03-30-2004, 08:59 PM
Reported: 29/03/2004 Source: Newsarama
RODI SPILLS IDENTITY DISC SECRETS
Thanks to its name, itâs already got some controversy (or notoriety, thanks to a switch from Sinister Six to Identity Disc, which is close to DCâs Identity Crisis, debuting the same month)) attached to it, but still, Marvelâs Identity Disc has a compelling through line â take six of the roughest, more street-level super-powered thugs (or worse) the Marvel Universe has to offer, and set them on a mission together. Their target â a disc at the core of Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM)âs most secure headquarters that has all the heroesâ secrets.
The six bad guys: Deadpool, Juggernaut, the Vulture, Sandman, Bullseye and Sabretooth. The writer: Robert Rodi.
First off, sure, there are six, for lack of a better word, convicts on whatâs clearly a suicide run, but thereâs no Lee Marvin to bring them together. So donât call it the Dirty Half-Dozen. Rodi has his own comparison. âItâs more like a Usual Suspects setup, in that the six criminals are recruited by a shadowy uber-criminal for the job,â the writer said. âOr so it seems. Not everyone is convinced that theyâre not being played. But they learn pretty quickly -- in the first issue, in fact -- that refusing to play along is a very, very deadly mistake.â
Their target, as revealed in the solicitations is the goldmine for anyone whoâs had the crap kicked out of them by Spider-Man, or any other costumed hero in the Marvel Universe. Itâs a database of secret identities, home addresses, known relative, medical histories, and even credit records of every costumed operative in America. Bookstore purchases are probably on there tooâ¦just figure out how much any Joe Blow on the can find out about you with an Internet hookup, and you get the idea.
Yeah, yeahâ¦we here you â âbut if this disc does exist, why havenât we heard of it before, or, at the very least, why hasnât AIM used it to benefit themselvesâ¦or at least get better uniforms?
âWe establish that the existence of the disc has been rumored for decades,â Rodi said. âA lot of people in the criminal community accordingly think itâs just an urban legend - a kind of bad guysâ Holy Grail, something thatâs just too good to be true. Some of our six villains still have their doubts, even as theyâre working to steal the thing. As for AIM not having used it yet, weâre told that theyâve just obtained it. How, and from whom, we donât know.â
Sure â if a thing like this did exist, every bad guy would want it, but no one would want to go after it. Goofy bucket-headed costumes aside, AIM has the reputation of being about as friendly and accommodating as a cobra in a woven basket. So â as the mysterious puppetmaster opts â send some folks in to get what you want, preferably folks that you wonât mind too much if they buy it along the way.
âWe wanted a roster of A-list villains -- or rather, A-list villains of a certain street-level type,â Rodi said. âYou canât realistically put Magneto or Dr. Doom into a story like this, so popularity was certainly one of the things driving our choices. And itâs funny how many of the really hot villains are certifiable sociopaths. But itâs even funnier how there are degrees of sociopathy. I mean, Bullseyeâs as crazy as a rat in a coffee tin, but when you pair him up with Deadpool, he seems almost laid back. So it was enjoyable seeing how these guysâ various pathologies interacted.
![[Image: Identity_disk_1_t.jpg]](http://www.newsarama.com/Marvel/Identity_disk_1_t.jpg)
âSurprisingly, one thing they all have in common is utter disdain for the Vulture, whom they see as an arthritic old geezer. Sandman excepted; he sort of stands up for Vulture, âcause they have a history from their Sinister Six days.â
So the six are blackmailed into doing their masterâs bidding. And yes â you can blackmail someone like Deadpool, or even the Vulture.
âEverybody is blackmailable,â Rodi said. âIf there isnât something terrible in their past, or some looming indiscretion in their present, you can always invent something and threaten to make it public as if it were real. And of course, thereâs always family, which makes anyone vulnerable - âDo as I say or Iâll shoot your dog.â This is a disparate group of criminals, so all of the above methods have to be called into play. And of course, the criminals themselves donât take kindly to being threatened - some less well than others.â
From the first pages of issue #1, Rodi said, itâs set out to be very clear that the six are in waaaaay over their heads, both with the nature of the mission (where stealth might be better than say, any movement the Juggernaut makes), and the disposition of the teammates.
âYouâve got a criminal mastermind who may or may not exist, blackmailing six criminals with secrets that may or may not be true, to steal an Identity Disc that may or may not exist, from a terrorist organization that may or may not have it,â Rodi said. âBut we anchor all the ambiguity with lots of good, solid battles, brawls, and explosions - plus a couple of mind-blowing revelations at the end. Itâll be a fun ride.â
Identity Disc #1 ships in June.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Is anyone else looking forward to this? It has the potential to be either a real firecracker of a book, or it could end up a damp squib. Fingers crossed some of our favourite marvel villains are done justice. (pun intended :p)
RODI SPILLS IDENTITY DISC SECRETS
Thanks to its name, itâs already got some controversy (or notoriety, thanks to a switch from Sinister Six to Identity Disc, which is close to DCâs Identity Crisis, debuting the same month)) attached to it, but still, Marvelâs Identity Disc has a compelling through line â take six of the roughest, more street-level super-powered thugs (or worse) the Marvel Universe has to offer, and set them on a mission together. Their target â a disc at the core of Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM)âs most secure headquarters that has all the heroesâ secrets.
The six bad guys: Deadpool, Juggernaut, the Vulture, Sandman, Bullseye and Sabretooth. The writer: Robert Rodi.
First off, sure, there are six, for lack of a better word, convicts on whatâs clearly a suicide run, but thereâs no Lee Marvin to bring them together. So donât call it the Dirty Half-Dozen. Rodi has his own comparison. âItâs more like a Usual Suspects setup, in that the six criminals are recruited by a shadowy uber-criminal for the job,â the writer said. âOr so it seems. Not everyone is convinced that theyâre not being played. But they learn pretty quickly -- in the first issue, in fact -- that refusing to play along is a very, very deadly mistake.â
Their target, as revealed in the solicitations is the goldmine for anyone whoâs had the crap kicked out of them by Spider-Man, or any other costumed hero in the Marvel Universe. Itâs a database of secret identities, home addresses, known relative, medical histories, and even credit records of every costumed operative in America. Bookstore purchases are probably on there tooâ¦just figure out how much any Joe Blow on the can find out about you with an Internet hookup, and you get the idea.
Yeah, yeahâ¦we here you â âbut if this disc does exist, why havenât we heard of it before, or, at the very least, why hasnât AIM used it to benefit themselvesâ¦or at least get better uniforms?
âWe establish that the existence of the disc has been rumored for decades,â Rodi said. âA lot of people in the criminal community accordingly think itâs just an urban legend - a kind of bad guysâ Holy Grail, something thatâs just too good to be true. Some of our six villains still have their doubts, even as theyâre working to steal the thing. As for AIM not having used it yet, weâre told that theyâve just obtained it. How, and from whom, we donât know.â
Sure â if a thing like this did exist, every bad guy would want it, but no one would want to go after it. Goofy bucket-headed costumes aside, AIM has the reputation of being about as friendly and accommodating as a cobra in a woven basket. So â as the mysterious puppetmaster opts â send some folks in to get what you want, preferably folks that you wonât mind too much if they buy it along the way.
âWe wanted a roster of A-list villains -- or rather, A-list villains of a certain street-level type,â Rodi said. âYou canât realistically put Magneto or Dr. Doom into a story like this, so popularity was certainly one of the things driving our choices. And itâs funny how many of the really hot villains are certifiable sociopaths. But itâs even funnier how there are degrees of sociopathy. I mean, Bullseyeâs as crazy as a rat in a coffee tin, but when you pair him up with Deadpool, he seems almost laid back. So it was enjoyable seeing how these guysâ various pathologies interacted.
![[Image: Identity_disk_1_t.jpg]](http://www.newsarama.com/Marvel/Identity_disk_1.jpg)
âSurprisingly, one thing they all have in common is utter disdain for the Vulture, whom they see as an arthritic old geezer. Sandman excepted; he sort of stands up for Vulture, âcause they have a history from their Sinister Six days.âSo the six are blackmailed into doing their masterâs bidding. And yes â you can blackmail someone like Deadpool, or even the Vulture.
âEverybody is blackmailable,â Rodi said. âIf there isnât something terrible in their past, or some looming indiscretion in their present, you can always invent something and threaten to make it public as if it were real. And of course, thereâs always family, which makes anyone vulnerable - âDo as I say or Iâll shoot your dog.â This is a disparate group of criminals, so all of the above methods have to be called into play. And of course, the criminals themselves donât take kindly to being threatened - some less well than others.â
From the first pages of issue #1, Rodi said, itâs set out to be very clear that the six are in waaaaay over their heads, both with the nature of the mission (where stealth might be better than say, any movement the Juggernaut makes), and the disposition of the teammates.
âYouâve got a criminal mastermind who may or may not exist, blackmailing six criminals with secrets that may or may not be true, to steal an Identity Disc that may or may not exist, from a terrorist organization that may or may not have it,â Rodi said. âBut we anchor all the ambiguity with lots of good, solid battles, brawls, and explosions - plus a couple of mind-blowing revelations at the end. Itâll be a fun ride.â
Identity Disc #1 ships in June.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Is anyone else looking forward to this? It has the potential to be either a real firecracker of a book, or it could end up a damp squib. Fingers crossed some of our favourite marvel villains are done justice. (pun intended :p)
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