Terror Inc.

[Dread]

Odds are, they just see at him at first glance and think he's either some mutant or body modification freak and walk away before he talks to them. Also, it could be that he has something of a reputation, so it's possible that alot of people have heard of him. At least in L.A. I mean, the guy's been around since the dark ages, and he's obviously not a huge fan of discretion.

Yeah, I get that. The Marvel Universe has a lot of freakish characters, and so on. I just figure no matter the rep, a green skull guy isn't exactly inconspicuous. But, no huge deal.

I just hope he doesn't lose his gal's arm when he gets hacked up next issue. Poor Terror...

 

[The Question]

Yeah, I get that. The Marvel Universe has a lot of freakish characters, and so on. I just figure no matter the rep, a green skull guy isn't exactly inconspicuous. But, no huge deal.

I just hope he doesn't lose his gal's arm when he gets hacked up next issue. Poor Terror...

Hell, L.A. has alot of freakish characters.

 

[Dread]

Hell, L.A. has alot of freakish characters.

True.

 

[The Question]

It's also possible that he's been in L.A. long enough that at least everyone in that particular neighborhood knows him.

 

[Dread]

It's also possible that he's been in L.A. long enough that at least everyone in that particular neighborhood knows him.

Fishing for a No-Prize?

That's possible. It was just a minor quibble.

I found I didn't miss the face spikes much, although I may be biased because I kind of like skulls as a visual image.

 

[deathshead2]

I think I might pick this up when I drop by the shop. I said no more minis. But it looked like to much fun when I flipped through it. I wish the old DH would get a Max book. if only

 

[The Question]

Fishing for a No-Prize?

Always.

That's possible. It was just a minor quibble.

I found I didn't miss the face spikes much, although I may be biased because I kind of like skulls as a visual image.

I miss them mainly because they were actually a power of his. He could tear them off and either throw them or use them as make-shift knives, and they'd just grow back.

 

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I think I might pick this up when I drop by the shop. I said no more minis. But it looked like to much fun when I flipped through it. I wish the old DH would get a Max book. if only

It is worth it so far. Not the best thing every, but entertaining.

Always.



I miss them mainly because they were actually a power of his. He could tear them off and either throw them or use them as make-shift knives, and they'd just grow back.

Yeah, I do miss that too. Even if they sometimes looked like whiskers.

 

[squeekness]

I liked this quite a bit too. It almost reminded me of Jeeper Creepers when he absorbed that other guy's head. Too cool.

 

[The Question]

I liked this quite a bit too. It almost reminded me of Jeeper Creepers when he absorbed that other guy's head. Too cool.

Actually, rumor has it that Jeepers Creepers was inspired by the origional Terror Inc. comic.

 

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Actually, rumor has it that Jeepers Creepers was inspired by the origional Terror Inc. comic.

Wouldn't surprise me. There're more geeks out there than the "mainstream" thinks.

 

[The Question]

Wouldn't surprise me. There're more geeks out there than the "mainstream" thinks.

It would make sense. I mean, they have the same powers, a very similar background, and hell, they even look alike:

The only difference is that the Creeper is a homicidaly insane serial killers, while Terror is slightly less homicidally insane and a private detective.

Who kills people.

Alot.

 

[Dread]

Terror may be a little bit of a sociopath, he just picked a job that he's good at. The ol' saying, find what you enjoy the most and find a way to get paid at it. He enjoys killing, so he finds a way to get paid at it.

 

[The Question]

Terror may be a little bit of a sociopath, he just picked a job that he's good at. The ol' saying, find what you enjoy the most and find a way to get paid at it. He enjoys killing, so he finds a way to get paid at it.

Well, he was raised in the Dark Ages. And, with those types, if you can't eat it, **** it, or kill it, then they go all "does....not.....compute!"


Anyway, I don't know why, but when I read the first issue, I started to get the feeling that Terror has the potential to be Marve's John Constantine. It's not that they're especially similar. It's just that, as a character, Terror has alot of potential for some really dark drama, albiet dark drama with heart.

 

[Dread]

Well, he was raised in the Dark Ages. And, with those types, if you can't eat it, **** it, or kill it, then they go all "does....not.....compute!"


Anyway, I don't know why, but when I read the first issue, I started to get the feeling that Terror has the potential to be Marve's John Constantine. It's not that they're especially similar. It's just that, as a character, Terror has alot of potential for some really dark drama, albiet dark drama with heart.

True. Any character who can push some boundaries a bit without being one who has been overdone at some point is a plus to me.

 

[The Question]

True. Any character who can push some boundaries a bit without being one who has been overdone at some point is a plus to me.

Plus, he's very different from most of Marvel's characters. Sure, he's an immortal smart ass, like Deadpool, but he's got alot more emotional baggage that Deadpool, and odds are is is much wiser and more serious that Deadpool when he manages to drop the carefree aditude. And, while he is incredibly violent, much like The Punisher and Wolverine, he's not violent because he's crazy or has led a particularly traumatic life (even though he has). It's because he's the product of a time when violence and borderline sociopathic behavior was the norm, and really the only way to survive. And now, he just doesn't know how to be anything else. If he's comperable to anyone, really, it would be Ares.

I don't know. I just think that if Terror Inc. became an ongoing, it has the potential to the the Marvel equivalent of Hellblazer.

 

[Dread]

Plus, he's very different from most of Marvel's characters. Sure, he's an immortal smart ass, like Deadpool, but he's got alot more emotional baggage that Deadpool, and odds are is is much wiser and more serious that Deadpool when he manages to drop the carefree aditude. And, while he is incredibly violent, much like The Punisher and Wolverine, he's not violent because he's crazy or has led a particularly traumatic life (even though he has). It's because he's the product of a time when violence and borderline sociopathic behavior was the norm, and really the only way to survive. And now, he just doesn't know how to be anything else. If he's comperable to anyone, really, it would be Ares.

I don't know. I just think that if Terror Inc. became an ongoing, it has the potential to the the Marvel equivalent of Hellblazer.

Deadpool isn't taken seriously as a combat character most times anymore. In a way he's almost like Marvel's version of The Tick, only who kills people.

Yeah, all that is true about Terror, even though MAX books aren't always big sellers. But he fills a niche. I mean, they call can't be team books starring random groupings of characters.

 

[The Question]

Deadpool isn't taken seriously as a combat character most times anymore. In a way he's almost like Marvel's version of The Tick, only who kills people.

Ain't nothing wrong with that.

Yeah, all that is true about Terror, even though MAX books aren't always big sellers. But he fills a niche. I mean, they call can't be team books starring random groupings of characters.

MAX has always bugged me. It's supposed to be Marvel's equivalent of Vertigo, but they sure as hell haven't been acting like it. I'm not sure what they could do to amp it up, but I think keeping Terror around would help.

 

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MAX has always bugged me. It's supposed to be Marvel's equivalent of Vertigo, but they sure as hell haven't been acting like it. I'm not sure what they could do to amp it up, but I think keeping Terror around would help.

VERTIGO first off had a lot of A-List talent once upon a time (and sometimes now), whereas Marvel rarely puts their A-Listers on MAX since Bendis quit ALIAS. Secondly, VERTIGO for DC usually stands for their artsey books, books where DC was going to be daring to the medium, rather than score sales. Marvel, for the most part, has NEVER done anything in which sales weren't their only concern. Ever. The only books that tried were some of those B & W magazines in the old days.

 

[The Question]

VERTIGO first off had a lot of A-List talent once upon a time (and sometimes now), whereas Marvel rarely puts their A-Listers on MAX since Bendis quit ALIAS. Secondly, VERTIGO for DC usually stands for their artsey books, books where DC was going to be daring to the medium, rather than score sales. Marvel, for the most part, has NEVER done anything in which sales weren't their only concern. Ever. The only books that tried were some of those B & W magazines in the old days.

That's why, I think, if I had been EIC (who hasn't said that, I know), I would have tried to get Neil Gaiman's Eternals to be an ongoing and stick it in MAX. Gaiman + mature artsy comics based on super heroes that haven't seen the light of day in decades = big hit. It's a physical law of the universe.

 

[Dread]

That's why, I think, if I had been EIC (who hasn't said that, I know), I would have tried to get Neil Gaiman's Eternals to be an ongoing and stick it in MAX. Gaiman + mature artsy comics based on super heroes that haven't seen the light of day in decades = big hit. It's a physical law of the universe.

1). Gaiman may not have been able to commit to an ongoing.

2). The basis was to include the Eternals into mainstream Marvel, and MAX is usually not considered main stream (but can be).

3). They wanted to throw in CW subplots, without including it as CW book while including as a CW book comics that had fewer subplots or acknowledgements of CW (like CW: X-MEN).

4). The things that make the most sense are the things that are least likely to occur.

 

[The Question]

1). Gaiman may not have been able to commit to an ongoing.

This is true. He has been very "Novel-y" lately.

2). The basis was to include the Eternals into mainstream Marvel, and MAX is usually not considered main stream (but can be).

This is true.

3). They wanted to throw in CW subplots, without including it as CW book while including as a CW book comics that had fewer subplots or acknowledgements of CW (like CW: X-MEN).

Well, I'm sure that would have ended after CW was over.

4). The things that make the most sense are the things that are least likely to occur.

All too true.


I just think it would be a smart move for Marvel to amp up but MAX and Icon. Vertigo draws in two crowds for DC that it otherwise wouldn't appeal to: The artsy fartsy types, and lovers of sensless ultraviolence. Marvel needs those crowds. It would certainly give them a sales boost. Way I see it, MAX and Icon should be like Vertigo split in two: They're both for "mature audiences," MAX dealing with stories that are in continuity or are just based on or using re-established Marvel characters, and Icon being completely creator owned. But, you know, with more than two titles.

 

[Dread]

I just think it would be a smart move for Marvel to amp up but MAX and Icon. Vertigo draws in two crowds for DC that it otherwise wouldn't appeal to: The artsy fartsy types, and lovers of sensless ultraviolence. Marvel needs those crowds. It would certainly give them a sales boost. Way I see it, MAX and Icon should be like Vertigo split in two: They're both for "mature audiences," MAX dealing with stories that are in continuity or are just based on or using re-established Marvel characters, and Icon being completely creator owned. But, you know, with more than two titles.

Yeah. Ennis' PUNISHER for MAX satisfies the ultra-violence quota and he has his own following, even though I don't read it.

I agree Marvel needs to expand on the MAX/ICON brand a bit. But they do have some creator products there, like Bendis' POWERS (which sells in the Top 100 I think but is easily his poorest selling title) and SHI or KABUKI or one of those two. The problem is gathering that A-List talent and getting a Marvel editor to convince Joe Q to publish a story for the sake of the medium and not for greenbacks. Joe Q's era of Marvel has had plenty of great stories, and 2007 is looking great 2/3rds of the way in, but he still thinks more like Scrooge McDuck than an artiste'.

 

[The Question]

Yeah. Ennis' PUNISHER for MAX satisfies the ultra-violence quota and he has his own following, even though I don't read it.

I agree Marvel needs to expand on the MAX/ICON brand a bit. But they do have some creator products there, like Bendis' POWERS (which sells in the Top 100 I think but is easily his poorest selling title) and SHI or KABUKI or one of those two. The problem is gathering that A-List talent and getting a Marvel editor to convince Joe Q to publish a story for the sake of the medium and not for greenbacks. Joe Q's era of Marvel has had plenty of great stories, and 2007 is looking great 2/3rds of the way in, but he still thinks more like Scrooge McDuck than an artiste'.

It's true. And really, Icon would be a great way to pull in some real talant. The words "creator owned" makes pretty much any writer come running(except for Moore, since hates Marvel). And yet Joey Q only uses it to apease his two big name writers.

 

[Dread]

It's true. And really, Icon would be a great way to pull in some real talant. The words "creator owned" makes pretty much any writer come running(except for Moore, since hates Marvel). And yet Joey Q only uses it to apease his two big name writers.

Maybe he wants to make sure Image, which also maintains the creator owned stuff, doesn't go completely out of business.