Issue(s): Marvel Comics Presents #24 (Shamrock story only)
Cover Date: Jul 89
Title: "I haven't got time for the pain"
Credits:
Scott Lobdell - Writer
Dennis Jensen - Penciler
Dan Adkins - Inker
Mike Rockwitz - Assistant Editor
Terry Kavanagh - Editor

Review/plot:
Now we are getting somewhere. You are not using your Marvel Comics Presents series to showcase obscure characters until you start using Shamrock. Or as Scott Lobdell calls her, "Ireland's most seldom seen super heroine".

Shamrock has gone to visit her father after hearing that her brother was killed. Her brother was killed by a bomb set off by terrorists, and her father blames her for his death, since she's been spending her time as a teacher instead of fighting for Irish independence. While she's arguing with him over tea, she passes out. It turns out her father has drugged her, and he brings her to Arnim Zola!

Zola tries to duplicate her powers, but runs into a roadblock.

Because it turns out that Shamrock's powers are the result of being a conduit for all the innocent victims that have died in wars.

They normally only manifest themselves in tiny bursts to produce Shamrock's luck abilities, but Zola gets the full brunt of them. It doesn't completely stop him, but it's enough to get Shamrock free so she can fight him.

Even after that's over, her father tries to kill her, but of course her luck powers cause his gun to backfire, killing him instead.

Too bad it's such a downer of a story, because Shamrock + Arnim Zola = awesome.

Quality Rating: C+

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A