MotW 9/4/13 - This was worse than death. It was our first victory.

Elderlycrawfish

Infinity #2 - the Alliance scores a victory but the Builders are sore-losing dickholes.

An Ex Nihilii commits suicide on a nearby world, which basically makes the entire planet (and its inhabitants) rot away

Meanwhile on Earth

Thanos demands the Inhumans pay tribute by sacrificing all their children. But what he's really after?

And in the X-verse, Battle of the Atom #1 - stuff happens and we meet the All-Newer X-Men!

Who have time travelled from the future to tell the present to send the past team back to the past.... hold on I'm gonna need a flow chart for this...



Giant Iceman, Grandson Xavier, Old Kitty, Old Man Wilson, Xorn-ette, Princess Powerful (!), and horny Beast.

But who is that masked X-Person? We find out in ANXM #16:

So for those keeping count, there are now 2 Cyclops, 2 Angels, 2 Kitty's, 2 Deadpools, 2 Molly Hayeses, 2 Jean Greys, 3 Beasts and 3 Icemen mucking about right now.

noir_blood

Is that

Days of Future Past X-Men, or a completely different future?

AspectVoid

Okay, I give you Battle of the Atom panels that make up my moment of the week.

A) Young Scott Summers knows what being a hero is about.

Kitty appreciates Old Scott Summers

What can I say, I really like where Cyclops is right now in the X-books.

Lars

Elderlycrawfish wrote: »

But who is that masked X-Person? We find out in ANXM #16:

So for those keeping count, there are now 2 Cyclops, 2 Angels, 2 Kitty's, 2 Deadpools, 2 Molly Hayeses, 2 Jean Greys, 3 Beasts and 3 Icemen mucking about right now.

Dark Beast is still in 616, right? That makes four Hank McCoys.

Meanwhile DC is terrified of any mention of Wally West, Cassandra Cain, or Donna Troy as someone merely having shared a costumed identity with someone else will supposedly confuse readers or whatever.

UnbrokenEva

man I want grown up Molly Hayes to stick around after this

Centipede Damascus

I want Young Molly Hayes to meet Future Molly Hayes so much

Shadowhope

Suicide Risk #5 came out today, and it surprised the heck out of me.

I don't want to say it's good.

Fatale, Saga, Bandette, Sharaz-De, Locke and Key, the Unwritten... Those are good comics I've been reading or rereading in the past few days. Suicide Risk #5 told a pretty basic story of one wish fulfillment and revenge. It felt a little like Carey was trying to channel Mark Millar. The art wasn't great (it wasn't bad, it wasn't great). It wasn't particularly imaginative. There was nothing deep or insightful about it. The writing was passable.

But: as a stand alone story about the creation of a super-villain, I think that it's memorable. And fun.

I read it, and then I reread it a few hours later. I imagine I'll reread it again in the future. It just works for me.

Elderlycrawfish

Lars wrote: »

Elderlycrawfish wrote: »

But who is that masked X-Person? We find out in ANXM #16:

So for those keeping count, there are now 2 Cyclops, 2 Angels, 2 Kitty's, 2 Deadpools, 2 Molly Hayeses, 2 Jean Greys, 3 Beasts and 3 Icemen mucking about right now.

Dark Beast is still in 616, right? That makes four Hank McCoys.

Meanwhile DC is terrified of any mention of Wally West, Cassandra Cain, or Donna Troy as someone merely having shared a costumed identity with someone else will supposedly confuse readers or whatever.

If alternate reality versions count

I didn't read the end of XTermination, but I was under the impression that X-Treme X-Men's Governor Howlett and Civil War Cyclops ended up in 616.

Though they'll probably be forgotten by every writer anyway so...

Also, a thought occurred to me that I would dig (speculation)

the original ANXM crew has to go back to the past, there's no way you can keep that up without mucking up the timeline severely.

Displaced future time travellers from a dystopian reality that gets changed because of actions in the present, however.....

UltimateInferno

Superior Spider-Man #17 I shocking hate Time Travel

wirehead26

How is Black Bolt speaking normally?

Centipede Damascus

They're in a pocket universe that Maximus set up for Black Bolt where all sound is reduced to a single flat pitch.

Wearingglasses

All sound redu-... but wouldn't that just make everyone speak like Beaker?

Kyougu

I'm digging that all the time shennanigans that being occuring in Marvel is actually having repercussions and addressed.

Dizzy D

I know there are a bunch of Mark Gruenwalds that are very pissed right now.

(I know that the T.V.A. no longer exists since Avengers Forever)

WiseManTobes

Wearingglasses wrote: »

All sound redu-... but wouldn't that just make everyone speak like Beaker?

I just realized how badly I need a Muppet Avengers movie.

Bobby Derie

I for one would welcome Kermit the Throg, Miss Marvel Piggy, Spider-Gonzo, Wolver-Muppet, Scooter America, Fozzie Fist and Rowlf Cage.

Lars

I am almost positive I have seen fanart of Beaker as Cyclops and Animal as Wolverine.

Centipede Damascus

Here you go:

Angry

i love the spider-man 2099 costume so much.

Forar

Apparently Animal is actually X-23.

This... this changes a lot of things.

Undead Scottsman

Nah, it's because of the 3 fingers thing; the muppet version of X-23 would have one claw on each hand.

AtomicTofu

Quantum & Woody #3: Quantum & Woody vs. literal nightmare fuel

TexiKen

I have really been enjoying Q&W, it's snuck up to the top of my Valiant list. Woody is just the right amount of douche without being overpowering. And isn't that what you look for, really?

Bullio

My MOTW was discovering this buried in a storage bin that was buried under many other storage bins in the basement. Had no idea I even owned it.

"What's this, a Hulk novel? Oh shit, it's a Peter David Hulk novel! Yoink!"

I decided I wanted to adorn my walls with some framed comics, and found a few worth putting up like Infinity Gauntlet #1 (had absolutely no idea I owned this), X-Factor #71, and the first issue of the Claremont/Miller Wolverine mini (which I already had on display, but not framed).

Oh, and the return of Spidey 2099. Haven't read Superior yet, but that he's back in comics is a thing worth celebrating.

Turambar

I love how the exact same thing happened in both Superior Spidey and in Battle of the Atom

They're all set to use a time device to go back in time, then whoops... visitors from the future

This whole time and space breaking deal could get pretty entertaining

Turambar

Oh, and Infinity #2

Who do you think

Thanos' son could be?
Maximus? He's certainly crazy enough

Elderlycrawfish

Turambar wrote: »

Oh, and Infinity #2

Who do you think

Thanos' son could be?
Maximus? He's certainly crazy enough

I'm fairly sure he is outside of the age range of the requested "Tribute".

SatanIsMyMotor

Elderlycrawfish wrote: »

Turambar wrote: »

Oh, and Infinity #2

Who do you think

Thanos' son could be?
Maximus? He's certainly crazy enough

I'm fairly sure he is outside of the age range of the requested "Tribute".

You guys have it all wrong.

His son is....Lockjaw!!

cshadow42

It is the new Starbrand

Bluedude152

But... He isn't a inhuman

UnbrokenEva

Bluedude152 wrote: »

But... He isn't a inhuman

yet.

Lou29

Didn't the first Illuminati mini-series explain that the Beyonder is actually a overpowered Inhuman? Would they try to polish up that particular Bendis turd/idea by having Thanos kill him off somehow, possibly?

UnbrokenEva

The Beyonder is definitely not in the proper age range

Linespider5

What are we calling a proper age range here? I'm genuinely curious.

UnbrokenEva

according to Thanos' demands, between the ages of 16 & 22

Caveman Paws

Maybe the age limits of the Tribute are meaningless? Bad guys aren't known for their honesty.

Undead Scottsman

Basically,Thanos makes a big bluster about a tribute of the heads of all the 16-22 year olds.

Black Bolt sees through this and figures out that thanos is looking for a long lost son, with the Tribute being a way of covering up that fact. It's implied that Thanos wants all those kids dead because his son is counted amoung them.

Robos A Go Go

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Basically,Thanos makes a big bluster about a tribute of the heads of all the 16-22 year olds.

Black Bolt sees through this and figures out that thanos is looking for a long lost son, with the Tribute being a way of covering up that fact. It's implied that Thanos wants all those kids dead because his son is counted amoung them.

Thanos can only guess the age of his son within 6 years?

Linespider5

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Basically,Thanos makes a big bluster about a tribute of the heads of all the 16-22 year olds.

Black Bolt sees through this and figures out that thanos is looking for a long lost son, with the Tribute being a way of covering up that fact. It's implied that Thanos wants all those kids dead because his son is counted amoung them.

Thanos can only guess the age of his son within 6 years?

That's a hell of a lost weekend, even in space.

Elderlycrawfish

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Basically,Thanos makes a big bluster about a tribute of the heads of all the 16-22 year olds.

Black Bolt sees through this and figures out that thanos is looking for a long lost son, with the Tribute being a way of covering up that fact. It's implied that Thanos wants all those kids dead because his son is counted amoung them.

Thanos can only guess the age of his son within 6 years?

Thanos was really getting it on in his younger days. Like, you could almost retcon him killing half the galaxy in Infinity Gauntlet as him getting rid of only his illegitimate kids.

UnbrokenEva

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Basically,Thanos makes a big bluster about a tribute of the heads of all the 16-22 year olds.

Black Bolt sees through this and figures out that thanos is looking for a long lost son, with the Tribute being a way of covering up that fact. It's implied that Thanos wants all those kids dead because his son is counted amoung them.

Thanos can only guess the age of his son within 6 years?

Nah, but if he said a specific age it would be even more obvious

he's calling for extra deaths to hide his intentions