I figure that they'd learn that type of stuff from their uncles, particularly their biological one.
I suppose...
And he's also a SHHype user...
Thesonofbat
Aww...keeping SHH in the family. That's cute.
He also reads Ultimate Spider-Man, much to the dismay of his father
I read ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN for at least 5-7 years worth of material, so it happens to the best of us.
This probably doesn't belong here, but I got around to watching the "motion comic" of
SPIDER-WOMAN: AGENT OF SWORD #1. "Motion comic" is of course another way of saying "bad animation". Marvel's 1966 "cartoon" basically did this, and tried to pass itself off as TV animation. These, at least, are aware they merely move more than static images (and have voice overs and music). I saw the ASTONISHING X-MEN: CURE #1 one ages ago, and while I wasn't particularly thrilled with that, it was leagues better than S-W:AOS. For one thing, it actually LOOKED more "motion", with moving lips and occasional character movements. S-W:AOS #1 looked like a sub par submission to Newgrounds.com back in the late 90's. I suppose it'll impress older fans who are still new to things like flash animation or the Internet, but for someone like me, I wasn't thrilled.
But the technical aspect really pales to the subject matter. The premise is basically that Jessica Drew was replaced by the Skrull Queen for years and returns to Earth, finally, after the Skrull Invasion is done. Her life is in ruins, but Abigail Brand gives her a shot at getting revenge on the Skrulls that are left. You might imagine this as a high octane, "KILL BILL" style guilty pleasure adventure. Unfortunately, that's not how Bendis and Maleev see it. They see this as a bleak, dour, brooding emo-mess that takes itself so seriously that it almost becomes a parody. Drew is a super heroine with a longer lifespan than many soldiers, and all she does is whine, complain, and then whine some more. Bendis' often preachy and melodramatic dialogue is full of flourish and light on substance, but hearing it read and acted by a professional actress brings it to some sort of weird art project tone. Imagine the most self-important, self pitying drivel a superheroine could ever whine, occasionally inter-mingled with schlub slang like "doohicky".
It seems as if Abigail merely coaxes Drew into working with SWORD, but in the first issue a seeming Skrull of Spider-Man tries to claim that SWORD has been infiltrated. Really, must it be so complicated? After having read so much Bendis stuff, my new theory is he needlessly tacks on details and red herrings and other diversions because somewhere he knows he can't execute a straight-forward, simple story, so he tries to make up for it by trying to distract and outsmart his audience at every turn, and dazzle them with bells and whistles. It's not the most unique writer strategy, but it can become easy to read. The irony? Bendis' best stories are usually short, simple character studies that he actually can execute well, because he doesn't overthink it or needlessly complicate it, or feels he needs to beat his chest to prove his mark, or whatever.
"Motion comics" are not very long; most issues can be covered in a few minutes, usually less than 10 (or about the length of old Looney Tunes shorts). This one seems to go by even faster.
The irony of course is Joss Whedon is a TV writer who delved into comics, and while the ASTONISHING X-MEN comic and "motion comic" is overrated, the dialogue translates decently when moved to some sort of audio/visual media. Bendis' really doesn't, at all. Heck, it's outlasted it's welcome in comics. S-W:AOS #1 was like some cross between SIN CITY and READING RAINBOW (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6j8EiWIVZs), completely unaware of how absurd it is while trying to be so important.