All-New, All-Good-PR Avengers #127 – ‘The Sound Is Too Persuasive’

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Outside of Midtown High, in the midst of a nighttime snowstorm, the Thing and the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four face off with a member of the Tracksuit Mafia, and longtime Spider-Man nemesis Sandman. The title of this comic strip, “All-New, All-Good-PR Avengers Presents… ‘The Sound Is Too Persuasive’,” is visible at the top of the image.
The Thing tells the villains to back off, and they, well, they refuse.
The Torch blasts some fire from an outstretched hand, and the heat affects Sandman’s molecular structure in a dramatic way.
Sandman has been turned into a glass statue of himself, unable to move or even speak. His Tracksuit Mafia associate beats feet away from the confrontation.
The Thing appraises the immobile Sandman as he approaches.
Raising his hands, the Thing then claps them together upon Sandman, shattering the villain into a million pieces.
Inside the high school, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill hands a baton-type weapon to Midtown High teacher Mr. DeMatteis (“played” here by an action figure of Andrew Garfield from Spider-Man: No Way Home, and named for legendary comics creator J.M. DeMatteis). He and Coach Sink (named for legendary comics artist Bill Sienkiewicz, and “played” here by an action figure of John Cena) stand in the school’s hallway. They’re staying behind as Agent Hill escorts Tony Stark from the building.
Hill pops on a pair of combat claws (not unlike Wolverine’s adamantium appendages) as she prepares to protect Stark.
Hill and Stark make their way down the hall, to a staircase that leads to the rooftop.
As they climb on the roof, they see Tony’s current flame, the android Jocasta, piloting an Avengers skycycle. As she lands, Tony thanks Hill for her concern.
As he climbs on the skycycle, Tony promises Hill that he will never let S.H.I.E.L.D. get its hands on the palladium in the Negative Zone. After he flies away, Hill quietly disagrees.
The credits for the comic strip, citing the Unsplash users whose photographs were the background art, the ownership of Marvel by Disney, the use of stock visual effects by Action VFX, the creation of Marvel characters by actual human beings, and the figure photography/script/graphic design/lettering by me, Phil Wrede.

The Battle for Midtown High commences (and may actually conclude) in this week’s comic! But, the war for the Negative Zone, and the almost impossible amount of palladium it contains, is just beginning…

In case you’re joining our story, already in progress, welcome! Let’s get you up to speed with links to the prior installments in this part of the tale…

  • Part 1 (wherein Tony and Reed try to get Jonah’s help)
  • Part 2 (wherein the Midtown High AV Club gets their teacher’s help)
  • Part 3 (wherein the palladium discovery gets shared with the world)
  • Part 4 (wherein Jonah takes the bait)
  • Part 5 (wherein the Tracksuit Mafia starts to ruin the evening)
  • Part 6 (wherein Miles Morales unveils a new costume)

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