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I may have mentioned this above, but yeah, I agree. Sentry and Iron Man are both physically tougher than Wolverine. The problem is that his "healing factor", or ANYONE's healing factor who isn't the Lizard within the past 10 years has been redefined as either "miraculous regeneration" or "pseudo invulnerability", or in some instances both.TheCorpulent1 said:Also, that line about Wolverine being "the only one strong enough to survive that explosion" very nearly made my blood boil. It's not a big deal, I know, but come on. Sentry? Iron Man? Anyone remember them? I would think a man with the power of a thousand suns could survive an explosion better than an otherwise normal guy with a healing factor and a second-rate imitation of Cap's shield bonded to his bones.
Maybe Chronok deemed Wolverine as the "toughest" because perhaps even in the future, he's overrated.
It did seem odd that Chronok's men easily gave up on Speedball while they more actively persued Darkhawk, but there are some factors to explain it:
1). As Cyclops and others have stated, and as some of those men in LA stated themselves, any hero who wasn't on their data files they are dismissing because, they assume, that if they weren't powerful or popular enough to "make history", then they can't be much of a threat.
2). Darkhawk obviously looks more menacing than Speedball does, and therefore may elicit more of a hostile response.
3). Even under the "nameless clone rule" of Chronok's expendable henchmen, not everyone is the same; maybe Excelsior got a group of more aggressive, professional sort of people while the New Warrior's squad got some slackers.
4). As to whom is more "powerful" is a debateable point, but a moot one, as neither Speedball or Darkhawk offered much resistance before retreating Which, if you've been reading RUNAWAYS, seems slightly OOC for Darkhawk, as in the first few issues he seemed to "break down" and instantly get hostile whenever his allies got attacked (such as when Nico used a spell to dismantle Turbo). Therefore, seeing him instantly flee rather than fight after his WHOLE TEAM was slaughtered seemed a little iffy, even if it was needed to further the plot. But enjoying Bendis works requires suspending a lot more disbelief than that, so I'll forgive it from Kirkman. For now.
5). The squad of Chronokian soldiers (can I use that term?) that attacked the New Warriors were based in New York, the NEXUS of Marvel superheroes, and therefore they were likely overworked. How much time could they spend chasing down Speedball (an unknown hero) when about 90% of all of Marvel's heroes, including their bigger listers, are in NY and are presumably launching counterattacks off panel (something mentioned to Chronok personally). Meanwhile, the squad that attacked Excelsior was in LA, an area that is MUCH less superhero dense. They had more time to pursue Darkhawk because there were less general heroes in the area to oppose them. I mean, aside for Excelsior, the Runaways and maybe the Shroud (who poses as a supervillian and was last seen moving to New York anyway), how many heroes are around California? Are there nearly as many as in New York? No.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the rest of the arc despite the rough patches in this issue. I'm not even a big fan of time travel stories that will obviously end in retcons, but the losers should make this one worthwhile. I'm just waiting for Terror, Inc. to show up.
