Elektra in Elektra: The Hand
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:30 pm
I have a question about Elektra: The Hand by Akira Yoshida, which I just read for the first time. There, Elektra has apparently been resurrected by the Hand and is told the Hand's history prior to her joining them (although it's expressly noted that she will have 'free will' and not be in thrall to them).
In the current project, Elektra's appearances for Elektra: The Hand (EL:HAND 1, 5) are placed right after her resurrection in DD 190, and just prior to her return in Fall From Grace in DD 322:
ELEKTRA/ELEKTRA NATCHIOS
...
DD 181
DD 190
* EL:HAND 1
EL:HAND 2-BTS
EL:HAND 3-BTS
EL:HAND 4-BTS
EL:HAND 5
DD 322
...
[large gap]
...
EL2 35
W3 20
W3 21
W3 23
W3 24
W3 26 (1 - 13)
ACADX 13 (13:5)
W3 26 (14 - 23)
W3 27 (1 - 13&14:1)
IRRANT 2-FB
W3 27 (13&14:2 - 23)
W3 29
W3 30
* W3 31
* MA 16-FB
SECINV 8-FB
A:I 19
DR:EL 1
...
What I'm wondering is, wouldn't it make more sense to place Elektra's appearances some time after (or maybe during) her appearances in the Wolverine: Enemy of the State storyline (W3 20-31)? As I'm sure everyone knows, Stone of the Chaste resurrected Elektra in DD 190, so why would she even be with the Hand (let alone resurrected by them) right after?
I haven't read all of the Wolverine: Enemy of the State stories (I only have the first Tpb which goes up to W3 25), and unfortunately Wikipedia didn't really clarify matters, so I'm not sure precisely where to fit her appearance, but I do know that in that storyline, Elektra disappears while fighting the Hand (including their assassin, Gorgon) for SHIELD (this is during the period when the Hand is mentally controlling Wolverine); at some point thereafter, she pops up as the head of the Hand in New Avengers (just prior to Secret Invasion), although it's later revealed (in MA 16-FB) that the Skrulls switched her out some time in the interim.
marvel.wikia.com also notes as follows: "The Hand, under Gorgon, attacked both Wolverine and Elektra, placing them in their service. Elektra assumed control of the Hand. [citation needed]"
The issues Elektra: The Hand were dated 2004/11 to 2005/02. W3 25 (from Enemy of the State) was dated 2005/04, so they're at least in the same neighborhood. The site marvunapp listed her appearance as occurring after the Enemy of the State storyline:
ELEKTRA (Elektra Natchios) - ninja, former lover of Daredevil, father killed by terrorists, rejected by the Chaste, corrupted by the Hand, former assassin for Kingpin, killed by Bullseye, resurrected and purified by the Chaste and Daredevil.
Master of armed + unarmed combat
EPSILON, LITTLE AMBER (I#4, D#4, M, OH: DD, ME, net)�Daredevil I#168 ... 169,174-181"d" 190("d") Elek:Ass#1-8, DD#319,320,324,325... E 35, Wolverine III#20-25, 26-31, Elektra: The Hand, Daredevil II#77-80, [88]
Unfortunately, I haven't read W3 26-31 so I'm not quite sure exactly where to fit her appearance in Elektra: The Hand; it might be immediately after W3 31, or it might be at some point in between W3 25-W3 31.
Comments or corrections would be appreciated. If anyone has W3 26-31, please help clarify.
In the current project, Elektra's appearances for Elektra: The Hand (EL:HAND 1, 5) are placed right after her resurrection in DD 190, and just prior to her return in Fall From Grace in DD 322:
ELEKTRA/ELEKTRA NATCHIOS
...
DD 181
DD 190
* EL:HAND 1
EL:HAND 2-BTS
EL:HAND 3-BTS
EL:HAND 4-BTS
EL:HAND 5
DD 322
...
[large gap]
...
EL2 35
W3 20
W3 21
W3 23
W3 24
W3 26 (1 - 13)
ACADX 13 (13:5)
W3 26 (14 - 23)
W3 27 (1 - 13&14:1)
IRRANT 2-FB
W3 27 (13&14:2 - 23)
W3 29
W3 30
* W3 31
* MA 16-FB
SECINV 8-FB
A:I 19
DR:EL 1
...
What I'm wondering is, wouldn't it make more sense to place Elektra's appearances some time after (or maybe during) her appearances in the Wolverine: Enemy of the State storyline (W3 20-31)? As I'm sure everyone knows, Stone of the Chaste resurrected Elektra in DD 190, so why would she even be with the Hand (let alone resurrected by them) right after?
I haven't read all of the Wolverine: Enemy of the State stories (I only have the first Tpb which goes up to W3 25), and unfortunately Wikipedia didn't really clarify matters, so I'm not sure precisely where to fit her appearance, but I do know that in that storyline, Elektra disappears while fighting the Hand (including their assassin, Gorgon) for SHIELD (this is during the period when the Hand is mentally controlling Wolverine); at some point thereafter, she pops up as the head of the Hand in New Avengers (just prior to Secret Invasion), although it's later revealed (in MA 16-FB) that the Skrulls switched her out some time in the interim.
marvel.wikia.com also notes as follows: "The Hand, under Gorgon, attacked both Wolverine and Elektra, placing them in their service. Elektra assumed control of the Hand. [citation needed]"
The issues Elektra: The Hand were dated 2004/11 to 2005/02. W3 25 (from Enemy of the State) was dated 2005/04, so they're at least in the same neighborhood. The site marvunapp listed her appearance as occurring after the Enemy of the State storyline:
ELEKTRA (Elektra Natchios) - ninja, former lover of Daredevil, father killed by terrorists, rejected by the Chaste, corrupted by the Hand, former assassin for Kingpin, killed by Bullseye, resurrected and purified by the Chaste and Daredevil.
Master of armed + unarmed combat
EPSILON, LITTLE AMBER (I#4, D#4, M, OH: DD, ME, net)�Daredevil I#168 ... 169,174-181"d" 190("d") Elek:Ass#1-8, DD#319,320,324,325... E 35, Wolverine III#20-25, 26-31, Elektra: The Hand, Daredevil II#77-80, [88]
Unfortunately, I haven't read W3 26-31 so I'm not quite sure exactly where to fit her appearance in Elektra: The Hand; it might be immediately after W3 31, or it might be at some point in between W3 25-W3 31.
Comments or corrections would be appreciated. If anyone has W3 26-31, please help clarify.