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COMICS! |OT| April 2013. Trapped in humorless world, Prankster decides to end it all.

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sazabirules

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Fear Agent is amazing. I need the second half of the series now. This week I'm only getting Green Arrow. The artwork is great and I'm eager to see what Lemire does with the character.
 
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Roman

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Father_Brain said:
New Remender interview on the Uncanny Avengers #5 controversy. He actually responds to what his critics are actually saying this time! Much, much, much better than his initial "I'm sorry some random person on the Internet forced me to be an asshole by (supposedly) calling me racist" quasi-apology.

That said, there's nothing in the actual issue that suggests to me Havok wasn't intended to be a completely sympathetic POV character when he gives his big speech, so I'm dubious about Remender's claims to the contrary. Maybe I'm just being overly cynical, but I wouldn't be surprised if he just didn't fully think through the implications of that scene and is now retconning himself.
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I must be as cynical as you because my backpedaling detector is going off, as well.

He could have mentioned it's the character's opinion and not his own on twitter easily. But he didn't. That's just not what he was arguing on that day.

Deleting those tweets and suddenly using an entirely different tone screams editorial damage control to me.

Either way, I'm glad he eventually listened to reason and calmed down.
 
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Owzers

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Green Lantern #18: I liked the art change-up since it takes place in the dead zone, but not much happened during this issue outside of the ending resolution. I'm looking forward to Johns' oversized #20 to see how he ties his run up.
 
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akira28

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so he did see the metaphor...gave his take on it: "why we still got mutants", to which people who still valued the metaphor appropriately said, 'wat' to that which they all read in their comic books. He gets defensive not because of trolling but because one of 'those people who probably always talk about race, especially in the bathroom' came to his twitter and accused him of not getting it.

I think this was an ok breakdown.

edit: and of course having had previous experience with issues of race makes you a racist, not someone with special insight to the rights and wrongs of such. Just someone with a race fetish who needs to move on...
 
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ElNarez

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Rafa=FedKilla said:
So Leinil Yu had to leave Indestructible Hulk to draw the Avengers tie ins for Infinity? Uuugggghhh I hope an Inhumans series spins out of this from comics superstar Matt Fraction.
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B-Dubs said:
I'm not sure how I feel about that...
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Are we genuinely going to pretend that getting Walt fucking Simonson drawing both Hulk AND Thor is not a massive fucking upgrade? Are we gonna act like you don't need Indestructible Hulk #6 in your lives for this very reason?

Sometimes I do not get you, Comic-GAF.
 
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GrandHarrier

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Nudull said:
The art definitely has an O'Malley feel, which honestly make the book more interesting than it probably is. Still, will try out.
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I'm not judging good or bad. It was just my impression. Because the rest of the art seems pretty standard otherwise. She just sort of stands out as almost a different style.
 
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diaspora

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Age of Ultron 4: I'll admit, the idea that Ultron is
doing this from the future struck me as an interesting development.
It certainly explains why Spock was so easily defeated in the Superior Spider-Man tie in.
 
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tim1138

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At least for the books I've read so far, that Bleeding Cool rumor that creative had to tell a story around the What the Flashpointing Fifty Two covers is false. The GL and E2 covers certainly happen, but probably not to the degree people are expecting.
 
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slightconfuse

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tim1138 said:
At least for the books I've read so far, that Bleeding Cool rumor that creative had to tell a story around the What the Flashpointing Fifty Two covers is false. The GL and E2 covers certainly happen, but probably not to the degree people are expecting.
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April fools!!!!!
 
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obin_gam

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Just read Detective #19 holey moley I was glad to see that design of Bane finally coming to the comics! Let's hope it's not a one off and that they keep the design :D
 
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Savitar

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Bane's design is one thing. I want to see them write him as the competent villain he is. This was a guy who was smarter than most gave him credit for, even Ra's underestimated how educated the man was. Plus Bane was the guy who figured out Batmans ID and a way to take him down. Sadly since then he was written as a muscle bound wrestler and not much more. The movie gave him the first nice boost in awhile even as other media still made him look like a third rate bad guy ie: See his Young Justice appearance.
 
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obin_gam

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Savitar said:
Bane's design is one thing. I want to see them write him as the competent villain he is. This was a guy who was smarter than most gave him credit for, even Ra's underestimated how educated the man was. Plus Bane was the guy who figured out Batmans ID and a way to take him down. Sadly since then he was written as a muscle bound wrestler and not much more. The movie gave him the first nice boost in awhile even as other media still made him look like a third rate bad guy ie: See his Young Justice appearance.
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In the 'tec 900 story
he has taken over the Santa Prisca prison and is planning his way into Gotham by having other prisoners injected with venom and trained to fight along side him.
It sounds much more like a smart man's scheme than a psychotic brutes. So I'm looking forward to seeing more of this Bane :)
 
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BJK

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Age of Ultron #4, thank you for finally advancing the narrative.

They're going back in time, right? To erase Ultron - and presumably Pym - from posing a threat to the present, much less the future. Given that it's Bendis, my money is on the past incarnation of Sentry playing a role in setting the new status quo.

At this point, I'm not even sure I'm intersect in sticking this one out.
 
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Dysun

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All New X-Men 10
Has to be Jean right? Angel going seems like Bendis already played with that idea awhile back with him wanting to return to his timeline. Jean would be the most exciting option of the bunch.

Green Lantern 19
Sinestro gets his yellow power battery back and Hal dies in the same issue! Hopefully Johns finale lives up to his decade long run. I'm going to miss it
 
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Supermanisdead

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Dysun said:
All New X-Men 10
Has to be Jean right? Angel going seems like Bendis already played with that idea awhile back with him wanting to return to his timeline. Jean would be the most exciting option of the bunch.
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well, Jean is on the cover of issue 13 so I don't think she'll leave the book. My money is on Angel since he's been overwhelmed by all of this and he seems to be the dissenting voice
 
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Splatt

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Dysun said:
All New X-Men 10
Has to be Jean right? Angel going seems like Bendis already played with that idea awhile back with him wanting to return to his timeline. Jean would be the most exciting option of the bunch.
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I'd like it to be young Beast, so he can be a double agent like Magneto in Uncanny X-Men, but I can't see it happening...
 
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slightconfuse

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Tom Brevoot age of ultron interview

ome people have theorized that this happened before Marvel NOW! somehow. No, it's happening right now and the tie-in books that just shipped today, "Fantastic Four" and "Superior Spider-Man," help illustrate that. It becomes a lot clearer as Ultron intersects with the Fantastic Four who are off on their time-space journey, and in the Spider-Man story we get the perspective of Otto Octavius whose brain is in Spidey's body.

So it's happening right now in the same way that every Marvel story is happening right now. Not too long ago I answered a question by saying, "'Age of Ultron' is happening now. The current issue of 'Avengers' is happening now. The current issue of 'Wolverine' is happening now. So are the current issues of 'Savage Wolverine' and 'Wolverine and the X-Men.'" Every one of those comics is happening right when you read it. Ultimately, once those stories are finished, you'll kind of be able to put them together in a chronological sequence. "Oh, this Paul Cornell 'Wolverine' story must have happened after this Frank Cho 'Savage Wolverine' story and before this 'Avengers' story."


Artists Brandon Peterson and Carlos Pacheco are joining the series to tackle very distinct sections of the story, but Brevoort couldn't go into more detail
It's the same thing with "Age of Ultron." The story is happening in the here and now when it's being published. Once it's all through you'll be able to see how it intersects with other stories that are going on at the same time. So it's no different than any other situation where characters are appearing in multiple books.
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Jason aaron WATXM interview

Considering the connection this arc has had to your "Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine" run, will we get a chance to see more of the characters you introduced in that series in "Wolverine and the X-Men?"

I do have plans for one other character seen in "Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine," but can't say who just yet. And no, I'm afraid it's not Doom the Living Planet.
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Colonel Nasty

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ANXM:
it has to be Jean, they even elude to the fact that Emma will see through any double agent. So it's probably a fellow telepath
 
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Lemonz

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Dysun said:
All New X-Men 10
Has to be Jean right? Angel going seems like Bendis already played with that idea awhile back with him wanting to return to his timeline. Jean would be the most exciting option of the bunch.
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I think it might go something like:

Jean Grey accepts the offer.

The Cuckoos call Jean out as a spy after reading her mind.

Jean Grey is rejected by Emma.

Angered by what Jean was about to do, Angel accepts the offer.
 
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diaspora

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Colonel Nasty said:
ANXM:
it has to be Jean, they even elude to the fact that Emma will see through any double agent. So it's probably a fellow telepath
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With a large part of UXM talking about how they have to rely on cunning now that their powers are broken, having the mystery person be a
double agent- maybe Jean, use their power to beat UXM's increasing reliance on intelligence would be a big fuckin disappointment
 
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Gartooth

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ANXM:
Given that it obviously isn't Scott, and that Beast and Ice Man going would make no sense at all, it has to be either Jean or Angel. Guessing its going to be Jean as a double agent given how reckless she is with her telepathy. Angel wouldn't make any sense. He hates being at the Jean Grey School because he wants to go back to the past, not because he agrees with Cyclops.
 
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GrandHarrier

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Won't get my comics til around 6 pm PST. Hnnnngh. The price I pay for letting my roommate pick them up on his way home. Our comic store is in a town 30 miles away. Worth it for the discount we get.
 
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BenjaminBirdie

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loflll you KNOW that shit at the end of Age of Ultron #4 wasn't in the script Hitch got a billion years ago.

All that shit "off camera"

lolllll
 
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slightconfuse

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BenjaminBirdie said:
loflll you KNOW that shit at the end of Age of Ultron #4 wasn't in the script Hitch got a billion years ago.

All that shit "off camera"

lolllll
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yea thats was wierd how this issue went down. somthing was missing there

on the onther side Deadpool and superior were amazing this week. Superiro is really good
 
Guileless

Guileless

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SpiderJerusalem said:
When can diamond go die in a fire? My store still hasn't gotten their FF #5 in. Pieces of shit.
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I just found out that the Diamond distribution center is in the town where I live. So when I order my Archie variant covers from Midtown, they go from here to NYC and back to here. Not very carbon friendly.
 
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Wool

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Never heard of this, looks good! Do the two volumes cover the whole series? I don't normally get hardcovers but that really looks like a nice one.
 
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Auron_Kale

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Can't wait to grab my books after work, dying to read ANXM now...

After being overjoyed with my Phase One briefcase arriving yesterday, I ended up buying 2 more t-shirts off welovefine... I'm sure my wallet totally appreciated that.

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I swear this company's making some easy money off of me.

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Viewt

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Wool said:
Never heard of this, looks good! Do the two volumes cover the whole series? I don't normally get hardcovers but that really looks like a nice one.
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Get it! Fear Agent is a wonderful book with fantastic art. It's probably my second favorite Remender work after Uncanny X-Force.
 
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