BRB:Stormbreaker is hella awesome and is in trade. Follows on from the end of the previous Thor series but makes sense on its own.
He was in Omega Flight but don't read that, seriously, the only good part is where he shouts I SAY THEE NAY while fighting an infinite number of demons
As to Galactus going looking for his herald: he doesn't have to. he already has stardust waiting in the wings, and dust is far more loyal to galactus then norrin rad ever was.
To be fair, as loyal as Stardust is, the Surfer is still much more effective in working for Galactus, don't forget what he did to Tenebrous and Aegis.
Also, Beta Ray Bill is awesome in pretty much anything he is in, can't wait to see more of him.
Also on the subject of Bill can someone give me a quick synopsis of the SI Thor tie in
Beta Ray Bill in SI tie-in:
Skrulls capture Bill and somehow and make him go into his "human" form and torture him, then send him plummeting to Earth to send Thor a message, while keeping his weapon.
Thor gives Bill Mjolnir and goes off to birth some children or something, and Bill fights Skrulls until a huge fat skrull with Stormbreaker comes down, except they managed to butcher it and it's cut in half. Bill almost dies, Thor saves him and gets him Stormbreaker back, and they kill the bitch and save everyone and I also faintly remember Thor and Bill bench pressing Asgard or something.
Did I miss anything?
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As to Galactus going looking for his herald: he doesn't have to. he already has stardust waiting in the wings, and dust is far more loyal to galactus then norrin rad ever was.
To be fair, as loyal as Stardust is, the Surfer is still much more effective in working for Galactus, don't forget what he did to Tenebrous and Aegis.
Also, Beta Ray Bill is awesome in pretty much anything he is in, can't wait to see more of him.
Seriously, Bill vs Silver Surfer is so much better than Bill vs. Stardust.
It wasn't even to do that, it was JUST to prove his/her loyalty. Galactus pretty much said that it was a pitiful morsel, only significant symbolically.
It wasn't even to do that, it was JUST to prove his/her loyalty. Galactus pretty much said that it was a pitiful morsel, only significant symbolically.
Guys. I haven't been paying attention to the War of Kings stuff because I need to trim down my books (I buy almost everything marvel right now ) But I have been following and loving Nova, I know what's going on with the Inhumans, and I have read Annihilation.
Knowing this, should I add War of Kings to my pull list?
Guys. I haven't been paying attention to the War of Kings stuff because I need to trim down my books (I buy almost everything marvel right now ) But I have been following and loving Nova, I know what's going on with the Inhumans, and I have read Annihilation.
Knowing this, should I add War of Kings to my pull list?
If by "pull list" you mean buy list then good god yes.
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Guys. I haven't been paying attention to the War of Kings stuff because I need to trim down my books (I buy almost everything marvel right now ) But I have been following and loving Nova, I know what's going on with the Inhumans, and I have read Annihilation.
Knowing this, should I add War of Kings to my pull list?
If by "pull list" you mean buy list then good god yes.
Seriously, Black Bolt and Nova make it awesome, and will most likely mitigate the flaws that are the X-parts of the event.
Guys. I haven't been paying attention to the War of Kings stuff because I need to trim down my books (I buy almost everything marvel right now ) But I have been following and loving Nova, I know what's going on with the Inhumans, and I have read Annihilation.
Knowing this, should I add War of Kings to my pull list?
Wait, are you not buying Guardians of the Galaxy? Because you really ought to be.
I started to get GotG in trade format but next week I'll start picking it up in singles if only to follow the WoKs tie-ins. I already get Nova and am getting the Darkhawk books. Speaking of that, I'm glad Marvel is putting the second 1991 Darkhawk issue on the WoKs: Darkhawk #2 book as I liked the first issue on #1.
Guys. I haven't been paying attention to the War of Kings stuff because I need to trim down my books (I buy almost everything marvel right now ) But I have been following and loving Nova, I know what's going on with the Inhumans, and I have read Annihilation.
Knowing this, should I add War of Kings to my pull list?
Wait, are you not buying Guardians of the Galaxy? Because you really ought to be.
Man, I finally read WoK #1. I must now go back and read up on Vulcan, just so I can know who this guy is that's going to get blasted into his constituent particles by Black Bolt.
he's the long-lost third Summers brother Sinister once referred to (though for a time it was supposed to be Gambit who was this third Summers), who was lost in a mission Xavier sent him on during the time between the departure of the original X-Men (Scott et al.) and the selection of the Giant-Sized X-Men team (Storm, et al.). He was recently rediscovered and freed, and he kinda flipped six kinds of crazy. This lead to him taking off to space to slaughter his father and the Shi'ar, which has positioned him as King of the Shi'ar empire.
Yeah, I did read up on him on Wikipedia. What I meant is that I'm going to go back and read the comics so that I have a good, firm antipathy for his villainy, thus making his eventual comeuppance all the sweeter to enjoy.
Yeah, I did read up on him on Wikipedia. What I meant is that I'm going to go back and read the comics so that I have a good, firm antipathy for his villainy, thus making his eventual comeuppance all the sweeter to enjoy.
Yeah, good luck with caring about Superboy Pr- I mean Vulcan.
Vulcan's like Superboy Prime stapled to two Forerunners, taped to the Sentry.
Even at his most emo, SBP is way more developed then Vulcan. Vulcan sucks.
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Do you think Marvel might actually kill Vulcan off by the series end, realizing they've used up all the stories they could with him?
I'd also like to see Gladiator killed too, but mainly to get the hell over that whole "loyal no matter who is King or what they do." Black Bolt yelling right in his face and boom! head shot.
I think Vulcan might actually bite it at the end of War of Kings, unless Brubaker has a Geoff Johns/Superboy-Prime-sized liking of the character, which I doubt.
Vulcan's like Superboy Prime stapled to two Forerunners, taped to the Sentry.
Man, whatever. Sentry would beat the hell out of Vulcan. Also, Vulcan's probably what SBP would be if he'd stop dicking around with Earth's heroes and got over his fear of speedsters.
Do you think Marvel might actually kill Vulcan off by the series end, realizing they've used up all the stories they could with him?
I'd also like to see Gladiator killed too, but mainly to get the hell over that whole "loyal no matter who is King or what they do." Black Bolt yelling right in his face and boom! head shot.
I've always really liked Gladiator. One of my favorite issues of any comic is in UXM when he and Cannonball square off.
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Do you think Marvel might actually kill Vulcan off by the series end, realizing they've used up all the stories they could with him?
I'd also like to see Gladiator killed too, but mainly to get the hell over that whole "loyal no matter who is King or what they do." Black Bolt yelling right in his face and boom! head shot.
I've always really liked Gladiator. One of my favorite issues of any comic is in UXM when he and Cannonball square off.
Fuck Gladiator. If he had any self-respect, he would fight for what he believes in. Instead he basically conceals himself behind "loyalty to the throne". Of course, I'm reading War of Kings despite Brubaker's Uncanny X-Men arc, rather than because of it. If everyone from that arc disappeared, I'd be much more excited.
Do you think Marvel might actually kill Vulcan off by the series end, realizing they've used up all the stories they could with him?
I'd also like to see Gladiator killed too, but mainly to get the hell over that whole "loyal no matter who is King or what they do." Black Bolt yelling right in his face and boom! head shot.
I've always really liked Gladiator. One of my favorite issues of any comic is in UXM when he and Cannonball square off.
Fuck Gladiator. If he had any self-respect, he would fight for what he believes in. Instead he basically conceals himself behind "loyalty to the throne". Of course, I'm reading War of Kings despite Brubaker's Uncanny X-Men arc, rather than because of it. If everyone from that arc disappeared, I'd be much more excited.
With all due respect, I think you're missing the point of Gladiator. He isn't supposed to be self-confident, but rather confident in his status as a part of the Empire. If it were just about self-confidence, he'd be uncontrollable (as far as the Empire is concerned). Of course they would design his powers to be dependent upon his faith in this way.
Do you think Marvel might actually kill Vulcan off by the series end, realizing they've used up all the stories they could with him?
I'd also like to see Gladiator killed too, but mainly to get the hell over that whole "loyal no matter who is King or what they do." Black Bolt yelling right in his face and boom! head shot.
I've always really liked Gladiator. One of my favorite issues of any comic is in UXM when he and Cannonball square off.
Fuck Gladiator. If he had any self-respect, he would fight for what he believes in. Instead he basically conceals himself behind "loyalty to the throne". Of course, I'm reading War of Kings despite Brubaker's Uncanny X-Men arc, rather than because of it. If everyone from that arc disappeared, I'd be much more excited.
With all due respect, I think you're missing the point of Gladiator. He isn't supposed to be self-confident, but rather confident in his status as a part of the Empire. If it were just about self-confidence, he'd be uncontrollable (as far as the Empire is concerned). Of course they would design his powers to be dependent upon his faith in this way.
It's not about self-confidence. It's about having principles you're willing to stand up for. Gladiator apparently has none.
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That would be pretty cool if by the end of the series the Inhumans get Lockjaw to teleport Cannonball out to the big fight and Gladiator panics and goes "S-s-stay away from Bart I mean Sam!"
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Do you think Marvel might actually kill Vulcan off by the series end, realizing they've used up all the stories they could with him?
I'd also like to see Gladiator killed too, but mainly to get the hell over that whole "loyal no matter who is King or what they do." Black Bolt yelling right in his face and boom! head shot.
I've always really liked Gladiator. One of my favorite issues of any comic is in UXM when he and Cannonball square off.
Fuck Gladiator. If he had any self-respect, he would fight for what he believes in. Instead he basically conceals himself behind "loyalty to the throne". Of course, I'm reading War of Kings despite Brubaker's Uncanny X-Men arc, rather than because of it. If everyone from that arc disappeared, I'd be much more excited.
With all due respect, I think you're missing the point of Gladiator. He isn't supposed to be self-confident, but rather confident in his status as a part of the Empire. If it were just about self-confidence, he'd be uncontrollable (as far as the Empire is concerned). Of course they would design his powers to be dependent upon his faith in this way.
It's not about self-confidence. It's about having principles you're willing to stand up for. Gladiator apparently has none.
That, or they just default to whatever the principles of the guy in charge are.
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Do you think Marvel might actually kill Vulcan off by the series end, realizing they've used up all the stories they could with him?
I'd also like to see Gladiator killed too, but mainly to get the hell over that whole "loyal no matter who is King or what they do." Black Bolt yelling right in his face and boom! head shot.
I've always really liked Gladiator. One of my favorite issues of any comic is in UXM when he and Cannonball square off.
Fuck Gladiator. If he had any self-respect, he would fight for what he believes in. Instead he basically conceals himself behind "loyalty to the throne". Of course, I'm reading War of Kings despite Brubaker's Uncanny X-Men arc, rather than because of it. If everyone from that arc disappeared, I'd be much more excited.
With all due respect, I think you're missing the point of Gladiator. He isn't supposed to be self-confident, but rather confident in his status as a part of the Empire. If it were just about self-confidence, he'd be uncontrollable (as far as the Empire is concerned). Of course they would design his powers to be dependent upon his faith in this way.
It's not about self-confidence. It's about having principles you're willing to stand up for. Gladiator apparently has none.
That, or they just default to whatever the principles of the guy in charge are.
But the guy in charge is currently a maniac with no redeeming features. One thing I'm really hoping, though, is that this doesn't touch earth. Also, the Inhumans are going to win, I just wonder how badly the Shi'ar Empire is going to lose. I'm really hoping that they set up a final stand off between Havoc and Vulcan, and Crystal takes Vulcan down saying, "No, that's stupid".
I think Vulcan might actually bite it at the end of War of Kings, unless Brubaker has a Geoff Johns/Superboy-Prime-sized liking of the character, which I doubt.
Since Brubaker isn't involved with the X-Men anymore, what does that matter?
It's not about self-confidence. It's about having principles you're willing to stand up for. Gladiator apparently has none.
That, or they just default to whatever the principles of the guy in charge are.
But the guy in charge is currently a maniac with no redeeming features. One thing I'm really hoping, though, is that this doesn't touch earth. Also, the Inhumans are going to win, I just wonder how badly the Shi'ar Empire is going to lose.
He's a super-powered Secret Service agent. Just because the new President is a dick doesn't mean you quit your job.
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I think Vulcan might actually bite it at the end of War of Kings, unless Brubaker has a Geoff Johns/Superboy-Prime-sized liking of the character, which I doubt.
Since Brubaker isn't involved with the X-Men anymore, what does that matter?
He's one of the anointed ones by Quesada, so he gets a lot of leeway in things, moreso than DnA probably have with Marvel. Vulcan is Brubaker's character, and probably has right of refusal in him being killed off.
But even Brubaker hopefully realizes Vulcan sucks, that he wrote the character as a joke that the editor didn't get or something.
It's not about self-confidence. It's about having principles you're willing to stand up for. Gladiator apparently has none.
That, or they just default to whatever the principles of the guy in charge are.
But the guy in charge is currently a maniac with no redeeming features. One thing I'm really hoping, though, is that this doesn't touch earth. Also, the Inhumans are going to win, I just wonder how badly the Shi'ar Empire is going to lose. I'm really hoping that they set up a final stand off between Havoc and Vulcan, and Crystal takes Vulcan down saying, "No, that's stupid".
Sure he's a maniac, but that didn't bother Gladiator when D'Ken or Deathbird were giving him orders. Or it did bother him, but he didn't let it affect his duty. He's got the ultimate 'my side, right or wrong' mentality. I think Corsair said it best: "You're not blind, you simply choose to close your eyes." Maybe this'll give him a chance to grow. But honestly, between the Inhumans and the Kree and the Guardians and Vulcan, I wonder how much screen time (panel time?) the Imperial Guard will get.
I certainly do hope the Inhumans come out on top, or at the very least stay in charge of the Kree (honestly, I can't see them ever slinking back to the moon after this...). As sorry as I am to see Ronan get deposed before he could actually do anything, it's nice to see the Inhumans go through such a tremendous change.
Sure he's a maniac, but that didn't bother Gladiator when D'Ken or Deathbird were giving him orders. Or it did bother him, but he didn't let it affect his duty. He's got the ultimate 'my side, right or wrong' mentality. I think Corsair said it best: "You're not blind, you simply choose to close your eyes." Maybe this'll give him a chance to grow. But honestly, between the Inhumans and the Kree and the Guardians and Vulcan, I wonder how much screen time (panel time?) the Imperial Guard will get.
Well they do seem to be making an awfully big deal out of the fact that he's been standing by the emperor, regardless of who it is, through some troubled times.
So, I'm trying to jump in on War of Kings, because everyone says the recent cosmic stuff is awesome.
Is Kingbreaker any good? I was reading summaries, and it sounded completely arbitrary. Have there been/will there be any real big developments in that book?
So, I'm trying to jump in on War of Kings, because everyone says the recent cosmic stuff is awesome.
Is Kingbreaker any good? I was reading summaries, and it sounded completely arbitrary. Have there been/will there be any real big developments in that book?
Kingbreaker focuses on Vulcan and the Starjammers and it's all right, nothing special. It's also kind of a sequel to a previous mini-series that came out a few years ago called X-men: Emperor Vulcan. Honestly is you want back story on these characters then read Uncanny X-men: Rise and fall of the Shi'ar empire which is the best book involving all of them.
Sure he's a maniac, but that didn't bother Gladiator when D'Ken or Deathbird were giving him orders. Or it did bother him, but he didn't let it affect his duty. He's got the ultimate 'my side, right or wrong' mentality. I think Corsair said it best: "You're not blind, you simply choose to close your eyes." Maybe this'll give him a chance to grow. But honestly, between the Inhumans and the Kree and the Guardians and Vulcan, I wonder how much screen time (panel time?) the Imperial Guard will get.
Well they do seem to be making an awfully big deal out of the fact that he's been standing by the emperor, regardless of who it is, through some troubled times.
Nah... I doubt it means anything.
There's also that other female member of his race running around that seemed to have some connection to him. That makes me think Gladiator will have at least a bit larger role the usual.
From what I understood, before she showed up he and everyone else seemed to think he was the only one left of his race (wow. Claremont really stretched that Superman analogy, didn't he?).
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He was in Omega Flight but don't read that, seriously, the only good part is where he shouts I SAY THEE NAY while fighting an infinite number of demons
To be fair, as loyal as Stardust is, the Surfer is still much more effective in working for Galactus, don't forget what he did to Tenebrous and Aegis.
Also, Beta Ray Bill is awesome in pretty much anything he is in, can't wait to see more of him.
Beta Ray Bill in SI tie-in:
Thor gives Bill Mjolnir and goes off to birth some children or something, and Bill fights Skrulls until a huge fat skrull with Stormbreaker comes down, except they managed to butcher it and it's cut in half. Bill almost dies, Thor saves him and gets him Stormbreaker back, and they kill the bitch and save everyone and I also faintly remember Thor and Bill bench pressing Asgard or something.
Did I miss anything?
Whoops, you're correct. My memory failed me.
Knowing this, should I add War of Kings to my pull list?
Wait, are you not buying Guardians of the Galaxy? Because you really ought to be.
Oh I am, that and Nova.
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Even at his most emo, SBP is way more developed then Vulcan. Vulcan sucks.
I'd also like to see Gladiator killed too, but mainly to get the hell over that whole "loyal no matter who is King or what they do." Black Bolt yelling right in his face and boom! head shot.
Man, whatever. Sentry would beat the hell out of Vulcan. Also, Vulcan's probably what SBP would be if he'd stop dicking around with Earth's heroes and got over his fear of speedsters.
I've always really liked Gladiator. One of my favorite issues of any comic is in UXM when he and Cannonball square off.
With all due respect, I think you're missing the point of Gladiator. He isn't supposed to be self-confident, but rather confident in his status as a part of the Empire. If it were just about self-confidence, he'd be uncontrollable (as far as the Empire is concerned). Of course they would design his powers to be dependent upon his faith in this way.
That, or they just default to whatever the principles of the guy in charge are.
Since Brubaker isn't involved with the X-Men anymore, what does that matter?
He's a super-powered Secret Service agent. Just because the new President is a dick doesn't mean you quit your job.
He's one of the anointed ones by Quesada, so he gets a lot of leeway in things, moreso than DnA probably have with Marvel. Vulcan is Brubaker's character, and probably has right of refusal in him being killed off.
But even Brubaker hopefully realizes Vulcan sucks, that he wrote the character as a joke that the editor didn't get or something.
Sure he's a maniac, but that didn't bother Gladiator when D'Ken or Deathbird were giving him orders. Or it did bother him, but he didn't let it affect his duty. He's got the ultimate 'my side, right or wrong' mentality. I think Corsair said it best: "You're not blind, you simply choose to close your eyes." Maybe this'll give him a chance to grow. But honestly, between the Inhumans and the Kree and the Guardians and Vulcan, I wonder how much screen time (panel time?) the Imperial Guard will get.
I certainly do hope the Inhumans come out on top, or at the very least stay in charge of the Kree (honestly, I can't see them ever slinking back to the moon after this...). As sorry as I am to see Ronan get deposed before he could actually do anything, it's nice to see the Inhumans go through such a tremendous change.
Well they do seem to be making an awfully big deal out of the fact that he's been standing by the emperor, regardless of who it is, through some troubled times.
Nah... I doubt it means anything.
Is Kingbreaker any good? I was reading summaries, and it sounded completely arbitrary. Have there been/will there be any real big developments in that book?
Kingbreaker focuses on Vulcan and the Starjammers and it's all right, nothing special. It's also kind of a sequel to a previous mini-series that came out a few years ago called X-men: Emperor Vulcan. Honestly is you want back story on these characters then read Uncanny X-men: Rise and fall of the Shi'ar empire which is the best book involving all of them.
There's also that other female member of his race running around that seemed to have some connection to him. That makes me think Gladiator will have at least a bit larger role the usual.