Cliff Hanger Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Did he? For some reason, I remembered Darla putting the armor on by hand in FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 I thought we joked about it at the time. Including posting the opening credits from the cartoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 My mistake. I blame the hydrocodone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Uncanny X-men #600. Generally decent though I'm not fond of where it ended things with very little solved and Bendis dropping hints of more to come that won't actually be used. Extraordinary X-men #1 & 2. I'm not fond of the main plot, and I hate the involvement of Old Man Logan & Jean. Even with that Lemire writes well enough that I enjoyed these. Even Ramos's art didn't bother me, and I'm not a big fan of his at all. I'll probably keep reading if my brother keeps picking them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Wow, I really like the involvement of Logan and Jean...I think Extraordinary X-Men is probably my favorite of the ANAD Marvel books I've checked out so far, it feels kinda old school with a good old-fashioned "Sinister wants someone's DNA" plot, which makes it more accessible to a guy like me who hasn't read comics in years cause he got too Bendised- and Crisised-out but decided to give the ANAD stuff a try...I laso like the Inhumans books so far and the first Daredevil is good, but the Spidey stuff and all the Avengers teams is still kinda confusing for me...though I'm really waiting for Squadrom Supreme since I'm totally marking for JMS Nighthawk in the Marvel Universe proper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Holy F. That page in secret wars 8. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Which one? There's a few that hit me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I'm going to assume it's either... Doom tearing out Thanos' skull and spine or T'Challa exiting the Siege Courageous and challenging Doom with his Army of the Dead and Infinity Gauntlet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 The former. A close second is thing vs franklactus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 so i'm 8 issues into X-Men. yes, i started at the beginning from 1963(ish). don't really have much commentary, but looking forward to seeing the developments. it's much more slower going than my Batman read was, due to changes at work, but should be entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Been catching up on some things. Lando #2-5. Read the first issue months ago and only finished the last four this weekend. It wasn't great, but it was a solid story that built into why Lando decided to become more than rogue/con man. Kanan Vol. 1 & #7. Like Lando read the first issue months ago and only just catching up now. I thought this was pretty good. Kanan has a good backstory that actually left me liking hima lot more than the actual show does. Extraordinary X-men #3. I continue to enjoy this despite wanting Old Man Logan and teen Jean to be no part of it. Even them I still enjoy the writing of. Curse you, Lemire. All-New X-men #1. This on the other hand did little for me other than continuing to wish the original five to finally be gone. Evan & Idie in particular make little sense on this team as the original five never really got close to any of the students from either school except for Laura. Its weird reading the two as already close to them for no conceivable reason. I can only imagine it happened within the 8 month gap. They still feel off. I did however enjoy Cyclops hunting down a little cult that worships the older him. Secret Wars #8. That was kind of insane, especially the MK fatality. Guardians of Infinity #1. Fun start though nothing special. The back-up was decent as well though I could do w/o it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 so i'm 8 issues into X-Men. yes, i started at the beginning from 1963(ish). don't really have much commentary, but looking forward to seeing the developments. it's much more slower going than my Batman read was, due to changes at work, but should be entertaining. I've read a good chunk of the SA X-Men. It's easy to see why the book was a failure back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 I would recommend the Illuminati after 2 issues. Seems to me a heel Task Force X gimmick, led by the Hood. I really thought it was drawn by Kevin O'Neill. Surprised to check the credits and saw it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Frank Teri is one of those guys who has always struck me as a talented writer who nearly always writes things I hate. That said, will b Def try Illuminati when it hits MU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 In the new episode of the pod, i talk to Todd Rowker from Longbox Heroes about the Xmas Special, S9 as a whole, some Troughton talk and the future. We also talk Secret Wars 8, doom v thanos, best of 2015 comics and a Sophie's Choice decision between Jason Aaron and Brian K Vaughn. http://www.tinyurl.com/winter21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I like Aaron and all, but boy is that not a hard choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Just for 2015, mind you. Aaron: thor/thors, weirdworld, dr strange, southern basterds, star wars BKV: saga, paper girls, we stand on guard, private eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Aaron writes the more fun comics, the ones I'd rather read. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Ah, the just 2015 part makes it more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Speaking as someone who loves most of his work, BKV is overrated. That's not to say he isn't terrific but he's cultivated that Alan Moore level of dickriding when he's not much better than a lot of current creators. I mean, I'd take Scalped over anything I've read by BKV. Full credit though, he picks amazing collaborators who he gets the best work from and has a real mind for great concepts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Spider-Gwen (Vol. 2) #3. Spider-Gwen travels to Earth-616 to speak to Jessica Drew’s Spider-Woman, Matt Murdock drops in on Captain George Stacy in Earth-65, Gwen’s world and an old face of Gwen’s returns. There’s a profile page on Matt Murdock. This was a bloody good issue, funny too. The highlight was Gwen and Jessica’s chat. I appreciated Matt Murdock the subject of the profile as he and Gwen are the two best Earth-65 characters. Spider-Gwen rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 So I don't know if this is a silly question or not, but here goes. I've been reading through Secret Warriors recently as I'm planning to catch up on all of Hickman's Marvel stuff before getting to his Avengers run and one random detail sorta irks me: The Howling Commandos. They were shown being there with Captain America when he stormed the beaches of Normandy and I'm pretty sure that was about 65 years before the book was published. I know that Cap was frozen for a bit but is there a similar bit of Marvel fiction explaining why they are still in fighting shape, be it also being frozen or some sort of Marvel universe time dilation, or is this just a case of them publishing comics for so long that certain details like this are best not to think about too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 There's a specific reason given for Nick Fury and Dum-Dum Dugan, though Dugan wasn't revealed until later. I'm not sure about the others, but I haven't read SW and didn't realize any others had appeared in it. EDITED for clarity: I initially made it look like there was one explanation for both Fury and DDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 It was never stated but kinda assumed that the surviving Howling Commandos had some access to the Infinity Formula. This was before the Original Sin retcon : About Dum-Dum actually dying in the mid-late 60s and having been an LMD since then, which becomes irrelevant anyways since (Secret Warriors spoiler) The other remaining Howling Commandos had died by then anyways. Koenig and Gabe are killed by Gorgon. Rebel was killed in Secret Avengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Oh yeah, that seems like a MUCH better idea than just letting them be around without acknowledging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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