Marvel's August 2012 Solicitations

[Specter313]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38700

 

[CConn]

SPACE PUNISHER #2 (of 4)
FRANK TIERI (W)
MARK TEXERIA (a/C)
THIS BOOK IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE!
PUNISHER V.S. THE HULK IN SPACE!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Book of the month.

 

[WalkingDeadMike]

New Gambit book? Yes, please.

 

[Infidel]

ON a bad note, I wish they'd stop putting SPider-man in Avengers books. They already convinced me the character was worthless and only cares about himself and his dying aunt. He's not worth anything to some of us anymore. He's nothing like the Spider-man that was in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. NO, not even the gritty SPider-man.
Then they got another round those stupid numbering issues with Spider-man's old titles pulled out and mutilated. Spectacular Spider-man WAS Spider-man. Who is the guy we've gotten in the years since? He's magic. He a guy that does whatever he is told and his actions have no consequences. He's a crying loser. I like to old guy. I just don't even want to read a book with him in it. Unless Joe Mad or J. Scott Campbell draws it.

Alright. That being said. I have no other problems with the solicitations.

Hey, do Avengers books about the Avengers. The Cap. The Iron. The big guy with the Hammer. That's what they should do.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Avengers Assemble looks awesome. Nice to see GoTG. Wonder if Marvel's testing the waters for this rumored GoTG movie.

 

[Themanofbat]

ON a bad note, I wish they'd stop putting SPider-man in Avengers books. They already convinced me the character was worthless and only cares about himself and his dying aunt. He's not worth anything to some of us anymore. He's nothing like the Spider-man that was in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. NO, not even the gritty SPider-man.
Then they got another round those stupid numbering issues with Spider-man's old titles pulled out and mutilated. Spectacular Spider-man WAS Spider-man. Who is the guy we've gotten in the years since? He's magic. He a guy that does whatever he is told and his actions have no consequences. He's a crying loser. I like to old guy. I just don't even want to read a book with him in it.

Wow... do you ever assume a LOT... but seeing as you don't read the books, it's no surprise your post reeks of ignorance.

And for the record, August will be Spidey's 50th anniversary, so you can cut Marvel Some slack for wanting to put those extra issues out.

 

[runawayboulder]

My thoughts on August.....

AvX #5 - The only way Angel is going to beat Hawkeye is if he hugs him to death.

Avengers #29/New Avengers #29 - Why is Deodato doing the cover for Avengers and not NA when he's the interior artist for New Avengers. Why not have Garney do the cover for Avengers? It makes no sense, it's like they're just slapping this whole thing together.

Avengers Academy #34/35 - Judging by the solicits, I'd expect news of a cancellation, reboot or renaming of this book very soon. Probably closer to the end of AvX.

Avengers Assemble #6 - Seriously, F**K all of the love for this hack book just because they're using fan fave guest stars. It's a hack ploy by a hack writer for a hack book.

Secret Avengers #30 - Glad to see SA is getting off this AvX stuff sooner rather than later. And Art Adams rendition of Taskmaster = times 10.

Dark Avengers #179 - It doesn't seem like the name change is going to much of anything. Seems like just a slight cast shuffle but the primaries are staying.

Avenging Spider-Man #10/11 - If Spidey is going to Boston, that's should be the segue to the next issue with Aunt May. Sounds good, haven't seen May in a long while and I loves some Spidey/Carol team ups. This book has been solid since it's start.

Random Spidey point 1 books - I'll be getting all of them. The concept of point 1 issues may be dumb and overdone at this point but Stern and DeFalco...? Those are some classic Spidey writers there.

DD Annual #1 - Alan Davis writing and drawing? YEAH BUDDY!!! (I guess I'll have to get the FF and Wolverine ones too...

Uncanny X-Force #29/30 - The Punisher as a member of UXF? Interesting....

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Every time I see the Black Panther fighting Storm in AvX, I chuckle. Say what you will about "One More Day," but at least Peter and MJ didn't decide to go twelve rounds before they let the devil eat their marriage.

It's never a good sign when "it all comes down to Spider-Man."

F*** this new Nova kid. Where's Rich? Or at least Robbie or Philo or the Worldmind?

Not a fan of seeing Cap with the Illuminati on that cover of New Avengers. They're a group of powerful men who sit in secret and decide what's best for everyone else. Sort of the antithesis of literally everything Cap believes in. Worse, they've been astonishingly terrible at it historically.

So Beast and Wolverine join the X-Men's side? Or Beast and the non-Wolverine faculty members decide to join Wolverine's third, "kill Hope" side? That X-Men roster on WatXM's cover confuses me. Nice to see Chuck again, though.

Yay, the Guardians of the Galaxy are back! I hope that's not the full roster, though. And why is Star-Lord blonde all of a sudden?

Ugh, Shadow Council stuff in Secret Avengers again? I thought Remender was moving on from Brubaker's dud of an antagonist. Although I'm a bit excited about the Masters of Evil. I wonder who's on it this time (aside from, I assume, Taskmaster, if the cover's any indication).

John Tyler Christopher's gotta be one of the worst cover artists I've ever seen. He has no grasp of anatomy whatsoever, so his figures are all mushy-looking globs of weird shapes, and his compositions often look awkward. He obviously knows his way around a digital paintbrush, but that's about it. They should really switch him over to being a colorist on artists who actually know what they're doing.

Wow. So this crossover with Captain Marvel is not only lasting two issues where much better characters like She-Hulk and Hawkeye have only rated one, but she's teaming up with Spider-Man to fight... a random giant ginger. Sweet Christmas, Zeb Wells can't get back on this series fast enough. For once, I'm really glad Marvel's double-shipping a series; it means I can go ahead and skip this Captain Marvel arc without missing out on Avenging Spider-Man for two full months. Wells, Samnee, and Aunt May in the next issue sound great, though.

So Cullen Bunn officially takes over on Venom this month. Cool. I'm glad he's going to start by delving more into the fact that Flash is an Avenger now. Although he's sort of... ridiculously... out of his league against Daimon Hellstrom.

Whoa, Dum-Dum on the cover of Captain America. Nice to see he's still getting some use. I was sure he and other SHIELD people would be quietly shuffled aside in favor of Coulson and Black Fury, now that they're in the comics.

Captain America & Iron Man: MODOK! I love that guy.

Captain America & Namor made me roll my eyes because it's yet another WWII story, but at least this one sounds like it'll be somewhat interesting since it deals with magic and apparently a kraken.

I'm glad Black Widow's getting a bit of focus in Winter Soldier. She can't support an ongoing of her own, but I was sort of getting bored of her being relegated solely to the role of "Bucky's sidekick."

Eaglesham on Hulk = awesome. I'm still waiting for someone to give Red Hulk Ross' mustache, though. The Maestro could grow a beard, damn it; where's Red Hulk's 'stache?

"A history so dark it was seared from the pages," says The Mighty Thor's solicitation. Isn't that exactly what Fraction just did with the Serpent in Fear Itself? Man, I really hope he leaves this series sooner rather than later. I'll take Alan Davis' art whenever I can get it, though.

No! F***! NOOOOO! Fraction's invading Journey into Mystery now, too? NOOOOOO!

Another new Iron Man armor?

Whew, Punisher's solicitation sets my mind at ease. I was worried Frank was going to kill Rachel for turning on Daredevil in "The Omega Effect." I would've hated to see Rachel killed off so soon. She's really becoming an interesting addition to the Punisher's cast.

Whoa, an annuals crossover? By Alan Davis? Hell yeah.

X-Treme X-Men sounds weird. Except for the title; that just sounds stupid.

 

[runawayboulder]

No! F***! NOOOOO! Fraction's invading Journey into Mystery now, too? NOOOOOO!

Ah, f**k.

I didn't even see that the first time I went through these. At least it only seems like it's for a crossover.

 

[CConn]

All these crossovers for JiM are killing me.

I want to not have to skip the book every other month.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The current New Mutants crossover isn't too bad, and that's coming from someone who could not possibly give less of a f*** about the New Mutants if I tried. Sort of confusing that there turns out to be an Asgardian named Sigurd after the Sigurd from the Wagner opera was revealed to be Thor in another mortal form, but that's not really a big deal.

 

[CConn]

I bought Exiled #1, and didn't have any interest in anything I was reading.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I didn't either, but it's surprisingly gotten a lot better since then. Although Cypher is still stupid.

 

[Max J Power]

-I'm torn on this 3-annual crossover. It's the kind of market-flooding cash grab I hate, but on the other hand, I do like Alan Davis a whole lot.
-After six issues, the Captain America team-up book gets a .1 issue. I think fans can tell where the jump-on points are for a series that changes its name every three issues.
-The concept of turning a six-issue comic arc into a 350-page novel sounds pretty bad, but Peter David can probably make this AXM book at least decent.
-The upside of double-shipping--two Chris Samnee Daredevil issues in a month.