spetznaz
Senior Fanboy Killer
Originally posted by Psycho Ninja
Yeah, spetz, how did you know that Richard Dragon could do the same technique which Shiva used to kill him??And if this is a fight rather than a comparison.... dont include metahumas (Slade, Wolverine, Gamora)
Cassandra Cain isnt meta, why ?? Because DC said so !!!
Anyway, is you wanna include the Champion of the Universe...... heck, Batman 1m would still his soul away !!!
Erm, is ALL of that directed towards me? For one I never even mentioned Champion of the Universe etc etc etc.
Anyways, let me answer the paragraph/sentence that had my name on it ....basically how I know that Richard Dragon could do the same technique that Shiva used to kill him.
How did I know?
Here are the ways:
1)Well, simply put, because I have read (and still have) the 12-issue Richard Dragon limited series (the final issue came out June 2005).
In those issues Richard Dragon is shown being taught the Leopard Blow by Shiva (when he was younger). Shiva tells Dragon that that is the final lesson she has to teach him.
2) He is also shown using it to kill a fighter when he used to be involved in bloodsports (this is not how he kills the person in the fight in the first issue, but it is in one of the later issues where he drives his fingers through an opponents skull).
3) Richard Dragon is ALSO shown almost killing one of Shiva's circle of 6 assassins, and was about to use the LEopard Blow (which had Kitty Bambata going ecstatic since she claimed that she had never seen anyone else, apart from Lady Shiva, use the leopard blow). However Richard did not kill the assassin (I believe it was the Israeli ex-mossad dude) because Bronze Tiger said that would ruin any hope of continued friendship between them.
4) And finally, in the 12th issue where Shiva is fighting Dragon, as he is about to kill Shiva (before the fight is messed up by one of Shiva's serfs), he says the following to Shiva (while having his fingers extended, ready to strike):
'I showed her mercy. She'll never forgive me for that. I give her what she wants. I honor my end of the deal. I owe her that much. I hate her that much. I love her that much. THE LEOPARD BLOW. THE GIFT SHE GAVE ME. NOW, I RETURN IT.'
Those are four seperate examples I can think of whereby Dragon is shown either using the blow or knowing how to use it.
Thus he can definitely use the blow.
The series was actually very very very good.
Extremely good.
It was also nice how it tied up with other charcaters in DC ....for example how Bruce Wayne showed up with a bag of cash, and just threw it at Dragon so that he could go through intensive training. Other characters show up, ranging from Nightwing, to a bunch of crazy martial artists (including the brotherhood of the monkey fist), and even Neron.
Good series.