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The New Warriors 9 page 17 by Mark Bagley and Larry Mahlstedt
Artists: Mark Bagley (Penciller) , Larry Mahlstedt (Inker) , Fabian Nicieza (Writer)
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DescriptionNew Warriors was the outsider series that nobody expected and took the 90s by surprise, surfing on that Teen Titans, New Mutants vibe. A title that would likely die after 10 issues in today’s market that ran for years with memorable storylines.It also launched Mark Bagley’s career as his first success for him to soar on Spidey and T-Bolts later on. This issue sees the fight between Night Thrasher and Bengal. I’ve loved Bengal’s design since his first appearance under Ron Lim in a memorable fill in issue of Daredevil (of which I’m lucky to own a page) so this made this page a desirable one. And Bagley draws him well, lean, athletic and bouncing around while fighting. His choreography of the fight also stands out as does their respective fighting styles. One is elegant and aerial, the other pure dirty street fighting. Bengal’s flying kick in panel one is as good as Thrasher’s avoiding it in this establishing shot on NYC’s tops. Bengal then leave himself wide open for a retaliating punch that makes him lose one of his sai swords. I remember thinking that the next two panels were particularly brutal at the time. Bengal shatters Thrasher’s visor in the 3rd panel so hard that he is blinded by his own blood in the next as his foe is closing on him to secure his victory… …only to be stopped by a nasty spray to the face.You have to love the technique on that spray as we get see Bengal vaporous features under it. The last one sees the enemies catching their breath, with shared word balloons subtly indicating the stalemate between them. A truly great pure fighting page from a memorable series that was always fun at the very least and often more profound that expected. Bagley stayed the first 25 issues to make a name for himself and the series remained enjoyable long after his departure. And Fabian Nicieza is to be commended for that and particularly here for his use of sparse dialogues that feel natural while giving you the exposition you need to understand what is happening. Lastly, let’s note those Mahlstedt slick inks. He already did wonder for me over Lightle and a younger Giffen on LOSH at DC but his work over Bagley was really enjoyable. Social/Sharing |
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Colin Solan 
Member Since 2004
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1 - Posted on 7/2/2025
This was a great martial arts sequence, loved this storyline.
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 7/2/2025
Brutally sick fight sequence, quintessential 90s Bagley on New Warriors. Sweet page!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 7/2/2025
Yeah, the Bagley/Mahlstedt art is nice and slick. This is one of those pages I often refer to as the "exception to the rule", in that most people who love New Warriors and want to get a page from it would likely wait until they found one with as many members as possible on it. But then when a page like this comes along, in spite of there only being a single team member on it, many of those same collectors would make the exception for this simply because the action sequence is so good, and the fact that the Bengal's costume always makes for great looking aesthetics, just draws you in and makes it hard to resist buying it!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 7/2/2025
Bagley gets the back and forth action momentum going and Mahlstedt emphasizes every bit of power behind each blow! Even so, they would obviously fight to a stalemate as they had to keep the the status quo to keep their power levels even.
Byron B
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 7/3/2025
Great page. Nice write up. I've got the omnis sitting there waiting to be read.
M L
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 7/3/2025
Fantastic page and great commemoration of a seminal series. More Night Thrasher!
Some Collector
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 7/25/2025
I like the flow of this page. Very nice compact fight.
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 8/31/2025
Been a fan of Bengal since his first appearance in DD and of course NT from this series...killer battle page by Bags. Congrats!
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