A Mentally Shattered Megalomaniac
The Guardians of Justice are called in to help restore order. They quickly realize that the world is in a state of emergency and they have to take action to stop the chaos.
The autopsy of Marvelous Man’s body seems to hint that this was an actual suicide, with the autopsy not indicating anything out of the ordinary.
Hawkeye sets out to interrogate Logan Lockwood himself in order to learn more about the bullet that killed Marvelous Man.
Logan coughs up that someone broke into his armory where he stored the bullet several days before Marvelous Man’s death. The footage goes static around the time of the break-in, leading Hawk to begin looking deeper into this. ..
He interviews Hawk and the other Guardians at his base, the Hawk’s Nest. The Guardian confirms that they’ll continue to meet until the investigation is over, with this masked vigilante eager to make sure they stick to their new mission briefings and keep the world safe from the never-ending threats.
Hawk is not exactly happy with how fast Marvelous Man is taking charge, and she’ll quickly point this out too. Interestingly though, more information about Marvelous Man is being drip-fed here, including news that he was seeing a therapist called Dr Ravencroft.
Little Wing is a young boy who was the only survivor of a massacre that Hawk was too late to stop. Hawk decides to bring him along to see the good doctor, desperate to get some answers.
According to Ravencroft, Marvelous Man mentioned something called the “Mellow Devil” but Hawk is not satisfied. He demands the book the doctor is about to publish be pulled from publication, which he eventually does and goes into hiding soon after. And hiding leads to him being killed.
Mick Mason is a character that is a part of this superhero shindig. He used to work with Hawk, but he is now working for the president as a ruthless assassin.
With Red Talon refusing to help with the investigation, Hawk turns his attention to the Cortex, a handy tool for neuro-syncing. So naturally, Hawk hooks himself up to the machine, narrowing down the list of suspects on the planet that could break into Lockwood. That list brings up 2 names. Motion Blur… and The Speed.
The Episode Review
The show returns with another episode that leans heavily on references to Batman and the Justice League. This episode is particularly blatant in its nods to the character, with many scenes featuring him and his allies in action.
The story feels like it’s missing a key ingredient and I’m not sure what it is. There are a lot of characters introduced here, but very few of them seem to have any real relevance to the plot. The story quickly becomes a murder mystery without any of the interesting characters providing much value.
The animation and live-action work well together in this episode. The ending leaves things wide open for where the next episode may go.
