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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 15, 2014 14:33:16 GMT -5
hey I don't want it to happen either... but I'm just saying...
oh and I also forgot to mention Wolverine and Sue Storm destroying hte space time continuum which I don't think has really led to much... (well Galactus being sent to Ultimate Universe aside)
and probably partially why the All New can't go back.
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Post by Legion on Jul 15, 2014 15:11:18 GMT -5
Marvel are setting up for a soft reboot.
A time rewind to just before Age of Ultron.
Nothing post AoU will have happened. That's why they spent half an issue making a big point of how time got screwed. Time will reassert itself, but wont erase Marvel continuity, just reset everything.
That's why Marvel are allowing all their key characters to get mucked about with, because next years big event will reset it all.
Or that is my theory anyway
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 15, 2014 15:16:02 GMT -5
Marvel are setting up for a soft reboot. A time rewind to just before Age of Ultron. Nothing post AoU will have happened. That's why they spent half an issue making a big point of how time got screwed. Time will reassert itself, but wont erase Marvel continuity, just reset everything. That's why Marvel are allowing all their key characters to get mucked about with, because next years big event will reset it all. Or that is my theory anyway That makes more sense... than doing a full New Marvel Universe! stuff like DC (unless you know they make a new universe like the Ultimate but you know what I mean) but something is definitely building that way.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 15, 2014 15:52:05 GMT -5
For a character not considered the Big Three Spider-Man still outsells them
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 15, 2014 16:04:37 GMT -5
October's Spider-Man solicits
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AXIS: CARNAGE #1 (OF 3) RICK SPEARS (W) GERMAN PERALTA (A) Cover by ALEXANDER LOZANO AXIS tie-in! • Carnage is back in NYC and the city will never look at him the same way again! • Something incredible has happened to the symbiote serial killer in AXIS that will have Cletus and you reeling! 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
AXIS: HOBGOBLIN #1 (OF 3) Kevin Shinick (W) Javier Rodriguez (A/C) AXIS tie-in! • Roderick Kingsley, the one and only Original Hobgoblin is back in the suit (for real this time! We swear!) and back in New York with a brand new mission. • Robot Chicken writer Kevin Shinick (Superior Carnage, Superior Spider-Man Team Up) and fan favorite artist Javier Rodriguez (Daredevil) team up to bring you a Hobgoblin book unlike any you’ve ever seen! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #11 & 12 JAMES ROBINSON (W) • LEONARD KIRK (A/C) ISSUE #12 - GUEST-STARRING SPIDER-MAN…AND AN ANGRY IRON MAN? • The amazing wall-crawler pays a visit to rehabilitate his best friend...and so it begins...THE RISE OF JOHNNY STORM! Johnny has a desperate message for Ben Grimm...but will the Thing ever trust him again? Plus: Mr. Fantastic…attacked by Iron Man?! 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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Post by The Tank on Jul 15, 2014 17:29:12 GMT -5
For a character not considered the Big Three Spider-Man still outsells them Well, you have to remember, this is Quesada's Marvel. In Quesada's Marvel, those are the big 3 and Avengers is their flagship title. Nevermind that Spider-Man and X-Men were obviously the more popular franchises (and had been since...what, the 70s?) until he took charge. Nope, just need a little self-sabotage to fix that problem, IE throw together stupid crap to get their numbers low enough that Avengers becomes the top dog by default. At least, that's what the last 10 years have looked like to me.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 15, 2014 17:46:58 GMT -5
For a character not considered the Big Three Spider-Man still outsells them Well, you have to remember, this is Quesada's Marvel. In Quesada's Marvel, those are the big 3 and Avengers is their flagship title. Nevermind that Spider-Man and X-Men were obviously the more popular franchises (and had been since...what, the 70s?) until he took charge. Nope, just need a little self-sabotage to fix that problem, IE throw together stupid crap to get their numbers low enough that Avengers becomes the top dog by default. At least, that's what the last 10 years have looked like to me. I don't know about self sabatoge or anything but yeah spider-man and X-men were definitly the top titles forever. Cap, Ironman and Thor were teh B tier... it's why Marvel got to make their own movies with them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 17:50:28 GMT -5
Anybody read Outcast? I finally got to it today. Damn good first issue. Image continues to kill it.
Speaking of Image...Saga #20 was pretty crazy, as well.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 15, 2014 18:15:40 GMT -5
So Bendis Promises "Last Will and Testament" Leads to "Completely Different" X-Men Franchise
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Post by The Tank on Jul 15, 2014 18:27:01 GMT -5
Well, you have to remember, this is Quesada's Marvel. In Quesada's Marvel, those are the big 3 and Avengers is their flagship title. Nevermind that Spider-Man and X-Men were obviously the more popular franchises (and had been since...what, the 70s?) until he took charge. Nope, just need a little self-sabotage to fix that problem, IE throw together stupid crap to get their numbers low enough that Avengers becomes the top dog by default. At least, that's what the last 10 years have looked like to me. I don't know about self sabatoge or anything but yeah spider-man and X-men were definitly the top titles forever. Cap, Ironman and Thor were teh B tier... it's why Marvel got to make their own movies with them. I'm still convinced that he knew damn well what people's reaction to One More Day would be. As well as all the crap X-Men's gone through since Grant Morrison and Chuck Austen's runs.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 15, 2014 22:11:33 GMT -5
Well, you have to remember, this is Quesada's Marvel. In Quesada's Marvel, those are the big 3 and Avengers is their flagship title. Nevermind that Spider-Man and X-Men were obviously the more popular franchises (and had been since...what, the 70s?) until he took charge. Nope, just need a little self-sabotage to fix that problem, IE throw together stupid crap to get their numbers low enough that Avengers becomes the top dog by default. At least, that's what the last 10 years have looked like to me. I don't know about self sabatoge or anything but yeah spider-man and X-men were definitly the top titles forever. Cap, Ironman and Thor were teh B tier... it's why Marvel got to make their own movies with them. actually, according to my friend who runs the LCS X-men in general's been in a bit of a decline over the last several years in terms of sales.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 15, 2014 22:13:31 GMT -5
I don't know about self sabatoge or anything but yeah spider-man and X-men were definitly the top titles forever. Cap, Ironman and Thor were teh B tier... it's why Marvel got to make their own movies with them. I'm still convinced that he knew damn well what people's reaction to One More Day would be. As well as all the crap X-Men's gone through since Grant Morrison and Chuck Austen's runs. Grant Morrison's run was brilliant. I think if more people would actually read it instead of whining about Magneto actually being a bad guy for onnce they'd actually really appreciate what he did. lord knows it was more fresh than "re-visit the same plotlines from 20 years ago ad nauseum and leave it all a tangled mess".
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Post by knightrider01 on Jul 15, 2014 22:38:52 GMT -5
I'm still convinced that he knew damn well what people's reaction to One More Day would be. As well as all the crap X-Men's gone through since Grant Morrison and Chuck Austen's runs. Grant Morrison's run was brilliant. I think if more people would actually read it instead of whining about Magneto actually being a bad guy for onnce they'd actually really appreciate what he did. lord knows it was more fresh than "re-visit the same plotlines from 20 years ago ad nauseum and leave it all a tangled mess". You mean like moving the X-men away from the same story and plot points that everyone seems to use over and over again. While bringing the mutant population in the 21st century with its own culture. Who the hell would want that, more Days of Future Past please. Also speaking of Morrison, I got his Invisibles omnibus a few weeks ago and still haven't finished it yet. But yeah, I'm not saying that the Matrix ripped it off, but there is alot of similarities.
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Post by The Tank on Jul 15, 2014 23:59:57 GMT -5
I'm still convinced that he knew damn well what people's reaction to One More Day would be. As well as all the crap X-Men's gone through since Grant Morrison and Chuck Austen's runs. Grant Morrison's run was brilliant. I think if more people would actually read it instead of whining about Magneto actually being a bad guy for onnce they'd actually really appreciate what he did. lord knows it was more fresh than "re-visit the same plotlines from 20 years ago ad nauseum and leave it all a tangled mess". SINCE Grant Morrison's run. We're not having this argument again, Baldo.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 16, 2014 6:21:47 GMT -5
Grant Morrison's run was brilliant. I think if more people would actually read it instead of whining about Magneto actually being a bad guy for onnce they'd actually really appreciate what he did. lord knows it was more fresh than "re-visit the same plotlines from 20 years ago ad nauseum and leave it all a tangled mess". SINCE Grant Morrison's run. We're not having this argument again, Baldo. SINCE then? okay yeah then I agree. I pinpoint him leaving as the moment the franchise started falling apart. not because he left per se, but because after him Marvel went out of its way to restore most of the previouw status quo and the narrative became a confusing mess that can't keep consistent for more than a year or so. also, Thunderbolts is getting cancelled. about damn time, maybe now it can go back to being a book with actual Thunderbolts.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jul 16, 2014 10:32:07 GMT -5
Apparently, there'll be a new Marvel comic featuring a "classic hero" announced tonight on the Colbert Report. Given the program it's being announced on, I'm betting it'll be the comic featuring the new Cap.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 16, 2014 10:44:37 GMT -5
Since Colbert has / had a Cap Shield on the wall probably.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2014 10:48:44 GMT -5
Since Colbert has / had a Cap Shield on the wall probably. That and he is insanely patriotic so that would be good material for the show as well.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 16, 2014 13:38:48 GMT -5
Seems like another boring issue of Original Sin
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jul 16, 2014 16:54:55 GMT -5
Ok, this might just be a coincidence but I thought I would throw this up here anyways - {Spoiler}{Spoiler} Congratulation fan, we're now a reference in a Marvel comic book.
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