Theres been all kinds of info related to Ultimates to infer its quality. Aside from Loeb being the writer, its already shown he has no idea how to write Ultimate versions of hte characters and has decided to simply revert them to their 616 counterparts. Hes responsible for Thor's return to norse speak with the verily's and thous and so on. He as much as said he doesnt care for the political overtones of the series that Millar did and wont bother writing something like that. He just said in the panel he cant be bothered writing longer then 6 issue stories and wont try to make a overarching story, keeping it similar to his Superman/Batman. When asked why they were reverted to 616 looks, he just says "well Scarlet Witch's mother made her that way" as his reason. Every single thing he says about the book is pathetic and he hasnt written a good book since For All Seasons. The rest are just colour books (blue, grey, yellow, etc) or year one follow ups that prey on nostalgia and basically build / retell older peoples stories. You may enjoy them, but they are far from great books.
Tying in a "big" crossover for the Ultimate Universe with two non related books like Ultimatum is doing is stupid and wreaks of 90s crossover as well. Why coudlnt they just tell it like a normal crossover in its own mini like Ultimate Galactus trilogy or Ultimate War or Ultimate Six or so on.
Well, one side I will mourn the Ultimates, on the other hand, I will be able to add All Star Superman in my pull list.
I´m taking bets on how many issues of vol3 will come out per year, with "Battlechasers" Joe drawing it.
I'm kind of irked that there was no new news from DC about when Manhunter would be coming back. It was supposed to return this month, but it keeps getting pushed back.
I'm actually pretty excited about The Captain Marvel mini. Yeah, his ressurection was un-needed, but they are explaining it very well. Hell, he's not even ressurected. He's still dead. He's a "copy" of Marvel yanked from the time stream right after being exposed to the gas that gave him cancer. He still died in his bed surrounded by heroes.
they are explaining it very well.
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He's still dead. He's a "copy" of Marvel yanked from the time stream right after being exposed to the gas that gave him cancer.
My grandmother came back from the dead the same way.
they are explaining it very well.
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He's still dead. He's a "copy" of Marvel yanked from the time stream right after being exposed to the gas that gave him cancer.
My grandmother came back from the dead the same way.
Mine was punched into re-existance.
and my great grandma was brought back to life by her misguided godlike friend.
Oh and then there's the uncle who had some weird stasis where he was dead but not really. He got a mullet.
Id put Beast as the one to get his own series. Probably going to end up doing some drastic stuff with Dark Beast and be removed from the team once they find out. Solo book for a bit would be good to show insight into his mind and deal with the ramifications of his actions (or clean up any shady deals he made) while the X-Men move forward post-Messiah.
they are explaining it very well.
...
He's still dead. He's a "copy" of Marvel yanked from the time stream right after being exposed to the gas that gave him cancer.
My grandmother came back from the dead the same way.
Mine was punched into re-existance.
and my great grandma was brought back to life by her misguided godlike friend.
Oh and then there's the uncle who had some weird stasis where he was dead but not really. He got a mullet.
Your grandma was better.
Civil War: The Return is still the worst comic of last year
or was it this year?
Civil War was so terribly handled I have can't remember
Did anyone attend the Fables panel at the comicon? If so, any chance of a scan or summary of what the special 1-page attendee-only story was about? They said it will never be reprinted and didnt have enough for the people in attendance.
If I could have picked one person to take over Astonishing X-Men.
It would NOT have been Warren Ellis.
Uggggh, I just got the Bad Signal email about this. I'm a pretty big Ellis fan and even I think he is among the worst possible choices to write this book. X-Man is all about being able to write individual characters well, and all of Ellis's characters sound like the same person; smartass Warren Ellis. How many pages into the issue will we get before Xavier addresses the team as his freaky filthy things? I'm guessimating one.
Everything non creater-owned thing Ellis has written for the big two has been terrible with the exception of Nextwave and Extremis. I'm going to check out the book because I know he will definitely take it in an interesting/original direction, but the dialogue is going to be so fucking painful to read.
I originally thought the same as you, but when you wrote this:
How many pages into the issue will we get before Xavier addresses the team as his freaky filthy things?
I changed my mind completely. Now I am totally in favour. I also predict that he will start wearing glasses with mismatched lenses and refer to himself as Magical Truthsaying Bastard Xavier.
I am filled with envy, and yet, when could you ever really wear it? I mean, out on the street people are just gonna be all, "Buh what?" and at a con or comic shop you just know some rabid fan is going to come up to you and start going on about how D-Diddy is the best ever. All smellin' like stale nachos and cheap Ax body spray.
I am filled with envy, and yet, when could you ever really wear it? I mean, out on the street people are just gonna be all, "Buh what?" and at a con or comic shop you just know some rabid fan is going to come up to you and start going on about how D-Diddy is the best ever. All smellin' like stale nachos and cheap Ax body spray.
Do stale nachos have their own smell? I would think the rotting cheese would cover up the chip smell, leaving only cheese.
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I am filled with envy, and yet, when could you ever really wear it? I mean, out on the street people are just gonna be all, "Buh what?" and at a con or comic shop you just know some rabid fan is going to come up to you and start going on about how D-Diddy is the best ever. All smellin' like stale nachos and cheap Ax body spray.
If I could have picked one person to take over Astonishing X-Men.
It would NOT have been Warren Ellis.
Uggggh, I just got the Bad Signal email about this. I'm a pretty big Ellis fan and even I think he is among the worst possible choices to write this book. X-Man is all about being able to write individual characters well, and all of Ellis's characters sound like the same person; smartass Warren Ellis. How many pages into the issue will we get before Xavier addresses the team as his freaky filthy things? I'm guessimating one.
Everything non creater-owned thing Ellis has written for the big two has been terrible with the exception of Nextwave and Extremis. I'm going to check out the book because I know he will definitely take it in an interesting/original direction, but the dialogue is going to be so fucking painful to read.
because none of Whedon's X-Men were like stereotypical Whedon characters
because none of Whedon's X-Men were like stereotypical Whedon characters
I really liked Sassy Teenage Girl 1 and Sassier Teenage Girl 2, as well as Wizened Badass Paternal Figure and Simpleminded Funny Guy.
I guess I could kind of see the Kitty - Buffy analogy there, although Kitty isnt a teenager anymore and she's not nearly as jaded as adult Buffy was.
None of those other descriptions fit any of the other X-Men in that book though.
Sassier teenage girl: Armor?
wizened badass paternal figure: Cyclops?
simpleminded funny guy: Wolverine?
Yes on the first.
Cyclops has always been the wizened paternal figure, so Whedon didn't do that.
Wolverine has always been a bit simpleminded, but the whole "A Blue Moose!" stage was too funny for me to care about any cliches and it had a good excuse for humor.
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Well, one side I will mourn the Ultimates, on the other hand, I will be able to add All Star Superman in my pull list.
I´m taking bets on how many issues of vol3 will come out per year, with "Battlechasers" Joe drawing it.
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AXM is a good example of how to do him correctly.
Maybe an exploration of his life before the school, in the orphanage? That's seldom covered.
Maybe something shocking happens and he needs to do some soul searching.
That and New X-Men
Goddamn it!
But I did guess right with Bachalo.
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Plus, McGuinness on covers.
My grandmother came back from the dead the same way.
and my great grandma was brought back to life by her misguided godlike friend.
Oh and then there's the uncle who had some weird stasis where he was dead but not really. He got a mullet.
Your grandma was better.
Civil War: The Return is still the worst comic of last year
or was it this year?
Civil War was so terribly handled I have can't remember
It better be Krypto versus Ace the Bat-hound.
Does Ace have time to prepare?
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I originally thought the same as you, but when you wrote this:
I changed my mind completely. Now I am totally in favour. I also predict that he will start wearing glasses with mismatched lenses and refer to himself as Magical Truthsaying Bastard Xavier.
I am filled with envy, and yet, when could you ever really wear it? I mean, out on the street people are just gonna be all, "Buh what?" and at a con or comic shop you just know some rabid fan is going to come up to you and start going on about how D-Diddy is the best ever. All smellin' like stale nachos and cheap Ax body spray.
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Do stale nachos have their own smell? I would think the rotting cheese would cover up the chip smell, leaving only cheese.
it also meant I couldn't eat lunch that day
I really liked Sassy Teenage Girl 1 and Sassier Teenage Girl 2, as well as Wizened Badass Paternal Figure and Simpleminded Funny Guy.
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I guess I could kind of see the Kitty - Buffy analogy there, although Kitty isnt a teenager anymore and she's not nearly as jaded as adult Buffy was.
None of those other descriptions fit any of the other X-Men in that book though.
Sassier teenage girl: Armor?
wizened badass paternal figure: Cyclops?
simpleminded funny guy: Wolverine?
Cyclops has always been the wizened paternal figure, so Whedon didn't do that.
Wolverine has always been a bit simpleminded, but the whole "A Blue Moose!" stage was too funny for me to care about any cliches and it had a good excuse for humor.
Cyclops is a paternal figure to who.
Hell Wolverine is closer to that than anyone else.