Scans and a Con Question

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

I read Essential Captain America Volume 2 and Avengers Visionaries: George Perez recently, and both had a few Cap/Iron Man moments. I decided to share some scans. Ready?

I think some people shy away from the Marvel Essentials because they're cheap black and white reprints. I find that a lot of the art looks fantastic in black and white, especially Steranko's stylized art. By the way, the art in Vol. 2 is great - when the plot lines got a bit lackluster, I was still able to enjoy the stories for the art.







There wasn't tons of Steve/Tony interaction, but in this story Tony was devastated by news of Steve's death.



Gratuitous shirtless Steve! Besides great art, Vol. 2 has epic amounts of 'where do I belong?' angst. Here he thinks about Tolkien in bed and angsts about how he was a jerk to Sharon. (Paraphrased: "Quit SHIELD, Sharon - it's too dangerous." "Um, no." "I'm not going to date you until you quit." "Find me when you've grown up, Steve.")



Quinjet roadtrip!!!





Insert your joke here.



Cap and Iron Man discover Liefeld's Captain America.



Here Iron Man does what he does best - trying to save Cap at the cost of his own life.



Surprise Carol/Wanda moment!



Oh, for the days when stories ended on a hopeful note, and Steve and Tony stood really close to each other at parties. Which, come to think of it, they do a lot. Throw together a crowd of Avengers, and Steve and Tony generally wind up chatting in a corner.



That one's from She Hulk: Single Green Female.

Well, that's all for now. Oh, and I have a question: I know a lot of folk go to the big conventions on the coasts, but does anyone on this comm plan on attending any midwest conventions? Con Vergence and Gaylaxicon are both in the Twin Cities this year, and while both are more sci-fi than comics, I know that Gaylaxicon had a fair amount of stuff devoted to comics when I attended two years ago.

Geek Kon is a small, free con in Madison held in the fall. Last year there was a fanfic panel, a slash/yaoi panel, and several manga panels. No superhero panel though, which is a damn shame. Easy to change, though.

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[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

Okay, in the first one, the black and white Steranko thing -- is Steve smoking?! My stars and garters. He must have been in the Emo cul-de-sac of Angst Boulevard. I never thought I'd see an image of Saint Cap smoking.

Here Iron Man does what he does best - trying to save Cap at the cost of his own life.

Yay, another example for my Tony Self Sacrifice file! I've got seven or eight now. ILU Tony, you nut.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

One might even say he walks the empty streets on the boulevard of broken dreams. When the city sleeps, he's the only one and he walks alone. ;-)

I think that was the only picture of Steve smoking in the book. I imagine he sneaks outside for a smoke once every few months after missions involving the ghostly memory of Bucky.

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

PS, meant to say: I only did one Midwestern con this year, Planet Con in Kansas. Wait, Missouri? Whatever, it was a nice little con. I reccomend it. Other than that it's just San Diego con for me.

EDIT: Can I ask here what has troubled me for years? Why does Iron Man wear his helmet at these party things? He never gets to have any of the yummy food. He should just show up as Tony and get his share -- I mean, he's paying for it, yeesh.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll look into Planet Con.

Well... Iron Man would have to make an appearance at some point, right? And if he always disappeared when Stark came by to enjoy the hor'dourves, it would probably make people more suspicious. Best just to keep Stark away from the Avenger parties as a habit, I guess. Poor guy, though. That cake looks delicious. Maybe he can smoosh some through his faceplate's mouth?

[dieewigenacht.livejournal.com]

Or he just save a slice and explain it's for Stark, that would be simplier.

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's hard to balance a paper plate on gauntlets?

Aw, I just had an image of a little slice of cake, covered in plastic wrap, in the Avenger's refridgerator. Steve would write "FOR TONY" on it in black marker.

[dieewigenacht.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty image :D
And now I can see other Avengers trying to steal the slice, only to be stopped by Jarvis or Steve.
See? You make me think weird stuff.

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

I'm firmly convinced that most of the Avengers knew IM's identity from week one. If they were nice Avengers, they would have taken Tony aside at one of these 'dos and told him, "Look, it's okay. We're all hep. Have a piece of cake, already."

But nooooo, due to some confused Avengery arglebargle about respecting one another's privacy or something. Meanwhile Tony, living bankroll and serial grenade-jumper, goes cakeless. Cold. ;)

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

due to some confused Avengery arglebargle about respecting one another's privacy or something. Meanwhile Tony, living bankroll and serial grenade-jumper, goes cakeless. Cold. ;)

Steve is waiting for Tony to come clean and fess up to his identity of his own free will, because honesty in relationships is important. Until then, no cake for him!

Also, "living bankroll and serial grenade jumper" is the perfect description for Tony.

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

Steve is waiting for Tony to come clean and fess up to his identity of his own free will, because honesty in relationships is important. Until then, no cake for him!

Ahhh, so it's some kind of romantic challenge. I take it "cake" is a metaphor for something much more interesting.

Well, then, it's time for Tony to stop being so silly. Bare your... soul, Tony, and get your... uh, cake.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Steve is waiting for Tony to come clean and fess up to his identity of his own free will, because honesty in relationships is important. Until then, no cake for him!

Damn that's passive aggressive. And I could totally see Steve doing that.