Adam CasalinoNew York (in my heart)Registered Userregular
when i first learned of marvel now, i clenched my butt in fear. but after learning it wasn't a "reboot" i relaxed. but what will happen with iron man? matt fraction had such a long amazing run. i hope they keep him in there somewhere.
i always get nervous when they announce new creative teams. often a series will just tank. hopefully this won't be the case for ol' shell head.
I'm just waiting for the inevitable 'controversy' when the Ant-man movie comes out, and people are going to talk about wife-slapping again.
Because you just know Rush Limbaugh is going to go there.
You are underestimating Limbaugh, he'd protest because it's obvious propaganda for Parksville Youth Ministry! ( P.Y.M.)
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I too liked Moore's run, but it seemed by the end of the first arc Marvel decided they didn't want the team to grow up like Moore was intending to do, and it was kind of like, well, where do I go with this series now? so Moore left.
I feel like Runaways is in this trap made of its own small, very well constructed mythology.
Like, what is Runaways? It's evil parents, superpowered kids, time travel, aliens, and at least one cast member biting it, every so often. Vaughan did all that stuff first, and best.
And now, everyone else who writes the book, wants to do the same thing. Whedon introduced a whole slew of new superpowered kids, as well as a new Runaway, who was fleeing through time.
Moore used aliens in his initial arc, which I never finished reading.
Immonen killed off a cast member, and then did a whole shocking revelation cliffhanger, that was never resolved.
I feel like someone needs to find something cool to do with the cast, that's not the same old stuff they've always done, and really push that as their new status quo. No more Gibborim, no more time travel or evil parents, no more cast member deaths, and no more contrived ways for them to run away from something.
That said I'm not sure what the right direction would be, really. I still think you could rename them The Pride, and do some cool stuff with them reluctantly inheriting their parents' empire. But I think you could just as easily make the book into kind of a Young Heroes in Love/Major Bummer kind of book, about slacker teenagers who keep bumping up against crazy stuff, and are forced to deal with it.
The thing about Runaways is I miss Gert a whole lot.
We all do.
The thing that seemed like the easiest to work with is the fallout from the Pride being gone. I mean, they kept the entire west coast underworld in line. Now it's an easy target and all the superpowered weirdness they kept underground is bubbling up.
It's the stuff BKV had set up and ready when his run on the book ended, at any rate. All the other stuff was wrapped up with a bow.
Leaves the Runaways with a ready string of enemies, from goofy jokes to serious threats, lets them keep at odds with the wider hero community (after all, they're treating this as THEIR mess, and they don't trust anyone but Spidey anyway), and provides a solid engine which can shift around a fair deal depending on your needs.
Hank Pym captured and exposed to AIM gamma tech - Red Ant.
Eric O'Grady returns with plant elemental powers - Wood Ant.
Johnny Storm bombarded with Pym particles - Fire Ant.
Apocalypse regains memory and starts using shrinking powers - Pharaoh Ant.
Hank Pym captured and exposed to AIM gamma tech - Red Ant.
Eric O'Grady returns with plant elemental powers - Wood Ant.
Johnny Storm bombarded with Pym particles - Fire Ant.
Apocalypse regains memory and starts using shrinking powers - Pharaoh Ant.
Nah, nah. We can do better.
Eric O'Grady and Hank Pym are chained together, forced to go on the run while stuck at microscopic size; Eric is the DeviANT, while Hank's the CombatANT.
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it's entirely possible this is the book where the Runaways characters are going to go
i always get nervous when they announce new creative teams. often a series will just tank. hopefully this won't be the case for ol' shell head.
The Runaways died on the way back to their home planet
I hate Wiccan with a burning passion and Kid Loki annoys the hell out of me
that other kid could be okay though
so far the only character revealed that I care about is the new Nova, but I fear that he will be a victim of Jeph Loeb
oh well, Marvel NOW wasn't ever going to be all good for me
This is one of those times.
Actually he's one of my favorite writers and I love his Thor run
I just don't like Kid Loki. He's annoying and regular Loki is way better.
So I stopped reading comics just as the first Runaway arc wrapped up.
What happened? It seemed at the time they were Marvel's breakout characters. Now? They're rarely ever mentioned.
You are underestimating Limbaugh, he'd protest because it's obvious propaganda for Parksville Youth Ministry! ( P.Y.M.)
Yeah.
There was a Joss Whedon run that was alright, but just kind of... there.
After that, there was a Terry Moore run, and that killed it dead. Just needed time for the body to hit the ground.
Same thing happened to Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, only that didn't need as much time to die a merciful death.
Why I fear the ocean.
At least it wasn't horrifically delayed like Whedon's run
Shame that the Kathryn Immonen run was so bad, she's done good stuff with Hellcat but dang was her Runaways dire
haven't read Immonen's
Like, what is Runaways? It's evil parents, superpowered kids, time travel, aliens, and at least one cast member biting it, every so often. Vaughan did all that stuff first, and best.
And now, everyone else who writes the book, wants to do the same thing. Whedon introduced a whole slew of new superpowered kids, as well as a new Runaway, who was fleeing through time.
Moore used aliens in his initial arc, which I never finished reading.
Immonen killed off a cast member, and then did a whole shocking revelation cliffhanger, that was never resolved.
I feel like someone needs to find something cool to do with the cast, that's not the same old stuff they've always done, and really push that as their new status quo. No more Gibborim, no more time travel or evil parents, no more cast member deaths, and no more contrived ways for them to run away from something.
That said I'm not sure what the right direction would be, really. I still think you could rename them The Pride, and do some cool stuff with them reluctantly inheriting their parents' empire. But I think you could just as easily make the book into kind of a Young Heroes in Love/Major Bummer kind of book, about slacker teenagers who keep bumping up against crazy stuff, and are forced to deal with it.
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It's actually pretty good!
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/
I write about video games and stuff. It is fun. Sometimes.
We all do.
The thing that seemed like the easiest to work with is the fallout from the Pride being gone. I mean, they kept the entire west coast underworld in line. Now it's an easy target and all the superpowered weirdness they kept underground is bubbling up.
It's the stuff BKV had set up and ready when his run on the book ended, at any rate. All the other stuff was wrapped up with a bow.
Leaves the Runaways with a ready string of enemies, from goofy jokes to serious threats, lets them keep at odds with the wider hero community (after all, they're treating this as THEIR mess, and they don't trust anyone but Spidey anyway), and provides a solid engine which can shift around a fair deal depending on your needs.
Why I fear the ocean.
Pretty much
Hank Pym captured and exposed to AIM gamma tech - Red Ant.
Eric O'Grady returns with plant elemental powers - Wood Ant.
Johnny Storm bombarded with Pym particles - Fire Ant.
Apocalypse regains memory and starts using shrinking powers - Pharaoh Ant.
He comes back to life after three days - Carpenter Ant
Also Scott Lang stole the formula originally, so he could also be - Thief Ant
Nah, nah. We can do better.
Eric O'Grady and Hank Pym are chained together, forced to go on the run while stuck at microscopic size; Eric is the DeviANT, while Hank's the CombatANT.
The series title?
The DefiANT Ones.
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Black Ant realizes Black Ant is a dumb name-- changes to Malevolant.
Bill Foster comes back to life-- decides to become Black Ant, because that's just how that dude rolls.
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I'm begging you
I'm Can't-Man.
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you missed out Scott Lang, by the way
IrrelevANT
His punishment for being boring, is that he gets a boring name.
Though, Irrelevant is pretty much the best name, for a bite-sized hero that nobody notices or cares about.
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YES.
I am okay with the return to his classic color scheme because he has the helmet.
I've only recently dipped into the cosmic stuff but I'm glad Quill is keeping the helmet.
cause both Star-Lord and Nova are cosmic characters
all of these characters aren't in the same book, Point One is a sampler for upcoming Now! series