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Sketch — new supervillain [spoiler]

Added 2017-05-14 19:20:01 +0000 UTC

Spoilers below, so scroll with caution.

This week, a new supervillain is added to the Evil Inc storyline — Sobek-Ra. He's based on the Egyptian god, Sobek. From TourEgypt :

His worship lasted till Roman times, the people of Egypt worshiping him to gain his protection and strength, or reviling him and killing the crocodiles of the area because of the evil that they could do. To his worshipers, he was a god who created the Nile, a god of fertility and rebirth, and the symbolic strength of the ruler of Egypt.

Sobek-Ra was a later incarnation, in which Sobek was joined with Ra, the sun god.

[spoilers below]

Sobek-Ra enters the current storyline as a potential client for the Evil Inc Fairmount branch. He has big plans and could potentially be convinced to make some major purchases.

That's where Catnip comes in. Whereas the other Evil Inc supervillains specialize in departments (Miss Match works in Schemes and Plans, Iron Dragon handles Surreal Estate, and so on)... Catnip is the equivalent of a traveling salesperson. She goes out into the field and pitches Evil Inc goods and services, drumming up business for the entire crew.

But Catnip and Sobek-Ra have a past. Just how deep does it go? All we know is that they were once in a very romantic relationship. And it didn't end well.

So Catnip will not be able to make this sales call.

Miss Match will be chosen for the task. It will be up to her to bring home a big commitment from the Egyptian god of fertility and rebirth.

Could this be a new complication in the Unspoken Thing* between her and Captain Heroic?

Stay 'tooned.

*We saw GOTG2 last night. I enjoyed it.