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I feel like a good team mix is generally of knowns and unknowns with a team like the Avengers. You have to have both characters who are well-established to ground things and give the team narrative weight, and less defined characters who have more narrative flexibility.Android Blues posted:
"I'm going to go lick myself down--" Way to rub it in, Tigra. 
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Lurdiak posted:Big heroes like Green Lantern, Cyborg and Martian Manhunter, instead of losers like Captain America, Hulk and Thor. (???) To be fair, the current line-up of Avengers consists of Jane!Thor, Falcon, Hercules, Voyager, Lightning, Red Hulk, Wasp, Beast and some other folks. Not exactly a team of heavy hitters.
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JordanKai posted:To be fair, the current line-up of Avengers consists of Jane!Thor, Falcon, Hercules, Voyager, Lightning, Red Hulk, Wasp, Beast and some other folks. Not exactly a team of heavy hitters. Emphasis mine.
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Feb 20, 2018 15:28
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I meant in terms of recognisability. 
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Feb 20, 2018 15:41
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JordanKai posted:Jane!Thor
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Feb 20, 2018 15:41
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Endless Mike posted:What the gently caress is this Jane has been Thor for a few years now. She’s about to die though so the hammer will probably go back to Odinson?
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Feb 20, 2018 15:48
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Endless Mike posted:What the gently caress is this The exclamation mark is a maths function indicating that it's a different thing belonging to the same "subclass" (Jane is part of the subclass Thor). I see people use it sometimes to denote different versions of the same character and I've started using it myself. e: That's my assumption as why it's used like that, I should say. I'm honestly not sure. JordanKai fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Feb 20, 2018 |
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Feb 20, 2018 15:49
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It's a fandom convention used to indicate a variant version of a character. Often used in female-dominated fan circles, specifically fanfic communities. It originated in X-Files fandom back in the 90s and has since become widely popular.
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Also the current Avengers lineup includes Rogue and Human Torch too, and they're pretty big deals popularity-wise, although Rogue's star has diminished somewhat since the 80s/90s/early 2000s.
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JordanKai posted:The exclamation mark is a maths function indicating that it's a different thing belonging to the same "subclass" (Jane is part of the subclass Thor). I see people use it sometimes to denote different versions of the same character and I've started using it myself. My assumption was always that it was a maths thing too, but apparently it originated when someone was discussing Mulder being uncommonly gung-ho in a recently aired episode of X-Files and referred to him as Action! Mulder. I think the exclamation mark was actually just added for comic emphasis. I wouldn't be surprised if the maths reference making an easy mnemonic was what helped it to stick, though. I think everyone intuitively assumes it's that, goes, "yeah, that makes sense," and then has an easier time remembering the convention.
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Feb 20, 2018 15:59
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I think the oddest Avengers line-up was the one from the late 70s which was Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Yellowjacket, Wasp... and Tigra. There have been line-ups with odder members but there's something very "Huh?" about one that's basically "founding members plus one".
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Tigra was getting a big push in the late 70s/early 80s, because Marvel wanted a female hero that would appeal to young women. I think some of the original concepts that would later become Storm were even wrapped up in the Tigra stuff? Like, they'd planned for Storm to have cat-related powers but that got shunted off due to overlap with other cat-based heroes they decided to develop and push instead. Marvel editors must have been really convinced that young women wanted a cat-themed hero. She's seriously everywhere if you read comics from that era. There's even a Claremont X-Men issue where they team up with Tigra against the Brood. e: it's even the first appearance of the Brood, so, yeah. Tigra making comics history.
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Feb 20, 2018 16:41
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here we go again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2BfTXIwABo
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Android Blues posted:Tigra was getting a big push in the late 70s/early 80s, because Marvel wanted a female hero that would appeal to young women. I think some of the original concepts that would later become Storm were even wrapped up in the Tigra stuff? Like, they'd planned for Storm to have cat-related powers but that got shunted off due to overlap with other cat-based heroes they decided to develop and push instead. Marvel editors must have been really convinced that young women wanted a cat-themed hero. Oh that explains the cat pupils then
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ElNarez posted:here we go again The relaunches(?) will continue until sales improve?
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ElNarez posted:here we go again It's official. DC went to a witch doctor and had the malevolent spirit possessing them transferred over to Marvel.
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Isn't that going to relaunch directly into the Search for Wolverine event?
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Android Blues posted:Marvel editors must have been really convinced that young women wanted a cat-themed hero. They were just a couple decades too early for the anime cat girl to become popular ElNarez posted:here we go again *yawn* In before someone says this isn't actually a relaunch because site fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Feb 20, 2018 |
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Could I get a bullet points version of thay video please? I'm at school and really curious what exactly is going on. Also, put me down for more Avengers, JL, Titans, Champions, Defenders, X-Men or whatever made up of teams of c and b listers. The big guys already have the universe revolve around them anyway.
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Roth posted:I'm at school and really curious what exactly is going on. To be honest not a whole lot. Just some marvel people telling you that this year's stories will be all new and really exciting. You haven't really missed anything there. cant cook creole bream fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Feb 20, 2018 |
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Feb 20, 2018 18:00
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Pretty sure that was a line in a Trump speech
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Roth posted:Could I get a bullet points version of thay video please? I'm at school and really curious what exactly is going on. Two melting white guys promise this is gonna be Marvel NOW! again for real this time. New beginnings for the new starting point linewide new creative teams new storylines jpgs are moving slightly May 2018 (please come to a comic book store after you see Infinity War please oh god) won't tell you any of the talent involved or anything but it's gonna be huge everyone excited the start of a new era
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Roth posted:Pretty sure that was a line in a Trump speech MMGA.
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Roth posted:Pretty sure that was a line in a Trump speech I really hope you aren't insinuating that I write like Trump talks! 
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cant cook creole bream posted:I really hope you aren't insinuating that I write like Trump talks! I'm sure you only use the biggest and best words.
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Wait, the Joe Quesada bi-yearly Status Quo Desktop Background Art has Robbie Reyes. Okay, there's something for me, at least. And they're making a fairly big deal out of Spidey, so i'm even slightly more excited to see who they replace Dan Slott with.
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Looks like Odinson is coming back as Thor with a golden arm and hammer. And Banner is coming back.
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A Fresh Start, but for X-Men, please. Not counting the last 3 or 4 "fresh starts."
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Is marvel up to 3 relaunches a year?
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eliotlucas posted:A Fresh Start, but for X-Men, please. Not counting the last 3 or 4 "fresh starts." Maybe they'll finally figure out no one cares about the original 5 this time.
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ElNarez posted:here we go again Couldn't they have at least waited for all the Legacy storylines to conclude before announcing their next big fresh start?
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Lurdiak posted:Maybe they'll finally figure out no one cares about the original 5 this time. Well they've got like 5 Wolverines now so they know what the people want
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Is Howard getting yet another new hat this time?
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Marvel just keeps getting better with every relaunch. This is, of course, impossible beyond a certain point, I thought, but they just keep doing it. There is no upper limit to how good comics can become, and every relaunch is better than the last. By 2019, Marvel comics will become the highest form of human art. By 2026, they will replace all sentient thought.
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https://twitter.com/IGN/status/965983143294509056 I take it back, I'm sold. Why'd they have to renumber it again, though?
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JordanKai posted:https://twitter.com/IGN/status/965983143294509056 Enjoy thor vol. 14 issue 1
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The renumber was dumb, pointless and buyers hated it. Nobody will care in another year so long as the book is good.
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I'm a little confused the art shows hulk as a guy but the article says it's Jennifer, hopefully the art is just banner
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I'm hyped for Avengers by Jason Aaron but lomarf that they're relaunching at #1 after *just* returning to the original numbering.
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