Marvel Solicitations For July 2008

Why are the Knauf's not writing Iron Man?
They needed a break (probably because of the Eternals launch and whatever else they're doing in other media), so Stuart Moore is doing a four-issue fill-in (they resolicited May's issue, which would have been the start of the Knaufs' "Damasqas" arc).
 
Collosus new costume looks Ugly.I'm looking forward to Daredevil and Ghost Rider.
 
I love Petey's new look. Less thigh exposed is always a good thing :up:

Assuming you're talking about his new AXM costume and not that thing he's wearing on the cover of UXM 500.
 
No Love Astonishing look.I'm talking about the UXM cover.
 
Holy **** @ Secret Invasion #4 solicit:

The world has turned upside down! The Skrulls have taken the Earth as part of their empire, the Avengers and Initiative are scattered...but there are two people who want some answers. One has a hammer and one has a shield.

:wow:
 
It'd be interesting to see New Cap getting more involved in the MU proper (especially since this is basically a kitchen-sink event, with everyone and their mother involved).
 
I'm really excited for the new Astonishing :heart:


Hmm, Universal War looks interesting.
 
Time to comment on Solicts of the future, so you know what that means...Dread Pessimism! Woo-Hoo!

- Why is CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI-13 considered an X-Book? Is it because it stars some characters who used to be on the sidelines of the X-Universe? In that case, NEW WARRIORS should be an X-Book.

Speaking of which, it hasn't been solicted. Judging by the dwindling sales, thought, I don't expect it to survive this last arc.

- Colossus' new costume looks...odd. Maybe I will need to see better shots of it. It is funny, as I have often derided his "no pants/Dominatrix" knee high boots, but coming up with a better design from the original Cockrum one has proven to be a Herculean task.

- I will be curious if AXM ANNUAL, wrapping up the overlong Cassaday & Whedon run, will have shipped before the Ellis/Bianchi run starts.

- Once more, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS looks as fun as always. The rest of the X-Line will happily go in the other direction.

- CAPTAIN AMERICA #40 looks bad-ass, and I believe Brubaker that it isn't involved with SI or the INVADERS thing no one cares about. Is there anything that hasn't been said about this run? Brubaker's worked miracles on that book yet did it in ways that kept the fanbase happy and even growing in numbers. "New Old Cap" could be a clone or even Protocide for all we know.

- THE LAST DEFENDERS continues to have better artists on the covers than inside, and you can tell the book is packed to the gill when even the solict is packed to the gills. It isn't the best new launch Marvel has had, but it is fun and energetic in an often overly-bleak, overly serious market. I've been enjoyin' it so far.

- GHOST RIDER actually looks good, and Jason Aaron is doing some good work, doing the best with what he took over from Way, rather than digging a deeper hole.

- FF #559 looks interesting, even if "Psionics" is the worst codename since "Speed" (I am still waiting for "Strong"). Since when did blindly stating what a character does become sufficient for a name? How about a Martial Artist named Martial Artist (I admit, Slott's "Melee" is barely a step above that)? A guy who shoots fire called Fire-Shooter? A ******ed kindergarten kid could come up with better. Has every name literally been taken? That said, this "new team" looks like Alternate Verions of some 616 characters, and Millar has never been afraid of time travel or alternate reality stories, which works in FF. His run's been good, though, so I look forward to more of the same.

- Still irked that Brubaker, Fraction, and Aja are leaving IIF. It seems 16 issues is the limit for many creative teams on books. Hopefully the new folks can keep the ship steady; the small-but-loyal fanbase may jump overboard with the founders.

- Hopefully Fraction's INVINCIBLE IRON MAN doesn't suck and keeps some of the good characters he made for THE ORDER in circulation. New characters with great potential seem to vanish or die at a disturbing rate at Marvel since Joe Q took over.

- I will probably give the HELLCAT mini a try, even if I was not a massive fan of her MCP story from the same writer.

- I will probably give NEWUNIVERSAL a pass. It is been too long and I no longer care about the franchise.

- THOR has Coipel back and I wonder if Thor will actually do something this issue. Just think, if Thor actually had a faster pace, JMS might have gotten to write his involvement in SECRET INVASION, instead of Bendis. More on that later. Still, it is good stuff, even if we all could think of more exciting things for Thor to be doing. JMS has a good story, but I fear he is pigeonholing Thor too much, which is what killed him in the past. Granted, as a steady Top 10 seller, JMS is free to do whatever he likes.

- What is TRUE BELIEVERS supposed to be? Seems totally random.

- Y'know, since before the SI #1 or whatnot, everyone in Marvel fandom has gone, "Bendis will pull out Nick Fury from nowhere to save the day", and guess what SI #4 promises. Got to love Bendis' approach to mysteries. I might be excited about the inclusion of Thor and New Cap, but I am used to those characters being written well by JMS and Brubaker (respectively) and will probably be in for a shock to read Bendis writing them poorly, either as chest-beating ******s who don't listen to reason or horribly common "everymen" who say things like, "Yeah", "Uh-Huh", "Yup" and "Pee".

It would serve me right if the reverse psychology worked. Back in 2005, I actually had hope for HOUSE OF M, and it turned out like garbage. I have zero hope in SECRET INVASION, so could it actually be...well, not garbage? Who knows. All I know is that Bendis is at the point in his career where he no longer has to try to be "good" to sell or get praise, which is a creative dead end for a writer. He could pass water on a sheet of paper and his editors would probably praise it as Eisner Worthy, and retailers would order 100k copies (and of course, to complete the equation, suckers like me who buy it). Hey, I wouldn't try hard in that position, either.

- AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE continues to look like the best AVENGERS book on the racks; more greatness from Slott & Gage and expect them to roll with the crossover yet carry on their own stuff.

- I am iffy on SECRET INVASION: RUNAWAYS/YOUNG AVENGERS. Yost has talent and has some good stories behind him, but he is also famed for random slaughter to express a point, almost to the point of the Mark Millar Award of Fiction. Miyazawa is an alright artist, but not the best at distinct characters. And part of me twinges at the hint of Xavin turning traitor, although it may be a ruse. As much as I bemoan new characters dying or hitting limbo after their launch-creators leave, the peroid post-Vaughan has not been the best for the RUNAWAYS, and the YOUNG AVENGERS stagger from one mini to the next bleeding 50% of their former audience as they go. Still, I actually expect this to be enjoyable and decent. I do like the covers by Ryan. Least he can't be 6 months ****ing late on a cover.

- That MIGHTY AVENGERS #16 cover is bad-ass. I also am tired of Skrullektra. Show of hands...anyone who cared about Elektra? No, put your hand down, Frank Miller. Yeah, thought so. Still, I probably would be miffed if Bendis says everything from the 80's has been a Skrull, which is CRISIS worthy. Not because I care about the character, but it seems like too much latitude for any creator to have. But that is a sweet, sweet cover.

- NEW AVENGERS #43 also has a sweet cover. And who wants to bet "Spider-Man" is either revealed to be a Skrull (to cover the BND issue), or gets completely humiliated (or both?). Naturally, the Bendis books will tie in the most to SI and probably feel the most organic.
 
Foreman's Iron Fist cover is so sick. Love it.
 
Mighty Avengers 16 has me pumped, i wonder what this BIG answer will be?? New Avengers looks interesting, and no people, no matter how much you may hate BND, Spider-Man is NOT a skrull. After all this planning and work for BND, there's no way in heaven or hell, Marvel would make Spider-man a skrull, it would completely piss all over all the work they've done for him recently.

Other than that, SI looks very cool, but i still think this event may end up being too long, but we'll see.
 
And part of me twinges at the hint of Xavin turning traitor, although it may be a ruse.
Two likely scenarios:

1) Xavin was a super-skrull in training, and has some kind of psychological override built in that allows him to be hijacked.

2) Going evil is has Xanatosianly complex plan to save everybody.
 
Foreman's Iron Fist cover is so sick. Love it.

That is true. And as the last remaining cog of the launch crew, he has a lot on his shoulders here.

Mighty Avengers 16 has me pumped, i wonder what this BIG answer will be?? New Avengers looks interesting, and no people, no matter how much you may hate BND, Spider-Man is NOT a skrull. After all this planning and work for BND, there's no way in heaven or hell, Marvel would make Spider-man a skrull, it would completely piss all over all the work they've done for him recently.

Other than that, SI looks very cool, but i still think this event may end up being too long, but we'll see.

What I meant is that the BND Spider-Man is real while the Spidey in NA, who doesn't connect to BND at all, is a Skrull. If everyone forgot who Spidey is, how is Spidey on the NA? Why is he even still on that team? It would make too much sense to go, "Okay, normal Spidey in ASM is fine, but at some point a Skrull took his place on the NA after Mephisto did his thing". But, that makes too much sense to an editorial team that thought a Demonic Annulment would go down easier than a simple divorce.

Two likely scenarios:

1) Xavin was a super-skrull in training, and has some kind of psychological override built in that allows him to be hijacked.

2) Going evil is has Xanatosianly complex plan to save everybody.

Was there no other villain as complex as Xanatos?

Yeah, all that is possible. I just kind of liked Xavin because a part of him was separate from that Skrull stuff, like he/she was developing his own persona after dating Karolina. That and the "good guy seems to become evil only to go back to good when convenient to the plot" is probably one of the Top 5 most overdone plot points in all of recorded fiction. But I guess it all depends on the execution. We all expected Wells to be dead in the water for his mini for CW and it was actually good, so hopefully Yost is equally as surprising, in a good way.
 
Originally Posted by Dread

What I meant is that the BND Spider-Man is real while the Spidey in NA, who doesn't connect to BND at all, is a Skrull. If everyone forgot who Spidey is, how is Spidey on the NA? Why is he even still on that team? It would make too much sense to go, "Okay, normal Spidey in ASM is fine, but at some point a Skrull took his place on the NA after Mephisto did his thing". But, that makes too much sense to an editorial team that thought a Demonic Annulment would go down easier than a simple divorce.

Oh ok, i see what your saying. That would make a lot of sense, and would also explain why Spiderman acts so juvenile when he's on the team. But, its not likely. Wouldnt it be waay too risky for a skrull to replace spidey while the real one is still running around?
 
Oh ok, i see what your saying. That would make a lot of sense, and would also explain why Spiderman acts so juvenile when he's on the team. But, its not likely. Wouldnt it be waay too risky for a skrull to replace spidey while the real one is still running around?

The New Avengers couldn't detect him.

With Mephisto's spell working, the real Spidey might not remember being on the NA and whatnot, and Skrull Spidey happens to stick around enough that after a certain point the rest of his team doesn't bother to check his apartment or something.

Again, I kind of doubt this is happening, but it could, and it wouldn't be too terrible. Bendis could have some GASP SHOCK and the normal Spidey would be free to sell well in ASM 3 times a month.
 
BND Spidey is in the Avengers and was with Wolverine just two issues ago, he ate cereal in Danny Rand's apartment.
 
Full Solicits

Astonishing X-Men #25 - I generally enjoy Ellis’ work, and Bianchi’s art; I’ll probably get this, but I’m waiting to hear a bit more about what they’ve got planned (the prospect of Cyclops and Storm on the same team is certainly enticing).

Avengers/Invaders #3 - Namor vs. Namor!

Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers - That’s a really beautiful cover.

Captain America: Operation Rebirth TPB - I’ve been interested in reading some of Waid’s run for a while, so this is opportune.

Captain Britain and MI:13 - Vampire Spitfire? I’m sure Union Jack will love that.

Fantastic Four #559 - The Johnny/supervillainess plot has been the most fun so far, so it’s interesting to see it take centre stage (‘Burning Man’ seems a lot like the Torch).

Secret Invasion #4 - Seeing New Cap and Thor get involved sounds very cool.

Captain America #40 - Will likely continue to rock.

Incredible Hercules #119 - This has been a great series too (Romita on the cover actually draws Cho’s dog looking something like what it’s supposed to be, a coyote pup; the interior artists have been drawing some sort of rollie-pollie dog).

Thor #10 - I really hope he’ll start doing something soon.

X-Force #5 - Archangel? If he gets the wings back, that would be cool, but there are enough blue-skinned mutants going around.

Criminal #5 - Not much into crime comics, but I’m a huge fan of Brubaker’s work.

Ms. Marvel #29 - Could this fun series please get a good cover artist?

Uncanny X-Men #500 - I don’t know if I can stand Land.

X-Men: Legacy #214 - This has been an interesting series so far; apparently Carey’s going to address the murky backstory involving Mister Sinister and Cyclops.

Fantastic Four: True Story #1 - Cornell’s interview for this makes it sound really awesome. I can’t wait. The Four are having a good year, between Millar/Hitch and the prospect of this.
 
Newsarama said:
THOR #10
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Pencils & Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
J. Michael Straczynski and Olivier Coipel’s unstoppable new vision of Thor barrels on stronger than ever! As the Asgardians returned to this life and Thor returned to Midgard, so came the ills that have plagued the gods and man for millennia. Now for the first time since their rebirth, Thor and his fellow hero-gods are venturing forth from the Shining City to confront the growing evils that amass on their horizon…and within their walls…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
Yay! :D :D :D

Skrulls! sounds like fun. Basically Secret Invasion's version of the novel Grendel.

Wow, talk about blatantly cashing in on an event. The new Power Pack comics don't even take place in the same reality as the Secret Invasion stuff, yet they just happen to be fighting Skrulls too. ;)

The X-Men's new costumes are terrible. I really liked how the last batch pulled back on the "X" motif a bit, but it seems they're going... a different way now. I'm really not interested in anything I'm seeing or reading with the "new era" of the X-Men, other than the fact that they've relocated to San Francisco. I guess I'll pick up Uncanny #500 to see what sorts of storylines they're introducing and decide from there whether I give a damn enough to keep reading. 'Til then, it's gloriously old-school X-Men for me with the First Class comics. :)

The **** is Archangel wearing on that X-Force cover? :huh:

Ugh, why are Cannonball and Sunspot fighting the Young X-Men? Please tell me it's just because they've learned that Cyclops set the Young X-Men up as another headhunting band of killers and Cannonball and Sunspot are taking them to task for it. I'm gonna be fairly annoyed if Cannonball is meant to be a villain now.

Wolverine looks pretty stupid, but that's par for the course. Poor Wolverine. Aaron should've stuck around. Pair him up with Steve McNiven and let the mindless sheep get a taste of good writing for once.

X-Men: Odd Men Out sounds fun. I'm really liking the flashback-related X-Men stuff.

Speaking of which, Wolverine First Class sounds great, plus brown and tan costume! It's been for-frickin'-ever since I saw that thing.

Not a huge fan of Captain Britain and MI-13 falling under the X-titles heading, but the issue sounds good. I hope Spitfire's not really made into a vampire, though. She was awesome alongside Cap and Union Jack.
 
Wow, talk about blatantly cashing in on an event. The new Power Pack comics don't even take place in the same reality as the Secret Invasion stuff, yet they just happen to be fighting Skrulls too. ;)
I that that was really cute; whoever came up with that idea deserves a raise.
Ugh, why are Cannonball and Sunspot fighting the Young X-Men? Please tell me it's just because they've learned that Cyclops set the Young X-Men up as another headhunting band of killers and Cannonball and Sunspot are taking them to task for it. I'm gonna be fairly annoyed if Cannonball is meant to be a villain now.
Because the Young X-Men have been sent after the New Mutants, who, according to "Cyclops", are the new Brotherhood, under Sunspot's leadership. It's generally assumed Cyclops is actually a villain in disguise.
Not a huge fan of Captain Britain and MI-13 falling under the X-titles heading, but the issue sounds good. I hope Spitfire's not really made into a vampire, though. She was awesome alongside Cap and Union Jack.
It's under the purview of the X-Office because it's a revamp of the old Excalibur property and so was developed under their initiative; they administer it in the same way they do Exiles and the like.

In Cornell's CBR interviews from a while ago, he made a reference to something that Spitfire does to herself in order to save the day, so I'm guessing she does get vamped.

Hitch's covers for that series have been awesome so far.
 
I know, I know. It just sucks that they're lumped in with the X-comics, which the characters have very little to do with. They're far more suited to the general Marvel landscape. The current group has as many ties to the Avengers as the X-Men.

Shame about Spitfire if it's true, but I guess there have been some vampire heroes who aren't all bad. Bloodstorm was kind of cool.
Because the Young X-Men have been sent after the New Mutants, who, according to "Cyclops", are the new Brotherhood, under Sunspot's leadership. It's generally assumed Cyclops is actually a villain in disguise.
Well, that makes more sense. It was pretty suspect that Cyclops would set up two teams of villain-hunters so quickly in the first place. If Terry Dodson weren't drawing YXM, I might actually be tempted to pick it up knowing what you just told me. But alas...
 
If Terry Dodson weren't drawing YXM, I might actually be tempted to pick it up knowing what you just told me. But alas...
Uh, he isn't; he's just on covers.

I'm not sure what to make of YXM so far, although it's only been one issue; the new character introduced seems like a big waste of space at the moment. I'll wait and see, at least for now; Land's arrival on UXM means I may have room for it.
 

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