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MOTW 3-2-11: Let the thanking and chin-chucking begin!
TexiKen
Dammit!That fish really got me!Registered User regular
Dammit!That fish really got me!Registered User regular
Annihilators #1, everything was good. Great deal, buy it.
In the first story, the last spaceknight comes back to our time for help, and uses a pretty cheap fighting move on Quasar:
And in the Rocket Raccoon full length story, it's essentially the first half of the Incredibles plus lots of tree puns. And US Ace shows up too, I guess bot being a babysitter didn't bother him that much:
Raccoon returns to Groots homeworld filled with Groots, trying to find our Groot, and surprise twist!!!!
In the first story, the last spaceknight comes back to our time for help, and uses a pretty cheap fighting move on Quasar:
And in the Rocket Raccoon full length story, it's essentially the first half of the Incredibles plus lots of tree puns. And US Ace shows up too, I guess bot being a babysitter didn't bother him that much:
Raccoon returns to Groots homeworld filled with Groots, trying to find our Groot, and surprise twist!!!!
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Jeff Parker is a master of the done-in-one.
Because usually they would be able to tear a space knight type to pieces.
still
Gladiator
And Quasar wasn't exactly going all out, though he never does
I'm interested to see where that goes, but i have to say I never like it when a new character turns up and is supposed to be better than everyone else. I know that you are going to say "but the Sentry" but I do feel that was difference, because he also had some crippling flaws as well.
But I will definitely read it, and I'm sure it will be great, DnA cosmic and all.
The Intrepids #1; cyber-bears, battle baboons, a wise mentor, and gifted youngsters. This felt like something between an issue of the classic era of Claremont's X-Men, and Umbrella Academy.
X-Factor #216; Mayor Jameson swings by X-Factor Investigations, Layla and Rahne have a talk, and Fingerbang (my name, not PAD's), the sensational character find of 2011, shows up again.
Thunderbolts #154; Man-Thing. Just, Man-Thing.
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Iron Fist, Man-Thing, Doctor Strange and Ghost Rider.
Best team.
I would read the hell out of that
I love him a lot.
Also, that Secret Six promotional video immediately made me think of the Formerly Known as Justice League one. Now I really want to see the Secret Six one redrawn to look like that.
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Man, "tree-son." That's so dumb it's awesome.
That Man-Thing scene reminds me of why I hate dogs, which is to say it reminds me of my father nearly ripping a Doberman's jaw off before it bit me.
The most recent issue was basically an issue of Man-Thing (Guest Starring Songbird and Luke Cage from the Thunderbolts!)
I smell spinoff.
"Umbrella Academy" is exactly what I was thinking when I was reading it.
I'm still trying to figure out what exactly I thought of The Intrepids. I wasn't as gripped as I hoped to be. I didn't dislike it, mind you, I just wasn't sucked it. I'm not sure what it was, exactly. I think the most well-formed criticism I can muster is that I feel like I've seen these characters - and the central concept - before. That seems like a dumb criticism, because fiction is chock-full of similar or outright re-used characters and ideas, and mostly it works out just fine.
Another interesting thing I noticed about my reading is that something about the issue made me think it was supposed to be retro, set decades ago (it may have been the way characters were dressed, but I think mostly it's the art style - for some reason, it makes me think of the 1920's or something like that). For that reason, I was jarred when when I saw computers with WiFi and stuff. Not a flaw, just a thing I thought was interesting.
I'm definitely interested enough in the series to pick up the next couple of issues, to see if it grows on me.
Joe the Barbarian #8 may have been my MOTW. It's also an item of bitching. I feel like the story lost a lot through being serialized. I think it would be excellent when read through in a single sitting, but was frustrating to read in singes (and not just because of the delays). I think I need to read the whole thing start to finish. If it comes out in trade, I would definitely recommend it. I think Morrison said it's intended to be like a modern-day Narnia, but frankly, I think it's a much deeper and more interesting story than Narnia was.
Thanks for giving the first issue a go. The response to it has been all over the map. Some people love the hell out of it, some are somewhere you're at right now, they aren't sure what they think yet, and some people think it blows. I suppose that's the fun of having your work out for the public, you're going to hear all kinds of nice and nasty things.
I take it all with a grain of salt.
I'm not sure what to tell you for the upcoming issues, but there are some things that will keep this story changing in some way from issue to issue. I hope it's enough to keep people second guessing everything they're reading and come back for more.
And, the beauty of this over my last series, Beautiful Creatures, is that I have 6 issues to develop the characters, rather than 4. The plot is paced a lot more to my liking.
And, if you still don't like this series, give Green Wake a try April 6th!
Thanks again for the feedback, I really appreciate it!