Really, I'd just like a good story featuring a female lead. As silly as it often got, She-Hulk (under Slott and David) did that in a way no other Marvel comic has in the last few years. Ms. Marvel sure as fuck didn't.
But, yeah. This just looks awful.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited April 2009
Well, women didn't go for that stupid soap opera tie-in Marvel tried, did they? That was wrong on so many different levels (one excuse being that college guys watch soap operas, which is a fucking myth).
Then you have Millar's idea of empowering women in FF which Loeb followed up, which was just putting all women heroes on one team together because that will inevitably lead to a rise in girl power.
And then you had Arana, which was just pandering.
Yeha, Marvel really has struck out with women save for She-Hulk.
Well, women didn't go for that stupid soap opera tie-in Marvel tried, did they? That was wrong on so many different levels (one excuse being that college guys watch soap operas, which is a fucking myth).
Then you have Millar's idea of empowering women in FF which Loeb followed up, which was just putting all women heroes on one team together because that will inevitably lead to a rise in girl power.
And then you had Arana, which was just pandering.
Yeha, Marvel really has struck out with women save for She-Hulk.
Spider-Man 's Mary Jane was actually marginally successful as well, wasn't it?
And I'm pretty sure that Runaways has its share of female fans.
It wasn't even about the female aspect of her character. Remember the hype they failed to create? First latina superhero! Role model for young girls of non-white ethnicity, specifically those of Mexicanish descent! I had a good laugh about that.
There was even a magazine that voted Arana into one of their top 10 list of role models, I think.
For a male equivalent, see Indian Spider-Man.
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Yeah, they made me hate Arana before she ever came out just because of the "She's latina! Dios Mio, how bueno!" And they didn't realize that means jack shit if the story is bad. Which it was.
Compared to Blue Beetle, where Jamie being hispanic was a side note and not the sole being of character, or the New Atom, Arana was pathetic. And even worse was Joe Quesada around that time was ratcheting up himself being hispanic (I always thought he was Italian), and doing a big jerkoff to the characters he created for DD: Father, like it was a big deal that someone of hispanic descent was in comics. It's not a big deal, and some great artists were doing stuff way before his (at the time) fat ass got involved in comics.
Anyway, Uncanny #508 Preview here, with some more static Land tracings. And it looks like Fraction may be fixing something that didn't need to be fixed because it happened twenty years ago:
Is this the same Jack Flagg as in the first Thunderblots arc? If so, how did he get from being paralyzed to space?
After being defeated by the Thunderbolts, Jack was sent to prison in the Negative Zone. Later, the supervillain Blastaar invaded the Negative Zone with his army, and planned to use the prison as a way to invade Earth, via its dimensional gateway. Jack used all the imprisoned superheroes and villains in the Negative Zone to mount a defense against Blastaar, but was ultimately unsuccessful in keeping him out. Peter Quill and the Guardians of the Galaxy eventually entered the fray, and took Jack with them when they left. They used the advanced medical procedures available to them to heal Jack's spine, and he agreed to stay in space with them, given he'd be a fugitive if he went back to Earth.
Reading his wiki page, I wonder if he'll go back to Earth to get his brother's injuries fixed since the medics at Knowhere healed him in like two seconds.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
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I like that part of the whole arc with Jack Flagg, how they just healed him no problem, next! Suck on that, Spider-Man with your dying aunt, loser.
And the artists who have been on GotG since Pelletier was moved over to War of Kings have been really good. It's not the Marvel House style, but more a Ron Lim/Starlin cosmic style. Not really exaggerated, but the differences between what is human and not is distinguishable enough for a book trying to introduce the cosmic stuff back to readers.
To be fair I learned of this from Jinxworld. That said, should I be concerned that someone from Heroes Reborn is appearing in my Cap comics?
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No, she's cool. She was in the waning issues of the first Thunderbolts series (ignoring fight club) and was a good "modern" version of Bucky. Jason Todd and Tim Drake put together, with less angry, more trying to do the right thing knowing you have the loser earth.
No, she's cool. She was in the waning issues of the first Thunderbolts series (ignoring fight club) and was a good "modern" version of Bucky. Jason Todd and Tim Drake put together, with less angry, more trying to do the right thing knowing you have the loser earth.
What really? Because as I recall, she only hopped to modern 616 marvel after that whole Onslaught Reborn thingy (that I didn't read, so someone, if anyone bothered to read a title by the dynamic duo of Loeb/Liefield, tell me if I'm wrong).
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I thought she was still on Franklin's earth. I won't read Loeb stuff anymore.
The only stories I've read of her were in Thunderbolts, and in it she was only doing some bad things to get the regular earth heroes attention (this was when Cap was on the Thunderbolts), basically going "You guys left us on a world that's turned to shit and this guy Doom came over for a while and well, we need some help"
At the very end of Onslaught Reborn Rikki is transported to 616 continuity and sees Caps assassination on the news. It was the only good thing about the story and I'm glad Brubaker is touching up on it. Of course I'd rather see Patriot as Bucky's partner but maybe Rikki will just be in a one-shot issue.
Man, is Thor bi-monthly now or something? I started a subscription to it at the same time as MA, and I've only gotten 5 issues of it while MA has run out.
Man, is Thor bi-monthly now or something? I started a subscription to it at the same time as MA, and I've only gotten 5 issues of it while MA has run out.
I think the deal with Marvel and JMS is that Thor isn't quite a monthly comic to begin with. 10 issues a year I think, although the book is still late despite that.
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Really, I'd just like a good story featuring a female lead. As silly as it often got, She-Hulk (under Slott and David) did that in a way no other Marvel comic has in the last few years. Ms. Marvel sure as fuck didn't.
But, yeah. This just looks awful.
Then you have Millar's idea of empowering women in FF which Loeb followed up, which was just putting all women heroes on one team together because that will inevitably lead to a rise in girl power.
And then you had Arana, which was just pandering.
Yeha, Marvel really has struck out with women save for She-Hulk.
Plus, this is a nice little Magnificent Seven/Seven Samurai homage:
An upcoming one or one that is already out?
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And I'm pretty sure that Runaways has its share of female fans.
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Which just goes to show that GOOD STORIES draw in all sorts of readers. Pandering doesn't and usually includes writing crappy stories.
It wasn't even about the female aspect of her character. Remember the hype they failed to create? First latina superhero! Role model for young girls of non-white ethnicity, specifically those of Mexicanish descent! I had a good laugh about that.
There was even a magazine that voted Arana into one of their top 10 list of role models, I think.
For a male equivalent, see Indian Spider-Man.
Compared to Blue Beetle, where Jamie being hispanic was a side note and not the sole being of character, or the New Atom, Arana was pathetic. And even worse was Joe Quesada around that time was ratcheting up himself being hispanic (I always thought he was Italian), and doing a big jerkoff to the characters he created for DD: Father, like it was a big deal that someone of hispanic descent was in comics. It's not a big deal, and some great artists were doing stuff way before his (at the time) fat ass got involved in comics.
Anyway, Uncanny #508 Preview here, with some more static Land tracings. And it looks like Fraction may be fixing something that didn't need to be fixed because it happened twenty years ago:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=2384&disp=table
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Oh yeah.
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And the artists who have been on GotG since Pelletier was moved over to War of Kings have been really good. It's not the Marvel House style, but more a Ron Lim/Starlin cosmic style. Not really exaggerated, but the differences between what is human and not is distinguishable enough for a book trying to introduce the cosmic stuff back to readers.
This:
Is this:
Rikki Barnes by rafaelalbuquerqueart
I like the Sinister Six commission he has up there as well
What really? Because as I recall, she only hopped to modern 616 marvel after that whole Onslaught Reborn thingy (that I didn't read, so someone, if anyone bothered to read a title by the dynamic duo of Loeb/Liefield, tell me if I'm wrong).
The only stories I've read of her were in Thunderbolts, and in it she was only doing some bad things to get the regular earth heroes attention (this was when Cap was on the Thunderbolts), basically going "You guys left us on a world that's turned to shit and this guy Doom came over for a while and well, we need some help"
Also a whole issue of Smokey and the Bandit Ghost Riders!
But good gods anything to do with the X-men, the future, or the avengers looks less than adequate.
I think the deal with Marvel and JMS is that Thor isn't quite a monthly comic to begin with. 10 issues a year I think, although the book is still late despite that.
Why's that?
And what's the deal with the old photographer guy in that preview.