#mountain marko

[shironezuninja]

As I’m cooling down my “10 foot radius, Mini Juggernaut on the move, Moody” side, that showed it’s ugly nature on the way home this afternoon, I want that Congressman’s 6 year old—who was on the news earlier this week—to be President. He’s got a better shot at being innocent than I’ll ever be.

[vertigoartgore]

Marko Djurdjevic's 2007-2008 cover run on Thunderbolts Volume 1.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Lone ranger

‘Spotted during a trek in the Nepalese Himalayas, this horse is wandering against the backdrop of the Annapurna South and Hiunchuli peaks. The photo was taken on 12 June 2023 during our journey to the Mardi Himal base camp.’

Photograph: Marko Minka

[comicwaren]

From Iron Fist 50th Anniversary Special #001

“Training Day”, by Chris Claremont (W), Lan Medina and Israel Silva (A)

“Iron Fisticuffs”, by Alyssa Wong (W), Von Randal and Arif Prianto (A)

“Emergency Call”, by Justina Ireland (W), Elena Casagrande and Espen Grundetjern (A)

“Heroes for Hire”, by Frank Tieri (W), Ty Templeton and Dee Cunniffe (A)

“Happy Birthday, Danny”, by Jason Loo (W), Whilce Portacio and Alex Sinclair (A)

[nerds-yearbook]

William Carver, AKA Thunderbolt, was killed by his own powers in Power Man and Iron Fist 62#, cover date April, 1980. He was able to die contented having learned who had caused the murder of his brother and saw that man die. ("One Must Die", Power Man and Iron Fist 62#, Marvel Comic Event)

[vosklitsatelny]

Superior Foes of Spider-Man, all at once!

[queachy]

spiderman 2099 (2015) #9

[age-of-moonknight]

“Danse Macabre,” Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #25.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Pencilers and Inkers: Alessandro Cappuccio, Alessandro Vitti, and Partha Pratim; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

[nikitatheweasel2]

Croatia NT art 💀

Context: @mcity-xe and I made a joke where Vida keeps hens as pets because I sent her a picture of hens in some transparent bag and I made a HC that Vida might keep them as pets 💀

[cultofstan]

I was gonna write this big blog post about why I came back to Tumblr, but if I’m being 100% it’s because I was reading through the 2019 Miles Morales Spider-Man book for the first time and I felt my heart almost burst out of my chest when my eyes gazed upon Man-Mountain Marko. My palms started to sweat. My brain became mush. He stole my heart and reigned my fiery love of rambling about fictional characters I would do anything for. ❤️

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Sure you did Marko... sure ya did...

[shironezuninja]

TVLand and FYI channels need to stop skipping scenes of Raymond, King of Queens and 2 1/2 Men. Peacock app is not the solution to see the full versions of episodes.

[comicbooksaregood]

Alias

Volume: 1

Issue: 5

Alias Investigations (Part of 5)

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis

Penciler: Michael Gaydos

Inker: Michael Gaydos

Colourist: Matt Hollingsworth

Cover: David Mack

Marvel Max

[kudosmyhero]

Web of Spider-Man (vol. 1) #82: Pumping Up!

Read Date: June 23, 2022 Cover Date: November 1991 ● Writer: Kurt Busiek ● Penciller: Ron Wilson ● Inker: Don Hudson ● Colorist: Bob Sharen ● Letterer: Brad Joyce ● Editor: Danny Fingeroth ●

SYNOPSIS:

Moments Ago:

Man-Mountain Marko has been hitting the punching bag. Thinking of his defeats at the hands of Spider-Man some time ago, he pushes himself harder and harder in the hopes of increasing his strength.

Now:

Spider-Man pulls himself out of some rubble next to a bar, wondering what hit him. He is approached by Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich who tells him what happened. Moments earlier, Man-Mountain Marko entered the bar to collect protection money for the Maggia. When he saw Spider-Man swinging by earlier, he went into a rage, throwing the bar taps into the wall causing it to collapse on the wall-crawler. Marko then rampaged out of the area, leaving Spider-Man for dead. The wall-crawler can hardly believe that Marko was capable of such strength. Before he leaves, Urich tells the hero that the police are out looking for Marko as he had kidnapped a child. Elsewhere, Man-Mountain Marko lifts weights in front of Johnny, the boy that he allegedly kidnapped. As it turns out, Johnny has come with Marko willingly in the hopes that he can be trained by Marko himself. When the boy asks when the training will begin, Marko assures the boy that it will happen soon.

Meanwhile, Spider-Man has learned the location where Man-Mountain Marko works out from Ben Urich and has decided to check it out. When he asks the other weightlifters where he can find Marko only to be attacked. Despite their great strength, Spider-Man easily defeats them all thanks to his superior agility and speed. Unable to stop the wall-crawler the weightlifters decide to flee. The hero then finds Marko's locker and forces his way inside. Inside he finds the locker plastered with articles about Spider-Man as well as bottles of racehorse steroids. The wall-crawler then forces his way into the trainer's office to find out why he has been providing them to Marko. The trainer explains that Marko can do the steroids since he has been barred from any professional competitions since the Maggia boosted his strength. As it turns out, Marko has been asking for a lot of drugs, which the trainer has been more than happy to provide. When Spider-Man asks if the man cares about what these drugs can do with someone with enhanced genetics, the trainer admits that he doesn't really care one way or the other.

Back at Marko's home, Johnny has brought the Man-Mountain dinner, he tells the boy not to bug him since he is watching the news. When he hears reports about how Spider-Man survived his attack, Marko insists that he will defeat the wall-crawler once and for all and returns to his workout regiment. At that moment, Peter Parker is out having dinner with his wife Mary Jane. Mary Jane has noticed that Peter is getting sick and suggests he takes some cold medication. However, Peter is concerned that it may affect his spider-sense and he needs it when he saves Man-Mountain Marko's hostage. Meanwhile, Man-Mountain continues pumping iron, telling Johnny that when he was the boy's age everyone feared and respected him because he was so strong. That evening, Spider-Man has managed to track down the Maggia headquarters. Because the organization has seen better days, thanks to the Kingpin's control of the underworld, Spider-Man easily slips inside. In the building, he confronts Snakey Duvall and demands that he reveal Marko's address. Spider-Man snatches Snakey's address book and escapes before his bodyguards can stop him.

Later that evening, Man-Mountain Marko has a fitful sleep. He has a nightmare which begins with Spider-Man taunting him about how weak he is, reminding Marko of the first "dweeb" that pushed him around. Marko then relives that moment, years ago when he was nothing but a petty street hood. He remembers one day when a young man in glasses was hurrying past him. Marko made the mistake of pushing the young teenager around, unaware that he was messing with Spider-Man's alter-ego, Peter Parker. Distracted with thoughts of the health of his Aunt May, Peter unconsciously knocked Marko aside with a single slap. Realizing what he had done, young Peter asked Marko if he was all right, but a frightened Marko began begging the youth to keep away. Shouting in his sleep, Marko wakes up Johnny who goes into his room to see if he is all right. After the nightmare, Marko doubts his strength and ability, but Johnny convinces him that he is the strongest there is, secretly wishing Spider-Man would show up to prove him right. Incidentally, Spider-Man is on his way and comes up with a plan on how to handle the situation. Going to a payphone, the wall-crawler calls Ben Urich to call the police in ten minutes, giving him just enough time to save Johnny. In return, the web-slinger agrees to give Urich the story any way he wants it. When Spider-Man sneaks into Johnny's room and wakes the boy, he calls out to Man-Mountain Marko.

Hearing the boy's cries for help, Marko comes crashing through the wall. The two end up fighting it out on the front lawn. Soon the police arrive on the scene with Ben Urich as the fight continues on. Although Marko has superior strength, Spider-Man has speed and agility on his side. They continue fighting until dawn where the battle abruptly ends when an exhausted Marko collapses to the ground. With Spider-Man the victor, Johnny begins cheering on the hero instead. With the situation under control, Spider-Man takes off, leaving Urich to get the story and Man-Mountain to be taken away by the police.

(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Web_of_Spider-Man_Vol_1_82)

Fan Art: Spider-Man by rodavlasalvador

Accompanying Podcast: Untold Talks of Spider-Man - ep. 03

[comicwaren]

From Moon Knight Vol. 9 #025, “Danse Macabre” (2/2)

Art by Partha Pratim, Alessandro Cappuccio, Alessandro Vitti and Rachelle Rosenberg

Written by Jed MacKay

[rdr2gifs]

Each time Arthur has helped someone without expecting payment (that I can remember) because I’ve seen some weird takes circling around about how Arthur only cares about money/doesn’t help people (yet again)

He helped a city photographer take pictures and acted as his protector because he liked him

He helped a doctor retrieve a stolen wagon full of medicine, he wasn’t even asked to do so, he did it out of his own good will

He wanted to make an old cranky man happy and proposed finding his lost trinkets for him

He helped Deborah MacGuiness find dinosaur bones out of curiosity. He didn’t receive any financial reward for it. Just a few trinkets and he was satisfied

He risked his life for Marko Dragic’s experiments (his main motivation in this mission was again, curiosity)

He rescued a boy being held hostage by the gunsmith in Rhodes

He rescued people from being trafficked and gave them a large sum of money (he could’ve kept it for himself) for a better life

He helped Mr. White and Mr. Black gain freedom and even helped them again after they got themselves into trouble

He rescued Charles Chatenay on at least 3 different occasions

He instantly hurried to retrieve Sister Calderon’s cross even though he has never met her before

In his first encounter with Marjorie and Bertram, he helps to calm Bertram down and is understanding even though Bertram gave him trouble. He even puts the bartender in his place after he speaks about Bertram in a degrading manner

He agreed to help a man get rid of nigh folk occupying his property and after he payed him with only a rat pelt, Arthur didn’t get angry and still asked him if he’d be really fine on his own after knowing he wouldn’t be able to pay

He let a homeless man hug him and listened to what he has to say

He helped to save Jamie from becoming a cult member and stopped him from taking his life

He helped a boy look for his lost dog

He saved an injured man’s life after driving him to a doctor

He helped a woman get rid of a body after she claimed she had to kill the man in self-defence

He donated to the poor and even to build a shelter for war-veterans

He taught Charlotte how to survive on her own

He tried to save a crazed village out of his own good will

He helped a war veteran retrieve his prosthetic leg and helped him hunt

He helped a man look for his lost friend in the snowy mountains

He helped Rain’s Fall retrieve sacred items important to his people

He helped to retrieve stolen medical supplies for the Wapiti tripe

He saved Captain Monroe’s life after hearing he was in danger

He helped Beau and Penelope escape from their terrible families

He has saved many hunters from getting mauled, given many ladies a ride home, saved people from dying of poisoning, helped gather herbs, helped a lost New Yorker find his way to the town, helped save many people’s lives (lady being held hostage in her own house in Lemoyne, folk getting tortured by The Murfees or Lemoyne Raiders etc.)

Let’s not forget the fact that Arthur is a provider for over 20 people. He cannot be running around and risking his life for free for everyone he meets. He needs money. Even so, he has helped all the people above for no reward and out of his own free will. When I see someone say that Arthur is only motivated by money and never helps people otherwise, I just instantly assume they stormed through the story and didn’t pay any attention. The encounters listed above make up the majority of chance encounters/side quests and in almost all of them he is helping people. 80% of these are also pre-diagnosis.

He has a hard time accepting any compliments or gratitude for his good deeds and always downplays himself. Even in the main story he is never thinking about himself and he always puts others first.

“You did not ask for anything, you only gave”

The encounters where he does require payment pale in comparison to those in which he doesn’t, and even so they are very justified as they are often dangerous, time consuming or straight up ridiculous. It’s weird to assume Arthur only helps people for money when he doesn’t want to deliver love letters, interview dangerous people and sneak into heavily guarded properties for free.