Monday may have been a bust, but last Friday was a lot of fun. It didn't rain, so I went to the zoo, then to a couple of bookstores. If I ever get through the book I'm currently reading (I hope to be 80% done by the time you read this), I'll have a few more ready. Switch back to non-fiction for a bit.
Alchemax would like to experiment on the Venom symbiote, and possibly Eddie Brock's kid, who has it. Eddie told Dylan he could trust Moon Knight, because Moon Knight knows what it's like for people to think you're nuts and unrealiable. Um, Eddie used to routinely threaten to eat Spider-Man's liver. He's nuts, period. I hate this revisionist shit about Venom now that they made Brock some sort of god-thing. "Oh, he was just misunderstood and suffering from great pressures, boohoo." It's like all those apologist Vegeta fans got jobs writing Marvel comics.
Deep breath. Marc agrees to help, warns the mercs to leave (while knowing they won't because that would mean they won't get paid) and lets them follow him into the Midnight Mission. Then he and Dylan kick their asses, because Eel, Thermite, Blitz and Tangle are losers. And yes, the chains around the forearms are apparently part of DylanVenom's look. I don't know why. Cappuccio gives him the prehensile tongue Venom's had since Erik Larsen drew him, but draws it as so thick it basically fills his mouth. Which just looks weird. The tongue also wraps around his own neck a lot of times, like it's an ascot or something.
Afterward, Marc notes that with the symbiote, Venom should have been able to handle them alone. Dylan agrees, and notes there's some weird sonic frequencies blanketing the city that are messing them up, which Marc intuits are probably related to the guy controlling people with sound he's after. So Dylan helps track it to the source, and they find Mr. Sarnak has sealed himself in a panic room and called the police to come arrest him. Because that's safer than letting Moon Knight get his hands on him. Fair, but leaves Moonie back at square one.
I actually like that. Moon Knight is seen as unstable and dangerous, even by super-villains. Eel was vocally uneasy about fighting him, which is where it's an advantage. Where it's a disadvantage is when the guy you're after is so scared of you being arrested is preferable and since New York is apparently still non-vigilante friendly (depending on whose book you're reading), Marc probably can't walk in a precinct and demand to talk to the guy.
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