CBR: Harms & Shalvey Roll the "Crossbones"

[CBR News]

Writer William Harms and artist Declan Shalvey send the villainous Crossbones on a dangerous mission in "Captain America and Crossbones." We spoke with both creators and editor Bill Rosemann about the one-shot.


Full article here.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

I really don't like Crossbones.
Rapist shouldn't be glorified.

[rogerio]

Great artwork.

[sparticus]

I really don't like Crossbones.
Rapist shouldn't be glorified.

I completely agree, yet, Declan Shalvey art, and hopefully a book portraying him as the monster he is has my money. I'll be disappointed if it glorifies him at any point. Interesting to see that he's not done with in the Thunderbolts books either.

[CMBMOOL]

Well it looks like been revealed, spoilers:

that Crossbones and the Thunderbolts will play a role in Fear Itself as the series tie into the event.

end of spoilers

[samson3191]

I really like the artwork, and getting a story from Crossbones' perspective should be interesting.

[gamegeek1981]

I agree that doing a book about a rapist is a touchy subject. Still, Marvel would hardly be the first to glorify a rapist character...soap operas have been doing "the rapist with a heart of gold" stories for years now.

I'm in if Cap kicks his rapist teeth in, though.

[Frostious]

Is it confirmed that Crossbones raped Diamondback? I'm not particularly familiar with the characters' pasts, and all the information I can find about it is that he "assaulted" her.

Anyway, like I think I've said before, I don't particularly love Crossbones but I'm looking forward to this simply because of Declan Shalvey's gorgeous, gorgeous art.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

Is it confirmed that Crossbones raped Diamondback? I'm not particularly familiar with the characters' pasts, and all the information I can find about it is that he "assaulted" her.

Here's the page where she was raped:

If that's not enough, it specifically states that it was rape in pages like this:

[RatFace]

I really don't like Crossbones.
Rapist shouldn't be glorified.

You're right of course, rapists should be "glorified", but reading the interview it doesn't look like that's going to happen.

[Kunoichi]

I am looking forward to this.

[Venom Melendez]

I really don't like Crossbones.
Rapist shouldn't be glorified.

Obviously that won't happen. Besides, lets not forget he's a villain, he's not suppose to be nice.

This is a guy that happily works for the Red Skull( 100 times worse than Crossbones can ever dream of being).

[Frostious]

Here's the page where she was raped:
[...]
If that's not enough, it specifically states that it was rape in pages like this:
[...]

Alright, thanks - now I know for sure.

[andybmcd]

Not going to lie, going just by the comic page, it looks more like Crossbones is a wife-beater than a rapist. Not that it's any better.

I'm excited for this, all of our villains can't be nice guys. Crossbones is a scumbag and has pretty much always been depicted as one. It's one of the things that makes him fascinating to read.

[Silvermoth]

I've often wondered if Crossbones was replaced by Master Man in "The trial of the Winter Soldier" arc so that he could move onto the Thunderbolts. It kinda feels weird when you're reading it, like it doesn't quite flow properly.

Anyway, I might give this one a miss. I'm still looking forward to the Black Widow/Sharon Carter and Peggy Carter ones though.