Didn't they address that in the first couple issues? Seems unlikely but who knows. Would suck if it happened.
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COMICS! |OT| January 2013. "Read more comics"? Now that's a resolution I can keep!
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The whole reason Clint teams up with her is because he isn't into her in that way. She may have been a bit insulted.
Clint thinks Kate is too young, but I think she's into him.
Valentine's Day issue gonna be so good.
That era of stuff is pretty weak, IMO. I'll reiterate that the best and most tightly written X-Books are:
Morrison's New X-Men
Whedon's Astonishing X-Men
Remender's Uncanny X-Force
then after reading those, you can fill out your collection with other arcs.
God yes. Just insufferable.
Auron_Kale
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Eh? Never will happen...unless it was fanfic lol.
But seriously, their relationship will be very much a sibling-esqe one. Clint is like a '15 year old in a 35 year old body' and Kate is a 20 year old just putting up with him.
I kinda get that vibe too, but there are times where I think Clint just says/does stuff to annoy the crap out of her for kicks.
Supermanisdead
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The whole bone claw thing happens over a while and in a couple different books, X-Men and Wolverine's solo series. I don't think it's all part of a single collection just yet. You can get X-Men 1-7 or something in a collection, but the bone claw story doesn't start until issue 25 and it's a really shitty and messy couple of years. You are better off reading issue summaries on uncannyxmen.net
In my opinion the 90's xmen stuff - well basically anything before Morrison's run- doesn't age well. You might have to try it for yourself and see if you can stomach how bad those comics truly are... But you might just want to wiki it.
I hope you end up buying them, enjoying them and it's the best thing ever. I'm just not sure you will.
Nothing is ever really off limits in comics. I think as long as Fraction is writing the book it won't happen even though he does like to play around with the idea.
Spike Spiegel
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Yeah, that's how I read that too. Kate's not secretly in love with Clint or anything (yet), but there's definitely a little "wounded pride" at work there, like "well, why doesn't he think of me that way, even just a little?" Whether it leads anywhere is another matter.
Auron_Kale
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I tweeted him (don't remember when exactly) last year as someone asked David Aja Clint and Kate's ages. The relationship was brought up in a roundabout manner when the '15 year in a 35 year old body' for Clint and 'around 20' for Kate was mentioned. Both Matt and David agreed that they're pretty much like siblings that heckle each other and that would be it.
Still, it's strangely an idea that would be fun, especially considering YA #1 and Clint's weird love life to begin with.
What's special about New X-men? I was looking this up earlier on Amazon and noticed that it had really low reviews.
Auron_Kale
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She still probably daydreams about the day when he was shirtless in her VW Bug lol.
...One of the best moments from issue 3 strangely.
Dude... we need to meet up and talk comics one of these days. Hopefully Bay Gaf meet-up happens lol.
Spike Spiegel
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It's arguably the best example of Morrison long-form storytelling out there to date. But for a lot of people that's what they dislike about it.
Supermanisdead
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It's the DmC of X-Men.
J/k. It's really great, but he made some uh... controversial.. choices and pissed off some oldschool fans.
slightconfuse
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Isn't Clint dating spider women or did I dream that
Hows the art? That's another thing I keep seeing criticized.
This is what I'm talking about, BTW. Don't know what low reviews you're seeing but the omnibus I linked is widely considered the greatest X-Book of all time. It's pretty amazing stuff, and at $80 shipped for 1,000+ pages it is a god damned steal.
Her picture is on this promo for the Valentine's Day issue so I think we'll see something going on soon...
Auron_Kale
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He was but I don't know if it's still going on atm...
I was looking at this
That omnibus is colossal.....I won't be touching that for a while, but it'll definitely be on my wish list.
It's really spotty at places. Frank Quitely is amazing obviously but he's a really slow artist and is quickly taken over by fill-ins...and then fill-ins for fill-ins...
Chris Bachalo does an arc towards the end that's really good but all in all New X-Men is a book worth reading in spite of the art rather than because of it.
Man. That ending to Fear Agent. I think I had dust in my eye for a second there.
I didn't like the stuff by Kordly or Silvestri, but most of the artists on the book were decent to great. Just don't expect consistency.
If you are not against reading comics on your computer (and iOS devices now I think), you should probably look into subscribing to Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited. The service isn't all that great for new releases (>2011), but it has almost all of the classic Marvel runs you have been asking about. Over 10 000 back issues offered Netflix style for $10/month or $60/year. Less if you can find a coupon.
I didn't like the stuff by Kordly or Silvestri, but most of the artists on the book were decent to great. Just don't expect consistency.
If you are not against reading comics on your computer (and iOS devices now I think), you should probably look into subscribing to Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited. The service isn't all that great for new releases (>2011), but it has almost all of the classic Marvel runs you have been asking about. Over 10 000 back issues offered Netflix style for $10/month or $60/year. Less if you can find a coupon.
Supermanisdead
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The art is great, IMO. But Quitely has a very distinct style.
Also, fuck the omnibus. So hard to read. Get the 3 Ultimate Collections.
Also, fuck the omnibus. So hard to read. Get the 3 Ultimate Collections.
For me, I'll say it's one of the few times I've actually cared about reading the X-Men (other notable examples being Uncanny X-Force and early Wolverine and the X-men).
^^I hate that Emma outfit. It looks so dumb.
probably cuz its fuckin gigantic
Auron_Kale
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I really do love that pic (it's my phone's wallpaper right now) as well as reminds me that he's either into redheads or brunettes. Bobbi's like the exception.
slightconfuse
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The filling on new x-men are terrible . Ethan van Sciver puttin shit on every page is amazing tho
Supermanisdead
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It's too damn big. It looks good on a shelf, I guess, but the ultimate collections are perfect and so much easier to read.
There's a panel in issue 3 where Doom, Kang, and Annihilus form like Voltron with a three-way high five so yeah.
TheKaeptain
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FUCK NO! He's awesome.
Spike Spiegel
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I'm loving FF so far, the new team has a great dynamic and how they interact with the kids is a real treat. Future johnny is definitely hiding something, and going after Doom? There's no way that ends well, but if it's anything like in the Point One special I am totally down for the team ruining Doom's day like a bunch of rotten neighborhood kids.
that took me a while to parse out.
BenjaminBirdie
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Not just the best Wolverine drawing ever, the best drawing ever.
That includes DaVinci.
pretty much
Spike Spiegel
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LOL that's spot on. Never took to that rendition of Logan, he looks like he'd leave grease stains on your couch.
MisterHero
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if you're creeped out by Quitely's work, you're playing into his hands
mwahahaha
mwahahaha
Not really.
Basically what you need to know:
Reed got sick of dealing with scientists who were afraid to move society forward, so he created the future foundation. Sort of a school for kid geniuses of many races. Why each kid is at the school was explained in Hickman's run, but you don't really need to know that for the current FF run. Anyhow, some time later he decided to take his family on a year long field trip through time and space (for plot device reasons). While he only plans on being gone 4 minutes by Earth's standards, he needs to find someone to watch over the Future Foundation and serve as the stand-ins for the Fantastic Four.
There's the set up. You get a little more out of reading the previous run obviously, but the book is perfectly enjoyable on its own.
EDIT: I am talking about FF. I dropped Fraction's Fantastic Four because I didn't really dig it, especially in comparison to what was happening in Hickman's run. FF is much better.
Supermanisdead
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I still have nightmares of that hairy, noseless freak.
That's a good list, add Talon to it if you're not already reading it. Sleeper hit, gets little to no hype and yet has been consistently good since launch.
Or a Wolverine drawn by Humberto Ramos, when he mutated into a giraffe.
Oh Ramos. There are times your art can be good and I like it, then you do this and make me hate you all over again. The worst part is I know he can draw a better Wolverine. He's done it before.
ViewtifulJC
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Seems pretty normal(by Ramos standards) on the cover
Seems pretty normal(by Ramos standards) on the cover
wolverines face looks like it was flattened by a steam roller.
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