yaaaay! it’s Apollo! and his hair is white! and getting...

yaaaay! it’s Apollo! and his hair is white! and getting longer! and he’s all glowy! :D

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So, one surprising thing and two reassuring things from...

So, one surprising thing and two reassuring things from Stormwatch.

Surprising: “Force” is not a new character at all, it’s Fuji with a different name! :D

Reassuring 1: while disappointed with the alien abduction origin and the fact that they still have real names (and Apollo now has a LAST name too) Apollo is beautiful, and dislikes clothes, as it should be, and he and Midnighter are already together. It was SUCH a relief to see Midnighter in his old costume again. Apollo’s is a bit different, but I am fine with it.

Reassuring 2: while difficult to show with just a couple panels, Starlin NAILED Angie’s personality, she’s awesome again :D

That’s not to say there weren’t things I didn’t like, I’m still very unsure of Jenny Soul, and I don’t like that Hellstrike is no longer sentient gas… but… if that’s what I had to trade for rescuing Angie, Apollo and Midnighter, I’ll take it.

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comicsfacts: Bad, bad coloring work. Source: Stormwatch #1...

comicsfacts:

Bad, bad coloring work.

Source: Stormwatch #1 (volume 3)

It’s not the colorist that does that, it’s Miguel Sepulveda, half the stuff in his art is copy and pasted from photographs. He’s awful. It happens in Red Lanterns too.

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To show how awesome The Engineer used to be, one of my very...

To show how awesome The Engineer used to be, one of my very favorite scenes from Ellis and Hitch’s Authority. Angie goes to the moon in The Authority vol.1 #10. I miss her.

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Oh god, Angie, what have they done to you?! D: … and does...

Oh god, Angie, what have they done to you?! D: … and does Midnighter have Wolverine claws? >.<</p>

though I can take a good guess based on previous events and solicits. I’m guessing the ‘devolver’ she swallowed a while back continues to mess with her and causes her to lose more and more of her humanity. When the Eye explodes, she absorbs the wreckage into herself, resulting in giant monster Engineer seen here.

I just hope it can all be reversed somehow… The Engineer was awesome.

Zealot has potential, though. In Wildstorm she and Midnighter had an… antagonistic relationship.

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I know how Apollo could beat Superman

And to top it off it’s a cakewalk of a victory, and doesn’t involve Doors!

So, in a recent interview, artist Will Conrad was rather insistent that Apollo could beat Superman, to which I was like… no. I love Apollo, he’s easily one of my very favorite characters, but I know that he drains his power reserves easily, and Superman has a much larger bag of tricks. I figured Apollo would just futilely throw everything he had at Superman, Supes would shrug it off then pummel Apollo once he had drained his charge. But Conrad seemed so sure that Apollo would win, it seemed like he was privy to some inside knowledge (unsurprising since he’s Stormwatch’s artist) so I got to thinking. And it hit me. It’s so OBVIOUS.

Conrad kept hitting on the point of Superman and the yellow sun, which made me realize Superman and Apollo are both powered by the sun, but there is one crucial difference; Apollo is, as far as we know, indiscriminate about which sun he gets his energy from, red, yellow, blue, whatever. Some may grant a more powerful charge than others, and naturally he lives on a planet with a yellow sun so that’s where he gets his charge normally, but none of them will affect him negatively. Superman on the other hand is yellow sun only, hit him with the rays from a RED sun, powers vanish. In Stormwatch so far, Apollo has made mention of adjusting the wavelength of the light he emits, if he adjusts his wavelength to match that of a red sun…. he hits Superman with a red sun beam, and instantly drains Superman’s powers.

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Apollo if finally cutting loose and kicking ass… and...

Apollo if finally cutting loose and kicking ass… and he’s not narrating his powers! His blast likened to hellfire, which redeems him being inexplicably taken out by a fucking flamethrower in Grifter. A flamethrower. honestly. still pissed about that.

From the preview for issue 14: http://sciencefiction.com/2012/11/05/exclusive-preview-stormwatch-14/

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blinkingkills: midnighter you are a terrible date He really...

blinkingkills:

midnighter you are a terrible date

He really is! Apollo’s all like totally thinking it’s going to be a nice night out… His first clue should have been that Midnighter takes him to a seedy dive of a bar in a bad part of town instead of someplace nice, the next clue should have been the large bag Mids was carrying over his shoulder… but he remains hopeful! ‘cus he’s just trusting like that. But no. Midnighter’s there to knock out people’s teeth, cus he’s the fucking Midnighter, dammit, the day is not complete until he’s punched at least 6 people in the face. But of course he doesn’t tell Apollo of his little scheme. He’d had better get used to this feeling of aggravation, it will happen frequently.

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NOOOOOO…!!!! Don’t fight! D: (though not like this...

NOOOOOO…!!!! Don’t fight! D:

(though not like this would be the first time they’ve been shown beating the hell out of eachother on a cover, I’m sure there’s something more to it)

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Oh Apollo, you’re so awesome. Though I really would have...

Oh Apollo, you’re so awesome. Though I really would have liked to see Midnighter tear the Joker apart…

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sushiowl: So apparently when Midnighter is not out punching...

sushiowl:

So apparently when Midnighter is not out punching cats, he is checking out Apollo’s butt.

Well, obviously. Who WOULDN’T? ;)

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