him before she crushes them in her hand (kinda like when people chest punch someone, and rip their hearts out to show it still beating before they die)
Love the look on Sydney’s face in panel 4. LOL
Speaking of tropes, does it show my age that I immediately thought of the Malachi Crunch?
Now I can’t get the scene from Spaceballs out of my mind. I keep imagining Sydney returning to base, and every male in sight reflexively covering their crotches.
He was lucky. Since her shield was up she could have fired the PPO without danger of hitting anybody else. Beside herself and him in a enclosed space.
Getting inside Halo’s Shield might not be such a good idea…
Nope, I’d still rather get incinerated by the PPO than get my balls crushed and have to live with it
Even though I saw it coming, I laughed. HARD. Meanwhile the boyfriend winced in sympathy. Good, bad, ugly, you get nutshot, and any other male in the vicinity is gonna wince hardcore. >.> And I love the Homerun bubble. He’s gonna remember that a loooooong time.
Yeah, I think that homerun actually cleared over the bleachers & flew completely out of the ball park (pun intended).
After this fight:
Everybody sits there in the destroyed restaurant a la Avengers, doing their after-action-reports and/or eating.
“After-action-report, Halo. They came, saw, we kicked ass.” *turns for the servers* “And now for da fish!” *turns back to report* “Oh, yeah. Note to self: they don’t actively drop loot.”
If the rest of the ARCSwat team starts to seriously learn combat tactics from Sydney, the TV news reports are going to more resemble slapstick comedy films. A lot of villains would quickly go straight, I’d wager…
They’d need to add comic sound effects
Footage of this being spread over the internet would probably be even more effective than Maxima’s
warning, um, suggestion that any potential supervillains might want to consider a change in careers. And, addressing a slightly different topic, I wonder whether getting one’s nuts squished like that would make that person incontinent?Lucky for him he’s wearing dark colored pants.
I’d agree. Dark pants are less likely to display a stain composed of blood & other…um…oatmeal-like mush.
The last panel puts me in mind of the bottom row of this Goblins! comic:
https://www.goblinscomic.org/03162010/
Dear god… panel 4 scared the shit out of me.
And then I laughed at the home run so its all good.
Yea, not the loving and cute Sydney we are used to. Although she has pulled quite a few scary faces at times. Mind you, I know I have done something similar, on at least one occasion. I was at work, on my way to do some mundane task, that did not require my attention. So I got to thinking about the weekend’s forthcoming gaming session. I knew that we were planning on playing some evil characters, for an interesting challenge.
So, as I was walking down the corridor, I was thinking about the kind of evil I would portray. Normally I would go for the more usual kind. Somebody who thinks they are in the right, but use whatever they feel is justified to meet their ends. So kidnapping and torture would be fine. Like, say, Batman. When he grabs some random thug and dangles him head first off the top of a building. He is doing it to get information, for a greater good, so considers the act to be acceptable.
But, I felt in the mood to play out and out, in your face evil. Helped by the fact that we were going to be creating high level characters. So they would be strong enough to do what they liked, with little fear of consequence. They would have powerful enemies anyhow, so may as well give them good reason for it.
So I started thinking of inspirational characters, such as Robert Mugabi. And began slipping into the mindset, so I would be able to fully immerse myself in role-playing the character on the day. Figuring out what type of evil acts this fellow would get up to committing…
At which point a female colleague stepped through the double doors at the end of the corridor. Saw my face, blanched, and stepped back in alarm!
She had been so off-put by whatever look I had, that the doors literally swung shut in front of her. Giving me the moment necessary, before I reached it, to compose my face, opened the door and said “hi”, in passing. She was somewhat shaken still, but I figured hanging around and chatting might just make things worse for her, so carried on about my task. Making a mental note not to get into such character in public areas again!
Yeah, I’d agree. Panel 4 definitely qualifies as “malicious intent.”
So, anybody else injure themselves with a set of these babies when they were younger?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clackers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmLZselk3qE
yes, and when I went to the toy store to buy a set for my kids (they’re great for developing hand-eye coordination, and besides, it’s not childhood without personal injuries ^.^), they’d been discontinued and replaced with hinged stems in place of the string, so it was much harder to hurt yourself with them. On the one hand, good on them for making the thing safer; but on the other hand, it also makes them less adaptable, and less fun (no more using them for bolas >.<)
I kind of wish the minicomic below the main one was the dialog of the last panel instead of what’s there.
Aw, man, I can’t believe that I didn’t pick up on Sydney’s last name being Scoville when it was first mentioned way back when. (Like in https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/793). No wonder she likes the spicy stuff. LOL, when I first read it, I thought that was her new team nickname.
Way before and stressed also: https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/194
What *hasn’t* yet been addressed is the way Sydney described on that page how her meal would affect her later tonight. I mean, we’ve already seen Harem on the toilet, but we’ve yet to see Sydney clearing out the bathroom at Archon HQ…
There are some things I would rather not see. And that is one of them.
Sydney taking a nice, relaxing bath, at the end of the day. Now that would be another matter.
I was upset when I found out the bad guys in real life don’t drop loot after you drop them…on their heads and than do an atomic butt drop on their chest. Yes, that really happened.
Has Sydney been reading Dumbing of Age? ‘Cause the “Faaaaace” thing is one of their memes…
Geez, I unbookmarked Dumbing of Age a long time ago, after the author said he was on permanent hiatus. I guess I should have circled back a few times…
Dumbing of Age on Hiatus? :o
I don’t think he has missed a strip yet and is even running 7/7 these days…
So, uh, that last panel… Where exactly is that guy’s head?
Having to guess, the poor sap is having his circulation cut off by her arms, and his heads pinned against her abs to keep it in place.
Yea, his head is near her shoulder. We’re looking at his back
There’s a reason it’s called a Guillotine Choke…
Someones got observation skills, LOL. Pure, unadultered awesome.
After this day… the next super good guy Shadow Boxer fights will not be Halo but Anvil.
Anvil will just beat him up, Halo will prevent future generations then add insult to injury.
Hmmm…is it just me missing Sydney exclaiming “BLARG!”, and then going off with a stream of highly improbably profanity?
The fight is still young.
She is actually keeping a cool head so far. I expected her to start Boxer’s ears bleeding while she pummeled him.
Well done. Even near sighted people can see well enough to defend themselves. But if it were me I might have missed, unless, he didnt move and i was going by memory. Sadly my deph perception is the reason I wear glasses. One eye got injured. ;-(
Its really fun to see that Sydney thinks of the unconventional uses for her power orbs first and using the powers almost secondary (she did use the shield but was A. commanded to and B. just had a lot of practice with it recently). It will be great in the future to see her use their basic, non super, abilities to get around some of the limitations of only being able to use two at a time. Like if she mounted a camera on one of the two mystery orbs she could see around corners and over walls/roofs at short distances without using the telepresence orb. If she mounted a weapon on the other mystery orb she would have a standby short range attack if she got caught flatfooted or already fully engaged using two orbs to support the team crucially. The possibilities for “stunts” with their basic floatiness are only as limited as her imagination! FUN!! She’s like a low powered short range version of The Bowler from Mystery Men /BEFORE/ she even powers up!
Also Sydney please either A) get contacts or B) tether your glasses for combat. o.0′
A question I hope either this fight or training later answers is which other powers, if any, can Sydney use through the shield. Can she shoot through it? Can she project her teleself through it and beyond? If she activates the Lighthook on the inside of an activated shield can she will it to manifest just on the OTHER side of the activated shield? If Lighthook was already activated and on the other side of the shield will it keep working? Dido all her other powers? The answers will change everything about how she fights while “fully” protected. Would make for interesting writing though if she has to leave herself open to attack in order to effectively use many of her powers in combat!
2 thoughts.
First perhaps Sydney’s glasses are props to make her look more “mature”.
Second for a vote incentive DaveB could do mug shots of the bad guys.
Shadow Boxer’s mug shot might be bit hard to get. I doubt he’s going to be standing up any time soon.
No problem. His mug shot will use a background that looks like a hospital pillow.
Flashes back to oh the humanity,
So technically, Halo could still loot him…
I personally like the look of those shoes/boots….
No no. We do not want her to become a bad cop! Whilst they are still on his person, they are clearly his. A cop went to prison just recently because of helping himself to other people’s property*. They will be put in storage and returned to him whenever he is eventually released from prison. Mind you, if it turns out that his shadow weapons are persistent and have fallen on the ground, then she would be required to confiscate those, for evidence. But they would go into an evidence locker, indefinitely.
Of course, if it turns out that they have useful properties, such as the ability to pass through force-fields, she would be entitled to petition the courts to requisition them for use in crime-fighting activities. For instance, if none of her other powers can yet (without skill upgrades) pass through force fields, they would be very handy. She could position herself, fully shielded, between hostages and armed villains, and cut their bonds, through the force field. As one example.
* Of course the fact that it happened to belong to other police, conducting a sting operation, did not help. He got caught, despite being convinced that he was unobserved. She is a rookie under direct observation of a conscientious officer. She has already had one, light hearted, warning. Not having had her training yet, there is a degree of lassitude. But she had better not push it.
A fully trained cop doing such a kick (assuming a substantial one, ** rather than a poke for emphasis) might expect a disciplinary enquiry. Here the villains knew she was freshly recruited, so took their own risks in attacking her. But theft is something that any member of society should know better than to do. Even attempting it should render her as unfit to remain in a police force.
** No bruise, no case to answer.
About the shadow boxer guy, since he can melt into the floor, I wonder if he can become fully incorporeal, similar to the “logia” type devil fruit users in the manga One Piece.
Personally I would take his passing through the ground to be incorporiality in itself, as opposed to there being some further stage to it*. In that state, fists and bullets would pass through him. Likewise his slicing and bashing weapons would pass through a target, unless he rematerialised. Whilst in that state he has no physical body for other physical objects to interact with, which meets the definition of the word.
However there are different types of incorporiality or intangibility possible, so his version might work slightly differently to others. For instance somebody could disperse the atoms of their body so they become air-like, rather than solid.
Or another super might encourage their atoms not to bump into other atoms. This is one of the more subtle uses of luck. We are mostly empty space with a few atoms wandering around. Technically each time we sit down we could fall through the chair without touching it. It is just that the sheer number of atoms in ourselves and the chair means that the odds of all passing through with no interaction are measurable in life-times of our universe.
Given that the odds of all the water molecules being on one half of a glass of water, through random wandering, are a couple of those lifetimes, I would guess us passing through a chair might be five universe lives worth of attempts, before pulling it off. Unless, of course, you have super luck and can pull off the infinitesimally remote odds on demand.
Whereas others might exist on another plane of existence, such as the astral plane or in the ether. Ghosts and demons would likely have this kind, if keeping to tradition. In Shadow Boxer’s case it seems that he physically becomes shadow. In which case he would be able to go wherever shadows can.
So, whilst I would say he is intangible, his sort may not be the same as the type you are referring to, so he may not be able to interact with beings in their state or pull off the same kinds of tricks they can do. But, equally, they might not be able to blend into shadows, so each type has it’s own side-effects and uses.
* Not that I am familiar with what you are referencing, so there might be deeper implications that I am missing.
From following the ‘Master of Understatement’ old-comic link – oh my god, I just realized where Bun-Bun came from, and why he’s the way he is. Traumatic past … ;)
Dear lord! That look on Sydneys face in panel 4… Not sure if she turned her head to look at Shadowboxer so he could see that, but if he did that’s probably the moment he got a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach, because that’s a look of pure malevolent gleeful eeeeeeeeeevil!
If Sydney ever goes bad the world is in serious trouble, because she would have _fun_ with it! :D
Bad Guys are totally Piniata’s! You hit them hard enough and all sorts of things fall out!… Lungs, Kidneys, pints of blood! All of which are great for crafting mats, or putting up on the auction house. ;D
I thought 4 balls got you a free base, not a home run?
Gotta love the old ‘where are my glasses’ gag! I can remember the Johnny Bravo/Scooby Doo skit with Bravo saying ‘I can’t be seen without my glasses’ :D.
“You’re about to make us both famous.” Yes, but definitely not in the way he wanted.
I was personally hoping for the move John Bryne gave Sue Storm (so he could pretend to be “feminist” while dressing her up in the 4-kini and as Malice and other fetish gear so utterly nonsensical even for a comic book) in which she could modify her force field to crush (or from the inside, explode) an opponent’s head. Or sure, nads, that works too.
Yeah, too violent, but I also got my rage on when the bastard slugged Sydney.