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.
Mighty Avengers #3
If you recall, in an
earlier post about my pull list at Hall of Heroes in Cherry Hill, NJ, I stated the following:
And I couldn’t care less about what’s going on in The Mighty Avengers, but I gotta see that Frank Cho draftsmanship so badly that I’ll put up with word balloons that repeat the exact same thing the preceeding thought balloon said.
Bendis’ balloon folly is almost charming in its earnestness, actually. So, I can give that a pass. As long as it’s conveyed in those stong Cho brushstrokes, I’m a happy reader.Well, this panel from
Mighty Avengers #3 sums up that feeling perfectly. The illustration is absolutely gorgeous. No one draws the femal figure as well as Cho.
And the composition of the image is just downright sublime.
If you recall, in an earlier post about my pull list at Hall of Heroes in Cherry Hill, NJ, I stated the following:
