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MotW 11/5/2008 - Fraction, always Fraction
jkylefulton
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Invincible Iron Man wins, particularly because of this page:
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They need to let Fraction write Spidey more often.
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They need to let Fraction write Spidey more often.
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Hell yes they do. That whole issue was great. I've decided that the guy doing the art is really good at people in costumes, not so good at people out of them.
Also Marvel Zombies:
"Exactly! not a ho-bot!"
Yeah, for sure. Especially close-ups.
Punisher annual was good as well, along with IIM.
I did snag The End, the new suits are super snazzy.
Ultimatum was ehhhh and obviously set after the current arc in USM so beware some spoilers. Basically, I'm going to suffer through Loeb because I want to see why everyone but USM gets canceled.
On a lighter note, I was reading some Powers today, and a prison is called Loeb Correctional. Loeb doesn't correct things
He makes them worse
Although it pissed me off all over again with the whole Brand New Day bullcrap, because all that stuff about Tony telling Peter that he should unmask and register already happened! Did the totally badass Stark Tech Spider suit just never happen? Because damn. Stupid!
actually, most of the Initiative special was just alright, but the Trauma back-up was awesome
It still happaned, Tony remembers that Peter worked for him. Tony remembers that he worked together with Spidey, but he is unable to connect the two together or remember that Peter is Spider-Man.
Why no one remembers his identity is going to be explained in a big Spidey story that starts early next year.
I'm going to go get a Max Lord Was Right shirt made.
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I want to know how the fuck OMACs are so strong, though. How did Earth create technology that can essentially beat the shit out of pretty much any superhero?
Batman made it during his spare time. Does it make sense? No. Did DC go along with it anyway? Yes.
Honestly though, I think Mr. Terrific fucked up. OMACs operate by the oft quoted Inverse Ninja Law. The more there are, the weaker they are. He should have sent like, two of them out.
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His face was fixed prior to One Year Later.
Also, Barbara Gordon's legs were fixed a while ago. She just sits in a chair all day cuz she's lazy.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
Also, a main plot point of Miller's Dark Knight Returns.
As for Barbara Gordon's legs, Prometheus straight-up volunteered to fix her legs. You'd think that, after he'd been jailed, Batman might have gone through his technology and looked for some kind of spine-Spackle.
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I thought that the first couple it took, and then more bad shit happened and he got scarred up and went nutty again
And then the last time he went nutty and cut up his own face and went back to the job
And, as I've said before, I think it's fantastic that we're getting some concrete information about how the new status quo works over a year after it actually started. You're doin' a heckuva job, Joey.
Did anyone get Spider-Man and X-men? How is it?
I imagine that, as EiC, he has some say over what goes on in one of Marvel's flagship titles. Especially since the current direction it is going in was pretty explicitly stated to be his idea.
Yes, he pushed to put the new status quo in place
but given that the book has a team of about 7-8 writers plus a dedicated editor in Steve Wacker who is in turn overseen by Tom Breevort, your implication that Quesada is outlining every story for ASM since OMD is not even remotely based in reality.
and to jkyle: Loeb's books sell, if they didnt sell he wouldnt get such high profile assignments, but everything with his name on it is in pretty much always in the top 5 on the sales charts in the month it comes out.
I'm not saying that he's outlining every story. All I'm saying is that there are certain points that he requires in regards to Spider-man(ie: Pete is neither married nor divorced, Aunt May is alive, the unmasking either never happened or no one remembers it, etc), and the rest he leaves to the writing/editing staff's discretion. I find this to be less than optimal.
http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/10/marvel-month-to-month-sales-january-2008-2/#more-4861
52. ONSLAUGHT REBORN
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03/07 Onslaught Reborn #3 of 5 - 52,420 ( -4.9%)
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07/07 Onslaught Reborn #4 of 5 - 45,946 (-12.4%)
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01/08 Onslaught Reborn #5 of 5 - 39,083 (-14.9%)
Hulk, Fallen Son, Ultimates 3 all sell a fuckton of copies when they come out (or came out)
and shit 52k for a fucking Onslaught Reborn mini is actually a pretty damn good number, who the fuck is buying that?
I'm just bitter about my fantasy football team.
edit - DAMN YOU JKYLE
Onslaught is one of the low points in X-Men history
you're just mad it didn't go as long as the clone saga
yes
he also created John Matrix
Barbara turned Prometheus down, though. Why would she say yes to Batman?