UGGGGHHHHH I am over Dom 3 let's just do the last two stories in one post.
Written by Jim
McCann Art by David Lopez
And Dom 3 is
back working for Mockingbird’s World Counterterrorism Agency or WCA for short
(get it, get it, WCA like West Coast Avengers that Hawkeye and Mockingbird were
members.)
The Phantom
Rider is back and there is terrorism with William “Crossfire” Cross. Ghostly shenanigans occur and Mockingbird is
reminded of when she killed the original Phantom Rider in some timey-wimey
stuff back in the West Coast Avengers.
Dom’s grown an
Errol Flynn moustache which is a nice touch and he has a flirty relationship
with Mockingbird.
Issue one has a
history of Hawkeye and Mockingbird going back to their first appearances in the
60s and 70s but the story hints that Mockingbird’s debut as The Huntress took
place only ten years ago.
This story
feels too superhero for Dominic Fortune and with three different teams
(Sable/Fortune, Vanguard and now WCA) it feels like there was no real plan for
Dom 3.
Dom does a
little bit in this series but look at the title of the series – most of the
cool stuff has Hawkeye and Mockingbird.
We do have a
revelation in issue 6 – that Dom 3 is actually Dom 1, he’d taken the version of
the super-soldier serum that Bobbi Morse worked on and turned Ted Sallis into
Man-Thing. He was initially amnesiac and
then recovered but the unstable serum is starting to wear off and he wants
Bobbi to help him.
I wanted to
like this but the whole Dom 3 as a de-aged original Dom just doesn’t work
there’s nothing in the earlier appearances to make that work and ugh sliding
timescale.
It just feels
like things are being thrown at the wall to see what sticks.
Next up is Widowmaker
– a cross over with Hawkeye & Mockingbird with Black Widow.
Widowmaker 1-4
Written by Jim
McCann (1& 3) Dwayne Swierczynski (2&4) Art by David Lopez (1&3) Manuel
Garcia (2&4)
Hawkeye,
Mockingbird and Dominic Fortune team up with Natasha Romanov, Black Widow to
investigate the death of several spies around the world by Ronin.
Blah, Blah,
Blah – looks like we’ve forgotten the revelations from Hawkeye and Mockingbird
that were revealed only the month before.
Dom is just there in the background, he tells Natasha that he met
another blonde Black Widow, which means that Vangard is continuity with
this. Ugh, I can’t even I’ve over Dom 3–
checks comics – thank goodness no more Dom 3 as revitalised classic Dom. Marvel
never really seemed to know what to do with the young contemporary Dominic
Fortune. Sable and Fortune started well
but the plane started nosediving with the nonsensical Vangard and couldn’t
recover with next two mini-series.
So here’s the
scenario – Marvel calls me in and says hey Brad we want to do a contemporary
Dominic Fortune set in the Marvel universe – what do you want to do?
I say two words
Howard Chaykin. But seriously, here’s
the plan we reveal that the new Dominic Fortune is Daniel Fortunov, the son of
Jerry Fortunov and the original’s grandson. After the death of Jerry and
bringing Wolfgang Von Lundt, the old man moves in to help raise his
grandchildren. (To avoid confusion, I will refer to the Dominics by their
birthnames – David, Jerry and Daniel)
David trains
all his grandchildren to make up for what happened to their father. The younger Sabbath Raven breaks out of jail
and kidnaps young Daniel – David rescues him and Daniel swears he will become
the new Dominic Fortune.
I’d keep Sable
and Fortune in continuity and get rid of Vangard, Hawkeye and Mockingbird, and
Widowmaker. I’d give him his own series
of miniseries and oneshots that have him troubleshooting. Have him as the guy the other heroes call
when they are stuck or have to be on the
other side of the universe stopping Galactus or some such. He investigates industrial espionage at Stark
Enterprises, bodyguarding family members, bidding against Heroes for Hire for
jobs.
You could make
Sabbath II and Silver Sable rivals set them up as the angel and the devil on
his shoulder.
Have Old Man
Dom serve a similar role to Wildcat mentoring some of the younger members of
the hero community as well as Dom III
I know it’s
wacky but have a plan for the character.
Next up is two
Avengers 1959 stories by Howard Chaykin (thank you Mr Chaykin for coming back)
and the final appearance to date of Dominic Fortune.
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