I’m disheartened, to say the least. I took a break from all mainline Marvel titles since Secret Invasion but I’m hoping ANXM gets me back in again. I’m interested to see where the first arc goes at least.
I hope all this original 5 hype actually leads somewhere good. All these years I’ve never felt that the O5 have gotten the respect that other “original” teams in the Marvel Universe have gotten from the creators (and therefore the fans). Everyone thought Scott was boring, now they think he’s a psycho. Hank was turned into a cat, is no longer as jovial as he once was and is now thought of as a hypocrite. Warren had that whole underage relationship thing and is only relevant when he’s Archangel. Jean has the dying stigma and now videogame players hate her for her Marvel vs Capcom playstyle. As for Bobby, no one cares enough about him to even damage his existing character :/
Is All New X-Men a limited series or is it going to be ongoing alongside Uncanny when it restarts? Because fuck my life if Bendis is going to be writing two X-Men books concurrently. Didn't we just go through this with Avengers??? Someone needs to tell him to take a fucking vaykay.
Is All New X-Men a limited series or is it going to be ongoing alongside Uncanny when it restarts? Because fuck my life if Bendis is going to be writing two X-Men books concurrently. Didn't we just go through this with Avengers??? Someone needs to tell him to take a fucking vaykay.
Die. Die die die. He killed two of Aquaman's super friends and i feel robbed of some story vindication, but there is no death penalty for intellectual properties. I look forward to Manta killing more of Aquaman's friends in future issues with no consequence
2000AD has been near it's best since 1977 in the last few weeks, it's unbelievably clever and this week sees the return of 2 of my most favourite characters ever.
Ro-Jaws & Mek-Quake.
All New X-Men was balls, especially compared to Wolverine & the X-Men.
The Boys is finally over, not sure how good it was by the end as it meandered quite a lot around the middle.
Not sure why I'm reading Walking Dead any more but I seem to have been saying that for years.
I think I know what Bendis is trying to do with All New X-Men and the Uncanny X-Men relaunch, but I don't actually trust him to pull it off. ANXM will show how present day Scott is wrong and fighting the way he does is counter productive while Uncanny will show that it's an absolute necessity. It's a clever idea that can play out well, just not for Bendis I think. I've still got a bit of hope though, it's a good idea for a story I just don't know if he can pull it off.
EDIT: 1 month until more Batman, we need a time machine guys. Someone get on that.
All New X-Men - Not bad, not great. But I'm definitely interested for the long haul. The 2 new mutants should bring some lightheartedness.
Wolverine and the X-Men - Amazing as usual. Shark Girl is fun and Mudbug is the greatest mutant ever.
Gambit - It was okay. Shit cover and the interior art was passable. This book really needs someone like Mann or Noto at all times. And Pete Wisdom sux.
X-Men Legacy - Surprisingly fantastic. Never seen this kind of plot in an X-book so that's refreshing.
X-Treme X-Men - SAGE SAGE SAGE SAGE SAGE (I love it)
joker talks about a book which could be the one from return of bruce wayne. also joker was the one who "took care " of simon hurt. also he may have leanred sometihng poseing as Oberon sexton
So after all these years my LCS comments on how weird my pull list is. :3
Weird is:
Promethea
Saucer Country
Mega Man
Bloodshot
Borderlands Origins
Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities and the Orm of the Loch Ness
Atomic Robo
Torpedo Vol.1
Feels good man.
Picked up some Mehvel sketch covers too. One of these days I'll turn these damned things into foldin' money!
I know this isn't a popular opinion, but I really don't like Snyder's Joker. Everything about this story arc feels like it is trying too hard to be scary and intense, but it does nothing for me.
Edit: Also did anyone read Great Pacific? The premise sounded interesting, but my shop didn't have any copies.
I was just walking down the street yesterday, or was it the day before? Anyhow, walking down the street after lunch reminiscing on how rad Sunfire used to be.
I'm with TTOB on this. Wolverine and the X-Men is fucking stupid because the premise is ridiculous given 40 years of character development and history. The students are awesome, everything else sucks. Wolverine needs to get a Jean Grey style timeout.
I'm with TTOB on this. Wolverine and the X-Men is fucking stupid because the premise is ridiculous given 40 years of character development and history. The students are awesome, everything else sucks. Wolverine needs to get a Jean Grey style timeout.
I think it's stupid too...but I don't like the students. It seems like they're trying WAY too hard to make every student completely off the wall wacky mutants.
Wolverine and the X-Men actually came about from both Schism and the events in Wolvie's solo series that were happening at the time. Basically he
killed his kids that he didn't know about and that fucked him up big time.
Then in Schism, he saw Idie being told to kill by Cyclops and then she went kind of crazy, so he got those kids out of the situation. It makes perfect sense if you've read into Wolverine's history. You won't find a more self-sacrificing, honourable guy despite some terrible runs that turned him into generic berserker with no morals.
Basically, Wolverine opening a school makes perfect sense. Deal with it.
Wolverine and the X-Men actually came about from both Schism and the events in Wolvie's solo series that were happening at the time. Basically he
killed his kids that he didn't know about and that fucked him up big time.
Then in Schism, he saw Idie being told to kill by Cyclops and then she went kind of crazy, so he got those kids out of the situation. It makes perfect sense if you've read into Wolverine's history. You won't find a more self-sacrificing, honourable guy despite some terrible runs that turned him into generic berserker with no morals.
Basically, Wolverine opening a school makes perfect sense. Deal with it.
Thor: God of Thunder #1 > All-New X-Men #1 > Fantastic Four #1.
Thor was not a series I planned on following, but I wanted to give the first issue a whirl anyway... and now I'm adding it to my pull list. Murder mystery on a godly scale, the three time periods, the varying characterizations of Thor, the expressive and somber artwork; it all works incredibly well. A slick package. It's only the first wave of #1s, but I think this book may be one of if not the best Marvel NOW! debut for November.
I only have two complaints about All-New X-Men: 1) revealing the ending in previews was definitely a dumb idea, and 2) this really should have been a double-sized issue. Everything else? Pretty damn good. Not getting the feeling others are that Bendis is writing Cyclops as an obvious villain, and
I can't be the only one who thinks that Beast's death could be the catalyst to the O5 getting stuck in the present.
Definitely looking forward to #2.
Fraction gives it the old college try, but following Jonathan Hickman on Marvel's First Family has to be the least enviable creative job of this entire relaunch. He brings a few interesting developments right out of the gate, but the characterizations felt way off and in some instances regressive, and some scenes were just plain awkward (I'm looking at you,
I don't think the entire original x-men stay in the future. Just Jean Grey and it will be for awhile until they finally get rid of her too. The reason I'm thinking this is because she featured on the cover for both issue 5 and 6, she was also featured on the Marvel NOW promo. Bendis better not kill of Beast. :/
I don't think the entire original x-men stay in the future. Just Jean Grey and it will be for awhile until they finally get rid of her too. The reason I'm thinking this is because she featured on the cover for both issue 5 and 6, she was also featured on the Marvel NOW promo. Bendis better not kill of Beast. :/
