Comics New X-Men: Academy X

[ghost113]

they were the students who truly got the least amount of storytime except X-23 who had her own miniseries. I'm hoping elixir wakes up right now he has the same look as gambit as death, and that is not cool. Because of his omega level mutation, I really hope he doesn't die, Omegas sometimes never get to show their potential.

 

[RedLina]

welcome to the hype redlina

Thanks ghost 113.

Well, I was getting a bit tired of Jay. He was pretty stupid to trust Stryker and paid the price.

Notice that X-23 (their brainchild) and Dust (Grant Morrison's brainchild) are the two best developed characters in the book, now.

Yeah, I agree. The two are pretty good. I like Elixir too, for some reason. I'm curious what more can he do with his powers.

And yeah, the Hellions mini series were the ones that made me actually LIKE Hellion, because I really didn't like him before I read that. As for the others... Loved Tag, love Mercury although she's not getting the attention she deserves, I dunno about Santo, he doesn't seem that interesting to me, maybe if they were to give him more screen time...

they were the students who truly got the least amount of storytime except X-23 who had her own miniseries. I'm hoping elixir wakes up right now he has the same look as gambit as death, and that is not cool. Because of his omega level mutation, I really hope he doesn't die, Omegas sometimes never get to show their potential.

Totally agree. (But I've read that Iceman's going to show off with his powers a bit, hehe)

 

[ghost113]

You're right about Santo, they should at least get into his history or something with his parents how do they feel about their son being a mutant.

 

[RedLina]

You're right about Santo, they should at least get into his history or something with his parents how do they feel about their son being a mutant.

Well yeah. The only things that we know about him are his hame, codename, age, a few (very few) interests and that he wants to be accepted the way he is and loves fighting.

 

[ghost113]

I looked him up, he's italian american, loves being a mutant, and he likes Dance dance revolution, I don't know how considering his size.

 

[JewishHobbit]

they may get into him still, so don't worry about that. They haven't exactly had much of a chance to just stop in this whole Stryker/Nimrod arc to do a solo story or anything. I'm thinking that after Nimrod they may dwell more on the remaining cast.

 

[Manic]

they may get into him still, so don't worry about that. They haven't exactly had much of a chance to just stop in this whole Stryker/Nimrod arc to do a solo story or anything. I'm thinking that after Nimrod they may dwell more on the remaining cast.

Or connect Nimrod into some new conflict, and jump right into that one without stopping.

 

[RedLina]

Or connect Nimrod into some new conflict, and jump right into that one without stopping.

Or kill them all off and then move on... (hope not )

 

[ghost113]

they could start another book called the leftovers about all the students who didn't make the team.

 

[RedLina]

Yeah... and Josh isn't on the team either. He's a main char, if he recovers he might interact with the rest more.

 

[ghost113]

Well he isn't doing anything right now, and when he wakes up hr'll probably be on the same team. Buit the Left overs wouldn't be a bout one team it would be about the 20 plus characters and them trying to master their powers even better than before.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Or connect Nimrod into some new conflict, and jump right into that one without stopping.

I don't think that'll happen. The writers said that they have a year long story, and Nimrod would conclude the 12 months. That's why it never bothered me that the previous arcs role one to the next, because it was written that way. I'd rather it be that way than to mess up the story to fit Tpb format.

 

[ghost113]

the nimrod story was going to be a whole year, so all the way to issue thirty two, that sucks. I wish it would end already.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I think it's still interesting. It's been a long storyline but it's been progressing at an interestin speed so that it's not dragging at all. Nimrod himself has only been around for two issues as cameos. He's just getting started.

That's the problem with readers these days, no attention span

Back in the old days, stories took years to tell. The Original Hobgoblin arc started in Amazing Spiderman 238 and ended in issue 289, 50-some issues later. How many years does that add up? A lot more than a few issues, that's for sure. Phoenix Saga was the same way. Nowadays people want their stories done in 6 issues or less. And they complain that comics suck. Hmmph... kids.

 

[ghost113]

I'm sorry Did I upset I'm gonna have to get use to it, since two of my books are doing it and the things about this story is the deaths and because i don't want one of my favorite characters to die.

 

[Manic]

I think it's still interesting. It's been a long storyline but it's been progressing at an interestin speed so that it's not dragging at all. Nimrod himself has only been around for two issues as cameos. He's just getting started.

That's the problem with readers these days, no attention span

Back in the old days, stories took years to tell. The Original Hobgoblin arc started in Amazing Spiderman 238 and ended in issue 289, 50-some issues later. How many years does that add up? A lot more than a few issues, that's for sure. Phoenix Saga was the same way. Nowadays people want their stories done in 6 issues or less. And they complain that comics suck. Hmmph... kids.

The problem with comics today isn't that arcs aren't given enough time to flourish. I mean, how many people really liked Spider-Man: The Other? Compare that to more serialized comics, like Y: The Last Man or X-Factor. Most people who read X-Factor love it (although not enough people are reading it at all), and Peter David doesn't bend to the will of the Almighty Trade Paperback at all. We're at issue #8, and things are still building up.

The problem is the stories themselves. Those of us that are upset with New X-Men are upset because Kyle & Yost have mistreated some of our favorite characters. Also, how/why does Nimrod exist separate from Bastion? Why isn't Stryker attached to that robotic guy from GLMK2, anymore? And why did he suddenly decide to kill all mutants again, after redeeming himself in GLMK2?

This whole arc doesn't sit right with me, length be damned.

 

[ghost113]

preach on brother.

 

[JewishHobbit]

The problem with comics today isn't that arcs aren't given enough time to flourish. I mean, how many people really liked Spider-Man: The Other? Compare that to more serialized comics, like Y: The Last Man or X-Factor. Most people who read X-Factor love it (although not enough people are reading it at all), and Peter David doesn't bend to the will of the Almighty Trade Paperback at all. We're at issue #8, and things are still building up.

The problem is the stories themselves. Those of us that are upset with New X-Men are upset because Kyle & Yost have mistreated some of our favorite characters. Also, how/why does Nimrod exist separate from Bastion? Why isn't Stryker attached to that robotic guy from GLMK2, anymore? And why did he suddenly decide to kill all mutants again, after redeeming himself in GLMK2?

This whole arc doesn't sit right with me, length be damned.

I didn't say anything about the content of the story, I was talking about how people say stories last too long and how they would never have survived comics back in the 80's and part of the 90's (maybe sooner era's as well). Whether the content was good or bad, their lengths were typically fairly long, broken up over a period of years. And to Ghost... no you didn't upset me or anything. I was mostly just being goofy.

Oh, and most of the above questions are answered, or still have a chance to be. Bastion had been destroied long ago (in the Warlock series I believe), and it sure looked like this Nimrod just showed up at the church pretty beaten up. I'm fairly sure we'll learn what's up with the Nimrod unit in the Nimrod arc, from where it came and all that.

Paul "the robotic guy" that he was attached to left him when their pod opened, as shown in New X-Men 26, and that same issue also explained why he now hunts mutants once more. I think they've done a fairly decent job tying in continuity.

 

[Star]

i'm not going to lie, im seriously going to miss laurie and jay.

 

[Generation Lee]

OK take away from the lack of funnerals and or scenes like the 6th issue of DG with emotion. But this book seems to be the only one apart from X Factor that deals with decemation look at the affact the death of 2 mutants had on posters here this is the affact Joe Q wanted back is it not? Death means something in this books and no one seems to be suddenly re-powered again.

 

[Manic]

Death means something in this book

You know, I never thought about it before, but death does actually mean something in this book. Banshee died in X-Men: Deadly Genesis, and nobody batted an eye. Hawkeye died in Avengers Disassembled, and everybody's been expecting his return since even before the House of M.

Wallflower died, and even I don't expect Elixir will ever be able to fix that. Omega or no.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Hmm... okay.... props to these guys for that at least.

 

[ghost113]

you guys have made some good points about death and the writers and how they dealt with decimation.

 

[Generation Lee]

I try to see the positive about the book I'm just thankful the other books done what they did in terms of decemination or I may not have noticed what I did.

 

[usagicassidy]

Does anyone know when the first issue of the Nimrod arc comes out? I know it's not this week, but there's nothing on Diamondcomics about next weeks comics.