Let's be clear, not a normal Dominion by any means. Nathaniel Essex amped dat sh1t up to eleven. I put Al Ewing and Kieron Gillen right up there with Jonathan Hickman in terms of my favorite Marvel writers. Both Ewing and Gillen play the long game narratively.
I also adored what Kieron Gillen did with Mr. Sinister back in 2011. And everybody at Marvel clearly agrees since they've kept that characterization running ever since.
And Sins of Sinister? I absolutely gushed over it. It should have been just another played out "alternate reality versions of characters you know and love but won't matter to canon" but Gillen made it so fun... AND... somehow meaningful to 616 canon! So seeing how everything fit together with the crown symbolism by Ewing, e.g., playing card suits, etc. was *chef's kiss*. I distinctly remember apologizing for my flaming in that thread. But ok? Happy New Year!
^ Haven't read the actual comic -- has it actually even been released yet??? -- but what little I'm seen of it really reminds me of Jane Thor's fight with Odin.
Wonder if KMC will consider this fight against Bizarro more or less impressive than Jane Thor's fight.
^ Cool. Once the comics are published for release, I would unironically appreciate your opinion on how this fight compares to Jane Thor's battle w/ Odin.
The fact that they just happen to hit all those planets and moons during their fight is absurdly improbable. The solar system is a big place, and the planets occupy only a very, VERY small fraction of its total volume.
For example, if they shoot out from Earth either in a random direction or travel away from Earth in a random-walk zig-zag fashion, the probability to hit Pluto to a good approximation is given by:
Prob = [r/(4R)]^2
where r = the radius of Pluto, R = the distance from Earth to Pluto. Plugging in the average r and R yields:
Prob = 0.000 000 000 000 012.
And the probability to hit ALL those solar-system objects consecutively is much, MUCH smaller still: they'd have to first hit Venus, then the corona of Sun, then the moons of Jupiter, etc. etc.
The final probability is RIDICULOUSLY small.
Last edited by Magnon on Jan 3rd, 2024 at 08:53 AM
Jane vs Odin was impressive because of the distances crossed, nothing else. This fight is already comparable because it did the same thing in the preview, you could even argue that it's more impressive since the fight extended all the way to Pluto.
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