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[Neuromancer]

Agree about Cyclops. But that has to be design right? That must be part of the whole pod bit I'm thinking.

The way he just referred to Kurt as "him" when he deployed him for recon stood out to me.

We shall see

Heard a rumor that this is all a plot by the Maker.

 

[Bigbigguy]

marvel comics #1000 was really good

 

[R=G]

 

[Legal]

I wish Hasbro gave Transformers back to Marvel so I could get Hickman on a TF book. @Marc Spector Could you imagine

I'm down for this just to see how many times Hickman chooses to use "be-doop" as a sound effect.

 

[Neuromancer]

I'm down for this just to see how many times Hickman chooses to use "be-doop" as a sound effect.

Lol.

 

[Woodrow]

His runs on Venom and Thanos has been excellent and his Guardians runs has been dope so far. He's got a dope little Silver Surfer mini going that spun out of the Guardians series. I'd check out his Cosmic Ghost Rider run too if you like his Thanos run.

gotg has been just ok imo. kind of a disappointment, honestly. even the art on the first arc from geoff shaw, who KILLED thanos, was kind of... meh.

everything else cates has touched has been absolute fire tho. death of the inhumans, thanos, ss black, venom, absolute carnage (so far)... he's on a hell of a run right now.

 

[Jello Biafra]

I could be 100% wrong here but I don't think Hickman wants that kid of position/power right now. To be honest I think Cates is Marvel's new Bendis.

The way Al Ewing's fingerprints were all over that Marvel Comics #1000 I'm thinking he might have next.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Just found out Priest is leaving Deathstroke after #50

I'm shocked he stayed on the book for this long. I assumed he would do about 12 issues and bounce.
Hopefully DC comes at him with an offer on one of the big name books.

 

[Jello Biafra]

And there's a good chance they'll probably make more money for it in the long run. Books won't be good or appeal to new audiences, but mainstream comics have mostly not been worried about that for 15 years now.

But anyway, House of X #3...

Fine, I guess? Initial stages of a battle comic, and the first time I ever explicitly thought any of this was getting boring (not because I hate superhero fights, but because those fights lack any sort of dramatic or thematic function beyond just moving the story along. Joe Casey and Matt Fraction actually had a interview where they talked about this a while ago; if I can find it I'll post it). If it keeps up like this, I actually will end up dropping it before HoX/PoX are over.

Also, Hickman's Cyclops sucks. His dialogue is hilariously stilted and I just can't see him having the "personality" Hickman's written for him. Then again, it might be better than being 90% cipher like most of the rest of the cast...

Spoiler

Best part was the whole diplomatic immunity bit with Emma and the Cuckoos getting Sabretooth out of prison. If I'm remembering correctly (without going back and re-reading it), that immunity's connected to the drug trading in HoX #1; I'd like to see more of that please. This AI/Sentinel/Nimrod deal does absolutely nothing for me, I'm just not interested at all in death robots (though I am wondering why he's skipping over the Prime Sentinels or the Wild Sentinels in his taxonomy. I can see the latter being a part of the earlier Sentinel types, but I would think that the Prime Sentinels would be slightly different from what he designates as an Omega Sentinel).

I'm fairly sure this won't happen, but it would be really interesting if Hickman actually did kill all the X-Men in that explosion and revealed that they are, indeed, a bunch of pod babies that Xavier regrows when they die. They probably just ejected though.

Cyclops has been pretty much a cipher in all the glimpses of him so far.
I'm wondering if that is an in-story thing or if Hickman just doesn't have a feel for a voice for Cyclops?

 

[Jello Biafra]

I haven't watched Raw yet.

Because something more important came up that needs to be acknowledged...

Eli

I got sentimental with that page from the book too.
Marvel needs to stop bullshytting and reboot the Young Avengers book.

 

[Jello Biafra]

I really don't want Hickman at DC. They would totally waste his talent.

In what way? They would more than likely do the same thing Marvel does with him: hand him a corner of their universe to play in and leave him be for the most part.

 

[Jello Biafra]

gotg has been just ok imo. kind of a disappointment, honestly. even the art on the first arc from geoff shaw, who KILLED thanos, was kind of... meh.

everything else cates has touched has been absolute fire tho. death of the inhumans, thanos, ss black, venom, absolute carnage (so far)... he's on a hell of a run right now.

I have been disappointed in Cates' GotG too after being impressed with it initially. shyt is just meandering along now and it's not a good look.

 

[Neuromancer]

In what way? They would more than likely do the same thing Marvel does with him: hand him a corner of their universe to play in and leave him be for the most part.

The editorial at DC can be overbearing.

 

[Jello Biafra]

The editorial at DC can be overbearing.

Editorial at both companies can be overbearing though.

 

[Neuromancer]

Editorial at both companies can be overbearing though.

Can be, there was a recent period where creators were actively leaving DC and letters explaining their reasoning.