Grrl Power #255 – The ARC Wrestling Federation
Vehemence seems to be losing control of the fight, though he fared the Anvil on the head with probably more resilience than the heroes would like. It’s obvious no one is going to accidentally snap his neck, so they’re ramping up the intensity.
To Anvil’s chagrin she’s not wearing her military grade bra, though to be fair, with her chest and that landing, the only thing that might have helped would have been a form fitting platemail curiass. She could have had her arms crossed under and across them but she was trying to stick the landing.
I’d meant to have Sydney calling out attack names throughout the fight, I actually may go and put them back in when I do a general cleanup pass while I’m putting the book together (possibly books, depending on whether or not it’s feasible to do a single volume as thick as this has the potential to be.) For instance on the page where Heatwave accidentally roasts two of the villains Sydney was supposed to lean in and yell “Toasty!” but I guess I forgot to add it.
I’m so pleased with the reactions to the previous page! My favorite comments where the ones where someone read it, then 5 minutes later were like “ZOMG I get it!” Harem may eventually have that moment.
Sorry I haven’t updated the vote incentive yet, but I somehow managed to finish two double pages this week so my extracurricular time was limited. Hopefully I’ll be able to put some time into it this week.
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One thing you don’t want to end up saying in a super fight (or any fight really): “Whoops.”
I love how Anvil emerges from the dust in panel 3. And poor Opal lying there in panel 7… Nice touch, Dave.
V’s expression in panel 8 (middle right), his life is flashing in front of his inner eye.
He might SAY “Whoops”, but that facial expression is 100% “Ohhhhh, s###!!!!!!!”
Pingpong with King Kong. Well he asked for it. And Arc is delivering.
Anvil sets ’em *up,* Max knocks ’em *down,* then Anvil scores a Strike!
Welcome to Bowling for Baddies!
Whoops
I love it
We all make mistakes.But that was not the time or place to screw up that seriously. Unless he has something big in reserve, that should be the ball game.
I think he does, but we’ll see soon enough.
I may fail Sydney’s “Nerd Check” for asking this, but is Nautilus Slam a thing from somewhere, or is she making up attack names?
I found reference to a pro wrestler, Shawn Nautilus. Past that, beats me too.
Based on the flips upon impact, I assumed it had to be a fighting game move, but searches have revealed nothing.
I think “nautilus” just refers to the swirling flips resembling the shell of a nautilus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus
I got that part, but I was wondering if it was a fighting move used in a video game or anime or something, or if Sydney was just making up names for the moves on the spot.
It IS an actual wresting move. I’ve seen Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant pull it off once or twice. It involves one wrestler tagging his partner in a match, throwing his opponent up into the air and the other partner performing a pile-driver with a bit of a spin. As can be expected, this takes A LOT of coordination and team- work. Definitely NOT something to try at home, kids.
I found a LOL champion who’s ultimate is a toss up slam. Nautilus
It is obviously a reference to the amount of damage inflicted by being hit with a 19th century submarine. (giant squid sold separately)
It’s actually not, at least not that I’m aware. Sydney just thinks cool looking attacks should be called out.
At least she didn’t name it “Curly Fry Combo!”
…Actually, “Curly FLY Combo” might be more accurate.
Nautilus, the Titan of the Depths:
There’s also another Nautilus who’s powers include “seismic slam: “Slam the ground and cause a wave of destruction that deals 620% weapon damage to enemies up to 45 yards in front of you.”
And possibly a third who has a “Dredge Line(Q) a.k.a. chest bump/body slam”.
Come to think of it, it also sounds like a name for a mixed drink (“Bartender, two nautilus slams, please”), but that doesn’t make much sense in this context.
Nautilus Slam
2 oz Kraken Black spiced rum
juice of 1/2 lime / 1 oz lime juice
1 oz white Lilet
1 oz soda
serve in a highball glass over ice with a wedge of lime
And drinking one leaves you feeling like Vehemence after Anvil smashes him into the ground.
I think I’d quite like to try this drink.
Panel 3 is great. Probably the sexiest image of Anvil yet!
I concur 100% Anvil is just getting better the longer she’s in play
Agreement from me too. I’ve loved Anvil ever since she was amused at Harem on the red-head couch watching Sydney, but she’s really coming into her own now.
Just too bad she can’t know how much she is appreciated by us. Might have helped her with her insecurity. Oh well.
See, I would go for panel 5 instead, but that’s just personal taste.
Anvil/Halo Reversal Combo now a Anvil/Maxma Reversal Three Part Combo, or dose the Combo continue on the next page?
Either Anvil uppercuts again, or Max sticks her own landing in V’s ear. Then an old fashioned Dragon Ball blurred fists of fury from two sides.
Gotta love Veh facial expression in panel 4… “whoops”
one Lighthook landing plus a Veh punch makes a lots of kinetic energy to burn
Well, he’s already been hit by a car, walked through a rubble-maelstrom, took a face-plant AND a foot plant, lost a tooth…And only now saying “whoops” as if going solo against a team wasn’t a bad idea in the first place.
That’ “whoops” has already resulted in getting a serious uppercut to the chin, a boot in the back & another, even more serious face-plant…I’m wondering when he might even start to show a few bruises.
There is something significant about that ‘whoops’ moment though: We know he’s super-strong, but we don’t know how much. We know that punch was meant for Maxima, who openly stated she was the most powerful super on earth. Instead, it hit Anvil, who can absorb and redirect energy.
Assuming he doesn’t have any specific toughness powers, he can probably punch hard enough to hurt himself if he were hit with that punch. And he seems to believe he’s strong enough to fight Maxima on an even field.
Put that together: He was hoping to hurt Maxima; he was hitting as hard as he could. He doesn’t think anyone here can hit him hard enough to hurt him. Instead he hit Anvil – giving her enough energy to hurt him. Something he avoided doing earlier.
He’s got a strategy for this fight. He walked in thinking he could win. That punch was a mistake in the strategy. Against prepared, competent opponents, one mistake could be enough to cost him the fight. At the very least, his strategy is broken and he needs to figure out how to regroup.
So, he never saw the Anvil dropping from the sky. The best kind of attack…the one you don’t see coming!
He sees the ground coming up. Second best attack, they see every detail and can do nothing to stop it.
Gotta hand it to Vehemence, he knows when he messed up. That he isn’t messed up himself after Anvil’s landing is impressive though.
…. Anvil’s FIRST landing, that is. Could be that he starts showing some real wear and tear from now on.
Since V can take it, they are going to super-size the servings.
Considering the amount of punishment he has already received without any significant damage (just 1 lost tooth), I doubt it. I wouldn’t be surprised if he got up with a big smile on his face, proclaiming he hasn’t had this much fun on a ride since [enter favorite thrill-ride here].
Maybe he hasn’t taken significant damage, but he would have to be giving an Oscar-worthy performance with the “Whoops” on this page (and the “Yaaaa” on the previous) for him to claim that he’s having fun.
Let’s put it this way: how often do you think someone like V has to deal with pain like this? Everything we’ve seen with him shows that he’s been looking for a fight this challenging. For him, this IS fun. Heck, he’d probably congratulate Anvil and Maxima for such a well executed maneuver.
Or he may have simply bitten off more than he can chew (especially after he lost a tooth).
He’s gotten the fight he was looking for. I kinda doubt he actually cares who wins.
I find it highly probably that he was looking for the fight. What I do question is whether he still wants it. As it was once put, “You may find that having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. This is not logical, but it is often true.” Or in other words: “There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
Sorry, meant to add this to the above comment:
And judging by his reaction to his foot getting stepped on and his “whoops” comment above, he is finding getting the fight he was looking for isn’t as pleasing as wanting it, unless he’s putting on an Oscar-worthy performance.
“…proclaiming he hasn’t had this much fun on a ride since [enter favorite thrill-ride here].”
How about the “Spin & Puke?”
Maybe Vehemence thought he is save from Anvil, ’cause he is invincible to her Hair Ruffle Attack…
great team attack
love it hehe
its gonna suck to be v if he wakes up
Seeing as how when Vehemence wakes up, it will be in a super-strong holding cell, possibly with a video-link to his arraignment.
And that’s best case. Short of absolute worst, there is waking up in a back support frame with assorted shattered vertebra. Plus extra casts. Max did say, “incarcerated, in traction or in a grave”. And V is pushing his luck.
I have some medicinal “ointment” that I can rub on Anvil’s breasts, to make them feel better.
*sigh* Didn’t we go over this last time? Just because it was clerics you put in the blender does not give the end result “Magic healing” properties.
Um….. ew.
You win the internets.
right you have to use dark mage warlocks mixed with virgin old god priestess
I will have to try that there are a few people that have annoyed me.
Plus culling the competition is always a good thing to do.
Don’t forget the dash of balsamic vinagrette.
I am not using clerics this time.
It is a mixture of fairies .hobbits, and just a hint of troll.
Nice. the trollish regen factor means you only need one jar for a lifetime supply. Hobbit grease is hypoallergenic, and everyone knows fairy dust is good stuff.
Besides they are all nuisance species. They yell in your ear or steal your rings.
But they are good for shishkabobs
Oh man, the staked troll. There was a lance in D&D that let you take a full charge if you successfully crit a target. There was also a rule that you auto-crit on helpless targets, assuming you didn’t roll a 1.
Someone determined that if you could stake trolls 200′ from one another, all across your nation, a paladin armed with this lance could approach light speed, traveling hundreds of miles every six seconds.
AD&D troll + troll press = Cure Light Potions for life. Add one goblin chef who knows how to dress and cook troll limbs = how to feed a goblin army on the cheap. Yes, game masters everywhere cringe at this min-max maneuver.
they also make great catapult ammo.
Troll jerky=neverending rations. Tastes terrible, but it will keep you going as long as you remember to put leftovers in a Handy Haversack or similar to keep it from regenerating back into a troll.
what you have to do is soak the troll in Vinegar before you try to dry it (acid, remember?)
On internet you feed troll. In RPG troll feeds you!
Almost as longlasting as dwarf bread?
Why do you think dwarves craft such awesome beer.
It’s to soak the bread in.
Soaking dwarf bread, however, would defeat the whole purpose of having it in the first place. “Dwarfs generally devour it with their eyes, because even dwarfs have trouble with devouring it any other way.”
Always good to see a Discworld reference.
So many different types of dwarf bread hard to know exactly which one was being referred to.
Dat classy as heck underbutt on panel 8, love it!
Keep it classy Dave B-)
If he’s still in there. He ain’t happy!
If this is all Vehemence can do,Max can take him by herself, easily. Strong,tough and can fly>strong,tough and can’t fly. That’s why Doomsday should never have been more than an annoyance to Superman.
What I remember of Doomsday, it was more he could take Superman levels of punishment and keep coming. Eventually his lower-level attacks wore down Superman until he couldn’t fight effectively and then finished the job.
If Vehemence has a similar resistance to punishment, he could just keep getting up until some oddball power affects him. One of Dabbler’s spells or gizmos maybe. Or another secondary power from someone.
If so, I question if he would be worried about that little error with Anvil – and he LOOKED worried..
And it was too sudden to be faked. He really though he was punching Max full power. Give him breathing room and V might get the fight back in his corner.
Dumbsday is a good example of why super-strong heroes with flight should remember that space/zero-grav/vacuum is a great way to deal with such opponents. Supes was stupid to duke it out with that brute.
It was SUPES, what did you expect?
To be fair, Superman never really did need to learn much in the way of strategy and tactics with all his brute force available. That “subtle” crap was more Batdude’s forte.
And who’s to say Doomie couldn’t have been just as manouverable in space as Dupes is?
My thought at the time was to aim Doomsday at a black hole…
…anything dumb enough to try & fight him after that would be in no shape to make any trouble for us afterwards, you see…
A form fitting platemail curiass is a bad idea. As it lacks flexibility you risk a broken sternum.
Yes. Something to soak up or spread the impact. Not just prevent movement entirely. Didn’t a bunch of comments get made a while back about the roll of engineering in bra design? That landing would be a maximun strain test on any design.
she needs to go see Lydia, from Wapsi Square… if she can design a non-Newtonian fabric to make Monica’s Sports Bra out of, Anvil’s would be no problem… https://wapsisquare.com/comic/what-the-frig-newtonians/
Interesting. there are some materials out there that do get stiffer under load. See 3DO for example. I’m not sure if it would help Anvil but it does allow a little stretch to a material that would without forcing suspension of disbelief to be called on. Ditto current spider silk developments. Almost ready for prime time.
You beat me to it. Lydia would probably have to surpass even Monica’s Sports Bra.
Wouldn’t Anvil want something that focuses the impact, as long as that thing does not itself break?
I don’t think platemail would survive actually given the amount of force involved. Considering they were made to protect against mere melee weapons. Think of two cannon balls fired from a cannon wrapped in sheet steel. V shrugged off a car (made to absorb kinetic energy) Anvil hit much harder. No a platemail curiass would be just so much shrapnel..
Also, a platemail curiass may withstand a significant amount of impact, but once the chestplate deforms *inward* it’ll *stay* there & merely continuing to wear it would be like being caught in a vice.
That was my first thought as well, but Anvil’s a special case with her kinetic absorption. The real concern is the way her size changes as she powers up: she might not break any ribs, but it wouldn’t be long before she’d find herself short of breath. And you thought whalebone corsets were bad!
I did not see anything about Anvil changing size when she charges up on kinetic energy. She is comparable to Big Guy, but there are some distinct difference; this is one.
I agree that, as tough as V has sown himself to be, the heroes need not hold back: Have at him!
She’s holding his wrist…should he be flying from her shot under his chin? Must have let go.
I only note that because man, if you can drag down while hitting up like that, maybe you don’t want to let go on impact. But then, no team attack, so this is probably better.
I don’t think Anvil has an actual grip on V’s wrist. She is pushing his arm down and away from her as she steps into the punch.
It looks like she only pulled him into her fist and then let go.
Trying to hold him would not work though as he is a lot stronger than her.
I am interpreting this differently:
In panel 5 she holds his wrist so her palm to the chin hurts more instead of just sending him flying. Then in panel 6 she is bent over because she threw him. So I see it as two separate moves.
It looks more like she’s bending in an exaggerated preparation to a superjump. :)
For me, it looks like she’s holding the wrist and creating a splitting/shearing action with the blow, but that’s possibly coloured by my own experience/training. Wouldn’t need to be stronger to pull that off, because it’s a momentary thing, plus she’s all juiced up from catching his punch. :)
How that then translates to him going flying, I don’t know – which means it’s more likely what eddi is saying.
Mind, this isn’t a complaint, just a small observation. Loving this series.
Now that you have said that, I agree with your assessment of both panels.
I can totally see how you might have figured she was throwing him, btw. It would make sense – hit, throw, leap.
The wrist holding is actually a continuation of the punch grab two panels back where she absorbs his punch. So absorb punch, push wrist down/away and uppercut that sends him flying, perhaps with a bit of shearing action to help impart that extra bit of kinetic energy (as you say from the training), then the wind up for the leap.
That part I got. :)
My earlier thought was that we were looking at a simultaneous down and up thing to cause more damage, rather than send them flying (and the wrist looks like it’s being actually gripped, not pushed, at least to me). Which wouldn’t actually follow, given he’s actually sent flying.
From what occurs it looks like you and eddi are correct about this and she’s not actually drawing down and simultaneously hitting up; rather, she’s trapping and hitting.
And in this case, it makes perfect sense because she’s superhuman and can send him flying up to where Maxima awaits. ^_^
Mystery solved…
I’m thinking its more like a rubber band. Hold on to one end of a rubber band, stretch it out, then let go and it flies. I’m thinking that’s what happened here. Anvil stretched out V by holding onto his arm, powerful hit to the jaw, then let go of the arm to send him flying. The crouch is for the super jump she’s getting ready for.
Now there’s an amusing image. :D
God dammit, been playing too much Smash Bros. I read this comic I keep seeing the damage meter and sound effects.
C-C-COMBO!!!
How super strong is Sydney’s tentacle? I ask as if it is geolocked to her like her orbs then theoretically she could just wrap him in it and leave it at that.
they have to find some other way of containing him, or Sydney would never be able to let go of that orb…
This page is awesome, love the action in it.
It is a bit worrying that he got up from that last attack looking relatively unharmed, but hopefully this next one puts him out of commission,
Probably not out of commission just yet – reckon he probably has a card or two still to play. But it aint going well for him at this stage, that’s for sure.
WHOOPSIE!-Dan Forden
Ouch, Vehemence is going to need to have some ace’s up his non-existent sleeves, because he has not fared well in this fight at all besides a single punch.
Puny Vehemence.
Anvil – now with Hulk-approved garments. And shoes by Dr. Doom (they haven’t shown damage at all).
I think her kinetic absorption helps there. Her blouse and skirt were torn in scuffles or by debris.
That’s gonna leave a mark.
… probably on the pavement, not on Vehemence.
Up until now, all the owners had to do was rebuild the restaurant. Now they are going to have to repave the whole parking lot as well. may be they can sell off chunks of the old one as souvenirs. “Hey look, this one has Vehemence’s face print in it!”
Anvil: Seriously? He took that much and he’s not bleeding?
Sydney: Wait guys, I got this! *lighthook picks up Lee Press-on Claws by the wrists*
Maxima: No! Sydney, we do NOT use unconscious prisoners as improvised weapons.
Sydney: Aw.
Dabbler: Is that really one of you humans’ rules of engagement?
Harem: Probably? Maybe. Well…It will be by tomorrow, anyway.
There was a graphic novel I read featuring the Punisher. Besides showing how he was definitely going to hell (my interpretation; in it, he rejects Heaven, corrupts Daredevil and kills a priest. If none of that condemns you to eternal damnation, I don’t know what does), it shows him using an extremely obese man (think someone who consumes several whole pizzas at one sitting) to smother an opponent to death. That was so funny I laughed like a loon. Reminded me of an old George Carlin skit.
“Hey Maxima, I finally found someone tough enough to be the ball in super-pinball. I’ll be a flipper and you can be a bumper.”
Would that make Sydney the plunger or the slingshot?
Neither.
She’s the Extra Ball.
Specifically, the screwball.
Then Harem would be the Multi-Ball?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq1d07gYl8o
In Soviet Russia, Happy Fun Ball taunts you!
Right about now I’m hoping Sydney either discovers or remembers that she can form her shield so she is outside it. The image of Maxima, Anvil, and Vehemence trapped in a giant bubble together while Sydney shouts ‘CAGEMATCH!’ appeals to me.
It also would be an extremely useful shield variant in the long run.
Maybe next skill point she can buy that option ^_~
this would be slightly op as sidney could simply end a hulk style threat by bubbling it and waiting for the air to run out
Alternatively, in a pinch she could bubble with some combo of Max, Anvil, Achilles, and Stalwart inside, to protect her from the bad until they all run out of air.
We are back to 2nd place now.
Lets at least make it look like we are trying to get to 1st.
He doesn’t seem particularly battle damaged, I mean come on, he’s been bashed about for most of this fight: Cadillac, face-plant, Stalwart punch, Stalwart foot smash, Anvil punch, and Maxima kick. He’s not even showing signs of having his tooth punched out anymore. I like this fight, but I hope it ends soon enough that this doesn’t become One Piece style opponent bashing (do they never die?!).
Check panel 7 you will see a tiny black hole in his nice row of teeth. so he is still missing one tooth. But yeah he doesnt take much damage it seems
Ah, thanks, I see that now. Seriously though, those are some heavy hits he’s taking, he better start showing it.
Well, vehemence means full of vigour or energy, so I can see that he’ll be taking a lot more damage before he starts to back down.
I keep thinking that Vehemence must have SOME power other than super-strength/toughness. Unless he’s a complete dolt (not ruling that out) he should know that even being infinitely strong still leaves to many loopholes for incapacitating or working around you, if that’s ALL you can do.
Hercules once fought a wrestler who was blesses (I think) by Gaea so that his strength returned, making him effectively unbeatable. He lived in a house made of the bones of his victims. Hercules just held him up in the air and squeezed him until he was dead.
So right now I’m picturing Vehemence dangling by one ankle from Sydney’s energy-tentacle with her saying something like “I’ll either need to sleep eventually, or start charging Red-Bull to my expense account.”
Sydney on caffeine is a scary image!
There’s scary and there’s scary…
As someone who has dealt with ADHD for 15+ years, caffeine actually calms me down and has the opposite effect as on someone without ADHD…
Yes that means my “sleeping” pills include caffeine.
That was Actaeon and he was Gaea’s son. As long as he was connected with his mother the Earth, he was invulnerable and invincible in battle. So, yes, you’re right; Hercules was able to kill him with that simple but effective maneuver. Now they have to figure out what Crybaby’s weakness is.
You mean Antaeus? Actaeon was torn apart by Artemis’ dogs after he watched her bathe.
Slow-roasted kittens with puppy-sauce!
With a side of deep fried rabbit eyes.
Served by the PETA girls.
Dressed in pure albino fur thongs
by the way, said that that would be his weakness because, apart from Dabbles, who would even think of it, let alone do it?
I don’t think that brute force is going to take the Big V down. He strikes me as too tough and smart to have stepped into this fight without knowing that he was up to the job. This is going to take some smarts on Team Arc’s part. Although motion sickness might be a neato weakness that could make a showing here. Checking for motion sickness and keeping V disoriented are good reasons for the multiple flips before the smash. Of course, a weakness to motion sickness is easily dealt with by consuming 1/2 tsp. to 1 tsp. of candied ginger before going into battle. See “Good Eats” for the episode dedicated to ginger to learn more.
Great action page! One quibble – shouldn’t there be more rubble around Opal…maybe a scorched car?
Vekter was shielding her and himself. The blast and fragments are scattered away from where she is laying. Might be some small stuff to blackened to show against the pavement.
I took a closer look. There are some things that could be burned rubble around Opal and more toward where V was standing. The dust cloud makes it hard to confirm.
The rubble from Vekter’s shield is missing too; there should be a circular field of it, even if it all got powdered by Vehemence’s entrance…
Wind, shockwaves, Anvil getting swung by her hair, that would pretty well clear the area of the debris cloud.
Damn. I thought the last page was golden, but this was a fantastic follow up. Does that make it platinum?
Roentgenium
Better save some slots, Dave is ramping things up with each new page.
With Sydney’s running commentary, I wouldn’t be surprised if she got fanboys before too long. :D
I assume you mean in-story. Out here she’s had fanboys from page 1.
I know I’m one.
I don’t know about you, but I am a fan man.
Why do i get the horrible feeling this combo is gonna be revealed as a ‘No Sell”* when the dust settles?
If V is smart, he’s just riding the wave of this attack for now and focusing on surviving it rather than trying to break out of it.
*Google the relevant TV tropes page if you don’t know what this means
I don’t think Max and Anvil are going to stand off. They will keep pounding V at this level of power until he quits or goes down for a long count. And Max still hasn’t gone for the big guns yet.
Avil can’t keep pounding Vehemance. She’s only strong enough to hurt him when he charges her up. Presumably he won’t do that again. She’s also not fast enough to touch him if he feels like not getting hit.
Maxima can totally keep pounding him, but we still don’t know which of the two is stronger/faster. Bet we find out soon.
If he’s faster than Maxima he could have dodged better with Stalwart. Unless he noticed Maxima holding back and decided to hold back himself so she would let him play with her team mates long enough to wear them down possibly even knock a few out like Stalwart.
Just because you are fast, doesn’t mean you can’t be caught unawares
Sure but if you are faster than someone who catches bullets you could probably have dodged at least one of the things Stalwart did.
“Woops”
I’ve always found the word to be funnily appropriate for situations like this. Ever since I first heard Jamie say it on Mythbusters.
The last thing you want to hear. Because it could BE the last thing you hear.
Unless it’s from me, it’s usually an indicator I survived my latest misadventure.
Note to self: do not go on any misadventures with Peter Sadlon
Don’t pay any attention, just mumbling to myself.
Just say back about a couple hundred feet for so and you you should be fine and get a helluva show.
Small word of warning they almost never star with the normal warnings like “Hey watch this”, “Toss me another beer”, or the like.
He learnt that from Tazzlehoff Burrfoot (or whatever that doorknob of a Kender’s name is) :P
Even a 5-headed dragon pays heed when a Kender says “Whoops!” :D
Tasselhoff
Sounds like a Jewish toast made to the owner of an automobile operated by an A,I. =OP