As much as I'd like to think I understand American culture: What the ***k was with that scene with the Grape Soda?
And Raza Said? Best Arab-American character. EVER.
Anyways: Mantis. Her little view into the future has me sold on this series. Who is the traitor? And yeah, Comrade Racoon and Mr.Cosmo are gonna get along great. Its incredible, DnA had so much trouble trying to get all these characters to click in AC while dealing with different aspects of the Phalanx yet here, they succeed so well which makes me wonder where it went wrong in AC.
It's a stereotype that African Americans really dig Grape Soda and Grape Kool Aid. (Though, I do dig me some grape soda, I don't care for Chicken. Which is another stereotypical African American delicacy)
The connection is good books that get canned before their time because *****e bags would rather buy an extra copy of ASM than try something new .............I'm guessing
Ok well, do you think that after the event that Mantis forshadowed the book is going to be over? Or are they gonna be like "well we changed the course of history, no one betrayed us and everyone enjoyed lollipops and fluffy puppies"
Naw, someone will still betray them, they'll beat their ass eventually, and have to start over with a new status quo now that the betrayer has been exposed and delt with. that's how these things normally turn out. Give or take a dead body here and there.
I really wish they told us what happened to Bug. In all the awesomeness of the issue, I completely forgot that he didn't appear at all. I wonder what he's up to now.
Naw, someone will still betray them, they'll beat their ass eventually, and have to start over with a new status quo now that the betrayer has been exposed and delt with. that's how these things normally turn out. Give or take a dead body here and there.
Yeah. I just don't really think I'll want them to do that. Unless Mantis starts to decide to go against her code and tell them, it's technicly already happened, so by proxy they shouldn't be able to get out of it.
But then again, if this book stays this good, I'll want it to keep going and won't give a **** if they survive
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1: Nearly every shop in Brooklyn was sold out of this by the end of Wednesday, which means it was majorly underordered or buzz is good for this series. Apparently there are more GOTG fans than we thought, or space heroes have cemented a small but steady audience. The space-hero-writin' tag-team of Abnett & Lanning (DnA) pen the story and Pelletier, fresh off runs on FANTASTIC FOUR and NOVA does the pencils, and he is really in his element here. A distinct cast of characters, aliens, wide epic looking backgrounds, and so on. The book takes place after ANNIHILATION CONQUEST (which, unlike some people, I actually liked, although it was hardly perfect) and acts as a sister-book to NOVA thus far.
Basically, Peter Quill/Starlord is still feeling responsible for the Phalanx invasion and wants to assemble a team of figures to stop threats before they arise and wipe out entire worlds like Ultron and Annihilus did. Rather than pull together ad-hoc teams last minute mid-crisis, Peter wants one already assembled and up to the task. With Nova being hesitant to rebuild the Corps due to safety and workload issues, Peter takes it upon himself. It helps that he has relationships with the survivors of his "Dirty Dozen" style team for the Kree; Mantis, Rocket, and a slowly regrowing Groot.
Nova suggests Gamora & Drax (even helping to recruit the former during a booty-call) and Phyla & Adam Warlock are pulled into the mix, and the team is assembled. Nova even hooks them up with Knowhere, which gets Cosmo the awesome psychic Commie space dog back on panel. All of the members talk about their mission ORDER/Reality TV style and it works (and has a logical reason). Adam Warlock is especially concerned about the now-strained fabric of reality, which can be the gateway to no end of horrors.
The team's first mission is against the Universal Church of Truth, who are following a new master and draining life-force from their followers to power their warships, and endanger one such rift in reality. The team 'ports in and tears through them, and has to push back an alternate-dimensional monster (basically what Dr. Strange would call a "Friday"), but barely gets time to regroup before there is another threat; a strangely icy structure, with Cap's shield within the ice?
DnA prove to be masters at their craft, nailing all of the characters well and getting things off and running quickly (no 6 issues to build a team, like OMEGA FLIGHT). Phyla, for her part, does less whining and thus is more likable, even if she's got less of an imagination than Hal Jordon (which is pretty bad, ye of the boxing glove). Adam Warlock is more together and knowledgable, and Drax, Gamora, and Rocket have some cool banter mid-battle. Mantis serves a support role and even there she almost steals the entire issue. The only groan was her stating the now obligatory "new team plotline", that is of a traitor. Cripes, a new team book can't even get 22 pages into issue #1 before they are betrayed from within, and it is getting very annoying. Even when it is done well. It is about the most overused team plotline in all of fiction, and while it seems inevitable, at least give us an issue or two before bringing it up.
With all the talk of time & reality being in danger, it naturally opens the door for some of the original GOTG to play a role, and while I never read any of that, I trust DnA to recap enough, as they usually do, that the readers understand the context to get the story. Because, really, no one likes to research a comic book they don't fully understand; they want to enjoy it on one read and DnA know this and try to be inclusive. It also seems to make it even more likely that Immortus or Kang is, or should, be the threat of a third epic crossover. I mean they're the same damn guy anyway (as is Scarlet Centurian and Iron Lad and Rama Tut), but you get the drift.
The issue delivers on all the positive buzz, bringing us great characters, art, and a fast pace. And some classic, quotable lines. The space genre is back, and it literally IS DnA. They may be stronger with writing characters than in writing epic events, which may be why AC was a collection of good characters and moments that didn't always gell as a whole, or why NOVA is reusing the body-jacking menace twice within about 6 months. But once they shore that bit up, they'll be unstoppable. Another hit from DnA and another good superhero team launch from Marvel this year.
- If DnA can make Vance Astro cool, that would be keen.
- To repeat, I am getting very tired of a new team being unable to even get in one issue before there is talk of a traitor. Seriously, it is getting old. Even the original AVENGERS made it to issue #2 before a founder bailed.
It's a stereotype that African Americans really dig Grape Soda and Grape Kool Aid. (Though, I do dig me some grape soda, I don't care for Chicken. Which is another stereotypical African American delicacy)
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