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All-New, Reacquired Avengers #64 – ‘Private Eyes’

Posted on October 26, 2022September 19, 2023 by phil.wrede
Tigra and Luis stand at the edge of a riverbank on the Latverian side of that country’s borders, a small boat floating behind them. The title of this comic strip, “All-New, Reacquired Avengers Presents… ‘Private Eyes’,” is visible at the top of the image.
Luis praises his skills as a look-out; Tigra snaps back and asks if he’s making a crack about her bikini outfit. He says not.
Luis and Tigra climb into a hidden Mini Cooper and drive into the capital city, Doomstadt.
Sneaking through the city, Luis asks Tigra if she can tell him *why* they’ve come to Latveria. Tigra says Tony wants them to retrieve something that Doctor Doom stole from him.
A large tank rolls past Luis and Tigra, and seems not to notice them.
They were mistaken; the tank pins Luis and Tigra in an alley, while a Doombot and a reprogrammed Ultron drone land next to it. The Ultron drone shouts, “Surrender, humans!” in a vague hat-tip to the iconic line the Sentinels had in the old X-Men cartoon: “Surrender, mutants!” Luis pulls a pair of hidden laser blasters from under his jacket.
As Luis and Tigra get ready to fight, they’re surprised from behind by the android Jocasta, who is apparently currently allied with Doctor Doom.
The artificial lifeforms demand Luis and Tigra’s surrender. The Doombot shouts, “To resist is to be doomed!”
Luis and Tigra reluctantly give up, and they are remanded to Doctor Doom’s personal laboratory.
The credits for the comic strip, citing the Unsplash users whose photographs were the background art, the ownership of Marvel by Disney, the creation of Marvel characters by actual human beings, and the figure photography/script/lettering by me, Phil Wrede.
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Tony Stark promised we’d go here, in the last installment of the “main story,” and here we are! Welcome to Latveria (to quote Tigra)!

I’ve always thought Jocasta was a fascinating character; her comic origin, as Ultron’s “wife,” then her rejection of Ultron, and on-again, off-again association with the Avengers give her a lot of complicated relationships to try and navigate. Like with Luis, I have kind of an elaborate plan for where I want her to end up, and I’m stoked to start that work this week!

Having the audacity to run a covert operation under Dr. Doom’s nose is one thing; Tony almost certainly thinks he’s smarter than Doom, and can therefore out-think him. But, to run it with half your team completely untrained and inexperienced? That’s a move borne out of either genius or desperation. As the story progresses, I guess we’ll sort out which one motivated Tony…

I haven’t gotten to give Michael Peña the big superhero action scene I know he deserves, but he at least got to whip out two laser blasters this week! Two!! That’s got to count for something.

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