March 2010 Solicitations

[Havok83]

Where are people seeing Jean's return anyway?

you really dont see it? All signs point to Jean returning next year. Just recently in UXM, she presumably took back her Phoenix fragments from the Cuckoos

 

[Havok83]

No, but that's not what I meant; I meant that the O5 aren't like the original seven JLA or or the original Avengers or whatever; they've never been held up as a shining example that set the bar and defined what the team was to successor members. With good reason, because that lineup wasn't popular, and the characters replacing them were mostly older than the original members.

Aside from Thor and Iron Man, have the other 3 of the original Avengers been as integral to the franchise? I'll give you the JLA, but I think the original 5 X-men have gotten more attention as a group from Marvel than the original 5 Avengers have within their respective franchises

 

[bryanss3]

Ever think that they're trying to fool us and Hope's not Jean.... either way it will piss people off. My guess is Hope isn't Jean.

 

[kguillou]

You could very well be right. Like what they did with Jackpot in Amazing Spiderman, she looked like mary jane, talked like mary jane but it wasnt mary jane, it was just to piss the fans off.

 

[Dread]

Yet, what resulted from that? Without Jackpot being Mary Jane, is she suddenly worth a damn? I haven't heard a thing about her.

Being predictable isn't a bad thing if you execute well. And don't spoil the climax in advance.

 

[Havok83]

Ever think that they're trying to fool us and Hope's not Jean.... either way it will piss people off. My guess is Hope isn't Jean.

same here. I firmly beleive Hope is connected to Jean, but not Jean herself. My theory has been that she is a Phoenix fragment

 

[imdaly]

Quick, name me any Marvel heroine who is known for her mind.

Jean Grey!

 

[Colossal Spoons]

you really dont see it? All signs point to Jean returning next year. Just recently in UXM, she presumably took back her Phoenix fragments from the Cuckoos

Thought it was confirmed somewhere. Rachel and Korvus lost their Phoenix juice last year too.

 

[bryanss3]

same here. I firmly beleive Hope is connected to Jean, but not Jean herself. My theory has been that she is a Phoenix fragment

Yeah I hope(no pun intended) the X-offices have figured out if the bring back Jean all it will eventually lead to is killing her again and then bringing her back and killing her again and repeat. They were really on the nose in calling it the Phoenix Force.Cause like a Phoenix she never really dies and when she does come back it always seems forced.

 

[Havok83]

Thought it was confirmed somewhere. Rachel and Korvus lost their Phoenix juice last year too.

They lost it in X-men: Kingbreaker. As Rachel lost hers, she said "Mom, not now". In Endsong, Jean left to go find her missing Phoenix fragments and Marvel finally got around to picking up that plot there. Earlier last year we actually did see Jean in the Sisterhood arc, helping Emma out. All signs point to a Jean return in 2010

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Aside from Thor and Iron Man, have the other 3 of the original Avengers been as integral to the franchise? I'll give you the JLA, but I think the original 5 X-men have gotten more attention as a group from Marvel than the original 5 Avengers have within their respective franchises

The full original Avengers roster is probably the least important in terms of lasting consequence simply because of the Hulk's presence. He's an Avengers founder, yet he's been absent from pretty much 99% of Avengers stories.

 

[CaptainCanada]

Full solicits from Marvel.com

Lots of good trades coming out in March; I've been interested to read the original Obadiah Stane story (at least, the end of it) since the first movie (surprised they didn't have that out in time for that, given that Stane was in it). Plus the fifth volume of New Mutants Classic, and the collected edition of the Lee/Kirby Tales of Asgard.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Haha, that Super Hero Squad cover is awesome. Especially Hogun's perm.

 

[Silver Knight]

Wow I just hate what they did to the second Son of Hulk.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Are they ending the Marvel Adventure line? I see both the remaining series are slated as having final issues this month

 

[Dread]

More thoughts:

- Poor Hercules. The book's alive, and according to THE BEAT should last until issue #150, which is about another year. But, still...sniffle...

- More LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS. To be fair, it probably sells better than other side Marvel Universe projects like 1602, HOM, some NOIR books, or Marvel Apes, and most of the Marvel MAX line. And that's just monthly. Looked at from that perspective, besides the "animal fun" aspect, it makes sense. With so many $3.99 books and so many Marvel titles that have seen ugly 25% plus drops in sales within the last 6 months, one could question the wisdom of Marvel not trimming the fat of their line a bit and either not publish stuff like 1602 or Marvel Apes that sell down the bottom of the Top 150, or simply release them as trades if that is where they sell best like DC EARTH ONE and be done with it. But so long as Marvel isn't doing that, though, PET AVENGERS is likely one of the top titles of that heap. Hell, I think the debut issue of the last mini outsold NOMAD: GIRL WITHOUT A WORLD #1.

And yes, "Unleashed" is a cute sub-title.

- It would be a bit daft if Marvel was canning the MARVEL ADVENTURES line due to low sales/high costs yet continuing to push out bottom feeding stuff like 1602 and HOUSE OF M mini's. For heaven's sake, HOUSE OF M was rendered moot in 2005! Who besides the creators' friends and families are buying them? Then again, it was daft to have a MARVEL ADVENTURES line for kids and not offer them ANY kind of price break. JOHNNY DC books are all still $2.50, as are many ARCHIE titles. Even in the heart of bankruptcy, Marvel used to sell kiddie books based on their cartoons (even based on SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED or AVENGERS: UNITED THEY STAND) for $1.99 (although to be fair, from about 1998-2001, that was the going rate for most comics). They can't give kids a break of even a DIME in their post-Disney merger era?

- Kind of funny that it took an appearance in an X-Men event to get CLOAK AND DAGGER another one shot.

- I've read a lot of comments online that out of some 22-24 issues of CABLE, only a handful really advanced the story with Bishop, Cable, and Hope and that the story would have been better served as a series of one-shots or mini's without some of that fat. I don't read CABLE, and the covers usually look boring to me, but curious if anyone who does would agree.

- Those who enjoy SWORD, be warned; the debut issue at $3.99 barely sold over 21k. That is quite back to barely DEBUT in the Top 100. This series may be axed by issue 10-12, so enjoy it while you can.

- I have to say, Jackpot's costume has actually gotten MORE generic over time according to that cover. And here I though Mockingbird's new design was plain.

Jean Grey!

Considering she's had a few "broke-back poses" and once was a professional model just like MJ, not exactly.

 

[Slick]

Finally ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL. 11 HC!!!!!!

My ultimate spider-man vol.1 hardcover collection will soon be complete.

 

[Brainiac 8]

you really dont see it? All signs point to Jean returning next year. Just recently in UXM, she presumably took back her Phoenix fragments from the Cuckoos

Actually the Phoenix Force has been gathering for quite some time now.

The Cuckoos portion of the force left them last month.

Then during War of Kings: The Phoenix Force left Rachel and Korvus' Sword.

Something rather big is happening on the Jean front, and no matter what happens, Hope will ultimately be Jean. All signs point to it, and then you add in that the Phoenix Force is gathering all it's fragments, and it's sort of a no brainer.

Although the way Morrison killed Jean was stupid, so I'm hoping she is back finally.

 

[Watchman]

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[Specter313]

Actually the Phoenix Force has been gathering for quite some time now.

The Cuckoos portion of the force left them last month.

Then during War of Kings: The Phoenix Force left Rachel and Korvus' Sword.

Something rather big is happening on the Jean front, and no matter what happens, Hope will ultimately be Jean. All signs point to it, and then you add in that the Phoenix Force is gathering all it's fragments, and it's sort of a no brainer.

Although the way Morrison killed Jean was stupid, so I'm hoping she is back finally.

No, it's not that much of a "no brainer". I'd say the fact that the so called "hints" at Hope being Jean are more like "anvils to the head" that they're making it TOO obvious, to create misdirection. If it was as simple as that, then it would be one of the most anticlimatic ways to end the Messiah trilogy that they've built up to be so important to the X-franchise. Besides, I don't see how the Phoenix force gathering helps that. They're two separate things. The only possible link is the hint of the Phoenix in Hope's eyes, which could only show her being a possible host for the force, not specifically Jean since more people than her have held it. Even then, it doesn't mean that Hope is specifically related to Jean. And as I've said before, Cable would be able to tell by now if she was Jean reborn. The only way I could see them spinning it to relate the two and actually make it work is somehow Hope is a phoenix fragment, not Jean herself, because, like I said, Hope being Jean is something that everyone would see coming and it would be boring of an ending.

 

[Brainiac 8]

We'll see. I'm actually quite excited to read Second Coming and see how it plays out.

I just think that Marvel aren't as clever as they think they are with this...but we'll see.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

That Dr.Strange one shot looks interesting!

I've been out of the loop lately...is Siege going to be the final battle with Norman Osborn, or what?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Supposedly.

 

[Specter313]

Hopefully.

 

[runawayboulder]

Definitely