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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Nov 14, 2014 14:33:28 GMT -5
Falcon-Cap acting like a dick in Axis is even made all the more weird with the release of his own solo comic's first issue this week, wherein he's just positively heroic. They aren't happening at the same time. True, but the release timing is a bit odd. Though, I suppose if one isn't at ease with Captain Falcon being an asshole in Axis, they can just ignore that and pick up All-New Captain America instead.
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Post by Talent Name on Nov 14, 2014 16:13:53 GMT -5
They aren't happening at the same time. True, but the release timing is a bit odd. Though, I suppose if one isn't at ease with Captain Falcon being an asshole in Axis, they can just ignore that and pick up All-New Captain America instead. Honestly this is why Marvel needs a reboot. Forever Evil took over story lines in DC, the titles involved were about the arc unlike Axis. I really have come around to DC lately mostly for the fact I actually know what the hell is going on. I was so confused about what was going on in Uncanny Avengers I gave up on it
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Nov 14, 2014 16:33:37 GMT -5
True, but the release timing is a bit odd. Though, I suppose if one isn't at ease with Captain Falcon being an asshole in Axis, they can just ignore that and pick up All-New Captain America instead. Honestly this is why Marvel needs a reboot. Forever Evil took over story lines in DC, the titles involved were about the arc unlike Axis. I really have come around to DC lately mostly for the fact I actually know what the hell is going on. I was so confused about what was going on in Uncanny Avengers I gave up on it not every Book was taken over by Forever Evil. (save for the villains month they did) Forever Evil took place pretty much entirely in it's own books. Every main title book save for those with the Forever Evil logo on it went on as normal.
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Post by Talent Name on Nov 14, 2014 16:58:47 GMT -5
Honestly this is why Marvel needs a reboot. Forever Evil took over story lines in DC, the titles involved were about the arc unlike Axis. I really have come around to DC lately mostly for the fact I actually know what the hell is going on. I was so confused about what was going on in Uncanny Avengers I gave up on it not every Book was taken over by Forever Evil. (save for the villains month they did) Forever Evil took place pretty much entirely in it's own books. Every main title book save for those with the Forever Evil logo on it went on as normal. I knew that but you have Axis taking place while other issues are going on. That is what I noticed that if it wasn't involved with Forever Evil it had its own story. Old Marvel use to do that let you know what issues were event tie ins or had arcs involved with that. Like new Marvel it seems like every comic is affected
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Post by andrew8798 on Nov 18, 2014 16:54:04 GMT -5
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Post by Legion on Nov 18, 2014 17:07:16 GMT -5
True, but the release timing is a bit odd. Though, I suppose if one isn't at ease with Captain Falcon being an asshole in Axis, they can just ignore that and pick up All-New Captain America instead. Honestly this is why Marvel needs a reboot. Forever Evil took over story lines in DC, the titles involved were about the arc unlike Axis. I really have come around to DC lately mostly for the fact I actually know what the hell is going on. I was so confused about what was going on in Uncanny Avengers I gave up on it A reboot wont help bad editing and money grabbing. That's Marvel's current big two problems. Editors who have forgotten what their jobs are and upper management who (and granted as a business understandably) want all the money.
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Post by The Tank on Nov 18, 2014 17:09:08 GMT -5
Yeah, can we just get the books being better without resetting all continuity?
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Post by andrew8798 on Nov 19, 2014 20:02:23 GMT -5
Axis #6 {Spoiler}- The inverted X-men make an announcement that they're going to start killing anyone who opposes them, and it's revealed that they're only a few hours away from having a gene bomb that will kill anyone without an X-gene. - Mystique goes to plead with the X-men to stop what they're doing, but is attacked by Rogue and Nightcrawler. She's saved by Sabertooth, and the two of them escape though the Morlock tunnels. - Tony Stark is still partying it up with the extremis-enhanced citizens of San Francisco. Daredevil crashes the party, scolds him for drinking and tells him he's started a crime wave. Tony replies that it's capitalism in action. The two of them fight, and he throws Daredevil off of a terrace. - Doom comes clean to his people, and declares Latveria a democracy just in time for Scarlet Witch to show up and attack. He protects his citizens from her, and is rescued by Quicksilver and Magneto at the last minute. She turns on all three of them. - Loki catches up to Thor, who is drunk and gambling after robbing a casino. They argue. Loki tells Thor that he loves him, and refuses to fight when it turns violent... and lets Thor beat the ever-loving piss out of him. He's saved by Spiderman before things get too ugly though. - Spiderman, Nomad, and Steve Rogers catch Loki up; they've already brought together a team of inverted villains to try and fix things, but together they've only got an hour to stop the X-Men before they use the bomb. Terrible
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 20:21:35 GMT -5
How in the everloving hell do the X-Men come back from this in the eyes of the Marvel Universe population??
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 20:29:49 GMT -5
What the hell is happening?
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Nov 19, 2014 21:01:25 GMT -5
I don't understand ANY PART of this Axis thing.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 21:08:42 GMT -5
I don't understand ANY PART of this Axis thing. They've all "inverted," thanks to some Red Skull mindtrickery or something. The good guys are very deceitful & selfish or just flat out evil, while bad guys are suddenly very good intentioned (though I'm sure they have their own definitions of "good intentions" that will end up being terrifying or weirdly skewed). But they are going to incredible extremes with some of these inversions - the X-Men, mainly - that I have no idea how they can reset things and go back to any sort of status quo. Many X-Men have already gone down that road, but now all of them seem to be going down that road together. {Spoiler}A bomb that kills all non-mutants?! Not a new concept, but to have all good mutants suddenly for it.....you outcast everyone equally. That's how it ends.
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Post by andrew8798 on Nov 19, 2014 21:13:28 GMT -5
Speaking of crazy X-men Uncanny X-Men #28 {Spoiler}- The issue start with Cyclops and Magik taking with them Matthew for a ride, while the SHIELD people emerge from the wreckage of their helicarrier, helplessly watching them disappear. Maria Hill is out of idea on how to stop the both of them now that they are gone.
- Back in JGS, Beast appears profoundly affected by the indifference of every single government and world powers in 616, let alone every other super-teams he could think of. Scott Summers was RIGHT! More bad news for him when he learns from Ororo that said Summers took-off with Matthew Malloy lord knows where. Beast too, admit being out of idea, this time about how to deal with this situation without further destruction and death.
- Cyclops and MM are both atop a mountain, alone. First odd remark of Scott while talking of experiencing the world when you are and know mutants, “all of this is ours because we have the power to make it ours”. The location also has the advantage to be isolated from civilian populations (hikers notwithstanding). Cyclops offers Malloy the opportunity to read his mind.
- We see a flashback of Scott meeting Xavier in his orphanage, and how he is grateful for his help – the man gave him a purpose, a family with the X-Men and basically saved his life.
- As memories succeed, we see various iterations of the X-Men: O5, ANAD, TAS…always there to uphold the message of Xavier: fight for the ideal of mutants and humans (i.e. sapiens) to live together in harmony. BUT…
- The humans (i.e. sapiens) still hated mutants, despite said efforts (anti-mutant strike in front of the Capitol to illustrate). They hated mutants on a cellular level even (second frown-inducing remark from Summers). Why are the Avengers adored for saving the world when the X-Men are loathed for it? Yet, because they were taught to rise above this kind of comportment, the X-Men kept fighting the good fights (as in Magneto wrecking into havoc earlier anti-mutant strike). Fighting other mutants if necessary (illustrated with the Utopia team). At the end of the day though, Cyclops thinks Xavier may have been WRONG.
- If Xavier was right, the world would be better, the humans would trust mutants…but it’s not the case. When Malloy ask Scott what to do about that, he tells him they have to rise up. And when he asked him to do what, the answer is “to take our place”, angrily… Then Scott goes on basically to do a speech-lite version of Genesis’ Axis #6 own speech. Malloy is confused about what Scott wants from him and what he want to take. Scott tries to calm him down but it’s too late, Malloy is freaked out and is about to lose control again.
- He remembers the innocents he just killed earlier today. Scott makes a desperate plea about the two of them going to balance out his karmic debt, and how he can help Matthew…if he joins Scott’s revolution. It further freaks out Malloy who states that he doesn’t want to be used to scare the humans (i.e. sapiens), but Scott tells him that he’s gonna scare them anyway... (so...join?)
- Apocalypse, Jean Grey, Onslaught/ Franklin Richards, Madelyne Pryor, David Haller, Magneto, Wanda Maximoff, Scott Summers… All cautionary tales about power consuming people. Malloy can avoid such fates though.
- Summers tries to guide Malloy into controlling his power, as he’s his “brother” (third weird remark) but it’s too late and Malloy just rips apart the mountain. Magik manages to teleport Scott to safety moment before.
- Cyclops tells her he will persevere and try and save him, refuses to involve Emma despite Illyana’ suggestion and want to go back to the man immediately while she figures out a magic way to heal (?) their new brother. Magik takes note of this sudden “brotherhood” and decides to give him one last shot before pulling out the mission, asking him if it’s possible that Xavier was RIGHT about Matthew after all ?
- Scott is back with Matthew, detailing him how they’re gonna help him, train him, give him a focus and purpose and how he’ll be able then to use his powers to balance out the accidental deaths he caused. And how he will feel good, and whole and well thanks to that. Scott goes on another round about how Matthew will make a lot of folks reconsider their ways of treating mutants, his people, once Matthew becomes a capable trained mutant. When Matthew asks him how far he’s willing to take him scaring the hell out of humans (i.e. sapiens), he simply answers “as far as we have to, dismissing the eventuality of things escalating too much”. Matthew insists: what if things do escalate though?
- Magneto concur. He’s heard enough and declares Scott has gone too far and he won’t let it go any further.
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Post by Talent Name on Nov 19, 2014 23:31:24 GMT -5
Scott Summers is now the James Storm of X-Men
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Nov 20, 2014 9:23:25 GMT -5
How in the everloving hell do the X-Men come back from this in the eyes of the Marvel Universe population?? ... Doctor Strange waves his hand and says "it didn't happen"? (basically what they did when they blew a gasket over Xorn being Magneto) honestly though, probably not going to matter. these events never have any lasting consequences at all, beyond me dropping more Marvel and buying more indy stuff.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Nov 20, 2014 9:35:44 GMT -5
How in the everloving hell do the X-Men come back from this in the eyes of the Marvel Universe population?? Why do you think there's that Secret Wars thing next year?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2014 12:05:21 GMT -5
Even though I guess it ended a while back online, BATMAN BEYOND 2.0 ended yesterday. Salut! A more enjoyable comic than I dared hope for.
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Post by dreidemy on Nov 27, 2014 12:39:54 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2014 12:46:34 GMT -5
Even with Adblocker there's some stupid f***ing pop-ups on the there that won't let me read the article.
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Post by dreidemy on Nov 27, 2014 12:50:40 GMT -5
Even with Adblocker there's some stupid f***ing pop-ups on the there that won't let me read the article. Sorry,I just changed the link. Hope it works this time
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