SPOILER SPACE
Robbie Baldwin, a.k.a. Speedball. He's been through Hell, and now it's time to grim him up. I was never a huge Speedball fan, so I have no particular problem with this development, though I'm reminded of a previous attempt to darken Beast Boy/Changeling in the Teen Titans about 12 years ago. That never "took", and this might not either. God knows Speedball had one of the all-time worst superhero names ever, being named after the drug cocktail that killed John Belushi. I'll be interested to see how Warren Ellis develops Baldwin's story - I'm expecting lots of rainbows and unicorns, personally... or not.
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I'm a fan of the Bagley era Speedball from New Warriors. He was just an obnoxious ass like spider-man to the nth degree. I've been enjoying what I read of him in Frontline as it seemed to make sense that he would go through all that after the stamford thing. But making him a villian? I was hoping he would bounce back, but apparently not.
Lord knows what Warren Ellis has in store for the guy named Speedball..
It could be worse. His new name could be Crackpipe...or Billy Bong Thornton!
*bangs head against wall*
Yeah, I did like him best in NW.
He isn't necessarily evil, but in need of redemption, and that's what the T-bolts are all about.
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