Transcript
[Panel 1] (At a nearby watering hole...)
Matt the Henchman: I don’t get it! You’re the highest-ranked hench in the biz! What’s got you down?!
[Panel 2] (Argus the Minotaur sighs, sitting at the bar with Matt, drinking beer.)
Argus the Minotaur: sigh I used to hench with a woman. She was… amazing.
[Panel 3] (Flashback of Argus thinking about the past.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): I couldn’t bring myself to tell her how I felt about her because it woulda wrecked our working relationship.
[Panel 4] (Flashback continues.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): When she got promoted, I left henching and just… kicked around for a while.
[Panel 5] (Another flashback, showing Argus sneakily capturing Lightning Lady from behind.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): After years of trying to forget her, I decided to give it one more try.
[Panel 6] (Argus and Lightning Lady sit next to each other, playing video games.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): Now I’m back where I started. I’m henching again, and she’s close enough to touch, but too far to hold.
*Caption: After a brief stint at the Silver Agency.
[Panel 7] (Back at the bar, Matt looks at Argus.)
Matt the Henchman: So… what? You’re just gonna suffer in silence?
[Panel 8] (Argus grins sadly.)
Argus the Minotaur: Trust me. You do not want to hear a minotaur suffer out loud.
The Week in Villainy:
Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted
Star Sapphire:Star Sapphire’s origins have been ret-conned to the following: The Star Sapphire stone is a creating of a race of Zamarons — female equivalents to the Guardians of Oa.
It seems to be something that weilds emotion energy — much like the Green Lanterns’ rings use will-power energy and the Sinestro/Parrallax rings operate on fear.
In response to GL defeating Star Sapphire one again, the Zamarons re-create the Star Sapphire stone.
As a ring.
Now we have Lantern rings, Sinestro rings, Sapphire rings, and — if the end of the issue is any clue — more to come.
One can only wonder what emotion energy the other rings will harness. Joy? Anger? Apathy? Ennui? Schadenfreude?
And we get to look forward to increasingly convoluted explanations of how emotions have ties to colors in the visual spectrum.
It has a ring to it. But then again, it seems as if everything is going to, too, before long.
Luckily, the
Sinestro Corps arc launches next month. And not a moment too soon.
(If you have a suggestion for “This Week In Villainy,” please let me know.)
Star Sapphire:Star Sapphire’s origins have been ret-conned to the following: The Star Sapphire stone is a creating of a race of Zamarons — female equivalents to the Guardians of Oa.
