Comics Official NEW EXILES Discussion Thread

[El Bastardo]

I guess I'm just tired of the same alternate Fantastic Four teams with Victor instead of Reed as the leader, well, maybe I'm just tired of alternate Fantastic Four teams. I think two consecutive arcs dealing with them are too many, given Claremont has an entire Marvel Universe to play with.

Don't get me wrong, I agree. Although, really, last arc only dealt with Reed, so. Who knows, maybe it'll turn into some big thing with all the Reed Richards of all the dimensions, and that might turn out really totally nutty and neat. No, I'm not betting on that.

But I'm kinda looking at it like this: Bedard took some good premises and railroaded them into WORSE than bad. If Claremont takes an "eh" premise and makes a halfway decent story out of it, it's still better, no?

 

[gothicFLAVOURS]

Don't get me wrong, I agree. Although, really, last arc only dealt with Reed, so. Who knows, maybe it'll turn into some big thing with all the Reed Richards of all the dimensions, and that might turn out really totally nutty and neat. No, I'm not betting on that.

But I'm kinda looking at it like this: Bedard took some good premises and railroaded them into WORSE than bad. If Claremont takes an "eh" premise and makes a halfway decent story out of it, it's still better, no?

Lol you're right. I hope he takes this premise to a higher level. He just have to find the old Claremont (the one from the Dark Phoenix Saga) inside of him. Dig Claremont, dig and find it!! XD

 

[Harlekin]

Exiles #96 was just... bad. The cover made no sense, I'm used to better stuff from the artist, and CC didn't really make this world all too compelling. My biggest problem is still with the roster though. Seriously needs a good shake-up. Maybe it's time to ditch Blink again, and Sabretooth definitely needs to go.

 

[El Bastardo]

Sabretooth's finally being written properly after however many issues Bedard was screwing him. He doesn't need to be ditched - it's good that he's getting some screentime in his rightful personality. He could still be written a bit better, but hey, I'll take what I can get.

Blink doesn't need to take a trip so much as be written right. He's writing her as... I don't know, a half-Psylocke/half-Storm, I think I said before. And he uses stupid catch-phrases with her, too. She made a Wizard of Oz reference this past issue - yeah, I'm sure her AoA world had Wizard of Oz showing on every corner television.

But no, the world wasn't too compelling and Pelletier's Psylocke was really awkward. Still, only the second issue in the arc, so who knows where it'll go.

 

[Harlekin]

Meh, I haven't cared for Blink since she came back. I thought her departure was a really great twist, so I wish they had kept it that way.

Sabretooth is just... blegh. He was cool with Weapon-X, but again, a character that didn't need to return. I just really don't like the character.

 

[Specter313]

EXILES #99
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by CLAYTON HENRY
Cover by TOMM COKER
The exciting conclusion of “A Dream of Two Good Men.” The Exiles have their final showdown with Victor Von Doom's Four Fantastic as the clock ticks for a broken dimension. Will Doom's Earth be saved? Does it deserve to be?
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

 

[Specter313]

X-MEN: DIE BY THE SWORD #1 & #2 (of 5)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by JUAN SANTACRUZ
Cover by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
Psylocke's reunion with her brother, Captain Britain, takes a turn for the worst when the diabolic minds of several of
Excalibur's greatest foes decide that one world is not enough to conquer. The Exiles and Excalibur must join forces to save crosstime before all of creation is destroyed!
32 PGS. (Each)/Rated A …$2.99 (Each)

 

[Telekinetic]

if shes with brian and the rest does that mean she left the exiles?

 

[Harlekin]

It's a crossover with the Exiles so we don't know yet.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I'm not sure if I'll pick up the crossover. What would convince me? Jamie Braddock. ****, I love that guy


How's this arc of Exiles been BTW? I dropped it.

 

[gothicFLAVOURS]

How's this arc of Exiles been BTW? I dropped it.

It's Claremont, you did well dropping the book lol. I didn't really like the first two issues. They were pretty meh, not something I'd recommend to anybody.

 

[OutcryX]

Well the hell was Blink on that cover?!?!

 

[gothicFLAVOURS]

I guess she's the girl behind Dazzler (it could be Sage, since both of them have tattoos on their faces and that girl doesn't have any). And I see Psylocke is back to her psychic blade instead of the katana (even though it should be telekinetic as well since she doesn't have telepathy anymore).

 

[Telekinetic]

Yeah im not that big on her psyblade, i like her tk katana alot more.

 

[Valechan]

Am i crazy or was that Kitty PRyde in the last page of issue 96??

 

[El Bastardo]

Both?

 

[Valechan]

You're right! Congratulations! Agents will be calling at your door to give you the prize for the correct answer

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Well the hell was Blink on that cover?!?!

She looks like Elektra.

 

[Valechan]

She kinda looks like the Kitty Pryde lookalike from 96

 

[Nature's Rising]

Oh god, I thought Blink was Elektra!!! And I wonder why she got some Night Elf ears!!!

And finally!!! Dazzler looking, well, a female!

 

[Specter313]

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"Last we left the Exiles, they had traveled to a utopian world where Dr. Victor Von Doom -- the savior of mankind -- leads a team of heroes made up from Johnny Storm, Sue Storm and Bruce Banner while Reed Richards lives life as an underground fugitive who despises what has become of the world above. Now the Exiles are split in the war between the two men when a horrifying secret is revealed about the Earth's population!"

Exiles #97 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

 

[Valechan]

She was Kitty Pryde... yay!!! I can recognize alternate versions of the X-Characters!! 10+ years of reading comcis finally paid off

 

[Roughneck]

if shes with brian and the rest does that mean she left the exiles?

Unsure but they have said that Nocturne would be rejoining the Exiles after that arc.

 

[Varient]

Man,.. I'm so done with Exiles.

 

[Specter313]

Man,.. I'm so done with Exiles.

Well, maybe the last page of the latest issue might change your mind.