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(Dark, Mighty, New) Avengers Assemble! Long Live the Dark Reign

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    I want Scott Summers to walk up to Wanda when this is all over and ask her to bring back all the mutants.

    She should say no.

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  • TeaSpoonTeaSpoon Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    I want Scott Summers to walk up to Wanda when this is all over and ask her to bring back all the mutants.

    She should say no.

    Then I want the X-Men to declare war on Wanda and the Avengers.

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    I want Scott Summers to walk up to Wanda when this is all over and ask her to bring back all the mutants.

    She should say no.

    Then I want the X-Men to declare war on Wanda and the Avengers.

    hahaha what the fuck

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  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    World War Wanda

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  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    I want Scott Summers to walk up to Wanda when this is all over and ask her to bring back all the mutants.

    She should say no.

    Then I want the X-Men to declare war on Wanda and the Avengers.

    hahaha what the fuck
    He should just use his considerable charm on her.

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  • Mai-KeroMai-Kero Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Wildcat wrote: »
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    I want Scott Summers to walk up to Wanda when this is all over and ask her to bring back all the mutants.

    She should say no.

    Then I want the X-Men to declare war on Wanda and the Avengers.

    hahaha what the fuck
    He should just use his considerable charm on her.

    "Say 'No More No More Mutants' or I'll treat you like Wolverine."

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  • TeaSpoonTeaSpoon Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    I want Scott Summers to walk up to Wanda when this is all over and ask her to bring back all the mutants.

    She should say no.

    Then I want the X-Men to declare war on Wanda and the Avengers.

    hahaha what the fuck

    What's so funny?

    Think about it, this woman depowered all but a few mutants in the world. She did what many X-Men villains wanted to do. And succeeded. Every time one of those villains tried this shit, someone (like Beast or Rogue) sympathized until another X-person gives them the verbal smack down, pages worth of lecture to reinforce the point that diversity and progress is good.

    The X-Men would not take genocide lying down. It was different when it was assumed Wanda was dead, but shit would go down if she's seen chatting on television. Dozens of former mutants fell from the goddamn sky on M-Day. The fallout saw many more hunted down by anti-mutant extremists. Surely it is within reason that there will be repercussions for this. Especially if Wanda flat out refused to do something about it.

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  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Mai-Kero wrote: »
    Wildcat wrote: »
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    TeaSpoon wrote: »
    I want Scott Summers to walk up to Wanda when this is all over and ask her to bring back all the mutants.

    She should say no.

    Then I want the X-Men to declare war on Wanda and the Avengers.

    hahaha what the fuck
    He should just use his considerable charm on her.

    "Say 'No More No More Mutants' or I'll treat you like Wolverine."
    "Say 'no more no more mutants' or I'll treat you like Emma."

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  • TransporterTransporter Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What exactly could the X-Men do to a Mutant who could make you not exist?

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  • TeaSpoonTeaSpoon Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What exactly could the X-Men do to a Mutant who could make you not exist?

    She's also cuckoo crazy for coco puffs. I'm sure they'll think of something.

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    "Everyone is stilt-man"

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  • NabobNabob Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    So, I just thought of something!
    Venom is Spiderman on Norman's Avengers team as far as the public is concerned right? But with the Spider-tracer killings going on in ASM, the public also thinks Spiderman is a serial killer. So wouldn't it look like Norman is employing a known serial killer on the Avengers?

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  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    You're questioning that and not the fact that people believe Spider-Man has started killing people and conveniently leaving spider-themed trackers behind?

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    You're questioning that and not the fact that people believe Spider-Man has started killing people and conveniently leaving spider-themed trackers behind?

    It's a boring storyline, and I wish it would just end already.

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  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Everything about Spider-Man has been boring lately. No real classic villains and a lot of politics and Harry drama with bullshit excuses and revisions.

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  • roleplayingroleplaying Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What do people think of Mighty Avengers? I like the newer slant on Pym's powers (he's basically MacGuyver now) but I HATED the fucking pep talk they gave him that basically amounted to showing him that he doesn't suck quite as much as some other people.

    Also, how the hell is the Hulk going to stay on a team?

    I think it was horrible. I hated the story, I hated the artwork and I think it should be canceled. :P

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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 January 2009
    Wow, the scans from the Tbolts demonstrates basically everything that is wrong with Dark Reign right now.

    Fencingsax on
  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    What do people think of Mighty Avengers? I like the newer slant on Pym's powers (he's basically MacGuyver now) but I HATED the fucking pep talk they gave him that basically amounted to showing him that he doesn't suck quite as much as some other people.

    Also, how the hell is the Hulk going to stay on a team?

    I think it was horrible. I hated the story, I hated the artwork and I think it should be canceled. :P

    I didn't like how Hulk appears to be drawn more like Hunchback of Notre Dame Hulk. After WWH-Hulk, its hard to go back to lumbering, ugly thing.

    How the hell did he even escape that bunker and be allowed to wander the world without the full force of heroics coming down on him?

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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 January 2009
    What do people think of Mighty Avengers? I like the newer slant on Pym's powers (he's basically MacGuyver now) but I HATED the fucking pep talk they gave him that basically amounted to showing him that he doesn't suck quite as much as some other people.

    Also, how the hell is the Hulk going to stay on a team?

    I think it was horrible. I hated the story, I hated the artwork and I think it should be canceled. :P

    I didn't like how Hulk appears to be drawn more like Hunchback of Notre Dame Hulk. After WWH-Hulk, its hard to go back to lumbering, ugly thing.

    How the hell did he even escape that bunker and be allowed to wander the world without the full force of heroics coming down on him?
    I don't know if Loeb explained that, and I'm not willing to read to find out

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Nabob wrote: »
    So, I just thought of something!
    Venom is Spiderman on Norman's Avengers team as far as the public is concerned right? But with the Spider-tracer killings going on in ASM, the public also thinks Spiderman is a serial killer. So wouldn't it look like Norman is employing a known serial killer on the Avengers?

    The Spider-Tracer Killer storyline is going to be wrapped up in the next couple months I'm pretty sure.

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Certainly seems that way, though I'd like to see it done in two more issues along with the election plot.

    It makes no sense at all to focus on a mayoral race when a more important character like Norman Osborn has been appointed to a more important position than mayor.

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  • sportzboytjwsportzboytjw squeeeeeezzeeee some more tax breaks outRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Nabob wrote: »
    So, I just thought of something!
    Venom is Spiderman on Norman's Avengers team as far as the public is concerned right? But with the Spider-tracer killings going on in ASM, the public also thinks Spiderman is a serial killer. So wouldn't it look like Norman is employing a known serial killer on the Avengers?

    You're questioning plot holes in Spiderman after they decided to retcon (Shut up it was a retcon) the past 20 or so years of continuity? I guess I just expect them now.

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Just assume Spidey was cleared, since that arc is probably not only pre-DR but pre-SI.

    Speaking of WWH, based on reading the solicits for War Machine and the bit from New Nation, it seems to be going the same plot path as Planet Hulk did. Hul... Rhodey is dropped on the planet from space, fucks up some bad guys, fights a super-powered opponent sent to kill him, befriends that opponent by earning his respect, teams up with super and fucks up even more bad guy shit. Somehow I can't quite buy that

    I've been thinking about it, and Skrulls vs. Power Pack may have been one of my favorite SI tie-ins. It's funny because before I read it I was thinking, "Power Pack? Aren't they the comic that like five people read, but love?" But I wanted to read all of the SI material, so I sat down and read them all in one sitting. And something funny happened. I liked it. I was funny (especially the scenes with the Skrulls impersonating the kids as they dealt with the PP's parents), it was interesting and had good pacing, it had a nice mystery and puzzle-solving, and it had a much more satisfying ending than, say, something written by another writer whose work I otherwise love *cough*Jason Aaron*cough*.

    Also, speaking of Brubaker maybe writing an espionage comic featuring Carol, I wonder if Black Widow's team-ups with Cap in his comic will eventually bring her into the fold of NA. Also, I just realized something about NA #50. Danny Rand quit the team, citing personal reasons (basically, the entirety of the crazy shit he's faced in IIF). So why is he in a fight scene in NA #50 drawn by David Aja?

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Crimson - what did you think of the new issue of Thunderbolts?

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Aside from some trivial factual errors (really just one: AFO flies out of Andrews AFB because otherwise Dulles could not function according to the whims of presidential flight), it was pretty cool. I totally buy what Norman has done, and I am fully in accordance with the idea that as insane and dangerous as he is that he could get and has the job he does. I am loving the new team, also. Ant-Man and Yelena are going to make an interesting duo.

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  • Dareth RamDareth Ram regular
    edited January 2009
    I tried to read Mighty Avengers again today and I just can't.

    the dialogue is soooo stiff. I also think he's trying too hard to convince me Hank Pym is cool. While I think that's a noble enough endeavor, it's something that you need to be subtle and take your time with.

    Hammering it in my face with in the first issue is not going to convince me, because despite the author's preferences... I don't think Hank Pym is cool. His worth has to be proven, and it can't be rushed.

    And seeing as how Slott plans to have Jocasta yell at the reader (well, not the reader, but the characters that don't like him) about how Hank Pym is cool... Well seems pretty ham handed to me.

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  • FaynorFaynor Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    This is probably the wrong place to put this, but I can't remember what thread someone linked that Captain Britain is getting canceled, so. It's not.

    Edit: I was apparently late to the parade and it was posted in the X-thread. Anyways.

    I agree that "stiff" is a great word to describe Mighty Avengers. I wonder if Hank Pym has dignity or coolness in his little magic Maguyver pen thing, because if not, he's pretty worthless.

    I'm hoping it was just Slott getting into the wing of things, and it gets better.

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    You guys have to give it a chance, I guess. Something similar happened with Pym to (imo) great results in Byrne's run of WEST COAST AVENGERS (though Slott's version seems a bit cocky - then again, Slott's version has just spent who-knows-how-long under Skrull lock-and-key).

    Pham's art did not do much for me, though - some of his faces and bodies looked really....puffy, I guess I'd say.

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  • FaynorFaynor Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    You guys have to give it a chance, I guess. Something similar happened with Pym to (imo) great results in Byrne's run of WEST COAST AVENGERS (though Slott's version seems a bit cocky - then again, Slott's version has just spent who-knows-how-long under Skrull lock-and-key).

    Pham's art did not do much for me, though - some of his faces and bodies looked really....puffy, I guess I'd say.

    I especially got the puffy thing from Wanda.

    I don't know. I didn't hate Pym in Initiative, and Mighty, so I guess it was just kind of a bleh when he comes out going "I'm not helping you, woe as me!"

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  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I've been thinking about it, and Skrulls vs. Power Pack may have been one of my favorite SI tie-ins. It's funny because before I read it I was thinking, "Power Pack? Aren't they the comic that like five people read, but love?" But I wanted to read all of the SI material, so I sat down and read them all in one sitting. And something funny happened. I liked it. I was funny (especially the scenes with the Skrulls impersonating the kids as they dealt with the PP's parents), it was interesting and had good pacing, it had a nice mystery and puzzle-solving, and it had a much more satisfying ending than, say, something written by another writer whose work I otherwise love *cough*Jason Aaron*cough*.
    See? Desktop Hippie and I aren't crazy after all!

    Wildcat on
  • psycojesterpsycojester Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faynor wrote: »
    You guys have to give it a chance, I guess. Something similar happened with Pym to (imo) great results in Byrne's run of WEST COAST AVENGERS (though Slott's version seems a bit cocky - then again, Slott's version has just spent who-knows-how-long under Skrull lock-and-key).

    Pham's art did not do much for me, though - some of his faces and bodies looked really....puffy, I guess I'd say.

    I especially got the puffy thing from Wanda.

    I don't know. I didn't hate Pym in Initiative, and Mighty, so I guess it was just kind of a bleh when he comes out going "I'm not helping you, woe as me!"

    I still think that Hank works better as a support character than as an actual hero. I can buy him as the know-it-all jerk who invents stuff but i can't see him actually doing anything heroic.

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  • TeaSpoonTeaSpoon Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faynor wrote: »
    You guys have to give it a chance, I guess. Something similar happened with Pym to (imo) great results in Byrne's run of WEST COAST AVENGERS (though Slott's version seems a bit cocky - then again, Slott's version has just spent who-knows-how-long under Skrull lock-and-key).

    Pham's art did not do much for me, though - some of his faces and bodies looked really....puffy, I guess I'd say.

    I especially got the puffy thing from Wanda.

    I don't know. I didn't hate Pym in Initiative, and Mighty, so I guess it was just kind of a bleh when he comes out going "I'm not helping you, woe as me!"

    I still think that Hank works better as a support character than as an actual hero. I can buy him as the know-it-all jerk who invents stuff but i can't see him actually doing anything heroic.

    Yes but two out of five things he invents becomes evil and tries to destroy the world. I'm halfway convinced that most of the stuff that happens in 616 has been staged to distract Hank Pym from creating any more abominations. God save us when he makes inventing a full-time job.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited January 2009
    You can't just rehabilitate a character overnight. It took years for Bendis to take Luke Cage from a guy in a yellow shirt and tiara asking doom for his money to a character people actually care about.

    And sublety has never really been Slott's strong suit

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    You can't just rehabilitate a character overnight. It took years for Bendis to take Luke Cage from a guy in a yellow shirt and tiara asking doom for his money to a character people actually care about.

    And sublety has never really been Slott's strong suit

    Slott did a fair job rehabilitating She-Hulk.

    I agree that he's off to a rough start, but I don't think he's entirely unequal to the task.

    Robos A Go Go on
  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Wildcat wrote: »
    I've been thinking about it, and Skrulls vs. Power Pack may have been one of my favorite SI tie-ins. It's funny because before I read it I was thinking, "Power Pack? Aren't they the comic that like five people read, but love?" But I wanted to read all of the SI material, so I sat down and read them all in one sitting. And something funny happened. I liked it. I was funny (especially the scenes with the Skrulls impersonating the kids as they dealt with the PP's parents), it was interesting and had good pacing, it had a nice mystery and puzzle-solving, and it had a much more satisfying ending than, say, something written by another writer whose work I otherwise love *cough*Jason Aaron*cough*.
    See? Desktop Hippie and I aren't crazy after all!

    Whoa whoa whoa now. Don't start basing your sanity on me.

    Crimsondude on
  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Ah. Point taken.

    Wildcat on
  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I liked how the first thing Hercules said when he saw Pym's new superhero identity was "Is...is he crossdressing?"

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    PiptheFair wrote: »
    killing children would be hilarious
    Olivaw wrote: »
    HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE PENNY ARCADE FORUMS

    PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY

    AND THIS PENIS
    Man, I don't want to read about this lady's broken vagina.
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I am sitting here trying to come up with a tiered system for rating child molesters.
    cock vore is fuckin hilarious
  • psycojesterpsycojester Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I felt deeply gratified that what Herc and Cho had the exact same reaction to Hank deciding to call himself Janet, that i did.

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    This is going to lead to an epic awkward moment when Janet eventually comes back.

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  • SmurphSmurph Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I don't think they need to bring her back at all. Then again they didn't need to bring back Mockingbird either.

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