also, i got some previews for next week, and IIF is looking much better than the last issue, Skaar is finally making some progress, USM is actually deviating from the game in a nice way, and Old Man Logan was fantastic and has a great twist on the last few pages
Spoilers for that old man logan maybe? Is it related to the president's identity?
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"I told you," said Ford. "Eddies in the space-time continuum."
"And this is his sofa, is it?" said Arthur.
And there was a point before where Vixen used the power of a teddybear. I would follow Superman/Batman if I had not been horribly burned years before when Loeb was still on the creative team. No amount of adorable mini-heroes can heal that wound.
also, i got some previews for next week, and IIF is looking much better than the last issue, Skaar is finally making some progress, USM is actually deviating from the game in a nice way, and Old Man Logan was fantastic and has a great twist on the last few pages
Spoilers for that old man logan maybe? Is it related to the president's identity?
Hawkeye and Logan set out to rescue Ashley, but not before Ultron 8 gives Logan some encouragement in the form a an X-Men keychain that brings some memories flooding back (but still nothing clear) we then see "Daredevil" and "The Punisher", the two other "heroes" that came in with Ashley, get eaten by the Kingpin's dinosaurs. Speaking of which, it's not the Kingpin we all know, but a black guy who looks suspiciously like Luke Cage (but isn't). Hawkeye and Logan storm Ashely's holding place (with an awesome scene of the Spider-Buggy driving on the side of a building) and Hawkeye proceeds to beat the living shit out of everyone with a sword while Logan hangs back. After he frees Ashley, she kills the new Kingpin, and claims the land as her own. Hawkeye is confused, because he thought she wanted to free everyone, but she calls him stupid and gets ready to shoot him, when it ends showing Logan behind the wheel of the Spider-Buggy cursing Hawkeye for making him do what he's about to do.
I enjoyed the first two volumes of Superman/Batman by Loeb. Public Enemies and Supergirl. But I didn't care for volume 3, Absolute Power. And that's all I've read of Superman/Batman.
Anyone tired of MOTW's that are months old? No? Okay.
MOTW: Got Fables trades 8, 9 and 10 today. I'd read them already, but I love the series and don't want to have to rely on others when I feel like reading through them again.
Now, if the copy of #6 I ordered like two fucking months ago would arrive, I'd be all caught up.
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First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
loved Sl'gur't finishing Mikaboshi's haiku while attacking him. And the bit where she did an 'Alien' on Atum? Ewwwwwwwww!
Birds of Prey
Joker: "Relax, sonny! It's just a toy. You like toys, don't you? Pull the trigger and a ten inch rod pops out, with the cutest little flag on it that says 'BANG!' Priceless! Wanna see?"
SKLUTCH
Captain America:
Faustus: "But I leave you with two gifts... your S.H.I.E.L.D GPS transmitter...and this...Forget your grief. You were never pregnant. It was all a bad dream."
The "I'm Captain America!" moment at the end was fantastic too. Goshdarnit, I love that series!
Ruby is an awesome idea for a child of Cyclops and Emma Frost. That is all.
Would you mind popping some more details in a spoiler please, MuddBudd?
Alright. I'll try to scan it tonight too, but no promises. Here is the spoiler info on Ruby from the Layla Miller special.
This all takes place in the future Layla got left in. She escapes the internment camp.
They never specifically say who her mother is, but she has a very similar eye blast to cyclops (no visor, but then, future cyclops didn't have one either) and she appears to be made of living Ruby, which says to me Emma Frost is her mother. Her eyes seem to constantly have energy leaking out from them, not like electric arcs, but little floaty black specks with red outlines. Her optic blast is also black/very dark crimson with bright red outlines.
We know she can power down into normal human mode, but hasn't in decades and is worried that if she did, she might age that much in seconds. We also know that Layla is in the past at some point and tells Cyclops in no uncertain terms to name her Ruby Summers.
She leads what Layla says will someday be referred to as the Summers Rebellion by taking down a bunch of Sentinels in Times Square, and uniting mutants and humans against an oppressive government.
All in all I just really like the character design and I want to see more of it.
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There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Ruby is an awesome idea for a child of Cyclops and Emma Frost. That is all.
Would you mind popping some more details in a spoiler please, MuddBudd?
Alright. I'll try to scan it tonight too, but no promises. Here is the spoiler info on Ruby from the Layla Miller special.
This all takes place in the future Layla got left in. She escapes the internment camp.
They never specifically say who her mother is, but she has a very similar eye blast to cyclops (no visor, but then, future cyclops didn't have one either) and she appears to be made of living Ruby, which says to me Emma Frost is her mother. Her eyes seem to constantly have energy leaking out from them, not like electric arcs, but little floaty black specks with red outlines. Her optic blast is also black/very dark crimson with bright red outlines.
We know she can power down into normal human mode, but hasn't in decades and is worried that if she did, she might age that much in seconds. We also know that Layla is in the past at some point and tells Cyclops in no uncertain terms to name her Ruby Summers.
She leads what Layla says will someday be referred to as the Summers Rebellion by taking down a bunch of Sentinels in Times Square, and uniting mutants and humans against an oppressive government.
All in all I just really like the character design and I want to see more of it.
I struggle to fit X-Men into regular continuity. I mean before M-Day or whatever it was called, there were thousands upon thousands of mutants and yet only tyhe odd known hero like Spider-Man who only ever met other scientific accidents and never mutants. And every possible future for the X-Men involves an Earth thats generally mutant-hating, post-apocalyptic, bleak and pretty much every popular character is dead which seems to make stuff like the Skrull wars and their defeat kind of inevitable and only postponing the inevitable. The Xmens future and every other heroes just seems to be exclusive of each other.
you can say that about any franchise that tells stories in the "future"
X-Men probably does it more than most, but thats just the nature of time travel stories. And the way Marvel time travel works, these are just possible futures. Obviously none of it is set in stone.
you can say that about any franchise that tells stories in the "future"
X-Men probably does it more than most, but thats just the nature of time travel stories. And the way Marvel time travel works, these are just possible futures. Obviously none of it is set in stone.
Fair enough. Its mostly the number of pre-cogs, messiahs and active members from the future that make it harder to deal with than others.
Amazing Spider-Man was great if you don't like good story-telling and think that JR Jr is a wonderful artist. Otherwise I think it's time for Marvel to send Venom and the rest of the symbiotes back to the 90s where they belong.
Have you been reading Thunderbolts? Because Venom's been pretty awesome in that.
And Toxin's a great character even if he's been stuck in Limbo since his mini ended.
Ruby is an awesome idea for a child of Cyclops and Emma Frost. That is all.
Would you mind popping some more details in a spoiler please, MuddBudd?
Alright. I'll try to scan it tonight too, but no promises. Here is the spoiler info on Ruby from the Layla Miller special.
This all takes place in the future Layla got left in. She escapes the internment camp.
They never specifically say who her mother is, but she has a very similar eye blast to cyclops (no visor, but then, future cyclops didn't have one either) and she appears to be made of living Ruby, which says to me Emma Frost is her mother. Her eyes seem to constantly have energy leaking out from them, not like electric arcs, but little floaty black specks with red outlines. Her optic blast is also black/very dark crimson with bright red outlines.
We know she can power down into normal human mode, but hasn't in decades and is worried that if she did, she might age that much in seconds. We also know that Layla is in the past at some point and tells Cyclops in no uncertain terms to name her Ruby Summers.
She leads what Layla says will someday be referred to as the Summers Rebellion by taking down a bunch of Sentinels in Times Square, and uniting mutants and humans against an oppressive government.
All in all I just really like the character design and I want to see more of it.
I struggle to fit X-Men into regular continuity. I mean before M-Day or whatever it was called, there were thousands upon thousands of mutants and yet only tyhe odd known hero like Spider-Man who only ever met other scientific accidents and never mutants. And every possible future for the X-Men involves an Earth thats generally mutant-hating, post-apocalyptic, bleak and pretty much every popular character is dead which seems to make stuff like the Skrull wars and their defeat kind of inevitable and only postponing the inevitable. The Xmens future and every other heroes just seems to be exclusive of each other.
Though granted I don't follow X-men much.
Spoilered for those who haven't read Layla Miller and want to:
Actually, in this future, the populace didn't hate the mutants. The government did and was about to embark on a genetic testing of the whole populace. The humans were pissed at this, and all Layla did was sort of prod them out of their laziness by revealing this plan to them before the govt. was ready.
Long story short, they weren't hateful, just self-absorbed.
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There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Well, it wasn't one of the "tie-in" issues with the banner at the top, but it does actually deal with Batman being missing and such.
Nicieza is pretty good with connecting stories, apparently. The last issue of Robin (before this week's) had Nightwing saying, "Hmm. Voice command auto-destruct. Not a bad idea." about Tim's mask and the week before's (i think) issue of Trinity (the back-up written by Nicieza) had Nightwing using a voice activated auto-destruct in his mask.
I just thought that was neat
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y'know? Nevermind. That can of worms can stay closed.
Because I don't care, that was the goshdarn Batman
"And this is his sofa, is it?" said Arthur.
Spoilers for that old man logan maybe? Is it related to the president's identity?
"And this is his sofa, is it?" said Arthur.
I figured it was bubblegum but those probably fit it better.
Anyway, here's some more Superman/Batman. Not as good as the other scanned pages but still pretty funny/awesome:
"And this is his sofa, is it?" said Arthur.
And there was a point before where Vixen used the power of a teddybear. I would follow Superman/Batman if I had not been horribly burned years before when Loeb was still on the creative team. No amount of adorable mini-heroes can heal that wound.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
He left the book even before he signed his Marvel exclusive (he's been exclusive with Marvel for almost 2 years)
if you guys want some scans just ask
Wow, I've been avoiding the book for that long just because of Loeb.
But then, that last arc that ended with Lana Lang betraying Superman didn't make it seem like I was missing much.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
MOTW: Got Fables trades 8, 9 and 10 today. I'd read them already, but I love the series and don't want to have to rely on others when I feel like reading through them again.
Now, if the copy of #6 I ordered like two fucking months ago would arrive, I'd be all caught up.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
hahah yesss, that conversation made me so happy
I imagine Beast's voice getting more and more urgent and insistent as that conversation went on.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Herc
Birds of Prey
SKLUTCH
Captain America:
The "I'm Captain America!" moment at the end was fantastic too. Goshdarnit, I love that series!
Well, it wasn't one of the "tie-in" issues with the banner at the top, but it does actually deal with Batman being missing and such.
Alright. I'll try to scan it tonight too, but no promises. Here is the spoiler info on Ruby from the Layla Miller special.
They never specifically say who her mother is, but she has a very similar eye blast to cyclops (no visor, but then, future cyclops didn't have one either) and she appears to be made of living Ruby, which says to me Emma Frost is her mother. Her eyes seem to constantly have energy leaking out from them, not like electric arcs, but little floaty black specks with red outlines. Her optic blast is also black/very dark crimson with bright red outlines.
We know she can power down into normal human mode, but hasn't in decades and is worried that if she did, she might age that much in seconds. We also know that Layla is in the past at some point and tells Cyclops in no uncertain terms to name her Ruby Summers.
She leads what Layla says will someday be referred to as the Summers Rebellion by taking down a bunch of Sentinels in Times Square, and uniting mutants and humans against an oppressive government.
All in all I just really like the character design and I want to see more of it.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
I struggle to fit X-Men into regular continuity. I mean before M-Day or whatever it was called, there were thousands upon thousands of mutants and yet only tyhe odd known hero like Spider-Man who only ever met other scientific accidents and never mutants. And every possible future for the X-Men involves an Earth thats generally mutant-hating, post-apocalyptic, bleak and pretty much every popular character is dead which seems to make stuff like the Skrull wars and their defeat kind of inevitable and only postponing the inevitable. The Xmens future and every other heroes just seems to be exclusive of each other.
Though granted I don't follow X-men much.
X-Men probably does it more than most, but thats just the nature of time travel stories. And the way Marvel time travel works, these are just possible futures. Obviously none of it is set in stone.
Fair enough. Its mostly the number of pre-cogs, messiahs and active members from the future that make it harder to deal with than others.
Have you been reading Thunderbolts? Because Venom's been pretty awesome in that.
And Toxin's a great character even if he's been stuck in Limbo since his mini ended.
Spoilered for those who haven't read Layla Miller and want to:
Long story short, they weren't hateful, just self-absorbed.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
I'd want to party with the guy who blows up buildings too.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
I think the current Robin arc is called "Search for a Hero"
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Nicieza is pretty good with connecting stories, apparently. The last issue of Robin (before this week's) had Nightwing saying, "Hmm. Voice command auto-destruct. Not a bad idea." about Tim's mask and the week before's (i think) issue of Trinity (the back-up written by Nicieza) had Nightwing using a voice activated auto-destruct in his mask.
I just thought that was neat
They pushed his parents down, those bastards!
does he have his own mini or are you talking about venom vs carnage? because that is so, so bad.
He has his own mini that takes place after the events of Venom Vs Carnage.
I'm not even sure Toxin was ever acknowledged in the mainstream marvel universe.