So now how about villains? Or just outside the bat-family? Somehow whitey Richard Dragon is #1. Is Cassandra Cain better than Shiva? Hasn’t Batman beaten Shiva? I somehow feel like Bane could take everyone on the Bat-family list except Batman. I feel like that matters. Should that matter? In addition to his pure…

You had me until #7...he’s #1!

Are you saying Batman doesn’t do that?

Swap Dick and Bruce in the original King list and I’m good. Mostly because I have no idea past the first four slots. Dick may have had a better teacher, but he was never as driven a student as Bruce, and that’s even more important.

WHAT!?

The fantastic premise of the fantasy show that I’m watching (at least in part for its fantasy element) is that the Iron Fist has the power of—wait for it—the iron fist. There’s nothing illogical about that.

I can’t argue with that. Moreover I don’t really want to. I love that mask.

The most ironic Hydra sleeper-agent would have to be Hercules in the Avengers.

Hill really is horrible. Comics Daisy Johnson (NOT TV DAISY JOHNSON!!!) should have taken her down and replaced her. Of course then she would have made a much better Director and there would have been so many less opportunities to tell stories based on SHIELD effing things up.

I don’t know if that means that Zemo shared the memories. My own take was that this is typical little shit Zemo who is taking advantage of Cap’s effed-up mental state, or at least just rolling with what’s happening until he can figure out the best play. I mean I don’t know which it is, but I think as told so far it…

Except that the mask obscures his vision as a fighter and offers a convienent tie that any opponent could grab hold of and swing him around like a tetherball. I love it in the comics, but it just makes no sense. Much like Batman having a cowl instead of a full facemask that would constantly filter his air and actually…

So here’s a question...what happens to Cap after this? Does he die for the dozenth time, this time at the hands of Miles? If not, does he go Nomad? Disappear? I’m guessing he ends up in jail. Part of me would like to see a Brubaker/DD-style story where he voluntarily remains in the Raft. I can’t see how they…

Some agents did question similar orders in Winter Soldier when they were told to hunt down Cap. It felt a lot more believable to me. I expect SHIELD agents to be higher calibre than your average grunt when it comes to protecting the world, given the insane Marvel universe they live in with all of its various…

Ha! Nice description. I think it’s been a great story on its own, but also has allowed for smartly setting up or enabling other stories (Cap’s villainous manipulation actually makes the whole Carol/Tony thing more believable to me, for example) and I very much look forward to Secret Empire.

Holy crap, this looks potentially amazing.

And I get that, except when you have such institutional experiences and are dramatically commanded to mow down one agent who was basically the assistant Director and another who is the most publicly-lauded agent and who is talked about as becoming the -next- Director, all because they are robot duplicates, and you are…

You describe really, really shitty agents of SHIELD, because they clearly have an obvious reason to question the issue of who’s an LMD, ESPECIALLY in the wake of experiencing the moles of Hydra in Winter Soldier.

I just started reading this last night. I’m glad he’s written this (well, ‘glad’ may not be exactly the right emotion), but I’m curious as to how much of a surprise this conclusion is to people. I feel like it’s the only rational conclusion given any real observation of how things have been working these last years,…

No I didn’t, but I wondeirng if you missed the scene where Coulson and the Director suddenly order all the SHIELD agents to hunt down and destroy Daisy and Jemma. Considering that the events of CA: Winter Soldier are canon in this show, wtf would any agent simply believe an order like that from the Director without…

I think that’s an excellent idea about K’un Lun. It would make it a lot more interesting, too.