#Circus of Crime

[why-i-love-comics]

Doctor Strange #11 - "Circus" (2023)

written by Jed MacKay art by Danilo S. Beyruth & Kj Diaz

[splooosh]

“helpless”

Marie Severin

[combrod]

Where’s her other leg

[coolcomicbookcovers]

[skarkkk]

I need recommendations for fanfics that focus more on Clint and his past with the crime circus, from any universe, even if I'm only going to think about AA. Like, skills or habits he may have developed there, besides the obvious, or romantic partners he had (I read a wonderful one that he even got involved with Scott, I loved it, but I wanted more besides the open ending, but I highly recommend it).

[merrymarvelite]

Cover of the Day: Incredible Hulk #217 (November, 1977) Art by Jim Starlin

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

Maynard, even with your mind control hat, you keep throwing circus performers against super heroes. You started your career trying to fight the Hulk! You once tried to crash an Avengers’ wedding!

Even if you don’t take Bailey’s advice here, maybe stop doing circus crimes in and around New York? Go tour, I dunno, Florida? The American Southwest? The odds of running into the Man-Thing or the Texas Twister are much, much smaller.

[smbhax]

From "The Ringmaster" in The Incredible Hulk #3, September 1962. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Dick Ayers inks, Stan Goldberg colors, Artie Simek letters.

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[thebibliomancer]

[heckcareoxytwit]

Spider-Boy is chasing after the dog-faced thief in the fair. Just as he catches the thief, Spider-Boy stumbles into the circus where it's run by none other than the Circus Of Crime. The fight breaks out in the circus tent until Strongman hits the wall revealing the two current Infinity Stone holders - Apex (Prince Otherone) and Multitude, who happen to be outside minding their own business. Both of the Infinity Stone holders are angry with the Circus of Crime for different reasons - Multitude does not like bullies while Apex gets annoyed about his cotton candy covered in powdered concrete. Apex easily defeats Human Cannonball and he is happy to fight Strongman as a good old challenge. Multitude conjures up the soul constructs of Nova, Night Thrasher, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and others to take down the rest of the Circus of Crime, leaving Spider-Boy to beat up Ringmaster.

However, Spider-Boy was so sidetracked with Ringmaster that he almost forgot about the dog-faced thief. Fortunately, Multitude has a soul construct of Werewolf By Night to force the dog-faced thief into surrendering. As Spider-Boy gets the stolen wallet back with Multitude's help, they went back to the circus tent where they find a bored-looking Apex sitting on top of Strongman as he felt disappointed over beating his opponents easily. Just before Ringmaster could get up, he is defeated by Colleen Wing the Mind Stone holder who stabs him with the Mind-Sword to knock him out. Multitude and Apex are glad to find Colleen Wing as she is an Infinity Stone holder like them. After saying their goodbyes to Spider-Boy, the three Infinity Stone holders leave for the beach until they meet the other three Infinity Stone holders - Hector Bautista the Time Stone holder, Ripley Ryan the Reality Stone holder and Quantum the Space Stone holder.

Spider-Boy Annual #1, 2024

[why-i-love-comics]

Doctor Strange #11 - "Circus" (2023)

written by Jed MacKay art by Danilo S. Beyruth & Kj Diaz

[gotham-at-nightfall]

Doctor Strange #11

[wanderingmind867]

I didn't expect to get the perspective of one of the circus of crime workers. But it's nice to see the criminals explain why they feel justified in what they're doing, even if they are robbing from poor people and ruining their lives. (Howard the Duck #26):

[doctorslippery]

Thor battling the Ringmaster and the Circus of Crime after facing off with a Living Planet a few issues ago…that's kind of a big step down in threat level.