Eoae Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 1 hour ago, J.H. said: I want to like Trial of Magneto but its just so... predictable and dull? After how fun everything in Hellfire Gala was, this being the follow-up is so "yeah, I see where this is going". Inferno has to be better than this James Yeah, i feel the same. i would have preferred it if Hickman's run had been smaller in scope and basically contained to books he was actually writing. I haven't been much interested in the writers and artists on the other X-books and feeling like I need to keep up with them has been annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I liked Marauders when it started and might the only person that thought Excalibur was fun in a very dumb way). The books overall were just overly interconnected but that's Hickman. It wasn't enough he was doing FF, we had to get Future Foundation to supplement. I love the ambition of the Krakoa story but can't afford or care enough about all of it to keep up with all of it James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 2 hours ago, J.H. said: I want to like Trial of Magneto but its just so... predictable and dull? After how fun everything in Hellfire Gala was, this being the follow-up is so "yeah, I see where this is going". Inferno has to be better than this James X-Factor was amazing and just so full interacting character moments and brilliant ideas so Trial is just probably heavily editorially driven (from what the interviews have said). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 That's why we have Paul to read them for us. BTW, the HTA Thinderbolts pod this week reached issues 10-12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I think that was the thing about the Claremont/Noncenti/Simonson triumvirate. They all worked off Claremont's vision and even at the peak of Mutant X-Over mania during Inferno, things were still... compartmentalized. It all built to all the key players getting together for the showdown with the big bad. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I’ve liked more than half the X-books. Everything but X-Force and Fallen Angels and I haven’t followed Wolverine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Matt D said: I’ve liked more than half the X-books. Everything but X-Force and Fallen Angels and I haven’t followed Wolverine. I heard X-Corp was one of the worse books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, odessasteps said: I heard X-Corp was one of the worse books. Oh yeah. That too. What a poorly paced comic. The character stuff was ok. But it was a chore to get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Hellions is ending at issue 18. Maddy is back maybe. X-Men no 6, we will meet Captain Krakoa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I've been reading via Dawn. So far I'm mostly liked what I've read. Its just that most of the books don't stand strong on their own. Hellions is only a few issues in at vol. 16, but its easily in the top 3. Personally, I think they tried to do too many books. They should have kept it down to 4-5 with everything else just being a mini or one shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Only Cap could believably call Emma “ma’am”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Besides halting everything for the X Lives/Deaths of Wolverine, it looks like they're ending Marauders and Way of X as well. New Mutants is continuing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Someone on the HTA board said sonething to the effect of “reading about the backstage drama in the x office is more interesting than the books themselves these days.” another comics/wrestling simikarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Marvel comics borrowed sacred timeline and variants from the MCU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Today I read Conan the Barbarian #100, which some of you may know is the conclusion to the Belit saga. It wasn't as moving as it might have been if the readers didn't know what was going to happen in advance, but it was beautifully rendered by Buscema and Chan, and a monumental chapter in the series given that Conan spent so many issues with the Black Corsairs. I've been reading Conan and Jonah Hex at the same time, so I've had these duel narratives of Conan and Belit and Jonah and Mei Ling play out simultaneously. I prefer the way Fleisher handled Jonah and Mei Ling to the way Thomas wrote Conan and Belit, but I'm yet to see how Thomas handles the aftermath. Curse you DC for cancelling Jonah Hex in 1985! Actually, apparently it escaped cancellation three times. That's unfortunate because I honestly think Fleisher's run is one of the best comic book runs ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Ben Reilly, the Spider-Man I grew up on alongside Peter Parker written by one of the best Spider-Man writers ever, JM DeMatteis means I'll be adding that to my pull list. One for @twiztor as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 3 hours ago, The Natural said: Ben Reilly, the Spider-Man I grew up on alongside Peter Parker written by one of the best Spider-Man writers ever, JM DeMatteis means I'll be adding that to my pull list. One for @twiztor as well. it is indeed. when i'm at my LCS this afternoon to pick up Nightwing, i'll be adding this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 2 hours ago, twiztor said: it is indeed. when i'm at my LCS this afternoon to pick up Nightwing, i'll be adding this! I'll be adding that to my pull list. Need to do the same for Batman: The Long Halloween Special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 hat if the conclusion to Kindred is another swerve and the AI of Harrry is actually a creation of AI Norman Osborn pre-Night Gwen Stacy Died programmed by AI Fearless Fosdick? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 X-Men Spoiler Legionaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Also for @twiztor, The Amazing Spider-Man #75. The start of Beyond and Ben Reilly back as Spider-Man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 hour ago, J.H. said: hat if the conclusion to Kindred is another swerve and the AI of Harrry is actually a creation of AI Norman Osborn pre-Night Gwen Stacy Died programmed by AI Fearless Fosdick? James Hopefully all created by Spencer Smythe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 46 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Hopefully all created by Spencer Smythe? Spencer Smythe or... AI SPENCER SMYTHE!!! I honestly think Scott Snyder was plotting this out and was watching Captain America: Civil War and got to the Arnim Zola reveal and suddenly a light bulb went off in his head This is already better than what the ending to this will actually be! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 38 minutes ago, J.H. said: Spencer Smythe or... AI SPENCER SMYTHE!!! I honestly think Scott Snyder was plotting this out and was watching Captain America: Civil War and got to the Arnim Zola reveal and suddenly a light bulb went off in his head This is already better than what the ending to this will actually be! James Hopefully all masterminded by AI JJJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 "Uncanny X-People" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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