Just rewatched the ending of X-Men First Class. As far as origin stories go, it’s pretty decent (although a number of continuity issues with the other X-Men movies exist). Charles getting crippled during the time that he and Erik part ways is certainly better than the canon comics story of him getting crippled by a random alien. The use of the Cuban Missile Crisis was also a good idea considering how the timeline matched up with Erik’s time in the Nazi camps.
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Apr 2013
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Also, Avenging Spider-Man is mostly 1-offs or 2-part stories, so it’s not really that critical to hit all the issues.
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#6 is part of the Omega Effect crossover with the Daredevil and Punisher books
#8 is an epilogue for the Ends of the Earth storyline from Amazing Spider-man
They are probably not included in Vol 2 because they are included with separate volumes for their own storylines.
It should be fine to miss them, but you might also be interested in reading the above two storylines.
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Reply to 'Anyone else reading the X-Termination crossover? What are your thoughts?' on /r/comicbooks:
The last issue where they plan and decide how to split up, that was confusing for me. I have to go reread it lol
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Regardless of the costume, that doesn’t even look like Emma at all. Why is her hair orange?
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All-Star Batman and Robin isn’t done yet? Didn’t that come out years ago?
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I see what you did there
Mar 2013
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From the article: “And a new development for a Spider-Man who hasn’t been seen for some time. And by time, we mean centuries. "
Dan Slott has already said before that Miguel will be appearing in SSM: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/09/spider-man-2099-superior-dan-slott-video/
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The whole Peter trying to regain motor control thing reminds me of the Lex+Tess situation in Smallville Season 11
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Oh boy, looks like we’re in for some Miguel O’hara as promised!
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Wait, woah, Phil Noto is taking over? What issue does he start?
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Posted on r/comicbooks: Has anyone tried the Marvel Unlimited subscription/ipad app?
How is reading on the app compared to say, Comixology?
Looks like a sweet deal, but my problem is I’m offline during 90% of the day (I dont have a data plan) and I heard they only allow 6 offline issues at once. I usually do my reading when I’m out of the house (when waiting in line, etc) so I’m kinda on the fence about subscribing.
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I just clicked a whole lot of [Free] buttons
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Due to general business and/or laziness I’ve missed a few weeks of posting so to get back into pace I’m going to go through the current Marvel NOW titles and see how they’re going so far. (We’ll see if I have time for DCnU later) Captain America (4 issues in) - I’m not a big fan of Romita’s art but at least it’s better in this book than his AvX work.
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TBH I’d rather have Coipel than Cassaday as the regular artist
Feb 2013
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This store doesn’t sell any Marvel!
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I’d go with All-New X-Men. Storm’s Uncanny X-Force seems good, and so does Uncanny X-Men, but with those 2 books it’s a bit early to tell.
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Is that Jessica Jones and are stories under the Max imprint part of 616 canon?
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Does Nocenti have a bad rep?
Jan 2013
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Here are the first few Marvel comics I read this week: Savage Wolverine #1 by Frank Cho is a fun, action-packed ride. It doesn’t explain much of what the heck is going on, but it does feature Wolverine chopping heads off and stabbing dinosaurs in the face so hey, I guess I’ll read it for a while! All-New X-Men #6 sees the young X-Men trying to settle into modern day. I found young Scott’s trying to wrap his head around mobile phones, bottled water and $5 magazines particularly amusing.
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Superman already made a cameo in RHATO
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Props: Beast newly mutating again. It's not too radical, but I wasn't really a fan of cat-beast anyway, so I don't mind something new Stuart Immonen's artwork is still pretty good My favorite panel here has to be the one with Jean finding out about what happened to her from furry Beast. (See below) It's a nice collage that will be enjoyed by long-time X-fans who will most likely try to identify each and every scene depicted by Immonen in this spread.
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Props: Kenneth Rocafort's art is as usual the highlight of the book for me. This time he gets to draw a full book of Superman in his Action Comics shirt and jeans, plus a few panels of the Justice League. Rocafort is easily the best artist DC comics has at the moment. Amazing build-up of Lex Luthor and how much of a genius/threat he is to Superman. It's terrific that faced with a threat beyond his grasp, Superman's first move is to consult his arch enemy before the Justice League.
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Thanks! You’re the best commenter!
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Is there a link to the BKV/Fiona Staples AMA? Thanks!
Dec 2012
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DC has an extra week of #15 releases on the first week of January (January 2), since they only had two issues out on Christmas week, which were: Justice League #15 and Aquaman #15 (Throne of Atlantis) Geoff Johns finally gives us a bit more characterization in the Justice League, stepping up from the previous issues that seem a bit filler. We get a glimpse of Cyborg’s current relationship with his father Clark and Diana on a date in secret identity mode and later saving people together mode (with Lois looking on wistfully maybe?
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When I first heard about Amazing Spider-Man ending and being replaced by a new Superior Spider-Man series starring someone other than Peter Parker, my first thought was: maybe they’re finally retiring Peter for good. Peter is at a pretty good point in his personal life: he has a good, fulfilling job at Horizon Labs so he doesn’t have to miss the bills, Aunt May is well taken care of by Jameson Sr.
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Reply to a comment by beskurrd on 'First 3 pages of Superior Spider-Man #1 (SPOILERS)' on /r/comicbooks:
Trapster just knew “Ock” had a brain swap device, not that he’d already swapped.
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Reply to a comment by [deleted] on 'First 3 pages of Superior Spider-Man #1 (SPOILERS)' on /r/comicbooks:
The fate of the Octobot is unknown at this point. Also, Peter managed to tell Carlie about the brainswap (she’s the only one Peter was able to tell)
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The first FOUR pages have already been previewed: http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/12/26/superior-spider-man-1-preview-pages-hit-the-web/
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I think it’s just a problem of Age of Ultron being delayed - I remember Bendis saying somewhere that it’s been in the works for a while now.
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Dan Slott has mentioned that the first part of AOU takes place before SSM
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Reply to 'Moments from every Amazing Spider-Man anniversary issue from 100 to 600. ' on /r/comicbooks:
I wonder if fans reacted as violently to that six-arms thing as they did to ASM700
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For me, it’s a toss-up between Avengers and Thor. Both seem epic and have great art.
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It’s “Last Week in Marvel NOW!” since this is going up on Sunday/Monday. And what a lot of Marvel NOW! we got, since many of the top titles are double shipping this month. Hopefully the schedule normalizes back to monthlies soon, I’m already reading far too many books as it is! (Well, that’s kind of a good problem to have right?) Luckily Marvel only has two books coming out on Christmas week, gives me some time to catch up.
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I don’t know why I still read Newsarama, I hate these slideshow format things they have.
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There’s really far, far too many comics I read each week to cover them in one blog post so I’ll just cover them in groups. First, the non-Marvel NOW! series: Hawkeye #6 is the highlight of this week’s Marvel releases. The book is consistently funny, down-to-earth and awesome, and this issue is one of the best so far. If you haven’t heard about it, the series written by Matt Fraction is one of Marvel’s best ongoings right now.
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That scarecrow arc is still ongoing.
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I had this issue when i was a kid. No idea what happened to it over the years =/
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Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for lol
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He’s responsible for most of the avengers storylines since avengers disassembled (which led into house of m) so yeah, he’s written a lot of stuff.
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What comic is this from?
Also, i seem to remember a tumblr or something that had a bunch of pics of hal jordan being an idiot, anyone know where i can find that?
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The stories in the books always take place at the time they were written. Older stories adjust to the timeline of the book you’re reading as needed.
When the original x-men were introduced, their story took place in the 60s and that’s still true if you’re reading uncanny x-men v1 #1.
But when you read all new xmen #1 which takes place in 2012, the story of the original xmen happened 15-20 years ago. This means that their story doesnt have exactly the same setting as it did in uxm#1, although the details remain more or less the same.
It’s a bit weird. Best not to take comic book timelines too seriously lol.
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Well, missed posting about last week’s comics due to some technical difficulties with my home computer, let’s see if we can’t get back on track. There’s a lot to look forward to this week on the Marvel side. There’s All-New X-Men #4 where we’ll finally get to see Cyclops face off with his younger/older self. My other favorite so far of the Marvel NOW! books has the second issue this week: Avengers #2 continues the introductory arc to Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers epic, let’s see how he handles the large cast he’s playing with.
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Luthor would win, but in the end he would find out he only defeated a Doombot
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I first read this as “galactus devouring his head”
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This doesn’t really tell us anything. I’m digging the art though, is it Stegman?
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I like the one where the original cover was also a McFarlane
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Things can change! Continuity stands because even if someone else becomes Spider-Man, it doesn’t change or erase Peter’s history.