The Inhumans Marvel/IMAX
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I don't think he's as fast as Quicksilver. I'd argue he's much closer to the speed of Black Panther. Fast, but not inhumanly fast. His strength and matter manipulation powers are true. He can also fly. His powers have generally been toned down over the years but his solo book has made some effort to bring them back.
It occurs to me that Gorgon was the first Inhuman character introduced after Medusa, and the rest of the royal family didn't show up until an issue or two later. So I guess the name initially made sense in an in-joke sort of way: The character with a tie to Medusa was named Gorgon.
But once the rest of the Inhumans show up and he goes from *the* character connected to Medusa to *a* character connected to her, that context vanishes and the name turns to nonsense.
'Bolt' because he has those jagged lines down the front of his costume.
I still like my retcon idea that they pick their new names upon transformation. You just have to ignore if they were shown to have those names as youth.
According to comics, he was able to catch Quicksilver in a race.
I wonder if thought was given at any stage to having Inhumans be revealed as the "real" figures behind the classical Greek mythology? Triton fits that, too.
So...I liked how this show started off a lot, actually. But it's pretty much just run around in circles since then.
I too feel it likely that Triton is not, in fact, actually dead. Or at least that they've left that very open in an obvious way (to anyone familiar with his powers, which haven't been specified in the show yet).
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Mutants pick their names upon getting powers. Let's keep them different.
Can you be more specific?
Mutants pick their codenames upon joining a team and then continue to use their real names in private which seems different from what we're seeing here.
In the comics that would be bad continuity, as the Greco-Roman gods exist as separate entities.
Yes, I actually remembered and meant to stipulate that, but neglected to. I just wonder if the idea might have played in at all, on the real-world side of things. I see that the Olympians and the Inhumans were both introduced the same year, 1965. Two different story directions and sets of characters stemming from some of the same concepts being tossed around the bullpen by Kirby and Lee, perhaps? Seems possible, but I don't know. I'm way out of my depth here.
I keep trying to find scans, but every Marvel wiki says he's able to catch up with QS in racing.
I did find one scan of Lockjaw catching Quicksilver while he was running though.
I don't really even need a scan, just an issue.
Well, that's post-M Day so he lost his powers. Unless it's a flashback or something.
ETA: Actually, I was thinking of Son of M. His powers in Silent War were weird, not powered by his mutation but by Terrigen Crystals.
ETA2: I double checked. Quicksilver's powers at the time were time travel, not superspeed and the text explicitly says he didn't run when Black Bolt attacked him.
ETA: Actually, I was thinking of Son of M. His powers in Silent War were weird, not powered by his mutation but by Terrigen Crystals.
ETA2: I double checked. Quicksilver's powers at the time were time travel, not superspeed and the text explicitly says he didn't run when Black Bolt attacked him.
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Well, Lockjaw was also fast enough to catch him when he just had super speed.
We were talking about Black Bolt's powers, not Lockjaws. I wouldn't mind going back into that debate and asking for a source there, but my point was super speed (as opposed to peak human speed) is not part of Black Bolt's powers.
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Inhumans_Vol_2_5
Ran faster than the human eye could see. Faster than a human could think.
So, yeah, neither Triton nor Gorgon are dead, at least not anymore. Color me shocked.
Again, love the actors, and even the look. Hate the story.
Again, love the actors, and even the look. Hate the story.
I guess we were wrong about Triton. We were just supposed to think he was dead. Although even now that he's back, he doesn't have much to say.
And it looks like we were wrong about Gorgon too.
I kinda liked this one in some respects. I liked the nuance, the characters on different sides questioning their allegiances and tactics and making efforts to bridge the divide. Karnak and Auran basically both betrayed their leaders at the same time, and came together for a nobler common cause.
And it looks like we were wrong about Gorgon too.
I kinda liked this one in some respects. I liked the nuance, the characters on different sides questioning their allegiances and tactics and making efforts to bridge the divide. Karnak and Auran basically both betrayed their leaders at the same time, and came together for a nobler common cause.