Frank Cho replaced already?

[Darthphere]

I don't know which issue is his last. The artist coming in looks good.

"Casualties of War" I see as pretty much a cover-all for any book to do a tie-in with CW in which the exact timing is shakey and Marvel doesn't deam it an "essential" tie in that is included as a story chapter, but more like a "side story". Which for some of them is a little bizarre as I felt the Iron Man/Cap story was ESSENTIAL CW reading, even if a bit late in the game. Basically, if you just want to do a story and then have said character either "react" to CW or have Cap or Iron Man try to recruit for a few pages, it's a "CoW" tie in. If it basically is another chapter of the CW story from page 1 to 22, it is a "CW tie in proper".

Again, this is shakey, because CW: X-MEN was considered a "core" CW tie in by virtue of, duh, being the X-Men, the general story was essentially a sequal to THE 198 and had very little to do with CW. Like any crossover, some tie-ins are more "essential" and enjoyable than others, so it is a fan's gamble to pick and choose which.

Basically: "CoW" = If you happen to be a regular on this book, here is your character reacting to the event

"CW" = essential chapter in our 42+ part story that will be referenced at any time.

The distintion of which stories are billed as which will again be a little haphazard in some ways.

Anyway, not surprised on the Cho situation.

Great, you just made me even more confused.

 

[Dread]

Great, you just made me even more confused.

Sorry. Hell, it's confusing to ME. You can't say that MK #7 is "aftermath" because it has Moon Knight reading about CW events that happened as of CW #1-2 and then Cap shows up to recruit him to the Secret Avengers, which again fits into CW #1-2 (like many of the NA tie-in's did). Some "CoW" stories are "aftermath" but others are just tie in's that seem to be happening months later than expected or whatever.

 

[Artistsean]

Speaking of Frank Cho and Avengers, can anyone tell me about his Ultron?
The cover he did shows Ultron turned into a curvy woman, can anyone tell me anything about that?

 

[Dread]

Speaking of Frank Cho and Avengers, can anyone tell me about his Ultron?
The cover he did shows Ultron turned into a curvy woman, can anyone tell me anything about that?

I haven't heard much. If I had to guess, Bendis believes that "old Ultron" is too passe' so he wants to go for a techno-organic thing. Plus, Cho = hot women. Besides, that means she'll be virtually unstoppable. Just read any costumed heroine in USM.

 

[Red]

I still don't get how Cho could need a fill in, he's had a 9 month head start on the book.