Turd Ferguson
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Jul 3, 2012 8:37:45 GMT -5
I was hoping that Joker had switched places with Gordon.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 3, 2012 8:41:14 GMT -5
I have my doubts that that picture's supposed to be a team. it looks more like a teaser for multiple different books.
2 things though; why is Nick Fury black now? seriously I like Ultimate Fury and all but I'll be pissed if Marvel tosses away classic Nick Fury just to gain a few casuals. that said, it may just be a "tease multiple different stories we're doing in one picture" thing, so I'm going to wait and see. that said I've been avoiding Marvel's bigger titles for a while now for precisely that kind of thing. and if that's Jeph Loeb's son as Nova well the sooner he gets fridged the better. seriously I am sick and tired of that guy bringing up his personal grief to the detriment of established characters. I know it sounds mean, but I feel like "AAARGH MY SON IS DEAD AND IF YOU WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE ME THEN f*** YOU WORLD!" is the only thing Loeb even cares about anymore. if that's true he needs to go away.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jul 3, 2012 8:47:34 GMT -5
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Post by Legion on Jul 3, 2012 8:49:00 GMT -5
Apparently the Nova is indeed Sam Alexander, the ersatz Loeb son Nova. I will not buy any book that character appears in in protest.
As for Nick Jr, he is black because in a series following Fear Itself Marvel brought in a black guy and revealed he was Nick Fury's long lost son. During the course of the 6 issue mini series (Battle Scars) this new guy loses his hair, loses an eye and discovers that his real name is actually Nick Fury.
At the end of the event, proper Nick Fury retires, and Samuel L Fury II joins SHIELD, recruited, amusingly, by the comic version of Agent Caulson. It would appear he then gets a super promotion as in this image he's wearing the Commander Rogers head of SHIELD uniform.
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Legion
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Post by Legion on Jul 3, 2012 8:52:17 GMT -5
20 new titles!!! Well.....yeah, that could be cool. Depends what they all are. Roll on comic-con, I need a list!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2012 8:53:11 GMT -5
Apparently the Nova is indeed Sam Alexander, the ersatz Loeb son Nova. I will not buy any book that character appears in in protest. As for Nick Jr, he is black because in a series following Fear Itself Marvel brought in a black guy and revealed he was Nick Fury's long lost son. During the course of the 6 issue mini series (Battle Scars) this new guy loses his hair, loses an eye and discovers that his real name is actually Nick Fury. At the end of the event, proper Nick Fury retires, and Samuel L Fury II joins SHIELD, recruited, amusingly, by the comic version of Agent Caulson. It would appear he then gets a super promotion as in this image he's wearing the Commander Rogers head of SHIELD uniform. This all makes me oh so very sad. But Synder has his hands on Joker! OH YEAH!!!!! <jumps into the air as the film freezes and the music kicks in>
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jul 3, 2012 8:53:43 GMT -5
Apparently the Nova is indeed Sam Alexander, the ersatz Loeb son Nova. I will not buy any book that character appears in in protest. As for Nick Jr, he is black because in a series following Fear Itself Marvel brought in a black guy and revealed he was Nick Fury's long lost son. During the course of the 6 issue mini series (Battle Scars) this new guy loses his hair, loses an eye and discovers that his real name is actually Nick Fury. At the end of the event, proper Nick Fury retires, and Samuel L Fury II joins SHIELD, recruited, amusingly, by the comic version of Agent Caulson. It would appear he then gets a super promotion as in this image he's wearing the Commander Rogers head of SHIELD uniform. Isn't that Nova the same one from Ultimate Spider-Man?
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Post by Legion on Jul 3, 2012 9:02:33 GMT -5
Yes.
Loeb infects everything
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2012 9:05:20 GMT -5
Has Loeb written anything even tolerable since Hush? And even thats slightly debatable as it purely took several of the 'dream/big' storylines available to Batman and crammed them all in so as to render them completely pointless.
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Post by Legion on Jul 3, 2012 9:19:31 GMT -5
Nothing that has been well received, except maybe Red Hulk, which is generally disliked by the comic book world equivalent of smarks, but seems to be liked by a wider audience as the character appears quite popular
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jul 3, 2012 9:38:57 GMT -5
Maybe, it's the first few years of Rulk where he was a nigh-invulnerable villain sue character that KO'd the Watcher of all people that soured him for comic fans. Once that characterization disappeared, I think he got better.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jul 3, 2012 10:43:42 GMT -5
Nothing that has been well received, except maybe Red Hulk, which is generally disliked by the comic book world equivalent of smarks, but seems to be liked by a wider audience as the character appears quite popular Thing is, Red Hulk, when written by anybody BUT Loeb, actually gets pretty readable. Not a perfect character, but entertaining enough. When Loeb's got the pen, though.....things get sketchy.
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan on Jul 3, 2012 11:02:06 GMT -5
Following from the image, we get some information on some new books and some new creative teams, comments in bold are mine: Uncanny Avengers: (oct 2012) written by [Rick ]Remender. It is going to be the new flagship marvel title and will have among others Cap, Thor, Wolvy, Rogue and Havok in it and both sides will still have some AVX tension. I've gone off Remender, he seems to kill people off every time he writes a book and an X-Men infused Avengers is something I'm totally against. I've always prefered when X-Men stayed in their little bubbleAvengers (dec 2012): Bi weekly with more then 18 avengers on the team. Written by [Jonathan] Hickman with one shot stories and longer galaxy spanning multi-issue arcs This'll be my new favourite book. I'm not sure Hickman can do anything wrong, and the idea of him doing galaxy spanning arcs makes me tingle because a Hickman cosmic story that isnt focussed on the crappy lost Summers brother will likely be great Wow. I was hoping that Bendis leaving the Avengers would lead to good things, but this Uncanny Avengers business just sounds horrible. I may give the main Avengers title a try, though, depending upon which Avengers are in it.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jul 3, 2012 11:33:16 GMT -5
"Uncanny Avengers"? I guess "Mighty X-Men" didn't sound too good.
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Post by Legion on Jul 3, 2012 13:29:15 GMT -5
Side note, is anyone playing the Facebook Avengers game?
It's incredibly addictive!
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Post by doel on Jul 3, 2012 14:05:00 GMT -5
Anyone read Super Dinosaur? It's written by Robert Kirkman. Thinking of ordering Vol 1 but looking CBR and Image comics fans boards i haven't heard too much about the first 5 issues which are in Volume 1.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jul 3, 2012 17:07:33 GMT -5
So uh.... is Bendis on Uncanny X-Men or just the X-Men title or both?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 3, 2012 17:14:42 GMT -5
Nothing that has been well received, except maybe Red Hulk, which is generally disliked by the comic book world equivalent of smarks, but seems to be liked by a wider audience as the character appears quite popular about Red Hulk, yes and no. Jeph Loeb's run on Hulk was hated by pretty much everyone, largely because of Red Hulk. he got more likeable later, but that was after Jeff Parker started writing the character and Brian Bendis started using him in Avengers. so Red Hulk is liked now, but Jeph Loeb has nothing to do with it.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 3, 2012 18:18:57 GMT -5
So, what exactly was the point of spending several years turning Richard Rider from one of the New Warriors into one of the most awesome characters in the entire universe if you're just going to kill him off to let Loeb continue to grieve for his son? Couldn't they just have created a new character for that? ONE THAT WASN'T RICHARD RIDER?!?!?!
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Post by Legion on Jul 3, 2012 18:20:37 GMT -5
So, what exactly was the point of spending several years turning Richard Rider from one of the New Warriors into one of the most awesome characters in the entire universe if you're just going to kill him off to let Loeb continue to grieve for his son? Couldn't they just have created a new character for that? ONE THAT WASN'T RICHARD RIDER?!?!?! But his journey was over, blah blah, he died a hero, blah blah, new characters are fun, blah blah, this one has cross over appeal to kids, blah blah. I'm gonna miss Rich too
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