Or - “Seven Shades Of Bug%#@^ Crazy? Penance Knocks That Out By Lunch…”

The first issue of Penance’s limited series had a couple of revelations in it, but the most shocking was the implication that Robbie Baldwin wasn’t nearly as much of a wackjob as he seemed, instead biding his time and working towards an unknown goal. When a Latverian freighter crashed, Penance took out all the foreign nationals by himself, but made sure to let one escape home to announce that Penance is coming. Soon after, he slipped his leash, escaping from ‘protective custody’ and going off on his own… The surprise isn’t that Robbie isn’t absolutely crazy, but the fact that’s he’s Hannibal-Lecter-crazy and not Daffy-Duck-crazy.

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Only one installment of the Marvel Sneak Peek of the Weekend, but boy what a preview! Titles arriving in stores this week are Avengers Classic #5, Captain America #31, Marvel Adventures Avengers #17, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #4, Marvel Illustrated Treasure Island #5, Marvel Zombies 2 #1, Marvel Comics Presents #2, Mighty Avengers #5, New Excalibur #24, and Penance: Relentless #2.

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Or - “Living Proof That You Shouldn’t Throw Everything On The Dryer…”

Here at Stately Spoilers Manor East, I have a few rules of thumb that serve me well. Always buy just enough gas to get by, because by Friday, the Kwik Shop on 45th street will have dropped their price 10 cents. Writing is best done while watching ‘Scrubs’ on DVR. Don’t argue with the little girl when she wants to eat at ‘Pirate Hat Store.’ And when I get home in the dead of night, I tend to drop my stuff in the kitchen. This seemingly aimless tangent is a roundabout way of explaining how the bag containing this issue got shuffled in with insurance papers, some sort of flyer for a Big and Tall Men’s Store and a wooden Chrismas sleigh that my wife inherited from a favorite Grandma. But, I believe that there’s no such thing as being TOO late, only irresponsible and kinda stupid. So, I got that going for me…

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Speedball changed his name and appearance to Penance to atone for the Stamford tragedy. Now he’s going head to head with Green Goblin.

Marvel Comics has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the first issue of the five-issue mini-series.

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