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Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Morrison's run for me is very much "is the story good? Okay I'll like it and ignore the odd characterization" territory for me. The platonic opposite of A vs X where I don't think Bendis even made it to the end of Dark, Phoenix let alone read anything about the character after, and I loving hated the story.

# ? Mar 3, 2021 08:36

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# ? May 26, 2024 19:45

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

A vs X is terrible, but I kinda liked Scott as a supervillain. It was a good way to get him out of his boy scout bullshit

# ? Mar 3, 2021 08:44

Saoshyant: Oct 26, 2010

OK, Arcade legit seems creepy while still being realistic enough for the sort of shenanigans he usually does. His interactions with Sinister were gooood. Hellion is hella good.

# ? Mar 3, 2021 18:43

Kingtheninja: Jul 29, 2004; "You're the best looking guy here."

Saoshyant posted:

OK, Arcade legit seems creepy while still being realistic enough for the sort of shenanigans he usually does. His interactions with Sinister were gooood. Hellion is hella good.

Confirm?

# ? Mar 3, 2021 21:32

How Wonderful!: Jul 18, 2006; I only have excellent ideas

I really dislike dental horror but this was a fun take on Arcade

# ? Mar 3, 2021 22:11

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

How Wonderful! posted:

I really dislike dental horror but this was a fun take on Arcade

Yeah Hellions was great. It might have surpassed Marauders as my favorite book.

# ? Mar 3, 2021 22:28

How Wonderful!: Jul 18, 2006; I only have excellent ideas

At this point for me it's Hellions and X-Factor pretty much neck and neck.

# ? Mar 3, 2021 23:18

radlum: May 13, 2013

I don't know how would my ranking of current X-Books would be, but I'm sure that Hellions will be close to the top spot.

# ? Mar 4, 2021 01:55

Cloks: Feb 1, 2013; by Azathoth

Cable is ending at issue 12. Hopefully whatever Duggan is cooking up is even better.

# ? Mar 4, 2021 18:31

galagazombie: Oct 31, 2011; A silly little mouse!

Angry Salami posted:

"Other people were writing terrible stories so I did the same thing but turned it up to eleven" isn't really a great excuse.

(And Morrison's run already had Cassandra Nova as a genocidal supervillain who's seemingly motivated by nothing other than evil, so it's not like his take on Magneto really brought anything new to the table, even in the context of his own work...)

The literal last arc before Morrison took over was about Magneto having public torture crucifixions, ethnically cleansing Genosha, and attempting to genocide the earth. Morrison wasn't taking anything that wasn't already part of the character. In fact Morrison's portrayal was explicitly a take down of the characters then modern portrayal and is even called out as such in-story. And Cassandra Nova explains her motives in the literal first scene she's in. She's a different post-human species that is competing with mutants for the position of apex predator. She even uses the example of how Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens both branched from Homo Erectus and fought each other who got to be it's successor. That and she personally hate Charles for killing her in the womb.

# ? Mar 4, 2021 19:52

Synesthesian Fetish: Apr 29, 2008; Ya know, I useta be President... I'll let you kids punch me anywhere but the face for a dollar.

Kingtheninja posted:

Confirm?

Confirmed

# ? Mar 4, 2021 21:42

Synesthesian Fetish: Apr 29, 2008; Ya know, I useta be President... I'll let you kids punch me anywhere but the face for a dollar.

It's been said before but I'll say it again. Sinister needs a standalone series

# ? Mar 4, 2021 21:43

BrianWilly: Apr 24, 2007; There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand

Yeah Hellions was fantastic. I like how this series really plays with how loving kooky so many X-villains usually are.

I mean, it sucks for this team, but hey they're getting a lot of mileage out of schadenfreude here.

# ? Mar 4, 2021 22:09

Cloks: Feb 1, 2013; by Azathoth

Sinister is an rear end in a top hat, confirm?

# ? Mar 4, 2021 22:18

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Cloks posted:

Sinister is an rear end in a top hat, confirm?

Confirm.

# ? Mar 4, 2021 22:24

Saoshyant: Oct 26, 2010

Cloks posted:

Sinister is an rear end in a top hat, confirm?

Sh-should I confirm?

# ? Mar 4, 2021 22:25

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

Sinister should bookend every X book with sass and gossip from other books

# ? Mar 4, 2021 22:25

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Sinister should bookend every X book with sass and gossip from other books

Oh god, those "Sinister's Secrets" from I think HoxPox were so loving good.

# ? Mar 4, 2021 22:26

danbanana: Jun 7, 2008; OG Bell's fanboi

Everyone bitches about having to suspend belief that every mutant fell into line with Krakoa but to me, the fact that they handed a team of some of their most damaged people off to a narcissistic, lying, and frankly insane villain is far more outlandish.

And it loving rules.

But really... the entire premise of that (very, very good book) makes you accept that Xavier and Co. would be like "Yes, MR. SINISTER, please do your best to help Nanny and one of my oldest students and a mutant mass murderer and this sociopathic kid!"

# ? Mar 4, 2021 22:34

Cartridgeblowers: Jan 3, 2006; Super Mario Bros 3

All the Sinister stuff was great but a couple of questions about Hellions.

1. So Mastermind is being coerced to work for Arcade so his daughter is kept safe? Does... he not know she can be resurrected?

2. Why is no one talking about the best part of the issue, which is Wolverine making GBS threads his pants in Wild Child's hallucination. "OH HELL NO! It's Wild Child. The BIG DOG!" made me cackle.

# ? Mar 5, 2021 02:29

rantmo: Jul 30, 2003; A smile better suits a hero

Cartridgeblowers posted:

1. So Mastermind is being coerced to work for Arcade so his daughter is kept safe? Does... he not know she can be resurrected?

I have to assume there's a triple cross being set up, said daughter has the same illusion powers too.

# ? Mar 5, 2021 02:36

BrianWilly: Apr 24, 2007; There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand

I mean, Arcade can still torture Mastermind's daughter. That's not something the rezzes can fix unless they go to an earlier backup, which is kinda of an icky notion.

I'm more surprised that he even cares about her as a father, but then, I haven't read much of their interactions, if any.

# ? Mar 5, 2021 02:53

How Wonderful!: Jul 18, 2006; I only have excellent ideas

To my knowledge this is the first time he's been shown interacting with either of his daughters, I think they both post-date his original death, and he stayed dead for a pretty long time god bless him.

# ? Mar 5, 2021 03:00

Codependent Poster: Oct 20, 2003

Cartridgeblowers posted:

All the Sinister stuff was great but a couple of questions about Hellions.

1. So Mastermind is being coerced to work for Arcade so his daughter is kept safe? Does... he not know she can be resurrected?

2. Why is no one talking about the best part of the issue, which is Wolverine making GBS threads his pants in Wild Child's hallucination. "OH HELL NO! It's Wild Child. The BIG DOG!" made me cackle.

Because the superior Wolverine gets embarrassed moments were in Runaways this week.

# ? Mar 5, 2021 03:02

Chinston Wurchill: Jun 27, 2010; It's not that kind of test.

Cartridgeblowers posted:

2. Why is no one talking about the best part of the issue, which is Wolverine making GBS threads his pants in Wild Child's hallucination. "OH HELL NO! It's Wild Child. The BIG DOG!" made me cackle.

I couldn't help reading this as Micheal Cole calling Roman Reigns and I was equal parts amused and disappointed in myself.

# ? Mar 5, 2021 04:53

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

https://twitter.com/CoolComicArt/status/1148405764244963329?s=20

# ? Mar 5, 2021 07:57

Abroham Lincoln: Sep 19, 2011; Note to self: This one's the good one

Codependent Poster posted:

Because the superior Wolverine gets embarrassed moments were in Runaways this week.

Canonical Height Wolverine is the best Wolverine there is.

# ? Mar 5, 2021 11:19

JordanKai: Aug 19, 2011; Get high and think of me.

Chinston Wurchill posted:

I couldn't help reading this as Micheal Cole calling Roman Reigns and I was equal parts amused and disappointed in myself.

I did the exact same thing :laffo:

What a corny line. I love it.

# ? Mar 5, 2021 13:23

nunsexmonkrock: Apr 13, 2008

Is it just me or does Psylocke Hellions 10 remind anyone of New Mutants annual Betsy?

# ? Mar 9, 2021 04:41

Wanderer: Nov 5, 2006; our every move is the new tradition

I've been reading too much Hickman and now I keep wanting to do the snarky em-dash italicized asides--which annoy me, because they look weird and don't flow naturally, but they do at least jump out at you--in my own writing.

# ? Mar 9, 2021 19:42

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

Wanderer posted:

I've been reading too much Hickman and now I keep wanting to do the snarky em-dash italicized asides--which annoy me, because they look weird and don't flow naturally, but they do at least jump out at you--in my own writing.

You can put it in the toolkit for characters with colliding trains of thoughts, or who are monologuing assholes.

# ? Mar 9, 2021 21:05

Chinston Wurchill: Jun 27, 2010; It's not that kind of test.

If giant-sized is 30-35 pages (current run) and 48 pages (past runs), how many pages is planet-sized?!

Anyway, it's Gerry Duggan so I'm in.

# ? Mar 9, 2021 22:09

Saoshyant: Oct 26, 2010

poo poo's so big it won't even fit your LCS!

# ? Mar 9, 2021 22:16

wielder: Feb 16, 2008; "You had best not do that, Avatar!"

I'll read 48 pages of grocery shopping lists if Pepe Larraz were drawing them, but I don't like calling something "planet-sized" if it's only twice as long.

# ? Mar 10, 2021 05:48

Soonmot: Dec 19, 2002; Entrapta fucking loves robots; Grimey Drawer

that's an intimidating team. I mean, just Jean and Magneto alone, but then you have Storm and iceman?

# ? Mar 10, 2021 06:42

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Soonmot posted:

that's an intimidating team. I mean, just Jean and Magneto alone, but then you have Storm and iceman?

It's a team that could destroy a planet.

# ? Mar 10, 2021 08:06

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Chinston Wurchill posted:

If giant-sized is 30-35 pages (current run) and 48 pages (past runs), how many pages is planet-sized?!

Anyway, it's Gerry Duggan so I'm in.

https://www.cbr.com/planet-size-x-men-hellfire-gala/
From the announcement, I'm not sure if I like this bit.

"The Hellfire Gala will unfold over twelve titles and twelve stories, all focused on a single night that will not only announce the first team of Krakoan X-Men to the world, but also reveal the startling plans that mutantkind has in store for the Marvel Universe."

Sounds like it could be really tedious when something happens in the second issue we want to see the repercussions of, but those won't be apparent until the next day and there's another 10 issues to get through before the sun comes up.

# ? Mar 10, 2021 08:09

bobkatt013: Oct 8, 2006; Youâre telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?

Skwirl posted:

https://www.cbr.com/planet-size-x-men-hellfire-gala/
From the announcement, I'm not sure if I like this bit.

"The Hellfire Gala will unfold over twelve titles and twelve stories, all focused on a single night that will not only announce the first team of Krakoan X-Men to the world, but also reveal the startling plans that mutantkind has in store for the Marvel Universe."

Sounds like it could be really tedious when something happens in the second issue we want to see the repercussions of, but those won't be apparent until the next day and there's another 10 issues to get through before the sun comes up.

Sounds like it will be one issue for title and maybe some one shots.

# ? Mar 10, 2021 08:42

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

bobkatt013 posted:

Sounds like it will be one issue for title and maybe some one shots.

It says it will be twelve issues.

# ? Mar 10, 2021 08:43

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# ? May 26, 2024 19:45

DivineCoffeeBinge: Mar 3, 2011; Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company

Maybe one issue of each regular title? How many of them are there now? Lemme see, X-Men, Factor, Force, New Mutants, Wolvie, Excalibur, Cable, SWORD, Marauders, Hellions - that's ten, unless I missed one. So Planet-Sized, one issue of the regular titles, maybe an endcap one-shot?

# ? Mar 10, 2021 08:54

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