Battle Scars #3(of 6):
What Happened: Johnson and his friend Cheese manage to get a bead on one of Taskmaster's safehouses and Johnson decides to try to find Taskmaster since Taskmaster seemed to have some idea as to why there was a price on Johnson's head. Johnson and Cheese take separate safehouses and Johnson spots movement in the safehouse he was watching. Johnson enters and discovers Deadpool there(!). Pool tells Johnson that he'd been hired to kill him because Johnson had murdered his mother, which was blatantly untrue. Johnson tells Deadpool as much, and since Johnson wasn't even in the country at the time of the murder, Pool tends to believe him. Before Pool can leave with Johnson to get some answers, Pool is impaled from behind by Taskmaster, who renews his attack on Johnson. Johnson manages to lure Taskmaster into a trap on the roof and actually gets the upper-hand on Taskmaster thanks to this chicanery. Johnson demands answers from Taskmaster, and Taskmaster cryptically tells Johnson to ask his father for answers, which annoys Johnson since he thought his dad was dead. Taskmaster tells Johnson that he doubted Johnson's dad COULD die, and that he was hired by an enemy of Johnson's dad to get Johnson. Taskmaster recommends that Johnson should run away from this whole messed up situation before he ends up any deeper in it, but before Johnson can do anything, the Serpent Society(or are they the Serpent Squad now?) show up on the scene to collect the price on Johnson's head.
Thoughts: This was a pretty good, fast, read. We are getting tantalizing tidbits of information regarding Johnson, which is fine since we're at about the halfway point of this mini. I'd expect a few more pieces of the puzzle to drop next issue, with the majority of the mystery of Johnson's life being revealed by issue #5. From what we learn from Taskmaster, Johnson's father, who Johnson had always thought was dead, has an enemy, who has apparently put the massive price on Johnson's head. Who is Johnson's dad? Or for that matter, who's Johnson's father's old enemy? We don't know yet, but my interest is definitely piqued. Here's hoping the eventual payoff is worth the ride.
Score: 7 out of 10.
Good to know!
wow DP in full merc/assassinating gear how long has been since we've even seen those swords?
ReplyDeleteAlso it's been way too long since Taskmaster and DP got together, i dont know about you but i really enjoy DP's interactions with guys like Taskmaster and Bullseye.
ReplyDeleteDeadpool and Taskmaster together are fantastic! Pool and Bullseye are def good too, but I love when Pool and Tasky get together. We need a Deadpool/Taskmaster series pronto!
ReplyDeletehey don't know where else to post this but http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?disp=img&pid=1326739319
ReplyDeletedoes this mean for sure that Wolvie and Beast are gonna be Avenger players in AVX, and if so what do you think about that?
The funny thing is that I've also seen teasers showing Wolverine battling Captain America and Beast fight Luke Cage... So I'm not really sure who will be on whose side! I could honestly see Beast siding with the Avengers more than Wolverine, but I guess what it'll all come down to is what the two teams wind up fighting about... Why they're fighting will probably help us figure out which side Beast and Wolvie will fall on.
ReplyDeleteThey also have old Archangel. I am weary about the promos because they don't really show where Team Wolvie is heading. In one image they are with the X-men, another with the Avengers, and a third one has only Team Cyclops fighting. It would be weird to have Beast and Wolvie join with the Avengers while Rogue and Gambit side with Cyclops.
ReplyDeleteOh yea, Thor is there too. But I don't think he will be dead too much longer.
ReplyDeleteYep, I saw the ones with Thor(can't say I'm shocked he'll be back for then) and Archangel(which DOES surprise me)... I don't understand the Archangel pic at all. I honestly would prefer it that Wolvie and his side stayed out of things, but let's face it, what are the chances Wolvie doesn't appear prominently in a Marvel event, especially a mutant Marvel event. But to me the most logical situation would be the Avengers vs Lord Summers Brotherhood.
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