Line #3 ComicBook/TheCrew2003


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3	''The Crew'' was a Creator/MarvelComics series from 2003, written by ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] and ComicBook/IronFist'' and ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' writer Creator/{{Christopher Priest\|comics}}. A pet project of his, which sadly was cancelled before the first issue was even released. The seven published issues make up the first story arc, ''Big Trouble In Little Mogadishu.''
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5	''The Crew'' takes place in Brooklyn, between the mean streets of Little Mogadishu, or the Mog, and the gated community of Princeton Walk. Four men, all of whom have lost family in some way, come together initially for reasons of their own, and the series would have been about their gradual personal evolution. The Crew consisted of:
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7	** [[ComicBook/WarMachine James "Rhodey" Rhodes]], formerly Iron Man and War Machine. He comes to the Mog to investigate after his sister is killed by the 66 Bridges Gang.
8	** Danny "Junta" Vincent, a freelance intelligence agent and con man.
9	** Kasper "White Tiger" Cole, an NYPD cop who was briefly the ComicBook/BlackPanther.
10	** Josiah al hajj Saddiq, or Josiah X, or Justice, and former ''actual'' Black Panther. He is a Muslim minister and the son of Isaiah Bradley, the legendary "Black ComicBook/CaptainAmerica" from WWII. He carries Isaiah's shield.
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12	Christopher Priest remains somewhat bitter over the series' cancellation, which he suspects was due to it being viewed as a [[MinorityShowGhetto "ghetto book".]]
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14	As part of ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel, a new group of heroes consisting of ComicBook/LukeCage, [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]], ComicBook/{{Storm\|MarvelComics}}, and [[ComicBook/SecretWarriors Manifold]] were gathered by Black Panther to combat evidence of outside influences fueling dissent in Wakanda. Luke Cage described the group as "The Crew." In 2017, as part of the ''ComicBook/MarvelNOW2016'' initiative, a new team book was released called ''Black Panther and The Crew'', continuing the adventures of this team, though it too was hit with cancellation after its first arc.
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16	Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/TheCrew2014 the racing video game]] or [[Film/TheCrew2000 the comedy film]].
17	!!''The Crew'' contained examples of:
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21	* AntiHero: Junta only gets involved with Rhodey's plan in order to salvage his own efforts to get back into the NSA.
22	* TheAtoner: Josiah threw himself into activism and charity as a way of atoning for supposedly accidentally killing his teacher when he was a kid. [[spoiler:He later finds out that he didn't actually kill her; she was just knocked out and he was too young to realize that she was still breathing.]]
23	* BadassFamily: Josiah X's father was Isaiah Bradley, the only survivor of a group of African-American [=GIs=] given an experimental form of the Super-Soldier Serum in WWII. Josiah's nephew Elijah Bradley is Patriot of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers.
24	* BroughtDownToBadass: Rhodes is working without any powered armour.
25	* CainAndAbel: The 66 Bridges Gang is being run by [[spoiler:Triage, Kasper's half-brother.]]
26	* ChangedMyMindKid: During the final battle, [[spoiler:Kasper throws away his shot at a huge arrest in order to help Josiah rescue civilians.]]
27	* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Not visually, but Priest described Josiah as "Creator/DenzelWashington in Film/MalcolmX" and Kasper as "Creator/DenzelWashington in ''Film/TrainingDay''."
28	* DisposableWoman: Rhodes' sister is killed by the 66 Bridges Gang in the first issue, prompting him to come to The Mog.
29	* JewishMother: Kasper has a Jewish mom, and there's a running gag of her calling him up at the worst possible times to nag him.
30	* OlderThanTheyLook: Josiah was born in the fifties, but thanks to the super-soldier serum running through his veins, he looks to be in his thirties.
31	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Kasper's primary motivation for becoming a superhero is to find some big crime that he can bust in order to raise his profile as a cop and get promoted.
32	* ProperlyParanoid: Josiah's biological mother had him sent away as a child because she feared that if the government found him, they would not allow him to live free.
33	* PutOnABus[=/=]OutOfFocus[=/=]WhatHappenedToTheMouse: This was pretty much the last major appearance for Kasper Cole. After that, he was only every seen as a voiceless cameo in the infrequent crowd shot, and it didn't take long for even that to stop happening.
34	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: One former big-league superhero, one moonlighting cop, one Muslim minister and a spy with his own agenda team up to take down an influential gang.
35	* SuperheroPackingHeat: Kasper Cole.
36	* VillainousGentrification: In ''Black Panther and The Crew'', [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'challa]] uncovers a gentrification scheme by HYDRA targeting Harlem. Not only do they intend to move the old residents out, but are working alongside a business manufacturing robot cops and have laced the new buildings with devices meant to increase anger in the residents and encourage racial riots. But they couldn't resist [[ShapedLikeWhatItSells building all their new complexes in the shape of the HYDRA logo when seen from above]].

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