Here's page 19 of Fusion #8, and it seems Brooder's "mistake" may have other repercussions.
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I dunno Black Rose, Brooder is a hardass but he doesn't have anything against her. He's a cold tactician. He probably thinks someone with Fusion's powers would be better used on her own instead of getting tied up in the red tape apparently surrounding SAS.
But I do wonder if Brooder is actually letting her cause an international incident for some other ploy or gain.
Don't forget, Brooder already has his "Black Members" like She-Cat to do his dirty work and ignore the red tape. (See pages 5 and 6 of Fusion #7 for a quick rundown on Black Members.) You think he'd groom someone like Fusion for such a thing?
Yeah, Brooder seems like he's setting her up to join his covert ops group. He obviously believes someone with such potent powers like Fusion shouldn't be restricted by bureaucracy like the SAS.
I don't think Brooder has the right to manipulate Fusion into a position where she might not be able to join the SAS (a real dream of her's) But I think this excursion to the refugee camp is probably going to make her rethink of joining a team.
Yay, I finally get caught back up! Anyway, I do think that Riveter is concerned for Fusion, but I think it is sometimes easy for us to forget that, for all her power, she's still relatively young (as an unnamed someone pointed out in Xover Kill). And while she does have a lot of power, there's more to what she is going to be doing than just beating up bad guys. I'm not too worried about Fusion in terms of power or how she's going to come out the other end physically, though even the best and most powerful of heroes can have blind spots. Psychologically and emotionally, however, is a vastly different story. Anyway, great page! Looking forward to more!
Some of the points you make will indeed be addressed next issue (and others in later issues). But I think you have a good read on Riveter. And we'll get input from some other folks next issue as well.
Yeah. It certainly isn't a vacation spot in either of our worlds. And you're right about the apparent lack of resources (which is probably why other governments are slow to step in in Darmar). However, Darmar--as we learned in Issue #6 from Dandy-Lion--does have some apparently significant, albeit secret, Drainomyte deposits.
I knew there was something going on when Brooder kept saying "you're not in SAS" and everyone else kept saying "SAS can't intervene over there."
As the Nostalgia Critic said in his review of Cop And A Half: "No badge, no law."
I dunno Black Rose, Brooder is a hardass but he doesn't have anything against her. He's a cold tactician. He probably thinks someone with Fusion's powers would be better used on her own instead of getting tied up in the red tape apparently surrounding SAS.
But I do wonder if Brooder is actually letting her cause an international incident for some other ploy or gain.
I don't think Brooder has the right to manipulate Fusion into a position where she might not be able to join the SAS (a real dream of her's) But I think this excursion to the refugee camp is probably going to make her rethink of joining a team.
Not a lot of resources there in our world - but there *is* an ongoing genocide...
As the Nostalgia Critic said in his review of Cop And A Half: "No badge, no law."