Bought/Thought Feb 27th

[Not Jake]

No.

 

[LemonSunday]

I have no idea what you meant then.

 

[Not Jake]

pfft. figures you wouldn't.

 

[CaptainCanada]

Well, #3 was still pretty awesome, and it was basically one long fight.

It was a lame fight with no stakes, and JMS' usual Iron Hitler caricature.

I quite liked the first issue's approach to Thor's return, but, as the issues drag on, the extreme decompression (ugh, I always vowed not to use that word) is killing my interest in the book. I want Thor to actually do something; there's so much stuff out there: Captain America's death and legacy; the Avengers, New and Mighty, Hercules, Beta Ray Bill, even Tarene in Avengers: The Initiative, and a billion other things for him to pick up where he left off. Instead, every issue, we get a couple of lines per page of philosophy, always on the same topic, mixed with enjoyable but throwaway scenes of gods and yokels.

 

[yenaled]

I had a really good surprise when I got to the comic shop and saw RASL #1 on the shelf.

Was a good start to the series too.

 

[LemonSunday]

I had a really good surprise when I got to the comic shop and saw RASL #1 on the shelf.

Was a good start to the series too.

I picked it up, but haven't read it yet. It's a shame that it's only a quarterly book.

 

[Dread]

I wouldn't say that. There was quite a bit of introspection in Jurgens' run. I think JMS' take is definitely a fresh and interesting take on the Asgardians more so than Thor himself, though. We've rarely seen the other Asgardians integrated so heavily into the forefront of a Thor series as we have in this current volume. I love that, especially how the Asgardians are open to and genuinely curious about interacting with mortals now. The scene with Kelda and Bill Jr. was excellent and served as a perfect centerpiece for this issue, which seems to be the beginning of the transition in the series' focus from the resurrection of the Asgardians to the Asgardians' new lives with the new, heavier influence of mortals on them. I look forward to more of that in the future.

Regarding the decompression, I think it's good for Thor. He's an epic character and epics often move slowly. It's not like any issue so far has just squandered its page count, either; each and every one has had very specific things to show us on the journey toward Asgard's rejuvenation on Earth. I think the real problem is the combination of the decompressed story and the delays. It only feels slower than it really is because it's taken us almost 8 months to get 6 issues so far, and each issue doesn't really feel complete on its own.

Anyway, Blue Beetle and Damage Control were really awesome this week.

I agree with this sentiment. It is good for Thor and the Asgardians to interact with other humans, and it is nice that for once it isn't New Yorkers. Enough happens each issue that you aren't howling too much, or at least I usually don't. I mean I went through a MOON KNIGHT intro arc where he literally spent 2-3 issues in one room. THOR isn't that bad.

And I agree about those other titles.

It was a lame fight with no stakes, and JMS' usual Iron Hitler caricature.

I quite liked the first issue's approach to Thor's return, but, as the issues drag on, the extreme decompression (ugh, I always vowed not to use that word) is killing my interest in the book. I want Thor to actually do something; there's so much stuff out there: Captain America's death and legacy; the Avengers, New and Mighty, Hercules, Beta Ray Bill, even Tarene in Avengers: The Initiative, and a billion other things for him to pick up where he left off. Instead, every issue, we get a couple of lines per page of philosophy, always on the same topic, mixed with enjoyable but throwaway scenes of gods and yokels.

On the other hand, while I disagree about the Destroyer fight, I do relate and understand this. There's a ****-TON of stuff for Thor to be doing and aside for fighting Iron Man, JMS has really only gone in toe-deep. There is a sense of JMS wanting to set his own pace and line up his ducks, but part of me feels he is in danger of placing too much of a niche into Thor. Why not have a random mortal villain storm into Oklahoma just to see what happens? And as you said, there are a lot of other options for crossovers. Still, THOR is a Top 10 seller which means JMS is hardly about to alter stuff until he is ready, and he wants a slow build.

I wouldn't call all the scenes with the yokels "throwaway", but I understand your frustration. Hopefully the next 6 issues will kick things up the keester a bit. I just think always relying on Loki or Norse threats (or the overused Wrecking Crew) is too limiting. Thor does more than that.

 

[WOLVERINE25TH]

BOUGHT:
ACTION COMICS #0, 695, 862
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #0, 541, Annual #5-6
ALL-NEW EXILES #2-5
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #339, Annual #26
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN THE PUBLIC SERVICE SERIES #1, 3-4
AVENGERS #227, 241, 274, 302-303, 328, 333, 335, 355, 357-358, 361-362, 364, 366-367, 378, 381-382
AVENGERS vol. 2 #1
AVENGERS WEST COAST #64
BATMAN #0, 511, 674
BATMAN & ROBIN
BATMAN FOREVER
BATMAN RETURNS
BLACK KNIGHT #4
BLACK PANTHER ANNUAL #1
BLUE BEETLE #24
CAPTAIN AMERICA vol. 1 #401-402, 404
CAPTAIN AMERICA vol. 5 #35
CLASSIC X-MEN #32, 39, 45
CODENAME: GENETIX #1, 4
COUNTDOWN #9
CRIMINAL 2 #1
CRIME BIBLE #5
DAREDEVIL vol. 1 #238
DAREDEVIL vol. 2 #105
DARK ANGEL #6-8, 10
DARKMAN vol. 1 #1, 3
DARKMAN vol. 2 #2, 4, 6
DARKNESS vol. 1 #1
DARKNESS vol. 2 #2-4, 6-11, 14
DAZZLER #1
DEATH OF THE NEW GODS #6
DETECTIVE COMICS #0, 675, 678
DOOM 2099 #18, 24
DR. STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME #41
ELEKTRA vol, 2 #-1, 12
ELEKTRA/CYBLADE #1
EXCALIBUR #53, 59
FANTASTIC FOUR #293-294, 302, 307, 327, 330-335, 341, 345-356, 351, 353-354, 360, 364-366, 377, 385-386, 389, 403
FALCON #2-4
FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH #5
GHOST RIDER vol. 2 #48
INVINCIBLE #0, 1, 14, 16-17
JSA #13
KICK ASS #1
LEGION OF SUPERHEROES #39
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #33
MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #10
MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #5
MYS-TECH WARS #1
NEW WARRIORS #9
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #1
SHE-HULK #26
SKY PIRATES #1
SPIDER-MAN WITH GREAT POWER #2
SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #0, 37
TEEN TITANS #56
THUNDERBOLTS INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT
ULTIMATES SPIDER-MAN #119
WILDTHING (UK) #1
WORLD WAR HULK AFTERMSASH DC #2
X-MEN FIRST CLASS #9
X-MEN LEGACY #208
YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #2

THOUGHT:

BATMAN #674 – Morrison gets stranger and stranger. I think I need to re-read this arc because I got lost somewhere. That and I barely remember the other parts to this story.

CAPTAIN AMERICA #35 – The Skull continues his plans while Bucky continues to adjust to his new role and remains clueless about it all. I have nothing bad to say about this series. Bucky is one resurrection I’ve actually liked start to finish, and is one legacy character that lives up to the legacy. Brubaker is on fire and doesn’t look to cool down any time soon.

FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH #5 – The hacking and slashing continues! Although the art was confusing in some panels, the book continues along at a good pace and really feels like what the movie would have been if it was made. It’s also cool to see how much of the original treatment gets to stay in the book after they’ve shaved what they had to for pacing.

KICK ASS #1 – Well, this was…different. They took the idea of a superhero in the real world to the extreme (and probably accurate at that). Millar is known for his dark, often politically charged stories, and it looks like he’s veering into the black humor area now. I’ll give this a few issues to see if it’s gonna be as great as he and Romita tout it to be in the back letter pages.

JSA #13 – The best scene was probably the tongue-in-cheek reference that the book has way too many characters in it. Seriously, the cast grows EVERY freakin’ issue! But, the book somehow manages to balance them all and tell good stories in the mix. Sure, I’m lost as all hell having only read DC regularly for the last two years, but I really like the book. However, I could do without all the freakin’ Superman clones running around. You’d think he was the only one who had an elseworld’s counterpart.

LEGION OF SUPERHEROES #39 – I came on this book when Supergirl was in it, and I liked what Waid was doing enough to stick around. Since Waid has been gone, though, I find myself exceptionally lost. I mean, I was lost to begin with not knowing a THING about these characters, but with this current creative team I have NO clue what’s going on, who is who, and just can’t find myself a way into the story. Maybe I need to scrounge as many backissue as possible? Maybe I need a Legion fan to sit down and explain things to me? I dunno. But since the last Supergirl arc, this book has lost any enjoyment for me.

MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #33 – The Thing tries to impress some kids, and gets his chance when he faces the Abomination! I haven’t really been liking the MAFF book for a few issues now. They’ve made some stylistic changes and the current writer isn’t as good as say Van Lente. The story was fine, but the book has done better.

MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #10 – Building on last issue’s revelation of Howard Stark’s disappearance, Tony sets out to find him…and gets the Chameleon and Spider-Woman instead! Not too bad an issue. They simplified Spider-Woman’s origin some, although Chameleon came out fairly two-dimensional. The way Tony was able to trick Chameleon was kind of dumb, though. All the research he did in order to take over Tony’s life temporarily, wouldn’t he have done some on Iron Man as well? Thing about these all-ages stories is sometimes in an effort to keep them all-age friendly they go lax on some details. I remember one issue of MA Spider-Man where Spidey was attacked by a guy…for no apparent reason!

NEW WARRIORS #9 – The mystery of Thrasher deepens even though his identity is revealed. I’m liking the dynamic of this team. It harkens back to the old Warriors while offering something fresh and new. It’s good to see that good things CAN come out of crap (in this case, Decimation).

PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #1 - #0 gave us a glimpse at the heroes in the old days, and gave us a good opening for what’s going on now. So far, this book is pretty damn good. I’m intrigued by these characters and the situations going on. This has all the appeal of the Earth X saga but with far better pacing.

SHE-HULK #26 – Still not sure how I feel about this direction. Slott’s run was pure comedy gold, telling great serious stories while breaking the fourth wall at every turn. David’s Shulkie has been just more serious. The most jarring thing about this new run was the suddenness of the changes…no easing into the bounty hunter roll, just flat out in it with a new partner out of the blue and a cynical look on life. It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just I liked how the book was before a lot more. Nice nod to the old Sensational days when Shulkie couldn’t keep her clothes intact, though.

SKY PIRATES #1 – A prominent figure is kidnapped, so the Sky Pirates are hired out to retrieve her. This is a very good book in a very cleverly designed universe. I was privy to the bible before publication, and holy shiznet! It has some interesting characters and a fantastic premise, and I can’t wait to see where it’s gonna go once the story gets rolling.

TEEN TITANS #56 – No love for Kid Devil. McKeever is doing some pretty good stories, but I have to question the validity of yet ANOTHER evil Titans team. We just had the Titans fight their future selves, and now we’ve got this group. And not too long before that, the Titans fought Titans East! I hope these guys have a bigger cache of villains somewhere! This issue also makes me glad I got the Blue Devils I did, because I’m able to get all the references to Kid Devil’s past with none of my usual DC confusion! Thanks, Gary Cohn (co-creator of Blue Devil)!

THUNDERBOLTS INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT – Betrayals galore! This one-shot made a fair attempt at trying to duplicate the tone of the book, but it fell just a bit short of Ellis’ writing. The artwork as well, although it was decent. The overall story definitely fit the new status quo for the team, so that was good, but I still don’t like this direction for T-Bolts. Before Fabs left he had set up this great little world within the MU and it was just starting to get really interesting before pulling this Civil War 180. But, I guess, if you’re gonna have super-powered bounty hunters may as well be former villains turned hero. Also, Venom was extremely off compared to previous portrayals; Gargan came off as a bit fearful of his Venom side rather than the full-on sociopath he’s been in every other book since gaining the suit.

WORLD WAR HULK AFTERMSASH DAMAGE CONTROL #2 – So far, not as funny as the previous incarnations of the group, but the last page was worth the price of admission (as well as a 10.9 on the WTF-o-meter) alone. That definitely has me wanting to see what the hell is coming next!

X-MEN FIRST CLASS #9 – When Marvel Girl and the Scarlet Witch meet the Black Widow, you know there’s gonna be trouble! Another great issue in this series. I love how it captures the feel of the classic stories while keeping it contemporary and fun. Given the current shape of the X-books, this offers some stability and good old fashioned mutant heroism and is by far my favorite in the line (next to X-Factor, of course).

X-MEN LEGACY #208 – Exodus is trying to fix Xavier’s brain, which basically takes us on a trip through memory lane with a look at the founding of the X-Men and onward. Interesting new direction to say the least. We’ll have to see where they go with it.

YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #2 – Hulkling meets Captain Marvel! I miss the Young Avengers, and unfortunately they’ll never return thanks to Civil War. They BARELY got a chance to start! These one-shots are nowhere near the quality of the series, but they’re good for the YA fix. This issue in particular was well-done with how the meeting of these characters was handled, but I think more focus should have been placed on them together, rather than almost entirely on Hulking’s angst. A good read nonetheless.

 

[BrianWilly]

A really good week.


Blue Beetle #24
During the year-end awards or whatever, I voted that this series was the single best comic book series of the year. This issue is why.

The best plotting of any comic. The best narration. The best dialogue. The best characters. The best humor, and action, and payoffs. This series is why I simply do not accept mediocrity in comics. There's simply no excuse for mediocrity when something as good as this could exist, something that built itself off of a very awkward premise and yet got to the place it's at today. Against all odds, with none of the advantages that a "hip" comic would have and all of the disadvantages of a barely-there series replete with rotating writers, artists, and whatnot..it has still been consistently, unfailingly on top.

And it all makes me angry. Why? Because I know -- I know -- that none of you are reading it. And it's even more frustrating because this week would be pretty much the single worst week to start reading due to all of the things that were laid down over the past two years coming to a head, so it's not like I can even go "Buy this issue, YOU DUMB FKERS!" And I can't even say "Start buying after this arc, YOU DUMB FKERS!" because John Rogers is apparently taking a temporary leave to do something else while Pfeifer comes aboard and may or may not run the book to the ground.

I do have to wonder what the heck Jaime's dad was talking about when he brought up the "Dominion War," though. What's that? I googled that and came up with Star Trek stuff. Oh well, it was still a badass moment. As was everything else.

Oh, and for those of you wondering what Jaime typed into the engine computers...[blackout]it's gibberish[/blackout].

(10 out of 10)


And continuing on the theme of books that none of you are reading for no good reason...
52 Aftermath: Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood #5...Parable of the Faceless
Pfft. Did Vic Sage ever lead his own evil religious cult? I think not!

DiDio and Rucka have been suggesting for some time that the upcoming year holds a lot of surprises for the Crime Bible and the Question, and I suppose this is what they've meant. With so many other good things at the company either ending abruptly or slowing down or whatnot (With the passing of this miniseries, the books that Rucka is writing for DC drops down to...one), it's good to know that at least this one thing isn't truly ending and will be picked up on soon.

And oh yeah..."Faceless" and "Faithless." Heh. I just now figured that out.

(8.5 out of 10)
(9 out of 10 for the entire miniseries)


Thor #6
Oh, I really liked this. It read like Gaiman. Reading like Gaiman is good. I mean, copying Gaiman isn't good, but reading like him is.

I don't think it's right to call this "decompression." Sure it...bears the superficial hallmarks of a story taking its sweet time to tell the story, but...I don't feel like the time is wasted at all. Every page, every scene, is a wonder and sometimes a joy to read. And after reading JMS's wordy and often forced dialogue punctuating every panel of AMS for years, sometimes it's nice for him to just...take his sweet time, so to speak. He's definitely not as bad as some I could name if I were forced to, of course, but this is just nicer.

I like the Asgardians. I like building them from the ground up again. Throughout the years you always tend to get the sense of "There's so much more you can do" with these sorts of characters, and now this series is doing that...the "much more" part.

Looking forward to even more.

(8.8 out of 10)


Captain America #35
A bit of an odd issue. It picks up off the events of the last, of course, but almost feels like it's more of the same as the last one. Bucky fights while monologuing and gets used to not getting used to being Steve. Natasha sounds off as his operator, and hijinks with guns ensue. Things do happen and we get a bit more exposition and plot from both sides, but it's not till we get to the end of the issue that it feels like we got to anything new.

It's all fine, of course, and it'll read great in collected format. But I guess I'm just really impatient for Captain Bucky to really show up and do his thing.

(7 out of 10)


Young Avengers Presents #2: Hulkling
"When I was nine all I cared about was Pokemon...the opposite of training to be a warrior[/i]."

Heh. Not according to Big Barda.

A very nice story for what it is. Both characters are written pretty wonderfully, the things that need to be said are said, and that's that. It's the sort of supermagical family reunion plotline that can only happen in comics and, therefore, needs to happen in comics.

More information (read: confusion) about the Young Avengers' status post-Civil War. They're still out there fighting crime, except that they're all still living normal lives (where in the world does Teddy live, though? No idea. My brain wants to say "In Billy's bed," but then my brain wants to say a lot of things), and apparently the law is still trying to get them arrested, except that the law for some reason never thinks to look for them in, oh I dunno, their own homes. 'Cause it's not like the entirety of the Avengers and SHIELD knows their secret identities anyway or something, right? It's not like one of them doesn't even wear a mask or anything, right? And now we've all officially put more thought into this than all of Marvel put together.

The art is...okayishly...good. It's quite detailed and quite expressive, though at times I feel like it's detailed in all the wrong places. Too many eyelashes. Faces have wrinkles where wrinkles don't belong. It's never quite distracting, but it is noticeable.

How many shirts do you think Teddy goes through? It seems like he just ups and transforms on a whim. Maybe he just does what Mystique does and his clothes are secretly part of his transformation and he's just naked all the time. And now my brain is done.

(7.4 out of 10)


Teen Titans #56
Sigh.

I...get what McKeever is trying to do and what he's going to do here. It's simple, it will probably work when all is said and done. If the team feels dysfunctional and disjointed and assholish and pretty much hate each other at the moment, it's going to feel cool and happy or whatever when all this conflict is resolved and the team actually works and like each other. I get that.

The problem is that the team has felt dysfunctional and disjointed and assholish for going on two years now. Enough is enough. I don't like these characters and I don't understand why I would like them. While no one is exactly "out of character" in the way that you'd normally expect out of character characters to be, we've still been seeing the absolute worst sides of these characters for far too long now. Enough. Is. Enough. None of these people are friends, none of them like each other, I'm seriously coming up emply on why in the world any of them would even want to be on the team right now. It's too fcking ridiculous.

And this is on top of McKeever writing people in Birds of Prey like they are just wild, angry mofos as well. So, I dunno, you tell me...is this normal for him?

And on top of that, we're now doing another Evil Titans storyline. Because the last two main stories being about Evil Titans certainly wasn't enough, nope.

And on top of that, the art by Barrows makes everyone look about 73% angrier than they should actually look. Even people like Zatara who aren't supposed to be angry look like they're about to burst an artery. "Are you saying you regret it...YOU DUMB LITTLE FCK???? I KILL YOU! I KILL YOU NOW WITH FIRE!!!" is something I'd actually expect to come out of someone wearing his expressions.

I feel pretty done with this. I'll probably continue to read (not buy) it once in a while, but I don't have any expectations anymore.

(3.3 out of 10)


Fallen Angel #24
And then, out of freaking nowhere, Linda Danvers!

Okay, so it's not quite as out of nowhere as it seems (random cast members appearing and disappearing on a whim has pretty much been a hallmark of this series from day one). But it was kind of surprising 'cause the last time we saw Linda, it kiiiinda felt like it would be the last time we did.

Continuing on the first plot in this book that has felt like a plot in the longest time, and boy does it do its job. Great fights, great dialogue, great moments from the Fallen Angel. It's what you'd buy this book for. For Lee to be throwing bad guys through walls while telling them to, and I quote, fcking fck themselves. PAD doesn't skimp on the supporting characters, either, and we feel things really falling together in that chess pieces on a board thing that I really like in these chess pieces on a board stories.

And, yes, Linda Danvers.

(8.4 out of 10)

 

[BrianWilly]

Oops, one more.

Justice Society of America #13
Said it before and I'll say it again: when Johns is on, he's freaking on. Opening scenes with Jakeem, Courtney, and the Pierces? Priceless. Superman and Superman? Great. Hercules showing up just to get pwned? Always fun. Even when Johns does odd things with continuity -- like references really bad Chuck Austen stories -- he so very knows what he's doing. And we get some Kingdom Come stuff that's...sort of interesting...though I'll have to see more to be really sure. Looking forward to it.

(8.6 out of 10)

 

[Fenryr]

TEEN TITANS #56 – No love for Kid Devil. McKeever is doing some pretty good stories, but I have to question the validity of yet ANOTHER evil Titans team. We just had the Titans fight their future selves, and now we’ve got this group. And not too long before that, the Titans fought Titans East! I hope these guys have a bigger cache of villains somewhere!

Since the first appearance of the future Titans they've fought evil zombie teammates, found out a OYL member was a mole, fought the future Titans again, and now there's the Terror Titans. There's a reason their team dynamic is crap. Even the cartoon had a more diverse rogues gallery.

And why is Kid Devil such a whipping boy? He's the only member of the team that doesn't have a giant stick up his ass. Well, besides Blue Beetle, but he's not technically a member or something. If I were writing, he and KD would come to blows over Ravager, and then maybe fight some nonanalogous villain for a change.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It was a lame fight with no stakes, and JMS' usual Iron Hitler caricature.

I quite liked the first issue's approach to Thor's return, but, as the issues drag on, the extreme decompression (ugh, I always vowed not to use that word) is killing my interest in the book. I want Thor to actually do something; there's so much stuff out there: Captain America's death and legacy; the Avengers, New and Mighty, Hercules, Beta Ray Bill, even Tarene in Avengers: The Initiative, and a billion other things for him to pick up where he left off. Instead, every issue, we get a couple of lines per page of philosophy, always on the same topic, mixed with enjoyable but throwaway scenes of gods and yokels.

Again, I just think that goes back to the delays. If this had come out on time, I think it would've flowed along pretty well. With the delays slowing everything down, though, it started to feel ponderous and a little annoying that we weren't really getting a lot of Thor content or progression in each issue.

While I agree that there are tons of things Thor really needs to do--being reintegrated into the Marvel universe being the primary one via meetings with other characters, especially Hercules, followed closely by learning of Bill and Tarene's dire straits and going to their aid (they're both honorary Asgardians, after all)--I think JMS will get around to that stuff eventually. This first arc was clearly about setting Thor himself and Asgard back up in a new context. Changing the entire status quo of a mythical land takes some time, and I'm glad JMS hasn't felt the need to rush it. Could the arc have been shortened a bit? Sure, it could've probably read pretty well in 4 issues or even 3. But JMS would've had to cut some pretty great scenes to do that, and it would've felt a bit like it was on fast-forward--it would've undercut the hugeness of the story's scope, which I think was a key element in the arc.

Anyway, now that the first arc is done, Asgard is set up, Asgardians are interacting with Oklahomites, etc., I think complaints about the pace may start to become warranted if JMS continues to keep things this slow. Thor is a very important character in the Marvel universe at large, and I'd like to see that reflected by his actually being involved with it a bit more. Looking up old friends now that he's got his "family" set up seems the best way to do that. Here's hoping JMS follows through with that.

Young Avengers Presents #2: Hulkling
"When I was nine all I cared about was Pokemon...the opposite of training to be a warrior[/i]."

Heh. Not according to Big Barda.

Ha, I almost wish I were still reading Birds of Prey now.

 

[BrianWilly]

That was from Bedard. McKeever is writing it at the moment. McKeever who is doing Teen Titans right now.



Draw your own conclusions?

Bedard is coming back on May, though.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, I wouldn't have read BoP again either way. The team roster sucks now and I'm trying to save money anyway.

 

[moraldeficiency]

A couple quick thoughts on Thor:

1. I agree with Corp, that without the delays the pacing wouldn't be as spotlighted.

2. While some might not love the speed of the book, I was rereading issue 6 last night and still smiling and a thought occured to me. As long as I'm enjoying and having fun with the series @uck the pacing, I like setting up the Asgardians as a strong supporting cast it seems like JMS actually gives a @hit about their opinions and how they'd relate to this world, so as long as this isn't a always factor I'm sold this has been a smart and well thoughtout run to date.

3. The farther they are from the mainstay 616 interaction the less involvement in SI and that has to be a good thing. Let Thor come in after that for most of his dealings, I don't want to add the skrull element into this now or we never get off the ground and everything becomes reactionary. Let Thor get caught up with current events slowly and allow some forward progression for the sake of the series.

4. I want more loki, I don't mind he's currently a she, loki was always a shape changer and trickster. In fact I'll go farther and say I wouldn't mind if he constantly changed forms in fact with only thor being able to see the "real" loki, that would actually be pretty cool.

 

[Anubis]

About BOP: Did they get anybody to replace Barda....you know, with her being dead and all?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

4. I want more loki, I don't mind he's currently a she, loki was always a shape changer and trickster. In fact I'll go farther and say I wouldn't mind if he constantly changed forms in fact with only thor being able to see the "real" loki, that would actually be pretty cool.

Good idea.

 

[BrianWilly]

About BOP: Did they get anybody to replace Barda....you know, with her being dead and all?

Not really. The lineup is intentionally meant to be flexible, anyway. The current longterm roster, other than Oracle, is Huntress and Lady Blackhawk...and that's it. Misfit wants to be in missions, but Oracle won't let her. Black Alice just got hired again.

 

[Anubis]

I was starting to like Misfit before I left. But like every year when it's time to dump some books, BOP has to go.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Misfit annoyed me right off the title.

 

[Anubis]

You just hate things that are cute.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I hate things that are annoyingly cute. I think Gail Simone came up with Misfit's dialogue via stream-of-consciousness writing while she was on crack.

 

[Doc Destruction]

*sniff* I miss Barda.

 

[Anubis]

I hate things that are annoyingly cute. I think Gail Simone came up with Misfit's dialogue via stream-of-consciousness writing while she was on crack.

Bah you're on crack.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, and I still don't like Misfit. Suck it.