Tuesday, March 20, 2007

It's that pivotal moment, it's impossible: this kiss, this kiss

There came a day, unlike any other, when Earth's Mightiest Heroes found themselves united against a common threat! On that day, the Avengers were born—to fight the foes no single hero could withstand!

Also, to apparently play the world's mightiest game of spin the bottle. Because whoa, there's a whole lotta Mantis goin' on!:

Avengers #114 panel
Avengers #114 panel
Avengers #114 panel
All panels from Avengers #114 (August 1973), written by Steve Englehart,
art by Bob Brown and Mike Esposito


Honey, seriously, how much of that stuff do you have glopped on your lips anyway? Time to switch to a non-smear lipgloss!: "Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Mantislene."


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7 comments:

  1. FoldedSoup3/19/2007 11:52 PM

    Never been a 70s Avenger fan (that's changing), but may I say:

    Awesome.

    Wowsers.

    ...and .. thanks for that!

    (they were one Emo-Vision party-downer away from an all-out Greatest Super-Hero ... umm.. well, you know. Sorry, li'l Bull!)

    Wow.

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  2. FoldedSoup3/20/2007 1:18 AM

    Oh - and before I forget -

    That middle panel.. take it out of context...

    Wow.

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  3. Sleestak3/20/2007 1:51 PM

    That's not lipstick, she has bleeding gums!

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  4. Anonymous3/20/2007 3:04 PM

    Hah! I've got this one. Love that sequence....even though Mantis never really came across as the bubbly, kissy type at any time before or after it.

    Favorite panel? The vague "smiley face" of Iron Man.

    Gee...remember when the Avengers used to actually like each other? Man alive.

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  5. Bill D.3/20/2007 4:37 PM

    It looks like Iron Man is blushing, too, and I have to call "nuh-uh" on that one. I'll buy that Vision can blush, because if even an android can cry, than one can assume he could blush, too. I can even somehow buy into the eyes on Spider-Man's expressing emotion from time to time. But I can't except a blushing Iron Man, unless he's got some sort of device that can temporarily change his faceplate's pigmentation.

    And given that at least one armor had roller skates, I wouldn't put it past him.

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  6. LurkerWithout3/20/2007 6:23 PM

    I want to eliminate everything about the Avengers from Disassembled and replace it with issue after issue of Mantis making out with every Avengers ever. The She-Hulk sequence will last 3 issues all on its own...

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  7. Anonymous3/23/2007 7:11 PM

    Thor says "'Mantis, hath I ever told you about the Asgardian custom we calleth the 'Rainbow Party'?"

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