Saturday, October 26, 2024

Starbolts #704: Yesterday's Iron Eagle

 Hail!

    Happy Halloween! I decided to go a different route this Halloween because I wanted to give the Soldier Six ghosts a little vacation. They deserve it after the whole "pass the spectral necklace" fiasco. So, I decided to go with the ghost of Carter, Jack and Crystal's grandfather Steve instead. Steve teamed up with Medea to cause a little bit of trouble for Roger Stevens, the second Iron Eagle. It's always good to see Medea and it looks like she's still on her redemption tour.

    I did reference a lot of old Starbolts comics this week didn't I? Here's a series of links if you'd like to check them out:

Starbolts #240-275

Starbolts #437

Starbolts #688

     Whew. That's a lot of comics. At least I summed things up neatly this week. It seems that Roger has been keeping a big secret. He's not as free from the Nazi Jade Skull's influence as we thought. Every time he gets angry he reverts to the Jade Skull form. All Medea and Steve did was draw it out as a form of punishment. What this will mean for our heroes is unknown. I doubt it'll change much since Roger was well on his way to becoming a fascist anyway. Now it's just more apparent because he has the mark of a fascist villain in his soul. If there was no way for him to be redeemed before, there's no way to redeem him now. Once you go full fascist there's no way he could ever redeem himself. 

    Steve did his best to try and turn his successor to the light and in the end it failed and obviously the Jade Skull possession had nothing to do with how Roger became Iron Eagle. That revelation will be made clear soon. 

I hope everyone enjoys the Halloween comic! Have a great Halloween! See ya next time!

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