Showdown, p3

October 15, 2025


Showdown, p3

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Esc
Esc
1 year ago

Yeah definitely his girlfriend

ears
ears
1 year ago
Reply to  Esc

Like, she’s from his cult and trying to make Ethan mad with “go left, i said right” on purpose?

Tim
Tim
1 year ago
Reply to  ears

I don’t think she has anything to do with the troll, she’s just a toxic girlfriend who showed up at the worst possible time

Esc
Esc
1 year ago
Reply to  ears

I was being extremely sarcastic, I can’t believe anyone thinks she has anything to do with the Troll

Ben
Ben
1 year ago
Reply to  Esc

She probably isn’t directly working for him or anything, but I’ll be she turns out to be part of his fanbase.

Riokan
Riokan
1 year ago
Reply to  Ben

Harley Quinn to trolls joker maybe?

Esc
Esc
1 year ago
Reply to  Ben

That would be so dumb though.

Rae
Rae
1 year ago
Reply to  Esc

The implication that the troll would be willing to f Ethan to f with Ethan is hilarious though.

Gonfrask
Gonfrask
1 year ago
Reply to  Esc

You could be surprised what can you do with latex masks and bodies today…imaging in an AU with supergenius XD

Cypher
Cypher
1 year ago
Reply to  Gonfrask

Wouldn’t be the first criminal to use it, Montana assassin pretending to be a police officer comes to mind…

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
1 year ago
Reply to  Esc

I wouldn’t be surprised if the GF was some sort of super or villain – that build! – but Troll doesn’t seem to be likely.

Hell, Deathblood seems more likely.

Robert 'CockRoach' Archer
Robert 'CockRoach' Archer
1 year ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

Deathblood being the Troll or you mean the GF being Deathblood?

Kenju
Kenju
1 year ago

Yes

Esc
Esc
1 year ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

i was being sarcastic. She’s just a normal person

Logan
Logan
1 year ago
Reply to  Esc

“Normal’.. when you discount all the red flags, of course. xD

Giggity Goo
Giggity Goo
1 year ago
Reply to  Esc

Troll broke out a bit after she showed up. Maaaayyyybee one of the troglodytes, but definitely not the Troll. Also – theoretically – the Troll does not yet know Ethan’s identity, so even her being one of his legion seems unlikely.

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
1 year ago

The battle for Ethan’s attention! Will the Troll be better with his tongue in Ethan’s ear or his GF?

Ethan seems remarkably calm after the announcement. No freakouts, even though the Troll is now more dangerous than before.

Last edited 1 year ago by Darkhorse
Nono
Nono
1 year ago
Reply to  Darkhorse

Is the Troll more dangerous? He was already putting innocent people’s lives at stakes before he went to prison. Not sure how he could get more.

Daniel
Daniel
1 year ago
Reply to  Nono

It would be safe to assume that the two supervillains, whom he helped out of jail, are working with him now. So you have two speedsters, one that can move through matter, plus the troll, now having a cult members to his service. Whatever he plans, it will be extremely bad

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
1 year ago
Reply to  Nono

I would argue he is. At first he was alone. Then he got a troll army. Now he’s got two super powered people on his side. Or at least it looks that way as they escaped together. The speedster and from the top of my head that hacker that could wallhack, speedhack and many more. He’s not more dangerous on his own, but his power is much higher with their addition. The hacker might even be able to build the glove that gave him his powers for others.

Kintrex
Kintrex
1 year ago
Reply to  Darkhorse

Why would the Troll have his tongue in Ethan’s GF?

Last edited 1 year ago by Kintrex
Darkhorse
Darkhorse
1 year ago
Reply to  Kintrex

It is a callback to an earlier strip where his GF did something with his ear, near certainly something with her tongue. The Troll also has his tongue in Ethan’s ear, meaning Ethan is listening to him even if he doesn’t want to. Though it might not be an English expression now that I search for it.

It could be read as you say, but in this case it wasn’t meant like ghat

Pulse
Pulse
1 year ago
Reply to  Darkhorse

honestly, could be all the above.

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
1 year ago
Reply to  Pulse

Yeah the Troll and Ethan’s GF are made for each other. Would they burn the town or be each others kryptonite?

Robert 'CockRoach' Archer
Robert 'CockRoach' Archer
1 year ago
Reply to  Darkhorse

great now i got the weirdest image in my head from the last bedroom panel of Ethan and ToxiGirlfriend (my headcanon name for her!) and Troll on the other side licking his ears ROFL

Bless you
Bless you
1 year ago

AtchTrump!

Nono
Nono
1 year ago

Hey now, Lucas has ghosted his fair share of men too I’m sure…

James
James
1 year ago

“Thank you for your attention to this matter” … for some reason this sounds familiar. Does someone else use this a lot?

NotGrok
NotGrok
1 year ago
Reply to  James

Only the bigliest trolls. Your favorite ones with unhealthy skin tones.

Merida
Merida
1 year ago
Reply to  James

please do the needful

ears
ears
1 year ago
Reply to  James

Covfefe

Frank
Frank
1 year ago
Reply to  James

I almost dropped my tea laughing when I read this speech bubble 🙂

Tim
Tim
1 year ago
Reply to  James

I figured once he said “patriots” that this was gonna be a TDS issue.

Soeroah
Soeroah
1 year ago
Reply to  Tim

The only TDS is from the people who still support him.

Last edited 1 year ago by Soeroah
Steve
Steve
1 year ago
Reply to  Tim

I can’t even stand to listen to the orange president, he’s like nails on a chalkboard, but after nine plus years of the guy, the same weak, stale jokes about him are even more tiresome than he is. And he’s more of a classic narcissist than a “troll for the lulz,” anyway – seems more like it should be Nicole saying the catchphrases if it was even necessary to shoehorn in this dead horse. The toxic girlfriend is bad enough to make A+D way less fun in the escapism department; I don’t need or want the hamfisted political crap, especially… Read more »

Soeroah
Soeroah
1 year ago
Reply to  James

Caused a visceral reaction for me so it worked

Bakhtosh
Bakhtosh
1 year ago
Reply to  James

Yes, Gavin Newson tried using it, but was mocked mercilessly until he stopped.

Quinn
Quinn
1 year ago

Like Lucas, we all wondered if he knew what it was too.

Andhaka
Andhaka
1 year ago

Oh, the Troll speech style in the fourth panel is a very nice touch. 😀

GUNnibal
GUNnibal
1 year ago

It seems the Troll is hoping that the Dynamic Duo shows UP for the showDOWN.

Verdiekus
Verdiekus
1 year ago

Aw, the troll didn’t make fun of their names this time. It’s so nice to see people mature….

Daniel
Daniel
1 year ago

Don’t you just love it when a news channel is broadcasting the message of a terrorist leader instead of, for example, shut the hell up and let the police to do its work

Tim
Tim
1 year ago
Reply to  Daniel

That’s CNN for you.

Urazz
Urazz
1 year ago
Reply to  Tim

All cable news would be broadcasting it. Not just CNN.

Cypher
Cypher
1 year ago
Reply to  Tim

But would trump pardon him?

Crestlinger
Crestlinger
1 year ago

GF VS Troll. Place yer bets!

Robert 'CockRoach' Archer
Robert 'CockRoach' Archer
1 year ago
Reply to  Crestlinger

tbh? i’m hoping the GF gets all protective in a bad way curb stomps the Troll then turns to lamb blast Analog degrading him saying he’s as bad if not worse then Ethan only for her to then do something stupid like trip or whatever and ethan/analog saves her or she does something to try to harm analog/ethan and we discover his powers are back or morphed or something.

Or at the very least she just curb stomps Troll….

Daniel
Daniel
1 year ago
Reply to  Crestlinger

GF. Look at Ethan: no stress, no panic, he’s mildly annoyed by the Troll at best. GF already broke his soul

Lycanclaw
Lycanclaw
1 year ago

Does anyone else think the message from troll seems . .off? Like, that was not how he spoke before. That was rather civilized, not like a troll at all. Am I over thinking it?

Lycanclaw
Lycanclaw
1 year ago
Reply to  Lycanclaw

Wait, I forgot he does that type of message for the press.

Giggity Goo
Giggity Goo
1 year ago

Y’all… I don’t know why you’re stressing about the troll.

Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen.

Last edited 1 year ago by Giggity Goo
Terrycloth Monkey
Terrycloth Monkey
1 year ago

Does anyone out their keep a page with the links to the first pages of the various issues/story arcs? It’s really hard to try to figure out which month and year the several Troll arcs were in.

Daniel
Daniel
1 year ago

Last troll arc started bit more than two years ago, if it helps

Roger
Roger
1 year ago
Reply to  Daniel

More like 10 years ago mate. It was 2015 (was a heap of a job to find that back)

Daniel
Daniel
1 year ago
Reply to  Roger

Yeah, meant the last public ultimatum

Roger
Roger
1 year ago
Reply to  Daniel

Oh yeah, you wrote “last troll arc” and I understood “first troll arc”.
Sorry mate.

Monk
Monk
1 year ago

Good to see that media in this universe is just as responsible as ours in broadcasting crackpot’s manifestos and taunts.

Alek
Alek
1 year ago

Oh man that’s actually pretty good writing. Using the parallel of the troll and Ethans new sweet heart to demonstrate the issues these characters are facing.

I’m all about this.

Blondie
Blondie
1 year ago

Doesn’t the troll think Analog is dead? Or I guess that other guy they put in prison would have filled him in before they escaped together?

Last edited 1 year ago by Blondie
GeorgeV
GeorgeV
1 year ago
Reply to  Blondie

Presumably Elijah filled him in, either before or after the breakout. It was heavily implied they might have formed an alliance (along with Black Hat or whatever glove kid’s name was).

Though even without that, I wouldn’t put it past Troll to have figured it out from Lucas’s attempt at deception.

Shona-SoF
Shona-SoF
1 year ago

Send Ethan’s Girlfriend on a date with the Troll, see who snaps first.

Ben
Ben
1 year ago

I suspect that there is no direct connection between the troll and what’s-her-name, but I would be willing to bet that this all comes to a head with Ethan finding out that she’s one of his “fans.”

Gamer
Gamer
1 year ago

I wonder how much more mileage we’re going to get out of the troll. I was ready to see some other villains for an arc before we came back to this guy.

Cypher
Cypher
1 year ago
Reply to  Gamer

We do deal with enough damn trolls making administrative decisions, finding entertainment in another one is genuinely exhausting.

Cypher
Cypher
1 year ago

With Troll looking like post-covid gumby, do you think he would bounce if he was dropped again? I’m asking for a friend.

Acher4
Acher4
1 year ago

So much green, he is one step into looking like a demented Doom.

Funny if you think next year we finally get Doom on the MCU.

“It all leads to Troll!” 😛

Bryan
Bryan
1 year ago

The troll has similarities to the Joker, Ethan’s gf could become obsessed with him and turn into a version a Harley Quinn.

Cypher
Cypher
1 year ago
Reply to  Bryan

Jared Leto one?

Casra
Casra
1 year ago

:/
I c what you did there