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X-men is kind of a Microcosm of all of DC right now; its got some good stuff, but a lot of it is poo poo, many people are staying with books because they love the characters.
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And they're all about to die, again.
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Mar 31, 2016 08:37
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I liked All-New this week, even if I also really liked Toad being with the X-Men.
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Mar 31, 2016 13:27
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I really enjoyed 92. It's fun and light for the most part.
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Mar 31, 2016 19:37
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So I finished all of Peter David's X-Factor (except for All-New) and I have to say I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be an article or an interview with him that mentions how deeply rooted the story is in suicide. Practically every character in that book either kills themselves or wants to kill themselves at some point. I'd go so far as to say it's even the main theme of the run.
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Little Mac posted:I liked All-New this week, even if I also really liked Toad being with the X-Men. Yeah, just finished this week's ANXM and while I in general liked Toad becoming a good/not bad guy, his reason for being a villain are sympathetic/good and it was handled well. This issue really fixed a lot of my problems with the series. I'd say it's solidly not on my imminent drop list anymore.
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Blockhouse posted:So I finished all of Peter David's X-Factor (except for All-New) and I have to say I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be an article or an interview with him that mentions how deeply rooted the story is in suicide. Practically every character in that book either kills themselves or wants to kill themselves at some point. I'd go so far as to say it's even the main theme of the run. Yeah, I just started it and 6 issues in that's a pretty big theme.
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Apr 2, 2016 08:06
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Skwirl posted:Yeah, I just started it and 6 issues in that's a pretty big theme. It gets more obvious!
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Apr 2, 2016 08:56
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So in the cold open for the most recent Jay & Miles they have Lemeire tell them what Cyclops did, though its all bleeped out, it had something to do with Scott, Emma and Magneto, which would explain why we haven't seen Emma either. Though I wonder if there are any clues in Uncanny.
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twistedmentat posted:So in the cold open for the most recent Jay & Miles they have Lemeire tell them what Cyclops did, though its all bleeped out, it had something to do with Scott, Emma and Magneto, which would explain why we haven't seen Emma either. Though I wonder if there are any clues in Uncanny. Oh...I just figured that was something completely made up as misdirection. Greg Rucka did something similar in his cold open I thought.
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Apr 12, 2016 01:18
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We actually already know it involves at least Emma from things he's said earlier anyway.
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Apr 12, 2016 01:20
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I assumed Emma had something to do with it as she's been AWOL, and not actually mentioned. Though If I was to guess, she's a prisoner in Attilan.
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Apr 12, 2016 01:41
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I'm still pretty sure that Scott's death was faked or whatever and Emma is currently with him.
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Apr 12, 2016 02:46
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So, round numbers, this thread is about two years, 120 pages, and three? five? status quo revisions old. Anyone want to get a new thread going? I would also support just closing this thread and fold the X-chat into the Marvel thread, but I suspect that I'm in the minority on that.
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Apr 12, 2016 03:51
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Make it an Inhumans thread.
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Apr 12, 2016 03:54
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Squizzle posted:So, round numbers, this thread is about two years, 120 pages, and three? five? status quo revisions old. Anyone want to get a new thread going? I would also support just closing this thread and fold the X-chat into the Marvel thread, but I suspect that I'm in the minority on that. This thread's continuity should be as long and convoluted as the X-Men's continuity.
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Apr 12, 2016 06:52
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CharlestheHammer posted:Make it an Inhumans thread.
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Apr 12, 2016 07:39
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The I-MEN: Sworn to Protect a world that hates and fears them so they use a fart cloud to make them fellow I-Men thus solving this problem.
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Apr 12, 2016 08:07
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Cabbit posted:This thread's continuity should be as long and convoluted as the X-Men's continuity. Should we get ahead of the curve and set up a podcast explaining its continuity for newcomers? I'd like to see Rhyno & Lurdiak X-Plain the X-Thread.
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Apr 12, 2016 09:37
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I'll get started catching up on my X-thread back issues.
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Cabbit posted:This thread's continuity should be as long and convoluted as the X-Men's continuity.
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Aphrodite posted:I think a 120 page thread with an OP that went out of date years ago is already perfect. Beats pretending to care about inhumans, at least.
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Apr 12, 2016 18:53
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Serious Frolicking posted:Beats pretending to care about inhumans, at least. hey now, the beats of the MCU have a long history of solidarity with their oppressed superhero brothers and sisters 
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Apr 12, 2016 19:30
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Was Bernard the Poet a Inhuman? He's became Lockjaw didn't he?
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Apr 12, 2016 21:22
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twistedmentat posted:Was Bernard the Poet a Inhuman? He's became Lockjaw didn't he? No, Lockjaw was always a dog. Quicksilver stated he was just bullshitting.
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Apr 12, 2016 21:35
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X-men 92 is where its at, though I'm surprised that they decided to make Jubilee a vampire again.
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Apr 14, 2016 22:19
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I was really expecting them to use it as an excuse to bring in the old Midnight Sons team, complete with an angry, chain-smoking Johnny Blaze in a trenchcoat.
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I just realized that having the Strucker Twins means they are willing to go outside the X-men scope, though those twins have shown up in X-men books before. I'd love to see a X-men 92 version of Cap or Iron Man or whoever. I'd not surprised if Ms Marvel shows up because Rogue's relationship with her did show up multiple times in the show.
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Apr 15, 2016 04:14
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twistedmentat posted:I just realized that having the Strucker Twins means they are willing to go outside the X-men scope, though those twins have shown up in X-men books before. I'd love to see a X-men 92 version of Cap or Iron Man or whoever. Before they showed up in Thunderbolts I believe the junior Struckers were almost exclusively X-Men villains? They first appeared, IIIRC, bothering Storm in Africa, then crashed Magneto's trial, and spent part of the 90s messing with X-Factor and doing Upstarts stuff.
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Archyduke posted:Before they showed up in Thunderbolts I believe the junior Struckers were almost exclusively X-Men villains? They first appeared, IIIRC, bothering Storm in Africa, then crashed Magneto's trial, and spent part of the 90s messing with X-Factor and doing Upstarts stuff. I'm sure they appeared somewhere else before that, I could be wrong.
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twistedmentat posted:I'm sure they appeared somewhere else before that, I could be wrong. Wikipedia says Fenris' first appearance was Uncanny X-Men #194; the first appearance of the twins themselves was in issue #200. They were introduced to gently caress with the trial of Magneto at the UN, essentially. EDIT: Wait, I got that backwards. The twins first appeared in #194; they appeared as Fenris in #200. Oops.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Wikipedia says Fenris' first appearance was Uncanny X-Men #194; the first appearance of the twins themselves was in issue #200. They were introduced to gently caress with the trial of Magneto at the UN, essentially. Yes, the era of Magneto's purple suit with the giant "M" on it.
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Wanderer posted:I was really expecting them to use it as an excuse to bring in the old Midnight Sons team, complete with an angry, chain-smoking Johnny Blaze in a trenchcoat. Johnny Blaze, free of Zarathos, is way too cool of a character to ever be used again. Danny Ketch/Noble Kale 4 lyfe. Robbie Reyes is cool to I guess.
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I finally started to listen to Rachel and Miles ave this is a great podcast. It's also one of the only nerd podcasts I've heard where no one has an annoying voice. Thanks for the recommendations
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Soonmot posted:I finally started to listen to Rachel and Miles ave this is a great podcast. It's also one of the only nerd podcasts I've heard where no one has an annoying voice. Thanks for the recommendations On a considerably less positive note, this kind of sums up all of my problems with Wolverine in All-New X-Men. As well as illustrates a few implications I didn't pick on the first time (which I am going to guess were unintentional on the writer's part, but still).
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Yvonmukluk posted:Oh man I'm so envious of all the little parts you get to discover for the first time! That tumblr post is a fantastic summary of why Laura/Warren is so bad and why I'm glad Laura and Warren have hosed off from ANXM (although I'm like 90% sure they'll be back and will be as badly written as ever). Nothing Warren says or does seems to feel like he's genuinely concerned for Laura's mental or physical health, or even he's mad at her because she's not appreciating his concern for her well-being. It's literally just him complaining she's not following his orders like he's Scott Summers or something.
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Echoing the love for the above posted Tumblr essay about Laura and Warren. Also want to show some love for the Squirrel Girl and Wolverine theme tune Tom Taylor (and his son) made(!), which you can listen to here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/x-position-tom-taylor-all-new-wolverine-civil-war-ii-squirrel-girl Excellent musical stylings aside, I really do hope that we get a long run with Taylor, and I'm excited for Takara to take over art duties as well so hopefully he also stays on board for a good while.
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I liked the idea that the song implies that Laura and Doreen will become BFFs. I don't think she's had a real friend since Hope.
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Metalshark posted:Echoing the love for the above posted Tumblr essay about Laura and Warren. Also want to show some love for the Squirrel Girl and Wolverine theme tune Tom Taylor (and his son) made(!), which you can listen to here:  twistedmentat posted:I liked the idea that the song implies that Laura and Doreen will become BFFs. I don't think she's had a real friend since Hope. Well there was Finesse, but that ended...badly. And I think she was friends with Elixir, but then he kinda died. I'm still confused why she just stood by and let him get eaten(?) in The Logan Legacy, considering he saved her life not once but twice. I mean he turned up fine later, but I'd wager that was because Bendis doesn't pay attention to continuity whatsoever. Yvonmukluk fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Apr 20, 2016 |
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Yvonmukluk posted:
True, but Laura needs someone to just hang out and eat pizza and watch netflix with and stuff. A Nightcrawler to her Wolverine. Maybe they can start up a new verison of the Defenders with Wolverine, Squirrel Girl, Hawkeye, Ms America, Hellcat and Valkyrie. I've said it since the start of the ANAD Marvel, Laura and Warren are Bendis baggage that needs to be ejected ASAP, and I'm glad it only took a handful of issues. I really do miss the other new Mutants though. I really wanted to see Goldballs and Tempest to become part of the Glob Herman posse.
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