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MOTW 3-16-11: I just wanted a bagel!

TexiKenTexiKen Dammit!That fish really got me!Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Graphic Violence
Dark horse for the week, Iceman and Angel is really good in both writing and art, much better than the Jean Grey issue. Googam, spring break, parents just don't understand:

Goom is destroying the city and Iceman and Angel are just trying to buy time until the FF can show up:

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Goom is upset because Googam went to college instead of trying to take over the world:

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And Thunderbolts #155 was good as always, but the b-plot was much more interesting to me (and Satanna looked a lot different than she did in Heroes for Hire a few months bacl):

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I think those guys are just supposed to be space filling villains outside of Gunna, and that Skrull should be dead

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I am pretty sure that is Super-Skrull

    so no, he should not.

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I'm surprised Mandrill, the monkey-man that put the ape in rape, is there.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I remember Super Skrull was in Nova but never Secret Invasion proper, must have missed him.

    Bonus if Parker ties in Walker's time at STARS in dealing with the jailed aliens there.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Iceman and Angel was fantastic, as were Thunderbolts and Hulk.

    ASM was good but jesus Pete is being delusional, although JJJ is calling him out on it. The new Spider-Armor looks pretty damn cool.

    Book of the Skull was kind of cool, if uneventful. Had a nice fight scene in WWII with Steve, Bucky and Namor.

    X-Force was disappointing, it was about Wolverine and Psylocke, when my favorite characters are Deadpool and Fantomex who get taken out in one panel and show up at the end of the issue.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Remember that New Avengers arc that was supposed to deal with magic in an approachable way? Thunderbolts did it in 5 pages AND packed in a sweeeet b story.

    Although that cover reminds of nico from runaways can we have her on the team

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Hullis wrote: »
    Remember that New Avengers arc that was supposed to deal with magic in an approachable way? Thunderbolts did it in 5 pages AND packed in a sweeeet b story.

    Although that cover reminds of nico from runaways can we have her on the team

    I appreciate Parker not doing the translating of Strange's spells like Bendis has been doing for the past year or two. He let Walker show and not tell. And Cage punched stuff too.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    It was, in my opinion, the perfect way to treat magic; a separate but equally powerful force. The other, non-punchy side of the scale.

    Also,
    Strange, Cage, and Man-Thing forever.

    Parker's Cage is great.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Uncanny X-Men Annual #3 was really really good. 30 pages for 4 bucks, Nick Bradshaw's art is great, and the writing is fast and fun, he kind of flips the idea of being in another dimension and runs with it like everyone in the cast has done this before, no big whup. Did I mention the art is great?

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    Cyclops finally does a "who has two thumbs and is awesome?" pose.

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Hullis wrote: »
    Parker's Cage is great.
    Seriously. I never saw the big deal about Bendis's Luke Cage, probably because he was defined largely by his relationship with Jessica Jones, but Parker's completely selling me on him.

    Tex already covered Thunderbolts #155 really well, but I liked this little exchange:

    Doctor Strange: "The Man-Thing did it! And so naturally... All those arcane defenses and misdirections placed around this valley and Man-Thing passed through them like they weren't there. Like his role of walking the borders between worlds, he stands at the intersection of magic and science. He is the--"

    Luke Cage: "Yeah, he's my dawg."

    I just loved seeing the no-bullshit Cage, totally cut through Strange's usual long, rambling exposition.

    It was also nice to see the design flaws addressed in Juggernaut's helmet. And I'll never get tired of seeing the female inmates catcall the various male heroes.

    Also, if you like Thunderbolts, you might consider checking out this week's Captain America and Crossbones. The basic plot is that Crossbones, after being cut from the Thunderbolts, is approached by the government to airdrop into the island nation of Hazar, and kill a teenager. Once there, he discovers the government's used the isolated country to conduct biological weapon tests, and he's there to make sure things go according to plan. Masquerading as a superhero, he gets down to business as only he can.
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    I just love that in the Marvel U, biological weapons include things like werewolf serum. That's awesome. It's nice to see that writer William Harms pulls no punches either, portraying Crossbones as the evil, racist fuck he is.

    X-Factor #217; Guido and Monet confront an angry mob, Mayor Jameson is targeted for assassination, and Black Cat does security duty. Also, a hero falls, and nothing will ever be the same.
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    I always like seeing it shown that Jameson, despite his many flaws, is still a sensible dude with a strong moral compass. Of course, a few pages later Black Cat points out that he's all for stripping the rights from masked superhumans.

    REBELS #26 was pretty good too, but nothing really stands out as a, "Fuck yeah!" moment, besides the last page, which I don't want to spoil.

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  • LuxLux Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Forty cakes is now canon. Superman is improving.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Power Girl was pretty great, even though it was mostly interlude.

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  • Witch_Hunter_84Witch_Hunter_84 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Lux wrote: »
    Forty cakes is now canon. Superman is improving.

    Yah, that part made me chuckle. It wasn't the biggest moment, but I thought it was pretty cool.

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Lux wrote: »
    Forty cakes is now canon. Superman is improving.
    That's terrible!

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    oh my god that Jameson scene

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  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I came in here to post "There had better be some fucking Angel and Iceman in here," but I should have known you guys wouldn't let me down.

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  • HenslerHensler Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Is that Dark Beast in the Thunderbolts pic? I know he's got a part in the next X-event, but I wasn't sure what happened with him after Dark X-Men.

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  • Witch_Hunter_84Witch_Hunter_84 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Yah, he was on the online voting poll for "who will be the next Thunderbolt?" Looks like they're throwing him in there anyway, which I approve of.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Can there be one kid character who isn't horribly arrogant and insufferable and will learn a lesson about how they need to listen to other people?

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Yes, many of them.

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  • Witch_Hunter_84Witch_Hunter_84 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    That would be Gunna.

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  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Forty cakes? Where?!

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
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    from Scans Daily

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  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Haha, glorious.

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  • LuxLux Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    All we need now is for Joker to plan a gigantic boner.

    Except since we're updating it for modern tastes, he will be talking about an actual boner.

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  • MetroidZoidMetroidZoid Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Lux wrote: »
    All we need now is for Joker to plan a gigantic boner.

    Except since we're updating it for modern tastes, he will be talking about an actual boner.

    Or a political subplot involving John Boehner
    I know it's not how it's pronounced. But it's a comic. It reads however you want!

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  • kdrudykdrudy Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Munch wrote: »

    REBELS #26 was pretty good too, but nothing really stands out as a, "Fuck yeah!" moment, besides the last page, which I don't want to spoil.

    Yea, I don't read much DC anymore, but REBELS continues to be a great book that I look forward to.

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    um, WOW. morning internet, have you got a kick today.

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    TexiKen wrote: »
    I remember Super Skrull was in Nova but never Secret Invasion proper, must have missed him.
    He was in the She-Hulk/X-Factor tie-in since his daughter is (was?) Jen's best friend.
    TexiKen wrote: »
    I appreciate Parker not doing the translating of Strange's spells like Bendis has been doing for the past year or two. He let Walker show and not tell. And Cage punched stuff too.

    Sounds like a book worth getting in trade.

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