Steve refused to consider the option of destroying other universes to save our own. Tony and the other Illuminati disagreed, and decided that it would be best if Steve didn't get in the way.
Because Steve doesn't have the right mindset for the Illuminati, and the rest of them decided that he couldn't be allowed to leave without forgetting everything
Hickman was deliberately making reference to her granddad being Dan Dare, a pulp space hero from the 50s
Incidentally I read Ellis' Starjammers a little while ago. He portrays the Shi'ar and Kree as just big conquering/murdering empires with heroism being the least of their concerns, and not having read anything else I can only assume that's how most 90s-00s writers portrayed them. It's a jolt to see the Imperial Guards here being given a new more noble face.
Tony Stark is suffering from several years of being show in an awful light, remember
Civil War may have been half a decade ago but what Tony did then is something that comic fans find hard to forget, and why not? That entire period made Tony become, effectively, a horrible authoritarian super-right wing asshole.
But since NOW, Gillen and Hickman have been striving to make Stark a flawed yet still well-meaning genius with a vision of the future which is both progressive and moral. He's not perfect, but he's trying. And so I can feel more sympathetic for the Tony who hates to do this to his friend but Good Lord the entire Universe is at stake and the morals of Captain America may destroy it all.
What that really says is; Hickman is better writing moral conflict between characters and other characters and even themselves than Mark Millar has ever, ever been. Once more, we can return to Civil War as the source of the problem.
Hickman was deliberately making reference to her granddad being Dan Dare, a pulp space hero from the 50s
Incidentally I read Ellis' Starjammers a little while ago. He portrays the Shi'ar and Kree as just big conquering/murdering empires with heroism being the least of their concerns, and not having read anything else I can only assume that's how most 90s-00s writers portrayed them. It's a jolt to see the Imperial Guards here being given a new more noble face.
I'm not fully versed on all of the cosmic happenings, but leadership of the galactic empires have changed quite a bit in recent times. I mean, Gladiator is the current Shi'ar Majestor and he's more or less a decent dude; stands to reason that the empire under his banner would be a less dickish place.
(Mind you, they had a pretty shitty emperor prior and the Shi'ar were being pretty big dicks because of it.)
And the Kree are...hhmmmm, last I saw the Inhumans were running the show there. So again, cultural shift under he new regime.
The Shi'ar have been a conquering warlike people in the past, but not always. It's largely depended on who was in charge at the time. D'ken, Deathbird, and Vulcan were all ruthless, murderous leaders, but under for example Lilandra's reign as Empress they were frequent allies and friends to the X-Men.
And now with Gladiator in charge it makes a ton of sense for him to emphasize that aspects of Shi'ar culture as he's lived his whole life by a rigid code of duty serving in the imperial guard.
As everyone said that Young Avengers: Children's Crusade sucks a fat one I read the summary on Wikipedia and am now just... Completely confused. Can someone fill me in on the jist of what happens (and perhaps why it's a bad series)?
Also is the Runaways crossover stuff or any of the other stuff worth reading?
Pretty sure Ronan is now in charge of the Kree, the Inhumans reign over that empire was deposed during the Four Cities War in Hickman's FF.
How'd all that happen anyway? I haven't been able to find any good summaries. Last I read was when
the Kree openly welcomed the the Inhumans their new rulers, and they were going to save them from the being the (meaningless) "evolutionary dead-end" they had been harping on about for the last decade. And then Crystal had a political marriage to Ronan but forced herself to fall in love with him.
As everyone said that Young Avengers: Children's Crusade sucks a fat one I read the summary on Wikipedia and am now just... Completely confused. Can someone fill me in on the jist of what happens (and perhaps why it's a bad series)?
Also is the Runaways crossover stuff or any of the other stuff worth reading?
the only important things to know about Children's Crusade are:
Steve refused to consider the option of destroying other universes to save our own. Tony and the other Illuminati disagreed, and decided that it would be best if Steve didn't get in the way.
Small nitpick
Destroy other worlds, not universes
They said that destroying one of two colliding earths would save both universes
They both actually have a pretty good point in this situation. I think the Illuminati just made a bad call but can totally see where they are coming from.
Also I guess the Black Panthers question from the Illuminati's first meeting has finally been answered.
CBR has a preview up for the first issue of the Secret Avengers reboot.
Maybe it's just me but I'm guessing it's a bad idea for those two to eat the cookies...
You know, considering the nature of that preview and the last panel of it I can't help but wonder if we have a spy here. Anybody see how much "redacted" there's been as of late. Maybe Geth's feeding info behind the mods backs? :P
Who was looking to pick up CC? I'll sell my singles, also nope, not getting Secret Avengers. Remender finished it for me, didn't like where Spencer took it while he had it the last time.
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Incidentally I read Ellis' Starjammers a little while ago. He portrays the Shi'ar and Kree as just big conquering/murdering empires with heroism being the least of their concerns, and not having read anything else I can only assume that's how most 90s-00s writers portrayed them. It's a jolt to see the Imperial Guards here being given a new more noble face.
Dude is still barely a part of the Illuminati.
Civil War may have been half a decade ago but what Tony did then is something that comic fans find hard to forget, and why not? That entire period made Tony become, effectively, a horrible authoritarian super-right wing asshole.
But since NOW, Gillen and Hickman have been striving to make Stark a flawed yet still well-meaning genius with a vision of the future which is both progressive and moral. He's not perfect, but he's trying. And so I can feel more sympathetic for the Tony who hates to do this to his friend but Good Lord the entire Universe is at stake and the morals of Captain America may destroy it all.
What that really says is; Hickman is better writing moral conflict between characters and other characters and even themselves than Mark Millar has ever, ever been. Once more, we can return to Civil War as the source of the problem.
I thought it seemed pretty clear where Hank stood. He was obviously unhappy about it, but he was in agreement with the others.
it didn't overcome the fact that people hated Tony Stark because in the biggest, highest profile comics of the time, he was an asshole
much as that series was good, Iron Man has taken a while to shake off Civil War
I'm not fully versed on all of the cosmic happenings, but leadership of the galactic empires have changed quite a bit in recent times. I mean, Gladiator is the current Shi'ar Majestor and he's more or less a decent dude; stands to reason that the empire under his banner would be a less dickish place.
(Mind you, they had a pretty shitty emperor prior and the Shi'ar were being pretty big dicks because of it.)
And the Kree are...hhmmmm, last I saw the Inhumans were running the show there. So again, cultural shift under he new regime.
And now with Gladiator in charge it makes a ton of sense for him to emphasize that aspects of Shi'ar culture as he's lived his whole life by a rigid code of duty serving in the imperial guard.
he is strong but honourable
So basically everyone just watch out for the Badoon at this point.
it is still a hideous crime against love that Crystal and Ronan were split up by Black Bolt, that heartless fucker
Also is the Runaways crossover stuff or any of the other stuff worth reading?
How'd all that happen anyway? I haven't been able to find any good summaries. Last I read was when
the only important things to know about Children's Crusade are:
Cassie is dead
Kid Vision is dead
Iron Lad is back on track to becoming Kang
Scott Lang is alive.
Everything else is not even worth thinking about.
Small nitpick
They said that destroying one of two colliding earths would save both universes
They both actually have a pretty good point in this situation. I think the Illuminati just made a bad call but can totally see where they are coming from.
Also I guess the Black Panthers question from the Illuminati's first meeting has finally been answered.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Daisy Johnson- Director of SHIELD.
Maria Hill- Commander, Acting Director
We knew that Hill was Director but Johnson was still an unknown.
Awesome, Hulk and Winter Soldier!
And what I guess is War Machine putting on the Iron Patriot armor to coincide with the movie
Guess I might give this book a chance after all
The brain wiping and Spencer's political preachiness harpoon any interest I could have.
You know, considering the nature of that preview and the last panel of it I can't help but wonder if we have a spy here. Anybody see how much "redacted" there's been as of late. Maybe Geth's feeding info behind the mods backs? :P
the Acting Director
acts in her place
Have we seen any of her at all since Secret Warriors*?
*Such a damn good series.
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