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Low,
While I would like to see Rogue and Gambit back as a comic...I don't think there's enough traction left after going to Mojoverse, space, and some other places while still giving the couple some real....pathos in terms of how they work as a couple along with the whole "Yep, we're married."
But we'll see. Hickman has some good will left with me considering his track record with Avengers, Future Foundation, Fantastic Four, and that SHIELD mini-series he FINALLY finished.
Just saw the previews announcement that during the Absolute Carnage stuff they make a one-shot with former Ghost Rider Alejandra Jones and Dan Ketch. Ketch being my favourite I hope they write him better than the last times. And there is no reason that two riders can be active.
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Low,
Well to be fair, we already have like at least...what, five if we count Frank Castle. I mean there's Robbie, Johnny (who is running hell) Ketch (who is probably just taking a break) Jones and Frank.
Also to note, War of the Realms is over, Thor is now King of Asgard (and worthy of Mjolnir), and Hela and Karnilla as co rulers of Hel are pretty darn good at figuring out how to torture the elf wizard that I never much liked.
Also Immortal Hulk makes it clear, Gamma is Hell's farts.
Just read the last Wasp issue for now. Great issue as usual and I hope they get the series back fast.
And X-Force 10 had the ending to expect. But I need to reread it because who of the cast returned is not clear.
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Low,
The Wasp issue was very good. I wasn't ready for it to end at 10...but it felt right nonetheless.
As for who made it back: Boom-Boom, Domino, (which is good cause her mini-series ended pretty sweetly), Shatterstar, Cannonball, Warpath, Rachel Grey, Cable (the young version), One of the many different versions of Deathlok. I think that's about it. Stryfe is still alive but mind wiped, and the rest of Clan Dayspring is still around. I think.
Thanks for clearing that up^^
The last pages were a little missleading in that regard.
And just read the news about excalibur. Like the mix so far. Hope they clear up what happened to Brian.
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I'm assuming Brian retires to try to help Meggan with parenting.
Also I REALLY am enjoying Hickman's take on X-men in the present day. It feels...right.
And yeah the lineup in the new X_men universe books are pretty intriguing.
Hickman's take is great, yes. Moving away from the "mutants are doomed" stuff would be enough, but his take feels right like you said.
That is one comic that lived to the hype. Does not happen too often^^
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Well lived up is still to be determined...but the opening salvo was a good start. We'll with Powers of X what that means...and what comes afterwards in October.
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Is pixie in any of them?
not yet.
@Thomas Seitz: For a number one compared to a lot of other stuff it is living up to the hype in my opinion. Esp. compared to a lot of X-Men stuff from the last years.
Low,
True.
Kevin,
I'm not sure we'll see much of the "NEW" New mutants... The old ones, yes.
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Six new X-titles?!? As much as I'm enjoying this new direction being established by Hickman (after only one issue of each miniseries), I'm not sure it'll be enough to make me want to get six new titles.
I could definitely see myself getting the main X-Men book. Maybe the New Mutants or Maurauders (Isn't Pyro supposed to be dead?). These are the two books being written by Hickman and one by Gerry Duggan.
X-Force I'd be iffy on. Line up shown on the cover art looks interesting (Beast and Colossus are in there), but I don't know the writer.
Excalibur (Why in the name of Will Eisner would you have a team with Apocalypse?) and Fallen Angels (I just don't see the point of this book at all) would most likely be a no.
I think most of the Wave one titles i will at least read the first three issues. X-Men(if someone is able to manage that powerlevel it would be Hickman^^), New Mutants and Excalibur are a sure stay after that. And even the Rest is not sounding like something I would stop reading with the current information. Mutant pirates anyone^^?
And if Hickman does move the New Mutants forward I would just read the six new titles for that alone^^
A-zombie,
Pyro, the original is indeed dead. This is another mutant with similar abilities that was recently shown. I forgot his name but he made his debut back in the last run of X-mend: Gold.
X-force appears to be more corporate funded or at least better outfitted now that Jean Grey and Beast are doing the assignments. (At least. I THINK they are)
As for why Apocalypse is going Excalibur...not sure I know either but then again he was acting kind of weirdly nice in that whole Age of X-man thing...
I think I'm going to reserve judgment on what to read based on how the mini-series spins out.
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Just read the new Fantastic Four and I must say it is a great example of the current version of the Hulk. The last page alone ....
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Yeah this explains why you should never piss off the Hulk.
Also I don't think (unlike some others) that Puppet Master died. Hulk isn't that merciful.
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That's for certain.
Puppet Master is certainly alive. But I do not think he will be glad about it.
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Low,
Well my basis is the last time he punished a guy that killed a kid, he left him barely clinging to life...I don't see how with this kind of violation (even if it was partial willing) he'd let Masters off by just doing a Wonder Woman-esque kill.
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A-zombie,
At least until some genius decides to fix him up or something. But yeah I don't see Masters doing much outside of the infirmary for like at least a decade.
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The way the goverment in the Comics works someone will do it sooner or later. And will be surprised if it blows up in his face like the dozen of times before^^. I mean being stupid seems to be a requirement for the job.
So prepare for the new and improved Puppet Master as a brain in a jar or something like that.
Gah. I dunno if I'm ready for brain in the jar...
Ok than just a cyberhand or arm. Does not really need more. Or they go the Clayface route and make him a body out of his special clay^^
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I think we'll just wait and see what other writers have up their sleeves.
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We could do that, yes^^
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In The Fantastic Four comic, the TVA (Temporal Variance Authority, I think that was their name) said that not all alterations to the past result in alternate timelines.
They said the timeline reshapes itself and the altered past becomes the current past and everyone remembers it that way.
This got me thinking. If altering the past does not always create other timelines, by extension a case where there was a major action/decision taken may also not create alternate timelines.
Example: Origin of Doctor Doom. Victor Doom refused to listen to Reed Richards about a flaw in his experiment, which resulted in his machine exploding and his disfigurement. He then went on to become Doctor Doom.
Logic of alternate timelines argues that there is one where Victor listened to Reed, the flaw was corrected and he never became Doctor Doom.
But it is entirely possible that no alternate timeline was ever generated at that point. Thus there is no timeline where there isn't a Doctor Doom.
(BTW, there is a What If story where Victor doesn't become Doctor Doom. Don't remember the details, so I don't know if the machine exploded or not.)
Example: Origin of Doctor Doom. Victor Doom refused to listen to Reed Richards about a flaw in his experiment, which resulted in his machine exploding and his disfigurement. He then went on to become Doctor Doom.
Logic of alternate timelines argues that there is one where Victor listened to Reed, the flaw was corrected and he never became Doctor Doom.
But it is entirely possible that no alternate timeline was ever generated at that point. Thus there is no timeline where there isn't a Doctor Doom.
(BTW, there is a What If story where Victor doesn't become Doctor Doom. Don't remember the details, so I don't know if the machine exploded or not.)
I don't think there should ever be a world without a Dr. Doom. Even if Reed had pointed out the mistake and the machine didn't explode... He was always arrogant, he was always brilliant. His quest to protect Latveria and free his mother's soul would always be a part of his character.
Getting scarred and wearing the mask is the only thing that would not have happened if the machine didn't explode... everything else that makes Doom, Doom is still there. If anything having someone else catch a mistake would be humiliating and fuel his bitterness and jealousy the same as if he'd ignored it.
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So once again Immortal Hulk brings the "ew" with that last panel. I swear while I love what it is Al is doing...there are times my stomach just churns at the art.
Also timelines are weird and writers are using them in different ways. I mean look at House of X/Power of X.
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Look's like Marvel is coming out with a murder mystery.
Could not find this on Marvel's website, so here it is from my local comic store.
Charles,
There's a lot of stuff that might or might be connected, but I still think the main event will be another around of Annihilation where (this is just my belief/theory/idea) the spirit of Thanos is broken into various bug scions of Annihilus and are trying to destroy the known universe. But that's just one part of it. Clearly that Mask of Eternity from Marvel 1000 has a role to play too. And of course the aftermath of House of X/Power of X.
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So while I'm sure there are some that will complain about Hickman's work around, I for one welcome the fact he's made Goldballs WAY more fun and interesting that before.
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So while I'm sure there are some that will complain about Hickman's work around, I for one welcome the fact he's made Goldballs WAY more fun and interesting that before.
The fact that this group of mutants works together to make that happen, proves what a great writer he is.
And yes making that work is a stretch but that happened before. I mean one example that comes to mind is Storms power makes her highly resistant against telepathy?
Just that Hope is on this Island would make anyone wonder, what she could do with all this powers at her hand. I mean Mimic with just five powers duplicated could get bad. But her duplicating jamie madrox and having all the other powers for example would get out of control real fast^^
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I agree Low, It's a good way to combine mutant powers AND also improve at least ONE existing character in such a way that he (and some others now) are respected.
As for Hope, well I think the fact she's got this kind of epic power already, now coordinating it with others makes her even more scary. And this was before we thought she might host the Phoenix Force. :P :)
Proves again there are no bad powers you just need a writer who thinks creativly^^
Regarding Hope this is more or less the same as on Utopia just with more mutants. And I think writers tried to ignore the potential she could do with that. Her being on a mutant team would be bad enough^^
Low,
The trouble with Utopia was unlike Krakoa (which besides being sentient), there wasn't any way to 'legitimize' a mutant nation. With these moves, I see that being more certain to last. Possibly. We'll see.
But I still don't see how they can turn Bailey Hoskin (a guy that self-detonate ONCE and die) into something cool/respected.
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So that last couple panels of Immortal Hulk have me very concerned along with the fact I think it might tie into Jason Aaron's Avengers run...
But all I can say for sure is this is why I recommend reading the entire run.
Low,
But I still don't see how they can turn Bailey Hoskin (a guy that self-detonate ONCE and die) into something cool/respected.
Seeing that death is more or less meaningless now for mutants, it could be possible^^
Remembering that how long till Destiny comes back? I want the first gay relationship I read about in comics back^^
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Well we'll see if Xavier will do that for Raven/Mystique. Right now I'm going with a solid maybe.
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I'm liking the Invisible Woman comic.
I always knew she was the most powerful of the FF, but this show how much a bad-a$$ she is.
I like the expansions of her powers.
> Changing the color of her hair by bending light.
> Infravision - I think she could beat Daredevil in a lights out cage match.
> Not to mention her fighting skills.
RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16
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Charles,
Except that the villains are throwing around the idiot ball. If you've got a surgeon on-staff who can do what they did to her eyes, then (a) why make it repairable with a touch of a button, (b) why bring her into a room with said button, and (c) why not also put a blood-constriction device leading to her brain, to shut her down in case she tries anything?
And at some point, she needs to make a firm line-in-the-sand: if you have hostages, you can make me do this, but nothing further. "Give you the tech keys to the world's computers, after you tell me you'll use them to crash whole economies" seems like the greater evil, compared to "some kids will be blown up."
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I'm still firmly in the camp that Immortal Hulk has really redrawn the line between what is a man made monster and what is essentially a sub-conscious body horror comic.
Also of note, I hope that Bobbi will stay on Agents of Wakanda. She needs some super spy stuff.
Yeah I don't think we need to worry much (other than the lack of a real Tony Stark) about Iron Man/Tony being in his own title for 2020...
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Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas and Benjamin Jackendoff Introduce a New Werewolf By Night
Being only vaguely familiar with the Black Eyed Peas, I know pretty much nothing about this Taboo person. Still, I don't really care, because I like the Werewolf by Night, and this could be a cool new interpretation of the character. Not to mention, ever since Penny Dreadful, something about Native Americans and the werewolf legend is just ten tons of awesome!
Well it can't do much worse than some DC titles I can think of....
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Introducing the New 'New Warriors'
Ye gods! That looks completely f$#$ing idiotic.
A-zombie,
Eh. I mean it's...problematic in the sense I'd prefer the old New Warriors accept that maybe they're better off mentoring...but this seems more Civil War-ish.
Chris,
It's weird yes, but honestly I could ALMOST go for it since Rage has...mellowed? since his debut. But what's really striking to me is how tonally this sounds and even feels like "Civil War 2.0" for the younger Marvel supers. (Sans mutants)