It's too late to remove Ezra Miller from the already-shot Flash movie, but Warner Bros. will certainly have a new actor in the role of Barry Allen for any new projects. For the first time I am hearing rumors of a replacement - George McKay. I only know him from the movie 1917, but he was pretty good in that and certainly looks the role. If he can pull off a convincing American accent, I'm all for it. We'll see if this rumor pans out.
I was glad to use a Daredevil image here from the amazing David Mazzuchelli. I was very lucky to be able to pick up a DD sketch by him several years back:
Well, Mr. Mazzuchelli certainly draws well. As for George McKay? I'm afraid I never saw "1917," so I've never heard of him till just this second. Which means I'll also have to wait for those future Flash-sequels (if any).
ReplyDeleteWith regard to this morning's cover? Barry Allen, being a police scientist, probably had to prove, to himself, that Daredevil was telling the truth. So I imagine that in the very next panel (had this been a real-world comic) he tried an _indirect_ approach! Like matching his vibratory rate to the frequency of Unus' bio-forcefield. Or even running around Unus, at ever-increasing speed, until he had formed a cyclonic vacuum that deprived Unus of just enough oxygen to render him unconscious.*
*His forcefield being permeable to ambient atmosphere.
Or, with all his experiences, Barry seeing Unus standing and breathing, created a super speed vacuum and moved this guy to a special prison where he will be alone and not threaten anyone else. Good cover.
ReplyDelete@Det. Tobor: wouldn't that be an implicit part and parcel of my second hypothesis?
ReplyDelete@Cary and Tobor: I'm curious as to why Daredevil would be taking on an X-men foe in the first place. Are Darkstar and Vanguard causing trouble for Black Widow's main man Ivan again?
ReplyDelete@Carycomic, Barry might just rush him to a prison so as not to take any other chances.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, yeah.
@Carycomic, Barry might just rush him to a prison so as not to take any other chances.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, yeah.
But, rushing him to prison means laying hands on a guy who calls himself "untouchable." So, yeah; rendering him unconscious through oxygen deprivation is the only viable alternative.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anon739! I couldn't have said it better, myself. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhy not have Grant Gustin step into the role of the Flash?
ReplyDeleteAll it'll take is some creative explanation that these highly paid Hollywood screenwriters are more than capable of.
I remember a Marvel Fanfare story where Unus's forcefield went out of control and he could not power down and kept expanding. Blob was able to force his way through it so that he could bring food to Unus. It was a great story. In the end, Blob gets hurt but Unus's forcefield is back under control, so it was Unus's turn to care for Blob. I have no memory of who the hero was in that story, but I remember those two villains and their friendship.
ReplyDeleteSorry Anon739 & Carycomic.. Nope. Fastest man alive moves air in large amounts. Think of a giant water hose but shooting out compressed air pressure. No body touches him.
ReplyDeleteLook at a home vacuum. It moves things by reverse air pressure..by vacuum.
Sorry-but-not-sorry. Hence, the Flash creating such a vacuum!
ReplyDeleteComparable to holding the hose of a vacuum cleaner over a candle flame. The air is sucked up, causing the flame to dwindle.
Wildcard - It was Marvel Fanfare # 7 and the hero was the Hulk. I remember being impressed with Joe Barney's art, whom I'd never heard of before, and haven't heard of since...
ReplyDelete@Wildcard and Harry: you might say they put the "brotherhood" in "Brotherhood of Evil Mutants."
ReplyDeleteWell said, Anon814. :-)
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