Chain Reaction

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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby PsiLance » April 5th, 2012, 2:12 pm

I liked the costume from the original issues. This is a great new look.

Total surprise at the end. That is the last person I'd expect to see in a modern day Metrobay story, though I suppose if Draven is back in another tale and Kikka is back...
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby Hector2 » April 5th, 2012, 3:46 pm

Dear MCtek:

I could hardly wait to see the new Issue of my favorite comic, and I was rewarded in the very first panel: Could Edna Mode come here, please? Well, she couldn’t, but she sends Auto instead and she (it?) is doing a great job!

Another thing I liked is that you’re using all those references to the Metro bay universe, they show your work and make sense of how only one anti heroine is beating the crap of everyone else in the superhuman community!

And the Valiant Clone incident was mentioned in other comics? Or it’s retconned in this story at page 2? (I love to use nerd comic fans vocabulary!) Sue me!

Page 3 show us Clarissa’s reasons for doing what she is doing. Good motivation, bad execution?

Page 4: I don’t say anything about Bronk, but underestimating Simon could be very dangerous.

Page 5 to 7: I think this was the best tactic for Clarisse: Taking out Simon first leave him with Bronk, who hopefully she could outsmart.

Page 8: An ASFR dream come true! Thanks!

Page 9 to 11: Well, I don’t know what to think now… It was obvious Kitten would escape when the villain is out to take care of other matters… but, well, Clarissa’s obviously so genre savvy I could think this is another of her tricks.

Page 12 to 14: Incredibly! It seems Clarissa really did expect that Tabby would not escape! However, I don’t realize who gets lucky? Bronk or Clarissa? They both leave go their own intended victim with rage!

And about Bronk: He is dumb, but not so dumb to not realize he is the butt of every joke in Metrobay, so now that he has improved, he must be ready to get on with the whole world, one superheroine at a time…

Page 16: Why on earth Clarissa let Kitten’s uniform in the same room? This could be a trap for her, but somehow I doubt it… Clarissa doesn’t seem so savvy now… do her?

Page 17: The true irony? Why on earth Tabby would trust anything Clarissa tells her now?

Page 18 and 19: Only when I saw PsiLance comment:

Total surprise at the end. That is the last person I'd expect to see in a modern day Metrobay story, though I suppose if Draven is back in another tale and Kikka is back..


Oh my… him! I thought he was in the future… he could have come back… or came after that…

Of course, if he is another immortal like Draven, he could have a lot of heirs… this guy reminds me of Rahs Al Ghul from Batman.

And of course, this was foreshadowed all the time: A brief mention on page 11 issue 2 of “Prized Displays”. He uses the same uniform on page 14 of issue 7 of “Prized Displays”. He is the bloke whom the brave Valiant Woman was so afraid of (and with good reason: he managed to trap her twice, that we know) at page 24 of Issue 4 of “Prized Displays”. And of course, page 70 of "Sword and Shield"! That was awesome!

This is like the usual suspects… all made sense now… but of course, with a family like this, who knows?

There are a lot more of comments I want to make, so please answer me as fast as you can (please) and just another petition: Delisha and Baby doll, manniquizied, please.
Thanks!
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby Tecknophyle » April 5th, 2012, 9:23 pm

Nice setup and enough hints dropped (the classical mind control headset in issue 2 the biggest one) to make it worth it to people paying attention.
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby mctek » April 6th, 2012, 1:56 pm

Hey gang!

First off, i forgot to mention as i was in a hurry (damn you real life work!) Special thanks to Northern Chill for his help with dialogue and Narrative, specially for the mannequin talk. To Doc and Fin for helping me with part of the backstory on the Valiant Clone Incident.

I could hardly wait to see the new Issue of my favorite comic, and I was rewarded in the very first panel: Could Edna Mode come here, please? Well, she couldn’t, but she sends Auto instead and she (it?) is doing a great job!

Another thing I liked is that you’re using all those references to the Metro bay universe, they show your work and make sense of how only one anti heroine is beating the crap of everyone else in the superhuman community!


Thanks Hector, my first and foremost commitment is to deliver you the readers an engaging and compelling storyline. While sex is part of the story, i try to strike a balance. As some may noticed, I'm most likely the soft core porn writer here at MC comix. I am making more of an attempt to introduce more sexual content without sacrificing story. Think i'm getting better at it.


And the Valiant Clone incident was mentioned in other comics? Or it’s retconned in this story at page 2? (I love to use nerd comic fans vocabulary!) Sue me!


There is actually a law that outlaws cloning in Metroday (not that it stops badguys from doing so.) and i believe it was mention in Hypnotica this is a more fleshed out mention of the event that lead to the creation of the law. I will go more into detail on the event in later issues.

Page 3 show us Clarissa’s reasons for doing what she is doing. Good motivation, bad execution?


Clarissa's reasons show alot more of why she so desperately wants to avoid seeing Tabby become another Yuri Lan or Terra. While not in love with Tabby, she does see her as a sister and someone she cares about.

Page 4: I don’t say anything about Bronk, but underestimating Simon could be very dangerous.

Page 5 to 7: I think this was the best tactic for Clarisse: Taking out Simon first leave him with Bronk, who hopefully she could outsmart.


Correct, though in this case she should have pointed the ring at Bronk :P

Page 8: An ASFR dream come true! Thanks!


Aim to please.

Page 9 to 11: Well, I don’t know what to think now… It was obvious Kitten would escape when the villain is out to take care of other matters… but, well, Clarissa’s obviously so genre savvy I could think this is another of her tricks.

Page 12 to 14: Incredibly! It seems Clarissa really did expect that Tabby would not escape! However, I don’t realize who gets lucky? Bronk or Clarissa? They both leave go their own intended victim with rage!

And about Bronk: He is dumb, but not so dumb to not realize he is the butt of every joke in Metrobay, so now that he has improved, he must be ready to get on with the whole world, one superheroine at a time…

Page 16: Why on earth Clarissa let Kitten’s uniform in the same room? This could be a trap for her, but somehow I doubt it… Clarissa doesn’t seem so savvy now… do her?


Hrm, I wonder if Clarissa intentionly left her alone? Hrmmmmm....

Page 17: The true irony? Why on earth Tabby would trust anything Clarissa tells her now?


I say when said captor sounds more afraid then you do, that would be cause to trust her.

I liked t
he costume from the original issues. This is a great new look.

Total surprise at the end. That is the last person I'd expect to see in a modern day Metrobay story, though I suppose if Draven is back in another tale and Kikka is back...


Part of the reason for change of costume was the amount of time it took to move all in to place, rendering time and space. So i chose to streamline her costume some. Ah, yes, Von Ick, but why is he back?

And of course, this was foreshadowed all the time: A brief mention on page 11 issue 2 of “Prized Displays”. He uses the same uniform on page 14 of issue 7 of “Prized Displays”. He is the bloke whom the brave Valiant Woman was so afraid of (and with good reason: he managed to trap her twice, that we know) at page 24 of Issue 4 of “Prized Displays”. And of course, page 70 of "Sword and Shield"! That was awesome!

This is like the usual suspects… all made sense now… but of course, with a family like this, who knows?


:p wouldn't say i'm that top level in storytelling, still something to try for. Trying not to get a big head about it or rush myself too much on ideas.

There are a lot more of comments I want to make, so please answer me as fast as you can (please) and just another petition: Delisha and Baby doll, manniquizied, please.
Thanks!


lol, thanks Hector, I tell ya what, pm an idea for a one shot render and i do it as a thanks for reading and giving me good comments! Keep up the analysis good sir!

Tek~
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby Hector2 » April 9th, 2012, 2:47 pm

Dear McTek:

Thanks for your soon answer.

The first thing I would like to discuss is the classic feel of this revelation: I always assumed Auto and all the equipment Black Pussycat had was a gift from Ring Mistress, but now I believe she always got from his father all those wonderful toys!

The reveal here is great! If old V.I. is another immortal like Draven (as the story in the future seems to suggest) it’s only logical he has a lot of sons of daughters, from he must show some level of commitment. It’s clear Clarissa is very afraid of her father (and who doesn’t?). Here you play with the old cliché with all gusto, that I feel like her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uox6Kw65 ... re=related

This of course explains why a member of rope was so upset about his daughter intimating with someone like Max Indeks: No matter how evil you are, if you’re powerful enough, you don’t want your children to have anything to do with Max or Max’s relatives.

Also this reveals something about Ring Mistress destiny: when you mentioned she could be lost between dimensions, I thought: “Yeah McTek, Ring Mistress is one of your favorite creations that always managed to stay on top and now yout tell me this, as if you really will do it”. Well, given who is her secret enemy, now I think: “Yes, he is so cruel and crazy he probably will do that to Ringmistress for real”.

And he mentioned that all this was for Kitten. Given Ring Mistres’s destiny, getting V.I’s attention is very dangerous. So when Clarissa was afraid from him, she has every right to be so.

I cannot wait to see next issue!
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby Tecknophyle » April 9th, 2012, 5:06 pm

Hector2 wrote:The reveal here is great! If old V.I. is another immortal like Draven (as the story in the future seems to suggest) it’s only logical he has a lot of sons of daughters


That's not a given.

Von Ick was accidentally mutated in 1946. He's never been seen before that in any story indicating greater than human lifespan at that point, so it's possible that the accident is responsible for his reduced aging...of course, it's also possible he engineered it into himself, who knows at this point.

And while we're considering possibilities, just dipping into the standard science fiction-tropes for apparent immortality, we've got:

a) greatly reduced aging, but not true immortality;
b) cloning and switching minds with a clone, or transplanting the brain;
c) no personal immortality but copying personality on to a new clone: the von Ick personality and memories survive, but each individual von Ick eventually dies, to be succeeded by a copy.

At this point, there's no indication one way or the other which possibility it might be.

As for children...it assumes that von Ick can naturally have children: he might be sterile and any offspring come from bioengineering them. Or, you know, he could use a condom. They've been around for a few millennia. So he might only have a few, or one.

The thing for any immortal (or near enough), as we'll assume in von ick's case, is why they'd ever want kids. If I'm immortal (and evil), I don't need someone to carry on my legacy, since I plan to be around. I'd also not want a competitor. So I'd be taking precautions to limit the number.
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby mns_95125 » April 9th, 2012, 5:54 pm

And you left off some other classic comic-trope possibilities, e.g. perhaps this isn't the real Von Ick. Could be an imposter, a shapeshifter, a robot... the possibilities are endless.
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby sohta123 » April 9th, 2012, 10:05 pm

mns_95125 wrote:And you left off some other classic comic-trope possibilities, e.g. perhaps this isn't the real Von Ick. Could be an imposter, a shapeshifter, a robot... the possibilities are endless.


At this point in the conversation I just have to say in my best William Shatner voice "ICK!"

Great work! Keeps me guessing!
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby Hector2 » April 10th, 2012, 9:31 pm

Hey, it seems this post has way more attention that I ever dreamed it would have. Let’s see:

Dear Tecknophyle:

Well, of course it’s not a given. We only see Von Ick in the future at “Sinful Bliss”, but we don’t know at what capacity: As a immortal, time travel, robot?

The reason I chose to pick an immortal were two comics immortals for DC that have sons:

1. Ra’s Al Ghul, batman’s villain who has had a lot of sons and daughters… some of them were well treated for a megalomaniac who wants to save the world by destroying humanity.

2. Vandal Savage: Being his son or daughter doesn’t save you for being destroyed by him if he sees fits his plans.

So I mentioned too the ultimate archnemesis dad (Darth Vader) to demonstrate the state of mind that Clarissa must have: You cannot ask for sanity in your decision judgment when you are trying to outsmart a diabolical father, do you?

Thanks for your answer!
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby mctek » April 18th, 2012, 10:12 pm

hey gang!

Wanna think ya guys for reading my stories, this issue wraps up part 1 of 2 of the Chain Reaction story, give you guys some time to read before I announce the new series aside from the announce story with Doc. Thanks again for reading, and I look forward to anwsering your questions in due time!

MCtek~

The Black Pussycat #7

The cat is out of the bag! But what does this mean for Clarissa and Kitten as the two are stared down by other then Feelix Von Ick himself! And is Clarissa really his daughter? What will Kitten do now? FInd out here and more only at MC comix!

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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby Hector2 » April 19th, 2012, 4:06 pm

Dear McTek:

This tale is (was!) so awesome, that I need much more time to do a proper review, but it has a lot of things that are your mark: The use of all the cliché comics offer to form an incredible well told tale, the perfect combination of high octane action fuel and sexy fun, and over all, lefting a LOT of threads hanging!

Hey, that’s how you assure a captive audience!

I will do a better review later!
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby sohta123 » April 19th, 2012, 9:09 pm

Great story! Can't wait for the next series.
I like Von Ick because he is very methodical and not a bumbling villain.
I'm hoping his plan for Tabitha is very cool (from a villain's POV)
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby leto17 » April 21st, 2012, 3:53 pm

I'm looking forward to Miranda von Ick! and the Island of Zombots. Love to see more of her story. There's nothing icky about that buff babe!
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Re: Chain Reaction

Postby Hector2 » April 21st, 2012, 5:16 pm

Dear McTek:

I have been waiting two weeks for your work, and it was great, this saga has all I want in a superhero comic book:

First: all the comments by Teknophyle, mns_95125 and sohta123: an immortal, a clone, brain transplant, a simple imposter, a shapeshifter, a robot. I was thinking about what will you chose. Your true genius was that the real imposter was not Von Ick, but Clarissa!

Now some comments:

Page 1: Clarisa is assian. Well yes Tabby, was obvious, but that really is enough to rule out Von Ick’s claims?

Page 2: Tabby’s phrase about Clarisa’s father is also taunting… could be they fosters fathers, like the Kents? He is not, let’s say, an implanted memory because Tabby
seems to remember him.

Page 3: Could Miranda Von Ick be a trigger to “awake” the “real”… er… “Miranda?” this is growing more and more confusing, but the execution is truly good!

Page 4 to 6: Given all the experience Kitten has as a superheroine, this could be the wisest path: When the situation is way out of your control, retire and get back up.

Page 7: Tabby ask just the right question: It’s – somehow – understable Clarissa’s intentions to her, but why Von Ick said at issue 6 page 19: “My dear Kitten, this all has been for you”. Why Tabby suddenly is so important for Von Ick?

Page 9: Arise, Lord Vad… er… Miranda Von Ick. (Here comes the title drop, “Second Skin”). And now Miranda talks like… a robot?

Page 10: Satisfied now Tabby? Don’t you think Miranda seems more like Von Ick’s daughter? And again, why is Tabby so important for get her “safety” a priority?

Page 11: Are they at Grime City?

Page 12: After his new power, poor old Bronk is the same annoying nuisance he has always been: He is the cause Kitten could not contact the squad.

Page 13 to 15: Clarissa would not have defeated the new Bronk, but Miranda did it without breaking a sweat. Robotic implications?

Page 16: The most disturbing way to show us something is not well… (human) with Clarissa/Miranda is that she repeated his question to Tabby without any hesitation.

Page 17: Well, that settles the discussion, doesn’t it?

Page 18: This illustration reminds me of Alcatraz: A single building in an Atoll? How they sustents itself?

Page 19 – 21: This is the best part! I have had in my imagination my perfect “capture” of a superheroine: I imagined with Bugeyez and Gallant Lass because those two have an “Silence of the lambs” relationships: after a great adventure that involucres a lot of red herrings, the villain show the heroine how he has won, how he has trapped her, and how there is not any chance of escaping or getting rescued. Your version is something like that, because I don’t have any clue why Kitten was so important, but it seems great.

Now some observations (even more!):

First: How on earth is this Island of the Zombots self sustentable? I know an island is private, but this seems like an atoll. Alcatraz was sustained because they were near the coast of a continent, but this seems to be lost in the ocean. How they get food or energy?

Second: Miranda Von Ick. Is Von Ick trying to getting Shakespearian on us? Who is he trying to impress?

Third: After a thought life even before being a super heroine, Tabby show us why she rules: She is not someone to be impressed by Von Ick’s antics.

Fourth: All the Action Cats are still trapped! I think Von Ick would have them transported to his island (some people don’t give up their ideas, if your first Island scheme didn’t work, try again!) instead of letting them at Metrobay.

This was so cool, and I have some more questions and comments, that I am anxious to see next part (in another two weeks).

To say this is my favorite comic would be obvious, but I will say it again: You rule!

Now some questions that I must have asked before, but I forgot:

1. What about Falcon and her obsession with Preston? Is this the same Preston Prescott that seems to have the same personality that a door stopper? What does she seem in him?

2. Clarissa’s explanation for letting the Action Cats without clothing makes no sense. If this is another of Von Ick’s inventions, she must left her naked so they don’t become more excited. Why to left only some garments? Maybe is that she is eager to let them on for her own amusement? Maybe she is really a daughter from her father?
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