The Official Irredemable Ant-Man Review and Chat Thread

[Spidey Lover 10]

Yo, wzup! Here's my offical Review and Chat thread for the Irredemable Ant-Man series. Here, you can post ur reviews, summaries, and thoughts on
each month's new issue of the series, as well as select pictures from current issues when released! Good luck, and have fun!

First Month'S TOPIC: ISSUE # 7!!!!! GUEST-STARING: ANT-MAN'S NEXT VICTIM: MS. MARVEL!!!!!!!! PICTURES FROM ISSUE REQUIRED(ESPECIALLY OF MS. MARVEL FROM THAT ISSUE ONLY!!!), ALONG WITH UR SUMMARIES, REVIEWS, AND THOUGHTS ON IT!!!! I'LL BE CHECKING!!! SEE YA!t:

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

sorry....made 3 threads of this by accident....darn those slow load times.....use only one of these and stick 2 it!!!

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

THANKS FOR FIXING THE ERROR!!!! SEE U HERE SOON!!!!t:

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

YO! ANYONE GONNA POST ANYTHING HERE? JUST DON'T CLOSE THIS...PLEEEEESE?t:

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

anyone gonna post here?! ISN'T ANYONE INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC?!?!?! :heart: :heart:

 

[PhotoJones]

this thread is a wild success.

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

this thread is a wild success.

Was that sarcasm? I WAS THE ONLY ONE POSTING HERE!!!! Why isn't anyone interested?! I DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Muze]

t: i'm not even sure how to react. i love Ant-man; don't get me wrong. have you ever been to newsarama.com? they have a very active Irredeemable Ant-Man thread. there are even spider-man fans over there. t:

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

t: i'm not even sure how to react. i love Ant-man; don't get me wrong. have you ever been to newsarama.com? they have a very active Irredeemable Ant-Man thread. there are even spider-man fans over there. t:

yep, i've been there. have even seen the ant-man thread there! That's why I wanted to make one here, so that those members could join here and chat about it, too! Amoung other things.....

 

[arachnid-guy]

Someone wants attention, don't they?

heh.

well....it DOES look quite interesting, i must say.

What's the humour like?

Is it mostly scatology?

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

Someone wants attention, don't they?

heh.

well....it DOES look quite interesting, i must say.

What's the humour like?

Is it mostly scatology?

I haven't really read the comics. Just heard that it's quite popular over at Newsarama, so I wanted to get interested in this, ESPECIALY since this month's issue features Ms. Marvel (possibley even in the nude, hehe). And WE ALL KNOW that everyone here is smitten for ms marvel (or was it everyone over at newsarama?)! I know only a bit about this guy from wikipedia. That's all. So....anyone gonna get today's issue, and talk about it, and maybe even post some revealing *wink wink* pics from it?t:

 

[arachnid-guy]

I haven't really read the comics. Just heard that it's quite popular over at Newsarama, so I wanted to get interested in this, ESPECIALY since this month's issue features Ms. Marvel (possibley even in the nude, hehe). And WE ALL KNOW that everyone here is smitten for ms marvel (or was it everyone over at newsarama?)! I know only a bit about this guy from wikipedia. That's all. So....anyone gonna get today's issue, and talk about it, and maybe even post some revealing *wink wink* pics from it?t:

You wish she was fully nude.

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

You wish she was fully nude.

no, not really, maybe just glimpses...... anyone gonna get the issue?

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

*annoyed sigh* WHY does it have 2 b that I'M the ONLY ONE POSTING HERE?! DOESN'T ANYONE SHARE AN INTEREST IN THIS?! ANYONE AT ALL?! DOESN'T ANYONE WANNA SEE MS. MARVEL IN THIS!?!??! I DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!!!

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

I'M REALLY STARTING TO GET P-OED HERE!!! WILL SOMEONE OTHER THAN MYSELF POST ON HERE ALREADY!?!?!?! OTHERWISE, I'M GONNA GO BEZEARK!!!!!!

 

[yenaled]

lol.

 

[Dread]

IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN is quickly becoming one of my favorite Marvel titles, and right now is probably the best Marvel book Kirkman does. Heck, in some ways it's more interesting than MTU was, even if it does build from it. Unlike Ultimate X-Men, Kirkman has a clear focus here, and his means of adding a "legacy" character was genius, as it avoids the cliches. The new cliche for a new legacy hero is to make them ethnic and noble. True, Eric O'Grady is a Scotch-Irish name, but by "ethnic" it is usually implied as non-white (or at least homosexual). And while he has saved some people, he's about the opposite of noble. He's a selfish bastard, and a peeping tom, and about the last person you would want to rescue you. That is why it's fresh. Ant-Man was a supporting character in team books since AVENGERS but this was the best way to make an ongoing with an incarnation of him work. Plus, it has Kirkman's brand of dark humor, with some absurdity thrown in (the duel of the Ant-Men? C'mon, that is so absurd that it's wonderful when embraced).

In a way, Eric is much like the jerk all of us has known, or secretly is or almost wishes we had the guts to be. He uses his powers for his own benefit first, which is opposite many heroes who are selfless.

Plus, it also has had good art.

New issue coming today and I can't wait. Hopefully linking it to THE INITIATIVE does something for sales, although ever since MARVEL ZOMBIES, Marvel has been patient with low selling Kirkman works.

 

[Red]

This has got to be my favorite cover for the series so far.

 

[Harlekin]

That's awesome.

 

[Dread]

It would be cool if that cover tricked fans into thinking it's a reprint of MIGHTY AVENGERS #1 so it could sell within the Top 50, like it more than deserves.

Hey, a fan can dream, can't he?

 

[Red]

I think I'll get a sale boost with the upcoming tie-ins. It deserves to.

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN is quickly becoming one of my favorite Marvel titles, and right now is probably the best Marvel book Kirkman does. Heck, in some ways it's more interesting than MTU was, even if it does build from it. Unlike Ultimate X-Men, Kirkman has a clear focus here, and his means of adding a "legacy" character was genius, as it avoids the cliches. The new cliche for a new legacy hero is to make them ethnic and noble. True, Eric O'Grady is a Scotch-Irish name, but by "ethnic" it is usually implied as non-white (or at least homosexual). And while he has saved some people, he's about the opposite of noble. He's a selfish bastard, and a peeping tom, and about the last person you would want to rescue you. That is why it's fresh. Ant-Man was a supporting character in team books since AVENGERS but this was the best way to make an ongoing with an incarnation of him work. Plus, it has Kirkman's brand of dark humor, with some absurdity thrown in (the duel of the Ant-Men? C'mon, that is so absurd that it's wonderful when embraced).

In a way, Eric is much like the jerk all of us has known, or secretly is or almost wishes we had the guts to be. He uses his powers for his own benefit first, which is opposite many heroes who are selfless.

Plus, it also has had good art.

New issue coming today and I can't wait. Hopefully linking it to THE INITIATIVE does something for sales, although ever since MARVEL ZOMBIES, Marvel has been patient with low selling Kirkman works.

thanks 4 posting, dude. make sure 2 get the new issue today, post your opinions on it, and maybe some interesting pics from it! Kay? Thankst:

 

[The Geek Vault]

Hahaha I def. gotta pick up the latest issues, I got to isse five and then stopped but I'm def. going to go and grab the new ones

 

[Dread]

I think I'll get a sale boost with the upcoming tie-ins. It deserves to.

Definately. In March it sold at #121 (barely beating out BLUE BEETLE) with about 16,900 copies. It's had over a 50% drop in sales since #1, which debuted at almost 30k. Even the horrendous BLADE outsells it. It's literally the lowest selling ongoing MU title, now that NEXTWAVE is gone. It has outsold some mini's and Marvel's handful of MAX titles.

Of course, we could all think of a messload of books that deserve to sell better, including this one.

I'll be aboard for as many issues as it lasts. At least it's outliving THE THING.

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

anyone gonna post their reviews, summarries, or pics from this issue? If anyone is interested in doing so, please post back conforming NOW!!!! Thanks!t: