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Post by The Tank on Jul 23, 2010 21:08:33 GMT -5
Squirral Girl was suggested at the panal, along with Northstar and Molly from Runaways. Oh, and Woodgod. .............can we please go back to the early part of the decade where Northstar wasn't a joke and Runaways.....well, existed? Things were better back then.
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Post by anticonscience on Jul 23, 2010 21:09:34 GMT -5
Well Squirrel Girl is not doing anything right now since in this week's Age of heroes #3 she quit the GLA and decided to go off on her own
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2010 21:10:27 GMT -5
Zombie Carnage!
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Post by Legion on Jul 23, 2010 21:13:07 GMT -5
Squirral Girl was suggested at the panal, along with Northstar and Molly from Runaways. Oh, and Woodgod. .............can we please go back to the early part of the decade where Northstar wasn't a joke and Runaways.....well, existed? Things were better back then. There was a time when Northstar wasn't a joke!?
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Post by Legion on Jul 23, 2010 21:17:30 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan on Jul 23, 2010 21:50:44 GMT -5
Bendis just needs to go away. Seeing his name on the comic's cover is like a reminder that things can go to hell at any moment. what about Ultimate Spider-man? that's a great book. Bendis is a good writer, he just gets put on books that his writing talents don't cater to at all. the only problem I have is that he actually thinks he IS capable of writing Avengers when he clearly isn't. oh well, at least we still have those classic Kurt Busiek issues. Okay, that was a good book, and I was actually in the process of buying the trades when Bendis' playtime with the Avengers turned me off of comics for a few years. So, I now amend my sentiment to Bendis just needs to stay away from the 616-universe books, particularly if they in any way deal with the Avengers.
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan on Jul 23, 2010 22:01:37 GMT -5
-1.) Red Hulk joins The Avengers as of issue 7 (that'll be me dropping the book) - this issue will also feature the return of the Illuminati - 2.) Some isnt making it out of the New Avengers magic arc intact (assuming Voodoo is dying so strange can have his title back) -3.) Bendis has to defend Spiderwoman on the team over Carol Danvers ALOT -4.) Steve Rogers is going to be popping up all over the place -5.) Quesada says expect lots of humour coming up as it is 'at the root of the Marvel universe' -6.) Quesada praises DnA for Cosmic Marvel, but thinks it is time to lets others into the sandbox to play -7.) Bendis is looking for a super powered nanny for Jess and Luke -8.) suggestions to him via his website please -9.) Spiderman and Maria Hill are going to have a 'moment' (no word on what sort of moment though) -10.) Quesada says Marvel backs digital, but wants you to go buy the books, it helps them survive and gives more money to the right people (this got a laugh) -11.) Fraction's Thor run will be Kirby inspired Thor in space - but dont expect any Beta Ray Bill -12.) JRjr is enjoying working with Bendis and has NO intention of leaving -13.) Runaways question got side stepped - book is 'on hiatus' and no news on its return. Here are my thoughts, in order: 1.) I haven't read any of the Red Hulk stuff, but from everything I've heard... this sounds like its going to suck hard. 2.) As long as Luke Cage is on the New Avengers team, I don't care what happens to it. 3.) As well he should, frankly. 4.) I'm definitely cool with this, though they need to give him his shield back. 5.) I... am not sure how I feel about that. 6.) I have no idea what/who DnA is. I'm too lacking in funds right now to read the cosmic stuff. 7.) Huh... I have an idea for this one. 8.) Orphanmaker is my suggestion. 9.) ...eh? Isn't he basically a kid again, or something? 10.) I agree. Even with increased prices, I'm still determined to pick up actual books rather than that online stuff. 11.) Could be cool. 12.) Isn't so ool. 13.) Meh. Never read it, so I don't really are. All in all, there seems to be a lot more bad news than good, in my opinion.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jul 23, 2010 22:43:01 GMT -5
I'll deal with these in order:
1)God dammit. Are Bendis, Quesada, and Romita TRYING to see how hard they can make this book suck?
2)Someone has to die? Okay, I can buy that. Just don't make it Voodoo. He's way too cool a character to kill off.
3)This, I actually don't have a problem with. I like Spiderwoman.
4)You mean he wasn't already? Seriously, no need to fill us in on the status quo.
5) This, could be good, or could be bad. Not sure. Hard to say that humor is the "root" of the Marvel universe, but whatever, as long as it's not a full on 180 turn into haha land.
6)I don't bother with Cosmic Marvel, so this doesn't affect me.
7)Weird, but I guess it's at least a justifiable weird. It'll probably wind up being Tigra or Hellcat.
8)A "moment"? As long as it's less of a romantic moment, and more of a "you're a miserable excuse for a two dimensional character, Hill", then I'm fine with it. If it's a "romantic tension" moment, then boo!
9)Again, doesn't affect me, I don't deal with the digital stuff.
10)Could be interesting. Hard to say, honestly. No Bill might be a deal killer, though.
11)God dammit.
12)Kinda sucks they apparently won't be back, but since I was only a casual fan of the series, it only barely affects me.
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Post by Michael Coello on Jul 23, 2010 22:55:53 GMT -5
Not really about comics, but we also talk about the animated stuff sometimes, too. Plus, I think some of it's already affecting some comics right now.
Talk about the new Young Justice show. It's actually more mature than I thought it'd be. I thought it would be like Teen Titans, but it's trying to be more like JLU. Especially will all the people they're gonna introduce over time. It's also suppose to deal with living as a teen whyile being a superhero, so dealing with school and growing hormones and sex, blah blah blah. And some people are probably gonna get killed off before the end.
Gotta say, the art style is pretty cool. Think it's the same as most of the recent DCAU movies. Also, I think I saw Mary Marvel on one sheet, so she will probably show up.
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Post by Legion on Jul 24, 2010 7:58:57 GMT -5
I like the look of Young Justice, even if Blackqulad is a poor excuse to get multicultural people into the series (and his introduction into mainstream DC already screams 'will be rammed down throats until you like him damnit')
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 24, 2010 8:11:32 GMT -5
really? Red Hulk? I hope that's a joke. he's the only character in comics more obnoxious than Supermanboy-Prime.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2010 8:50:18 GMT -5
Y'know after thinking about it maybe Red Hulk could be okay
I mean he's away from Loeb which means he can only get better
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Post by Legion on Jul 24, 2010 9:36:54 GMT -5
That character can't get better.
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Post by Psicosis Auto Theft on Jul 24, 2010 12:32:28 GMT -5
Well Marvel you've driven me back to DC. I'm most upset about Marvel cancelling Gaurdians of the Galaxy. So I didn't over react back in volume 4 of this thread after all.
I really LOVE what DnA has done for Cosmic Marvel. I'll the new writers a try but I'm treading carefully and I'll be critical at that.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 24, 2010 16:36:04 GMT -5
as long as they keep Jeph Loeb and Mark Millar and their gore porn as far away from it as possible I'm more than willing to give it a chance. Christos Gage did some good work in the War of Kings tie-ins.
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Post by Legion on Jul 25, 2010 10:22:38 GMT -5
I'd imagine Loeb is out of the picture, as surely he is busy with his new TV role.
There was no news on the Van Lente Avengers title launching in November - that would tie in with the end of the Thanos story, so it's possible that will be Cosmic Avengers I suppose.....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2010 10:23:53 GMT -5
So if Loeb's gone who takes over Hulk?
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Post by The Tank on Jul 25, 2010 10:50:22 GMT -5
So if Loeb's gone who takes over Hulk? Jeff Parker. ...which gives me hope already. His Exiles run was phenomenal...even if it got cancelled 6 issues in due to sales never recovering from the plague that is Claremont. And outside of Loeb's hands, Rulk just might get better. I mean, in the hands of a competent writer, Thunderbolt Ross as a Hulk would be an incredible story. ......then again, it's a pretty big stretch calling Bendis "competent" when he's not writing an Ultimate book.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 25, 2010 11:47:06 GMT -5
That character can't get better. Throwing him into the Galactus Engine might work.
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Post by The Tank on Jul 25, 2010 14:07:46 GMT -5
So I've got an idea for a discussion that might be interesting.
Name the one character you can think of that died and came back...but should have stayed dead. (And try for a "real" reason, not just because you don't like the character.)
For me, simple answer: Colossus. Dude sacrificed his life willingly after literally losing everything. His parents = dead. Both siblings = dead. He'd been driven to lose faith in both approaches to "The Dream", because following Xavier and Magneto virtually made no progress. So he went out doing something noble, and sacrificed himself to cure the Legacy Virus, the mutant equivalent of cancer.
Let me state that last part again with a bit of extra emphasis...
HE KILLED HIMSELF TO CURE CANCER!!!
...and he gets dragged back from the dead so Joss Whedon's Kitty/BuffyLite has someone to f***. Totally ignoring the fact that they'd been broken up for over a decade at the time of his death.
And since then......try and find something of significance he's done. Let me save you some time: you can't, because it doesn't exist. He has done JACK S*** since being brought back to life.
*facepalm*
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