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[BuddyJoeHooker]

This is going to be the best X-book, isn't it?

 

[Dysun]

Morrison's X-men run was probably one of the best ever written.

He did so much with so many characters, Marvel pussied out and backpeddled half of it.

He did introduce one of the greatest X characters of the modern era though.

Fantomex!

It was sad to see the retcons start right after he left the title
"That wasn't really Magneto guys!"

 

[slightconfuse]

wow that cover is amazing

 

[NEO0MJ]

Morrison's X-men run was probably one of the best ever written.

He did so much with so many characters, Marvel pussied out and backpeddled half of it.

He did introduce one of the greatest X characters of the modern era though.

Xorn

Fixed!

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Actually, I didn't read that story. I was pretty anti X-men back then.

 

[WanderingWind]

I have to disagree on perfect. Scott always undermines her and cuts her short whenever he gets the chance, they've been together for lord knows how long but barely acknowledges that they're a couple. I think AvX pretty much sums up how I see Scott and Emma's relationship in picture form. He treats her like shit and she puts up with it...not sure why exactly. Love I guess.

Jean on the other hand? Man Scott would suck beast off if it mean saving or helping Jean.

Pointing to AvX is like pointing to Elseworlds to explain Batman. BAH!

 

[dan2026]

Fixed!

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Actually, I didn't read that story. I was pretty anti X-men back then.

I was pretty anti X-men for ages, thought they were boring as hell.

Then I read a bit and have loved them ever since.

 

[NEO0MJ]

I was pretty anti X-men for ages, thought they were boring as hell.

Then I read a bit and have loved them ever since.

Yeah. It's the Fantastic Four though that I can't deal with. Damn you Richaaaard!

FF was cool, though.

 

[Tizoc]

It was sad to see the retcons start right after he left the title
"That wasn't really Magneto guys!"

I don't care what they say,

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Xorn was Magneto all along

AND SPEAKING OF WHICH

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For the longest time I wondered how Magneto managed to have Emma learn about 'Xorn's past', when it was all really fabricated, then I realized she was reading it off an object, I always thought she was reading Xorn's mind lol

Morrison's X-men run was probably one of the best ever written.

He did so much with so many characters, Marvel pussied out and backpeddled half of it.

He did introduce one of the greatest X characters of the modern era though.

Fantomex!

One thing I had an issue with was how some characters had an 'attitude'/being cynical like Logan saying how the non superhero-y outfits made him not look like an idiot.
Dunno what the right word to describe it is, but I disliked that about his run, but it's rather minor =P

Yeah. It's the Fantastic Four though that I can't deal with. Damn you Richaaaard!

FF was cool, though.

Read Mark Waid's F4 run bro, it'll give you feels.

 

[kswiston]

One thing I had an issue with was how some characters had an 'attitude'/being cynical like Logan saying how the non superhero-y outfits made him not look like an idiot.
Dunno what the right word to describe it is, but I disliked that about his run, but it's rather minor =P

Morrison was trying to revolutionize comics, ditching the silly looking costumes, and replacing them with something that normal people might actually wear. It didn't stick.

Anyone trying to pull off Wolverine's blue and yellow costume in reality does look like a fool though.

 

[NEO0MJ]

Read Mark Waid's F4 run bro, it'll give you feels.

Waid is pretty good...

Morrison was trying to revolutionize comics, ditching the silly looking costumes, and replacing them with something that normal people might actually wear. It didn't stick.

I thought that was because of the movie?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Waid is pretty good...



I thought that was because of the movie?

I frigging WISH the movie costumes looked like quitely's
holy christ
how amazing


i mean


shit

 

[dan2026]

I thought that was because of the movie?

Yeah Marvel was on one of its 'evrrrythg mus luk like der moveeeis'.
(See Marvel Now for more information)

 

[Tizoc]

Morrison was trying to revolutionize comics, ditching the silly looking costumes, and replacing them with something that normal people might actually wear. It didn't stick.

What NEOMJ said: Wasn't it because of the movie? Well either way their outfits were pretty cool IMO =P
I really need to read Morrison interview's during his New X-Men run, cuz I don't think he was trying to 'revolutionize' anything in his X-Men run, nor do i think he finds the traditional outfits silly. @_@

 

[frye]

I think I'm done with Bendis. Like, permanently.

This is pretty much where I'm at. I'm still reading End of Days but Daredevil was the last piece of good will Bendis had from me and I'm done with him completely after this piece of shit.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Is The Living Tribunal still an active character at Marvel? I remember him from the 90s DC/Marvel crossover where he fought the Spectre but in my years of reading marvel comics i've never actually come across him.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

This is pretty much where I'm at. I'm still reading End of Days but Daredevil was the last piece of good will Bendis had from me and I'm done with him completely after this piece of shit.

I dropped that back at #3. Friend of mine told me it starts getting interesting around #5, but can't do it anymore. No more spending money on comics hoping they get interesting 4-5 issues down the line.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Yeah Marvel was on one of its 'evrrrythg mus luk like der moveeeis'.
(See Marvel Now for more information)

Yeah that's why the movie costumes looked nothing like Quitely's designs

 

[Owzers]

I dropped that back at #3. Friend of mine told me it starts getting interesting around #5, but can't do it anymore. No more spending money on comics hoping they get interesting 4-5 issues down the line.

second issue came to MU this week, i shied off of pre-ordering the OHC for $20 at dcbs because Bendis.

Lil Gotham #1: Loved the halloween segment, but really didn't like how the thanskgiving one ended. Seemed to almost mock people who

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feel bad about the massive turkey slaughter that goes on

 

[kswiston]

What NEOMJ said: Wasn't it because of the movie? Well either way their outfits were pretty cool IMO =P
I really need to read Morrison interview's during his New X-Men run, cuz I don't think he was trying to 'revolutionize' anything in his X-Men run, nor do i think he finds the traditional outfits silly. @_@

It's been over 10 years so I am having trouble finding old interviews, but I don't think it was strictly a movie thing. The X-Men movie came out a year before the start of New X-Men, and Marvel was pushing for the costumes to return despite further X-Movies with the leather look:

How do you feel about the use of characters you created after you've gone? Fantomex and Dust for example? Didn't you originally plan to do more with the Dust character?

They can do what they like with them and will, I'm sure. I'd originally intended to have Dust play a more prominent role but in the end, she just didn't fit very well with the way the story was developing into the available page count.

When I planned to continue NEW X-MEN with Scott and Emma as head teachers (this was before the decision to quit, and I'd plotted six issues of 'new direction', following on from issue 154, with the return of the school uniforms etc. The opening story was about the first human student at Xavier's - he gets mercilessly mocked as a throwback by the pupils until it turns out he's the best guitarist anyone has ever heard - so good that his talent might just as well be regarded as a mutant power...and so prejudice is defeated and everyone bursts into song. Gag. If I was doing it now I'd make it more realistic; the new student would be a pedigree hamster who could play the piano like Richard Clayderman but only on the three nights of the full moon) the plan was to have Dust in a very prominent role as one of the new term's intake of students. The X-Men stories are set in an ongoing soap opera continuity so I knew that I could safely leave a few character threads dangling and perhaps help to enrich the franchise. I'm sure the new writers will have plans for her - she has a great power and immense possibility as a character.

So you were going to return the uniforms? That's interesting 'cause when they announced the decision to do so after you left I thought it was a huge step backwards from what you'd done with the characters.

It wasn't my idea; Marvel made the decision to go back to bright superhero style costumes, partly as a way of appeasing licensors - I was asked to find a way to make it convincing and then, in the end, I didn't have to and it became Joss Whedon's job to find a way to make it convincing. Which he's done quite effectively.

 

[frye]

I dropped that back at #3. Friend of mine told me it starts getting interesting around #5, but can't do it anymore. No more spending money on comics hoping they get interesting 4-5 issues down the line.

It's like... you go in expecting a good "last" DD story and a real ending for the Bendis/Maleev run (since the way the ended was to set up Brubaker/Lark's first arc) but it's not that at all. It's partly the Hush of DD comics, coasting on references to much better stories, and partly a sequel to the first Bendis/Mack story which is pretty shit imo.

 

[Nudull]

This is going to be the best X-book, isn't it?

Want. So. Hard.

I've been super-excited for this book all year, and I've been wanting some X-books to read in the meantime, since I haven't read too many. I know there's Whedon's Astonishing, but what else might interest me?

 

[TheKaeptain]

Batman #20
Batman And Red Hood #20
Constantine #3


That's all tomorrow... I think.

 

[VGChampion]

So I haven't read Fables in about a year now but what's going on with it? I remember it was in a slump for awhile but did it ever get back out? I rarely see people talking about it anymore.

 

[Auron_Kale]

This is going to be the best X-book, isn't it?

...I'm going to have to ask to have that variant put on hold for me. Also, I like how the 'boys' remind me of different Calvin poses.

 

[Owzers]

So I haven't read Fables in about a year now but what's going on with it? I remember it was in a slump for awhile but did it ever get back out? I rarely see people talking about it anymore.

Slump. it's decent, though i think i am dropping the book now at issue 130.

 

[slightconfuse]

is Teen titans/ uncanny worth tracking down. this looks pretty badass

 

[ViewtifulJC]

They both have ominous Tom Oz font for their names. They're a match made in Hell. Good for them!

 

[Owzers]

Amelia Cole comixology sale, first issue was fun, go check it out

 

[Filthy Slug]

Slump. it's decent, though i think i am dropping the book now at issue 130.

Hopefully the crossover with Unwritten pumps some life into Fables.

 

[Owzers]

Trinity War might be the first book i buy digitally day one ( or possibly the first three when they drop a buck and the next three day one) all because two of the three books have combo editions available but JLD does not.

Now watch it be terrible

 

[WanderingWind]

I love strong female leads in comics, apparently. Didn't even think about it until it was pointed out, but Fearless Defenders, Captain Marvel and Batwoman are among my favorites (Batwoman being tied with Hawkeye for numbero uno). X-Men used to be my favorite book, too, before AvX.

I'm really, really, really excited for the new X-Men book. Like, preordered it and will be buying every variant excited.

It better not suck.

 

[Acid08]

I love strong female leads in comics, apparently. Didn't even think about it until it was pointed out, but Fearless Defenders, Captain Marvel and Batwoman are among my favorites (Batwoman being tied with Hawkeye for numbero uno). X-Men used to be my favorite book, too, before AvX.

I'm really, really, really excited for the new X-Men book. Like, preordered it and will be buying every variant excited.

It better not suck.

Wood is always solid at the very least. I feel like he doesn't excel often but he writes good stuff.

 

[Nudull]

Wood is always solid at the very least. I feel like he doesn't excel often but he writes good stuff.

The only other Wood book I've read is his current Star Wars ongoing, which I admit is pretty dull outside of the stellar character moments, but I still trust that he'll do good with his X-Men.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

This is going to be the best X-book, isn't it?

Is Jubilee still a vampire?

 

[Freezasaurus]

Is Jubilee still a vampire?

Dude, once you're a vampire, there's no going back. Scientifically proven.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Dude, once you're a vampire, there's no going back. Scientifically proven.

This is comics, nothing can't be undone.

 

[diaspora]

Uncanny X-Men: Uh,

Spoiler

Eva and Scott?

Creepy.

 

[sazabirules]

The only other Wood book I've read is his current Star Wars ongoing, which I admit is pretty dull outside of the stellar character moments, but I still trust that he'll do good with his X-Men.

Both Northlanders and Conan have been entertaining so far. I've also heard great things about DMZ from Wood.

 

[B-Dubs]

Uncanny X-Men: Uh,

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Eva and Scott?

Creepy.

Wait what now?

 

[diaspora]

Wait what now?

She's just checking him out.

Spoiler

Emma's

face was great though.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Wait what now?

Last ish.

Spoiler

Apparently time-stop girl has the hots for ol' One-Eye. Between her, Magik, and now the Cuckoos (right?), Emma's quickly being surrounded by younger, fresher girls who may go after her former man.

And not a red hair in sight.

 

[diaspora]

Last ish.

Spoiler

Apparently time-stop girl has the hots for ol' One-Eye. Between her, Magik, and now the Cuckoos (right?), Emma's quickly being surrounded by younger, fresher girls who may go after her former man.

And not a red hair in sight.

Spoiler

Scott's

building an anime harem.

 

[B-Dubs]

Last ish.

Spoiler

Apparently time-stop girl has the hots for ol' One-Eye. Between her, Magik, and now the Cuckoos (right?), Emma's quickly being surrounded by younger, fresher girls who may go after her former man.

And not a red hair in sight.

Oh, thought it was something more from a preview or something.

 

[BlueScrote]

Is Jubilee still a vampire?

This has been asked at least ten times in this thread already.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

This has been asked at least ten times in this thread already.

My bad, I only look in here every once in a while.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Just ordered the Copra Compensium from Bergren Street Press. Shit better have awesome paper quality.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Never. Again.

Just got done redeeming my Free Marvel Digital Copy codes, from a stack of books going back to last year... 92 comics in total. Took roughly two hours to redeem them all, and had a problem with 5 of them which I've emailed customer service about. Next time, I won't let the stack get so big.

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Sure I won't. :rolleyes

 

[kswiston]

Scott going after one (or more) of the cuckoos would be hilarious. He can be the Woody Allen of the Marvel universe!

 

[Tawney Bomb]

Never. Again.

Just got done redeeming my Free Marvel Digital Copy codes, from a stack of books going back to last year... 92 comics in total. Took roughly two hours to redeem them all, and had a problem with 5 of them which I've emailed customer service about. Next time, I won't let the stack get so big.

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Sure I won't. :rolleyes

Could always distribute them in here and let us take all that trouble off your hands.

 

[Owzers]

Never. Again.

Just got done redeeming my Free Marvel Digital Copy codes, from a stack of books going back to last year... 92 comics in total. Took roughly two hours to redeem them all, and had a problem with 5 of them which I've emailed customer service about. Next time, I won't let the stack get so big.

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Sure I won't. :rolleyes

I redeem them before putting them in their bag/boards again, as i get them with bags/boards from dcbs. Otherwise if i sell my issues on ebay i'd end up forgetting to redeem the code Xo.