{"id":5791,"date":"2020-10-23T21:18:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2020-10-23T21:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T20:18:10","slug":"juggernaut-2-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=5791","title":{"rendered":"Juggernaut #2 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As always, this post contains spoilers, and page numbers go by the digital edition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JUGGERNAUT #2<\/strong>
“How Green is my Valley”<\/strong>
by Fabian Nicieza, Ron Garney & Matt Milla<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> The Juggernaut fighting the Hulk, obviously. This is a pretty straightforward issue, by the way – I don’t expect this to be a very long post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 2.<\/strong> Recap page. The equivalent page in issue #1 was tinted red, to match the Juggernaut’s colours. This one is tinted green for the Hulk. If we’re doing a colour theme, then there’s still three issues to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re told that this issue takes place before Immortal Hulk<\/em> #30. That’s a slightly odd reference point, because Immortal Hulk <\/em>#30 was the middle chapter of a storyline. Presumably it’s nothing more than an acknowledgement that this story is lagging a bit behind the Hulk’s status quo in his own book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

PAGE 3.<\/strong> The Juggernaut is fighting the Hulk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marion, North Carolina<\/strong> is a real place. It’s a city of about 8,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 4.<\/strong> Flashback to D-Cel’s pitch<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a continuation from the previous issue. D-Cel’s pitch here kind of<\/em> makes sense – yes, Juggernaut could establish himself as a star by taking down the Hulk, and sure, there are people who would be very interested in supporting that. It’s a little less obvious why she thinks Damage Control could be guilt-tripped into helping out, but perhaps they <\/em>really do only go for it because they want to test some equipment. And I’m not sure it really works for D-Cel to say this must be a good idea because one of her thousands of followers happens to have an interest in the Hulk. Thousands of followers also suggests she’s more of a successful hobbyist than a YouTube star. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 5.<\/strong> D-Cel livestreams the fight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria and Niket are the same two Damage Control employees that we saw working with Juggernaut last issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 6.<\/strong> More fighting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 7.<\/strong> Flashback – Professor X telepathically visits Juggernaut in the hospital.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re picking up from the flashback in issue #1 which covered his escape from Limbo. Professor X tells Juggernaut that he can’t come to Krakoa because he isn’t a mutant. In fact, we’ve seen at least one exception being made before, for Northstar’s husband (and we’ve still not had any real explanation of why), so you’d think they could allow in a guy who was actually in<\/em> the X-Men and has nowhere else to live. But rules are (mostly) rules, apparently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 8-12.<\/strong> The Juggernaut actually beats the Hulk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kind of. He certainly succeeds in his goal, which is to lure the Hulk within range of Damage Control’s devices so that he can be temporarily weakened and captured. Even as he’s doing this, D-Cel’s narration acknowledges that we all know he isn’t really going to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 13-14.<\/strong> Flashback – Cain tracks down some sort of shrine to Cyttorak.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is meant to be the labyrinth under Buda Castle in Budapest. That’s not actually Buda Castle in the establishing shot – it’s the Hungarian Parliament Building, which is on the other side of the river. Parts of the labyrinth used to be open to tourists – that’s where the photo in my Twitter avatar was taken. The real thing does have statues and wall paintings, but they’re more in the vein of an art exhibition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 15-20<\/strong>. The Hulk listens to everyone complain, breaks out and leaves.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This version of the Hulk doesn’t regard himself as the same person as the classic savage Hulk and so feels no responsibility for any of the complaints he’s hearing. Whether he’s really entitled to draw that distinction is neither here nor there – what matters is that he believes it, and otherwise the scene wouldn’t work. Juggernaut himself is more struck by the rather better point that the “savage” Hulk persona is a child and simply can’t be held responsible for his actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roxxon<\/strong> are the Hulk’s recurring enemies at this point. Shadow Base<\/strong> is basically his back-up crew. McGowan<\/strong> is Dr Charlene McGowan, one of the Shadow Base staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hulk like beans.”<\/strong> The savage Hulk was very keen on baked beans back in 1970s Defenders<\/em> stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 21.<\/strong> Cain gets sued.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not much to say about that, really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 22.<\/strong> Trailers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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