tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post2006672807139373317..comments2024-03-21T06:36:04.196-05:00Comments on The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: Martian Manhunter Menagerie March Madness: Round 1 Round-Up, Part 3Diabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-38736984625118093642011-03-15T01:34:48.611-05:002011-03-15T01:34:48.611-05:00Thank you for the idea, Jimmy. It's been a fai...Thank you for the idea, Jimmy. It's been a fair amount of work, but rewarding and fun enough to easily gloss over.<br /><br />Despero has been a juggernaut so far. He annihilated Doomsday, and he's looking to pull a narrow victory against Darkseid. However, that one is much too close to call, especially since casual readers are more likely to vote late and vote Darkseid. One of the two will ultimately have to face Malefic, the man to beat.<br /><br />My confidence in Commander Blanx was shakable, so I've been happy to see him perform well. I was sorry to throw the ladies under the bus, but Scorch has proven herself so formidable, she's the fairer sex's best candidate for the last round. It's been getting more heated, but the true bloodbath will be round 3.<br /><br />M.C., I don't believe I voted in the Vulkor match, and it wouldn't have mattered if I had, but he was objectively the obvious better of the two. Unlike most every other Silver Age Martian bad guy, J'onn J'onzz straight up overpowered the Magician-Thief in a matter of panels. Vulkor took the combined might of the Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Speedy and a healthy amount of trickery in a book length thriller. By virtue of page count alone, that makes the Capsule Master among the most formidable foes of the era.<br /><br />Any thoughts on the capitalization of TOR? I've previously written it mixed, but after rereading the story and writing the VM entry, my gut tells me the name is an unexplained acronym. If nothing else, where's the apostrophe?<br /><br />Between the generic name, Coop lifting, and redneck background, I've tended to be dismissive of Scorch. However, trying to work out matches for her between the Human Moth and Darkseid has been damned challenging. She too easily takes advantage of Martians, and is overall very effective.<br /><br />The Osprey is really struggling against Doctor Samedi, who I have found more repugnant through the length of his stay here. I just voted in that one, but I expected the Osprey mystique is about to peter out.<br /><br />The Marshal's forces were much more trouble to the JLA than Blanx's. Between the Red Brotherhood, Challenger, and Bel Juz, the League had its hands full for three issues. Let us not forget, War of the Worlds: 1984 wrecked the satellite and dismantled that era's League. However, the Marshal's only direct confrontation saw him getting humiliated by J'Onn in unarmed combat (discounting the helmet that did not save him from a concussion.) Blanx avoided a direct confrontation with Earth's heroes, using strategy and subterfuge to get what he wanted. Still, Blanx fought more powerful Leagues, and was ultimately and tragically far more effective. Blanx also put up a better fight Marciano-a-Marciano.<br /><br />Doomsday is kind of an idiot. Only someone as stupid and arrogant as Post-Crisis Superman would try to punch it out with him. That's why Batman is never around when Doomsday shows up. Martian Manhunter always turns himself into a bum shield to slow his progress until cooler heads prevail, forgetting Huntress, Maxima, Orion, or Guy Gardner are his back-up. Despero could do anything Brainiac did, and that would make for quite the involuntary team-up.<br /><br />I'll probably do the brackets at the very end, because I don't want to paint myself into a corner. This has not been a well structured tournament, relying on my trying to make up fair matches on the fly.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-8371707257506245382011-03-14T23:59:42.292-05:002011-03-14T23:59:42.292-05:00Not taking anything away from those silver age ne&...Not taking anything away from those silver age ne'er-do-wells, but Grodd has proved himself against stiffer competition and while he may not equal the power of his two foes physically, both his mental abilities and his cunning give him the win here. Savage will be another matter...<br /><br />I voted for Vulkor since he has a gang and as i recall M-T was a solo act, but Martian vs Martian is always a toss up, especially since I'm pushing for not all Martians to be created equal (the theory of having to work to hone your powers, leading to different specialties...)<br /><br />I like Headmaster as well, but respect TOR's relative invincibility. He did confound all of Mars for quite a while.<br /><br />S'vor is doofy looking (and overly dependent on having a big gun as I recall.) and the Saturnian had a good enough thing going, so far as I remember.<br /><br />Space Hitlers. Villainous heck yeah.<br /><br />I would give Human Flame an advantage over most, since he has earned a place as a player of some merit in the DC villain stage. As I alluded to earlier, I would just have him go "Inhuman Flame" when faced with more cosmic opponents. Scorch has prove to me far more adept with flames, holding back Fernus and maybe even a nuke if I'm not mistaken. He gets shut down.<br /><br />The Osprey has some nifty nineties armor and probably would have been fun. Weapons Master is one of Dan Jurgens' lesser works. Do the math.<br /><br />Commander Blanx got my vote because he seemed to give the JLA more trouble; at least on the covers of stories I have not yet read. :}<br /><br />Despero has the power to hang with Doomsday long enough to put his cunning to work. Doomsday is just a brawler, and they don't stand up to more thoughtful attacks.<br /><br />Are you going to fill in the brackets with results up to this point?mathematicscorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439579069513071094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-41974557476522670932011-03-14T23:54:24.772-05:002011-03-14T23:54:24.772-05:00I think Despero's going to make it to the Fina...I think Despero's going to make it to the Final Four. Or win the Triple Crown. Or whatever it's called when you win...LissBirdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059648604602469375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-60131088312902970082011-03-14T23:25:10.237-05:002011-03-14T23:25:10.237-05:00Thanks for doing this. I love how everything is t...Thanks for doing this. I love how everything is turning out.jimmypulvnoreply@blogger.com