The Official Stupid Question Thread: Marvel Edition - Part 5

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[GENERAL RAAM582]

The -1 issue. Marvel released them for a month back in the late 90s and each told an origin tale featuring the characters of the book

OK. Thanks.

 

[Havok83]

I'll re-ask this here since the last thread got closed:

Where does the current Inhumanity stuff start and whats the read order?

 

[KevanG]

I remember the -1 issues. I had almost the whole set.

 

[Specter313]

I'll re-ask this here since the last thread got closed:

Where does the current Inhumanity stuff start and whats the read order?

It all spins out of the end of Infinity. There was a one shot titled Inhumanity, but everything else is just sort of a re-branding ala Dark Reign or Manifest Destiny. I don't think there is any specific read order that you have to read to get everything. There is a book called "Inhuman" coming out in April though that will probably deal the most directly with it all.

 

[Havok83]

It all spins out of the end of Infinity. There was a one shot titled Inhumanity, but everything else is just sort of a re-branding ala Dark Reign or Manifest Destiny. I don't think there is any specific read order that you have to read to get everything. There is a book called "Inhuman" coming out in April though that will probably deal the most directly with it all.

What is Infinity? A mini series? An event? Crossover in other titles? What is the actual book I need to read to understand why inhumans are starting to pop up everywhere? Is there a list of titles that are affected? The tie-in in Uncanny interested me so Id like to check out how its being handled in other books

 

[Specter313]

What is Infinity? A mini series? An event? Crossover in other titles? What is the actual book I need to read to understand why inhumans are starting to pop up everywhere? Is there a list of titles that are affected? The tie-in in Uncanny interested me so Id like to check out how its being handled in other books

Infinity was an event recently. There was one book titled just that which was the core of it, but like all of Marvel's events, there were other tie ins, but you can just read that one to learn what you want to know. As far as a list, I found one here, but I don't know how up to date it is:

http://timothycd.com/marvel-inhumanity-checklist-reading-order/

 

[Havok83]

Thanks man! That link was very helpful

 

[Artistsean]

Anyone have any of those panels from the Ultimates where Hank Pym is wearing some sort of greenish (I think) suit and experments on himself to become Giant Man? Janet runs in scared and finds a giant naked Hank Pym in the experiment room like this:
OK, can't find that panel either...
It inspired this scene from the animated movie:

But in the comic he was naked here. But prior to that he was wearing some sort of suit. Can anyone help me find those panels? Maybe scan them if its not too much trouble? I can't find them anywhere on the internet.

 

[javi1024]

I've dropped in and out the Ultimate line for years and I've recently been reading through the Ultimate X-Men series all the way through the current Ultimate Comic X-Men. I wanted to ask: How tight was the continuity in the Ultimate Universe? How tight is it now? I'm reading about the country being divided and sentinel attacks in the southwest and riots in New York, but I remember reading the first six issues of Miles Morales Spiderman and everything seemed normal. Is that supposed to have started before the riots? Does all that catch up to him in his title?

 

[SpideyForPrez]

I never read any of the other recent Ultimate books except for Ultimate Spider-Man, so that whole Country Divided war thing kinda confused me. But yes, USM does tie into some of that stuff later in the series. I forget which issues but Miles briefly goes to war somewhere in the country while his father gets involved with riots in New York.


Does Colossus still have Juggernaut's power? If not, has it gone back to Juggernaut?

 

[javi1024]

Does Colossus still have Juggernaut's power? If not, has it gone back to Juggernaut?

No. I can't remember how but he and/or Illyana managed to remove those powers. He's himself now.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I don't think Juggernaut's been seen since Colossus got rid of those powers.

 

[OriginalMiles]

Have they ever told us what Peter Parker found after searching Miles Morales' name at the end of "Spider-Men"?

If not, care to share what you think it was?

 

[runawayboulder]

No as far as I know they haven't (and I honestly couldn't care).

 

[javi1024]

I never read any of the other recent Ultimate books except for Ultimate Spider-Man, so that whole Country Divided war thing kinda confused me. But yes, USM does tie into some of that stuff later in the series. I forget which issues but Miles briefly goes to war somewhere in the country while his father gets involved with riots in New York.

How did Johnny Storm end up hanging with Kitty Pryde and Bobby Drake in the beginning of the series? And with black hair?

 

[SpideyForPrez]

How did Johnny Storm end up hanging with Kitty Pryde and Bobby Drake in the beginning of the series? And with black hair?

I forget the exact reason, but sometime after Ultimatum Johnny and Bobby came to live with Peter and Aunt May. I think he moved in because he wanted to go to regular school and get out of the Baxter building or something. And I think Bobby's parents disowned him for being a mutant. Johnny dyed his hair black so no one would recognize him at school. They were supposed to be a modern day 'Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends'. Kitty got involved with them after they discovered she was running around as Wraith. Not to mention that her and Peter used to date and she went to school with all of them. This was all before Ultimate Peter died.

 

[javi1024]

What are some classic Captain America stories? I already have everything since Brubaker. Are there any stories involving Captain America with or against USAgent?

 

[runawayboulder]

What are some classic Captain America stories? I already have everything since Brubaker. Are there any stories involving Captain America with or against USAgent?

The Mark Gruenwald "Cap Quits" saga. It's all about those two ending in one of the most memorable fights Cap has ever been in (and drawn beautifully by Kieron Dwyer).

There's also both Mark Waid runs to check out.

 

[JewishHobbit]

So I've recently realized how much I like the Kingpin as a villain. I've read most things from 2000 on, but I stuck with only X-Men and Spider-Man (mostly) in the 90s. I'd like to read more Kingpin-centric stories, but many of the stories involving him are more about him pulling strings and not really being a part of it.

Daredevil, Spider-Man, Punisher, Captain America.... any book. If you had to create a prominent reading list for the Kingpin through the 90s that was more than just cameos, what stories would you recommend including? I know he was in an arc of X-Men just prior to Operation Zero Tolerance, and I know he was in the Last Rites story in Daredevil 296-300. Beyond that I know very little. So what would you recommend?

 

[javi1024]

I've asked this question before and I guess I'm still confused: How do the nine realms work? Are they different planets you could travel to (although I know that apparently Asgard is small enough to hover over Oklahoma)? Are they different dimensions/planes of existence? Is Midgard Earth or our solar system/universe?

 

[runawayboulder]

So I've recently realized how much I like the Kingpin as a villain. I've read most things from 2000 on, but I stuck with only X-Men and Spider-Man (mostly) in the 90s. I'd like to read more Kingpin-centric stories, but many of the stories involving him are more about him pulling strings and not really being a part of it.

Daredevil, Spider-Man, Punisher, Captain America.... any book. If you had to create a prominent reading list for the Kingpin through the 90s that was more than just cameos, what stories would you recommend including? I know he was in an arc of X-Men just prior to Operation Zero Tolerance, and I know he was in the Last Rites story in Daredevil 296-300. Beyond that I know very little. So what would you recommend?

I don't think Kingpin was around much in the 90's outside of DD. I remember when he resurfaced in X-Men in the arc you mentioned (he was in Japan mixed up with the Hellfire Club). The early 90's Captain America storyline "Streets of Poison" was a great Cap story that involved Kingpin going up against the Red Skull. DD and Black Widow were involved too.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I've asked this question before and I guess I'm still confused: How do the nine realms work? Are they different planets you could travel to (although I know that apparently Asgard is small enough to hover over Oklahoma)? Are they different dimensions/planes of existence? Is Midgard Earth or our solar system/universe?

Kind of all of the above. They're definitely in different dimensions, but there appear to be numerous pathways between them and Earth/the regular universe. So aliens flying through space have encountered Asgard, but the standing explanation is basically that they somehow slipped through one of these pathways unknowingly and found themselves in the Asgard dimension. Similarly, Asgardians have slipped between dimensions and found themselves in other places, from Earth to alien worlds to the otherdimensional homes of other gods, like Olympus (which, again, exists in its own dimension, but there's a gateway to it atop the actual, real-world location of Mt. Olympus, and the names are used interchangeably).

Also, "Asgard" is the name of both a city and a larger landmass. The city used to reside on the landmass in its own dimension but was recreated over Broxton on Earth, then recreated again in its proper place, then the one over Broxton was destroyed and rebuilt by both gods and humans. So it's more just a normal city that happens to float these days.

"Midgard" refers solely to Earth, not the entire Solar System.

 

[KevanG]

So I've recently realized how much I like the Kingpin as a villain. I've read most things from 2000 on, but I stuck with only X-Men and Spider-Man (mostly) in the 90s. I'd like to read more Kingpin-centric stories, but many of the stories involving him are more about him pulling strings and not really being a part of it.

Daredevil, Spider-Man, Punisher, Captain America.... any book. If you had to create a prominent reading list for the Kingpin through the 90s that was more than just cameos, what stories would you recommend including? I know he was in an arc of X-Men just prior to Operation Zero Tolerance, and I know he was in the Last Rites story in Daredevil 296-300. Beyond that I know very little. So what would you recommend?

For DD there was the Born Again arc which he masterminded and revitalized DD entirely. Its an amazing read if you haven't read it.

The last arc of Punisher Max apparently had a long time tussle with him. I haven't read that but it was recommended.

As it is though, he's never just out and out running around since he doesn't do that. He is always the mastermind of things.