{"id":305,"date":"2010-11-09T14:48:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T22:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotnerdgirl.wordpress.com\/?p=305"},"modified":"2024-02-27T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:44:46","slug":"unicorn-the-comic-book-villain-not-the-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/2010\/11\/09\/unicorn-the-comic-book-villain-not-the-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Unicorn (the comic book villain, not the horse)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was sitting at my desk today and for some reason I started contemplating the Cold War and where we stand in our relationship with various foreign entities. Naturally, that made me think of Unicorn.<\/p>\n

WHHHYYYYY??? Why must I be named after something so girly??<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh, Cold War, along with threat of nuclear attack you brought along a vast array of Superheroes and Supervillains designed to both inspire people and feed on their fears.\u00a0 And what better way to do that than by making the Soviet bad guy a Unicorn.<\/p>\n

Oh Stan, you wiley little devil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That\u2019s right, let\u2019s demasculate the Ruskies by naming him after a fantasy horse beloved by little girls.<\/p>\n

Bravo Stan Lee!<\/p>\n

Unicorn is essentially a Cyclops rip-off created to be a pain in Iron Man\u2019s behind.\u00a0 He started out with no natural super powers and relied solely on his training by the KGB and a helmet with a laser pointer.\u00a0 Later on he received some experimental medicinal aid in the form of tougher skin and increased strength, but even those came back to bite him in the butt when he developed accelerated cellular deterioration.\u00a0 Oops.\u00a0 But wait!\u00a0 Yellowjacket has a cure!\u00a0 Oh, insanity is the side effect?\u00a0 Damn.\u00a0 Note to villains, never trust an Avenger to cure you.<\/p>\n

Over the years Milos Masaryk and Tony Stark became comic book frenemies.\u00a0 Milos attacks Tony, Tony defeats Milos (everytime).\u00a0 Milos is apparently dim-witted and trusts other Super villains, allowing himself to be manipulated into their plots against Tony.\u00a0 Then he realizes he was manipulated and helps Tony escape.\u00a0 Tony tries to cure Milos but he ends up insane so Tony does the next best thing and puts Milos in stasis until a cure for insanity is found (how about some therapy, hrmmmm?)\u00a0 When Milos wakes up Tony saves him from his own robot and then hides him away again.\u00a0 Milos wakes up again when a fire breaks out at Stark Enterprises and insists that he must walk back to the USSR.\u00a0 As in, walk across the ocean.\u00a0 Tony watches Milos walk into the Atlantic Ocean where he drowns.<\/p>\n

Aquaman sad \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aquaman belongs to the DC Universe and is, therefore, powerless to help.<\/p>\n

So the Russian guy is dumb, insane and willing to let pretty much anyone experiment on him.\u00a0 I wonder what kind of propaganda we were trying to accomplish with this guy?\u00a0 Of course, Colossus and Epsilon Red were also products of the Cold War and they both turned out all right.\u00a0 Survive in space??\u00a0 Yes please!<\/p>\n

I could get used to this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Personally, I think that Unicorn is a little under-appreciated in the comic world.\u00a0 He was excellent at hand-to-hand combat and could shoot a gun like nobody\u2019s business.\u00a0 Iron Man obviously felt he was a bit of a kindred spirit.<\/p>\n

As does Manicorn. (BTW Marvel has it’s own wiki.<\/a> Check it out!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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