The Official Avengers Thread (Heroic Age Bendis/JRJR)

[TheCorpulent1]

What, like he shot himself with these arrows to change his body chemistry? Wouldn't that make him, like... a super-drug-addict?

 

[kguillou]

I like how the residual tension between Steve and Tony is still there.I mean i dont want them arguing and bickering every time they see each other but after everything thats happened between them its nice to see some kinks still need to be worked out.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I saw it the other way around, actually. Seemed like Avengers Prime was all for naught because here we are with Tony and Steve just as much at each other's throats as ever--and again it's because of some overly authoritative, underhanded policy Tony instituted behind everyone's back.

 

[kguillou]

Steve and Tony really need their own sitcom, on CBS.

 

[runawayboulder]

Or just sleep together and get it over with

 

[bored]

What, like he shot himself with these arrows to change his body chemistry? Wouldn't that make him, like... a super-drug-addict?

Three words: Bendis writes it.

 

[NightBeetle]

Cup O' Joe TALK TO THE HAT: All Fan Friday

He also wonders "What's going on with Wonder Man? Is he destined to become the next, great Avengers villain? In a way I hope he does because he's someone that can really give the team a serious fight."
Tom Brevoort: Wonder Man will be appearing in and around the main "Avengers" titles over the next couple of months, culminating in a series of Annuals that Brian Bendis is working on with his "Secret War" partner Gabrielle Dell'otto. It's too soon to say precisely when these books will be released (especially since we want to make sure we've got enough of the material in hand so that there aren't enormous delays), but that's where Wonder Man's storyline will reach a head. And if I'm feeling extraordinarily nice, there ought to be a preview image from those Annuals around here on this page somewhere. Gab is turning out some extraordinary work on them!

 

[runawayboulder]

So the Wonder Man payoff will come as long as it doesn't affect Bendis' Avengers, New Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man, Moon Knight, jerking off, flossing his teeth, ect. It annoys the hell out of me that a year old plot is getting dragged out even longer because the universe revolves around Bendis-The-Control-Freak.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It annoys the hell out of me that Wonder Man being a total dick came out of nowhere.

 

[runawayboulder]

One minute he was all pro-reg up Tony's ass and banging Carol, next minute he's on TV calling the Avengers a big waste of time. Friggin lame.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I know. Far be it from Bendis to have to actually construct a story with reasonable motivations for characters. I'm sure he'll just fill in the details in a hastily plotted flashback thirteen issues from now.

 

[Havok83]

Check out the variant cover to Avengers 13. I approve

AVENGERS #13
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
X-Men Evolutions Variant by PAUL RENAUD
FEAR ITSELF TIE-IN
The God of Fear has come to Earth and the only thing standing between it and world domination are Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Can the Avengers stand against an evil older than time itself? Or will even the strongest heroes on the planet fall? Prepare to face Fear Itself! Plus: another chapter in the oral history of the Avengers!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

[The Morningstar]

Brian Bendis' Avengers is a travesty.

Pretty much all his characters have exactly the same voices, that of brain dead The Hills rejects. He doesn't seem to care for past characterizations or doesn't try to carry over characterizations from their solo books. Bucky and Tony for example, who are literally nothing like themselves from their solo books. The thing with Simon is a disgrace.

His story ideas are big and bold and ambitious. He is going for that old school Avengers style, but he just cannot do it. He's dumbed down the Avengers to appeal to a broader demographic. It's the Michael Bay version of Avengers, the Britney Spears version. You get what I mean.

He should stick to street level books, he's not cut out for this level of superheroism.

 

[runawayboulder]

Check out the variant cover to Avengers 13. I approve

Jean's Morrison era costume was the only good one out of the group.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The Phoenix costume is the only good one she's ever had, I think. The Jim Lee-era costume was all right but not really a costume; it just looks like a nondescript jumpsuit.

 

[BoredGuy]

I came in during the 90's, so the Jim Lee suit is Classic Jean to me.

Now the morrison one, that's not a costume, just X-branded merchandising... though I would still love to buy one o those jackets for reals

 

[runawayboulder]

The Phoenix costume is the only good one she's ever had, I think. The Jim Lee-era costume was all right but not really a costume; it just looks like a nondescript jumpsuit.

I mean out of the Quitely designs, Jean's was the best. The Phoenix outfit still rules after all these years.

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

Brian Bendis' Avengers is a travesty.

Pretty much all his characters have exactly the same voices, that of brain dead The Hills rejects. He doesn't seem to care for past characterizations or doesn't try to carry over characterizations from their solo books. Bucky and Tony for example, who are literally nothing like themselves from their solo books. The thing with Simon is a disgrace.

His story ideas are big and bold and ambitious. He is going for that old school Avengers style, but he just cannot do it. He's dumbed down the Avengers to appeal to a broader demographic. It's the Michael Bay version of Avengers, the Britney Spears version. You get what I mean.

He should stick to street level books, he's not cut out for this level of superheroism.

A-freakin'-Men!

I sooo wish that they could find an actual adult to write the Avengers. I tire of having to read these 14 year old voices and thoughts (a condition I believe Bendis shares) coming from Heroes who risk their lives for free. Think about how mature a mindset that requires to put your life on the line for others. Yet he writes them ALL like adolescents. Pathetic.

I once thought that Bendis believed himself too good to research other's work or characterizations but with issue #10's screw-up of saying Area 51 is in Roswell NM, I realize he is simply INCREDIBLY ignorant.
To not know (or bother to fact check) where iconic parts of our modern culture even reside certainly explains his "gee wouldn't it be cool if..." writing style which forces established characters to make deep personality changes without any motivation. (Wanda & Simon leap to mind) The man is an abject moron.

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

So the Wonder Man payoff will come as long as it doesn't affect Bendis' Avengers, New Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man, Moon Knight, jerking off, flossing his teeth, ect. It annoys the hell out of me that a year old plot is getting dragged out even longer because the universe revolves around Bendis-The-Control-Freak.

You forgot buffing his head which I'm certain takes a LOT more of his time than jerking off.

 

[Havok83]

The Phoenix costume is the only good one she's ever had, I think. The Jim Lee-era costume was all right but not really a costume; it just looks like a nondescript jumpsuit.

her X-factor costume was amazing. Too bad it didnt last long

 

[bored]

I came in during the 90's, so the Jim Lee suit is Classic Jean to me.

Now the morrison one, that's not a costume, just X-branded merchandising... though I would still love to buy one o those jackets for reals

Ditto on the first part, though I actually liked the Morrison-era costume on Jean. Not on a few others, but it worked on her.

Now, I know that this variant isn't tied into the title itself, just part of one of those line-wide things, but wouldn't it be awesome if, when she is inevitably resurrected, Jean became an Avenger instead of returning the X-Men (and forcing a break-up of Cyclops's far more interesting relationship with Emma Frost)? I know I'm not the first person on the Hype to suggest it.

 

[NightBeetle]

ADVANCE PREVIEW: "Avengers" #12.1

 

[Franklin Richards]

Why is Spider Woman facing the FF's Rogues' Gallery?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Because Avengers sucks.

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

Nope. Just Bendis.