January 2009 solicits

[Specter313]

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/081020-marvel-january-2009-solicitations.html

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18497

 

[CBG]

Static Shock makes his appearance in Terror Titans. This will not bode well.

Winnick is making Jericho a villain again? Why?

But the highlight of my day? The Compleat Death, in oversized hardcover.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Spider-Man previews at Marvel.com

 

[Dread]

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/081020-marvel-january-2009-solicitations.html

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18497

My thoughts:

- This next arc of CAPTAIN AMERICA #46 looks interesting. A reunion of Invaders? I wonder how Namor will take learning that Bucky is Cap, and has taken on the mantle. Namor and Cap were hardly friends, but there was some mutual respect. I am curious if Namor ever saw Buck as more than a sidekick. Anyway, this is looking interesting. Great covers, both regular and variant.

- GHOST RIDER #31 continues the story of Dan Ketch & the dark angel Zadkiel against Blaze and his allies. I guess Huat really is the regular artist now, and in a way I wish they could nab a better one. I am wondering how much longer GR can last sales wise, although I think the return of Ketch has provided a non-crossover bump. After all, it inspired a spin off mini, and GR hasn't had one of those in over a decade. Considering the movie was a blip, getting a new GR volume to last 3 years or longer could be considered an accomplishment for Marvel & Aaron. Shame he couldn't have launched it instead of Way, but, that's how the cookie crumbles. He's doing decent damage control.

- IMMORTAL IRON FIST #22 has another cool cover, and it looks like the title is in good hands without Brubaker & Fraction. Now if only Iron Fist could actually defeat an opponent of relevance in his own book, it'd be completely perfect.

- It doesn't surprise me that NEW WARRIORS is over with issue #20. The sales were below the Top 100 and obviously SI couldn't keep things spiked for long. The decompression, as well as characters few expected on the title, likely did it in. I still enjoyed the title, though, and it has been the longest lasting edition of NW's since the 90's, even if it included very few of the "original" members (at least for very long). Still, considering the editorial demand to keep the X-Men separated from the rest of Marvel, it at least got some ex-X's out in the open and given them some life without their powers or placement on X-Force or something. At least Grevioux is given some time to wrap things up, and I hope the conclusion is good. If anything, the title has done wonders for making Jubilee more tolerable.

- Is demand still there for SQUADRON SUPREME? Wasn't it about 3 years past it's prime? Ah, well, so is MARVEL ZOMBIES, and that keeps on truckin'.

- I love how Hollywood is so desperate that they are filming a KICK-ASS movie before the first damn arc has seen print. Don't get me wrong, the work itself is fine, nothing too ground-breaking, but it has it's moments. But what if the ending sucks? Oh, right...Hollywood will likely rewrite bits. I love how years ago, Mark Millar used to sometimes make fun of people who sucked up to Hollywood online, and now he's the face of it. Funny how a few extra figures and some fame can make someone change their mind.

- Quite what is the point of X-MEN/SPIDER-MAN? It's a mini that has them teaming up over the years in past tales that offer zero relevance. Worst of all, it teases those poor souls who actually liked Ben Reilly as a character, since there is no way in heaven or hell Marvel would revive him. Seriously, that's like calling that fat, ugly chick you dated once out of pity 4 years later and telling her to meet you at a bar. It's just a cruel tease. Granted, it's Gage so it might be readable.

- X-MEN VS. HULK? Didn't they just do that last year during WWH? Yes, they did. Hulk broke Colossus' arms for a few pages. While normal workers after some 25 years get a pension, Claremont just gets random X-books.

- Wolverine continues to compete with Iron Man by appearing in at least 8 comics within a month. No, Marvel, give us more! He's so terribly underused. Even Batman is getting jealous.

- If I got a dime for every solict in the Joe Q era that had the line, "_____ will never be the same", I'd be a trillionaire.

 

[THANOSRULES]

Avengers/Invaders- Another cruddy cover? I could draw that. Ross has been so weak here..this series is just a freakin tragedy.Not sure who to blame because its halfass all around.

Cap- Looks decent, but isn’t this rehashing the kinda story that was in Avengers/Invaders? Looks like we are gonna see a OG human torch or toro revive..thought both were dead.

Ghost rideranny Ketch has some great lookin covers.

New Warriors- I’m not surprised it gets cut, but I was hoping it wouldn’t . The book was coming along, and Grevs was going in some good directions. I would have liked to see a roster shakeup or creative staff change before it got axed. We got almost 2 years of NW books, and they were pretty decent. Grev’s created some good new characters for the “franchise”..I especially like Bandit as NT and Jubilee. This book was set up for failure in many ways..and overall I’m happy with the series. Grev's leaves the characters and New Warriors better off than he found them, both in the 616 U and in peoples eyes. I still think the quintessential reunion of the Old warriors, given fan favorite members, good plots and creative team, will sell at Marvel.

 

[Dread]

Technically the Old Warriors have reunited in some ways. Counter-Force is basically a reunion of Warriors, alongside MVP & the two surviving Scarlet Spiders. And Nova is reuniting with Darkhawk in NOVA right now. The only one of them still isolated is Emoball, who is with the Thunderbolts, and Turbo, who is still leading the Loners in CA (presumably).

I do agree that Bandit and Jubilee/Wondra are better off now than before in some ways.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

These solicitations are filled with all kinds of meh for me. Captain America's the only one that really sounds good to me. Some others sound okay but don't get me too excited and I'm totally indifferent to the rest. Funniest attempt to build hype out of nothing has to be X-Men: Legacy, though. The return of Rogue? For real? She's been "gone" what, like, six months? And no one even gave a s***, really.

 

[Dread]

I thought the big X-Meh was MESSIAH COMPLEX. All that fighting, and for what? To relaunch CABLE with a kid and move the team across the coast. Oh, and to mortally wound Xavier for the 200th time, I forgot. Wow. What next? They going to blow up the Mansion? Announce Magneto will return? GO FIGHT SOME SHI'AR!?

 

[fifthfiend]

When's the last time anyone gave a **** about Rogue at all? I mean it had to be before Xtreme X-Men at the very least.

 

[THANOSRULES]

Technically the Old Warriors have reunited in some ways. Counter-Force is basically a reunion of Warriors, alongside MVP & the two surviving Scarlet Spiders. And Nova is reuniting with Darkhawk in NOVA right now. The only one of them still isolated is Emoball, who is with the Thunderbolts, and Turbo, who is still leading the Loners in CA (presumably).

I do agree that Bandit and Jubilee/Wondra are better off now than before in some ways.

Yeah..I'm not too sure what is going to be done with Counter-Force. I'd rather they just start calling themselves the NW...it seems the only thing enduring out of CW is that "New Warriors" live in a certain shade of shame.

Nova has really impressed me..and ideally, I'd still like to see Rich resolve some of his NW ties on a more in depth level.

...a good NW book if done right could sell in the 40-60 range...at least I think it could. I've never understood what was so different conceptually between Young Avengers and Runaways and New Warriors. Maybe its simply a matter of the talent working the book...maybe the NW "cheesy" 90s stigma is just too much to overcome. I sure hope not.

Good stuff has been done with NW characters the past 2 years...and I think I could deal with a mini now and then. Just keep building IMO, hopefully they can straigten out EMOBALL.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

When's the last time anyone gave a **** about Rogue at all? I mean it had to be before Xtreme X-Men at the very least.

She almost started to become interesting under Carey as the leader of a more rough-and-tumble squad of X-Men, but then she absorbed like a billion minds somehow and became catatonic and blah blah blah I got bored and didn't give a s*** about her because Iceman, Cannonball, and Cable were all tons more interesting from that point on in Carey's run.

 

[fifthfiend]

Ha ha ha oh yeah, that was where she was all like "hey guys let's all give Mystique a second chance, it'll totally work out!" and then like five minutes later Mystique ****s her over and she's like "oh hay Mystique betrayed us, who could have seen that one coming?"

But yeah when is Cannonball not more interesting than whichever other character he's paired up with? It doesn't even bother me that they swap his characterizations around every time he shows up in a comic, cause they're all basically good enough that I can enjoy whichever one they're using.

Speaking of Mystique have they brought Moira McTaggart back from the dead yet? I always liked her.

 

[Doc Destruction]

Bah, I liked NW too, sorry it's ending.

I personally am looking forward to Static Shock in the TT. And I think the Jericho thing will be a whole misunderstanding thing for the seven millionth time.

And no, Moira is still dead. Booooo.

 

[Doc Destruction]

She almost started to become interesting under Carey as the leader of a more rough-and-tumble squad of X-Men, but then she absorbed like a billion minds somehow and became catatonic and blah blah blah I got bored and didn't give a s*** about her because Iceman, Cannonball, and Cable were all tons more interesting from that point on in Carey's run.

Rogue was very exciting as a character for me ONCE. At one point in Extreme X-Men she was able to access ANY powerset from people she absorbed at any time without the crazy crap.

I'm sure they deemed that too powerful and depowered her, which is a shame because there was an endless number of cool power combinations she could have used there.

 

[kguillou]

I don't know if anybody really noticed but it seems like the Punisher is in a lot of books in January, could it be because of his new movie?....naaah, right?

 

[Kitsune]

Static Shock makes his appearance in Terror Titans. This will not bode well.

Winnick is making Jericho a villain again? Why?

Because they're recycling plot lines. Raven goes evil for a short time followed by Jerico a villian again...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Should Terra be coming back to infiltrate and betray the team soon, or should that have already happened?

 

[Colossal Spoons]

When's the last time anyone gave a **** about Rogue at all? I mean it had to be before Xtreme X-Men at the very least.

You kiddin? Her fans are still as rabid as ever. I don't care about her, just sayin.

 

[BrianWilly]

Damned TV show.

Or movie, I suppose.

Or...second TV show.

 

[CBG]

Because they're recycling plot lines. Raven goes evil for a short time followed by Jerico a villian again...

Damn you Winnick.

He had to bring back Trigon too. . . but he's a joke from what he once was.

It's like all the ground Johns tried to cover, is undone.

Ravager is finally beginning to be accepted by the Teen Titans. . . but things turn sour and she leaves.

The Wonder Twins are reintroduced into continuity again. . . only for them to be mauled by a dog, one in a coma, the other dead.

Jericho's back, and a good guy again. . . and now, he's back to being a villain?

What next? Deathstroke sleeps with another female Teen Titan?

Should Terra be coming back to infiltrate and betray the team soon, or should that have already happened?

Black Adam killed that Terra.

I don't follow the new, black-haired Terra though.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Did I miss the FF solicit?

 

[Brainiac 8]

You kiddin? Her fans are still as rabid as ever. I don't care about her, just sayin.

I can't wait for Rogue to return, to be honest. More Rogue and Gambit makes me happy.

 

[SUPER MARVELMAN]

In a few years a would be the best chance at really getting a New Warriors book to finally stick.

I say bring Nova back in a couple years, but before Nova makes his official return to Earth have Counter-Force and the disbanded New Warriors make guest appearances in The Initiative, Thunderbolts, Young Avengers, Runaways, etc... keep them on the radar. After about 2 years of guest appearences maybe do a Mini involving members of both teams, throw in Darkhawk, Turbo, or even Emoball.

Shortly after the mini bring a good mix of New Warriors, Counter-Force, etc... together and give it one more go. I say do the opposite of what they have been doing for the last 5 years and drop the "New" and call them "The Warriors", give them a top-notch writer/artist combo that you would use for a top notch book. In 5 years if Slott is still the same man he is today, I'd say put him on it for sure, and I'd say give it atleast 20-25issues to succeed.

So I say "The Warriors" in 2014

 

[Texas]

Did I miss the FF solicit?

FF # 563 is 1/7/09 and FF Worlds Greatest HC 1/7/09 per Marvel.com

 

[Dark Victory]

Decent month.