Comments on: It’s a . . . well, whatever you call a Trifecta plus one

By: BobG

BobG — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:16:34 +0000

“Maybe we should create a Leftenent Britannia that carries around a billy club and shouts �Stop, or I�ll yell stop again!�”

Don’t forget the funny whistle the bobbies like to blow when the shit hits the fan.

By: Kristopher

Kristopher — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:27:12 +0000

Put him in stars and bars, and give him a 12 gauge.

Heh.

By: Ravenwood

Ravenwood — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:21:07 +0000

Maybe we should create a Leftenent Britannia that carries around a billy club and shouts “Stop, or I’ll yell stop again!”

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:13:09 +0000

I hope we don’t get another US Agent.

By: gattsuru

gattsuru — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:42:07 +0000

Nah, they just sent in a new guy with the old one’s costume. It’ll be a few months more before he goes nuts, and then the old one gets better.

By: John Hardin

John Hardin — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:47:32 +0000

He got better.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:48:43 +0000

I thought Cap. America died.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:19:34 +0000

Good for Marvel Comics for including an action hero with a handgun.

As for England, send in the clowns.

By: Alcibiades McZombie

Alcibiades McZombie — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:46:40 +0000

The original Batman used to carry guns, but they were removed for some reason.

And the cartoon version of Batman was pretty much a hoplophobe.

By: rb

rb — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:58:36 +0000

“Fans are clearly split as to whether a handgun can ever be tolerated on a superhero long regarded as a symbol of untainted righteousness.”

I wonder if the writer even noticed that he called everyone who has ever carried a gun ‘tainted’ and ‘unrighteous’?

By: mostlygenius

mostlygenius — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:31:13 +0000

Not all that surprising. There have only been one or two generations of British that have been extremely happy to see Americans with guns, prior to that armed Americans gave them fits.

By: Metulj

Metulj — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:01:47 +0000

Superfecta. Four horses in order 1 through 4. A rare bet. You usually see it at dog tracks.

By: Adam Lawson

Adam Lawson — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:21:04 +0000

Maybe if Batman carried a gun and shot Joker in the freakin’ head, Joker would stop troubling him.

Also, it’s not like it’s Captain Britain carrying a gun, so I don’t see why they care. After the last Captain America got shot in the head, I can see why the new guy would want to be able to shoot back. Makes sense to me.

By: gattsuru

gattsuru — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:51:20 +0000

Well, it’s a little odd to revamp the character like that. Generally, whenever they try to make things darker and edgier with comic books, it doesn’t end up working well. He didn’t have a problem running around with a machine gun during the forties, but it’s been a good twenty-odd years since they last had him kill someone.

Surprised these idiots aren’t pulling their hair out about the Punisher, Fantomex, or the dozens of other Hero or antihero characters with firearms, though. The concept dates at least back to the 1930s with The Shadow, back before Superman even appeared. Hell, it’s popular enough that there are characters like Deadpool around just to parody the concept.