#Karl Striklan ~ Crippler

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Ok, there is a bit here, but I'll go over the one that will be the most important over the next few books. It appears that Sable has done some kind of nude centerfold, and all of her employees have found it.

The other one is that Powell's cousin has shown up and she is throwing herself at Lemar, which is interesting with how racist Doug is... so we'll see how that goes.

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Wild Pack catches up with Johnny and they have a tussle that is pretty minor until Crippler tries to actually hurt Johnny, at which point he pops off and shows them he could have pretty much killed any of them at any time if he wanted to...

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the foreshortening on the beams could have been better but I really like the idea this cover is going for.

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Double punch here, one funny, one much less so.

So Crippler is hooking up with the manager... robbing the grave there.

but we also learn that Raul has a heroin problem...

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A cold callout on Cap's part here, but he ain't wrong.

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So there has been a small handful of new "Vipers" showing up across books, and it felt like no one was keeping track or who was going where or like her proper characterization and so with Sable and her group tracking down and taking out a collection of other "Vipers" feels like a commentary on that mess up, but also a way to be like "no no we totally did it on purpose you see..."

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Man Triple J is really throwing a lot of money around when it comes to the Wild Pack... first he sent them after Venom, and now he is sending them after Johnny...

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To be fair we really don't actually know a lot about Wild Pack aside from "funded by Nazi Hunters" so a little more info would be nice...

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I kinda went into this book with high hopes, but every issue brings those hopes crashing a bit more to the ground...

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Powell continues to be just the most godawful person alive... no idea why they allow him to stay on this team when he is the worst in every way possible... also we get some insinuation that Chen Might be a lesbian... but since this is the 90s it could also just be one of those things where they are just saying it cause she is masculine...

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So I guess this is why they let the literal KKK member stay on the team... in the hopes he will "come around" with this second chance. Fun fact, he doesn't, but they also never boot him from the team.

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Sandman gets taken out by his Dop... The poor guy is having a rough day.

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Morty has some gall taking a swing at Sandman like this... also Sable is 100% gonna side with him over these two for making a move without her call.

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The Wild Pack get new outfits that are INFINITELY better than the weird pink things they were wearing before... also the lady there is Amy Chen, another big part of the team... one of the few members that I don't hate to have to read about...

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So we have seen Crippler before... in a Daredevil backup... and he comes to join the Wild Pack here... he is a real asshole... and yet, he is better than the "actual former member of the KKK" that is on the team so I guess that is something?

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I feel like they are being “See! Crippler has had it tough!” but all I take away from this is that he is mostly human garbage?