This Week in Villainy: April 9-14, 2007

Who's Up and Who's Thwarted

Green Goblin: Since becoming director of the Thunderbolts, Norman "Green Goblin" Osborne has put together the best super-villain group in the Marvel universe since the Masters of Evil. His roster includes Moonstone (a Masters-of-Evil veteran), Songbird, Radioactive Man, Swordsman, Venom, Penance II, and Bullseye.

It should be noted that Double-G's obsession with Spider-Man is already being foreshadowed in Thunderbolts #113. That could very well become a distraction.

And Moonstone is distracting enough.

TWIV is going to track Green Goblin in the next few issues in case his current status requires an adjustment.

Read IGN's 6-page preview of Thunderbolts #113.

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Sinestro Corps Special #1

[Newsarama]: ...[Ethan] Van Sciver and [Geoff] Johns are reuniting for a 64-page one-shot in June that promises to take the Green Lantern universe to yet another level. Called Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1, the comic will explore and explain what has been teased for months within the pages of the ongoing Green Lantern series. Evil villain Sinestro, who hasn't been seen much since the pages of Rebirth, is gathering together an army of frightening characters and giving them yellow rings, then transporting them to the Sinestro Corps home base on the planet Qward. Why this is happening and what happens next will be revealed within the pages of the one-shot.

Newsarama has an excellent interview with Van Sciver about this project. Read it here.

This Week in Villainy: April 2-8, 2007

Who's Up and Who's Thwarted

Starro: Due to compelling arguments by the fans of Starro, TWIV has reconsidered its "thwart" rating. Being chosen to launch the original JLA and this new JLA would be an honor to any villain. Starro's rating has been reversed. For now.

Now, if only I could get this thing off the back of my neck...

Greystone Inn archives: Lightning Lady and Keagan move-in together

'Round about this time in 2005, Lightning Lady and Keagan were taking a Big Step in their relationship. Cohabitation comes with its fair share of pitfalls. Cohabitating with a super-villainess means the pitfalls contain angry vipers.