Post by landbasered on Mar 10, 2014 2:32:36 GMT -5
"This is a Bullet, and this is what it does."
You fellows may be familiar with a website known as "TvTropes," which is where I first heard of this 2006 gem of a comic book mini series. Let me give you the brief elevator pitch real quick; "what if captain america was iron man?" Amazing. Already you have my complete attention. I didn't read many comic books when I heard of this, but I was familiar enough with the material given that there were plenty of marvel cartoons. Growing up in the 90's sort of guaranteed that I would be familiar with Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Hulk, the X-Men, so I mean, that's a given. But this... This was something MORE.
Bullet Points is a 5 issue mini series, and the more I read about it the more it really possessed my mind. I would spend days thinking about, tossing in bed at night wondering, until I finally caved and bought some mint issues of it online. It was like a gateway drug of potential story ideas, so well thought out and interwoven. I did not collect comics back then, but I knew I had to have them.
Bullet Points begins its story with Steve Rogers, who would normally become Captain America, sitting patiently waiting for the super soldier serum to be delivered so he could fulfill his destiny and become the greatest american to ever live. But of course, that doesn't happen here. The man who was delivering the serum is gunned down on his way there, and that's where the timeline changes. These books never neglect to remind you that everything changed because of a single bullet. A single, simple piece of lead, and it changes the course of marvel history. From this moment on, everything is different.
Steve continues to wait, for hours on end, patiently awaiting the serum. After several hours they decide to go with plan B, which is essentially the Iron Man suit. They create the suit around him so he can be a super soldier and save the day, but to safe guard it they put a device in Steve's chest that will make it so only he can control the suit, as well as extend his life for several more decades.
You may be asking, who was that guy who had to deliver the serum? Oh, you may know him. Benjamin Parker. You know, Peter Parker's uncle. He dies long before raising Peter, which means Peter has all the same intelligence, but none of the right morale. He uses his super smarts to sneak out of class, hot wire a jeep, and go on a joy ride straight into a bomb testing site. BOOM. Gamma radiation explodes through Parker's veins, essentially turning him into the Hulk. Meanwhile, Steve is having some troubles with his suit, so he seeks advice from Reed Richards, delaying the fantastic space voyage by a day. This gives a terrorist ample opportunity to plant a bomb on the ship, killing Ben, Sue, and Johnny, and leaving Richard without an eye. After that, Bruce Banner is called in to check that gamma radiated site and yearns to find a test subject that has been affected by the radiation, only to find a live radiated spider.
As you can probably tell, there is a lot of stuff that goes crazy in these books. I don't want to spoil what happens in the fifth issue, but trust me, it has one of the best marvel fight scenes I have ever read. I could not honestly recommend this series enough, and I hope you all at least google it.
I mean, come on. You have Peter Parker as the Hulk. What more could you possibly want?
You fellows may be familiar with a website known as "TvTropes," which is where I first heard of this 2006 gem of a comic book mini series. Let me give you the brief elevator pitch real quick; "what if captain america was iron man?" Amazing. Already you have my complete attention. I didn't read many comic books when I heard of this, but I was familiar enough with the material given that there were plenty of marvel cartoons. Growing up in the 90's sort of guaranteed that I would be familiar with Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Hulk, the X-Men, so I mean, that's a given. But this... This was something MORE.
Bullet Points is a 5 issue mini series, and the more I read about it the more it really possessed my mind. I would spend days thinking about, tossing in bed at night wondering, until I finally caved and bought some mint issues of it online. It was like a gateway drug of potential story ideas, so well thought out and interwoven. I did not collect comics back then, but I knew I had to have them.
Bullet Points begins its story with Steve Rogers, who would normally become Captain America, sitting patiently waiting for the super soldier serum to be delivered so he could fulfill his destiny and become the greatest american to ever live. But of course, that doesn't happen here. The man who was delivering the serum is gunned down on his way there, and that's where the timeline changes. These books never neglect to remind you that everything changed because of a single bullet. A single, simple piece of lead, and it changes the course of marvel history. From this moment on, everything is different.
Steve continues to wait, for hours on end, patiently awaiting the serum. After several hours they decide to go with plan B, which is essentially the Iron Man suit. They create the suit around him so he can be a super soldier and save the day, but to safe guard it they put a device in Steve's chest that will make it so only he can control the suit, as well as extend his life for several more decades.
You may be asking, who was that guy who had to deliver the serum? Oh, you may know him. Benjamin Parker. You know, Peter Parker's uncle. He dies long before raising Peter, which means Peter has all the same intelligence, but none of the right morale. He uses his super smarts to sneak out of class, hot wire a jeep, and go on a joy ride straight into a bomb testing site. BOOM. Gamma radiation explodes through Parker's veins, essentially turning him into the Hulk. Meanwhile, Steve is having some troubles with his suit, so he seeks advice from Reed Richards, delaying the fantastic space voyage by a day. This gives a terrorist ample opportunity to plant a bomb on the ship, killing Ben, Sue, and Johnny, and leaving Richard without an eye. After that, Bruce Banner is called in to check that gamma radiated site and yearns to find a test subject that has been affected by the radiation, only to find a live radiated spider.
As you can probably tell, there is a lot of stuff that goes crazy in these books. I don't want to spoil what happens in the fifth issue, but trust me, it has one of the best marvel fight scenes I have ever read. I could not honestly recommend this series enough, and I hope you all at least google it.
I mean, come on. You have Peter Parker as the Hulk. What more could you possibly want?