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[kswiston]

While this is not exactly ideal, I think that I would rather take the extra issue and consistent art team throughout than a rushjob with a bunch of fill ins. This series will read really well when collected, and if the quality holds out over those last 4 issues, it will easily be the best standalone marvel event in a decade (since Annihilation).

As for potential spoilers thanks to ANAD Marvel's launch, those were probably going to leak before book 8 launched anyhow.

 

[Sou Da]

This Week's Books

Ant-Man Last Days #1
E is for Extinction #3
Hank Johnson: Agent of HYDRA #1



I guess 3 weeks before Secret Wars issues was too good to be true. I wonder if they will be able to hold to the schedule for the last 2 issues.

A bit late but here's what I got.

 

[Sadist]

Man, Secret Wars collected edition won't arrive until 2016 then, bummer. But man, I'm happy Hickman gets all the time (and space) in the world to complete Secret Wars to his liking.

Btw, E for Extinction, Old Man Logan and Civil War were nice reads again.

 

[Toa TAK]

Fuck yeah, an extra issue.

 

[Afrodium]

Remember when this was a summer event?

Anyway, anyone pick up Hank Johnson: Agent of Hydra? I'm on the fence and want to know if it's any good.

 

[PsychBat!]

Remember when this was a summer event?

Anyway, anyone pick up Hank Johnson: Agent of Hydra? I'm on the fence and want to know if it's any good.

It's just a one-shot. I thought it was funny even though I think it struggled a bit finding the right tone. Other than that, it's definitely worth a pick up.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Anyway, anyone pick up Hank Johnson: Agent of Hydra? I'm on the fence and want to know if it's any good.

Nope. Seems like ripoff of Hydra Bob. Should have just the book about him.

 

[SRG01]

Awww MODOK spoilers:

Spoiler

I thought he was going to pick up the hammer

 

[mreddie]

Old Man Logan:

Spoiler

Old Man Logan is immune to the zombie virus...IMMUNE TO THE ZOMBIE VIRUS!

 

[Coriolanus]

Awww MODOK spoilers:

Spoiler

I thought he was going to pick up the hammer

Modok and Thorgela are the best couple.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Sigh. More issues is awesome and all, but damn that wait is going to be brutal as hell.

 

[Sou Da]

Nope. Seems like ripoff of Hydra Bob. Should have just the book about him.

Remember when this was a summer event?

Anyway, anyone pick up Hank Johnson: Agent of Hydra? I'm on the fence and want to know if it's any good.

It's pretty damn great, a lot better than Bob. Written by a Curb writer who had the idea a while back.

 

[Dalek]

Old Man Logan was so great.

Spoiler

poor Jennifer

 

[PsychBat!]

Should've been more issues.

 

[kswiston]

Sigh. More issues is awesome and all, but damn that wait is going to be brutal as hell.

Issue 7 will magically get delayed into October and Issue 8 into November to even things out.

 

[Brian Fellows]

It's pretty damn great, a lot better than Bob. Written by a Curb writer who had the idea a while back.

I don't like Curb either. I'll take Fabian and Bob any day of the week.

 

[Parallax]

Secret Wars is now 9 issues. #9 is slated for December.

yeah, ok, this is some bullshit.

Old Man Logan:

Spoiler

Old Man Logan is immune to the zombie virus...IMMUNE TO THE ZOMBIE VIRUS!

yeah, that kinda strengthens my theory that the worlds hit by the virus are just naturally weak. or weak to the virus. either way, that shit wouldnt fly in the 616

 

[a secret-boss]

Secret Wars is now 9 issues. #9 is slated for December.

Omg December now.
This is just getting ridiculous

 

[Dalek]

yeah, ok, this is some bullshit.



yeah, that kinda strengthens my theory that the worlds hit by the virus are just naturally weak. or weak to the virus. either way, that shit wouldnt fly in the 616

Wasn't Wolvie infected by the Brood in 616 and beat that?

 

[Sadist]

Yes.

Wolverines healing factor is weird though; in some cases it just shrugs of the nastiest virus and pieces him back together no matter what happens. Allthough in Old Man Logan's case it has some impressive range; he got eaten by the Hulk in the original and he bursts right out of him. And now he's immune to that? The zombie virus makes no sense anyway: in the original Marvel Zombies for example the symbiote leaves his zombified host (Eddie Brock) because it's not getting anything from it in terms of living tissue. In Battleworld we see several zombified symbiotes.

Or the writers just go with their own vision of how powerful Logan's healing factor is: in the cannibal universe he never gets infected either. But his mainstream counterpart and Old Man Logan seem to have the strongest healing factors. Unless you count the time Cyclops flicked the switch and let Wolverine turn into a vampire lol.

 

[basic_text]

Kind of regretting not picking up Old Man Logan now. Might have to grab the back issues off eBay.

 

[Lashley]

Kind of regretting not picking up Old Man Logan now. Might have to grab the back issues off eBay.

Do it.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

So are they making another issue, or splitting the giant sized #8 into two issues?

 

[Mudcrab]

So are they making another issue, or splitting the giant sized #8 into two issues?

I think #9 is pegged as more of an epilogue of sorts.

 

[Parallax]

Yes.

Wolverines healing factor is weird though; in some cases it just shrugs of the nastiest virus and pieces him back together no matter what happens. Allthough in Old Man Logan's case it has some impressive range; he got eaten by the Hulk in the original and he bursts right out of him. And now he's immune to that? The zombie virus makes no sense anyway: in the original Marvel Zombies for example the symbiote leaves his zombified host (Eddie Brock) because it's not getting anything from it in terms of living tissue. In Battleworld we see several zombified symbiotes.

Or the writers just go with their own vision of how powerful Logan's healing factor is: in the cannibal universe he never gets infected either. But his mainstream counterpart and Old Man Logan seem to have the strongest healing factors. Unless you count the time Cyclops flicked the switch and let Wolverine turn into a vampire lol.

I dont think the symbiotes themselves ares zombiefied, but like in the original zombies the hosts were. I think its an added layer of terror. Be consumed by zombies, absorbed by starved symbiotes, run through by annihilus and his plague, or purified by ultron

 

[Showaddy]

Secret Wars is now 9 issues. #9 is slated for December.

Well shit that's annoying. Hopefully the extra issue reduces the chance of another cop out Deux Ex Machina ending involving the Infinity Gauntlet or something though.

 

[Busaiku]

Issue 9 will be about Franklin combining with Phoenix and becoming the new Living Tribunal.
Bank it.

 

[Squire]

Issue 9 will be about Franklin combining with Phoenix and becoming the new Living Tribunal.
Bank it.

He definitely seeded the Phoenix for something between that very specifically written issue of AvX and Cyke biting it before anything even really happened.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Is there a Infinity Gauntlet of Battleworld?

 

[Busaiku]

Is there a Infinity Gauntlet of Battleworld?

I mean there's a series called Infinity Gauntlet, with Thanos trying to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet...

 

[GAMEPROFF]

I mean there's a series called Infinity Gauntlet, with Thanos trying to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet...

But is it the real Infinity Gauntlet of Battleworld (which I would have nore aussumed to be in the hand of Doom) or is it a Infinity Gauntlet that only works in the Infinity Gauntlet Realm?

 

[Busaiku]

Well, everything we've seen so far has been contained to that domain, but they're dealing with Annhilus and the wave, which is from New Xandar.

 

[kswiston]

This Week's Books

Age of Apocalypse #3
Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #4
Future Imperfect #5
Hail Hydra #2
House of M #2
Silk #7
Silver Surfer #14
Spider-Island #3
Squadron Sinister #3
Star Lord and Kitty Pryde #3
Thors #3


Feels bad that we have to wait another 2 weeks for Secret Wars #6. Especially for me, since that is the day I am moving houses.

 

[SRG01]

This Week's Books

Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #4
Hail Hydra #2
Spider-Island #3
Thors #3

Light week for me

 

[Aceun]

Guys you need to read Silver Surfer!!

Also picking up Thors and Spider Island this week.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Omg December now.
This is just getting ridiculous

I was trying to tell you guys!

APRIL

Again - Alonso can't tell you whether this is really a reboot or not because Marvel themselves don't really know what the fuck they're doing after Secret Wars.

Marvel has editorial retreats for a reason. Do they have everything planned out in meticulous detail six months in advance? No, but they're not going to do a slapdash New 52 on this.

Marvel doesn't have shit planned out to anywhere NEAR the degree you guys seem to believe they do. at the end of the day - it's still the comics industry. And it is nothing if not amazingly, amusingly, ridiculously dysfunctional.

Secret Wars ends in (at most) six months.

Those are basically "hope marks" instead of parentheticals.

So, Ribic is running massively behind on the main series? It's only eight issues.

I guess it's possible Ribic's lagging behind, too, sure.

JUNE

Dunno if it's legit but shit's getting delayed.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/05/31/secret-wars-4-slips-two-weeks-takes-other-crossover-series-with-it/

I believe this is legit.

Me too. Esad Ribic is not exactly a fast artist, and they were shipping two books a month.

I alluded to this a couple months ago, and noticed nobody even considered the possibility Hickman was dragging ass.

Hickman tweeted when he finished SW #8 like a week and a half ago. Plus, I don't know. All the issues he did between Avengers and New Avengers? Not to mention the early work on Avengers World?

I don't know if he's dragging or just writing a lot.

Sometimes "finished" isn't actually finished, though. Especially once editorial starts looking at stuff and you suddenly have to re-do stuff you thought was previously "finished."

But dragging ass probably isn't the best way to put it when, you're right, he's writing a lot of stuff.

AUGUST

Secret Wars delayed again.

Secret Wars is now 9 issues. #9 is slated for December.

That all said: It's really, really good. And if it takes til December, fuck it. Push it to December. I'd rather an event come out good than come out on time, honestly. Especially considering how many of them don't do EITHER.

 

[Dalek]

There's a short story in Secret Wars Secret Love starring Danny Rand and Misty Knight that is the cutest fucking thing ever. Awesome artwork and it's very sweet.

 

[Mudcrab]

This Week's Books

Silver Surfer #14
Squadron Sinister #3
Thors #3

Light week at last.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Age of Apocalypse #3
Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #4
Squadron Sinister #3
Star Lord and Kitty Pryde #3
Thors #3

 

[basic_text]

Light week at last.

Fuck that!

Age Of Apocalypse #3
Age Of Ultron Vs Marvel Zombies #4
Future Imperfect #5
Hail Hydra #2
House Of M #2
Silver Surfer #14
Spider-Island #3
Star-Lord And Kitty Pryde #3
Thors #3

And I'm enjoying THEM ALL!!!

 

[a secret-boss]

This Week's Books


House of M #2

Squadron Sinister #3
Star Lord and Kitty Pryde #3
Thors #3


Feels bad that we have to wait another 2 weeks for Secret Wars #6. Especially for me, since that is the day I am moving houses.

3 of my favorite books
for me

been waiting for Sinister Squadron.

 

[Brian Fellows]

been waiting for Sinister Squadron.

I think it's the most underrated tie-in.

 

[Kid Kamikaze10]

My issue with Squadron Sinister is that I expect a bit more, I don't know, complexity or nuance.

To me, it just feels like "Nighthawk outsmarting everyone to get to the easily distracted Hyperion."


This issue was fun, but the end game was never not in sight.

 

[a secret-boss]

I think it's the most underrated tie-in.

For some reason reading it is giving me Watchmen (movie) vibe


Is House of M fastest following issue released yet?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Somehow did not see Thors coming.

 

[Mudcrab]

Since we were all wondering, Weirdworld is totally an ongoing after SW ends.

Spoiler

by Sam Humphries and Mike Del Mundo.

 

[Coriolanus]

The guy responsible for Avengers AI will pick up weirdworld? Praise.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Since we were all wondering, Weirdworld is totally an ongoing after SW ends.

Spoiler

by Sam Humphries

hmph

EDIT: FORGOT ABOUT AVENGERS AI
NEVER MIND
SO RAD

 

[Mudcrab]

Should I read Avengers AI? Is that going to change my mind on Humphries?

 

[Coriolanus]

Should I read Avengers AI? Is that going to change my mind on Humphries?

Yes and yes. Plus Planet Hulk had some competent, if not exceptional, writing. Also i think his X-force got good reviews?

Point being that he has, on occasion, done wonderful work.