TradePaperbackTraitor
06-17-2008, 07:38 AM
There are two stories in this book: Get Some and Glorious Five Year Plan.
Some questions I had for those of you who follow Ennis:
-- The Legend seems like a take on Stan Lee. Ennis even throws in a "True Believer" comment in his reply to a question about The Legend at an interview @ Newsarama. Is this a take on Stan Lee being a bitter, jaded old comics writer? Someone trapped in the worlds he created and always forced to be the official Marvel spokesman? Sort of the same way a Star Trek or other popular typecast actor becomes?
-- Get Some was an obvious parody of the homoeroticism in superhero themes like Batman & Robin, but I wasn't sure what Glorious Five Year Plan was poking fun at. I guess Little Nina was a take on some of the ridiculously crazy villains that DC and Marvel sometimes create. I know both Marvel & DC have created their own B-teams of Russian superheroes and felt that Ennis was making fun of those stories. Some of the plot seemed like a mock Captain America suspense thriller. Honestly, that entire story seemed like a crazy adventure by The Boys, their own superhero angle if you will, but I wasn't sure what element of mainstream heroes Ennis was poking fun at other than some of the obvious small stuff like Little Nina and the comments about a Wolverine-esque hero in the beginning.
Some questions I had for those of you who follow Ennis:
-- The Legend seems like a take on Stan Lee. Ennis even throws in a "True Believer" comment in his reply to a question about The Legend at an interview @ Newsarama. Is this a take on Stan Lee being a bitter, jaded old comics writer? Someone trapped in the worlds he created and always forced to be the official Marvel spokesman? Sort of the same way a Star Trek or other popular typecast actor becomes?
-- Get Some was an obvious parody of the homoeroticism in superhero themes like Batman & Robin, but I wasn't sure what Glorious Five Year Plan was poking fun at. I guess Little Nina was a take on some of the ridiculously crazy villains that DC and Marvel sometimes create. I know both Marvel & DC have created their own B-teams of Russian superheroes and felt that Ennis was making fun of those stories. Some of the plot seemed like a mock Captain America suspense thriller. Honestly, that entire story seemed like a crazy adventure by The Boys, their own superhero angle if you will, but I wasn't sure what element of mainstream heroes Ennis was poking fun at other than some of the obvious small stuff like Little Nina and the comments about a Wolverine-esque hero in the beginning.