The Twelve

[PhotoJones]

JMS and Chris Weston's 12 issue project, The Twelve, starring Marvel's Golden Age characters is on it's way. For the next 12 days, Newsarama is going to be spotlighting each of the 12 characters. It begins today with the Witness.

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=123542

 

[moraldeficiency]

Pretty cool

 

[PhotoJones]

Yeah, I'm a pretty big fan of Weston's art. Him doing Golden Age characters definitely makes my pull list.

 

[Darthphere]

Still not caring.

 

[PhotoJones]

Still not caring.

Yet, still enough to make a post.

 

[Darthphere]

I may care, eventually.

 

[yenaled]

I'll be getting it. This kid of stuff is right up my line of interest.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Golden Age = sweet. I'll try it out.

 

[Kitsune]

Still not caring.

Still not caring that you don't care. Not that I care either though.

 

[moraldeficiency]

There's a lot of potential here. Slightly off topic but does anyone know if their gonna do another mini for the Hood or is everything about his rise gonna be in NA?

 

[Anubis]

Cool.

 

[Darthphere]

If this was a mini about these characters in the past, I would be a lot more interested.

 

[PhotoJones]

If this was a mini about these characters in the past, I would be a lot more interested.

I think it is. Or at least, part of it will be. I think the bit about "bringing them into the modern age" is refering to the fact that they're all starring in a comic book again. All the preview art I've seen suggests it takes place in the Golden Age.

 

[Roughneck]

I am pumped as hell for this

 

[moraldeficiency]

I think it is. Or at least, part of it will be. I think the bit about "bringing them into the modern age" is refering to the fact that they're all starring in a comic book again. All the preview art I've seen suggests it takes place in the Golden Age.

"The new maxi-series finds these characters brought into the modern age, and artist Chris Weston was tasked with interpreting them to our times."

I was assuming this to mean its these characters today and where they've been, but it could also just mean a reinterpertation.

 

[PhotoJones]

"The new maxi-series finds these characters brought into the modern age, and artist Chris Weston was tasked with interpreting them to our times."

I was assuming this to mean its these characters today and where they've been, but it could also just mean a reinterpertation.

Yeah, I assumed it was a reference to them being seen again, in a new comic book. Not necessarily the story's time period. We'll see.

 

[moraldeficiency]

I'd be more interested (I'll buy it either way) if they were in today's world. Some of those old school types were more violent and driven than some modern day characters (remember when bats used to break people's necks?) and if they gave them some backstories as to what they've been doing it could become a really great story.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I interpret that solicitation to mean either that they'll be in modern times or that they'll be in some kind of reimagined Golden Age. If it's the latter, I'm not reading it. That's too Unversey for me.

 

[PhotoJones]

I'd be more interested (I'll buy it either way) if they were in today's world. Some of those old school types were more violent and driven than some modern day characters (remember when bats used to break people's necks?) and if they gave them some backstories as to what they've been doing it could become a really great story.

I have an old Angel comic where the Angel (not the X-Man) snaps a guys neck from the backseat of a car and then proceeds to stab him repeatedly through the guy's seat. This was a superhero.

 

[PhotoJones]

I interpret that solicitation to mean either that they'll be in modern times or that they'll be in some kind of reimagined Golden Age. If it's the latter, I'm not reading it. That's too Unversey for me.

Maybe it's like Agents of Atlas, and it'll bridge the gap between eras. Then again, some of the costumes will simply not work in today's time.

 

[moraldeficiency]

I have an old Angel comic where the Angel (not the X-Man) snaps a guys neck from the backseat of a car and then proceeds to stab him repeatedly through the guy's seat. This was a superhero.

Never really liked angel, tried the series a couple times and just couldn't take the whining. Loved Buffy though. I'll wait for the trade to read the comic but I've heard great stuff. That does sound pretty cool though...

 

[moraldeficiency]

I got around to reading the original article, this answers the question -

""Having had a great time bringing back a number of classic characters in Supreme Power, I thought I'd go deeper and farther back to see what kind of trouble I could get into," said JMS. "I was also curious to see what characters from the time of World War II might have to say about the current state of affairs. Steve Rogers as Captain America came from the 40s to the 1960s and the culture shock was considerable; how much more then the shock of going from the 40s to 2007? I wanted to explore their reactions to us, and our reactions to them...what was good about the WW2 period that we lost, and what was not so good about it that we've eliminated in all but them." " JMS

 

[PhotoJones]

Never really liked angel, tried the series a couple times and just couldn't take the whining. Loved Buffy though. I'll wait for the trade to read the comic but I've heard great stuff. That does sound pretty cool though...

Ha! Not Angel the Buffy character. I'm talking Angel the Timely Comics character from the 30's and 40's. I was just giving another example of how violent comics were.

 

[PhotoJones]

I got around to reading the original article, this answers the question -

""Having had a great time bringing back a number of classic characters in Supreme Power, I thought I'd go deeper and farther back to see what kind of trouble I could get into," said JMS. "I was also curious to see what characters from the time of World War II might have to say about the current state of affairs. Steve Rogers as Captain America came from the 40s to the 1960s and the culture shock was considerable; how much more then the shock of going from the 40s to 2007? I wanted to explore their reactions to us, and our reactions to them...what was good about the WW2 period that we lost, and what was not so good about it that we've eliminated in all but them." " JMS

So...today's time then. If there's time travel involved, I may cry.

 

[moraldeficiency]

So...today's time then. If there's time travel involved, I may cry.

No there's evil nazi cryogenics, and that's something that can bring a smile to anyones face.