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Spider-Woman #40Issue(s): Spider-Woman #40 Review/plot: ![]() His comments make it clear he was a former professional football player, but now he wears a tiger suit that has body armor and claws, and he can fly. He thinks he's killed Spider-Woman, and he returns to his employer, General Nguyen Coy (The not-yet-a-New-Mutant Karma's uncle). Spider-Woman isn't actually killed, but her spine is pretty badly injured. She's rescued from the San Francisco bay by a Captain Paul Morrel, who is introduced as a potential love interest, who sees her out of costume but vows to not abuse the information. ![]() He's also brother to Sabrina Morrel, the potentially Yakuza police officer that pursued David Ishima last issue. ![]() Jessica spends the next few weeks learning and practicing tai-chi to help her back heal. ![]() She's able to defeat the Flying Tiger in the rematch... ![]() ...but she doesn't do anything to actually hurt Coy's crime empire, and at the end of the issue she's harassed by another manifestation from Morgan Le Fey. ![]() I love that you can partially see Flying Tiger's face through the mouth of the tiger mask. "Mommy, that tiger ate that man!" ![]() Quality Rating: B Chronological Placement Considerations: Pushed back in publication time a bit to account for Spider-Woman (and more specifically, Sabrina Morrel's) appearance in Avengers annual #10. References: N/A Crossover: N/A Continuity Insert? N My Reprint: N/A
CommentsPaul Morrel is also the name of the lead character in Sons and Lovers but that seems a bizarre reference to have in Spider-Woman. Posted by: Erik Beck | April 29, 2015 11:48 AM Flying Tiger, in particular the design of his mask, might owe some inspiration to the 70s manga 'Tiger Mask'. Posted by: Oliver_C | April 2, 2016 3:27 AM I think the Flying Tiger was a fantastic villain for Jessica. I mean, he nearly broke her back, and she had to spend weeks on recovery. This was a serious setback for her,so it must have been very satisfying to her to finally defeat him when she was ready to take him on again. Posted by: Andrew Burke | August 15, 2016 9:24 AM Flying Tiger bears a strikingly close resemblance to the DC Comics super-villain-turned-hero Bronze Tiger. They even share the same ethnic background. Posted by: Clutch | September 17, 2016 11:02 AM Flying Tiger always struck me as one of those characters where the name and visual were supposed to carry a completely generic baddy. He's not much more than muscle-for-hire who flies and has super-strength. Posted by: Omar Karindu | September 17, 2016 1:10 PM The Bronze Tiger was Denny O'Neil's creation, and he edited this issue. I notice he also used the Flying Tiger in Iron Man. Posted by: Luke Blanchard | July 18, 2018 11:28 PM Comments are now closed. |
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