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Showdown, p11

November 3, 2025 by Tim


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Esc
Esc
14 hours ago

Maybe call more than just a kid who will probably get murdered? Like captain prime? There’s a whole city of superheroes and the whole city is being threatened!

Daniel
Daniel
14 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

But what other contacts do they have? They have no one else in touch, including Zeke. True, they can also try to reach the police to lend them some official heros, but Gameboy is a must. He’s in their team, they already worked together once, and he’s terribly useful against speedsters

leduk
leduk
13 hours ago
Reply to  Daniel

but he’s a kid, seriously, risking a kid’s life is pretty irresponsible

Daniel
Daniel
12 hours ago
Reply to  leduk

Dunno. I see your point, but he’s not a toddler. He knows what he’s doing, got mother permission and is more powerful than grown-up. He is actively looking for this sort of stuff. Wouldn’t you at least ask him if he is interested?

Esc
Esc
7 hours ago
Reply to  Daniel

When he’s an adult.

Phire
Phire
3 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

You might want to remember, he lives in the city too.

He’s in danger whether he participates or not.

Bonnifer
Bonnifer
6 hours ago
Reply to  leduk

Something to consider here is that this is a world with super powered individuals. The ideal is that the adult heroes would handle everything, but sometimes, you are playing high stakes rock-paper-scissors, and they have a rock and all you have is scissors – it’ll behoove the heroes to ensure they can find the paper if they want to stop the villains. Gameboy’s powers are *very* apt for the current opposition, and that’s in addition to being not only the sort of child Elijah wants to protect, but *also* the exact thing that proves his worldview wrong – Elijah might… Read more »

7eggert
7eggert
3 hours ago
Reply to  leduk

They _do_ make sure that he doesn’t get abducted in the subway, don’t they?

Nono
Nono
11 hours ago
Reply to  Daniel

It was a public broadcast so on some level, the police should already be aware of the threat. Shouldn’t be that hard to convince them to give them additional backup.

Cypher
Cypher
5 hours ago
Reply to  Nono

Nowadays it would be more efficient to claim troll hires illegal immigrants. You would have ICE, 2000 national guard, and maybe some marines on troll’s ass. Ethan could get some gaming in even. Troll wants to use false claims? Dangerous territory to play in…

Last edited 5 hours ago by Cypher
Tim
Tim
2 hours ago
Reply to  Cypher

Come on, be better than this. You sound like a teenager. It’s trashy. Besides, reverse-trolling is much more nuanced. What you’re describing sounds like a racist form of swatting, and nobody needs that crap.

Jack0r
Jack0r
7 hours ago
Reply to  Daniel

Literally call the police at that point. We already know police has supers on call, including captain prime.

This was a public broadcast, so I’d expect police to already be on the case, so why not pool resources?

Gonfrask
Gonfrask
13 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

We can guess that the city is doing its part… probably the guy that dies in an horrible accident with the chem is Lucas boyfriend…and he ended killing the Troll

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
10 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

Although I agree in general terms, it might stay Elijah’s hand in two ways. One, he’s a kid, which is who he is trying to protect (although we’re less certain how he’ll react to a gaming kid, which was what killed his brother). Two, the speedster is mostly coming into close quarters instead of zooming around with a gun. If Gameboy can touch him, he can freeze the speedster. The same goes for the hacker. His way of attacking favours physical touch. That means Gameboy can freeze two targets. And third, they should call actual superheroes to deal with a… Read more »

Esc
Esc
7 hours ago
Reply to  Darkhorse

So we’re using a minor as a human shield? I get this isn’t reality but…

7eggert
7eggert
3 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

More like a nearly-indestructible tank

Crestlinger
Crestlinger
9 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

He may already be aware of the matter and be planning to go investigate himself. It Was a public broadcast troll. Better to go As a team, than 1 versus 3.

Paradox
Paradox
8 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

Actually, Game Boy might be a good pick, since Elijah is there, though it’s risky

The Troll would have absolutely no problem with killing a child, but Elijah would be 100% against it, meaning we can potentially get the bad guys to start infighting

Not to mention Game Boy is the perfect counter to Alex (who would also probably be hesitant to actually kill a child)

It’s a very risky move, and not one I would take, but then again I wouldn’t approve of a minor doing ANY superhero stuff to begin with, full stop

Pulse
Pulse
7 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

oh no, the kid is PERFECT. what better way to get the speedster to side with you than to put him into a forced side choice by bringing a kid!

Esc
Esc
7 hours ago
Reply to  Pulse

What is a speedster?

Cypher
Cypher
5 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

Someone who specializes in moving extremely quickly. In old diablo 2, aura paladin and fury barbs were speedsters used to scout for portals/minibosses.

Phire
Phire
3 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

Captain Prime is probably the same as Captain Marvel in the MSU.

When all the attacks are happening, she’s conveniently elsewhere.

Kevin Greenbaum
Kevin Greenbaum
3 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

They had extra backup when they dealt with him last time before the prison lock up, when he “took away” Ethan’s powers, even though I’m pretty sure that was just to mentally screw with him. Maybe this’ll be how he finds out, he pushed Sam out of the way of falling debris once already and “died” saving him. Even without knowing about his powers being there he might do it again.

Martin
Martin
3 hours ago
Reply to  Esc

Game Boy is the perfect counter to Elijah, especially if Team Bullshit doesn’t know what his power is.

JozMk.II
JozMk.II
14 hours ago

GameBoy!!

Hyshi
Hyshi
10 hours ago
Reply to  JozMk.II

Perhaps soon-to-be “Troll Jr.”?

JozMk.II
JozMk.II
6 hours ago
Reply to  Hyshi

If you want to jump on this community’s apparent “Everyone and their dog in this comic’s universe is somehow aligned with the Troll or soon will be!!” bandwagon, then sure.

Ashi
Ashi
5 hours ago
Reply to  JozMk.II

That’s not really what they’re saying…they’re referring to the threatened chemical bomb affecting Gameboy.

Daniel
Daniel
14 hours ago

First of all, Elijah vs Gameboy is ON, As prophesied! Great success!
Second, both groups collect superpowered characters for some great battle, which is literally a round of Super Smash Bros

Pulse
Pulse
5 hours ago
Reply to  Daniel

troll is master hand

GeorgeV
GeorgeV
13 hours ago

OK, so he’s probably calling in Gameboy.

But how funny would it be if he actually was just asking random Smash opponents if they want to come?

James Rye
James Rye
12 hours ago

Doesn’t want him to take the subway this late but is fine with him fighting criminals/super villains. Mom got her priorities right, ranking late night subway more dangerous than common criminals/your everyday super villain. XD

Bonnifer
Bonnifer
10 hours ago
Reply to  James Rye

In a subway train, there is nowhere to go if trouble occurs. Outside of the train, there is two but functionally only one way to go to escape. And his mother is his Person In Th Chair, reception might not be the best underground, so she can’t help, and he can’t get help if all that’s down there is himself and the problem.

At street level and up, he has so many more options to stay safe.

Michael
Michael
10 hours ago

“Allright, well, let’s talk about THIS bullshit then”…

ouRKaoS
ouRKaoS
10 hours ago
Reply to  Michael

The OTHER bullshit can wait, but we WILL be talking about it…

Crestlinger
Crestlinger
8 hours ago

A Big Woohoo! For Lucas calling the whole nicole matter as ‘That Bullshite’.
May the fecal matter hit the rotating oscillatory unit at high speeds and be evenly distributed all over her when she learns of her new nickname.

Ben
Ben
6 hours ago

I’m gonna file the moral underpinnings of enlisting a minor to this fight under “suspension of disbelief.” I don’t think anybody doubts it would be SUPER awful irl, but for the purposes of the story I’m going to completely ignore that so that we can all see the teamup.

Phire
Phire
3 hours ago

How is Elijah on board with attacking an entire city that largely isn’t related to the video game industry?

Nik
Nik
3 hours ago

Prediction: Zeke will be there.

As an AI with access to the internet, Zeke will easily have come across the Troll’s message.

And no one is going to take out these two favorite meat-sacks except Zeke.

Last edited 3 hours ago by Nik
EnJonEer
EnJonEer
43 minutes ago
Reply to  Nik

Personally I like the idea that Zeke will be there because he has been gaming on the Internet and is annoyed at trolls and ‘the troll’ is the embodiment of them so it gives him an opportunity to let out his frustrations.

some guy
some guy
29 minutes ago
Reply to  Nik

Just imagine Zeke killing Ethan for the lolz at the end of the fight, not knowing about his potential condition (Zeke doesn’t know, right?). And thus we find that Ethan can indeed still respawn.

Giggity Goo
Giggity Goo
2 hours ago

So… I’m pretty sure that Ethan would have noticed Nicole having a kid. And I feel like Gameboy’s mom is too well adjusted for this to be a possibility. But I’m still kinda hoping she’s Gameboy’s mom somehow. Or maybe aunt. Just for the sheer wtf-ness of it.

foducool
foducool
2 hours ago

aw yeah, team up with game boy

Jon
Jon
1 hour ago

I forget, what can gameboy do again?

Scortch
Scortch
59 minutes ago

This could be interesting. Curious to see if the kid can neutralize a speedster. Though that’s a lot of kinetic energy thats going to be transferred.