I’m a big fan of Ewing’s work with these two characters previously. It seems like an instance of depowering the superhero so that they can take on smaller problems, rather than coming up with cosmic-level conflicts for her to come up against (I’m also wondering how long it’ll be until this retcon gets reverted, especially with her MCU counterpart ascendant). Mark: Personally, I can’t say that I’m a fan of America’s recent retcon. I guess that explains how she’s able to show up at that exact moment. As the narration lets us know, she’s one of the only people with access to Blue Marvel’s subaquatic palace. Chavez was also on the Ultimates with Brashear, and the two are close. America Chavez depicted with the swords in her back. Strange, looking more and more like Eternity as the pages go by, has set everything in motion, and the next card drawn is the Ten of Swords (that sounds familiar …), with Ms. We see the anglerfish in the background again as Brashear tries to send away his unwanted guest, but it’s too late to get out of the trap now. He’s not interested in being anyone’s pawn, and puts his card (the 10 of wands, reversed) back on the deck. Brashear’s reluctance to get sucked into Strange’s madness. While the previous miniseries dealt with the process of Creation, pulling heavily from Bereshit (the Book of Genesis) mashed up with the genre precursors of superhero comics, this one is exploring the structure of that creation itself.īlue Marvel is of course a character Al Ewing has used to great effect before, in both Mighty Avengers and Ultimates, which get referenced in Dr. Let’s just say the sefirot are the ways in which God, The Unending, manifests through physical and metaphysical reality.
We’ll have to see if that image pops up anywhere else in the mini.Īs for the name “Malkuth: The Neutral Zone,” Al Ewing has described this mini as going “ nto the Mystery, right to the very top of the highest realms, to map the Marvel Godhead.” And to do that, he’s pulling heavily from Kabbalistic imagery, namely the 10 sefirot of the Tree of Life. Mark: Aside from the practical thing about drawing anglerfish (they provide light to a lightless environment), it’s also a nice bit of imagery: the big shiny that’s just there to lure you in, only to chomp on you when your guard is down.
The other big, unexplained clue we get is the title itself - “Malkuth: The Neutral Zone.” I’m thinking this image is hinting at the nature of the quest our heroes are about to embark on. The anglerfish, though, is featured so prominently here on the title page, and shows up at interesting points throughout the issue. Yes, Brashear lives in the depths of the ocean, so you reasonably would expect to see various aquatic life through the windows.
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