Secret Six official discussion thread

[howl]

I hope Bane smacks Scandal's team around, personally. I'm sick of like half that team's antics. Deadshot and Ragdoll are the only members of Scandal's team that I really need to see stick around.

yeh, love floyd. bane as well.

 

[WompuM]

This latest issue has definitely been the best one in a while. I honestly don't even remember an arc since Ragdoll's sister showed up.

 

[Mystirious]

This latest issue has definitely been the best one in a while. I honestly don't even remember an arc since Ragdoll's sister showed up.

It was a neat issue

Really like the new Six team especially King Shark and Dwarfstar

 

[howl]

from Gail Simone's tumblr:

"Secret Six is the dark place, it’s where people give in to bad impulses and yet they end up pushing back against the things and people that try to bring them down. It’s the anti-hero, anti-villain book that is oddly non-judgmental. The Six all fit together because they understand each other. They’re loners who don’t fit in anywhere but somehow fit together. And I love that it’s impossible to tell what’s coming next because where some teams have A wildcard, we always have at least six."

indeed

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, it's possible to tell that some kind of betrayal is coming next, given that Simone uses that plot 'twist' in like every other arc.

 

[Mystirious]

Well, it's possible to tell that some kind of betrayal is coming next, given that Simone uses that plot 'twist' in like every other arc.

The last two arcs did not feature any betrayal

from Gail Simone's tumblr:

"Secret Six is the dark place, it’s where people give in to bad impulses and yet they end up pushing back against the things and people that try to bring them down. It’s the anti-hero, anti-villain book that is oddly non-judgmental. The Six all fit together because they understand each other. They’re loners who don’t fit in anywhere but somehow fit together. And I love that it’s impossible to tell what’s coming next because where some teams have A wildcard, we always have at least six."

indeed

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Only because none of the Six managed to get in Catman's way. If they had, I'm sure Catman would've murdered them without hesitation. Murder counts as a betrayal, right?

 

[Mystirious]

Only because none of the Six managed to get in Catman's way. If they had, I'm sure Catman would've murdered them without hesitation. Murder counts as a betrayal, right?

I do not think that he would have

He had the option to murder the Six to keep his son safe for a few years and he opted not to

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Whatever, I just hate Catman at this point. I liked it better when he, Scandal, and Deadshot were the "stable" members of the team. Now Deadshot betrays them every five minutes and Catman's a card-carrying psychopath.

 

[Mystirious]

Whatever, I just hate Catman at this point. I liked it better when he, Scandal, and Deadshot were the "stable" members of the team. Now Deadshot betrays them every five minutes and Catman's a card-carrying psychopath.

Scandal is still though

I her

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Her and Bane's "disagreement" has been the saving grace of the series for me. If not for that and Jeanette, I'd probably have dropped it an arc or two ago.

 

[Mystirious]

Her and Bane's "disagreement" has been the saving grace of the series for me. If not for that and Jeanette, I'd probably have dropped it an arc or two ago.

Scandal and Jeanette are my favourites

Dwarfstar is a fab little freak too

 

[howl]

SECRET SIX #28
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by J. CALAFIORE
Cover by DANIEL LUVISI
The pedal-to-the-metal conclusion of the “Reptile Brain” storyline is here as the survivors of the two warring factions of the Secret Six face a danger even more horrifying and revolting than each other! And if this is Skartaris, who’s playing Warlord?
On sale DECEMBER 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

 

[howl]

ACTION COMICS #896
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Co-feature written by NICK SPENCER
Art by PETE WOODS
Co-feature art by RB SILVA
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Part 1 of a 2-part crossover with the Secret Six! Lex Luthor doesn't want to get his hands dirty fighting Vandal Savage (that Black Ring energy ain't gonna find itself!), so he hires Savage's daughter Scandal and her Secret Six team to take the immortal villain down for him! Continued in SECRET SIX #29!
On sale DECEMBER 29 * 40 pg, FC $3.99 US

 

[NightBeetle]

SECRET SIX #28
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by J. CALAFIORE
Cover by DANIEL LUVISI
The pedal-to-the-metal conclusion of the “Reptile Brain” storyline is here as the survivors of the two warring factions of the Secret Six face a danger even more horrifying and revolting than each other! And if this is Skartaris, who’s playing Warlord?
On sale DECEMBER 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Geez, Cornell and Simone working together on a Lex/Secret Six crossover? Talk about a gift for (slightly after) the holidays.

 

[Mystirious]

Geez, Cornell and Simone working together on a Lex/Secret Six crossover? Talk about a gift for (slightly after) the holidays.

That story looks so great

Cannot wait to see Scandal have a rematch with Vandal Savage
Conclusion of the Skartaris story looks too

 

[Spike_x1]

I don't really have any doubt at all that Bane and his team will get their asses handed to them. Bane's had some really good characterization, but not once in this series have I seen Simone use him to the best of his abilities in the field, and she frequently has other characters comment on how likely it is that another member of the Six will kill Bane if one of their arguments escalates. So, yeah, Scandal's team is gonna wipe the floor with him.

I mean, when Scandal was arguing with Bane in #20, Jeanette and Alice thought that Scandal would kill Bane. The thought that the fight could go the other way didn't even cross their minds. Alright, Bane probably wouldn't even have fought back against Scandal in that situation, considering his feelings for her, so I let that one slide. But the same thing happened a couple times between Catman and Bane as well, with characters commenting that Bane would lose, like in the Amazonian Prison arc where everyone was panicking and thinking they were gonna die with Catman hunting them. Dammit, Bane! Even if your Batman-rivaling fighting skills have disappeared over the years, you can still grab some nukes like you did in NML and show these people who's boss!

He's a s**tty swordsman, but in hand to hand combat and the use of proper tactics? My money would be on Bane over Blake or Scandal. Not to say that they're pushovers, but Bane just has a far more impressive resume.

Each of the six has their own unique talents that they bring to the game (Floyd as the long range, Blake as the hunter, Doll as the infiltration, etc), and none of them are slouches in a fight, but in a straight-up close range fight, I think that Bane would beat any of the Six except for Jeanette. That is, if he were being written with the same skills he used to have. Before Prometheus came along, Bane filled the "evil version of Batman" niche, and y'know what? He fit that role pretty well. I mean, the guy couldn't wage a one man war with Ra's Al Ghul if he didn't have some serious chops on his own. Simone's been pretty good with keeping Bane's personality on the same track he's always been on, but his agility, martial arts skills, and powers of concentration (when's the last time we saw him meditate?) seem to have dried up somewhere along the way, only to be replaced with brute force. Issue #9 showed that fact pretty clearly when Bane couldn't scale a fence like Catman and Ragdoll could . Then Gail tries to leave it ambiguous as to whether or not the Sixers could take on Nightwing at the end of that issue. Dammit, Simone! Bane's beaten Nightwing before by himself!

Or maybe this is intentional on Gail's part, and she's purposely illustrating the fact that all of the characters are drastically underestimating Bane's capabilities in a fight... right before he dodges an attack with a surprisingly agile backflip, strikes Catman with a flying kick, and shows contingency plans for all of them in some twisted version of JLA: Tower of Babel. But I wouldn't bet on that happening.

So the opening to #26 did a lot to alleviate many of my problems that I mentioned here. We still haven't seen Simone show off Bane's established agility, but if it's anything like the case of his previously unseen in Secret Six (until now) hand to hand skills, then maybe he can still do flips and flying kicks and s**t, but he just chooses not to do so until a day when Gail decides that she wants to pleasantly surprise the living hell out of me once again.

Bane's "fight" with Scandal was fun too, and she didn't completely clean his clock like I was expecting Simone to have her do. Actually, [BLACKOUT]the fact that Bane grabbed Scandal's wrists and forced her to slice his throat might even say something about how easily Bane could have taken control of the fight and won if he had wanted to.[/BLACKOUT] But I might be reading just a little too much into that last bit.

 

[Mystirious]

So the opening to #26 did a lot to alleviate many of my problems that I mentioned here. We still haven't seen Simone show off Bane's established agility, but if it's anything like the case of his previously unseen in Secret Six (until now) hand to hand skills, then maybe he can still do flips and flying kicks and s**t, but he just chooses not to do so until a day when Gail decides that she wants to pleasantly surprise the living hell out of me once again.

Bane's "fight" with Scandal was fun too, and she didn't completely clean his clock like I was expecting Simone to have her do. Actually, [BLACKOUT]the fact that Bane grabbed Scandal's wrists and forced her to slice his throat might even say something about how easily Bane could have taken control of the fight and won if he had wanted to.[/BLACKOUT] But I might be reading just a little too much into that last bit.

Their confrontation was my favourite moment in the comic book

I Waller and Spy Smasher's face off too

 

[Primal Slayer]

I need to get caught up on this book. I kind of lost track after Nicola left the series. She and Gail make a perfect combo.

 

[Mystirious]

Buy the trades

 

[RockSP]

Whatever, I just hate Catman at this point. I liked it better when he, Scandal, and Deadshot were the "stable" members of the team.

more like """"""""""stable""""""""""

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He's got total Wolverine syndrome now that he's crazy and depressed. His rage somehow makes him immune to getting his ass kicked for no particular reason.

 

[AndrewG]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm extremely pleased to announce that Gail Simone will be participating in the second issue of The Gathering (my self published anthology series) with a story illustrated by newcomer Cassandra Lovell. Our first issue was met with rave reviews and a near sell out and I can tell you that issue two (due out in November) is even better.

We've launched a promotion on the Kickstarter site to help raise money for future editions of the book. Please give the link a click and check out exclusive art and information about the book and help make The Gathering a success.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1429812861/the-gathering-an-ongoing-comic-book-anthology

 

[Mystirious]

That is fab Andrew