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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 17:21:10 GMT -5
That UXM spoiler is one of the most idiotic things I've ever seen.
Bendis said "people read X-Men for the soap opera drama."
That comment alone - and now this - should result in his removal from these comics.
But he won't. Because Marvel probably thinks it's a better idea than he does,.
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Post by The Tank on Jul 30, 2014 17:39:29 GMT -5
....see, that actually sounds f***ing hysterical, but then I read what was apparently Bendis' mindset regarding it.
And now I'm right back to disliking him doing anything that's not a street-level hero.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 18:05:22 GMT -5
Sad thing is, I can see more modern fans looking back and saying "But Claremont was writing a soap opera too!" in order to defend Bendis here...
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 1, 2014 14:21:31 GMT -5
PREVIEW: Superior Spider-Man, #32
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 1, 2014 14:49:23 GMT -5
So the big reveal of Uncanny X-men #24 {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}At the JGS, She Hulk prepares the introduction, and reveals Xavier's first sin: HE MARRIED RAVEN DARKHOLME! Everyone looks stunned, save for Emma, who smiles. As She Hulk attempts to remember who Raven Darkholme is, Emma just erupts into a laughing fit. The rest of the group just glares at her. As Bobby attempts to figure out what the marraige could mean, Beast spots a Shi'ar hologram device in the will's files, and starts it up.
The book ends with a hologram of Charles alerting us of his dark secret, and the mutant that is tied to it. End of story.
{Spoiler} This is going to turn out to be alternate future Xavier-son f***ing with them somehow isn't it
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Post by denna5 on Aug 1, 2014 14:52:40 GMT -5
So I am wanting to read some more Avengers stories and am asking for recommendations. I love Hawkeye so would enjoy stories where he is featured a lot. I have read some of the very early stuff and some of Bendis avengers.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Aug 1, 2014 22:19:42 GMT -5
So I am wanting to read some more Avengers stories and am asking for recommendations. I love Hawkeye so would enjoy stories where he is featured a lot. I have read some of the very early stuff and some of Bendis avengers. -Kurt Busiek's entire run on Avengers is collected in 5 trades. perfect balance of classic Avengers with a more modern writing sensibility. there's also his Avengers Forever mini-series, which is best read as a companion piece to his Avengers run but still works pretty well on its own. -John Hickman's doing some great stuff right now. fair warning, it's very high concept and low on characterization. -Dan Slott did a criminally underrated run on Mighty Avengers that got collected across 3 trades. it had a sequel of sorts with Christos Gage's very fun Avengers Academy (which was promptly thrown out in the atrocious Avengers Arena series. f*** that book). -for my money, though, the very best Avengers story is still the early 80s Avengers Under Siege arc, where Baron Zemo and the Masters of Evil pretty much flatten the Avengers Mansion. great Avengers story and it was the ancestor to the original Thunderbolts (while you're at it, go pick up the first 3 Thunderbolts Classic trades. they also go together with Kurt Busiek's run on Avengers).
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan on Aug 1, 2014 23:47:37 GMT -5
So I am wanting to read some more Avengers stories and am asking for recommendations. I love Hawkeye so would enjoy stories where he is featured a lot. I have read some of the very early stuff and some of Bendis avengers. If you want Avengers stuff featuring Hawkeye, get your hands on pretty much anything West Coast Avengers related.
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Post by denna5 on Aug 2, 2014 13:49:54 GMT -5
Thanks, I will be sure to check those out.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 4, 2014 0:46:16 GMT -5
Grant Morrison gives his version of how MOS should've ended.
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Post by The Tank on Aug 4, 2014 12:36:55 GMT -5
You know something? That sure sounds like Grant Morrison gets Superman.
SO WHY THE HELL NOT JUST HAVE HIM ALWAYS WRITE SUPERMAN?!?!?
#StillPissedAboutNewXMenAndTheAtrocityThatWasHisBatmanWorkAlsoPrettySureThisIsTooLongOfAHashtag
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Aug 4, 2014 12:54:53 GMT -5
Good thing Spider-Woman was already featured in a porn parody, so ol' Greg Land will have plenty of material to trace from. #YeahIStillHateGregLand
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 4, 2014 13:13:35 GMT -5
You know something? That sure sounds like Grant Morrison gets Superman. SO WHY THE HELL NOT JUST HAVE HIM ALWAYS WRITE SUPERMAN?!?!? #StillPissedAboutNewXMenAndTheAtrocityThatWasHisBatmanWorkAlsoPrettySureThisIsTooLongOfAHashtag Technically that could be used as a hashtag it's only 95 characters
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Post by knightrider01 on Aug 4, 2014 16:31:37 GMT -5
You know something? That sure sounds like Grant Morrison gets Superman. SO WHY THE HELL NOT JUST HAVE HIM ALWAYS WRITE SUPERMAN?!?!? #StillPissedAboutNewXMenAndTheAtrocityThatWasHisBatmanWorkAlsoPrettySureThisIsTooLongOfAHashtag Technically that could be used as a hashtag it's only 95 characters His X-men hate I could get, but what was wrong with his Batman. Also he did do a run on Action.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Aug 4, 2014 17:36:30 GMT -5
I like New X-Men.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 17:40:05 GMT -5
Quietly and Van Sciver and Jimenez-drawn NXM? Yup. Igor Kordey-drawn NXM? *vomits* One of the worst cases of an artist ruining a writer's story in recent comic history..... (Though Grant's conclusion to his run was not very good, the rest was quite fine...)
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 5, 2014 18:48:19 GMT -5
Johns, Romita & Janson Seek to Inject Optimism Into "Superman"
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Post by Legion on Aug 5, 2014 18:49:48 GMT -5
I have no interest in Superman, but anything that keeps JRjr busy is ok by me
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Post by Citizen Snips on Aug 5, 2014 19:54:18 GMT -5
....see, that actually sounds f***ing hysterical, but then I read what was apparently Bendis' mindset regarding it. And now I'm right back to disliking him doing anything that's not a street-level hero. Seriously, just give him 2 Luke Cage books to write and leave it at that.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Aug 5, 2014 20:56:07 GMT -5
I like new Superman but JRjr. f***. He's trying. I can tell. His art for superman is leaps and bounds better than what he shat out for AvX but it's still kinda weird.
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