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Azubah posted:Does Black Cat still have bad luck powers? Yes, although I think they come from cybernetics now. They even mess up magic cast at her a bit, which is a neat touch of Vulpes.'
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Did anybody here ever read Supreme Power from the 2000s? As far as I can recall, this and some Civil War issues were the first comics I ever read. It probably contributed significantly to my taste in comics. I like stories about the ethics of superheroes. Also I'm pretty sure it was written by the Babylon 5 guy (never seen it, heard it's great) but for some reason on Marvel.com it says they were written by Stan Lee.
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Dec 24, 2022 08:45
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I'm catching up on the AXE event on unlimited and it's weirdly a pretty good Christmas story - a being of limitless power resides at the North Pole and in the space of 24 hours decides whether everyone on the planet is worthy or not
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NikkolasKing posted:Did anybody here ever read Supreme Power from the 2000s? As far as I can recall, this and some Civil War issues were the first comics I ever read. It probably contributed significantly to my taste in comics. I like stories about the ethics of superheroes. Pretty sure Squadron Supreme (née Sinister) is a Roy Thomas/Sal Buscema creation. Straczynski just wrote the reboot. His bibliography is pretty hit or miss, but if you like Supreme Power, you might dig Rising Stars. The compendium is fairly inexpensive.
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Party Boat posted:I'm catching up on the AXE event on unlimited and it's weirdly a pretty good Christmas story - a being of limitless power resides at the North Pole and in the space of 24 hours decides whether everyone on the planet is worthy or not AXE/Judgment Day/Whatever we're calling it is not a bad story by any means. The worst I could say is that it's just another Gillen story - it's extremely wordy and doesn't stick the landing. It's a fun concept for a story for a good half of the run.
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Dec 24, 2022 19:39
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Yeah there's lots of good character moments in it - I really liked Doom and Daredevil being judged - but while I'm only halfway through I'm not sure how well it hangs together as a complete story. Event storylines are always that way to some degree though.
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Dec 24, 2022 23:13
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Party Boat posted:I'm catching up on the AXE event on unlimited and it's weirdly a pretty good Christmas story - a being of limitless power resides at the North Pole and in the space of 24 hours decides whether everyone on the planet is worthy or not Just make sure you read the X-Men: Red and Immortal X-Men tie ins. Death to the Mutants and the Starfox one shot are worth looking at if you’re digging the event and want more content.
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Dec 25, 2022 00:37
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Yeah I'm all in on X Men and what I've read so far of Red / Immortal has gotten me excited about the series again the same way the start of the Krakoa arc did
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Dec 25, 2022 00:48
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X-Force is pretty good, and I think the direction they have taken Beast is pretty interesting. There, I said it.
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Dec 25, 2022 00:55
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NikkolasKing posted:Did anybody here ever read Supreme Power from the 2000s? As far as I can recall, this and some Civil War issues were the first comics I ever read. It probably contributed significantly to my taste in comics. I like stories about the ethics of superheroes. Rising Stars was by the Babylon 5 guy. It's non-Marvel, about what happens when there's suddenly like 100 folks with super powers on Earth. I thought it aimed high but fell really short, I didn't like it.
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axe was pretty weak because the judgment stuff was the most interesting part and it ended up not mattering at all.
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Dec 25, 2022 06:30
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Lord_Hambrose posted:X-Force is pretty good, and I think the direction they have taken Beast is pretty interesting. There, I said it. Beast as director of the CIA is a great take on the character, agreed
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Party Boat posted:Beast as director of the CIA is a great take on the character, agreed So instead of just being generally annoying and making things worse now he's just flat out a villain?
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Dec 25, 2022 13:54
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Gripweed posted:So instead of just being generally annoying and making things worse now he's just flat out a villain? In the words of Mr. Sinister to Dark Beast's head in a jar "You're not even the darkest Beast anymore."
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Dec 25, 2022 14:18
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Lord_Hambrose posted:X-Force is pretty good, and I think the direction they have taken Beast is pretty interesting. There, I said it. I wouldn't say I'm enjoying it, but I don't hate it to the degree everyone else seems to be.
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I posted this in the x-men thread because i thought it was where lord hambrose posted his x-force takeAlaois posted:Maybe its changed somewhat since i fell off but my biggest issue with percy's x-force is that it felt like he had A Story to tell with Domino, which he did at the start of the run and since then she's been firmly relegated to being a supporting character in a book she's supposed to be one of the stars of
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Story seems to be heading in a direction where Beast will be getting his comeuppance soon, but it also has felt like a bit of a stretch that he’s gotten away with so much already.
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Dec 26, 2022 20:37
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srypher posted:Story seems to be heading in a direction where Beast will be getting his comeuppance soon, but it also has felt like a bit of a stretch that he’s gotten away with so much already. i thought the story was heading in a direction where Beast will be getting his comeuppance soon a year and a half ago
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Dec 26, 2022 22:54
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Hickman may have planned his comeuppance as part of Krakoa Phase 2 and it could have gotten delayed when Marvel let creators mess around with the current status quo
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Dec 26, 2022 23:22
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Beast didn't seem to factor into anything Hickman was writing.
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srypher posted:Story seems to be heading in a direction where Beast will be getting his comeuppance soon, but it also has felt like a bit of a stretch that he’s gotten away with so much already. The story is also about Sage hitting her own rock bottom, but building herself back up from it. That's been playing out in the background of the issues since the start with her drinking intensifying and came to a head the other issue where Domino died because Sage was passed out on monitor duty.
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Dec 27, 2022 01:02
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Soonmot posted:The story is also about Sage hitting her own rock bottom, but building herself back up from it. That's been playing out in the background of the issues since the start with her drinking intensifying and came to a head the other issue where Domino died because Sage was passed out on monitor duty. Yeah I’ve actually really enjoyed what they’ve done with Sage’s story these last couple issues. I guess I just mean things seem pretty untenable with Beast having a outer space black ops station where he tests biological and chemical weapons, and also (seemingly w/ Hope’s knowledge and cooperation??) lobotomized Wolvie because he got fed up with Beast’s necessary evil bullshit. My assumption is Percy’s overall story with X-Force and Wolverine is going to climax with Beast getting what he deserves.
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srypher posted:Yeah I’ve actually really enjoyed what they’ve done with Sage’s story these last couple issues. I guess I just mean things seem pretty untenable with Beast having a outer space black ops station where he tests biological and chemical weapons, and also (seemingly w/ Hope’s knowledge and cooperation??) lobotomized Wolvie because he got fed up with Beast’s necessary evil bullshit. My assumption is Percy’s overall story with X-Force and Wolverine is going to climax with Beast getting what he deserves. At this point they could put Beast in the hole and put sabertooth in charge of x-force and their would be less war crimes
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Codependent Poster posted:Beast didn't seem to factor into anything Hickman was writing. And this is why I enjoy Hickman so much.
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bobkatt013 posted:At this point they could put Beast in the hole and put sabertooth in charge of x-force and their would be less war crimes sure gently caress it bring back greg pak and fred van lente and get Weapon X-Force back off the ground
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It seems weird to have alcoholism and untreated PTSD in Krakoa?
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Synthbuttrange posted:It seems weird to have alcoholism and untreated PTSD in Krakoa? The same Krakoa that has a designated baby drop-off spot?
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The same one that has a temple in someone's brain zone and you can delete traumatic memories, yea
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Alaois posted:sure gently caress it bring back greg pak and fred van lente and get Weapon X-Force back off the ground Man I really need to go back and re-read Rick Remender's X-Force. See if it holds up.
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Remember when Beast quite the X-Men because he found out about Scott's first iteration of Uncanny X-Force?
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he was probably really unhappy over how sloppy they were not torturing everyone.
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sage's whole deal is that she is generally very competent, but not when it comes to herself. she has always had a huge collection of unresolved traumas. most of her tenure as claremont's favorite consisted of sage facing increasingly ridiculous problems that stemmed from not dealing with her poo poo.
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Alaois posted:sure gently caress it bring back greg pak and fred van lente and get Weapon X-Force back off the ground I think I never read that because Greg Land.
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Synthbuttrange posted:The same one that has a temple in someone's brain zone and you can delete traumatic memories, yea That's actually on Arakko, not Krakoa.
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no that's the other person's brain zone
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Dawgstar posted:I think I never read that because Greg Land. Greg Land's art literally only lasts 4 issues before he's replaced by Marc Borstel so its not like you even neec to suffer through it for long You do need to be aware that there is a Totally Awesome Hulk crossover at the start of it so you need to also find those Hulk books to understand whats happening
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Dec 27, 2022 17:21
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Understanding what you are reading is pretty overrated
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lol totally forgot about totally awesome hulk. did Amadeus even show up in immortal
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Alaois posted:Greg Land's art literally only lasts 4 issues before he's replaced by Marc Borstel so its not like you even neec to suffer through it for long Land's art on that book is also probably the least bad stuff he's ever done, it raises the bar from 'yuck!' all the way to 'painfully mediocre.'
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Briefly - he has a chat with Bruce in a diner and I think Namor was also there incognito in case poo poo went down? Sorry for the Beast derail. I think the reason I liked it is because it reminds me of the old maxim about how UK home secretaries invariably become surveillance state authoritarians - they see all the potential catastrophes. Of course we've lately been saving time by only putting psychos into the role in the first place.
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